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2	->''"Then where's the gang? Avengers Assemble! Let's get it going!"''
3	-->-- '''Xander''', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
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5	A DreamTeam is needed for TheCon, TheCaper, or to SaveTheWorld. Each teammember is [[JustForFun/HowToGatherCharacters contacted]] in a short scene revealing their specialty, their free time hobby, or some other activity that defines him. This sequence culminates with all the members being in the same room together.
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7	For the animated TV series that uses this phrase a lot, see ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''. For the film known by this name in the UK and Ireland, see ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}''.
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9	Compare with ATeamMontage, EveryoneMeetsEveryone, IntroDump, LockAndLoadMontage, MisfitMobilizationMoment, TheOrder, & PuttingTheBandBackTogether.
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12	!!Examples:
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17	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3lJlsoPZk4 This]] Hyundai commercial.
18	* An advert by Nissan UK for the Almera [=GTi=] took the form of a spoof of ''Series/TheProfessionals''. Doyle is about to bed a beautiful blonde, while Bodie is boxing with a ScaryBlackMan. They get the call from their boss Cowley; Doyle leaves the girl [[AlmostKiss with puckered lips poised]] while Bodie backflips out of the ring just as the boxer takes a swing -- as Bodie is not longer there, he flips over the ropes and onto the floor.
19	* The commercials for ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyWWII'' featured this trope. The leader of a group of friends hunts down the members of his gaming squadron to recruit them to help him play this newest installment. In the American version, it's implied that the things most of them are doing are somehow related to the role they play on the team; most notably, the sharpshooter - a young woman with a new baby - is crushing the competition on a dartboard at an arcade.
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23	* The manga based on the ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'' gameverse begins with one of these, but (since there are almost no battles) the montage is more about the girls' individual quirks.
24	* Spoofed in the final episode of ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'' when Yamamoto calls back the Soyokaze's crew from their absolutely ridiculous [[JourneyToFindOneself journeys to find themselves]] (such as Lt. Andressen's stint as a nude life-drawing model).
25	* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', Roy's group has a scene where each of them is shown displaying what their specialty is, culminating in everyone being on board with the long hard slog that is being the rebel group in a corrupt military.
26	* ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', (and, obviously, its original incarnation, ''Anime/GoLion'') both Lions and Vehicle Force versions, practically defines this trope, [[StockFootage particularly Lion which showed each Lion emerging from its specific hiding place to enter battle]]. The hiding places reflected the powers and abilities of their respective Lions (Red emerging from a Volcano, Blue from a lake etc.) While it is true that the Voltron team members themselves are usually in the same place when this happens, they must immediately separate to get to their Lion or Vehicle before coming together again. It's a little different in Vehicle Voltron as the main team is separated into smaller teams that are always together in getting to their vehicles.
27	* The first episode of ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' has the Autobots issue a battle protocol, and Optimus Prime requests that the Autobot Brothers be sent in to stop the Predacons. T-AI goes over the Autobot Brothers' abilities and personalities.
28	%%* The Lancers in Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC V.
29	* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'''s hideout raid arc features a sequence where several high-ranking and/or powerful heroes are contacted to help out with the raid. Endeavor is seen in alone in his office, Best Jeanist gives out farewell advice to his sidekicks, [[GratuitousNinja Edgeshot]] is seen roaming around the roofs of the city, and so on. At the end, they're all in a room at police headquarters discussing the plan.
30	* Heroes in ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' usually operate on their own, but in the season 1 finale of the anime all S-class heroes are called to the Hero Association headquarters to discuss an unprecedented global threat.
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34	* Named for the rallying cry of Franchise/{{Marvel\|Universe}}'s most prominent superhero team. On those occasions where the roster changes, ComicBook/TheAvengers tend to assemble [[EveryoneMeetsEveryone in a more haphazard fashion]].
35	** Amusingly, ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' had the two teams charging into battle, with a mixture of Leaguers and Avengers roaring the traditional battle-cry... and Janet Van Dyne going, "Justice League... uh, lambaste!"
36	* In ''ComicBook/FantasticFour #1'', Reed Richards first summons the group together by creating a huge cloud above Manhattan that bears the words "Fantastic Four" before morphing into a "4." The other three show off their abilities because it's symbolic or something: The Invisible Girl vanishes in public, and being quite a ways away has to take a cab while invisible. (This actually works, though it scares the pants off the driver.) The Thing ditches his disguise, causing traffic accidents and drawing fire from the NYPD before he opts for the sewers. The Human Torch flames inside the car he was fixing, melting it, and while in flight is intercepted by jet fighters and ultimately a nuclear missile -- still over Manhattan -- requiring Reed to use his stretchiness to save the day.
37	* This occurs ''after'' the team has been assembled in the first issue of the next-to-most-recent ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'', where the TerribleTrio Injustice League is put to work doing dangerous missions for the government. As they land on the island their mission is to take place on, it becomes clear what everyone's role is quickly: Big Sir hauls a gigantic watercraft on his back with ease, Clock King calculates the exact amount of time the task will take, Major Disaster barks orders and coordinates the team, Multi-Man frets about what his ever-changing powers are right now, and Cluemaster proves to be astonishingly perceptive.
