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4	->''"So here we are. A thief, two thugs, an assassin, and a maniac."''
5	-->-- '''Peter Quill''', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' ([[MissingTrailerScene trailer]])
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7	An Anti-Hero Team is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, a group of people consisting of {{Anti Hero}}es. Sometimes, there will be an AntiVillain on the team or even an IdealHero or TheCape. In that case, it will be a mixed team. Both {{Token Good Teammate}}s and {{Token Evil Teammate}}s can show up on these teams. The mix of exact moral alignments makes these types ripe for internal conflict, but when [[FireForgedFriends push comes to shove]], they [[ChangedMyMindKid stick by each other more often than not]].
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9	Often leads to BlackAndGrayMorality, GreyAndGrayMorality, BlueAndOrangeMorality, or PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes. If they come into conflict with a more straightforward HeroAntagonist or SympatheticInspectorAntagonist, WhiteAndGrayMorality is the result. Overlaps often with RagTagBunchOfMisfits and/or NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters when the gangsters or rogues in question are the good guys.
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11	!!Examples:
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16	* ''Manga/BlackClover'': The Black Bulls are a group of societal misfits who often cause unintentional destruction in their wake. They have little disregard for authority, breaking into the Magic Parliament Courthouse to save Asta and Nero. As Yami puts it, they'll become scoundrels or traitors if their members are messed with.
17	* ''Manga/DarknessHeelsLili'': The Darkness Heels (composed by [[Franchise/UltramanZero Ultraman Belial]], [[Film/UltramanTigaTheFinalOdyssey Camearra]], [[Series/UltramanTiga Evil Tiga]], [[Series/UltramanNexus Dark Zagi]], [[Series/UltramanOrb Jugglus Juggler]] and [[OriginalGeneration Lili]]) are built up to be a team of very reluctant anti-heroes composed of a power-hungry galactic conqueror (Belial), a possessive and jealous conqueror (Camearra), a manipulative and ambitious individual who wished to rule Earth (Evil Tiga), a cunning berserker who wished to cause ruin (Dark Zagi), an AntiVillain[=/=]AntiHero swordsman obsessed with proving his strength at all costs (Jugglus Juggler) and finally a supporter of an oppressive regime who slowly grows a consciense (Lili). It's telling that Lili is so far the least evil and closest to pure good out of the team.
18	* The protagonists of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'' are a group of Italian mafiosi who are fully willing to kill and torture their enemies, as well as commit various other crimes if necessary, but nevertheless have morals and are fighting for what they believe is right. [[spoiler:Polnareff]] muses that all of them are society's outcasts, but they may be the world's only hope.
19	* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The Straw Hat Pirates, the main characters, don't really care about politics, and as a rule have a "live and let live" attitude when it comes to the oppressive customs of countries they visit. Barbaric cruelty towards the helpless and/or innocent WILL rouse their anger, but in general they only fight tyrants when ItsPersonal. That being said, due their friendliness and generally good nature, they tend to make friends wherever they go. As a result, they almost always inevitably come in conflict with oppressive regimes harming their new allies. When they topple said regime to save them, they earn the friendship of all the inhabitants of islands they liberated.
20	* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'': The protagonists. The titular duo are a pair of {{Jerkass}} {{Nominal Hero}}es who ''really'' [[PunchClockHero don't want to their job]], though Stocking evolves into a PragmaticHero, only to be [[spoiler:revealed to be TheMole [[EvilAllAlong the whole time]]]]. Garterbelt is a generally good person, but he'll rape little boys for the sake of [[spoiler:keeping the power of Hell's Gate out of the wrong hands]], and he even [[PedophilePriest enjoys what he does]]. Chuck [[ChaoticStupid is too stupid]] and [[TheChewToy is too unlucky]] to be a valuable teammate. Finally, there's Brief, the only truly white-hat-hero character in the series, but he's a {{useless\| protagonist}} ClassicalAntiHero and DoggedNiceGuy towards Panty who [[spoiler:has the power to unleash HellOnEarth.]]
