History VillainTeamUp / Film

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* All of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse films feature this:
** ''Film/IronMan1'' featured the Ten Rings terrorist group teaming up with [[spoiler:Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger]].
** ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'' had General Ross and Emil Blonsky, before [[spoiler:Blonsky forces Samuel Stern/The Leader to turn him into The Abomination, forcing Ross to [[EnemyMine team up with the heroes]] to beat him]].
** ''Film/IronMan2'' had Whiplash team up with Justin Hammer, although their alliance was short-lived.
** ''Film/{{Thor}}'' gets twisty. Loki manages to convince Laufey of Jotunheim that they're working towards the same end [[spoiler:but winds up betraying him so he can justify an attack against Jotunheim]].
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' had the ComicBook/RedSkull and Arnim Zola.
** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' had Loki and the Chitauri soldiers, later revealed to be an army on loan to him by [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}}]].
** ''Film/IronMan3'' had The Mandarin and [[spoiler:Aldrich Killian]], along with [[TheDragon Coldblood]]. Subverted as it turns out [[spoiler:"the Mandarin" is just a British actor who is used as a face by Killian, and [[Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings the real Mandarin]] [[Film/AllHailTheKing isn't happy with someone stealing his name]].]]
** ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' featured Malekith the Accursed and Algrim, who becomes Kurse.
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' had the eponymous Winter Soldier, [[TheDragon Crossbones]] and [[spoiler:a computerized Arnim Zola]] all working for [[spoiler:Alexander Pierce and HYDRA]]. Batroc the Leaper appears to be working with them as well, [[spoiler:though he ends up being just a RedHerring.]]
** ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' had Ronan the Accuser allying with Nebula, who's acting as an emissary of Thanos. [[spoiler:And then they both turn on him once getting the Infinity Stone.]]
** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' had Ultron team up with [[spoiler:Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who work with him under the impression that he can help them get revenge on Tony Stark.]] They [[HeelFaceTurn defect to the heroes' side]] once they find out what Ultron's ultimate goal is. Ulysses Klaue also appears as an ArmsDealer who sells vibranium to Ultron.

** ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'' featured the sorcerer Kaecilius and his zealots attempting to contact the cosmic being Dormammu in order for him to bring about the engulfment of Earth into the Dark Dimension.

%%** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' featured the Vulture employing the Tinkerer, Darter, Montana, and the Shocker, and selling weapons to the Scorpion. The Prowler attempts to buy weapons for him as well, [[spoiler:but later expresses his discomfort with the Vulture's weapons and helps Spider-Man find him]]. It's also implied that the Prowler at one point had dealings with the Scorpion before the events of the film.
** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' had Hela team up with Skurge to take over Asgard, while on the planet Sakaar, Scrapper 142 [[spoiler:(who is later revealed to be Valkyrie)]] collects prisoners for the Grandmaster. Both underlings end up [[spoiler:rebelling and joining the heroes]]. Loki naturally switches sides a few times before ending the movie on [[spoiler:Thor's]] side. The movie also features an interesting variation on this trope: [[spoiler:to stop Hela, Loki unleashes Surtur to bring about Ragnarok on Asgard and destroy her, in a strange instance of one antagonist teaming up with another to intentionally help the heroes]].
** ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' had Killmonger teaming up with Klaue to steal some Vibranium and sell it on the black market. [[spoiler: Though it later turns out that Killmonger was planning all along to betray Klaue, so that he can present his corpse as a present to Wakanda, to buy his way into an audience with the elders and lay his claim to the throne]].
** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' featured Thanos teaming up with the Black Order (referred to in-film as the "Children of Thanos") in order to retrieve the Infinity Stones. Subverted with Loki, who attempts to re-form his alliance with Thanos from the first ''Avengers'' film; [[spoiler: it ends up just being a ruse so he can get close enough to Thanos and stab him. Thanos ends up seeing through Loki's deception and kills him instead]].
** ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'' had the Ghost and [[spoiler: Goliath]], but neither of them [[spoiler: could be considered outright villains by the end of the movie]]. The film's other major antagonist, Sonny Burch, has contacts within the FBI but beyond that does not team up with any of the other villains.
** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' featured [[spoiler: Yon-Rogg]] teaming up with Ronan the Accuser to take down Carol near the end of the film, though Ronan does it under the impression that they're wiping out a Skrull invasion on Planet C-53 [[spoiler: (aka Earth)]].
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' has Thanos once again teaming up with the Black Order. [[spoiler:As the movie is a time travel film that has the heroes going back to the events of ''The Avengers'', ''Thor: The Dark World'' and ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', then the team-ups featured in those films are technically implied in ''Endgame'', with Thanos from 2014 at one point discussing his team-up with Ronan and recognizing the Avengers from 2023 due to his team-up with Loki in the first ''Avengers'' film.]]

** ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}'' has [[LastNameBasis Dreykov]] and his Black Widow assasins, as well as Taskmaster. [[spoiler:Yelena Belova and Melina Vostokoff]] work with him as well before [[spoiler:their]] [[HeelFaceTurn defections]].

** ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' has a villain team up between Harry Osborn/The Goblin and Max Dillon/Electro. The alliance is shaky (since Dillon doesn't have any sentiment for Harry due to his background with Oscorp; Harry brokers the team-up by saying both of them were shafted by Oscorp) but Dillon's desire to strike back at Oscorp and Spider-Man is enough to get them working together. At the end, Harry [[spoiler:is working to compile a team of empowered individuals to eliminate Spider-Man, which heavily suggests he wants to form the Sinister Six.]]

* ''Film/{{Superman II}}'' has Lex Luthor initiate a team up with the 3 Kryptonians, but ends up with the short end of the stick very quickly.

* ''Film/{{Glass}}'', the third in Creator/MNightShyamalan's superhero trilogy, has [[DiabolicalMastermind Mister Glass]] (the villain of ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'') and [[SuperpoweredEvilSide the Horde]] (the villain of ''Film/{{Split}}'') incarcerated in the same psychiatric institution, along with [[TheCowl David Dunn]]. Glass convinces the Horde to team up, break out of the institution and cause havoc, forcing Dunn to break out too.

** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' featured the Vulture employing the Tinkerer, Darter, Montana, and the Shocker, and selling weapons to the Scorpion. The Prowler attempts to buy weapons for him as well, [[spoiler:but later expresses his discomfort with the Vulture's weapons and helps Spider-Man find him]]. It's also implied that the Prowler at one point had dealings with the Scorpion before the events of the film.

** ''Film/IronMan'' featured the Ten Rings terrorist group teaming up with [[spoiler:Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger]].
** ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' had General Ross and Emil Blonsky, before [[spoiler:Blonsky forces Samuel Stern/The Leader to turnhim into The Abomination, forcing Ross to [[EnemyMine team up with the heroes]] to beat him]].

** ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]]'' had Loki and the Chitauri soldiers, later revealed to be an army on loan to him by [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}}]].

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' had Ronan the Accuser allying with Nebula, who's acting as an emissary of Thanos. [[spoiler:And then they both turn on him once getting the Infinity Stone.]]

** ''Film/IronMan3'' had The Mandarin and [[spoiler:Aldrich Killian]], along with [[TheDragon Coldblood]]. Subverted as it turns out [[spoiler:"the Mandarin" is just a British actor who is used as a face by Killian (and ultimately helps the heroes take him down), and [[Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings the real Mandarin]] [[Film/AllHailTheKing isn't happy with someone stealing his name]].]]

** ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'' has the Mandarin (named Wenwu in the film) leading the Ten Rings with Razor Fist and Death Dealer. [[spoiler:The latter two, along with the rest of the Ten Rings, [[EnemyMine defect to help the heroes]] once Wenwu [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom releases the Dweller-Of-Darkness and its minions]], and Wenwu himself [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone sides with the heroes]] shortly after.]]
** ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' features [[spoiler:Arishem the Judge and his minions Ajax and Ikarus, the only two Eternals aware of Arishem's plan to wipe out the earth. Ikarus kills Ajax once she has second thoughts about the plan, and in the end ultimately can't go through with it himself]]. The Deviants were [[spoiler:once part of Arishem's plan as well, but as animalistic predators have rebelled against him]].

** ''Film/IronMan3'' had The Mandarin and [[spoiler:Aldrich Killian]], along with [[TheDragon Coldblood]]. Subverted as it turns out [[spoiler:"the Mandarin" is just a British actor who is used as a face by Killian, and [[Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings the real Mandarin]] [[Film/AllHailTheKing isn't happy with someone stealing his name]].]]

** ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' had General Ross and Emil Blonsky, before [[spoiler:Blonsky forces Samuel Stern/The Leader to turn into The Abomination, forcing Ross to [[EnemyMine team up with the heroes]] to beat him]].

** ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]]'' had Loki and the Chitauri soldiers, later revealed to be an army controlled by [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{Thanos}}]].

** ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' had General Ross and Emil Blonsky, before [[spoiler:Blonsky teamed up with Samuel Stern/The Leader to turn into The Abomination, forcing Ross to [[EnemyMine team up with the heroes]] to beat him]].

** ''Film/IronMan3'' had The Mandarin and [[spoiler:Aldrich Killian]], along with [[TheDragon Coldblood]].

** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' had Ultron team up with [[spoiler:Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who work with him under the impression that he can help them get revenge on Tony Stark.]] They [[HeelFaceTurn defect to the heroes' side]] once they find out what Ultron's ultimate goal is. Ulysses Klaue is briefly coerced into teaming up with Ultron as well.

** ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'' featured the sorcerer Kaecilius and his zealots attempting to contact the cosmic being Dormammu in order for him to bring about the engulfment of earth into the Dark Dimension.
** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'' had Nebula team up with a group of rogue Ravagers to overthrow Yondu, and said Ravagers also have dealings with Ayesha of the Sovereigns to help her get revenge on the Guardians. None of them however team up with the film's main villain [[spoiler:Ego the Living Planet]], and [[spoiler:Nebula]] teams up with the Guardians to help take [[spoiler:him]] down.

** ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' had Killmonger teaming up with Klaue to steal some Vibranium and sell it on the black market. [[spoiler: Though it later turns out that Killmonger was planning all along to betray Klaue, so that he can present his corpse as a present to Wakanda, to buy his way into an audience with the elders]].

** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' featured [[spoiler: Yon-Rogg]] teaming up with Ronan the Accuser to take down the title character near the end of the film, though Ronan does it under the impression that they're wiping out a Skrull invasion on Planet C-53 [[spoiler: (aka Earth)]].
** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' has Thanos once again teaming up with the Black Order. [[spoiler:As the movie is a time travel film that has the heroes going back to the events of ''The Avengers'', ''Thor: The Dark World'' and ''Guardians of the Galaxy'', then the team-ups featured in those films are technically implied in ''Endgame'', with Thanos from 2014 at one point discussing his team-up with Ronan and recognizing The Avengers from 2023 due to his team-up with Loki in the first ''Avengers'' film.]]
** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' features [[spoiler:Quentin Beck and a bunch of other disgruntled ex-Stark Industries employees teaming up to create the Elementals and Mysterio]].

** ''Film/{{Black Widow|2021}}'' has [[OnlyOneName Dreykov]] and his Black Widow assasins, as well as Taskmaster. [[spoiler:Yelena Belova and Melina Vostokoff]] work with him as well before [[spoiler:their]] [[HeelFaceTurn defections]].

** ''[[Film/DoctorStrange2016 Doctor Strange]]'' featured the sorcerer Kaecilius and his zealots attempting to contact the cosmic being Dormammu in order for him to bring about the engulfment of earth into the Dark Dimension.

** ''[[Film/BlackPanther2018 Black Panther]]'' had Killmonger teaming up with Klaue to steal some Vibranium and sell it on the black market. [[spoiler: Though it later turns out that Killmonger was planning all along to betray Klaue, so that he can present his corpse as a present to Wakanda, to buy his way into an audience with the elders]].

** ''[[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Captain Marvel]]'' featured [[spoiler: Yon-Rogg]] teaming up with Ronan the Accuser to take down the title character near the end of the film, though Ronan does it under the impression that they're wiping out a Skrull invasion on Planet C-53 [[spoiler: (aka Earth)]].

** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' had Ultron team up with [[spoiler:Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who work with him under the impression that he can help them get revenge on Tony Stark.]] They [[HeelFaceTurn defect to the heroes' side]] once they find out what Ultron's ultimate goal is.

** ''Film/AntMan1'' comes the closest to averting this, but near the end it's revealed that Darren Cross has been knowingly associating with [[spoiler:undercover members of HYDRA]] and is preparing to sell them the Yellowjacket and Ant-Man suits.