38	* The ComicBook/TeenTitans in the comic book had an Avengers Assemble (or rather, Titans Together) gathering. When the Justice League refused to help Raven with her demon father, thinking it a trap, she appeared in the dreams of various teen heroes and rallied them to help her fight Trigon. Starfire just so happened to be escaping to Earth from her captors in time to help them.
39	* ''ComicBook/{{Contest of Champions\|1982}}'' does this with pretty much every living hero who existed at the time in the Marvel Universe, plus a few new ones they spotted on the way. Though instead of a call, they were teleported (without choice) by a weird red light.
40	* Showed up in a few issues of ''Franchise/GIJoe'', like issue #2.
41	* Appeared in Issue #28 of ''ComicBook/TheBraveAndTheBold'', the debut of the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, where ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} learns of a monster called Starro and uses his belt to signal the rest of the League for an emergency meeting. Most of the remaining Big Seven responds, as is typical of the trope (ComicBook/WonderWoman breaks a date with Steve Trevor, Franchise/GreenLantern sets his test plane on autopilot, Franchise/TheFlash takes care of a tornado, and the ComicBook/MartianManhunter had just received vacation time for his human guise when he got the call), though Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} had commitments too important for them to abandon (Superman is fighting off a meteor storm about to enter the planet's atmosphere, and Batman is overwhelmed by a crime wave in Gotham City).
42	* ComicBook/TheDefenders in most incarnations are loners, so many a Defenders story begins with someone, often ComicBook/DoctorStrange, visiting each potential member on his or her home turf and issuing the CallToAdventure.
43	** The four original Defenders -- Strange, the ComicBook/SilverSurfer, Prince Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner and the ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk -- were afflicted temporarily with a plot device in form of a curse that would "assemble" them for every major threat, whether they wanted to be there or not. They were freed at last when it proved to be the work of an enemy who was feeding on their anger and resentment.
44	* Essentially the premise of ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity''. With Nix Uotan captured and corrupted by the Gentry, the greatest heroes of the fifty-two Earths are summoned into the Multiversity itself to stop them. The key plot device in the series is the Transmatter cube, existing in each Earth as a creation of that Earth's villain who is influenced by the Gentry. It is responsible for bringing each Earth's heroes to the Multiversity.
45	* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel
46	** ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}}'': The story starts with each of the [[ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour Fantastic Four]], [[ComicBook/TheUltimates Stark and Captain America, Wasp, Pym and Hawkeye, Thor and Valkyrie]], [[ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan Peter Parker and his gang]], and part of the [[ComicBook/UltimateXMen X-Men]] all having a free day and minding their own business. Then, New York is flooded.
47	** ''ComicBook/UltimateFF'': Machine Man sends a global warning about an incoming incursion. It was received by the Captain Europe headquarters, the X-Men in utopia, Nick Fury at a classified location, and the New Ultimates in New York.
48	* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyNightmareKnights'': The second issue primarily involves Luna and Stygian recruiting a band of former villains for their unique talents. They all sign on more for the challenge than out of any sense of obligation.
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52	* In ''Fanfic/AvengersInfiniteWars'', when the Avengers of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse are scattered across the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy, a key plot element is their quest to find their missing members;
53	** Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson and Scott Lang all arrive on Naboo in time to fight off a Separatist invasion in Chapter 2, James Rhodes rejoins them in Chapter 5, Hope is found in Chapter 11, Pietro returns in Chapter 15 (after the reader learns where he arrived in Chapter 8), and Natasha meets the team once again in Chapter 18.
54	** Back on Earth, as of Chapter 19, Tony and Clint begin to put together a new team to protect Earth while looking for the missing Avengers, with their first recruits being Hank Pym (as a non-field consultant), Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Matt Murdock/Daredevil.
55	** In chapter 22, Spider-Man is revealed to have been sent to the ''Star Wars'' galaxy, while Daredevil is found in Chapter 28, and Chapter 29 reveals that Brock Rumlow is also in this galaxy; the exact moment of transportation is depicted in Chapter 31, which confirms that Black Panther and Ulysses Klaue have also been displaced. Chapter 46 reveals that T'Challa has been sent to Kashykk, and Chapter 47 establishes that the Vision and Wanda are on Atollon and Dathomir respectively (Vision had previously been revealed to be on a barren but initially-unidentified planet in Chapter 23).
56	** Chapters 53 to 55 essentially look at the Earth-bound heroes dealing with the events of ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', with the team now including [[spoiler:Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, lost Jedi Shadow Celeste Morne, and Robbie Reyes/Ghost Rider joining the Masters of the Mystic Arts to face the dual threats of Kaecilius and Karness Muur. The first battle in New York draws in the current Avengers of Iron Man, Hawkeye, Shuri/Black Pantheress and Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk, along with the 'Defenders' in the form of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Danny Rand/Iron Fist and Hector Ayala/White Tiger]].
57	** Chapter 68 sees the Vision rejoin the other Avengers, and also introduces Earth's Mightiest Heroes to the Guardians of the Galaxy; Chapter 71 concludes the reunions as Anakin, Obi-Wan, Matt and Pietro come to Dathomir and run into Wanda.
58	* In ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'', chapter 76 is actually named "Avengers Assemble" and has the Avengers [[spoiler: re-]] assemble, and the chapter ends with Steve giving his best (magically enhanced) parade ground roar of ''those'' words, effectively signifying that the tide has very much turned.