21	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': The five {{Magical Girl}}s are mostly anti-heroic: Madoka herself is a ClassicalAntiHero, Mami looks like a heroic character but is ultimately a KnightInSourArmor, while Sayaka ''is'' a truly heroic character but veers right into the KnightTemplar and eventually [[spoiler:TragicHero]] territory. Meanwhile, Kyouko and Homura are {{Unscrupulous Hero}}es, with a key difference that Kyouko [[ItsAllAboutMe only cares about herself]], while Homura's motivations revolve around another person, [[spoiler:specifically, Madoka.]]
22	* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': Sheryl's gang, the support structure Akira builds for himself with Sheryl acting as SupportingLeader to make up for his NoSocialSkills, is one that [[WrongSideOfTheTracks dominates the slums]] using [[AppealToForce fear]]. Akira himself is an UnscrupulousHero who has [[BlueAndOrangeMorality a strange view of morality]], Sheryl is a GuileHero expert at influencing men via HoneyTrap, Katsuragi is a duplicitous ArmsDealer, Viola is a KnowledgeBroker constantly PlayingBothSides, Inabe is a manipulative CorruptCorporateExecutive, Erio is a former TheStarscream who got set straight, Colbert is a shady ShellShockedVeteran underworld enforcer, Carol is a PredatoryProstitute who drives men to ruin, Babalodo robbed his former team to pay Carol and got stuck in IndenturedServitude, and Revin… is just ButtMonkey under similar servitude.
23	* ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'': The Oni-Baku and their friends are a gang of JapaneseDelinquents who are really only heroes because they're the protagonists, and almost all their enemies are even worse. [[BloodKnight Eikichi, Ryuji, Saejima, Kamata, and Katsuyuki]] are the most violent, but Abe and Makoto are unrepentant horndogs, and Shinomi's basically a [[DistaffCounterpart female Eikichi]] in terms of her personality. Tsukai is a NiceGuy compared to the others, but still pretty HotBlooded when people badmouth his girlfriend Yui. She's probably the only one who doesn't actually engage in violence (though she has shown a willingness to).
24	* ''Anime/UltimateMuscle'': Generation X are part of the Muscle League, but their members include Clioneman/[[DubNameChange Hydrazoa]], who dismisses fellow Muscle Leaguer Seiuchin/[[DubNameChange Wally Tusket]]'s SmallStepsHero approach and hospitalized him, and [[KnightTemplar Dead Signal]]/[[DubNameChange Road Rage]], who is obsessed with rules and yet oddly has no problem with LoopholeAbuse when it comes to weapons and taking hostages in a match. Demonstrating the uniqueness of the trope, they have a TokenGoodTeammate in Jade/[[DubNameChange Jeager]], who is by far the least brutal and most conventionally heroic of the team and befriends the rest of the Muscle League, ''and'' a TokenEvilTeammate in Scarface/[[DubNameChange Eskara]], [[spoiler: Who's actually TheRemnant to the [=dMp=], the NebulousEvilOrganization the Muscle League fought and defeated in the first season]].
25	* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': [[Characters/YuYuHakushoTeamUrameshi Team Urameshi]] is one of these, consisting of individuals like the Honor-bound {{Delinquent}} [[KnightInSourArmor Kuwabara]], JerkWithAHeartOfGold [[PragmaticHero Yusuke]] [[ByronicHero Urameshi]], [[TheChessmaster Strategist Supreme]] Kurama, and TokenEvilTeammate [[NominalHero Hiei]]. In addition, CynicalMentor [[CoolOldLady Genkai]], who sometimes [[SixthRanger gets involved]] in the team's conflicts, also qualifies.
26	* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': The main five pilots definitely count as this. Asuka is a female {{Jerkass}}, Shinji is a textbook LovableCoward with a laundry list of neuroses, Rei is TheStoic who only cares about what her commander wants, Touji is the TokenGoodTeammate [[spoiler:who only lasts an episode]] and Kaworu is [[spoiler:TheMole sent to cause Third Impact.]]
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30	* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': The Guardians of the Galaxy, like their film counterparts below, feature the half Spartax Starlord, the deadliest woman in the galaxy Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax the Destroyer. They also feature members such as Angela, Iron Man, Mantis, and Kitty Pryde.
