Line #191 Main/BandOfBrothers


1	%%%
2	%%
3	%% This page has been alphabetized. Please add new examples in the correct order. Thanks!
4	%%
5	%%%
6
7	%% Image source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/3418291/The-real-Band-of-Brothers-Easy-Company-506th-Parachute-Infantry-Regiment-US-101st-Airborne-Division.html?image=8
8	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/easycompany.jpg]]
9	[[caption-width-right:350: "[[BabiesEverAfter Grandpa]], were you a hero [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo in the war?]]"\
10	"[[HeroicSelfDeprecation No.]] But I served in [[Series/BandOfBrothers a company of heroes."]]]]
11
12	->''"All for one, one for all..."''
13	-->-- '''Creator/AlexandreDumas''', ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''
14
15	'''If you were looking for the 2001 HBO TV series click ''[[Series/BandOfBrothers here]]''.'''
16
17	A Band of Brothers (who are usually, but not AlwaysMale) is a group of people, [[UndyingLoyalty dedicated and loyal to each other beyond all other considerations]], due to the dangerous (often combat-related) circumstances they have faced together. The spilling of their blood, mixed together with [[FireForgedFriends a desperate life-or-death struggle]], make them [[FamilyOfChoice a family]] as close as any, though most Bands of Brothers will not actually be blood-related. Beyond mere comradeship, being a Band of Brothers evokes an ideal of grim determination to face whatever comes together, and to see it through together. It is in this shared struggle that they become a Band of Brothers.
18
19	Members of the Band of Brothers know that they can depend upon each other. Their relationship is often deeper than mere friendship. After one helps [[AFriendInNeed another in danger]], gratitude is often dismissed with ThinkNothingOfIt because "You would have done it for me." A similar concept is ''esprit de corps''.
20
21	The individual members of the group might not even actually ''like'' each other all that much, and may spend a lot of their time deriding and insulting each other... but those activities are strictly kept within the borders of the brotherhood. An outsider who insults a single member of the group will find himself opposed by all members of the group, [[HypocriticalHeartwarming including several who had but recently been tossing insults themselves]].
22
23	A Band Of Brothers is often formed after a MisfitMobilizationMoment. They are equally often a BadassCrew. See also ThePowerOfFriendship, SwornBrothers, AFriendInNeed, FireForgedFriends. Sometimes explains why the MildlyMilitary organization manages to remain efficient despite its apparent lack of regard for discipline and normal military procedure.
24
25	See TrueCompanions for the wider, non-militaristic concept.
26
27	----
28	!!Examples:
29
30	[[foldercontrol]]
31
32	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
33	* In ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', Night Raid and the Jaegers are this, albeit fighting on different sides being the Rebellion's wetwork crew and the Empire's special ops team respectively. The Wild Hunt however is a notable exception, unlike the other teams they are effectively an outfit of mercenaries run by their leader.
34	* The 104th Trainee Corps in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' just after the Battle of Trost. [[spoiler:Most of them even follow Eren into the Survey Corps against their own wishes. Though three of their companions (Bertolt, Reiner, and Annie) happened to be the enemy while Ymir defected to their side to protect Krista, the remaining members became part of Levi's new squad.]]
35	* The three Gun-swordsmen in ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan'' are supposed to function like this, though differences of opinion get in the way. (They're based on the Three Musketeers.)''.
36	* The Black Knights in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' is LaResistance under the TheChessMaster Lelouch
37	* The main cast of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' becomes this, but only very late in the series. It's their becoming a proper Band Of Brothers, rather than just a group of people sharing a ship, that makes the ending as poignant and difficult as it is.
38	* The crew of the Gekko in ''Anime/EurekaSeven''.
39	* The various teams in the ''Manga/FairyTail'' guild like Shadow Gear and the Raijinshuu are already TrueCompanions and the guild is pretty much a very large set of TrueCompanions bordering on a Band Of Brothers due to sheer size and the often dangerous nature of their jobs. The best example however is the Guild Alliance formed to combat Oracion Seis. Long after the dark guild was defeated, the members from Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, and Cait Shelter join or are on very good terms with Fairy Tail. When Fairy Tail was in need, they immediately came to their aid [[spoiler: spending much time and effort to locate the missing Tenrou Island. When the core cast came back after the time skip, members of both guilds quickly pay them a visit to renew old friendships.]]
40	* Roy Mustang's unit in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' mixes this up with TrueCompanions and LaResistance.
41	** Ishval rebellion shows us a {{deconstruction}} of this theme, as people JustFollowingOrders (even if said orders are [[MoralEventHorizon genocidal]]) can still form this kind of bond, out of a sense of desperation and worthlessness. [[ShellShockedVeteran Dr. Knox]] summed it up.
42	--->"We're not war buddies. We're [[PunchClockVillain accomplices.]]"
43	* Section 9 in ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''. Being a paramilitary special unit of the Ministry of the Interior in a mostly failed state, they regularly [[ProperlyParanoid get into conflict with other government institutions, as well as terrorists and organized crime]]. Togusa and Aramaki seem to be the only ones who still maintain normal lives next to their job, while the others seem to be almost completely isolated from the rest of society.
44	* Justy Tylor from ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'' sees the crew of the Soyokaze as this. ("You're like everyone else on the Soyokaze is to me...You're my crew... and you're all important to me.") Some of the Marines might beg to differ, though. Even so, they ''will'' face against the ''entire'' UPSF to save him. ''Twice.''
45	* ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'': The Yang team. Being [[spoiler: betrayed by their own government]], facing [[spoiler: the full might of Reinhart's armies]], even [[spoiler: losing their leader]], their group is not going to break.
46	* ''Manga/MoriartyThePatriot'': William and his subordinates are very close due to their shared goal and have deep bonds of affection seen throughout the series. But that doesn't mean they don't bicker constantly, about chores or about the methods to achieve their goals.
47	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
48	** The Straw Hats aren't just a crew. They're ''family''.
49	** Also, Ace, Luffy, [[spoiler: and Sabo, (before Ace and Sabo died),]] fought together in the forest that they grew up in. They beat up animals for food and men many times their age as well. [[spoiler: Even until the end, they never lost their brotherly love and bond between the three of them.]]
50	* In ''Manga/OutlawStar'', even though the crew all met under different circumstances and some at first didn't like the main character or each other, they all eventually become allies.
51	* The Bronze Saints in ''Manga/SaintSeiya''.
52	* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman''. One of the original [[FiveManBand Five Man Bands]], the Science Ninja Team may fight, argue, and generally crawl all over each other's nerves, but when push comes to shove they'll go through hell for one another. Arguably the origin of the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' version of the trope.
