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5[[caption-width-right:350:[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E1KampKrusty "Gentlemen... to evil!"]]]]
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7->'''Lex Luthor:''' I was just celebrating God's return. Out of the ground and back up into the sky. He and his odd little friends are forming some sort of League.\
8'''Slade Wilson:''' You better not be wasting my time.\
9'''Lex Luthor:''' No, I have too much to live for — and more important things to do. We have to level the playing field, Mr. Wilson. To put it plainly... shouldn't we have a League of our own?
10-->-- ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''
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12''Meanwhile, at the Hall of Doom...''
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14Plot of an episode or StoryArc, wherein one or more villainous characters -- usually made up of some combination of past one-shots, members of the RoguesGallery, and/or a few possible newcomers -- join forces to destroy their common enemies, the protagonists.
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16Usually, they will initially overpower the heroes, but their own evil selfishness and [[NoHonorAmongThieves inability to trust each other]] undermines their unified front, and the heroes strike at this weakness. Or one dominant personality double-crosses the others. [[EvilWillFail Either way, the team dissolves at the end.]]
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18The Legion of Doom is normally formed in response to the heroes teaming up at much earlier point, a sort of declaration of war. A simple group of villains working together for a temporary purpose doesn't count.
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20Often saved for a season or series finale. {{Crossover}}s do this a lot, using one villain from each series.
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22[[TropeNamers Named after]] the nemesis organization to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'', who came together during the ''Challenge of the Superfriends'' era of the franchise and actually managed to stay together, mostly due to relentless use of a DiabolusExMachina ResetButton to escape in the last scene, usually because their Hall of Doom can ''fly'' or ''burrow'' anywhere, and because their opponents, the Superfriends, frequently ''[[ForgotAboutHisPowers forget they have super powers]]''.
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24Likely to be a BigBadDuumvirate as well. EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily is usually involved. For one-shot team ups that are usually on a smaller scale, see VillainTeamUp. StandardEvilOrganizationSquad is similar, but they tend to already be a group when introduced and are generally treated as a more serious threat.
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26Contrast SuperTeam, their good equivalent. Not to be confused with DoomTroops, who are extremely scary {{Mooks}}, but mooks nonetheless.
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28[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Has nothing to do with]] [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague Eric Lindros, John LeClair, or Mikael Renberg]] or the TagTeam, Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors (well, actually it does, see below).
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31!!Examples:
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33* LegionOfDoom/WesternAnimation
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38* The first part of the Super 17 saga of ''Anime/DragonballGT'', where the gates of Hell break open, releasing an army of villains from both [[Manga/DragonBall the original series]] and ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Z]]''. This also happens in the movie ''Fusion Reborn'', however, it’s downplayed there because of the recurring villains, only Frieza gets real screentime- the others are reduced to a cameo at best.
39* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' has the Phantom Troupe, a band of the world's deadliest killers and thieves. Hisoka joins during the York Shin arc just for a chance to fight the leader, Chrollo Lucifer, but [[SixthRangerTraitor has no loyalty to the group outside of his own agenda]] and [[spoiler:quits once he realizes Chrollo can't use nen anymore]]. Two of [[spoiler: Killua's siblings, Kalluto, and eventually Illumi]] join later in the series.
40* Being the huge love letter to the superhero genre that it is, of course ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' would have one of these. In this case it takes the form of the League of Villains, a team of supervillains led by [[PsychopathicManchild Tomura Shigaraki]] hellbent on killing the number one hero [[BigGood All Might]]. Later in the story, Shigaraki does this again on a much larger scale by combining his League of Villains with a [[BrotherhoodOfEvil Cult-like, militant faction]] dedicated to Metahuman freedom called the Meta Liberation Army. This combined group is called [[ExaggeratedTrope The Paranormal Liberation Front]] and almost immediatly declares war on the Pro-Hero community.
41* The ultimate plan of the Badan Empire in ''Manga/KamenRiderSpirits'' has them revive every single MonsterOfTheWeek and [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad evil executive]] from the original ''Series/KamenRider'' up to ''Series/KamenRiderSuper1''. Yep, ''every single one'' from all 11 of the {{Nebulous Evil Organisation}}s the Kamen Riders fought previously. Once their members are all revived, the newly recreated Shocker, Gel-Shocker, Destron, G.O.D., Geddon, Garanda Empire, Black Satan, Delza Army, Neo-Shocker, Dogma and Jin Dogma set about dividing Japan amongst themselves.
42* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' manages to pull this off, by way of [[spoiler:Kabuto's Edo Tensei, resurrecting ''many'' foes that either Naruto faced himself, or are enemies of the collected Shinobi villages as a whole. Worse, the line-up also included some ''friends and family'' to the heroes]]!
43* ''Manga/NoLongerAllowedInAnotherWorld'': The Seven Fallen Angels are a team of otherworlders who, after killing the Dark Lord, took control of his territory and use it to continue his campaign of conquest across Zauberberg, treating the world and its inhabitants as toys for them to play with.
44* The villains in ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars'' make it their habit to revive the previous villains from the series, and these kind of villains are the more dangerous ones compared to those who only fight with their own abilities. In ''[=DX1=]'', Fusion splits into several fragments and transforms into MonsterOfTheWeek. In ''[=DX2=]'', Bottom revives several generals from the enemy's factions. In ''[=DX3=]'', it's the NonSerialMovie {{Big Bad}}s Black Hole has. In ''Miraculous Magic'', Solciere creates barely sentient copies of the series' {{Big Bad}}s up to the most recently defeated one, which was Dyspear.
45* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' during the Moxibustion StoryArc, Ranma is weakened and Happōsai (the guy who weakened him) tells every enemy of Ranma's state, and they all gang up on him to give him a beatdown. [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou All but one ...]]
46* There was a MonsterOfTheWeek in the first season of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' that brought back monsters who had been defeated previously, with [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin predictable results]].
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50* In ''ComicBook/AllFallDown'', the Order of Despots is this to the Pantheon.
51* ''ComicBook/BillAndTedsExcellentComicBook'': In Hell, De Nomolos recruits the princesses' fiancée's, Benedict Arnold, Al Capone and some aliens.
52* ''Franchise/TheDCU'':
53** ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
54*** "Batman's Gangland Guardians" features an assembly of Batman's foes. Fearing that a new mysterious supervillain might actually succeed in killing Batman, they act to secretly protect him. The rationale being that [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou only they, who have put in the time and effort, deserve to be in the running for Batman's final defeat]].
55*** In a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] issue, the Joker and the Penguin team up and are so good with their combined resources that Batman is powerless to stop them. He wins only after they have captured him and he turns them against each other by stroking their egos to the point that they get into a competition and then an argument over who is contributing more to their partnership.
56** ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' has the Rogues, who started out as a VillainTeamUp in UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks, but after discovering how well they worked together decided to keep working together. These days it's rare to see one of the Rogues commit a crime without some of the others around.
57** In the ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' story arc ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'', Sinestro allies himself with Parallax, Cyborg-Superman, Superboy-Prime, and the Anti-Monitor to attack the GL Corps.
58** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'':
59*** [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comics occasionally featured the Justice League fighting the evil Crime Syndicate of America (from Earth-3, a [[MirrorUniverse good/evil-reversed parallel universe]]) featuring Ultraman, Superwoman, Owlman, Power Ring, and Johnny Quick ({{evil counterpart}}s to Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Green Lantern, and the Flash, respectively). Initially, there were no super''heroes'' on Earth-3, only supervillains, but it was eventually revealed that the heroic scientist Alexander Luthor was a bit of a thorn in the Crime Syndicate's side.
60*** The Injustice Gang pretty much embodies this trope. The antithesis to the Justice League, they're a group of villains who band together to destroy the JLA. The lineup changes with every appearance, since the Gang tends to disband (or all be thrown in jail) at the end of a given story. Its most successful incarnations have all been led by Lex Luthor; in one story, he tells his fellow members, "Let's not fall victim to the cliche of the villains who can't get along." He's also perhaps the only major supervillain who has been able to successfully enforce harmony and cooperation among his gang, with no dissensions, betrayals, or serious infighting -- no small feat when you've got The Joker on your team.
61*** Another one is the short-lived ''Secret Society of Super-Villains'', in which a collection of old-school villains form a sort of anti-Justice League and fight the newly arrived Darkseid and company. In one memorable scene, Gorilla Grodd has a punchout with a giant club-wielding member of the ''ComicBook/NewGods'' and defeats him with the aid of a classic wrestling ploy, the {{heel}}ish [[ISurrenderSuckers mock surrender]]. The Society even had their own series.
62*** Later expanded during and after ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis2004''. Witnessing the JLA's much more proactive stance after the murder of Sue Dibny, most of the supervillains band together and form an international organization. This version lasted up until ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' and the ''ComicBook/New52''.
63*** Another one is the Injustice League, formed by Lex Luthor, Joker, and Cheetah, as a protection racket for supervillains. One of their first plans lead to them kidnapping and humiliating pretty much every member of the Justice League save for Superman and ComicBook/BlackLightning, who work together to free the rest and take them down. The bickering supervillains issue came into play, albeit in a darker means; Doctor Light was one of the villains recruited, and while Luthor and Joker had no issue, Cheetah point-blank refused to work with him because he's a serial rapist, and later when things went to shit she went out of her way to kill him during the chaos; [[EvenEvilHasStandards she's a monster, but she has some limits]].
64*** Creator/AlexRoss, a huge ''WesternAnimation/{{Superfriends}}'' fan, did a limited series titled ''ComicBook/JusticeDCComics'', which was his DarkerAndEdgier (relatively speaking) [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/superfriends/images/6/64/Legion_Of_Doom_%28Justice%29.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/2000?cb=20090515053828 version of the series]]. This version of the Legion of Doom had the same roster as their original ''Superfriends'' incarnation (Lex Luthor, Giganta, Toyman, Sinestro, Bizarro, Brainiac, Cheetah, Gorilla Grodd, Solomon Grundy, Captain Cold, Black Manta, The Riddler and Scarecrow), but with the addition of [[TeamMemberInTheAdaptation Black Adam, Metallo, Clayface, Parasite and Poison Ivy being members]] and Toyman being the Winslow Schott version rather than the Jack Nimball version (though he does use puppet-like automatons that resemble the jester-like costume Jack Nimball wore). The miniseries also ends up [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructing]] the concept by revealing that the architects of the Legion had to resort to using mind control to get all the villains to work together. Otherwise, they're just too selfish and/or insane to stay focused on a single unified goal and would inevitably turn on one another or pursue their own personal vendettas.
