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11	->'''Kevin:''' We've confirmed three key captains in Desperado. Their codenames are all wind-themed. ... Collectively they're referred to as the "Winds of Destruction."\
12	'''Raiden:''' The... what? They all have action figures, too?
13	-->-- ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance''
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15	An ensemble of EliteMooks more developed than faceless {{mooks}}. Occasionally TheDragon or other major villain is part of TheTeam, and will be the [[TheLeader official or unofficial leader]]. The competency of this group varies wildly.
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17	This group is typified by an overarching design theme, but also an individual quirky personality to each [[ThePsychoRangers which may seem oddly familiar]]. They might act funnier than TheDragon. They mainly provide a [[{{filler}} distraction]] to the heroes until the real plot kicks in. The BigBad has little qualms with [[YouHaveFailedMe killing them off if they fail]] consistently, possibly because their jobs often entail a bare minimum of intelligence needed. Some groups are filled with [[EnemyCivilWar backbiting and betrayal]], with the occasional MinionShipping. Occasionally, one or two of the bunch will have a change of heart, and do a HeelFaceTurn. That person is almost always a loner to the rest of the group anyway, especially if they become the SixthRanger.
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19	If the heroes defeat their [[TheDragon Dragon]] and their BigBad, some or all of them may survive. They usually don't stick around in-show after that, but if they do, they may become the TerribleTrio or a bunch of {{Sixth Ranger}}s. Assuming none have undergone the process beforehand, this is also a common point for the group to have a collective FaceHeelTurn, setting the stage for future [[ADayInTheLimelight days in the limelight]].
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21	Sometimes overlaps with PsychoRangers, if the squad members are also each the EvilCounterpart of the main characters. See also TerribleTrio (incompetent Quirky Miniboss Squad, although they may be made a threat with TeamRocketWins), EliteFour (generally more competent squad commonly seen in Japanese media), GoldfishPoopGang (a sillier recurring enemy that doesn't pose much of a threat), CarnivalOfKillers, StandardEvilOrganizationSquad (a larger and more serious version) and PraetorianGuard (if the BigBad happens to be some form of royalty or official authority and they're explicitly bodyguards, albeit quirky). Contrast CoDragons for a situation where multiple characters split the Dragon role, but don't necessarily work together the way a Quirky Miniboss Squad would and are usually treated more seriously.
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23	Contrast TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily.
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27	[[index]]
28	* QuirkyMiniBossSquad/AnimeAndManga
29	* QuirkyMiniBossSquad/VideoGames
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32	!!Other examples:
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35	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
36	* ''Animation/TobotGalaxyDetectives'': Team Mayhem are a trio of goofy-but-villainous criminals who all wear yellow clothes and drive around piloting a giant robotic lizard. They usually introduce themselves in a rather flashy manner, announcing their names as they do.
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39	[[folder:Comic Books]]
40	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Despite supposedly being an elite squad of assassins from the League of Shadows the Seven Men of Death are incredibly quirky with weird ineffective primary weapons. In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' Tim notes this, pointing out that Whip's whip and Maduvu's claw-like fingernails do not pose much of a threat against people with significant martial arts training and body armor. He also quickly decides Detonator is incredibly annoying and dangerous since the man ''uses hand grenades in close combat''.
41	* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': The Beagle Boys in the [=Scrooge McDuck=] comics.
42	* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': The Angel Gang are a clan of murderous rednecks, each completely psychotic, yet also gimmicky and weird. Pa Angel is the most normal, but is still a vicious killer who treats his boys with love and devotion, yet also raised them to be brutal criminals. Junior is a gunslinging, grenade-chucking SerialKiller who is constantly begging for permission to kill people. Link is a hulking brute who dresses like a stereotypical biker and had to be kept chained up as a kid. Mean Machine is a homicidal cyborg who headbutts people to death. The weirdest by far is The Fink, a ghoulish mutant who lives in a hole in the ground and whose only friend is a rat wearing a bowler hat.
43	* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'': The League of Evil Exes.
44	* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': Manute had a QMBS with him in ''Big Fat Kill'' which consisted of a midget, a wise-cracking Neo-Nazi, and an old guy who can make people feel pain just by touching them. The Irish mercs from the same story might also count.
45	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': The Destructix -- composed of Lightning Lynx, Sergeant Simian, Predator Hawk, Flying Frog, Drago Wolf, and Sleuth Dawg -- are a group of incompetents who have worked for various {{Big Bad}}s over the years, usually getting their butts kicked in the process. Recently, Drago left to work for Dr. Eggman and Sleuth retired, handing control over to [[DarkActionGirl Fiona Fox]], who apparently has big plans in the works (which so far consist of breaking her [[UnholyMatrimony boyfriend]] [[EvilTwin Scourge]] out of prison so that he can take charge of the gang).
46	** Recently, [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] got a new group of enforcers in the form of the Metal Series -- a group of {{Evil Knockoff}}s of several of the main heroes, led by [[spoiler: the recently roboticized Mecha Sally.]]
47	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Before he lent his name to a [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen summer blockbuster]], The Fallen created one in the second volume of ''Transformers: The War Within.'' Decepticon mystics Bludgeon, Mindwipe, and Bugly were given vague mystical power upgrades and charged with gathering a team of (seemingly arbitrary) Transformers so that The Fallen could attempt to summon Unicron.
48	* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': All members of the Liberators had his own power, look and basic backstory. This was an improvement over the Chitauri of the first arc, who were just an AlwaysChaoticEvil alien race with a single guy fleshed out as a character.