59	** The climax of the spinoff story ''Unfinished Business'' has Carol utter the words right before using her [[spoiler: Green Lantern powers]] to gather together all the defending heroes at the Battle of New Orleans in order to properly strategize a counterattack against [[spoiler: Nimue]]'s rampage against the city.
60	* In ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover, this is expanded on beyond Samantha Shepard's [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 usual squad]] to include people from other galaxies [[spoiler:such as Vault Hunters or the Master Chief]]. The phrase is also a chapter title, relating to various components, people, and technologies needed to create ships to fight off an AlienInvasion. The ships are even called ''[[MeaningfulName Avenger]]''-class!
61	* In ''Fanfic/TheUndesirables'', each member of {{the team}} gets an introductory chapter showcasing their current whereabouts before they all start to come together over the course of the story.
62	* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': When the Justice League is mind-controlled by the Light, the Team gathers the Frees, Firebrand, Alan Scott, Hardware, Teth Adom, John Constantine and Brainwave to help them take back the League and fight the Light.
63	* ''Fanfic/AshesOfThePast'' has this happen as part of chapter 100. Faced with a [[ZombieApocalypse Fossil Pokémon Apocalypse]] in Altomere, Ash has only this to say (which cues ''a lot'' of awesome):
64	-->'''Ash:''' Dexter, we need my entire team - everyone who's available.
65	* ''Fanfic/EarthsAlienHistory'': In order to stop Franchise/FactionParadox from perverting history for their own gain, and being [[GodsHandsAreTied unable to intervene himself]], [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] brings together a version of the Series/LegendsOfTomorrow -- composed of Rip Hunter, [[Anime/DragonballZ Future Trunks]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Tali]], [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Blackarachnia, Silverbolt]], [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy]] and [[VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed Galen Marek]] -- to fight them.
66	* ''Fanfic/TheLastSon'': When Graydon Creed and the Friends of Humanity kidnap Professor Xavier and prepare to launch a Sentinel attack on Genosha, Superman and the X-Men contact the Avengers for help. Some of them in turn in touch with other heroes like the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Wonder Woman. Once the first Sentinel is deployed, a few others like Green Lantern, the Flash, Hawkgirl and Aquaman end up joining them later.
67	* ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'' has the members of various Pokémon Trainer's Clubs at various schools team up here and there to battle various villains.
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71	* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'' has an epic scene at the beginning in which [[BadassSanta Santa]] calls the other Guardians, consisting of the Easter Bunny, the Sandman and the Tooth Fairy, in order to fight the Boogeyman.
72	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham''. ComicBook/AmandaWaller orders the '[[BoxedCrook recruitment]]' of another [[ComicBook/SuicideSquad Task Force X]]. Cue a montage of the various criminals carrying out crimes using their skills or superpowers, and getting captured in the process (though a couple are already in jail).
73	* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei calls her friends to her side like this with a yell of "Besties assemble!"
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77	* ''Film/OceansEleven'' starts slow with Danny having to convince two of the eleven to come out of retirement -- Rusty due to sheer boredom, and Reuben for revenge -- but once he does, the rest happens very quickly, all with Danny or Rusty explaining in voiceover what each member's specialty is. They also go through a bunch of alternatives, before learning that they either retired or died, while Danny was in prison.
78	* ''Film/Armageddon1998'' has an awesome one. [[TheHero Bruce Willis]] needs to assemble his [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai Magnificent Team]] of [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Ragtag Roughnecks]], but "once they get off the rig, [[LetsSplitUpGang they scatter]]." The ensuing montage shows FBI agents tracking each member to his natural habitat: [[TheBigGuy Bear]] (Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan) is on a motorcycle in South Dakota. [[PluckyComicRelief Max]] (Creator/KenHudsonCampbell) is in a tattoo parlor with his mama. [[TheSmartGuy Rockhound]] (Creator/SteveBuscemi) is sleazing on girls in New Orleans. [[NaiveNewcomer Oscar]] (Creator/OwenWilson) is on his horse ranch in Texas. [[TheMentor Chick]] (Creator/WillPatton) is at Caesar's Palace playing craps. [[TheLancer A.J. Frost]] (Creator/BenAffleck) is running [[StartMyOwn his own oil field]] somewhere on the MiddleOfNowhereStreet. Just about everyone looks up from whatever they're doing to see soldiers and resigns themselves to the inevitable. Affleck is so smug at Willis swallowing his pride to come see him personally that he comes without (much) complaint. ''Bear starts up a ChaseScene, yelling "COME AND GET PAPA BEAR!"''
79	* Tweaked a bit in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''. The crew needs no introduction; nevertheless, following the scene in which Kirk decides he's going to disobey Starfleet and steal the ''Enterprise'', we get a ''Series/MissionImpossible''-esque montage of each crew member doing their part to execute the heist. Each person's part is related to their skill. Kirk breaks out [=McCoy=], Scotty sabotages the ''Excelsior's'' engines, Sulu kicks a guard's butt, and Uhura famously shows a cadet "some adventure". Chekov, meanwhile, is already on the ''Enterprise'', coordinating the operation and getting the ship's engines warmed up.