65*** After the ''Flashpoint'' reboot, various titles across the New 52 hinted at the existence of a new incarnation of the Society, which finally came into play in ''ComicBook/TrinityWar'' and ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013''.
66*** [[ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013 Another iteration]] actually pitted a team led by Lex Luthor against a Society/Crime Syndicate team led by Deathstroke, where Batman (who had already partnered with Catwoman) was caught up in the mix. The Bat and the Cat work with Lex, who offers Deathstroke enough money to betray his team, leading to a Gang formed of Lex Luthor, Sinestro, Black Adam, Deathstroke, Captain Cold and Black Manta, who all work ''scarily'' well together. Made even funnier when Batman actually thought he could enforce his no-kill policy.
67*** ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018'' saw the {{Trope Namer|s}} [[CanonImmigrant making its debut in mainstream comic continuity for the first time]].
68** One of the earliest examples has to be the Injustice Society of the World who first fought the ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' in ''All-Star Comics'' #37 in 1947, when the concept of supervillains was still relatively new. They would return (in different incarnations) to plague the JSA over the decades, though the original team consisted of the Wizard (founder), Brainwave, Vandal Savage, the Thinker, the Gambler and time-traveler Per Degaton. The same incarnation reformed about a year later, adding Sportsmaster, Harlequin, Icicle, Tigress and Fiddler.
69** The EvilCounterpart to the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', the Legion of Super-Villains, especially the ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis: Legion of 3 Worlds'' incarnation led by Superboy-Prime, wherein the roster consists of almost all of the villains the Legion ever faced.
70** The UrExample may be from ''Leading Comics'' #1 (winter 1941), in which the Seven Soldiers of Victory are formed. The master criminal known as the Hand, thinking he will die soon, organizes five other criminals to use five unused schemes of his, referring to them as the Hand's Five Fingers. They are stopped by various heroes leading to the formation of the Soldiers. Interestingly enough one member, the Dummy, was a member of the first Monster Society.
71** ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': Another early example is the Monster Society of Evil, who fought Captain Marvel from 1943 to 1945 in [[ComicBook/TheMonsterSocietyOfEvil one long, continuous story]]. It was led by the new villain Mister Mind, but was composed mostly of villains that the good Captain had fought before... and the entire Axis Powers.
72** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
73*** The Superman Revenge Squad, mostly made up of relatively minor Superman villains, was formed by behind-the-scenes bad guy Morgan Edge to fight Superman. The group ultimately failed due to a lack of cohesion.
74*** An early Superman story had the Terrible Trio, made up of Lex Luthor, the Toyman, and the Prankster.
75*** The ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'' storyline "The Girl of No Tomorrow" gives us a new incarnation of the Fatal Five, five villains assembled by [[ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes Emerald Empress]] to kill Supergirl.
76*** In "Superman: Revenge" arc, Cyborg Superman sets up a Superman Revenge Squad consisting of himself, Mongul, Metallo, Zod, Eradicator and Blanque. They nearly succeed in killed Superman off, but the Man of Steel is saved by the Superman Family.
77*** In ''ComicBook/LastSon'', Lex Luthor's Superman Revenge Squad consists of himself, Metallo, Parasite, and Bizarro.
78*** In ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman'', Lex Luthor, Brainiac, Amalak, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Parasite, Prankster, Toyman, Terra-Man and Kryptonite Man come together to destroy Superman.
79*** In ''ComicBook/ThePhantomZone'', General Zod assembles all criminals imprisoned in the Phantom Zone to carry out his scheme against Superman and Earth.
80** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
81*** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Marston's final issue has Cheetah, Giganta, Blue Snowman, Dr. Poison, Queen Clea, Hypnota, Eviless and Zara teaming up to form Villainy Inc. in order to escape Reformation Island and kill Wonder Woman.
82*** Subverted in one of the earliest examples, in a Golden Age issue. Almost all of her existing villains apparently team up to try and kill her, but it turns out that they're a group of actors recruited by the real villain, a deranged stage actor who thinks Wonder Woman stole his fame.
83*** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'': Greg Rucka's run has Veronica Cale and the rebooted versions of Doctor Cyber and Doctor Poison, with unwilling assistance from Cheetah and temporary assistance from Circe, to destroy Wonder Woman / gain access to Themyscira.
84*** "Rebirth" also has Paula Von Gunther as "Warmaster" recruit Devastation, Genocide, Armaggedon [[LegacyCharacter II]] and Donna Troy as her Four Horsewomen for the purpose of invading Themyscira and exterminating the amazons in revenge for amazons slaughtering a company of valkyries in the past. Donna Troy is not amused to learn this, refusing to grant them entrance to the island, but Genocide forces her way in.
85** Lex and the Joker teamed up during UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks in ''World's Finest'' to take on ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/{{Superman}} by robbing Fort Knox with ''nigh-invulnerable robots''.
86* Parodied in the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip story "Death to the Doctor!". A group of loser villains (created just for the story) come together to plot to kill the Doctor, only to kill each other out of paranoia that the Doctor is there in disguise and killing them one by one.
87* ''ComicBook/{{Femforce}}'' has Fearforce, a supervillain team comprised of several of Femforce's greatest foes: Darkfire, Gorgana, Krone, Proxima, and Valkyra.
88* ''ComicBook/FirstStrike'' has several villains of the ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse coming together, with the only major absentees being any Cybertronians, since they're the villains' intended targets, and any villains from ROM, because the BigBad has a very personal grudge against them. Naturally, they don't get along very well, and some of them are even expecting a sudden but inevitable betrayal.
89* Creator/ImageComics' ''Guarding the Globe'' series introduces us to the Order, a select group of minor recurring ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' villains, including the Face, Master Liu and his bodyguard, Octoboss, Multi-Paul, Machine Head, Isotope, and Titan -- in addition to new guys like the group's leader Set, his woman Embrace, and international enforcers like Red Eye, Insomniac, Slaying Mantis, the Walking Dread... and [[spoiler:the new War Woman]].
90* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' has two, which are formed by France and Germany in the early 20th century to combat Britain's original League. The French have "Les Hommes Mysterieux" ("The Mysterious Men"), who include Literature/ArseneLupin, [[Literature/RoburTheConqueror Jean Robur]], Literature/{{Fantomas}}, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctalope the Nyctalope]] and [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsieur_Zenith Monsieur Zenith]]. The Germans have "Die Zwielichthelden" ("The Twilight Heroes"), who include [[Film/TheCabinetOfDrCaligari Dr. Caligari and his assassin Cesare]], [[Film/{{Metropolis}} Dr. Rotwang and his robotic servant Maria]], and [[Film/DrMabuseTheGambler Doctor Mabuse]]. Both groups have a hand in starting the ''League'' universe's version of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
91* The ninth issue of the ''ComicBook/{{Madballs}}'' comic book published by Creator/MarvelComics subsidiary Star Comics had Dr. Frankenbeans and Snivelitch team up with other enemies of the Madballs (Miss Tic the Mystic, Colonel Corn, Maiden Hong Kong, the Badballs, Anchor Man, and Captain Weirdbeard) to form INC (or [[FunWithAcronyms International Network of Creeps]]).
92* The ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' has several: [[ComicBook/TheAvengers the Masters of Evil]], [[ComicBook/SpiderMan the Sinister Six]], ComicBook/TheHood's Gang, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Frightful Four]], etc.
93** The Masters of Evil are the most successful, with one incarnation taking over ComicBook/TheAvengers' base (and beating the living crap out of Hercules and Jarvis). Much of this incarnation later went on to form the ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}. (Hercules, amongst others, was ''not'' happy to find out about this...)
94** The Lethal Legion in one incarnation involved a HistoricalDomainCrossover.
95** The Legion of the Unliving, which is made of characters currently dead, and in one incarnation was mostly made up of dead Avengers.
96** The Sinister Six has even become the Sinister Twelve.
97** ''ComicBook/KidColt'': Kid Colt was one of the Marvel western heroes to have enough recurring enemies to make this trope possible. In #127, Colt's ArchEnemy Iron Mask (a blacksmith in bulletproof armour) recruited Bennington Brown (a hypnotist), Dr. Danger (a ventriloquist and master of magnets) and the Fat Man (a FatBastard skilled in the use of the boomerang) to form a CircusOfFear to stage a crime wave in Phoenix, where they naturally ran into Colt.
98** The Council of Kangs is made entirely of ConquerorFromTheFuture ComicBook/KangTheConqueror and [[AllianceOfAlternates his various iterations created by time travel]].
99** Attempted by Loki in the ''ComicBook/ActsOfVengeance'' crossover. It didn't work out well, most notably because a) [[WriterRevolt the writers were in open revolt]], and b) he neglected to consider the people he was trying to get to work together. In particular, putting Magneto (a Jewish Holocaust survivor who takes "never again" ''[[PayEvilUntoEvil very seriously]]'') and the Red Skull (an outspoken Nazi) in the same room was [[BuriedAlive a disaster waiting to happen, really]] ([[PayEvilUntoEvil at least from the Skull's perspective]] - most everyone else was rather impressed).
100** The Revengers were a short-lived group made up of heroes who felt the Avengers had crossed the line and needed to be taken down.
101** As part of his plans during ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', Norman Osborn set up a "Cabal" consisting of himself, Emma Frost, Namor, Doctor Doom, the Hood, and Loki. It... uh... [[HumiliationConga works out about as well as for Osborn as everything else does in the storyline]].
102** There's also the ComicBook/DarkAvengers, with [[CostumeCopycat villains impersonating heroes]].
103** Norman tries again when he busts out of jail following ''ComicBook/FearItself'', this time allying his H.A.M.M.E.R. organization with A.I.M., Hydra, and the Hand, and once again uniting multiple villains (independent of those groups) into a new group of Dark Avengers. It doesn't work out for him any better this time.
104** The latest instance is the ''Multiversal'' Masters of Evil, a collection of {{Multiversal Conqueror}}s made up of the most dangerous villains from across time and space: a Doctor Doom who became the Sorcerer Supreme, a young and psychotic Thanos, a Dark Phoenix who had turned Wolverine into her pet berserker, a Killmonger who had conquered the Ten Realms, a Red Skull that bonded with the Venom symbiote, and a Norman Osborn that became the new Spirit of Vengeance.