49	* ''ComicBook/XMen'': The original Brotherhood of Evil Mutants were pretty silly until character development set in. Later the nineties gave us the Dark Riders, a team of mutant mercenaries who follow the strong while [[StarterVillain ironically not being very strong themselves]]. They attached themselves to Apocalypse, ditched him for Stryfe and then joined up with Stryfe's maybe-son Genesis, but one thing they never picked up over the years was a shred of respect. Most of them were killed off unceremoniously by Wolverine, though a few survived to make sporadic D-list appearances over the years.
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52	[[folder:Fan Works]]
53	* Rupert and Earl's crew in ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse'' serve as this. They're very, ''very'' [[HarmlessVillain incompetent]], and the heroes generally don't pay them any mind.
54	* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has Surtur's Great Captains in the sequel - while all of them get their powers from the same source (Surtur, [[spoiler: the original Dark Phoenix]]), they manifest it in very different ways. Jormungand, for instance, is an absolutely colossal dragon (indeed, [[MonsterProgenitor he is the 'Father of Dragons']], with one of his children being the size of a mountain), at a direct contrast to the Black Captain, who's more or less human sized and shaped. While none have apparently appeared yet, they are described as having distinctive powers, personalities, and strategies - according to WordOfGod, the Black Captain is TheStrategist and the brains of the operation.
55	* In ''FanFic/CivilizationVPeaceWalker'', the MSF Stealth Operative team sent to infiltrate France returns with a story about an elite French unit called the Supreme Senses, religious-themed soldiers with names like God's Vision and Fiend's Hunger, and superpowers to match. In other words, they'd fit right in a ''Metal Gear'' game.
56	-->'''Snake:''' [[GenreSavvy Yeah, that's about what I expected.]]
57	* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/127451/comes-the-sunset Comes the Sunset]]'' Sunset Shimmer has a Quirky Miniboss ''Army'', the most notable being Virtuous Fury (a knight from another dimension), Emerald Ray (an evil Crystal Pony), and Shrike (the former second in command to Nightmare Moon).
58	* ''Fanfic/DistortionsSymphogear'': The White Noise Squad, the Four Horsemen's [[Anime/{{Symphogear}} anti-Symphogear]] fighting force. Each of them have their own eccentricities and thier own personal reasons to fight against the Adaptors.
59	* Show up so often in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' that they're automatically classified into the pretty one, the strong stupid one, and one with freaky powers.
60	** The Ginyu Force get ''even quirkier'' in this parody series. They pick opponents with a 'Wheel of Death', Recoome has the mannerisms of a professional wrestler (while Burter and Jeice do commentary), Jeice is [[SpaceX Space Australian]], Burter is obsessed with being the fastest in the universe ([[spoiler:because [[IJustWantToBeSpecial it's the only thing he has that makes him stand out]]]]), Guldo is a MemeticLoser, and while Ginyu is WickedCultured and dances after every successful mission (he's contractually obligated by King Cold to do the Dance of Joy, and by Cooler to do the Daddy's Little Princess Dance. He also has the Dance of Cheering You Up when Freeza gets upset, and the Dance of Solitude when he's alone).
61	*** [[NoIndoorVoice "And they're all INCREDIBLY FLAMBOYANT!"]]
62	** Lampshaded and parodied in the ''Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug Abridged'' movie; when Piccolo comes face-to-face with Slug's three top henchmen, he casually asks them what their gimmick is, noting that the last bunch he fought (in ''Christmas Tree of Might'') were all misfit minions. His bored reaction as they list their gimmicks (the pretty one, the tough and stupid one, and the one with weird powers), makes it plain he's seen it ''all'' before. Then he comes across the aforementioned trio in Cooler Abridged, though the mooks didn't seem to get which one was which.
63	--->'''Piccolo:''' Okay, I take it back. You're all stupid.
64	* ''Fanfic/FairyMayCry'': There seems to be one [[OnceAnEpisode for every arc thus far]].
65	** In the Vergil arc, wherein the titular character summons bosses from [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry the first game]]. These include [[ShockAndAwe Grif]][[FeatheredFiend fon]], [[GiantSpider Phan]][[MagmaMan tom]] and [[BlobMonster Nightmare]] to deal with the Fairy Tail rescue team.
66	** For the Edolas arc, the Edolas Magic Force captains such as [[EvilTwin Erza Knightwalker]], [[MarionetteMaster Hughes]], [[BunnyEarsLawyer Sugarboy]], [[MadScientist Byro]] and [[GeniusBruiser Panther-Lily]]. [[DragonWithAnAgenda Nelo Angelo]] is also present [[spoiler:as a SixthRangerTraitor]].
67	** The Devil Hand arc has the Seven Deadly Sins, the elite members of the titular dark guild, each with powers and personalities corresponding to the sin they represent. These include [[YinYangBomb Ib]][[SmugSuper lis]] for {{Pride}}, [[BunnyEarsLawyer Mam]][[ExtraOreDinary mon]] for {{Greed}}, [[PoisonousPerson Asmo]][[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale deua]] for {{Lust}}, [[TheBrute Sat]][[BloodKnight an]] for Wrath, [[PowerCopying Levi]][[ChildMage atha]] for [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]], [[MookMaker Belph]][[TheSlacker egor]] for {{Sloth}}, and [[ExtremeOmnivore Beel]][[CreepyChild zebub]] for Gluttony. This is significant as people representing each sin was needed to raise [[EvilTowerOfOminousness Temen-ni-gru]], in addition to Vergil and Arkham needing minions to keep Fairy Tail busy.