80	-->'''Kirk:''' Unit Two, this is Unit One. [[SpySpeak The]] ''[[MeaningfulName Kobayashi Maru]]'' [[SpySpeak has set sail for the promised land.]] Acknowledge.\
81	'''Chekov:''' Acknowledged. All units will be informed.
82	* ''Film/SevenSamurai'' may be the TropeMaker. The leader of the eponymous warriors is recruited by some villagers to protect a village from bandits, and he goes about convincing six others to join him.
83	* Its American adaptation, ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'', has Steve [=McQueen=]'s character Vin hold up fingers to count the members of their group when each new man joins.
84	* Spoofed in the film ''Film/ReturnOfTheKillerTomatoes''; each new team member is revealed to have a stranger special skill than the last.
85	* This was a rehash of the sequence in the first film, ''Film/AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes''. It was explained there that the team was being set up to fail.
86	* Most of the cast of the film version of ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' are introduced in this fashion in one scene. Extra scenes are needed to introduce Jekyll/Hyde, Sawyer, and Gray.
87	* In ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', it's done through the team's ''arrests''. In lock-up, one of them suggests they get back together to do another job.
88	* ''Film/TheBourneIdentity''. Treadstone headquarters orders all their field agents to go active. Cue the montage of each agent in the middle of some civilian activity--each in a different European country--and dropping it upon receiving instructions from HQ.
89	* ''Film/TheGunsOfNavarone'': The officers planning the operation have a ''Series/MissionImpossible''-style set of photographs of the soldiers who will be taking part, and list their specialties (lucky, genius with explosives, mechanical expert, born killer etc.)
90	* This happens in ''Film/{{Eddie and the Cruisers}} 2: Eddie Lives!'', while Eddie is assembling a new band; We get to see each prospective member play to get a feel for their, you know, style. But, like everything else in the movie, it's retarded; Among other things, Eddie picks a repressed concert pianist to play keyboard in his blues rock band, and also gives a spot to a guy he absolutely hates for no real reason.
91	* ''Film/AnchormanTheLegendOfRonBurgundy'':
92	-->'''Ron Burgundy''': "[[LargeHam NEEEEEEEWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSS TEEEEEAAAAAAAMMMM! ASSEMBLE!]] (blows conch shell)"\
93	'''Brian Fantana''': "[[FailedASpotCheck Ron, we were here literally the entire time you were.]]"
94	* The original script for ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' had this as a sequence, but it was shortened greatly in the final film, probably due to budget constraints. Arthur finds Galahad building a chicken coop for an elderly couple; there were (would have been?) similar scenes for each of the knights.
95	* Creator/StanleyKubrick's ''Film/TheKilling'' has a couple scenes along these lines; although the main heist team is already assembled, ringleader Johnny Clay is shown recruiting sniper Nikkie Arcane (Timothy Carey) and Maurice, a chess-playing wrestler.
96	* The 1971 version of ''Film/TheAndromedaStrain'' uses this trope for the scientists near the beginning, although it takes a while to get them in the same room because two of the scientists take a detour to investigate the plagued town.
97	* ''Film/ExtremePrejudice'' (1987) begins with the special forces team arriving at an airport in civilian clothes, interspaced with shots of each man's military photo ID and a statement of [[FakingTheDead how they 'died' in action or from training accidents]].
98	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
99	** Up to ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'', the entire franchise is a giant example, introducing every character in their own film ([[Film/IronMan or films]]) and having [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Nick Fury]] show up in each with the recruitment speech, all culminating in the whole team coming together. [[{{Pun}} "Some Assembly Required"]] indeed.
100	** Within ''The Avengers'' itself, ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} is the first to meet Loki and gets [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]], [[ComicBook/BlackWidow Natasha]] is pretending to be held hostage while tricking her "interrogator" into spilling everything, [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] is in India helping the poor, [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve]] is taking out his fish-out-of-water issues on a series of heavy punching bags, [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony]] is putting the finishing touches on his new clean-energy Stark Tower, and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] shows up last to crash Steve's and Tony's attempt to apprehend Loki.
101	** The last line of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' has Captain America about to say the signature call to action [[SubvertedTrope just as the credits begin in place of the second word]].
102	** Cap finally utters the famous phrase at the start of the FinalBattle in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
103	-->'''Captain America:''' "Avengers!" [''summons Mjolnir into his grasp''] "[[PreAssKickingOneLiner Assemble.]]"
104	* The Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse has heroic and villainous examples thus far:
105	** ''Film/{{Suicide Squad\|2016}}'' has Amanda Waller forming a team of metahumans (not ''entirely'' unlike what Bruce and Diana are working on in ''Justice League'') largely composed of [[BoxedCrook convicted criminals]]. Her plan is to use them as her own pocket black ops team to [[CapeBusters counter superpowered threats like Superman]], but her inability to control the most powerful member leads directly to everything going OffTheRails and the team being used to contain the rogue member [[spoiler: and rescue Waller]]. Things get even worse when [[ComicBook/TheJoker Mistah J]] decides to get involved and bust loose his girl Harley Quinn.
106	** ''Film/{{Justice\|League 2017}} [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague League]]'' has Batman and Wonder Woman assembling various metahumans, building off the SequelHook of ''Dawn of Justice''. Bruce finds Aquaman at a fishing village he protects and surprises the Flash in his own apartment. Diana approaches Victor Stone / Cyborg, who's been hiding from the world since his transformation.