53	* Team Gurren in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' is LaResistance brought together by fate.
54	[[/folder]]
55
56	[[folder:Comic Books]]
57	* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': Of all the ties formed in the team's long history, none match those between ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/IronMan, and ComicBook/TheMightyThor. The team is always at its strongest when these three are in it, and any two of them would lay down their lives for the third without hesitation. This is what made the [=Cap/Iron Man=] conflict in ''ComicBook/{{Civil War\|2006}}'' so [[strike:devastating]] stupid; one has to wonder if it might have been averted if Thor hadn't been dead at the time.
58	* The most obvious example from Franchise/TheDCU would be ComicBook/SgtRock's unit, Easy Company.
59	* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': The RoguesGallery seem to have this thing going for them, especially when Geoff Johns is writing them. They're still terrible people, and will do terrible things if you turn your back on them, but when Captain Cold leads, "There's nothing more important than family (except maybe revenge)."
60	* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Overall, members of the Green Lantern Corps are very loyal to one another -- and after everything they've been through together, the first four Earth Lanterns (Hal, John, Guy, and Kyle) are particularly close. The brotherhood between them is the emotional heart of ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps.
61	-->'''Guy''': There's four legs on a table. Four walls on a house. And four seats in a Mustang GT. We're the four Corpsmen. You don't screw with what works.
62	* This is how the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica is set up. The four old men of the team (Hawkman, Wildcat, Flash I, and Green Lantern I) have all lost children or otherwise had problems being fathers, as elaborated upon in the "Princes of Darkness" arc. Many other characters have parental issues, such as Jesse Quick/Liberty Belle II (dead father), Hourman III (absentee father returned from the dead), Stargirl (stepfather is crimefighting partner, father is a dead criminal), and Damage (son of the original Atom, created by Vandal Savage). Ma Hunkel, the original Red Tornado, is the [[TeamMom maternal]] [[TheHeart glue]] keeping the team together.
63	* More than any other ComicBook/{{Justice League\|OfAmerica}} lineup, the Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational is always portrayed as the one place this ragtag group of B-listers ever truly belonged.
64	* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'':
65	** The [[PowerTrio Founders Three]] -- ComicBook/CosmicBoy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad -- and, separately, the Legion of Substitute Heroes. In the case of the latter, there is at least one instance of one of the Substitutes turning down an invitation to join the Legion proper out of loyalty to the other Subs.
66	** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLightningLad'': When Lightning Lad dies, the Legion scour the galaxy to find a way to revive him. When they find a method that requires someone sacrificing their life to give it to Garth, six Legionnaires volunteer. Several years later, during ''ComicBook/TheLightningSaga'', ComicBook/{{Superman}} is telling the story to the Justice League and Justice Society, who are appalled at teen kids risking their lives like that. Superman replies any Legionnaire would readily give their life for any teammate.
67	--->'''Geo-Force:''' ''"That is not only ridiculous, Superman, it is insane."''\
68	'''Superman:''' ''"Our devotion to each other was unexplainable."''\
69	'''Batman:''' ''"You were kids."''\
70	'''Superman:''' ''"No, Batman. We were Legion."''
71	* The various ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' teams are just as much a surrogate family as they are a crime-fighting team. This is especially true of the "Original Five": ComicBook/{{Robin}} (Dick), ComicBook/WonderGirl (Donna), Kid Flash (Wally), Speedy (Roy), and Aqualad (Garth). This was carried over in the cartoon.
72	** In fact, ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} and Arsenal's Outsiders were formed in a deliberate attempt to avoid creating a Band Of Brothers. Naturally, given the characters and the circumstances, they failed.
73	** Another group of Titans who were closer to each other than they were to their own families were the "Core Four" of ComicBook/YoungJustice, who joined the Titans after their previous team disbanded: ComicBook/{{Robin\|1993}} (Tim), ComicBook/{{Impulse}} (Bart), ComicBook/{{Superboy\|1994}} (Kon) and ComicBook/WonderGirl (Cassie).
74	* The various teams of ''ComicBook/XMen'' display this trope at times. ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' would qualify as well, if three of its four charter members weren't already directly related by blood or marriage.
75	[[/folder]]
76
77	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
78	* ComicStrip/FlashGordon, Dale Arden, Hans Zarkov, Thun, Barin, Aura, and Vultan.
79	* ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates''' Terry Lee, Pat Ryan and Connie.
80	[[/folder]]
81
82	[[folder:Fan Works]]
83	* When not busy making Heavy/Medic SlashFic or generic Scout Is Delicious responses, VideoGame/TeamFortress2 fans typically portray the team as this. [[AscendedMeme The official comics tend to agree.]]
84	* As noted in the Anime section, [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Roy Mustang's]] unit fits the trope, as shown in the FanFic/ElementalChessTrilogy. Jean Havoc even invokes the trope by name, thinking of how the unit is still "a band of brothers (and one sister, of course)" and he'd willingly die for any one of them.
85	* The main heroines of ''Fanfic/AceCombatTheEquestrianWar'' are this.
86	* The Survivors of Fanfic/BlindMansBluff are this. They'll never, ever leave anyone behind and they will fight to the death to save each other. If there's one thing you know, it's that they're going to weather through the [[ZombieApocalypse zombie apocalypse]] together.
87	* The ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'' has Misfit Actual, Shining Armor's command squad, whose combat skills are only matched by their status as TrueCompanions.
88	* The titular ''Fanfic/AllGuardsmenParty'' view themselves as this. The various redshirts they're assigned to... not so much.
89	* In ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'', John's small group of sellswords is exceptionally close to each other. Bonus points for some of them being actually related to each other.
90	* ''Fanfic/TarkinsFist'':
91	** The Clones consider one another to be brothers and act as an extended family to one another.
92	** Sergeant SF-4738 forms a mentorship with Lieutenant Mahan that is akin to a father and son. The other members of 3rd platoon remain dedicated to ensuring that as many of them get through the war alive as possible.
93	** The Army Rangers Justin Mallory works with are incredibly close, regularly joking and chatting amiably when not in the thick of combat.
94	[[/folder]]
95
96	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
97	* Ping and the others in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' grow on each other during the TrainingFromHell TrainingMontage -- which of course is exactly what half of boot camp is about.
98	[[/folder]]
99
100	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
101	* ''Film/ActOfValor'': Bandito Platoon
102	-->'''ArcWords:''' Damn Few.
103	* Played for laughs at the beginning of ''Film/AnotherCountry'' when Rupert Everett's Russian spy character uses the quote in a conversation with a young female reporter. She does not recognize the lines, highlighting the differences in age and education between the two. Also, the trope is inverted or at least used with some irony because "band of brothers" here refers to members of the Guy Burgess traitor ring, a.k.a. the Cambridge Five.