68	** The Tenrou Island arc has the Eight Kin of Purgatory, the elite members of Grimoire Heart who each wield a [[LostTechnology lost magic]]. Aside from their leader [[TimeMaster Ultear]], there is also [[BloodKnight Azuma]], [[BewareTheSillyOnes Kain]] [[PeoplePuppets Hikaru]], [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Rusty]][[ImaginationBasedSuperPower rose]], [[TheStoic Mer]][[ChildMage udy]], [[AxCrazy Zan]][[EvilIsBurningHot crow]], [[BodySnatcher Caprico]] and [[LightIsNotGood Job]].
69	** The knights from the Order of the Sword form this for the first half of the Order of the Sword arc. They consist of [[TokenGoodTeammate Nero]], [[RankScalesWithAsskicking Credo]], [[FragileSpeedster Coco]], [[SmugSnake Mary]] [[PeoplePuppets Hughes]], [[ElvisImpersonator Sugarboy]], and [[CasanovaWannabe Dan]] [[BunnyEarsLawyer Straight]].
70	** From the rest of the arc, the Neo Oracion Seis fit the role, acting as the biggest physical threats for most of the arc. [[spoiler:While [[AttackReflector Midnight]][=/=][[CastingAShadow Brain II]] makes part of the BigBadDuumvirate with [[TheChessmaster Sanctus]], the other members fit the bill quite well]]. These include [[PoisonousPerson Cobra]], [[AxCrazy Rac]][[SuperSpeed er]], [[SinisterScythe Eri]][[EmptyShell gor]], [[KatanasAreJustBetter Gil]][[BackFromTheDead ver]] and [[EvilTwin Glo]][[ShockAndAwe ria]]. [[spoiler:And then there's [[HiddenVillain Imitatia, aka, Michelle Lobster]], who acted as TheMole for the BigBagDuumvirate for the entire arc!]]
71	** The Grand Magic Games Arc: While Fairy Tail is on friendly terms with most of the guilds participating in the titular event, there are two guilds that act antagonistic towards them.
72	*** First is Raven Tail, led by Makarov’s vengeful son Ivan, consisting of Nullpudding, Obra, Kurohebi, Flare Corona, and Sid, who acts as an informant for them. There’s also [[spoiler:Sapphire Caldwell, who is actually acting as a double agent for Mermaid Heel.]]
73	*** After Raven Tail is disqualified, Sabertooth takes their place for the rest of the arc. In addition to Vergil, who is their top member, [[spoiler:and later master after killing Jiemma,]] and Yukino, who is expelled after the second day of the Games, there’s Minerva, Sting, Rogue, Rufus, Orga, and Dobengal.
74	* The Reapers and the Zodiac Family in ''FanFic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'', the former being a mercenary group made up of prewar genetically-engineered [[HalfHumanHybrids half-pony hybrids]] and various other freaks and mutants, and the latter made up of WesternZodiac themed bounty hunters.
75	* the BigBadEnsemble (Nightmare Moon, Queen Chrysalis, King Sombra, and Lord Tirek) of ''Fanfic/HighschoolDragon'' have a plethora of minions at their beck and call. They are Trixie, Descent, [[spoiler:Prince Blueblood]], She-Demon, Pyro, Frost, [[spoiler:Nightmare Rarity]], Rabia, Grogar, Garble, Catrina, Rep, The Dazzlings, Dr. Caballeron, and Ahuizotl.
76	* ''Fanfic/InvaderZimABadThingNeverEnds'': Zim's minions are this. In addition to the canonical [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} GIR]] and [[BewareTheSillyOnes Minimoose]], there's now Skoodge (a fellow Invader, but also the TokenGoodTeammate), Bob (an ex-service drone who was basically press-ganged), and the Announcer (a LargeHam MasterOfIllusion).
77	* ''Fanfic/JackieChanAdventuresOlympianJourney'': After being released from her [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment]], [[BigBad Eris]] pressgangs [[VillainTeleportation Vanessa Barone]], [[PaperPeople Origami]], and [[WarriorMonk Zhixin]] into serving as her minions.
78	* ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'' has the core membership of the [[TheSyndicate Shadow Hand]] serve as this to [[VillainProtagonist Queen Jade]].
79	* Annabelle Lee and her squad of void walkers in ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'' are a gang of the BigBad's agents who constantly hound the heroes with the goal of capturing Kyoko and Oktavia and bringing them to their boss. Each of them are a tad eccentric with their own quirks, with Annabelle Lee serving as OnlySaneMan, Ticky Nikki is a homicidally immature maniac, and the twins are competend but uncomfortably intimate at all times (made more uncomfortable by the fact that they look identical). Over time, Annabelle Lee does get character development and turns into more of an AntiVillain.
80	* ''Fanfic/SpikesGambit'': Impossibly has quite the entourage of colorful characters under her belt: [[DragonInChief Filthy Rich]], [[TheStarscream Spoiled Rich]], [[CoDragons Abacus]] [[TheEvilGenius Cinch]], [[TheRival Garble]], [[TheBrute Iron Will]], [[CreateYourOwnVillain Suri Polomare]], Indigo Zap, Sour Sweet, Sunny Flare, Sugarcoat Lemon Zest, and [[spoiler:[[TheMole Twilight Sparkle]].]]
81	* ''Fanfic/SunsetOfTime'' has the Deathwing, a group of griffon mercenaries. They're half in for the gold, half in it so they [[BadBoss don't get killed.]]