107	** ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' similarly has Steve Trevor gathering a team of particularly skilled men to help him and Diana find where the Germans are building their chemical weapons (and where Diana thinks Ares will be). This team includes Samir, a North African actor and fast-talker, Charlie, a [[ShellshockedVeteran deeply troubled]] Scottish sniper, and Chief, a [[BadassNative Native American]] smuggler. Similarly to the Suicide Squad, this team is a bit of a DysfunctionJunction and thrive on a shared outsider-ness.
108	* In ''Film/FastFive'', Dom and Brian bring together a CaperCrew dream team made up of characters from the past few films for OneLastJob, describing their roles (ConArtist, TheSocialExpert, GadgeteerGenius, burglars, TheBigGuy and [[TheDriver the drivers]]) in a montage.
109	* ''Film/TheProfessionals'' includes a sequence where each character is named and briefly described in voice-over while being seen doing what they do.
110	* In ''Film/ReversalOfFortune'', there's a sequence of Alan Dershowitz separately calling on former students of his, as well as colleagues and opponents, and telling them why he needs them (a prosecutor he's opposed who is better than the one who tried Claus Von Bulow, two former students who are great at assimilating details) for Von Bulow's appeal.
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114	* A large part of ''Literature/WaterMargin'' is how the heroes came to join the band at the Liangshan Marsh. Lengthily drawn out due to there being so many characters.
115	* Played with in ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''. Losing his companions en route of a dangerous mission, D'Artagnan must spend three chapters collecting them back up and extricating them from the situations their particular personality quirks have gotten them into.
116	* In William Gibson's ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'', Armitage gathers a team of specialists for his mission [[spoiler: to unite the artificial-intelligence entities Wintermute and Neuromancer.]]
117	* In Geoph Essex's ''Jackrabbit Messiah'', the heroes are [[JustForFun/HowToGatherCharacters very deliberately]] assembled by [[{{Herald}} Indra]]... though the first hero (Jack) never meets him, the next two (Amity Sheridan and Lieutenant Springer) think they've [[CallToAdventure run into him]] by accident, and one (Duffy) doesn't seem to be [[CharacterMagneticTeam part of the original plan]]. Maggie and Caleb fit the trope perfectly, of course, and by the end of the story, there's a grand total of ''eight'' (or [[HelpfulHallucination nine]]!) heroes, including a character who isn't even introduced until ''after'' TheClimax (though he's shown to have been [[{{Backstory}} in on the action]] far longer than most of the others).
118	* ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'': In ''Light of the Last'', both of the deuteragonists (the human Drew Carter and the angel Validus) form special teams with the best talent in their respective realms—Drew to [[spoiler:save America from a terrorist plot]] and Validus to keep Drew alive.
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122	* ''Series/MissionImpossible'' had an interesting take on this, at least in the earlier seasons: TheCaptain would take out a dossier full of potential team members, many of them shown engaging in activities relevant to their particular skills, and we would watch him picking out the team he wanted -- usually the same core members, but with an occasional addition.
123	* The premiere of ''{{Series/Hustle}}'' spent about ten minutes doing this for the four team members, and was narrated by a policeman explaining their enemy to a colleague. The footage from this sequence was used in quite a few TV spots.
124	* ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'', ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'', and ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' open this way.
125	** As does ''Samurai'''s source material, ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' along with the original ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger'', ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'', ''Series/BattleFeverJ'', ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'', ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger'', ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'', and ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger''.
126	%%* A great example begins the second episode of Hoolywood East TV's ''New Kids on the Rock.''%%how is this an example?
127	* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' does this twice. Once, in the second episode, it showed the team members in the midst of various solo jobs, dropping what they were doing (Eliot had a gun pointed at him and took the guy out, [[ClassyCatBurglar Parker]] was hanging from a ceiling during a heist, [[BadBadActing Sophie]] is [[LargeHam attempting]] to get a job on a soap commerical) to answer their phones.
128	* The failed pilot for a parody of ''Series/MissionImpossible'', ''Inside O.U.T.'' had a such a sequence for members of the [[FunWithAcronyms Office of Unusual Tasks]]. The most memorable was the agent whose cover was as a civilian flying instructor. When he got the call, he told his student something along the lines of, "You're going to solo a bit ahead of schedule," and bailed out of the plane.
129	* The ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "The Magnificent Ferengi", complete with holding up fingers as each new member joins the team (referencing ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'').
130	* ''Series/DoctorWho''
131	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar "A Good Man Goes to War"]] has a sequence of the Doctor rounding up his allies for a mission. There are quick scenes of them all going about their business (nursing soldiers on a battlefield, [[spoiler:KILLING JACK THE RIPPER]], etc.), only to come home and discover a big blue box on their doorstep.
132	** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E2DayOfTheMoon "Day of the Moon"]] begins with 3 of the main characters being killed one-by-one by another character. Only afterwards do we find out this was all an elaborate plan to gather the team together.
133	** "The Stolen Earth" and the first section of "Journey's End" function as this too, as [[spoiler: Rose, Martha, Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Sarah Jane and Luke, Mickey, and Jackie]] come together into the [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover Doctor's "secret army"]]
134	* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': The episode "The Black Seal" parodies the sequence from ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' when Prince Edmund rounds up the most evil men in the kingdom.