104	* ''Film/BlackHawkDown'': "Leave no man behind." That is all.
105	* The Japanese soldiers of Captain Inouye's unit in ''Film/TheBurmeseHarp'', stuck in a POW camp, give away what few possessions they have in an effort to get information on their missing man, Private Mitsushima. When he finally shows up at their camp (he has avoided capture by dressing as a monk), they sing to him and beg him to come home with them.
106	* Emphasized in the ''Cambridge Spies'', though in real life they were not such a close group emotionally.
107	* The eponymous mercenaries in ''Film/TheExpendables'' are this, to the point that they take the member who betrayed them back by the end of the movie.
108	* The eponymous rodents in ''Film/GForce'' are one hell of a Band Of Brothers. The original group is Darwin, Juarez, Blaster, Speckles, and Mooch. Later, Speckles removes himself from the group by faking his own death. It's made explicit by the big fight scene at the end when Speckles realizes that he doesn't need to avenge his family; he's already got one in the form of G-Force, Ben and Marcy, and possibly Hurley, too. Darwin actually references this during the original sneak-in to Saber's house; "We leave no rodent behind."
109	* Guerrillas in ''Film/HussarBallad''; it's implied that nearly every platoon in the army is like that.
110	* In Creator/PeterJackson's Middle-earth Film-verse, the Fellowship of the Ring in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' and the Company of Thorin Oakenshield in ''Film/TheHobbit''. Especially true for the actors who've played characters in said companies. The actors who were part of the former band even got matching tattoos -- an Elvish symbol for number 9, which refers to the Nine Walkers.
111	* In ''Film/MurderByDecree'', the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary, and Sir Charles cover up the Ripper murders because they feel obliged to due to the Ripper being a fellow Freemason.
112	* The Burns Gang of ''Film/TheProposition'' are a perfect example of an evil version of this trope. Arthur considers all of them to be brothers, including the ones who aren't his genetic brothers, one of whom is even of a different race. He truly loves them all and has not a single cruel word for any of them. When told that his youngest (genetic) brother has found a girl and wants out, he is completely supportive. And if you're not his brother, you're liable to get shot, knifed, kicked to death, robbed, or possibly raped.
113	* ''Film/ThePunisher2004''.
114	-->'''Dave:''' They tried to make me talk. I gave 'em nothing.\
115	'''Frank:''' You don't know me. You don't owe me anything. I've brought you nothing but trouble. Why are you ready to die for me?\
116	'''Dave:''' Because... you're one of us. You're family.
117	* In ''Film/{{Robin Hood\|2010}}'', after 10 years together in the army, Robin's friends choose to stick around even after Robin urges them repeatedly to go their own ways.
118	* ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'':
119	** Private Ryan, asked by Captain Miller what they should tell his mother if he stayed to fight, said to tell her, "When you found me, I was here, and I was with the only brothers I have left. And that there was no way I was deserting them. I think she'd understand that."
120	** The main cast also form its own band of brothers, with Miller as a stern dad and Horvath as big brother.
121	* ''Franchise/StarWars''. The crew of the ''Millennium Falcon'' form a Band Of Brothers pretty quickly, and did so exactly along the lines of a FiveManBand.
122	* The ending, and in some ways the entire point of ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' is the forging of one of these between the survivors.
123	[[/folder]]
124
125	[[folder:Literature]]
126	* The core of the eponymous mercenary band in Glen Cook's ''Literature/TheBlackCompany'' is a Band Of Brothers, and it's the only way they survive all of the crazy shit that happens to them.
127	* Team Sidewinder in the ''Literature/CutAndRun'' series and the titular ''Sidewinder'' spin-off series. The members of Sidewinder consider each other family and frequently call each other "brother."
128	* In C.S. Goto's ''Literature/DawnOfWar'' trilogy, Gabriel confronts another Blood Raven captain with his friends in the room, because he knows he can trust them to have his back even against the other captain -- that's why they were his friends.
129	* Creator/TerryPratchett uses this a few times in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''.
130	** Only a few people are allowed to refer to him as '''Mister''' Vimes, and they have to have fought at his side. On his side, not just near him.
131	** Likewise, in ''Literature/MonstrousRegiment'', the half dozen soldiers of the eponymous regiment end up this way after saving the Duchy.
132	* Creator/OrsonScottCard calls this a "jeesh" (though only in the ''Literature/EndersShadow'' series), but still essentially the same thing in ''Literature/EndersGame''. The fact that they're a group of military super-geniuses makes them particularly dangerous. Also referred to as a "jeesh" in ''Literature/OrsonScottCardsEmpire''.
133	* ''Literature/FrontierWolf'': Roman Frontier Scouts serve in their home province, but give up their tribal loyalties to join "the Family" –- though their commander is uncomfortably aware that they sometimes suffer from SiblingRivalry.
134	* The officer Cadre in Creator/DanAbnett's ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' play this more or less straight in the later books, but subvert it earlier in the series. Elim Rawne is desperate that his commanding officer not die because, in his own words: "[[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou if you're going to die, it's got to be me who kills you]]".
135	* Anti-social and people-hating Sasha Hunter grows to appreciate the bond she shares with her teammates in ''Literature/GreekNinja'', and it becomes obvious she would give her life for any one of them, even though she couldn't stand them to start with.
136	* The Chaw of Chaws in ''Literature/GuardiansOfGaHoole'' -- Soren, Ezylryb, Otulissa, Eglantine, Digger, Gylfie, Twilight, and Martin. Coryn also fits into it not because he's king but as Soren's nephew.
137	* Several of these form during the ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' novels. Most of them are torn into shreds over the course; we ''are'' talking about the backstory to ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', after all. The best example is the Mournival, which starts as a FourTemperamentEnsemble and ends up as [[SwornBrothers Torgaddon and Loken]] vs. Aximand and Abaddon in a fight to the death.
138	* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': The victors in ''Catching Fire''.
139	* Roran begins seeing his various groups of fellow soldiers like this in [[Literature/InheritanceCycle Brisingr]], although his most notable relationship is with Carn. Furthermore, Eragon and Saphira have been this since day one, and Eragon's larger Band Of Brothers not only includes Saphira and Roran, but also Arya, Orik, Nasuada, and Katrina. Granted, Roran ''is'' his cousin that may as well be his brother, and Orik ''is'' his foster brother.
140	* Lampshaded in the ''Literature/LegacyOfTheAldenata'': "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. In years to come, men at home now in their beds will think of this day and do you know what they'll say? 'Jesus, I'm glad I wasn't with those poor doomed ACS assholes or right now I'd be dead'. But what the hell, that's why they pay us the big bucks. Board ships."