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85	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': The hyenas always show up together, but they have distinct personalities: Shenzi is bossy, Banzai is grumpy and Ed is dim-witted. But [[AnimalStereotypes of course]] all three are [[TheHyena prone to laughing at everything]].
86	* Lock, Shock, and Barrel, the psychotic trick-or-treating kids in ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas.'' They get one of the coolest, most sadistic songs ever.
87	* The Monstars (also known as The Nerdlucks) the secondary antagonists of ''Film/SpaceJam''.
88	* The Toon Patrol, the 5 weasels from ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit''.
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92	* The Three Storms from ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina''.
93	* The Bloodpack in ''Film/BladeII'' are an elite group of vampire warriors formed to hunt down Blade. Ironically, they're only introduced to team up with Blade against the BigBad. Ultimately some of them remain villains throughout the shaky alliance.
94	* Top Dollar's gang from ''Film/TheCrow'' are all pretty quirky. Oddly enough, they were the ones responsible for the rape and murder or Eric's girlfriend as well as his own murder, making them his actual targets. We soon find out that [[spoiler: Top Dollar was ultimately responsible for their actions]] leading to a climatic battle with the real BigBad.
95	* The five traitors in ''Film/DeadInTombstone'' are all colorful criminals, each of whom has their own shtick.
96	* The US Marshals in ''Film/TheFugitive'' [[spoiler: until the end]].
97	* In ''Film/GhostRider2007'', Blackheart has three elemental minions (Gressil, Abigor, and Wallow), all of whom Ghost Rider defeats with very little effort.
98	%% Needs context * The goblins in ''Film/Legend1985''.
99	* In ''Film/MastersOfTheUniverse'', the mercenary team hired by Skeletor to track down He-Man on Earth.
100	* The five artists ([[MercifulMinion Sky]], [[TheAllegedBoss Paul]], [[AxCrazy Bill]], Lexi, and [[PsychopathicManchild Macon]]) from ''Film/MurderParty''.
101	* Casanova Frankenstein's allied gangs in ''Film/MysteryMen'', each sharing their own quirky theme.
102	* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' has the Largo siblings: Luigi, Pavi, and Amber Sweet.
103	* [[DragonInChief Clarence Boddicker's]] squad of eccentric, [[EqualOpportunityEvil racially diverse]] criminals in ''Film/RoboCop1987''.
104	%% Needs context * The Stalkers in ''Film/TheRunningMan''.
105	%% Needs context * The Tremor Bros. of the ''Film/SmokinAces'' series.
106	%% Needs context * The Knights of Ren from the ''Franchise/StarWars'' sequel trilogy.
107	%% Needs context * The Gang of Four in ''Film/TheStoryOfRicky''.
108	* Despite not having a big bad commanding them, the gangs from ''Film/TheWarriors'' the titled gang has to go through before reaching the safe haven of their territory.
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112	* ''Literature/TheBlackCompany'' series provides two examples:
113	** The Ten Who Were Taken[[note]]extremely similar to ''Wheel of Time's'' Forsaken, albeit generally better at living up to their reputations and made first[[/note]], called Taken for short [[note]]The original Taken are Soulcatcher, the Limper, Shapeshifter, Stormbringer, the Howler, Moonbiter, Nightcrawler, the Hanged Man, the Faceless Man, and Bonegnasher; they worked for the Dominator and later the Lady, but neither of those are considered part of this group[[/note]]. As is typical for wizards in that setting, their names are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin descriptive]] -- Soulcatcher steals souls, the Limper limps, the Howler howls uncontrollably, Shapeshifter changes shapes, Stormbringer controls the weather, and so on. Typically, they are extremely hard to kill; this is true of all wizards, who are longer lived and more durable than {{muggles}}, but the Taken are strong enough to be effectively immortal, and capable of recovering from pretty much anything short of total body destruction.
114	** Later in the series another group is introduced -- the Shadowmasters[[note]]Longshadow, Stormshadow, Moonshadow, and Shadowspinner[[/note]]. They're not ''quite'' as dangerous, both because there's only four of them and because their leader, Longshadow, is a paranoid nutcase who isn't nearly as good at keeping them in line as the Dominator and the Lady did with the Taken, but they're still terrifying enough to conquer and terrorise the entirety of the Shadowlands. It's eventually revealed that Stormshadow [[spoiler: used to be the Taken Stormbringer, giving her the dubious distinction of being part of both groups]].
115	* ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' has the monsters guarding each of the [[MacGuffin gemstones]]. In order, they are a BlackKnight, a giant carnivorous angler fish (who oddly enough has a taste for fine music), a demon witch and her deformed children, a giant three headed snake demon, a golem made entirely out of human skulls, a frog demon that oozes a powerful poison (the same poison the BigBad's mooks use, in fact), a giant ExtremeOmnivore slug demon, and finally a possessed illusionist who keeps demonic dogs as pets.
116	* The ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' book ''Literature/TheLastHero'' briefly features the squad as the henchmen of Evil Harry Dread. As a traditional EvilOverlord, Harry has deliberately chosen the squad for stupidity, and they kill ''themselves'' in battle immediately.