31	** Ironically, the original Guardians, back in the 1970s (and from the 31st century--why yes, they ''were'' Marvel's [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent answer]] to the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperheroes) were a straight up heroic team, right up to a former Avenger, Vance Astro, wielding Captain America's shield.
32	* ''ComicBook/MidnightSons'': in ''ComicBook/MarvelZombies 4'', an antihero version of the team is formed by ComicBook/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire to hunt down Zombies trying to infest Earth-616. The BadassCrew he puts together includes [[ComicBook/SonOfSatan Hellstrom, Son of Satan]], ComicBook/WerewolfByNight, and [[ComicBook/ManThing Jennifer Kale]].
33	* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyNightmareKnights'': The underlying concept of the series. The security at Eris' casino only allows entry by the worst and the villainous, so Princess Luna can't rely on the usual, heroic, protagonists; instead she has to assemble a team of reasonably reformed villains to fit the bill.
34	* ''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders\|DCComics}}'': Batman created the Outsiders to be superhero black-ops team to take on missions the Justice League wouldn't normally do out in the open.
35	* ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'': While the team verges very close to a straight up {{Villain Team\|Up}}, they're still [[NominalHero forced to carry out heroics]] by their boss, Amanda Waller.
36	* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': The late 1980s and early 1990s had the Teen Titans' sister team, the ''ComicBook/TeamTitans'', who were this to the point that one of them took to calling himself Deathwing.
37	* ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'': While the Thunderbolts are more of a villain team, the ''ComicBook/Thunderbolts2012'' incarnation launched during ''ComicBook/MarvelNOW'' is an anti-hero team, consisting of killers led by General Ross, the Red Hulk. It consists of the Punisher, Elektra, Deadpool, the Leader and Agent Venom. Of everyone on the team, Agent Venom is [[TokenGoodTeammate the only straight-up hero]].
38	* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'': The Wreckers, the team the Autobots send in when a mission absolutely has to be carried out, no matter the cost. Their members have included a former DirtyCop whose beating of Megatron in his cell ultimately caused the war, a trainer who would murder his students on the say-so of [[HearingVoices the god of death's voice in his head]] and a brutal thug who used to be Megatron's coworker, and their missions are noted for an unusually high density of war crimes. About the only reason they're not the bad guys is that they do fight for the good side and are willing to fight on through heavy losses to carry out the mission.
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41	[[folder:Fan Works]]
42	* In ''Fanfic/BraveNewWorld'', we have Team Quantum's Aeon. The rest of Team Quantum still count, but Aeon takes it further when he sucks Team Ebony in his stomach-mouth and puts them through TrainingFromHell. As a reward, they are now fearless and can use time-themed attacks, but are severely traumatized as a result. Even the rest of Team Quantum didn't like what he did.
43	* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has the Avengers, based on their MCU counterparts who are also this, with the addition of a ReformedButNotTamed Loki to the roster. On the one hand, they're arguably more prone to doing questionable things than their canon counterparts in some respects, but on the other, they try to apprehend rather than kill where they can while on Avengers duty, and individually, Thor and Tony are more classically heroic (if in a KnightInSourArmor sort of way in Tony's case), with Thor being a textbook KnightInShiningArmour.
44	* The Outlaws in ''Fanfic/TheVirtueOfRevenge'' are a team of superheroes who have no issues with killing their enemies as well as torturing them. This puts them at odds with the Justice League, who adhere heavily to a ThouShaltNotKill policy.
45	* The Slayer, Ricky, and I.M.P in ''Fanfic/TheWanderersAndHuntersOfHellAndRicky'' are this. The Slayer is a massive dick who wants to kill his teammates and almost everyone around him thanks to his immense hatred for demons and is actively holding himself back in that regard, Ricky is a weed-addicted moron who gets on everyone's nerves, and the members I.M.P are all assassins who are only interested in killing Vagabond for the reward money and tow the line from being reasonable (Moxxie and Millie) to utter jackasses (Loona).