105** ''ComicBook/XMen'': Media adaptations have an annoying habit of grouping most X-Villains as members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants with Magneto as their leader. Many of these villains have never been involved with the Brotherhood at all in the comics, like Sabretooth, Emma Frost, and the Juggernaut (who's not even a mutant). Others were part of a different iteration of the team and have never worked under Magneto, like Mystique and Pyro. Bonus points if Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are present and willingly serving Mags, even though they were with him against their will in the comics and jumped ship as soon as they were able, and are more closely associated with ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' than the ''X-Men'' these days. Funnily enough, Mystique and Sabretooth, the ones most likely to be on Magneto's side in these adaptations despite almost never being so in the comics, are still associated with ''another'' evil X-Men team: [[MadScientist Mister Sinister]]'s Marauders, who are a lot less picky about who to team up with, though he [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder probably won't be in any hurry to rehire Mystique anytime soon]].
106** A short-lived (1975-1980) series titled ''Super-Villain Team-Up'' was really a minor example, as it mostly came down to Doctor Doom and the ComicBook/SubMariner, though the last couple of issues were about the Red Skull and the Hate-Monger. The title was given a reboot of sorts in 2007 as a miniseries, ''Super-Villain Team-Up: [[{{Parody}} M.O.D.O.K.'s 11]]'', in which M.O.D.O.K. hires a group of supervillains to help him steal a MacGuffin. 3/4 of the team ends up being traitors, moles and sellouts. In the end, [[spoiler:it's all just a [[GambitRoulette ridiculously circuitous plot]] to get revenge on his ex-girlfriend]].
107** Spoofed in ''ComicBook/MutantBeachParty'', in which the Muties are braced for an incoming attack by an "ominous consortium of their most fierce and most deadly foes". They just don't know who this is, because they've got a ''lot'' of enemies (not including [[WeAreStrugglingTogether themselves]]). Finally, the story ends with the ominous consortium revealing themselves to be... [[spoiler:all the other Marvel heroes, pissed off at the X-Men's breakaway success and determined to take the spotlight back by force]].
108** ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': ''ComicBook/FallOfTheHulks'' gives us the Inteligencia, a group of Marvel's smartest villains. Unlike most examples, they've managed to not fall to bickering and work towards a common goal.
109** ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': In ''Ghost Riders: Heaven's on Fire'', a Legion of Doom has been assembled to kill the Ghost Riders, consisting of Blackout (murderous vampire), the Deacon (musclebound religious zealot with sacred knives), the All-New Orb (LegacyCharacter to the original Ghost Rider archvillain), Big Wheel (baddie-for-hire who pilots a large metal wheel), Madcap (indestructible lunatic with contagious insanity), Vengeance (ex-cop turned Ghost Rider simulacrum), Trull the Inhuman (alien-possessed steam shovel), and Scarecrow ([[ComicBook/{{Batman}} No, not that one]], but rather a maniac with a pitchfork who commands crows).
110* ''ComicBook/TopTen'': It's established that what would be supervillain teams anywhere else are essentially street gangs in Neopolis, where ''everybody'' is super. There's an ongoing turf war between the Fabulous Five and the League of Evil.
111* The whole premise of the miniseries ''ComicBook/{{Wanted}}'' is that the villains ''don't'' fall to bickering and instead destroy all the heroes and take over the world. (It's only ''after'' the heroes are gone and they are the unequivocal masters of all the world that the infighting starts, mirroring some RealLife political coups by [[EnemyMine politically expedient alliances]].)
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115* ''Fanfic/AvengersOfTheMultiverse'': In response to the formation of the titular team of heroes, [[WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan General Modula]] forms an alliance called the Cabal with [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Vlad Plasmius]], [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Doctor Drakken]], [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 Vilgax]], [[WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex Van Kleiss]], [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays V. V. Argost]], and [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong the Dark Dragon]]. [[spoiler: And it turns out this is just the leadership -- the Cabal as a whole has roughly a hundred members, composed of their respective {{Rogues Galler|y}}ies.]]
116* ''Fanfic/TheBridgeMLP'' gives us the posse organized by the mystery BigBad ([[spoiler:later revealed to be Bagan]]), which also works as a Genre Crossover, with evil {{Kaiju}} from numerous franchises -- Gigan, Gaira, Megalon, Hedorah, Monster X, and King Ghidorah from {{Franchise/Godzilla}}, Gyaos (Normal, Super, and an albino Hyper) and Legion from {{Film/Gamera}}, and Leatherback, Otachi, Knifehead, and Slattern from ''Film/PacificRim''. Most of these parties are joining him for the sole purpose of getting what they want most, which is not pleasant (feasts, destruction, conquest, etc.)
117* In ''FanFic/BringMeToLife'', the First Evil responds to the alliance between the [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Scooby Gang]] and [[Series/{{Angel}} Angel Investigations]] by gathering together some of their worst enemies. In addition to its canonical servant Caleb, this includes Ethan Rayne, the Beast, Amy Madison, Warren Mears, Drusilla, and Pearl and Nash.
118* ''Fanfic/TheEquestrianWindMage'': The true antagonists of the series, [[GodOfEvil Majora]] and [[DreamWeaver King Dethl]], steadily add a majority of Equestria's worst enemies to their own alliance. Including the demons and villains of Hyrule already serving Majora, this includes Yuga, Veran, Onox, Ghirahim, Dethl, King Sombra, Tirek, Grogar, Sunset Shimmer, and Starlight Glimmer.
119* In the ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' story ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'', one old Franchise/WonderWoman villain -Badra- allies herself with three old Franchise/{{Superman}} villains -Mala, Kizo and U-Ban- to destroy the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica and Earth itself.
120* ''Fanfic/FracturedInfinity'' has Dark Guild filling this role for much of the plot, before it gets revealed that [[spoiler: there were 8 similar groups prior to them]]. Not long after, the BigBad [[spoiler: unites them all into a larger group to act upon his plan]].
121* ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': In the first arc, Mordru conscripts the Legion of Super-Villains, the Fatal Five, ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' enemy Satan Girl, [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] nemesis Black Adam, and more villains from different time periods and parallel universes to destroy the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes once and for all. In the second arc, [[ComicBook/NewGods Darkseid]] barges in a gathering of super-villains and announces that all of them are working for him as of now. Wisely, nobody objects.
122* In ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', Doctor Sivana assembles a new Monster Society of Evil to kill the Marvel Family.
123-->'''Doctor Sivana:''' "We've got a big job for you, Ibac. I'm putting the Monster Society back together again. This time, we're going to take those three little costumed trolls that have caused us so much grief over the years, and kill them. That's just for starters."\
124'''Ibac:''' (grinning) "Count me in."
125* ''Fanfic/Hottie3TheBestFanFicInTheWorld'':
126** The Guild of Super Evil.
127** The Empire of Darkness from the sequel, [[http://alaxr274.deviantart.com/gallery/46993107 Hottie 4: Even Better Sequel]]. Members include the TropeNamers themselves.
128** Hottie 5: Fifty Shades of Epic cranks this trope [[ExaggeratedTrope Up to Eleven]] with the Axis of Evil, with not only the TropeNamers themselves as members, but almost every single villainous alliance listed on this very page are members as well.
129* ''Fanfic/InvaderZimTheSeries'': During the last StoryArc, Tallest Spork assembles most of Zim's RoguesGallery for the combined goals of killing Zim and taking over the Irken Empire.
130* The villains' epilogue in ''WebAnimation/JoJosBizarreAdventureOneCartoonistsDream'' sees the formation of one to the tune of [[WesternAnimation/MickeysHouseOfVillains "It's Our House Now"]].
131* In the twenty-ninth Gaiden chapter of ''Fanfic/KitsuneNoKenFistOfTheFox'', [[EvilOldFolks Mitokado Homura]] gathers together a group of villains who've all got grudges against Naruto, to include [[CopKiller Mizuki]], [[DarkActionGirl Tsuchinoe]], [[GangOfBullies Yoshida Sanjiro and the Hall Monitors' Guild]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Kaguya Kimimaro]], and [[GunNut Kakuzu of the Akatsuki group]], and together they make preparations to attack Naruto [[spoiler:during his and Hinata's wedding]]. Unfortunately for them, [[PapaWolf Minato]] isn't having any of ''that.''
132* ''FanFic/KyodainaSentaiManukeranger'' has The Alliance of Doom, led by Geki, which is comprised of reimagined Creator/DICEntertainment villains.
133* ''Fanfic/LatiasJourney'':
134** After Giovanni's death, Team Rocket is merged with Team Cipher to become one evil syndicate.
135** Deoxys slowly builds one over the course of the story.
136* In ''Fanfic/LostTalesOfFantasia'', a group of Disney villains join forces to lead the Nazis and take over the universe, consisting of [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]], WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}, [[WesternAnimation/TheMadDoctor Doctor XXX]], [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible Doctor Dementor and Lord Fisk]], [[HumanityEnsues human]] versions of [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Shere Khan]], [[WesternAnimation/KimPossible An]][[AdaptationalVillainy na]], [[WesternAnimation/RunawayBrain Dr. Frankenollie]], [[Series/PairOfKings Yamakoshi]], [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Red Skull]], [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong the Huntsman]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} the Coachman]], [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland Al]][[AdaptationalVillainy ice]], [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad the Headless Horseman]], and UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
137* In ''Fanfic/MyLittleMagesTheNightmaresReturn'', Nightmare Moon assembles a team of ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Friendship Is Magic]]'' antagonists as her mooks, including Chrysalis (a necromancer), the Diamond Dogs (werewolves) and Iron Will (a mercenary).
138* Often times in ''WebVideo/PoohsAdventures'', there's a legion of assorted villains that are after Pooh, and there are times in the Adventures where the good chunk of them are featured as the main villains that team up with the villain of the film.
139* ''FanFic/APossibleEncounterForAPhantom'': Many of the villains that WesternAnimation/KimPossible and WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom face have joined forces. These include Vlad Plasmius, Skulker, Doctor Drakken, Shego and others. They try to come up with a name and eventually, because no one can agree on one, Vlad suggests just calling themselves The Faction.
140* There are two in ''VideoGame/RakenzarnTales''. In Kyros' Route, they are called the Saint Lords led by Ganondorf. In Kyuu's Route, they are called the Syndicate. Their members include Bowser, Dr. Eggman, and Albert Wesker.
141* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Dead End]], from the MagicalGirl CrisisCrossover ''FanFic/ShatteredSkiesTheMorningLights''.
142* ''Fanfic/ShinnenNewYear'' has the League of Extraordinary Da'ath led by Yuu of Anime/GuiltyCrown.
143* The first half of ''Fanfic/StevenUniverseAlternateFuture'' was dedicated to the formation and attack of the Rutile Rebels, a syndicate of Gems who rejected Steven's ways, many of them being past enemies wanting revenge, led by its namesake [[BigBad Black Rutile]]. After being built up throughout Part 1, the team invades Earth in the final chapter of Part 2 to destroy the Crystal Gems & Earth before laying siege to Homeworld with a new army made of the students of Little Homeschool and conquering the Gem race. By the end of the chapter, Mean Lapis pulled a HeelFaceTurn after Jasper saved her life, Emerald, Demantoid & Pyrope were poofed and forced to attend Little Homeschool as punishment, Holly Blue Agate, Morganite & Navy were arrested on Homeworld, and Black Rutile, White Topaz, Aquamarine & Eyeball fled to plot another day.
144* In ''Fanfic/UltimateSpiderWoman'', Jack O'Lantern's greatest goal is to form the city's supervillains into a new crime syndicate capable of seizing control of the city's rackets for themselves, robbing and killing for fun as much as for profit.
145* Parodied with usual relish in ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'' with the episode "Marik's Evil Council of Doom".
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149* As the name would imply, the Legion of Doom are featured as the main villains of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom''.
150* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' has two, both led by the Joker:
151** The first one consists of Harley Quinn plus Two-Face, the Penguin, the Riddler, Bane, Catwoman, the Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Clayface, Killer Croc and pretty much the entirety of Batman's RoguesGallery, right down to such obscurities as Orca, Tarantula and Polka-Dot Man.
152** Once Joker manages to [[spoiler:bust out of the Phantom Zone]], his second Legion brings Harley back but also includes [[spoiler:[[Franchise/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]] as TheDragon, Franchise/KingKong, [[Film/ClashOfTheTitans1981 the Kraken, Medusa and a whole bunch of skeleton warriors]], Film/{{Jaws}}, [[Franchise/TheMatrix Agent Smith(s)]], [[Franchise/UniversalHorror the Universal Monsters,]] the T-Rex and Velociraptors from ''Film/JurassicPark'', [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the Wicked Witch of the West (with flying monkeys),]] [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron,]] [[Franchise/{{Superman}} General Zod,]] [[Film/{{Gremlins}} the Gremlins]] and [[Series/DoctorWho the Daleks]]]]. Despite the fact that most of these guys are [[BigBad fairly formidable villains,]] [[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily the team actually gets along well without any bickering]], but they're ultimately taken down by [[spoiler:the first Legion teaming up with Batman and his allies, out of anger for Joker getting them arrested and then discarding them]].
153* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
154** The final level in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase'' features five of the gang's old foes programmed in as enemies: Old Ironsides, Jaguaro, Gator Ghoul, the Creeper, and the Tar Monster.
155** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooFrankencreepy'' has [[spoiler: several of the criminals the gang busted during the original series]] team up to destroy the Mystery Inc. teens.
156* Done in ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird'' with fairy tale villains.
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161* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' was building up to Spider-Man fighting the Sinister Six before Sony loaned him to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
162* ''Film/BatmanFilmSeries'':
163** Subverted in ''Film/BatmanReturns'', as Penguin's two allies have no idea that they're both affiliated with Penguin (at least on a criminal level) and none of them can get past the second act without completely and violently falling apart.
164** The Creator/JoelSchumacher-directed movies also have this as all the villains within the movies unite to kill Batman. Riddler joins and eventually leads Two-Face's gang in ''Film/BatmanForever'' and Mr. Freeze allies with Poison Ivy and Bane in ''Film/BatmanAndRobin''.
165* ''Film/BatmanTheMovie'', featuring the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and Catwoman ("United Underworld") in a cheesy [[spoiler:penguin-shaped]] submarine. They even went through the trouble of making a logo (an octopus [[GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand strangling a globe]]).
166* In ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', TheStinger involves Lex Luthor escaping prison with plans to start a team in response to the creation of the Justice League, with Deathstroke being his first recruit. This is absent from ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', in which Luthor instead hires Deathstroke to kill Batman, revealing Batman's SecretIdentity (Bruce Wayne) to him.
167* In ''Film/KickAss2'', The Motherfucker assembles a bunch of killers and dresses them up as supervillains to counter the rise of superheroes.
168* ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' had various Looney Tunes antagonists (Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, etc.) working for the BigBad.
169* In ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum 2'', Kahmunra recruits UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte, Ivan The Terrible, and UsefulNotes/AlCapone as his evil [[HistoricalDomainCrossover team]]. [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] and [[Series/SesameStreet Oscar the Grouch]] also try to join it, but since Kahmunra has no idea who they are, they don't make the cut.
170* ''Film/ScoobyDooMonstersUnleashed'', reviving many of the {{monster|OfTheWeek}}s that Mystery Inc. has unmasked in the past. However, this time, all of them are ''real''.
171* ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'': [[Film/SpiderMan1 Five]] [[Film/SpiderMan2 villains]] [[Film/SpiderMan3 from]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan the]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2 five]] Spider-Man films prior to his MCU introduction are inadvertently brought to his world thanks to a botched spell. While all of them have been members of the Sinister Six in the comics, they are one villain short to be a proper depiction of them.[[note]]It came close, though. [[Film/Venom2018 Tom Hardy's]] [[Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage Venom]] was considered, but it was tossed aside since his Venom has no animosity with Spider-Man and therefore no reason to join the villains. Paul Giamatti was approached to return as Rhino, but was unable to return. Mysterio was considered to still be alive and join, but this idea didn't go past concept art.[[/note]]
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175* ''Literature/AgatonSax'': The book ''Agaton Sax and the Criminal Doubles'' sees several of the previous villains of the series teaming up.
176* Three examples in ''Literature/AngelsOfMusic'', another Kim Newman work:
177** The Red Circle/Legion d'Horreur in ''Gugniol'', various respectable but unpleasant characters from French literature who have banded together [[spoiler: to satisfy their sadism through snuff theatre]].
178** The Order of Xanadu in ''The Mark of Kane'' is an attempt at the "alliance of master criminals" that falls far short of the usual Newman version, comprising [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane]], [[Film/ThePerilsOfPauline Raymond Owen/Mr Koerner]] and his fellow DastardlyWhiplash Perry Bennett/the Clutching Hand, [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife Mr. Potter]], [[Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington Senator Paine]], [[Series/AdamAdamantLives the Face]], Natasha di Murska, and [[Literature/TheBigSleep General Sternwood]]. Notably, Colonel Moran is present, but uninvolved.
179** "Deluge" has a standard team-up-for-vengeance version as the surviving villains from the previous novellas reform as the Atlanteans.
180* ''Literature/AnnoDracula'' by Creator/KimNewman features a Victorian Legion of Doom comprising Literature/FuManchu, [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Professor Moriarty, Colonel Moran]], Literature/{{Raffles}}, Literature/TheInvisibleMan, [[Theatre/TheBeggarsOpera Macheath]] and [[Literature/OliverTwist Bill Sikes]]. In a twist, they [[EnemyMine join forces with the heroes]] to stop [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper the Silver Knife]], because EvenEvilHasStandards...or at least, good business practices.
181* Harry Dresden of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' names the [[TheManBehindTheMan shadowy force]] the Black Council so as to not call it this trope. He also calls it a [[Franchise/StarWars phantom menace]] at one time, but [[ShoutOut asks forgiveness for the phrasing]]. They are later revealed to refer to themselves as 'the Circle'.
182* In R.S Blecher's ''Shotgun Arcana'' from '' Literature/TheGolgothaSeries'', 32 of the most evil men and women on Earth (including a man who's either an expy or implied to become Jack the Ripper) are assembled by a fallen angel to join forces with his cult of blood-crazed gypsies. They then descend on the town of Golgotha to steal a particular artifact and infect the entire world with a murderous thoughts.
183* In ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheDurbervilles'', also by Kim Newman, we get a multinational one that includes Professor Moriarty, Colonel Moran, [[Literature/{{Raffles}} A.J. Raffles]], and [[Film/TheBakerStreetDozen The Hoxton Creeper]] from Britain, Irene Adler and Jack Quartz from America, Literature/ArseneLupin and Film/LesVampires from France, [[Literature/ThePrisonerOfZenda Rupert of Hentzau]], [[Literature/TheJewelOfSevenStars Queen Tera]] of Egypt, Literature/FuManchu and Doctor Nikola from China, and [[Film/DrMabuseTheGambler Doctor Mabuse]] from Germany.
184* The Dark Forest in ''Literature/WarriorCats'' is a group of all the evil cats from earlier books, joining their forces to destroy the Clans.
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188* The ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' episode "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E13OneOfUS One of Us]]" involves [[DeadlyDoctor Cal/Mr. Hyde]] trying to put together his own Legion Of Doom to take vengeance on Coulson and his allies. The team is made up of himself, [[TheBrute Frances Noche]], [[BrownNote Angar the Screamer]], [[EvilGenius Wendell Levi]], and [[FemmeFatalons Karla Faye Gideon]]. The plan actually works pretty well and they nearly defeat the agents, but it falls apart when [[spoiler:Gordon teleports in and kidnaps Cal for his own purposes, leaving the rest of the team confused and directionless and allowing the agents to outwit them]]. Something of a downplayed example, as aside from Cal, none of these other villains had shown up before.
189* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' Season 5 makes use of this by taking several minor characters that appeared throughout the season and putting them in a group called the Circle of the Black Thorn, which the heroes spend the last episode combating. Sort of an {{inver|tedTrope}}sion -- rather being a group of random villains that teamed up, they had ''already'' been working together, though Angel and his friends didn't find out until later.
190* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'':
191** In ''Series/Invasion2016'', Oliver, Thea, Sara, Ray, and Diggle are trapped in a LotusEaterMachine. When they try to break out, the machine creates copies of Damien Darhk, Malcolm Merlyn/the Dark Archer, Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, several [[SuperSoldier Mirakuru soldiers]], and several [[{{Mooks}} Ghosts]]. For bonus points, they each confront the villain they have a [[ArchEnemy personal grudge against]], so we have Thea vs. [[ArchnemesisDad Malcolm]], Sara vs. [[YouKilledMyFather Damien]], Oliver vs. [[WeUsedToBeFriends Slade]], Diggle vs. [[CainAndAbel the Ghosts]], and Ray vs. [[YouKilledMyFather the Mirakuru soldiers]], and it is ''[[CatharsisFactor glorious]]''.