141	* ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' ends up like this, especially the four hobbits and the three hunters. In fact, many novels that are based on small long-term groups with fixed rosters that do ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]''-style adventuring result in a Band Of Brothers of sorts.
142	** This is shown when, despite Boromir's betrayal, the team goes instantly to rescue him. Also, Boromir fighting past when he should have died, to defend two of their number.
143	* Played very straight in the ''Literature/PrinceRoger'' series with the Bronze Barbarians, a guard unit for the titular prince, to the point where it's lampshaded in the title for the book ''We Few.''
144	* Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei in Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms, though there are more.
145	* The 95th Rifles (aka The Chosen Men) and South Essex regiments from the ''Literature/{{Sharpe}}'' series by Bernard Cornwell.
146	** Hell, the entire British and Portuguese Combined Army seem to become this. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Apart from the Cavalry. Bloody fairies.]]
147	** The French Corps of Marshals is often presented as this.
148	* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Starfire}}'' novels by Creator/DavidWeber and Steve White, the [[ProudWarriorRace Orions]] have this as an ideal for their armed forces -- ''farshatok'', which roughly translates as warriors who work together like the fingers of a fist.
149	* The entirety of the Mobile Infantry, from Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/StarshipTroopers'', fits this trope.
150	* The stormtroopers who become the Hand of Judgment in Creator/TimothyZahn's ''Literature/StarWarsAllegiance''. An Imperial Security Bureau officer comes down on one of them for refusing to shoot unarmed civilians and in the process aims a blaster. The trooper's [[DamnYouMuscleMemory training kicks in]] and he kills the officer. The trooper's four friends collectively go "OhCrap" and very quickly decide to go with him as he leaves, since he'll be executed if he stays and they'll probably be executed too, for associating with him. Although they argue, they stay together even later.
151	* ''Literature/SwordAtSunset'': The young Myth/KingArthur forms a Brotherhood of three hundred cavalrymen without other ties to family, land, or lord to spearhead the British war effort against the invading Saxons. In his old age their unity is corrupted by his BastardBastard, Medraut. Later ''Literature/TheShiningCompany'''s eponymous Companions, formed in imitation of Artos's, and their rivals the Teulu, the King's Bodyguard.
152	* Possibly the definitive Band Of Brothers in western literature is Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnan from ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''.
153	* Ellie Linton and her friends in ''Literature/TheTomorrowSeries'' are a close Band Of Brothers. [[spoiler: Later on, they even bond with the feral children they've taken in, to the point that Ellie nearly doesn't want to let them be sent to New Zealand -- and one of the ferals, Gavin, does stay with them.]]
154	* Koskela's platoon in the war novel ''Literature/TheUnknownSoldier'', which tells about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union 1941-1944. The band is the collective main character of the novel.
155	* The cats chosen to find Midnight in ''Literature/WarriorCats'', become united and willing to die for each other like one.
156	[[/folder]]
157
158	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
159	* The main cast of ''Series/{{The 100}}'' become this as they fight for survival on the ground. Made explicit in the episode "Nevermore" when Monty tells Octavia, "We're your people. We were sent down together. We survive together."
160	* Team Coulson on ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD''
161	* Angel Investigations in ''Series/{{Angel}}''.
162	-->'''Angel:''' We've been pushed to the edge so many times; done things we were sure could never be forgiven. But we're always there for each other when it counts. We've never let the darkness win. And it's not because of the Powers That Be or the super strength or the magical weapons. It's because we believe in each other, not just as friends or lovers, but as champions. All of us, together.
163	* ''Series/TheATeam''. From the almost father-and-son-like relationship between Hannibal and Face to VitriolicBestBuds B. A. and Murdock, to Face and Murdock's OddFriendship (really, how can a suave con man and a crazy pilot be best friends? Just ask Face and Murdock), you can tell they're more like a family than just a team of ex-military acquaintances. For instance, in the Season 2 finale, when Murdock gets shot in the chest during a job in the middle of nowhere, they pull out all the stops and even face possible capture by the military in order to save him. They even include the "we can insult each other, but when outsiders do it we close ranks" bit.
164	* ''Series/BandOfBrothers''. They even named the miniseries after the trope-naming quote. Fittingly, this series EPITOMISES a band of brothers. Winters, Nixon, Spiers, Bull, Lipton, Malarkey, Luz, Martin, Liebgott, and many, many more. And from what we see, the actors also lived up to this trope during the boot camp prior to filming, and still get together once a year for reunions.
165	* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}'': If adult adoption were legal, [[TeamDad Bill Adama]] would declare his entire crew as his children... though as the series wears on, his fatherly patience is repeatedly tested.
166	* ''[[Series/BlakesSeven Blake's 7]]'': The crew struggle to get on a lot of the time, to the point that it comes across as TeethClenchedTeamwork at times. But none of them ever seriously consider abandoning the others, and if one of them's in danger, the others come through for them eventually. Best summed up in the fourth season opener:
167	-->'''Dorian:''' That's why I came for you. You care for each other. After [[FireForgedFriends what you've been through together]], you couldn't fail to care for each other. [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Even you, Avon.]]
168	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Creator/JossWhedon loves this trope.
169	** The Scoobies, with a [[BlackComedy funny]] shout-out in the fifth season finale:
170	--->'''Giles:''' We few, we happy few...\
171	'''Spike:''' We band of buggered.
172	** But the most glorious example is:
173	--->'''Tara's Dad:''' You people have no right to interfere with Tara's affairs. We are her blood kin! Who the hell are you?\
174	'''Buffy:''' We're her family.
175	* In ''Series/BurnNotice'' Michael Westen is closer to Fiona and Sam than he is to his actual family, having placed his life in their hands more than once in their long history as spies. Over the course of the show, he has to learn to re-relate to and even trust his mother and brother Nate as well as he does his friends. And, as many episodes including season finales have shown, you do ''not'' [[BerserkButton mess with Michael's family or his friends.]]
176	-->'''Michael:''' [[BewareTheNiceOnes Fiona is not my past!]]
177	** Lampshaded in the Season Five episode "Depth Perception", when it's spelled out that putting his life on the line for his friends is more or less encoded into his DNA:
178	--->'''Michael''': I know you've seen my psych profile...
179	--->'''Anson''': I helped ''write'' your psych profile.
180	--->'''Michael''': Good. Then you know that if my friends are in danger - real danger - I will help them, whatever the risks.
181	--->'''Anson''': What's the point?
182	--->'''Michael''': My point is I'm no good to you dead or in jail. So you help me, and it's a lot more likely I will stay healthy, free, and useful to you.