46	* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'': The White Gestalt are all filled with anti-heroes in someway: Gladion and London fall under KnightInSourArmor (with London receiving AdaptationalHeroism compared to his ''Wrestling/LuchaUnderground'' iteration), Specter is an UnscrupulousHero (who was once part of the villanous Knights of Hanoi), and Tokio is a ClassicalAntiHero.
47	* ''Fanfic/OneForAllAndEightForTheNinth'' has the Tea Spillers, composed of Mr. Compress, Gentle Criminal, La Brava and Twice. They want to be famous, and chose to do so by exposing corrupt organizations such as the Hero Commission and the Meta Liberation Army.
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50	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
51	* In ''[[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Justice League]]'', there's at least Batman (who's on a redemption path after giving up his TerrorHero ways he displayed in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'') and Aquaman (whose noble side only kicks in when he realizes how big the threat to Earth is).
52	* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
53	** In ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', the eponymous team is comprised of one hero, four anti-heroes, and one anti-heroine. Moreover, the anti-heroic characters exemplify [[Analysis/AntiHero different shades of anti-heroism]]: Bruce is a ClassicalAntiHero (Hulk is a NominalHero), Tony and Thor are [[KnightInSourArmor Knights in Sour Armor]], while Hawkeye and Black Widow are {{Unscrupulous Hero}}es. Captain America is the only proper hero on this superhero team -- though Thor is on the borderline.
54	** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'': The eponymous Guardians are a straight-up bunch of anti-heroes, with the team being made up of thieves, career criminals, and assassins.
55	* The Four Horsemen of ''Film/NowYouSeeMe'' both parts 1 & 2. The magicians do semi-heroic acts, but in a larcenous manner. They also have some fairly dark backstories, and are motivated by jealousy and revenge.
56	* The ''Film/OceansEleven'' team are all criminals: master thieves, con men, hackers, and so forth. However, the audience are given a rooting interest in them because their targets tend to be ''actual'' villains who have it coming to them.
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59	[[folder:Literature]]
60	* The quest in ''Literature/{{Below}}'' qualifies. Gareth runs a small criminal empire; although ''most'' of his henchmen are decent guys, they know what he does. Brenish and his friends are highwaymen. The only true innocent is [[ActionGirl Cirawyn]], who's there as a hostage.
61	* ''Literature/SixOfCrows'': The main characters are criminals hired for TheCaper. They're all violent killers, (except [[TokenGoodTeammate Wylan]]) and verge on a VillainTeamUp.
62	* The Blood Order in ''Literature/TheriomorphChronicles'' qualifies. Warren Hiedler is a [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinistic]] [[DarkMessiah messiah and salvator]] to the [[HalfHumanHybrid Theriomorphs]], Meredith Young is a UnscrupulousHero and a seductress, Dalton Francis a [[GeniusBruiser mad brute]] and Rory Kennedy is a idealistic spokesperson and a [[TheLancer knight]].
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66	* The Strike Team from ''Series/TheShield''
67	* The military team from ''Series/TheUnit''. They are a representation of real world US special operations soldiers like Delta Force, Seal Team Six, etc. They are highly trained, efficient, and ruthless. They will do anything needed to complete their missions. Although they operate by some rules and moral codes, they are trained to do things for which the average person would not have the stomach.
68	* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'': Most of the team's members used to be criminals, and even as good guys their methods cross several legal and sometimes even ethical lines (i.e. they have resorted to Gaslighting in no less than three episodes). Eliot is also implied to have innocent blood on his hands and Sophie's past as a grifter is shown to have hurt innocents despite her intentions in "The King George Job".
69	* In ''Series/{{Lexx}}'', the spaceship has a crew of four. Stanley is a cowardly, pathetic, {{Jerkass}} [[TheDitz ditz]]. Zev is spirited but naive with an ExtremeLibido. 790 is an obnoxious {{Yandere}} robot. The only one with heroic qualities is Kai, a brave warrior-poet leader who made a last stand against the BigBad and died millennia ago. By the time he joins the crew he is an undead SoullessShell with minimal identity.