135	* ''Series/TheWestWing'' does this in the very first episode. Toby, C.J., Josh and Sam each appears in a short character-establishing scene, receiving a text message at the end that says, "POTUS in a bicycle accident." The final scene reveals that POTUS stands for "President of the United States," and that the characters we've just seen all work for him.
136	* Parodied in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' with [[TheEeyore Ted's]] band the Worthless Peons. Whenever he yells "Peons assemble!" the other members of the band sprint in from all directions and stand with him. Ted notes that they have to perpetually be within earshot so that they can assemble at the drop of a hat.
137	* The ''Series/{{Angel}}'' episode "[[Recap/AngelS02E01Judgment Judgment]]" begins with the PowerTrio at Angel Investigations dropping their various off-duty activities to stop a HumanSacrifice. A sign of CharacterDevelopment is Cordelia walking out of an acting class to do so, just after she's been paid a compliment (in the first season her desperation to get into HorribleHollywood despite her BadBadActing is a RunningGag).
138	* The epic Series/{{Arrowverse}} crossover event "[[AlienInvasion Invasion!]]" has [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry]] bringing together his team, [[Series/{{Arrow}} Team Arrow]], [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow the Legends]], and Series/{{Supergirl\|2015}} in order to fight off the Dominators. Subverted in ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'' crossover, where everyone is already there for Barry and Iris's wedding when the Earth-X Nazis arrive. There is, however, a scene at the beginning where the various characters discuss [=RSVPing=] for the wedding.
139	** ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'' features various denizens of TheMultiverse reacting to the [[RedSkyTakeWarning red skies]], only for the [[BigGood Monitor's]] herald Harbinger to show up before some of them and bring them together in one place.
140	* ''Series/TheAndromedaStrain'': When the government fails to control ThePlague's outbreak, they order team Wildfire (a group of specialists scientists to deal with an epidemic) to assemble, and we get scenes showing the military coming to collect each of the five scientists.
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144	* Book 2 of Creator/GKChesterton's "[[Literature/TheBalladOfTheWhiteHorse Ballad of the White Horse]]" consists of one of these, with [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Alfred]] gathering his [[FiveManBand Four Man Band.]] Each of them tries to refuse the call, and each one gets shot down; [[TheBigGuy Eldred]] needs to be convinced that it's not just a [[GloryHound war for glory]], [[TheSmartGuy Marcus]] tries to refuse and Alfred [[UndyingLoyalty just doesn't buy it]], and [[TheLancer Colan]] gets the DareToBeBadass.
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148	* In an analysis of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, the Creator/{{BBC}}'s USA political editor Mark Mardell compared the DNC to one of these, with Obama as TheHero, gathering the old gang (i.e, the Democrat's core vote) and the swing states together for one last hurrah.
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152	* The introduction videos in the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' video games have these, such as ''Bently: The Brains'', ''Murray: The Brawn'' and so forth.
153	** The entire [[VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves third game]] is spent assembling a team for a difficult break-in; it is told as a HowWeGotHere.
154	* An ad for ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'' does this.
155	* In the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' series:
156	** A heroic, galactic-scale BigDamnHeroes version of this trope provides much of the plot for ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', with TheCon or TheCaper in this case being a SuicideMission through a relay from whom no-one has returned against an unknown alien threat. Lovely. Most of the game is actually an extended Avengers Assemble sequence, with each character getting a recruitment mission (except the ones you start with or download) and a loyalty mission [[PlotTailoredToTheParty that play to their specialties]] (e.g. Garrus the FriendlySniper has a recruitment mission involving holding a fortified position and a loyalty mission that involves lots of foes that are particularly vulnerable to his tech powers, Tali's recruitment and loyalty missions both involve fighting Geth that are particularly vulnerable to her epic hacking skills, Mordin's recruitment and loyalty missions involve fighting Vorcha and Krogan that fall easily to massed Incinerate powers, etc.).
157	** Also played with when Shepard initially rejects the Illusive Man suggestion to put together a new team, stating that they ''[[PuttingTheBandBackTogether already]]'' have one that they trust. The Illusive Man counters that with the destruction of the ''Normandy'', Shepard's death and the two years it took to bring them back to life, their team has [[WeWereYourTeam since been scattered]]; either being reassigned, unavailable, or having fallen completely off the grid. In the end, Joker, Dr Chakwas, Garrus, and Tali are the only faces from the original ''Normandy'' to join them on the suicide mission.
158	** Basically the entire point of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3: Citadel''. Shepard brings together his/her entire ([[AnyoneCanDie surviving]]) team from the first two games to assist him/her in taking out an unknown group with designs to end his/her life.
159	--->'''Vega:''' What about the rest of the crew?\
160	'''Shepard:''' All hands on deck for this one.
161	* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'':
162	** Capture the Point and Payload maps have one or both teams assemble in wait behind an impenetrable door until the round starts.
163	** "Meet the Soldier" seems to take place during a RousingSpeech for an assembly, but then the camera angle switches and we see that The Soldier has actually been [[spoiler: lecturing the severed heads of his enemies]].
164	** "Meet the Spy" have the BLU Soldier, Spy, Heavy, and Scout [[spoiler: (or so we're led to believe)]] assembling in the Intelligence room to discuss the fact that a RED Spy is in the base.