183	* A common thread of the ''Series/{{CSI}}'' series-pick any of the three and watch how protective they get when one of their own is in trouble and how they look out for each other all the time.
184	* ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'':
185	** In "Epitaph One", we see [[spoiler:Adelle caring for Topher (who has gone insane) like a mother for a child]].
186	** The end of "The Attic" seems to signal the point where all the main characters realize that they're on the same side. [[spoiler: Laurence Dominic is probably a member too, though he's still stuck in the Attic.]]
187	** Boyd outright states that they're family in "The Hollow Men." [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he's been revealed as the BigBad by this point.]] Tony and Priya say the same thing, [[spoiler:and because of Boyd's previous usage of the term, Echo/Caroline tells them to call them anything but that.]]
188	* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Robert Crawley, 7th Earl of Grantham, and his valet, John Bates. Both served in [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships the Army]] (specifically the [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous Grenadier]] [[BritishRoyalGuards Guards]]) in UsefulNotes/TheSecondBoerWar; Bates was Lord Grantham's batman (a military bodyguard-cum-valet for an officer). Lord Grantham is intensely protective of Bates, keeping him on as his valet even though his leg injury makes it harder than usual for him to do a valet's job, backing him up on the occasions that downstairs spats reached his attention, and, most vitally, allowing Bates to use the Crawley family lawyer Mr Murray after [[spoiler:he is accused and convicted of Mrs Bates' murder. He also hires Bates back as valet when he is released without thinking twice.]] For his part, Bates tries his best to serve as Lord Grantham's eyes and ears downstairs. No doubt the both of them have other such friends from the Regiment,[[note]]Especially considering that the Guards units are noted for being especially close-knit[[/note]] but we never see them.
189	* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': The Moya crew sure qualifies. Certainly it's a very screwed-up Band Of Brothers, but it's still a Band Of Brothers. Pilot and Moya in particular are the first to feel this way, but as the series goes on, they get closer and closer until eventually their one rule is "look out for the family, at all costs."
190	* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'':
191	** The crew of ''Serenity'' in particular will do just about anything for each other. Even Simon Tam and Jayne Cobb, who hate each other, have saved the life of the other at least. Not to mention this exchange after Mal and crew save River from being [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]] in the BigDamnHeroes moment that named that trope:
192	--->'''Mal:''' Cut her down!\
193	'''Patron:''' The girl is a witch.\
194	'''Mal:''' Yeah, but she's ''our'' witch. ''[[[DramaticGunCock KA-CHINK!]]]'' So cut her the hell down.
195	** Even better:
196	--->'''Simon:''' Why did you come back for us?\
197	'''Mal:''' You're part of my crew.\
198	'''Simon:''' But you don't even like me?\
199	'''Mal:''' You're part of my crew. Why are we still discussing this?
200	** Mal himself proved how [[PapaWolf violently protective of his crew]] he could be near the end of "Ariel", when confronting Jayne and preparing to [[ThrownOutTheAirlock throw him out the airlock]] for Jayne ratting out River and Simon.
201	--->'''Jayne:''' What're you takin' it so personal for? It ain't like I ratted ''you'' out to the feds!\
202	'''Mal:''' Oh, but you ''did!'' You turn on ''any'' of my crew, ''you turn on me!'' But since that's a concept you can't seem to wrap your head around, then you've got no place here. You did it to ''me'', Jayne. And that's a fact.
203	** In turn, the rest of the crew showed their own unblinking loyalty to Mal in "War Stories", when even [[TheMedic Simon]] and [[WrenchWench Kaylee]] took up arms to save him.
204	--->'''Kaylee:''' If it were any of us, Cap'n wouldn't hesitate.
205	** "Ariel" also has Simon going off to save a dying man, risking capture and leaving River in Jayne's care -- which he probably wouldn't have done if he didn't actually trust Jayne to get River to safety should anything happen to him. One can't help but wonder how the extent of Simon's trust factored in Jayne's decision to save the Tams instead of simply making a run for it at the first opportune moment.
206	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
207	** Jon, Sam, Pyp, and Grenn by the end of Season 1.
208	** Beric's men are called the ''Brotherhood'' Without Banners for a reason.
209	* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'':
210	** Sibuna. Despite any fights the group may have, they are shown to be incredibly loyal to each other, risking lives on almost a daily basis for another member who needs it. Not exactly a band of ''brothers'' though, as it's, as Amber puts it, "Three girls and two men. Well, boys." However, now it's three boys and two girls, but the point still stands.
211	** To a lesser extent the whole of Anubis House could be seen as this. Loyalties are definitely less obvious and many times the students to turn on one another, but when things get serious you can expect everyone to work together, especially if one of their own is being threatened.
212	* The ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' crew has elements of this. Note how protective everyone gets when Parker is in trouble, or how they all get together to save Nate even when they've officially split up.
213	* The staff of ''Series/{{MASH}}'' Unit 4077 may not like each other and often bicker like children, but they can't help but bond over [[WarIsHell "meatball surgery" and the dangers of life in a war zone]].
214	* ''Series/MotherlandFortSalem'': The Bellweather unit are all friends, who became closer due to the struggles they faced together. Later, they add Scylla, Adil, and Khalida to their number.
215	* ''Series/ThePunisher2017'':
216	** Frank Castle, Billy Russo, and Curtis Hoyle were best buddies when they served together in Afghanistan, although this fractures after Russo turns out to be in league with the people who killed Frank's family.
217	** In Season 2, there is a villainous example, with Billy starting a gang of fellow veterans who commit criminal, brutal acts, but are still utterly dedicated to each other.
218	* The revolutionaries of ''Series/SonsOfLiberty'' grow into an intensely loyal group, willing to go to great lengths to defend each other, above and beyond their loyalty to the cause as a whole.
219	* Franchise/StargateVerse:
220	** The ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' crew captures the Band of Brothers spirit perfectly with their "We don't leave our people behind" refrain.
221	** Which was a catchphrase at the SGC earlier (see the episode "Abyss" for a perfect example of how far this can be taken and understood). The members of the team become each other's best friends, confidants, and essentially nothing will cause more angst than when one is in trouble, wounded, or presumed dead. ''Series/StargateSG1'' epitomizes the Band of Brothers trope. Major Carter even says to one of the other characters, "We were a team. No one can even begin to understand what that really means." And calls Daniel's death[[spoiler:(presumed)/ascension]] one of the worst things she's ever been through. And, let's face it, she's been through a lot.
222	--->'''Teal'c:''' You are like a brother to me, O'Neill.\
223	'''O'Neill:''' [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Aren't you like, eighty]]...?\
224	'''Teal'c:''' A younger brother perhaps, but that is not the point.