192** Midway through Season 6, it's revealed that the BigBad of the season, [[TheCracker Cayden James]], is leading a cabal composed of three previously established villains -- [[EvilDoppelganger Black Siren]], [[TheMafiya Anatoli Knyazev]], and [[KnightTemplar Vigilante]] -- as well as newcomer Ricardo Diaz, who had previously been set up as the season's DiscOneFinalBoss. [[spoiler: It also turns out that Diaz is [[TheManInFrontOfTheMan the true mastermind]], having set up James as an UnwittingPawn; once he's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer needed]], Diaz kills him and takes over the group.]]
193* In the first season of ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'', Prince Edmund gathers the six most evil men in England to help him take over the kingdom. However since he doesn't really belong among their number, much less [[BigBadWannabe leading them]], they quickly betray him for a more fitting leader.
194* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has toyed with doing this on several occasions, but it never quite works out.
195** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan The Daleks' Master Plan]]" is nearly an ideal example of the trope -- a colourful array of supervillains is brought together by the Daleks; it includes a dominant, disruptive personality (YellowPeril and DiabolicalMastermind Mavic Chen), and the heroes exploit the infighting. Just one problem -- the Doctor's never met any of these bad guys before.
196** In "[[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors The Five Doctors]]", many of the Doctor's worst foes are brought together to finish him off -- but they are merely pawns of TheManBehindTheCurtain, and apart from the Master and the Cybermen don't even interact.
197** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E13Doomsday Doomsday]]" brings the Daleks and Cybermen together. However, the Daleks, being the Daleks, respond to the Cybermen's offer of an alliance with summary extermination.
198** Subverted to hell and back in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens The Pandorica Opens]]", in which a couple ''dozen'' races show up, apparently to squabble over whatever is imprisoned in the eponymous device, [[spoiler:only to imprison the Doctor in an effort to ''save'' the universe]]. Seen on screen are the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Sontarans, the Silurians, the Autons, and the Judoons, and many more get name checks or cameos in crowd shots.
199* In the GrandFinale of ''Series/TheFlash2014'', the newest Negative Speed Force avatar [[spoiler:Cobalt Blue/[[EvilFormerFriend Eddie Thawn]]]] brings the shows main four [[BigBad evil]] [[EvilCounterpart speedsters]] ([[TheFlash/SeasonOne The Reverse Flash]], [[TheFlash/SeasonTwo Zoom]], [[TheFlash/SeasonThree Savatar]] and Godspeed) BackFromTheDead for an epic FinalBattle against Team Flash. They nickname the group "The Legion of Zoom".
200* Sue's self-described Leg-- uh, ''League'' of Doom in ''Series/{{Glee}}'', if you replace "supervillain" with "returning character with a grudge against the local show choir". She even gives them code-names, dubbing herself [[KneelBeforeZod General Zod]].
201* While ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' has plenty of smaller [[VillainTeamUp villain alliances]] throughout its run, it doesn't really hit this trope until the back half of Season 4, when Jerome Valesca forms a team composed of himself, Jervis Tetch, Scarecrow, Firefly, and Mr. Freeze, as well as a reluctant Penguin and Butch Gilzean/Solomon Grundy, in order to carry out a plan to drive all of Gotham mad. He refers to the group as the "Legion of Horribles".
202* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
203** The final episodes of ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' feature the BigBad amassing an enormous army of the series' [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters]] in order to outnumber the heroes (two Riders and 5/6 Imagin) and accomplish his plans. This army would later be resurrected in the third movie, ''Final Countdown'', under the movie's BigBad.
204** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' introduces a particularly large version in the form of Great Shocker, which is an alliance of every single evil organization from ''Franchise/KamenRider''[='=]s 30-plus-year history united under a single banner and dedicated to conquering the multiverse and destroying all the Kamen Riders. [[spoiler:And their leader is Tsukasa Kadoya, AKA Kamen Rider Decade, one of --- if not --- ''the'' most powerful Rider ever.]] On a smaller scale, the final episode sees Apollo Geist reviving some of the {{monster|OfTheWeek}}s that Tsukasa and company dealt with while travelling through the AR worlds.
205** In the ''[[GrandFinale Final Chapter]]'' movie, [[spoiler:following Great Shocker's downfall in ''All Riders vs. Great Shocker'', Doctor Shinigami and Narutaki (who reveals himself as Colonel Zol) gather TheRemnant as Super Shocker, hoping to take advantage of the fact that Tsukasa's rampage as Destroyer of Worlds has eliminated all the Kamen Riders. Unfortunately for them, all the Kamen Riders are later brought BackFromTheDead ''because'' Decade destroyed them (it's a complicated story)]].
206** In ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen'', Great Shocker has been rebuilt with its leader back into the seat and [[Series/KamenRiderV3 Doctor G]] as his [[TheDragon Dragon]], for a new purpose: the systemic annihilation of all the Super Sentai teams, simply because the Zangyack Empire decided to step on the ''Kamen Rider'' multiverse's toes --- see the ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' section below for their side of the story.
207** The [[MilestoneCelebration 40th anniversary movie]] ''[[Film/OOODenOAllRidersLetsGoKamenRiders Let's Go Kamen Rider]]'' has Shocker [[BadFuture persisting into the 21st century]] thanks to [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Ankh]] sneaking into [[Series/KamenRiderDenO Den-O]]'s time-traveling train for want of medals; its membership in 2011 includes villains from all over the franchise like [[Series/KamenRiderBlackRX General Jark]] and [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Ryubee Sonozaki/Terror Dopant]].
208** The OnTheNext preview for episode 25 of ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' teased at this, where three previous Zodiarts that Fourze had already defeated seemed to have regained their powers, and are working together to sabotage the school prom. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that this was just the work of a Zodiarts whose power is to create copies of previous Zodiarts.]]
209** In the ''[[Film/KamenRiderXKamenRiderFourzeAndOOOMovieWarMegaMax Movie War]]'' {{crossover}} with ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'', Foundation X uses the research its agents gathered to build an army consisting of various {{monster|OfTheWeek}}s as well as mooks from the three series involved (''Fourze'', ''OOO'' and ''[[Series/KamenRiderDouble W]]''), alongside monsters of the BigBad's own design, called "Mutamids". They are not essentially the same monsters from their original series (the Foundation can make copies), but it's an excuse to reuse monster suits.
210** In the ''[[Film/KamenRiderXKamenRiderWizardAndFourzeMovieWarUltimatum Movie War]]'' between ''Fourze'' and ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' there is Monster Army, which consists of revived [[Series/KamenRiderDouble Dopants]], [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Yummy]], [[Series/KamenRiderFourze Zodiarts]], and [[Series/KamenRiderWizard Phantoms]], led by evil alternate versions of the main trio from ''Series/Akumaizer3''.
211** The final episodes of ''Wizard'' also sees the heroes dealing with an army of monsters from the previous Heisei series.
212** ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'': The finale of the series sees a massive army of past foes of the Kamen Riders emerging out of all the timelines and alternate worlds being merged together. Culminating in a showdown against five past ''Rider'' {{Big Bad}}s.
213** ''Series/KamenRiderOutsiders'' is what you get when you cross this trope with VillainProtagonist: Foundation X puts together a team of multiple evil Riders from throughout the franchise's history in order to fight a KnightTemplar backed by a number of normally heroic Riders.
214* ''Series/LegendsOfTheSuperheroes'' had its Legion of Doom consist of Solomon Grundy, Sinestro, Giganta, Weather Wizard, Dr. Sivana, the Riddler and Mordru as the leader.
215* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'':
216** The second season introduces the Arrowverse version of the Legion, made up of various villains from ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Eobard Thawne/the Reverse-Flash, Damien Darhk [[note]]A past version of him from the 1980s[[/note]], Malcolm Merlyn/the Dark Archer, [[spoiler: a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] Rip Hunter (temporarily), and a version of Leonard Snart/Captain Cold from before he joined the Legends.]] Nate actually dubs them the Legion of Doom, claiming he got the name from "[[MythologyGag an old Hanna-Barbara cartoon he watched as a kid]]." His attempts to get the rest of the team to call them this are met with mixed success.
217** The Cult of Mallus in Season 3 is built up to be another one, with its membership including Damien Darhk (again), his [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter Nora]], [[KillerGorilla Gorilla Grodd]] and [[CainAndAbel Kuasa]]. By the SeasonFinale, however, most have been removed from play for one reason of another, so Mallus gathers several one-shot historical villains from over the course of the season -- Blackbeard, Julius Caesar, and Freydis -- and their respective followers to serve as his new army.
218* ''Series/MetalHeroes'':
219** ''Series/SekaiNinjaSenJiraiya'''s penultimate episode saw [[WickedWitch Madam Spider]] resurrecting the spirits of all the antagonistic [[MonsterOfTheWeek World Ninjas]] Jiraiya had fought to battle him once more. Jiraiya, in turn, received help from the various World Ninjas he had befriended throughout the series.
220** The ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' {{crossover}} film series ''Film/SpaceSquad'' has the Genmakuu, an alliance of various ''Metal Hero'' villains [[LegacyCharacter or a new character assuming their identity]].
221* ''Series/OddSquad'': The first half of Season 3 has The Shadow try and drown the Mobile Unit agents and their van in the Lake of Goo to get rid of them. When that fails, she defaults to her ultimate EvilPlan of gathering up every known villain in Odd Squad's existence, having them band together as a "Villain Network", and using Odd Squad's modus operandi of teamwork against them in order to beat them, with their course of action being to funnel their powers into a cube and send them through the tubes at Tube Central Station in Australia and destroy all precincts from the inside out. [[NearVillainVictory They nearly succeed]] before the Mobile Unit stops them and Opal eventually convinces The Shadow, revealed to be [[spoiler: her younger sister]], to pull a HeelFaceTurn. The cube ends up breaking in a NiceJobBreakingItRivals moment between Confetti Betty and Monsieur Papier-Mache and the powers end up forming a destructive purple tornado, which the Mobile Unit and The Shadow work together to stop. Once all is said and done, The Shadow becomes TheAtoner and decides to stay with Opal, cleaning up the destruction she caused in Australia and in other countries and breaking up the Villain Network.
222* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has done this at least twice:
223** ''[[Series/PowerRangersInSpace In Space]]'' had [[BigBad Dark Specter]]'s United Alliance Of Evil (rounding up six seasons' worth of villains). The Rangers mainly fought newcomer Astronema, but the finale featured a united assault on the entire known universe.
224** ''[[Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive Operation Overdrive]]'' had a short-lived case in the 15th anniversary "Once A Ranger" 2-parter, with the never-seen-before son of [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd]] uniting the season's BigBadEnsemble (who are usually at each other's throats in any episode involving more than one organization.)
225* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': In "[[Recap/SmallvilleS10E20Prophecy Prophecy]]", Toyman gathers several past and new villains, including Metallo, Roulette, Dark Archer, Black Manta, Captain Cold, and Solomon Grundy, into a team he calls Marionette Ventures. At the end of the episode, he shows his team a list of the heroes and commands them to each target and kill one of them. However, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse they never appear nor are mentioned again]].
226* ''Series/TheSociety'': Campbell's coup serves as this. A number of different people who don't like Allie team up to overthrow her.
227* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'':
228** Not wanting to be left out, there is the [[MilestoneCelebration 30th anniversary celebration]] ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger vs. Franchise/SuperSentai'', where High priest Gajah makes an alliance with the movie's BigBad, Chronos, who in turn revives [[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Tsue Tsue]], [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Meemy]] and, in the very last minute, [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Furabijo]]. [[spoiler:Last minute, as in the alliance was quickly short-lived, by Chronos betraying everyone and turning the three sorceresses into a staff to power himself up.]]
229** The movies for the ''35th'' anniversary series do something similar - ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' is already a Decade-style-celebration, but its villains are the completely original Zangyack Empire. However, the [[Film/GokaigerGoseigerSuperSentai199HeroGreatBattle first movie]] involves said empire making an alliance with the Black Cross King, a revived [[PeopleInRubberSuits rubber suit]] form of the Black Cross [[NoSwastikas Fuhrer]] from ''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger'', who in turn revives [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Brajira]], Dagon from ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' and Yogoshimacritein from ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger''. Even though those three are destroyed separately by the rangers, in the final battle, the Black Cross King revives them, while also summoning Dagon's fellow Hades Gods Ifrit and Cyclops; Yogoshimacritein's minions Chirakasonne and Kireizky; and lastly Brajira multiplying himself into his five different forms.
230** Among the lackeys of the villain of ''Film/KaizokuSentaiGokaigerTheMovieTheFlyingGhostShip'' is a revived [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Agent Abrella]], who himself leads an army of nearly every {{Mook|s}} that has existed in ''Sentai'' history.
231** In ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperheroTaisen'', Zangyack has been expanded into "Great Zangyack" by the hands of their new emperor, who appears to be a {{Face Heel Turn}}ed Captain Marvelous, AKA Gokai Red, who launches an invasion of the ''Kamen Rider'' multiverse to claim the Riders' Grand Powers; its membership includes a number of high-level villains from all over the ''Super Sentai'' franchise like [[Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger Doukoku]] and [[Series/ChoudenshiBioman Bio Hunter Silva]]. [[spoiler:Eventually, this organization [[VillainTeamUp teams up]] with the above-mentioned Dai-Shocker to form the Shocker-Zangyack Alliance.]]
232* The final episode of ''Series/TeamKnightRider'', aptly titled "Legion of Doom", featured all the villains from the series teaming up under the command of the series' BigBad.
233* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich", Volkerps is a member of the Fourth Canonic Order of Demons.
234* ''Franchise/UltraSeries'':
235** ''Series/UltramanTaro'': In the past, [[GreaterScopeVillain Alien Empera]] led an army comprised of some of the most iconic {{kaiju}} in the franchise, including [[MightyGlacier Black King]], [[VillainousGlutton Bemstar]], [[ShockAndAwe Eleking]] and Sadola.
236** ''Series/UltramanMebius'', in which Empera finally does show up, has a much smaller Legion of Doom of Empera's CoDragons, which includes Alien Mefilas and Yapool (the BigBad of ''Series/UltramanAce'') as well as two new aliens, Grozam and Deathrem.
237** ''Film/MegaMonsterBattleUltraGalaxyLegends'' has [[BigBad Ultraman Belial]]'s "100 Monster Army", comprised of nearly every kaiju the Ultras have fought.
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241* ''Chester'', a now-classic William Billings song from the Revolutionary War, devotes a verse to what sure sounds like the British Legion of Doom circa the 18th Century.
242-->''Howe and Burgoyne and Clinton, too''\
243''With Prescott and Cornwallis joined,''\
244''Together plot our overthrow''\
245''In one infernal league combined.''
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249* Myth/IrishMythology: Midach was the son of a viking raider slain by Fionn Mac Cumhaill. Despite Fionn taking him in and raising him like his own son, Midach forever holds resentment for the Fianna's leader. When Midach came of age, he plotted a trap for Fionn in order to kill him and his warriors before moving onto fulfill his father's dreams of conquest. Part of this involved aligning himself with three sorcerer kings from a magical island called Torrent, the remnants of his father's army, and Sinsar, the second King of the World.
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253* Legendary ProfessionalWrestling stable Wrestling/TheFourHorsemen started out as a Legion of Doom-esque gathering of {{heel}}s. Rated RKO was the teaming of two of [[Wrestling/DGenerationX DeGeneration X]]'s biggest rivals, and [=DeGeneration X=] itself was originally formed to fight against The Hart Foundation. There was also a wrestling group called The Legion of Doom who existed three years before the Horsemen but had been reduced to a {{tag team}}, Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors, when the Horsemen showed up. And we can't let the Pro Wrestling entry go by without a mention of the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder nWo]], can we?
254* While LOD might have been best known as the tag team of Hawk and Animal, in Georgia Championship Wrestling they were actually an example of this trope and included such other future legends as [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake the Snake]], The Spoiler, Matt Borne (AKA the first Wrestling/DoinkTheClown), Wrestling/KingKongBundy, Wrestling/ArnAnderson, and for perhaps the only time both of the Sheiks, [[Wrestling/TheIronSheik Iron]] and [[Wrestling/EdFarhat Original]], led by manager [[Wrestling/PaulEllering "Precious" Paul Ellering]]. The two remaining members were made into a tag team and were supposed to be called Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors hence why they are introduced as "Road Warrior Hawk" and "Road Warrior Animal". The two names were used interchangeably since then.
255* In 1995 Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/KevinSullivan and his "Father" The Master (Wrestling/KingCurtisIaukea) put together one of the most imposing heel stables of all time called the Wrestling/DungeonOfDoom. The group featured the great [[WrestlingMonster Monster Heels]] Wrestling/{{Kamala}}, [[Wrestling/JohnTenta The Shark (John "Earthquake" Tenta)]] and Haku (now known as Wrestling/{{Meng}}) who is generally considered one of if not the most legitimate tough guys in wrestling also joined the group, with the centerpiece being [[Wrestling/BigShow The Giant]]. At Halloween Havoc 95 the group really began to hit its stride with the inclusion of former world champion Wrestling/LexLuger and legendary manager Wrestling/JimmyHart. The stable would expand over the next several months to include an odd mix of characters, including Wrestling/TheBarbarian, [[Wrestling/RonReis The Yeti]], Wrestling/TheOneManGang, Wrestling/GiantHaystacks (billed as the Loch Ness Monster) [[Wrestling/BigBossman Big Bubba (Ray "The Big Bossman" Traylor)]], [[Wrestling/BillDeMott Hugh Morrus]], Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}} and Wrestling/{{Konnan}}. The stable peaked in early 1996 and were ultimately DemotedToExtra due to the rise of the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO]] and dissolved after Wrestling/ChrisBenoit d. Sullivan in a "Career vs. Career" match at ''Bash at the Beach'' on July 13th, 1997.
256* During ''Uncensored '96'', two of the groups above united to create an even ''bigger'' Legion of Doom when the Four Horsemen and the Dungeon of Doom joined forces to become the Alliance to End Hulkamania along with two random wrestlers The Ultimate Solution (the late Robert "Jeep" Swenson, aka "Bane" from ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'') and Z-Gangsta ([[Creator/TinyLister Tom Lister, Jr.]], who played Zeus in Wrestling/HulkHogan's 1989 film ''Film/NoHoldsBarred''). They fought Hogan and Wrestling/RandySavage in the "Doomsday Cage Match", a [[GimmickMatches triple-decker cage]]. However, at the apex of his InvincibleHero status, Hogan was still too much for the eight members of the Alliance and he and Savage soundly beat them.
257* In 1998, Wrestling/VinceMcMahon created his own legion of doom, Wrestling/TheCorporation, to contend with the likes of Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin, Wrestling/MickFoley, and Wrestling/DGenerationX. They became even more doomy when [[Wrestling/ShaneMcmahon Shane McMahon]] took over the Corporation and merged it with the Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness to form the Corporate Ministry, while still answering to the "Higher Power" ([[AssPull who was revealed to be Vince McMahon]]).
258* Abismo Negro, Maniaco, Mosco de la Merced, Histeria and March-1 came together as Los Rudos de la Galaxia in Wrestling/{{AAA}} during the 1990s to get rid of the young, popular "[[SpaceCadet Los Cadetes del Espacio]]". The older Histeria, now going by "Super Crazy", a new Histreria, Absimo Negro, Maniaco and a new Mosco de la Merced would join with Psicosis II, Electroshock, Mini Abismo Negro, Mini Histeria and Mosquito de la Merced under Cibernético's leadership in 1997 to become Los Vipers.
259* Wrestling/MsChif briefly had one in the form of Amazing Kong (whom she feuded with in the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA), Wesna Busic (whom she fell to in the [=ChickFight=] VIII finals) and Wrestling/SaraDelRey (who she beat for the Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}} singles title). Wesna backed off after being beaten while Kong and [=MsChif=] [[WorthyOpponent eventually came to a mutual understanding]] ([=MsChif=] later tried to fight Kong's own legion of doom). Also, [[Wrestling/MadisonRayne Ashley Lane]], Nevaeh and Wrestling/CheerleaderMelissa were there to back [=MsChif=] up (back up meaning [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown sharing the beating]] and attracting more unwanted attention from Annie Social, who paired Busic with Melanie Cruz)
260* When Los Perros Del Mal invaded Wrestling/{{AAA}} in 2010, they found themselves surrounded not by enemies but instead ended up merging with the already present La Milicia and Los Maniacos along with the Wrestling/{{Konnan}} and Dorian Roldan lead La Legion Extranjera to form La Sociedad. Later, El Consejo also became a "member" group. For reference, the maniacs were three strong, the council and militia had about ten people each, Konnan's foreign legion was large enough to have its own sub groups and at this point the dogs had graduated from PowerStable to [[VillainBasedFranchise a promotion in their own right]], making Sociedad among the largest pro wrestling/lucha libre factions ever conceived.