165	** "Meet the Medic" is a two-man assembly, but since these two men are the Medic and the Heavy, much ass-kicking ensues.
166	** In the promotion video for Mann vs. Machine mode, what's implied to be left of RED and BLU assemble to battle the robots.
167	* In the ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' quest While Guthix Sleeps, the player must assemble a group of 8 warriors, slayer masters and legendary adventurers in order to take on the {{Big Bad}}, which results in the player traipsing round Gielinor to recruit the warriors.
168	** This also happens at the start of the quest Dishonour Among Thieves, where you have to assemble a team to [[TheCaper steal]] the [[MacGuffin Stone of Jas]].
169	* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', on at least three fronts. We have [[TrueCompanions Sora, Donald, and Goofy]] fighting together for the first time since ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', with Sora attempting to gain the power of Waking somehow, Riku teaming up with King Mickey to search for Aqua, and Kairi and Lea training to become proper Keyblade wielders. After Aqua is found, the first group team up with her to find Ventus, after which all nine of them regroup in Mysterious Tower to prepare for the final confrontation against the Seekers of Darkness.
170	* In the TrueFinalBoss of the ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' remake, the boss will perform an attack that will disable the active heroes, causing the ones not chosen to step in as back-up. After dealing enough damage the other heroes will recover, allowing you to control all seven of the heroes.
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174	* ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'': [[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-6-56/ The first part of Chapter 6]] ''Seeker of Thrones'' is devoted to one. Also a MusicalEpisode, given the backdrop song that permeates it.
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178	* Website/ChannelAwesome annual specials seem to be fueled by this trope:
179	** [[WebVideo/TGWTGYearOneBrawl The Brawl]] began with the reviewers converging on a conference room in a Chicago hotel.
180	** WebVideo/{{Kickassia}} has WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic summoning each member via telephone and telling them to rendezvous in Nevada for the takeover of Molossia.
181	--> '''Nostalgia Critic:''' It's time.
182	--> '''The Spoony One:''' Yeah, it's 3:22 PM.
183	--> '''Nostalgia Critic:''' What?
184	--> '''The Spoony One:''' I thought you were asking what time it was.
185	--> '''Nostalgia Critic:''' No, I'm telling you it is time.
186	--> '''The Spoony One:''' Yeah, and that time is 3:22 PM.
187	--> '''Linkara:''' I got 3:24 here, but I think Spoony's watch is more accurate.
188	** WebVideo/SuburbanKnights had each reviewer come to the Critic's house [[BlatantLies to claim a free car they had been promised]].
189	** In WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, Critic dispenses with formality and [[Franchise/StarTrek transports]] them to his house with no warning. Except for WebVideo/JesuOtaku, who comes rushing in because she was going to [[CallBack claim a]] [[LateToTheParty free car]].
190	* In Website/SFDebris's Star Trek reviews, one of the recurring gags is the "League of Starship Captains", that consists of his interpretations of Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, and for whatever reason, Archer. They are usually brought together if one of them faces a dire situation:
191	** In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'''s "The Visitor" Sisko's son Jake talks to the league after his father is seemingly killed by a time anomaly. Picard offers his condolences, Archer blabs how his father was killed by the Vulcans and Janeway snidely talks about her alibi saves her from suspicion of her own father's death. New Kirk even steps in to talk about his father, but is promptly kicked out of the meeting by Prime Kirk.
192	** In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'''s "A Call to Arms", Sisko talks with the league about the incoming Dominion invasion and asks for suggestions. Kirk suggests espousing the superiority of humanity and punching them, Picard suggests technobabble, Janeway suggests genocide, and Archer blubbers at how the Vulcans are to blame and their secret Mind Bomb weapon. Janeway loves that answer and changes her mind.
193	*** This culminates in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'''''s "A Sacrifice of Angels", showing that Janeway activated the Mind Bomb to destroy the Dominion reinforcements. At this, Picard suggests using it on the Borg and Archer suggests using it on the Vulcans, leading to Janeway rejecting both.
194	** In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'''s "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", Doctor Bashir talks with the league to discuss Section 31. While Kirk is at a loss and Archer rants about the Vulcans, Picard and Janeway argue about their lines and how Picard is always given the stupid ones to make Janeway look better. This eventually results in Picard snapping and Janeway falling madly in love with him, to Picard's dismay. Sisko later asks Bashir how the meeting went, and the Doctor mumbles how Khan was right all along.
195	** In Voyager's "Unimatrix Zero", Janeway talks with the league about a Borg civil war. Kirk, Picard and Sisko all quote the sanctity of the Prime Directive, and Archer even shows his support after admitting that the directive only came about after one of his own genocides. Janeway agrees not to push through with it, but later does so anyway by instead calling it "a resistance movement".
196	** In Enterprise's "In A Mirror, Darkly", we instead see the Mirror Universe League of Starship Captains. In this version, Mirror Archer is the leader and demands suggestions for dealing with mutiny on his ship. Mirrors Kirk, Picard and Sisko (sporting goatees), all say to ruthlessly kill them, while Mirror Janeway (also sporting a goatee) is the nicest of them all and suggests gifts of goodwill. It's later discovered though that even Mirror Janeway can be just as ruthless if pushed too far.