70	* Team Free Will in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' is composed of a brother who drank demon blood and released Lucifer, another brother who sold his soul to a demon and tortured others in hell, a fallen angel, and an old hunter in a wheelchair. All of them [[TheAlcoholic drink too much]] and [[TheAtoner can't forgive themselves]] for past mistakes. They must hide from the law as well as the forces of heaven and hell and support themselves through credit card fraud and hustling pool.
71	* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': Team Machine consists of a [[CreepyMonotone softspoken]] NonIdleRich [[MysteriousBacker backer for vigilantism]] who [[BigBrotherIsWatching created God]], an [[TheAtoner ex-hitman]] [[GoodIsNotNice who likes to shoot people in the knees]], a [[GoodFeelsGood former]] DirtyCop, a SociopathicHero who [[RunningGag just likes to shoot people]], and a [[MisanthropeSupreme ruthless]] [[TheCracker hacker]]/[[FauxAffablyEvil mercenary]]. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And]] [[ToBeLawfulOrGood Carter]], though she ''does'' start to edge towards AntiHero [[spoiler: before her death]].
72	* ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': Comprised of [[Series/JessicaJones2015 a jaded private detective who wants nothing to do with the word "hero"]], [[Series/Daredevil2015 a lawyer-slash-vigilante who has to keep his violent tendencies in check]], [[Series/IronFist2017 an orphaned rich kid with a lot to prove]], [[Series/LukeCage2016 and a wrongfully convicted ex-prisoner who's the most straightforwardly heroic of the bunch]].
73	* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': The titular team is composed of Billy Butcher (a former CIA/SAS soldier with an extreme temper and sociopathic tendencies), Frenchie (a Frenchman [[spoiler:who used to run in a gang that fought Supes and has connections to The Mafiya]]), Hughie Campbell (a NaiveNewcomer who [[BewareTheNiceOnes who be surprisingly vindictive if pushed far enough]]), and Kimiko/The Female (who is an ex-terrorist). Only Mother's Milk, a youth corrections officer, can be considered a well adjusted person. [[spoiler:Season 2 adds Starlight to the roster, and she's the TokenGoodTeammate who wants to be an InternalReformist for Vought]].
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76	[[folder:Pinball]]
77	* ''Pinball/{{Heist}}'': Maggie's crew are all thieves, con-artists, and other less-than-reputable types. However, they're all working to undermine the influence of a CorruptCorporateExecutive who's far worse than they are.
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80	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
81	* In ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'', the protagonist faction is usually the Traditions as they fight against the "evil, soulless" Technocracy, making the protagonists of ''Roleplay/PanopticonQuest'' an Anti Hero Team. The Technocracy obviously has a different view as to who the heroes really are, but given the [[CrapsackWorld nature of the setting]], most experienced mages or Enlightened Scientists would count as anti heroes.
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84	[[folder:Video Games]]
85	* ''VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel'''s main playable cast consists of an former corporate assassin, a cybernetic mercenary, a sadomasochistic bandit killer, a service bot reprogrammed into a killing machine, a doppleganger for one of the series' future {{Big Bad}}s, and an amoral, bloodthirsty aristocrat who joins them solely to kill things for fun. They're on a mission to save the moon and the planet it orbits from destruction, but commit morally gray acts to do it along the way with varying degrees of moral dilemmas. [[TokenEvilTeammate If even that.]]
86	* ''VideoGame/JetSetRadio'' has the main characters be rollerblading teenage street gangs that cause vandalism via graffiti. But they do so for the sake of freedom of expression against a powerful if tyrannical corporation that has turned Tokyo into what's basically a [[PoliceState Police State]], as well as just messing with the law enforcement; who want them dead.
87	* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters XI'' introduces the Anti-[[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Kyokugen]] Team, consisting of Kasumi Todo, Eiji Kisaragi, and Malin; each of whom has a personal grudge against Ryo Sakazaki, Robert Garcia, and Yuri Sakazaki respectively. Sadly for them, they end up as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCxOc_TdOoM a comedic group]] of {{punch clock villain}}s.