225	* Every version of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' has this, from the original to the latest incarnations.
226	** Each member of ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s PowerTrio was bound and determined to sacrifice their own life to save the other two if the situation called for it. This was shown spectacularly in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', where Kirk steals and destroys the ''Enterprise'' and [[TheMcCoy McCoy]] risks his own life to return [[TheSpock Spock's]] ''[[OurSoulsAreDifferent katra]]'' to his body.
227	** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had a bit of this going on, particularly during the first season, before the characters had worked each other out. Riker was uneasy about their second officer, Picard had to tell people not to let him "make an ass of himself" around children (and shouted Wesley out in the very first episode, thus enraging Wesley's mother with whom Picard ''already'' had an uneasy relationship), Worf disliked ''everyone'' (but [[WordOfGod especially Data]]), and Troi and Riker had Uncomfortable Ex's syndrome. But within a matter of episodes (and fairly ridiculous episodes at that), it became obvious that they'd all pretty much die for each other.
228	* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' and ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' both feature crews of people who don't even want to be on the same ship/station with each other, but over the courses of each series have wound up going as far as disobeying orders to save one another.
229	* Any ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' or ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' team. (And ''Power Rangers'' {{Reunion Show}}s make it seem that all teams are like an extended family... again, if you remember that it doesn't necessarily mean you like each other.)
230	* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'': Xena and Gabrielle, often including Eve and Joxer.
231	[[/folder]]
232
233	[[folder:Music]]
234	* Mike Tramp's (former vocalist in White Lion and Freak Of Nature) current band is literally called Mike Tramp & The Band Of Brothers, consisting only of people he considers his "rock'n'roll brothers", all people he has previously played with: Mike Tramp himself on Vocals and Acoustic Rhythm Guitar, Soren Andersen (of Mike Tramp & The Rock'N'Roll Circuz as well as the Cobblestone Street to Nomad albums) on Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals, Claus Langeskov (from the Capricorn to More To Life Than This albums) on Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals, and finally the drummer from Freak Of Nature on, well, Drums.
235	[[/folder]]
236
237	[[folder:Sports]]
238	* Ice-Hockey teams. Hurt one player, especially the goalie or star player, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge and on-ice teammates will come after you]]. To varying degrees this is true for almost any sports team, it's just that hockey allows them to show it more violently.
239	[[/folder]]
240
241	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
242	* In ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'', this is one of the defining traits of Clan Ghost Bear, Hell's Horses, and Star Adder. Whilst most Clans are very elitists and like segregating great warriors from CannonFodder, these Clans encourage camaraderie, and treat everyone as equals, regardless of their role. Many of the more moral PrivateMilitaryContractors like the Gray Death Legion or the Kell Hounds likewise have a spirit of camaraderie and brotherhood, in addition to getting a hefty paycheck.
243	* ''TabletopGame/BurningWheel'' has a standard intro/demo scenario, "The Sword", about what happens when the adventuring party gets the loot and no longer has anything holding their disparate intentions for it together. Hint: it's also often used as a combat demo, and there are no characters or monsters except the [=PCs=].
244	* Most adventuring parties in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' wind up like this, if they last.
245	* And just about every other kind of adventuring party in every other tabletop RPG that allows for them, really. [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Except]] ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''.
246	* Despite [[CrapsackWorld the setting]], ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' even manages to demonstrate this trope.
247	** The Space Marines: ''nothing'' is more important to them than loyalty to their Battle Brothers and fealty to the Chapter, and aside from the God-Emperor himself and the founding Primarch they recognize no authority other than their Chapter Master. This is why the Horus Heresy is considering so tragic, as conquering solar systems and crushing civilisations was perfectly fine, but turning against and fighting your brothers was inconceivable.
248	** Tau units are sometimes bonded together in the Ta'lissera ritual, which translates as "covenant", "bond", or [[HoYay "marriage"]] depending on the source.
249	** Zigzaggezd with the Chaos Space Marines. One of the RPG has several characterizations for a CSM warband, one of them being loyal to each other through thick and thin, another a bunch of self-serving schemers who band together for convenience and will happily betray the others as soon as it suits their plans.
250	[[/folder]]
251
252	[[folder:Theatre]]
253	* The [[RousingSpeech full version]] of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/HenryV'' page quote reads as follows. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM Kenneth Branagh's delivery in his film version is a particularly well-remembered rendition.]]
254	-->'''King Henry:''' This story shall the good man teach his son; and Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, from this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we [[TropeNamer band of brothers]]... [[FireForgedFriends for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother]]; be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition. [[StrawCivilian And gentlemen in England now-a-bed]] shall think themselves ''accurs'd'' they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks that fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day!
255	* One of the reasons that the plot of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' works is that Iago is part of Othello's band of brothers, and thus it is assumed that he is playing the role.
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:Video Games]]
259	* In the vast majority of {{RPG}}s where the player is accompanied by a party of disparate characters, they will usually become this by the halfway point of the game. If the game has a KarmaMeter this will often only be the result for the good path, whereas the evil path will have any characters who survive being more like minions.
260	* In [=MMORPGs=] a guild of players can easily approach a version of this. Although you will never actually meet them in real life, you become emotionally attached to those people and are willing to go out of your way to help them in-game and even outside the game. When one of them leaves the guild, it feels like a betrayal.
261	* In ''VideoGame/BatenKaitosOrigins'', this features heavily in a literal and figurative sense. Every time one of the monsters is defeated, Sagi gets a faint-inducing headache and wakes up in a different world. [[spoiler: in this world, he is a sibling of the five people who group together and become Malpercio, the BigBad of the sequel.]]
262	* Farron's Undead Legion of the Abyss Watchers in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' started out like this. [[spoiler: They were founded by Knight Artorias himself to guard against the horrors of the Abyss, and they all use a replica of his sword in remembrance of the fallen Knight. When they were called upon to Link the First Flame and prolong the Age of Fire, they didn't just send one of their number down to do so; they went down into the Kiln as one and all burned together. Unfortunately, their time spent as fuel for the First Flame drove some of them mad, and by the events of the game these once proud warriors are busy tearing each other to pieces.]]
263	* According to Alistair in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', Grey Wardens of Ferelden were one of these. Depending on the player choices the Grey Wardens of Amaranthine can bond and become close friends as well.
264	* Delta Squad from ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar,'' especially Marcus and Dom. To some extent, this applies to the entire COG army.
265	-->'''Dom:''' Do we have time?\
266	'''Marcus:''' They're Gears. We'll make time.