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200	* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'': In [[Recap/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteersS1E1AHeroForEarth the pilot]], [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude when Gaia sends out the rings]], the viewer sees a brief montage of how the future team members find them, presumably from her perspective, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment which doubles as a shorthand to introduce the Planeteers' personalities and interests to the viewer]].
201	** Kwame, who wields the power of [[DishingOutDirt Earth]], accidentally puts his staff through his ring while planting saplings in Africa, establishing his passion for preventing deforestation.
202	** Wheeler, who wields the power of [[PlayingWithFire Fire]], gets his catapulted into his hand by a TrashcanBonfire after saving a man from a mugger, showing his more confrontational personality and fundamentally heroic nature.
203	** Linka, who wields the power of [[BlowYouAway Wind]], gets her ring delivered by a bird while mimicking its song on her keyboard, foreshadowing her status as a friend to all flying things.
204	** Gi, who wields the power of [[MakingASplash Water]], receives her ring from a dolphin with which she's playing catch, establishing the love for creatures of the ocean that drives her for most of the series.
205	** [[AllLovingHero Ma-Ti]], who wields the power of Heart, gets his ring handed to him by his future pet monkey Suchi after protecting him from a jaguar, establishing his status as a FriendToAllLivingThings.
206	* The AnimatedSeries ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}'' did this. OnceAnEpisode, Matt Trakker (and once, Alex Sector when Trakker was MIA) would contact M.A.S.K.'s computer to review the specifics of the upcoming mission and select the appropriate operatives for the job based on their helmets (Masks) which gave them their powers, their natural skill sets, and their vehicles. These were accompanied by short vignettes of being interrupted in their day jobs and dropping everything to go save the world.
207	--> "Personnel approved. Assembling [[TitleDrop Mobile Armored Strike Kommand]]."
208	* In the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' episode "Calling All Titans," Robin contacts every single member -- and there are about thirty! -- to let them know to stand by for further instructions.
209	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'':
210	** Prior to release, a teaser showed the trope used along with the TropeNamer: When Iron Man calls "Avengers Assemble!" and activates a signal, each Avenger is doing something until hearing the signal; Captain America is training, Thor is meditating in the sky, and Giant-Man and the Wasp are making a son (that is, they are building Ultron).
211	** In the eighth episode of the show, we learn that the Avengers order each other to gather with communicators that double as ID cards.
212	** {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d in "Living Legend".
213	--->'''Iron Man:''' Avengers, Assemble!\
214	'''Ant-Man:''' We're all right here.\
215	'''Iron Man:''' ...
216	** And Inverted in "This Hostage Earth" when they split up to investigate the different anomalies.
217	--->'''Iron Man:''' Avengers Assemble! ...Well, actually, Avengers Disassemble!
218	** The official series finale even has this phrase in its title.
219	* "THUNDERCATS, HO!" and a beacon in the sky would bring all of the WesternAnimation/{{ThunderCats\|1985}} running to Lion-o, whatever they were doing at the time.
220	* A villainous example appears in the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'', when Skeletor magically summons his henchmen.
221	* The first episode of ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' ends with the various members of the Guardians of the Globe called away from their lives to assemble at their headquarters, [[spoiler:where they are all killed by Omniman]].
222	* The short ''The Justice Friends'' in ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' does this every time in the intro, and when [[TheCape Major Glory]] calls on his teammates. [[LargeHam Justice Friends, Assssssembllllllle!]]
223	* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' does this whenever Jade calls together the J-Team, but it's only a two person montage since Viper and El Toro are the only ones not in Uncle's shop/Section 13 at the time. And of course, when they arrive Jackie tells them that Jade wasn't supposed to have called them and they should just go home.
224	* In ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', whenever Numbuh One orders Sector V into attack formation, he gives the command "Kids Next Door...BATTLE STATIONS!"
225	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' has a reference to this, in the "Just Us Justice Ducks" two parter, Darkwing rallies his newly formed team for the final battle against the Fearsome Five with "Justice Ducks! ASSEMBLE!" EvilCounterpart Nega Duck just yells "Fearsome Five, get over here!"
226	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': There is a funny one in the episode "The Book Job" where Homie and Bart get their writing team together.
227	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' has Klarion the Witchboy summoning various evil magicians for a scheme. Extra style points for bringing them in on the corners of a big pentagram.
228	* ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyHeroes'': In each cartoon "the call goes out to the Mighty Heroes" -- a kind of fireworks display, which each member sees while at his secret-identity job.
229	* ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'': In some episode Ryder receives a call from someone and then slides a function and called "PAW PATROL! To the [[HomeBase Lookout]]/[[BaseOnWheels PAW Patroller]]/ [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Air Patroller]]/ Beach Tower" then the pups see on their free time during the call and run from their activity all the way to the place. [[Main/TheKlutz Marshall]] bumps on something and hits the pups, making a joke about it or getting a reaction, then they ascend to the middle area to gear up for the rescue and they rallied on the observatory with Chase saying: Paw Patrol ready for action Ryder SIR! then Ryder briefs picks 2 or more pups for the emergency and they deploy from the Lookout to the danger zone in their vehicles.
230	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS9E25TheEndingOfTheEndPart2 The Ending of the End]]", while the main characters fight the villains, the School of Friendship recruits almost every character who'd appeared in the series for the FinalBattle.
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