88	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'': C's party is comprised almost entirely of former assassins, terrorists, and other one-time criminals. For most of the game, they work behind the scenes doing [[TheUnfettered what's necessary]] to uncover the truths behind the current incidents in Crossbell and move the more public-facing heroes in the right direction, including claiming responsibility for an airship hijacking, stealing equipment from an Intelligence Division officer, and breaking into a prison to contact a VIP.
89	* [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] and his/her [[RagTagBunchOfMisfits squadmates]] from the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series, especially if Shepard is being played as a [[AntiHero Renegade]]. The squad from ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' is the most clear cut example, as Shepard is joined by two members of a paramilitary terrorist organization, a vigilante, a DeadlyDoctor, a master assassin, an AxCrazy biotic convict, a genetically "perfect" member of a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race]], a KnightTemplar [[spoiler: who can be replaced by her [[OutWithABang Sex Demon]] daughter]], [[spoiler: [[TokenHeroicOrc a Geth Platform]],]] a master thief, and an OnlyInItForTheMoney mercenary. Tali is the only member who doesn't qualify as an AntiHero, and she makes it clear she is only there as [[UndyingLoyalty a favor to Shepard]].
90	* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': The Phantom Thieves of Hearts are made up of delinquents and social outcasts who feel repressed in their daily lives and use their powers to correct the injustices of the world around them, regardless of the legality of their actions.
91	* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheThirdPower'': Most party members are filled with less than ideal heroes who struggle to work together due to differing goals and values.
92	** Rowan is an alcoholic with a HairTriggerTemper against any authority figure who gets in his way and cannot negotiate his way out of a paper bag.
93	** Corrina is a BloodKnight who [[DeathSeeker wants to die]] in the glory of battle.
94	** Arielle is a ClassicalAntiHero who spent most of her life as a sheltered princess with no political experience, making it hard for her to prove her legitimacy or convince Tariq to aid the Resistance.
95	** Reyna is so desperate to prevent a war that she's willing to take advantage of Rowan's feelings for her to get him to work for the Resistance.
96	** Aden has no interest in the Resistance's ideals and only works with the party to kill his sister.
97	** Although not to the same extent as Gage, Rashim has a self-righteous streak and looks down on other party members for their less heroic backgrounds.
98	** Natasha [[spoiler:is a former Arkadyan spy who helped Noraskov take over Arkadya in the first place, which she admits that she can never redeem herself for. While she's with the Resistance now, she's [[ReformedButNotTamed still willing to resort to extreme measures]] to stop her former boss.]]
99	** [[spoiler:Prince Gage is complicit in Noraskov's fascist purging of his own citizens, something that the party won't let him forget even after he joins.]]
100	* The Homura Crimson Squad of ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'' fame become this after the events of the first game, when they abandon [[AcademyOfEvil Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy]] and become renegades. While they're technically no longer evil shinobi ([[GrayAndGreyMorality though that moniker really didn't mean much even then]]), they're not as morally upright as the Hanzo elites and are more dedicated to their own personal business than being heroes. [[ChangedMyMindKid That said, they have a strong habit of getting involved against the forces of evil and fighting alongside their rivals regardless]], and in ''Deep Crimson'', [[spoiler:they're acting as more "proper" heroes since they're protecting citizens from the yoma out of their own free will while the Hanzo elites are also dealing with more morally-grey actions such as their orders to kill a seemingly-innocent person the yoma are after.]]
101	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
102	** Team Chaotix. They'll do good, but they expect to be paid-handsomely. Vector at least has his better moments, such as finding a kid's lost toy for free.
103	** Team Dark, consisting of Shadow, Rouge, and E-123 Omega, have been this ever since ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes''. They may help save the world, but mainly for their different reasons. Shadow only fights whoever gets in the way of his goals, Rouge is only interested in jewels, and Omega attacks whatever the former two point him at.
104	* ''Franchise/StarFox'': The Star Wolf team started as a generic "evil Star Fox" group, but in sequels, the team becomes more anti-heroic. The removal of the two "scum" characters Pigma (a traitor) and Andrew (nephew of the main villain in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'') and the addition of a ladies' man named Panther (who falls in love with a character on the heroes team) gave them an opportunity to work with Star Fox.