117	* The ''sullanciri'', or "Dark Lancers" from ''The Dragon Crown War'' are essentially what you get when you combine the Ringwraiths and the Forsaken. BigBad Chytrine creates them from ordinary mortals (with a preference for using {{Fallen Hero}}es) and uses them as her supernaturally powerful lieutenants. They have to obey her, but retain individual personalities otherwise. Her initial group of them get killed off rather quickly in the prequel, but she ends up replacing them with [[FaceHeelTurn the very heroes who defeated them]], and this core group of ten are the main ''sullanciri'' for the series -- Nefrai-kesh, [[MouthOfSauron Nefrai-laysh]], [[WomanScorned Myrall'mara]], [[OurLichesAreDifferent Neskartu]], [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Ferxigo]], [[TheQuisling Quiarsca]], [[BlackKnight Malarkex]], [[ImplacableMan Ganagrei]], [[WolfMan Anarus]], and [[DarkActionGirl Tythsai]].
118	* ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'': The Faceless Brethren from the''Taladas Trilogy'' act as this, though their quirks are of [[MadnessTropes the darkest sort]] and they are in no way amusing. The group is composed of [[EvilSorcerer the Master]], [[NobleTopEnforcer the Keeper]], [[TheCorrupter the Teacher]], [[TheBrute the Slayer]], [[{{Seers}} the Watcher]] and [[MouthOfSauron the Speaker]]. In his backstory, [[BigBad Maladar]] had another one called the Seven Swords, but he killed them all in a fit of paranoia millennia ago.
119	* In ''Literature/FengshenYanyi'', several examples can be found among the enemies fought by Jiang Ziya and the forces of Zhou, including the Ten Heavenly Lords of Jinao Island (a group of grotesque but very powerful and prideful Immortals who can build magic formations to kill their opponents within them), Lu Yue and his disciples (another group of creepy taoists with magic tools related to illness and plague), the sons of Yu Hualong (five warriors, each with a different magic trick up the sleeve) and the Seven Monsters of Prune Mountain (a group of seven animal-based shapeshifting demons seeking glory and wealth).
120	* The Death Eaters from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' are Voldemort's henchmen. They have the same dress code, their own names, and some other factoid to them. [[ManipulativeBastard Lucius Malfoy]], [[DarkActionGirl Bellatrix Lestrange]], [[DirtyCoward Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew]] and [[PsychoForHire Fenrir Greyback]] are the most significant recurring Death Eaters; others such as Professor Quirrell, Barty Crouch Jr., the Carrow siblings, and Yaxley have significant roles in one book, and there are number of others (Rookwood, Avery, Dolohov, Rowle, etc.) who are namedropped/show up often, but get little development.
121	* ''Literature/LegacyOfTheDragokin'': The Kthonian Knights ''would'' be this if they were part of a bigger organization and Jihadain weren't their leader. As it stands, they are the main villains.
122	* ''Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit'': The Hunters hound Balsa and Chagum's steps for most of the story and serve as the main physical threat from the Mikado's Court. [[spoiler:Ultimately, as the story ends up with all human characters on the same side, they help Balsa defend Chagum in the climax and help shoot down the Emperor's plan to have Balsa assassinated.]]
123	* Ashram's followers (Groder, Gaberra, Smeddy, Gilram, and Astar) from ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar''. They're also {{Evil Counterpart}}s to the heroes: Ashram for Parn, Groder for Slayn, Gaberra for Leylia, Smeddy and Gilram for Shiris and Orson, and Astar for Deedlit.
124	* The Literature/{{Redwall}} novels are full of these. Badredd's gang in ''Loamhedge'' and the group of vermin sent to hunt down Tagg in ''Taggerung'' are probably the most memorable and plot-influential.
125	* The Brave Companions[=/=]Bloody Mummers from ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' are a twisted CrapsackWorld version of this trope. A mercenary army of [[StupidEvil almost excessively evil]] killers, all of whom are either highly eccentric or just plain weird. They include a giant man with no nose, a child-like cannibal with superhuman strength, a PedophilePriest, an obese barbarian, a Frankenstein style mad scientist, and a MonsterClown.
126	* ''Literature/TheSovereignStone'' trilogy has the Vrykyl, a group of immortal, vampiric warriors bound to serve [[BigBad Dagnarus]]. Several named Vrykyl appear across the series, but the most prominent are [[TheDragon Shakur]], [[DarkActionGirl Lady]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil Valura]], [[TheStarscream K'let]], and [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Jedash]]. Collectively, they're {{Evil Counterpart}}s to the [[MagicKnight Dominion Lords]].
127	* Several show up in ''Literature/WarriorCats'':
128	** Brokenstar's rogues, who show up several times for scraps against the heroes.
129	** The [=BloodClan=] warriors under Scourge's command, who each have a few personality quirks and hang around in the manga arcs.
130	** The Dark Forest warriors, who exist to flesh out the Dark Forest and serve as climactic fights during ''The Last Hope''.
131	* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', BigBad The Necromancer has put together a monster-themed gang called the Children of the Night. His [[TheDragon Dragon]] Lycanthros is part of this gang, as well as Lady Darke, Nightgaunt, the Arch-Fiend, and the youngest and snarkiest of the group: Vamp. As of their second appearance, we learn that -- in classic tradition for this trope -- [[spoiler:Vamp has been forced to join the gang and has been betraying them since before their first appearance.]]