267	* The ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' franchise is filled with lots of these. In the games, the most prominent examples are Noble Team (a group of SPARTAN supersoldiers who have been serving in the military since they were kids) and Alpha Nine (a group of elite Orbital Drop Shock Troopers who find themselves scattered and stranded behind enemy lines in a Covenant-occupied city).
268	* Illustrated in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2''. When the game starts out, Four strangers have gathered on the roof of a Savannah hotel just as the last evac copter flies off. Five levels later, they are bound by blood, bile, and a few other unrecognizable fluids.
269	** Also in the Sacrifice Comic, when it looks like our heroes are done for, Louis announces "I love you guys". Then [[spoiler: Bill]] runs off to restart the generator and shouts, "Take care of each other, you guys are the only family I've got left!" [[spoiler: Bill's dying lines in the video game have a similar effect.]]
270	* About half the missions in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' have the purpose of taking the "[[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Dirty Dozen]]" and turning them [[MisfitMobilizationMoment into this]]. The final outcome of the game is determined in large part by how well [[AnAdventurerIsYou Commander Shepard]] succeeds.
271	* Philanthropy in ''[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]''. HoYay aside. Sure, Old Snake has the social skills of a toad; sure, Otacon is a walking case of [=PTSD=] from sexual abuse and the tendency for people he cares about to die; and sure, Sunny has never left the ''Nomad'' to have anything resembling a normal childhood... but they're all in it together.
272	** The Cobra Unit from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid 3'' joined the Boss when she left the US for the Soviet Union. The Fury in particular had a dying speech covering the relationship between her and them.
273	** Dead Cell from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid 2'', or at least Vamp and Fortune, were something of a Band Of Brothers. This is mostly insinuated through the way Fortune acts and what she reveals more than anything else, but there was some sort of comradery there.
274	* ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Modern Warfare 2]]'' has this by the end, between Soap, Price, and Nikolai. It's implied that Roach and Ghost were well on the way toward being a part of it, but their deaths cemented it for the first three.
275	* ''VideoGame/RainbowSix'' pulls this in Vegas with Bishop, especially with Logan and Gabe where she stresses they are a team and a family. In the final mission [[spoiler: where Bishop is defying orders to go after a traitor]], Logan says the same thing back to Bishop when he shows up out of the blue to provide backup. Her reply? "Who said that horseshit?"
276	* Dutch van der Linde's gang in ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'' is just that. Some members like each other more, some less, but they're always ready to help one another and look out for each other during jobs. Arthur Morgan, the protagonist and the gang's enforcer, openly admits that he sees them as his family.
277	* The mercenaries of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' are {{Sociopathic Hero}}es at best, but that doesn't stop them from working together like a well-oiled machine of death who are quick to genuinely thank and complement each other for a job well done.
278	** Meta-game wise, playing several rounds together can also transform a group of players who don't know each other (and aren't {{Griefer}}s) into a (temporary) Band of Brothers.
279	** Furthermore, the game encourages players to assist one another by various methods:
280	*** On most servers, you can earn points by assisting in a kill, putting out a burning teammate, and unleashing an Ubercharge in addition to killing enemies and achieving map objectives.
281	*** Most of the Medic's achievements are accomplished by helping other classes. One even involves healing someone while ''they'' get an achievement.
282	*** The Soldier can earn an achievement for using the Buff Banner on his Steam friends called "Banner of Brothers". (The [[MagnificentBastard Spy]], on the other hand, gets an achievement for [[BackStab backstabbing]] ''his'' Steam friends...)
283	*** A significant portion of the [[TheEngineer Engineer]]'s achievements involve co-operating with ''other'' Engineers for the greater good of his team.
284	* There is a ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' perk called Brothers in Arms (and its variants, the female-crew-only Sisterhood of Steel and the rock-band-themed Band of Brothers), which increases the basic competencies of all of your crewmembers. It's notable in that ''all'' crewmembers must have this perk for it to activate (per the collective nature of the trope) and that the only way to get this perk for normal crews is to take that crew through many, many battles together to gain enough XP to unlock it (reflecting their shared struggles).
285	* The Horde in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' is an example. It's been described as a closely knit family, and an alliance of convenience, and they have had their share of betrayals and mistrust, but the different races of the Horde always have each other's backs and have never denied each other aid when they truly needed it.
286	[[/folder]]
287
288	[[folder:Web Comics]]
289	* Instances in ''Webcomic/TheBeastLegion'':
290	** Vokan, Sundarr & his friends put up a valiant display when the shadow Nexus attacks the Lithopian Fortress
291	** General Rowling & his commanders in [[http://www.thebeastlegion.com/issue-06-page-30-brothers-united Issue 6]].
292	* ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'':
293	** The Foxhound unit from this ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' fancomic is a highly dysfunctional covert ops group that, in the earlier parts of the comic, all more or less hated each other. (Particularly with members Psycho Mantis and Revolver Ocelot, who do everything from exchanging put-downs to fighting deathmatches, and in one case Mantis only avoids being poisoned by Ocelot by sheer luck.) Of course, later on, the group (well, aside from Mantis and Ocelot) does seem to be getting closer to each other to the point that the entire group risks causing, (or at least not preventing) an international incident just to save Sniper Wolf.
294	** And when Liquid discusses the idea with the ghost of the Sorrow, the latter mentions how the Cobra unit were closer than family, with them all considering the Boss to be a mother figure, in spite of her being the youngest of them. This leaves Liquid slightly [[{{Squick}} squicked out]] as he notes the fact that the Sorrow and the Boss were lovers.
295	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
296	** The rest of the team saves Belkar from being killed by Miko, even though they hate him. Yes, they hate Belkar, but they hate Miko more, and Belkar's still a member of their team. They also keep him in the group to lessen the amount of damage he can do. The exact words Vaarsuvius says when [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0285.html saving Belkar from Miko]] are, "Belkar is a horrible, loathsome, supremely selfish creature who behaves contemptibly, laughs at the pain of others, has no manners whatsoever, and whose mental acuity would be compared unfavorably to that of a table. And yet I find I still prefer him to you." This works as a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech for both Miko '''and''' Belkar at once. Belkar hates his companions as much as they hate him. But does he even slow down when it comes to killing lots of people in order to save Haley from execution? Of course not... However, Belkar is a HeroicComedicSociopath, so part of it might be that he just likes killing people.
297	** When Elan gets captured, they all go to rescue him, even though his stupidity has gotten them in trouble often. Roy at first refuses to but then realizes how horrible it would be to abandon Elan. It's later mentioned that if he hadn't changed his mind, he would have gone straight from [[OrderVersusChaos Lawful]] Good to TrueNeutral. Note that this decision wasn't so much based around the concept of a Band Of Brothers, but Roy realizing that Elan is an innocent and the kind of person he should be trying to protect, even if he is annoying.