261* SHINE's founders attempted to curb the chaos pro wrestling often devolves into by giving [[EasilyDistractedReferee ref]][[GlassJawReferee erees]] power to fine and suspend. Most wrestlers were apathetic but repeat offenders Radiant Rain and Made In Sin (Wrestling/AllysinKay-Taylor Made-April Hunter) took exception to this upstart promotion docking their pay and bookings. So they formed "Valkyrie" with new comer Wrestling/IvelisseVelez to subvert SHINE's rulings and [[EvilIsPetty freely target wrestlers on its roster]], starting with [[Wrestling/KiaStevens Amazing Kong]], who broke Rain's wrist after [[Wrestling/CarleneMoore Jazz]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero lobbied to end the suspensions of Rain]] and Wrestling/MercedesMartinez, [[SeriousBusiness to get them in a tag team match]] (Kong also embarrassed Made In Sin at an NWA FUW show).
262* [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] had his own personal legion of doom in the form of Wrestling/TheAuthority comprised of Triple H, Wrestling/RandyOrton, Stephanie [=McMahon=], Wrestling/TheShield (Wrestling/SethRollins, Wrestling/RomanReigns and Wrestling/DeanAmbrose), The Big Show and former [[Wrestling/TeamHellNo tag team partner]] Wrestling/{{Kane}}. They didn't really want to eliminate Daniel Bryan the way most examples of this trope do, they just wanted to keep him from becoming the WWE Champion, which they succeeded in, time and time again until WWE realized just how much people wanted to see Daniel Bryan win and finally threw him a bone, only to see him get injured and [[TheBadGuyWins written off TV via choke slam from Kane]].
263* In 2014, Dixie Land (Dixie Carter, Magnus, [[Wrestling/EC3 Ethan Carter III]], [[Wrestling/DrakeMaverick Rockstar Spud]]), The Bromans (Robbie E, Zema Ion, Jessie Godderz), Bad Influence (Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/FrankieKazarian), Wrestling/BobbyRoode and crooked referee Brian Stiffler all teamed up to rid [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] of Wrestling/AJStyles. In a single match. [[ForegoneConclusion They won.]] Then they repeated the same thing again with Wrestling/{{Sting}}, who had tried to help AJ.
264* In 2014, "El Magnate" Juan Manuel Ortega joined with Mighty Ursus, Wrestling/JinderMahal, Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher and Orlando Toledo to form an alliance to rid pro wrestling of the Colon family, starting in WWC with Wrestling/{{Carlito|Colon}}. Ortega also joined with Los Templarios (William De la Vega and ASH), Huracán Castillo and Miguel Pérez to eliminate Los Matadores Fernando and Diego(Eddie and Orlando Colon in [[CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown masks]]).
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268* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', the Crimson Coalition is founded by various factions which have opposed the Grand Alliance... although lately many heroes have found out that the Coalition might not be as bad as it originally seemed to be when they learn of the noble goals of some of its members.
269* ''Roleplay/SuperSmashBrothersLifeItself'' has this in the form of The Order of Despair, The Pollies and The New Pigmask Army.
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273* ''TabletopGame/ClaimTheSky'': Dread, an organization of seven supervillains, is the primary opponent of The Society of Seven.
274* There's a sort of example done apparently just for the sake of simplicity in the games ''TabletopGame/HeroQuest'' and ''Space Crusade'', roughly based on ''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer}}'' and ''{{TabletopGame/Warhammer 40000}}'', respectively. In both games the bad guys are ostensibly "Chaos", but in fact their units are a combination of Orc, Undead and Chaos / Ork, Tyranid, Chaos Android and Chaos Space Marines characters, all united under the control of the same player to destroy humanity.
275* ''TableTopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': This is the point behind [[BigBad Baron Blade]] setting up the Vengeful Five, a counterpart to the games heroic Freedom Five, with each member intended to have some grudge against one of the heroes. An earlier example would probably be The Ennead, a group of rogue archaeologists possessed by the spirits of several Egyptian gods who battle against The Mighty Ra.
276* ''TabletopGame/VillainsAndVigilantes'' has an introductory adventure, "Crisis at Crusader Citadel," which has an NPC hero team, the Crusaders, and the Crushers, a villain team made up of their archenemies. Although it only points out who a few of the feuds are between.
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280* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
281** The stage play ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoTheUltimateAdventure Doctor Who: The Ultimate Adventure]]'' uses this trope, combining Daleks and Cybermen for the first time (outside of [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]], when the Dalek basically cameos), although the two sides (not surprisingly) end up feuding.
282** Technically, the earlier stage play ''Doctor Who & the Seven Keys to Doomsday'' also uses the trope, combining Daleks with Clawrentulars, but since the latter have not appeared before or since, they amount more to henchmen and one-off baddies.
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286* Ride/UniversalStudios' ''Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan'' ride has the Sinister Syndicate, which consists of Doctor Octopus, Hobgoblin, Electro, Hydro-Man, and Scream.
287* The ''Theatre/{{Fantasmic}}'' water/light show at Ride/{{Disneyland}} has a (rather tenuous) storyline where Mickey Mouse's dreams are being haunted by a team-up of [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Queen Grimhilde]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula]], [[{{WesternAnimation/Fantasia}} Chernabog]], and [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]. In [[Ride/WaltDisneyWorld the Disney Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney MGM Studios)]] version, they're joined by [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Scar]], [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Frollo]], and [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]].
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291* Season Two of ''Videogame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries'' deals with The Pact, a villain team consisting of typical Batman rogues led by Harley Quinn (who is [[AdaptationalBadass much more competent and assertive]] than other portrayals) and consists of Bane, Mister Freeze, "John Doe" (the setting's equivalent of Joker) and later on [[spoiler:Catwoman]].
292* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has a Legion made up of the main villains from the first 10 ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games[[note]][[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Garland]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Emperor Mateus]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII The Cloud of Darkness]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Kefka]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Ultimecia]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Kuja]], and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]][[/note]], headed by the god Chaos, and opposed by the heroes of the same. They're not exactly the most cooperative of groups: They seem to have split between the [[OmnicidalManiac Destroyers]], [[TheChessmaster Schemers]], [[HeelFaceTurn Defectors]], and those who are just plain following their own agenda. But really, that's what you get when you assemble people that are ''this'' unhinged and expect them to get along.
293* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'', the loose alliance against [[TheFederation the NCR]] headed by [[TheEmpire Caesar's Legion]] can be seen as this. The game begins with the Legion allied with [[RevengeBeforeReason the Great Khans]], [[AxCrazy the Fiends]], [[TheMafia the Omertas]], and [[BanditClan the White Legs]]. The player can then aid them by recruiting [[GunNut the Boomers]], [[ImAHumanitarian the White Gloves]], and even [[NaziGrandpa the remnants of the Enclave]].
294* This is the premise behind the ''VideoGame/{{Hearthstone}}'' expansion ''Rise of Shadows'': five villains from previous expansions band together to take revenge against the good guys and steal the flying city of Dalaran. They consist of ImpossibleThief Rafaam (from ''League of Explorers''), FortuneTeller Madame Lazul (from the trailer of ''Whispers of the Old Gods''), AdiposeRex King Togwaggle (from ''Kobolds and Catacombs''), WickedWitch Hagatha (from ''The Witchwood'') and MadScientist Dr. Boom (who debuted in ''Goblins Vs. Gnomes'' before being expanded upon in ''The Boomsday Project'').
295* The Black Cloak Society of ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' was ''designed'' as a passing mention in an incriminating letter for the sixth game. However, the way the letter's worded implies that at least three of the series' {{Big Bad}}s were part of the society...and possibly ''all of them'' were either members or allied with them. The FanRemake of the second game and the FanSequel have run with the "possibly all of them" theory.
296* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
297** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', various [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney Villains]] banded together under the command of Maleficent from ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''. As with most of the (relatively rare) video game cases, the villains didn't turn on each other; instead, the heroes [[SortingAlgorithmOfEvil picked them off one by one]]. Though Maleficent was the leader and the last required to fight, Hades was actually the most powerful (being a god and all) and thus, fighting him was left entirely optional until ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''.
298** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' both feature the Real Organization XIII, made up of thirteen of the most important villains in the franchise up to that point and led by Master Xehanort from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep''.
299* ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' features the BigBad, Lord Vortech, uniting various villains such as the Joker, Lex Luthor, Riddler, Saruman the White, Sauron, Lord Business, and the Daleks to do his dirty work.
300* ''VideoGame/MarvelAvengersAlliance'' has most of Marvel's supervillains from Hydra to the Brotherhood of Mutants uniting and forming the Syndicate; their goal is to harness [[GreenRocks Iso-8]] (which is capable of enhancing people's powers) and take over the world.
301* ''VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance'' features a virtual army of supervillains forming a new Masters of Evil, as well as several cutscenes in which Doctor Doom plot his evil schemes along with his flunkies, er, allies, Loki, the Enchantress, Baron Mordo, and Ultron (one assumes that Ultron was frequently pinched for forgetting to wear {{green|AndMean}} like the rest).
302* Dormammu's ending in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' features him gathering followers in the form of Capcom villains such as [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Lord Raptor]], [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert Wesker]], [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Firebrand]] and [[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]]. ''Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3'' expands the lineup to include M. Bison, [[Franchise/MegaMan Doctor Wily]] and [[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Devilotte]].
303* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', [[TimeMaster Kronika]] assembles a huge alliance that includes almost all the previous villainous factions from ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'' onwards, such as [[EvilOverlord Shao Kahn's]] [[TheEmpire Outworld Empire]], [[TheMafia the Black Dragon Clan]], [[TheLegionsOfHell the Netherrealm]] and the [[CyberneticsWillEatYourSoul Cyber Lin Kuei]], as well as individuals such as [[MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil Noob Saibot]], [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Scorpion]], [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil Frost]] and [[spoiler:[[TokenGoodTeammate Jackson Briggs]]]].