132	* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'': The Forsaken. They are only rarely played for laughs, but then, very little in this series is. There are [[NumerologicalMotif 13 of them]], and each served the [[BigBad Dark One]] for their own reasons[[note]]The thirteen Forsaken are, in rough descending order of power and threat level, [[TheDragon Ishamael]], [[LoveMakesYouEvil Lanfear]], [[AlwaysSecondBest Demandred]], [[TheHedonist Graendal]], [[BigBadWannabe Sammael]], [[TortureTechnician Semirhage]], [[MadScientist Aginor]], [[HandsomeLech Rahvin]], [[MasterSwordsman Be'lal]], [[BoringButPractical Mesaana]], [[UnskilledButStrong Balthamel]], [[DirtyCoward Moghedien]], and [[QuirkyBard Asmodean]]; in the last book, they get a new member, Mazrim Taim, who receives the Forsaken name M'Hael[[/note]]. Ishamael was probably the only one who believes in the Dark One's agenda of destroying the world for all time; as for the rest, Asmodean did it because he wanted to be immortal, and some others joined because they were criminals, or in revenge for slights real or imagined by the [[ChosenOne Dragon]] (not to be confused with TheDragon). When the series began they were believed to be the most powerful channelers of all time, but after a few books we learn that some modern characters are on par with them or even stronger. In fact, they were just those of the Dark One's servants who happened to be with him when the [[ChosenOne Dragon]] [[SealedEvilInACan sealed him away]], and by now most of them have been killed. (And some have been brought back.) A lot of them were killed with surprise attacks, or by using an ArtifactOfDoom and the higher-level Forsaken (Ishamael, Lanfear, Demandred, and to a lesser extent Sammael, Semirhage, and Graendal) are far, far stronger than anyone else (and most of the others are less dangerous not because they're ''weak'' but because they suffer from CripplingOverspecialization, EvilCannotComprehendGood, and ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, which the heroes quickly learn to exploit). For example, Ishamael/Moridin can sense both Saidin and Saidar, while no-one else can sense his channeling.
133	* From Literature/{{Worm}}, we have the Slaughterhouse 9. As the S9 are labeled as an [[GodzillaThreshold S-Class Threat]], they have a standing kill-order placed on the group as a whole, applicable to new members as well. As such, they have a ''high'' turnover rate. Their leader, Jack Slash, mentions that there are few that he considers "long term members," which includes himself, [[CreepyChild Bonesaw]], and [[IAmAHumanitarian the Siberian]]. He also mentions that [[MadScientist Mannequin]] was a borderline case, as he had been with the group for a very long time.
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135
136	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
137	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
138	** Glory had a small following of grovelling servants who, for the most part, served no purpose other than to elevate her ego. On the one occasion they did try to be constructive, they were beaten down by Buffy's superior man-handling skills.
139	** There's also The Troika. Though not members of any larger dominant unit, they form their own squad, who's sole purpose is to enslave Buffy and force her into a life of servitude. However, their 'devilish' schemes are constantly thwarted, ending more often than not in pain and humiliation. Being [[GenreSavvy geeks]], they are probably consciously emulating this trope.
140	* ''Series/ChouseiKantaiSazerX'' has the Three Shoguns, who are higher-ranked than the Descal's regular [[MonsterOfTheWeek element-themed monsters]] and [[LaughablyEvil much goofier]] than they are. They're also tied to a number of plot developments that happen later on, since they're the direct ancestors of [[VillainousLineage the current generation of villains]].
141	* ''Series/HRPufnstuf'': Witchiepoo's henchmen: Orson Vulture, Seymour Spider, and Stupid Bat
142	* The music video for Kenyan Electronic Funk group Just A Band's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApN1cZoiX4w Huff + Puff]]" features a trio of what appear to be Parliament Funkadelic backup dancers as elite mooks to {{The Dragon}}.
143	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
144	** ''Series/KamenRider555'' has the Lucky Clover, a quartet of assassins who work for [[MegaCorp Smart Brain]], though they're not so much "quirky" as "deadly and ruthless."
145	** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' has the [[MonsterOfTheWeek Monsters Of the Week]] double as this due to their ResurrectiveImmortality: the eight Bugsters that aren't important to the story each have their own quirky personality and each show up many times throughout the series, since being exploded by the heroes is only a temporary inconvenience.
146	** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' has the Hokuto Three Crows, a trio of Hard Smash ([[MonsterOfTheWeek Smash]] who [[ItCanThink retained their intelligence]]) who serve under Kamen Rider Grease.
147	* In the French Canadian TV series "Les rescapés (The survivors)", the followers of the evil priest Chabanel serve as a quirky miniboss squad, each with their own distinctive personality quirk. Viateur is extremely violent and TriggerHappy, Jean-Luc is cowardly and keeps going through the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor, and Marguerite is the most mysterious, but also the most [[WomenAreWiser competent]]. When Viateur died, his role was taken over by a previously [[AscendedExtra nameless]] [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute monk]].
148	* The Strike Team on ''Series/TheShield'' follow this mold, as far as the characters Shane Vendrell, Ronnie Gardocki, and Curtis "Lem" Lemansky serving as a quirky miniboss team for Vic Mackey. Indeed, by the end of the series, Shane [[spoiler:murders Lem]] while Ronnie and Shane end up hating each other, right down to Ronnie keeping Vic from calling off a scheme to kill Shane.
149	* In ''Series/SpartacusVengeance'', Ashur finally manages to convince [[BigBad Glaber]] that the regular Roman soldier isn't good enough to fight the gladiators. So Ashur recruits ''several'' [[PsychoForHire Psychos For Hire]], who act as this. In the ensuing group, Ashur is TheDragon while they are TheBrute. Most notable is [[HeroKiller The Egyptian]].
150	* Most ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' seasons feature a Quirky Miniboss Team for the big bad, who often (depending on the whims of the writers) either die, reform, disappear off the face of the Earth, or manage to escape justice by the end of the season.