298	* The main characters in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''. Even after all the craziness and dysfunction in their lives, they still care about each other and will be there for each other.
299	[[/folder]]
300
301	[[folder:Web Original]]
302	* Team Kimba of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', who have had each other's backs since the first team story "Quoth the Ninja Nevermore".
303	[[/folder]]
304
305	[[folder:Web Video]]
306	* ''WebVideo/TheGreatNerfWar'': Basically the entire 59th Company but specifically the M.I.N.O.T.A.U.R.S.
307	[[/folder]]
308
309	[[folder:Western Animation]]
310	* The eponymous heroes from ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers''. Mess with one, mess with them all. The BigBad was smart enough to try and work that in her favor.
311	* The eponymous Able Squad in ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' is basically a Band Of Brothers, especially for characters like Nara Burns, who was orphaned by the war.
312	* Martian Manhunter feels this way about his fellow WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague members.
313	* Graveheart from ''WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders'' gives a rousing speech before the assembled forces of The Alliance before their battle against planet Remora, the Beast Planets envoy, including the iconic 'Band of Brothers' line from Henry V.
314	* The Clone Troopers in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' often refer to each other as Brothers, and more than one has been willing to die to try and protect their family. This is especially noticeable with the members of Domino Squad.
315	-->'''Colt:''' I want you troopers to remember, we're shoulder-to-shoulder on those front lines. Brothers! And sometimes we may quarrel, but no matter what, we are united. Rule one, we fight together.
316	* Raven, the loner, is the first to call the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' her family. Five teenage orphans living together is justified. Robin and Starfire complicate this somewhat, however, showing romantic feelings for each through all five seasons and ultimately becoming a couple in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansTroubleInTokyo''.
317	* The main crew of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' (plus Sari) is like this. Optimus even refers to it as "this family" in Season 3.
318	* Arcee refers to her team as family in the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. In Season 3, Optimus has to explain this to straight-laced Ultra Magnus -- they're not the Elite Guard and have grown into something greater than an army.
319	-->'''Magnus:''' Optimus. When we spoke earlier -- what could be greater than an army?\
320	'''Optimus:''' A human concept. One I have learned since coming to Earth: family.
321	[[/folder]]
322
323	[[folder:Real Life]]
324	* To several Pre-Columbian Native American cultures, being a ''blood brother'' to another man meant being his brother not in the sense of family, but rather being the one man above all others that could be counted on to be there when the going got rough.
325	* [[http://australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/mateship-diggers-and-wartime A central part of Australia's national character]] draws heavily on this.
326	* During the Battle of the Nile, Admiral UsefulNotes/HoratioNelson explicitly referred to his sea captains as a Band Of Brothers, and when once asked what he meant by the phrase, he explained that they were a brotherhood forged together in seamanship and blood.
327	* Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (pictured above), as described in the book and {{miniseries}} ''Series/BandOfBrothers'', is one of the better-known examples. Private Kurt Gabel, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, quoted in the book ''Band of Brothers''...
328	--->''The three of us became an entity. There were many such entities in our close-knit organization. Groups of threes and fours, usually from the same squads or sections, core elements within the families that were the small units, were readily recognized as entities. Often three such entities would make up a squad, with incredible results in combat. They would literally insist on going hungry for one another, freezing for one another, dying for one another.''
329	* "[[NoOneGetsLeftBehind We don't leave our wounded/our buddies/Marines/etc. behind!]]" is a principle of various real-life military cultures -- and of course their representations in fiction.
330	* ''Semper Fidelis''. Motto of serveral military and non-military organizations around the world. Meaning "Always Faithful." Not only that, but military units are often analogized as a family, with the commanding officer filling the role of a traditional father or head of the household, and the senior NCO as the mother. The rest of the unit, of course, is like their numerous children, brothers and sisters who sometimes bicker amongst each other, but trust in one another like a family.
331	* Evan Wright's book ''Literature/GenerationKill'', an account of the [=USMC=]'s First Force Recon in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, showed a rather striking scene where a group of Marines were under heavy fire in a field, and were laughing and joking. When asked why they were in such a good mood, the answer was that the Marines were surrounded by their closest friends and combat brothers; if they died in combat, they would die right alongside their best friends.\
332	The HBO adaptation of ''Literature/GenerationKill'' has an interesting subversion. The Marines are every bit the Band Of Brothers you'd expect them to be, but they ''also'' quickly adopt their embedded reporter, Evan Wright, as one of their own instead of turning him into a ButtMonkey. In the novel (discussed below), Wright is self-conscious of this process in a way that might pass for CasualDangerDialogue, noting that he realized the Marines were starting to like him when they began poking him with their combat knives, among other forms of hazing.\
333	Wright credits four things with Force Recon's acceptance of him: That he had written for several of the Marines' favourite publications (Most notably ''Hustler''), that he managed to stay cool the first time he came under fire, that he actually volunteered to stay after coming under fire instead of wimping out as the previous embedded reporters had, and that he knew he was the designated ButtMonkey and wasn't afraid to poke fun at himself when he screwed up.
334	* Throw a dart in a Military base in Afghanistan, you'll find one. Whether it be the Mercian Regiment joking about the tracks on their [=APCs=] in Camp Bastion, the Marines trekking it through sandy streets in Sangin, or a Danish company trading jokes about their duties, the ISAF forces are ''made'' of these.
335	* Also commonly invoked and discussed with police officers and firefighters. Entire precincts and fire stations are known to help each other in times of grief and need.
336	* The Wehrmacht. Founded in 1935, it had abolished the old adage that "a soldier should fear his sergeant more than the enemy," which was the bread and butter of the Prussian military, and instead built heavily on the esprit de corps. Units went together through basic training with their officers, soldiers were recruited from the same general area and were kept together through the fighting.
337	* The Israel Defense Force inculcates a culture of referring to one's compatriots quite literally as "brother", and comes complete with NoOneGetsLeftBehind.
338	* OlderThanFeudalism: The hoplite phalanx worked like this. The first row of hoplites would stand in formation such that their shields overlapped slightly, so each individual soldier was not only protecting himself but the soldier to his immediate left. Hoplites were literally taking care of each other in battle. This is why coming back from battle without a shield was such a serious condemnation for a soldier. A hoplite shield was so heavy, that someone running from battle would have to leave it behind... which was the only conceivable reason to come back from battle without it. If you didn't have your shield, you couldn't protect the guy next to you. If you consciously threw away your shield, you were effectively refusing to protect a fellow soldier... which is even worse than simply refusing to fight.
339	[[/folder]]

Context Main / BandOfBrothers