304* The premise of ''VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite'' is that [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]]'s nemesis Professor Calamitous steals his plans for a dimensional portal to form an "Evil Syndicate" consisting of him, [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Vlad Plasmius]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Plankton]], and [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]]. Naturally, Jimmy pulls the reverse and just like the first ''Kingdom Hearts'' mentioned above, you pick them off one by one 'till the pseudo-BossRush climax. And despite all four members being captured at the end, the syndicate reappeared three games later in ''Globs of Doom'' but with a different lineup (Plankton being the only "veteran" out of them, the other members consisting of [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Nicolai Technus]], [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Beautiful Gorgeous]] and [[WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju Tlaloc]], with [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib Membrane]] as a [[TokenGoodTeammate temporary member]]) and only serving for a EnemyMine situation (until the SnapBack). Nevertheless, both incarnations never got to infighting at all.
305* In ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', this is done for the [[PostEndgameContent post-game story]]. In line with the main game's plot dealing with {{Alternate Universe}}s, the final threat that the characters must face are a collection of [[BigBadEnsemble all the previous series villains]], each hailing from worlds where [[TheBadGuyWins they achieved their goals]] because of no main characters existing to oppose them, and led by [[GreaterScopeVillain Giovanni]] under the new banner "Team Rainbow Rocket", with the intent of conquering the entire multiverse.
306* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars2'', Bian Zoldark created the Divine Crusaders using the combined might of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the Principality of Zeon]], [[Manga/GetterRobo the Dinosaur Empire]], and [[Anime/MazingerZ Dr. Hell's Mechanical Monsters]]. When Bian died, the Zabi family took over as the Neue DC and added new forces. However, unlike Bian's DC, the Zabi's version fell apart just as bad as it did with normal Zeon and by the fourth game, the only one of the original three still active was Dr. Hell!
307* In ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''[='=]s Subspace Emissary story mode, a group of villains, including playable characters Bowser, Ganondorf, and Wario, and [=NPCs=] Petey Piranha, Porky, and Ridley join under Master Hand, [[spoiler: who is secretly being controlled by Tabuu]], to make the Subspace Army. Bowser, Ganondorf, and Wario all end up eventually betraying the army, joining the heroes [[spoiler: once they realize they were just Tabuu's pawns.]] However, Ganondorf planned on [[TheStarscream overthrowing]] Master Hand and becoming the army's leader long [[spoiler:before he learned of Tabuu.]]
308* The ''Videogame/TrailsSeries'' has Ouroboros, a shadowy organization often working behind the scenes of the various games of which various major and minor villains throughout the series are either members of or associated with.
309* In ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'', the bad guys are an evil organization of all of Captain Blue's old villains, who have taken over since his defeat and living the life. [[spoiler:Turns out that it was Captain Blue himself who was their boss!]]
310** And in the sequel, another evil organization takes their place, whose roster includes [[GoldfishPoopGang Big John]] and Fire Leo's brother, Frost Tiger; [[spoiler:and is run by Joe's father, who's been corrupted by the Black Film and the Black V-Watch]].
311* In the ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' expansion ''Cataclysm'', several previously unrelated factions that were fought many times in the game team up under the rule of [[OmnicidalManiac Deathwing]] and the [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]] to fight the Alliance and the Horde: the [[TheRemnant Dark Horde]], the [[EvilCounterpartRace Dark Iron Clan]], the [[SnakePeople naga]], the [[{{Cult}} Twilight's Hammer]], the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil black dragonflight]], the [[MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight infinite dragonflight]], the [[ElementalEmbodiment air and fire elementals]], and the [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} Faceless Ones]].
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315* The main antagonistic force of ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2'' is the group known as Void, who seek to find the GreaterScopeVillain and exploit his [[BornLucky "divine luck"]] to better themselves. Its members are [[BigBad wizard Mikado Sannoji]], [[spoiler:[[TheDragon journalist Nikei Yomiuri]], [[EvilGenius actress Emma Magorobi]], [[TheBrute boxer Hajime Makunouchi]], and painter Iroha Nijiue]].
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319* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'':
320** The Warriors of Darkness, four villains assembled to be the opposite number to the Warriors Of Light. In practice, they're a group of {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s who range from being too harmless to being too moronic to be of any threat.
321** The Warriors Of Light themselves could count too, at least on the "doom" part, having a kill streak spanning several continents' worth of genocide and the [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs KT event]].
322* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' fancomic ''Webcomic/The10Doctors'', apparently influenced by the lack of this trope in the series (see above), goes nuts with it. [[TheTrickster The Celestial Toymaker]] is working for [[AGodAmI Omega]]. The [[EnemyCivilWar Renegade Daleks]] are taking commands from [[EnemyWithout the Valeyard]]. [[MadScientist The Rani]] is assisting [[EnemyCivilWar Davros and the Imperial Daleks]], who are themselves controlling [[TheAssimilator the Cybermen]]. [[EvilCounterpart The Master]] is using the War Chief and the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Sontarans]] to form a massive fleet of Ice Warriors, Draconians, and many other aliens from the Doctor's past. And that's just for ''starters''.
323* ''Webcomic/AkumasComics'': The Ministry is a collection of both canon and fan-created villains led by the Undertaker, who has promised to help get them what they want for his own ends. The group get along relatively well, which is helped by the fact the Undertaker is a man of his word.
324* The [[http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=274 League of Recurring Antagonists]] in ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy''.
325* ''Webcomic/TheCrossoverlord'' assembled one of these by gathering enemies of each story's main characters -- at least one for each hero, two in the case of Webcomic/{{Dasien}}, but none for Webcomic/TheGreenAvenger (maybe because her only enemy at the point was a walking alarm clock, or [[spoiler:because she was brainwashed]]).
326* The Dark Legion in ''Webcomic/DeviantUniverse'', which has had two incarnations of the course of the story.
327* ''Webcomic/HeroKiller'': The Nameless, a guild of villains whose ancestors survived the Great War, and seek the eradication of the Hero Clan.
328* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick,'' the Inter-Fiend Cooperation Commission is an alliance of the three fiendish races (demons, devils, and daemons), who have traditionally competed against each other -- though they aren't out to get anyone in particular, they just want to ''win''. It differs from most cases because its three leaders were never actually seen prior to the team-up. However, one recurring secondary villain (Sabine) was revealed to be working for them covertly behind her boss/boyfriend's back, and another minor villain introduced during the same arc (Qarr) was recruited to serve them during their initial appearance.
329* ''Webcomic/ScaryGoRound'' has the League of Enemies, a team-up of people who've been defeated or foiled by Tim Jones. They're ultimately rather ineffectual, although they do unleash a zombie clone of Shelley on Tackleford. ItMakesSenseInContext, at least to them.
330* The [[https://www.shortpacked.com/comic/axisofsomething Axis of...Something]] in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', comprising the guy who insists disagreeing with him makes Ethan "arrogant", Walter Mondale (seeking revenge on Reagan) and Faz. Their leader is a character who was fired from the store in her first appearance and has been plotting revenge ever since (ironically, this was what convinced Robin that nothing significant ever happened at Shortpacked, since none of the important characters were fired. Guess she really shouldn't have [[CerebusSyndrome pulled that drama tag]]). The Axis later [[http://www.shortpacked.com/comic/axis-of-something-20 returned]], still led by Sydney Yus, with an even more absurd line-up (Malaya's roommate, because she never paid the rent on time; Ethan's counterpart in the [=McAwesome's=] SimilarSquad, rebuit as a cyborg; Mike because he was bored; and Leslie's ex-husband, who thought it was a bible study group.)
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334* One of the non-existent season two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'' that was described by Cy-Kill in his CharacterBlog ''Blog/RenegadeRhetoric'' was "The Guardian Smashers", which involved Trident from the episode "Trident's Triple Threat" forming a villain team with other human enemies of the Guardians (Professor Frost from "Cold Spell", Mr. Murchison from "Crime Wave", Dr. Cunningham from "In Search of Ancient [=GoBonauts=]", Major Benedict from "The Seer" and Dr. Helstrom from "Renegade Carnival").
335* ''[[WebAnimation/SuperMarioGlitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'' has the Dark Force, a group created by [=SMG3=] out of several of the show’s previous villains in "[=SMG3=]’s Plan To Destroy [=SMG4=] Because He Felt Like It". It’d be succeeded in 2020’s ''The [=YouTube=] Arc'', containing [[EvilCounterpart evil counterparts]] to the main cast excluding Mario, once again being lead by [=SMG3=].
336* Team Kimba of the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' is viewing Elite League as this. They have fought the Young Turks twice before, and a lot of the Alphas, and Gold Stallion's gang. Now they're seeing a team made up some of the best of those groups.
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340* ''WebVideo/{{Decker}}'': Various monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman and the Mummy team up to take over the world during "Decker vs. Dracula".
341* The [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Evil League of Evil]] in ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'', led by Bad Horse and his terrible death whinny.
342* ''WebVideo/RandomEncounters'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeGxemEYZpU "Arkham Rock Opera"]] has Batman cornered by one made up of his RoguesGallery, led by Black Mask and involving Joker, Harley Quinn, Riddler, Poison Ivy, Scarecrow, Penguin, Catwoman, Ra's al Ghul, Hugo Strange, and Bane. [[spoiler:They almost succeed in killing him, but Catwoman ultimately turns on them and helps Batman escape.]]
343* Parodied in the ''WebVideo/SolidJJ'' video "Batman's Greatest Foes", in which Polka-Dot Man assembles a group of C-list and D-list Batman villains (plus D-list Marvel villain Big Wheel) to create "Gotham's Legion of Evil". Batman refuses to take them seriously and they end up surrendering without a fight.
344* ''WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers'' has given us [[EvilInc Snitch Productions]], led by [=SMG4=]'s EvilTwin [=SMG3=], with members including Rob, [=JubJub=] Boopkins, and even [[WebAnimation/MetaRunner Belle Fontiere]]. However, they're actually legitimately hired actors for a harmless (if plagiarized) play produced by Snitch Productions, and only become villains because [=SMG4=]'s rivalry with [=SMG3=]. [[AdaptationalDumbass Mario]] of all people, however, serves as the TokenGoodTeammate on the team and manages to smooth over tensions.
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