151	** ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' has the Three Idiot Gorma, who are not good at the whole acting evil thing and are more into thinking about new sports games to play with the Dairangers.
152	** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' has the Zetsumates [[note]](pun on zetsumetsu, which is Japanse for extinction)[[/note]] . This trio of monsters managed to kill off the dinosaurs in prehistoric times, but are rather comedic villains during present time. They even acted as an evil parody of a ranger team, pissing off the real rangers.
153	* ''Series/TomicaHeroRescueForce'' has Maare, Saan and Shiika who work solo for the first few episodes but later start working as the squad for [[BigBad Daen]] and later his daughter [[ElegantGothicLolita Maen]]. ''[[Series/TomicaHeroRescueFire Rescue Fire]]'' has a similar setup with Chukaen, Sakaen and Ukaen who work as the squad of Don Kaen.
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155
156	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
157	* Some {{power stable}}s become so large that they end up having other power stables inside of them.
158	** [[Wrestling/DavidHeath The Brood]] for the Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness, until they broke off due to being mistreated.
159	** Wrestling/NewWorldOrder had this after the infamous 1999 "Fingerpoke of Doom". The most important members switched to the Wolfpac's red and black colours, whilst the minor members stsyed in black and white and were referred to as "The B-Team". They largely went off on their own escapades when they weren't involved in NWO beatdowns, and had their own leadership struggles (won mostly by Stevie Ray).
160	** Wrestling/{{Raven}}'s brainwashed {{cult}}, the Gathering, in Sports Entertainment Xtreme
161	** Team Wrestling/{{TNA}} and Las Gringas Locas in La Legion Extranjera, which would itself become just [[LegionOfDoom one of many]] members of Wrestling/{{AAA}}'s La Soceidad.
162	** Team Canada (which in of itself might have been the largest Team Canada ever with ten members) to Planet Jarrett (which was headed by "The Kings Of Wrestling" Wrestling/ScottHall, Wrestling/KevinNash and Wrestling/JeffJarrett rather than [[Wrestling/ChrisHero those]] [[Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli guys]] from Wrestling/{{Chikara}}[==]Wrestling/{{R\|ingOfHonor}}OH)
163	** Wrestling/{{Fortune}} inside of Immortal, at least until they rebelled against the larger group.
164	* In Wrestling/{{WWE}}, the Spirit Squad acted as the squad in the Shawn Michaels vs. Vince [=McMahon=] feud, and D-generation X vs. [=McMahon=] Family feud.
165	** There was also Shane [=McMahon=]'s buddies, the Mean Street Posse.
166	** This is what Wrestling/TheNexus was any time Wade Barrett wasn't there to lead them. Same thing now that CM Punk is in charge of Wrestling/TheNexus and Wade Barrett's leading the Corre.
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168
169	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
170	* ''TabletopGame/{{Fellowship}}'': One of the options for the Overlord's forces is the Organization, a small but powerful group of elite villains with unique abilities and personalities, such as [[EvilGenius the Braniac]], [[NobleDemon the Honor-Bound]], and [[TheBrute the Tough Guy]].
171	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
172	** Command Squads and HQ choices with retinues can come across this way -- particularly for players who assign personalities to the characters.
173	** Encouraged for Space Wolves players, where they not only have tons of named units, but also encourage the player to make their own characters with distinct personalities, plus the special rule that allows them to pick ''two'' HQ units for one HQ slot, meaning one can go to war with a large group of infantry choices and put two rune priests in a HQ slot and still have room for more HQ units like a wolf lord or one of the named HQ choices if you spend your points right.
174	** The Grey Knights' Paladins have statistics equal to most HQ choices, having an almost identical statline as a Librarian in Terminator Armor and having just as much equipment choices. They can be taken in as few as 1 to as many as 10. Another character can allow them to be taken as Troops, effectively allowing you to field a miniboss squad as an army. To a lesser extent, Terminator armies (Deathwing, Loganwing) are also this, as Terminators are often elite unit choices.
175	** With the introduction of formations that let you field only characters (Council of Da Waaagh, Librarius Conclave, Seer Council, The Eight) it is now possible to field an army consisting of only characters and nothing else. As it turns out, this isn't as impractical as it seems, as due to the way some special rules work these characters can share their skills to each other as long as they're joined up in the same unit. This type of army is nicknamed "Superfriends", taken from the MTG deck type of the same name (which is in-turn named after the show Super Friends due to the amount of heroes in it).
176	** Codex: Deathwatch allows you to field a specialist team of xeno-hunters, each with his own special equipment. The formation takes this a step further; allowing you to join different units together. However, due to the rules making it so that all units have to move in coherency, this means that all units have to move at the pace of the slowest model, and as it turns out there are a lot of models that are a lot slower than "normal".
177	[[/folder]]
178
179	[[folder:Toys]]
180	* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'': The Piraka from 2006 were the first "regular" (i.e. non-titan sets) villains to each have a distinct personality:
181	** [[TheLeader Zaktan is the cold and calculating leader]] who could [[TheWormThatWalks split himself into billions of microscopic lifeforms]].
182	** [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Hakann is arrogant and duplicitous]] to a fault, with the ability to attack his enemies with [[MindRape mental blasts]].
183	** [[AxCrazy Vezok is a psychopathic and temperamental brute]], who can [[PowerCopying mimic the abilities of others]] for a short period of time.
184	** [[TheAloner Thok is antisocial and paranoid]] with the power to [[ThePowerOfCreation the ability to bring inanimate objects to life]].