105	* ''VideoGame/TalesOfBerseria'': The playable characters are [[HunterOfHisOwnKind a demon who eats other demons]], a slave who has broken free of his binds, a traitor to the holy faction of the world, a BloodKnight samurai who only cares about beating one opponent, the first mate of the world's most infamous pirate crew, and a cynical witch who loves to [[{{Troll}} push people's buttons]], and that's not counting the people they kidnapped and forced to join them. They're outright called "a group of villains" at one point.
106	** Though to be fair to the traitor, she basically had no choice but to join at the point she did ''[[KnightInShiningArmor because]]'' [[KnightInShiningArmor she had at that point realized going with the more heroic]] ''[[KnightInShiningArmor looking]]'' [[KnightInShiningArmor faction would actually screw over the entire world.]] In fact, at first, she fully intends to be TheMole, but circumstances completely change when she is given proof of the Abbey's corruption, and even worse, its dogmatic extremism in just ''how'' it tries to go about saving the world. In terms of moral fiber, Eleanor never changes her ideals, she just matures them to fit a more GrayAndGreyMorality world. Tellingly, [[spoiler: by the end of the game, she joins back up with the once-villainous faction as their Christ-figure and leader, and uses what she learned traveling with Velvet's party to make the Abbey ''actually'' heroic, and starts the Shepard system that would protect the world all the way up to the sequel. Which, by the way, is a period of many thousands of years.]]
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110	* The playable cast of ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'' are all societal outcasts in one way or another. Main character Akira is an anti-social underground fighter, his best friend Seiji is the heir to a {{Yakuza}} family, Kaoru is an occult IdolSinger with hidden GuileHero tendencies, Ban is an unethical journalist, Rosé is a stage magician with criminal tendencies, and Ooe is a CowboyCop who doesn't play by the rules. Their collective lack of morals does come in useful when they need to break into forbidden areas to investigate spirits.
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114	* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'':
115	** In the first campaign, Vox Machina is this, which is pretty standard for a D&D adventuring party, best emphasized in Episode 26. Keyleth means well, but is a ClassicalAntihero with her self-doubt and awkwardness; Tiberius is a classist loner without remorse for [[spoiler: buzz-sawing an old woman to death]]; Vax and Vex are prideful (nearly to the point of self-destruction in Episodes 24/25) and money-obsessed, respectively; Percy seemed level-headed, but is hiding a survivor complex among other psychological issues that are only getting worse with time; Grog doesn't even bother with a pretense of Good, being a BloodKnight hedonist with a ChaoticNeutral alignment and only his alignment sets him apart from Scanlan. Even Pike slit an unconscious guard's throat once (and paid for it). The Whitestone arc also has a lot of the team getting darker and darker, with enemies who are running away being executed, being tortured, and instigating a violent, bloody revolution.
116	** In the second campaign, there's the Mighty Nein. It consists of a kleptomaniac rogue who rarely thinks things through (Nott), a {{Byronic\|Hero}}, UnscrupulousHero of a wizard (Caleb), a cynical, self-described asshole (Beau), an tactless and amoral (if chipper and good-hearted) trickster (Jester), a ConsummateLiar of a carny who's more than willing to scam people out of their money (Mollymauk), a warlock [[spoiler: who appears to have made a pact with an EldritchAbomination]] (Fjord), and a fallen angel barbarian from a hostile nation (Yasha). All of them are pretty eager to commit various crimes, including theft, buying drugs, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mail fraud]], and even [[spoiler: pirating a ship]]. As Matt says in Episode 35:
117	---> '''Matt''': This is not a moral group. By any stretch of the imagination.
118	*** Later, they're joined by a {{mellow\|Fellow}} grave cleric that serves to [[TheHeart balance out]] most of the other members (Caduceus), and [[spoiler: the secretive shadowhand of the aforementioned hostile nation]].
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122	* All of the Titans in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. They're more childish and less serious than the usual depictions of this trope, but also portrayed [[AdaptationalJerkass far less sympathetically]] than their [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 previous animated incarnation]], often times being {{Heroic Comedic Sociopath}}s with skewed morality and few traces of nobility.
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