185	** [[DirtyCoward Avak is the cowardly and sniveling]] GadgeteerGenius, and can produce a prison [[TailorMadePrison for his opponents from his mind]].
186	** [[ObfuscatingStupidity Reidak is outwardly stupid yet secretly clever]], who can [[AdaptiveAbility adapt to whatever it was that defeated him prior]].
187	** [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Vezon is insane and scatter-brained]] who came into existence as a [[EnemyWithout clone of Vezok]], and [[SixthRangerTraitor betrayed the Piraka at the first opportunity]].
188	[[/folder]]
189
190	[[folder:Web Animation]]
191	* WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation
192	** Many of the [[LivingProgram desktop icons]] qualify as this when they all work together and ally with [[TheDragon The Dark Lord]] to fight The Chosen One. They all have unique designs and some have a wide range of abilities such as {{flight}}, [[EyeBeams laser beams]], or {{extendable arms}}.
193	** The four mercenaries, like the desktop icons, are a group of stick figures each of them having their own style of animation and abilities who oppose The Chosen One. All of them are under the leadership of victim, the first stick figure created by Alan, who runs an organization in a world beyond the boundaries of the internet.
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder:Web Comics]]
197	* The Dark Warriors from ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' are a ''very'' Quirky Miniboss Squad (all of whom were actually minibosses at one point or another).
198	* ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'' had [[TheDragon Argent]], [[PerkyFemaleMinion Mizuna]] and [[MusicalAssassin Dirlend]] working for BigBad Khrima. (The [[EnemyCivilWar competing]] BigBad, [[KnightOfCerebus Eternion]], had his own set, but due to the number of characters involved the only one whose name I recall is [[TheGunslinger Cody]].)
199	* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/030208 lampshaded here]].
200	* ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'' has Sir Tomato, Dame Lettuce, and Sir Bacon: the BLT trio, with emphasis on the "quirky" part. In fact, with Bacon of all people gone, the team is even less intimidating. This is not helped by the fact that in order to keep them the "BLT" trio, Tomato tries having Blueberry, who is a ''mailman'', join them.
201	* The [[MarySue Sues]] and [[MartyStu Stus]] of ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany''. Their fights with the pirates are always hilarious as their quirks mostly poke fun at the Mary Sue traits, but are [[NewPowersAsThePlotDemands nigh unstoppable]] because of them. This frustrates both the pirates and [[TheDragon Izor]].
202	** [[OfficerAndAGentleman Izor]] sees them as [[SuperPowerLottery spoiled]] [[BornWinner brats]] and would cast them to the gutter if they weren't so useful.
203	** The pirates are frustrated because no matter how hard they train or plan, they can't beat them. Especially [[TheBigGirl Tiren]], who can take down a Kraken with a hairpin, but [[WhyWontYouDie cannot]] beat the ValleyGirl Franchise/SailorMoon {{Expy}}.
204	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': In the "Painted Black" arc, Grace's "brothers" Hedge, Vlad, and Guineas form a darker-than-usual version.
205	* In ''Webcomic/EmergencyExit'', [[BigBad Lord Kyran]] himself is quirky enough on his own, but his underlings range from amorous to bored to genuinely nice, the lattermost healing Karl in exchange for an artifact. Granted, they're still ''dangerous'' to the heroes, but they're not really ''threatening.''
206	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has [[GangOfHats The Felt]], though most of them don't survive the intermission they appear in, [[EvilVersusEvil and]] [[VillainProtagonist The Midnight Crew]], Depending on which iteration of them it is.
207	* ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' has the [[FourIsDeath Four Demons of Sorrow]], a group of assassins working for Hirotomo Wataro, the most feared warlord in Japan. The members of the group are: [[BlindWeaponmaster the blind swordsman Ryoku]], ninja and MasterOfIllusion Uso, the supreme BloodKnight Honou-ko, (who is [[TwentyFourHourArmor never seen without his elaborate armor]]) and they are led by Hirotomo's NobleTopEnforcer Tadashii, a MasterSwordsman and IaijutsuPractitioner with SuperSpeed.
208	* The Linear Guild in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. They're also {{Evil Counterpart}}s to the Order.
209	** Later on you have Tarquin's adventuring party, though they're much more powerful and more like PsychoRangers (which the Linear Guild was always ''aspiring to'' but never quite achieved after getting their butts kicked the first time).
210	* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'': Cody warns Max that the student council president has the Twelve Black Saint Councilor-Generals to enforce his will upon the school, and there is no one left to stand against him besides Lisa, [[OnlyInItForTheMoney who is far too mercenary to actually care]]. Note that this has [[HeroOfAnotherStory absolutely nothing to do with the plot]]. [[QuirkyTown Mayview is just that weird]].
211	* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': Reakk, Psyk, and Mosp are the Dimension of Pain's Quirky Miniboss Squad.
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213
214	[[folder:Web Original]]
215	* ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'': Piono and Binary both have one, and both of them consist of really nasty villains from other areas.
216	** Piono has Sauron in his, as Tricky from Madness Combat, and had Dimentio from ''Super Paper Mario'' and Vriska from ''Homestuck''.
217	** Binary's consists of SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS, bill Cipher, [=IKEA=], king of tabletopia, Doc Scratch and Lord English.
218	* In the last couple episodes of ''WebVideo/FranceFive'', Zakaral (TheDragon) leads such a group, composed of Gorlock (a GiantMook), Succulard (a ChefOfIron), Agony (a CreepyCrossdresser) and Lady Warcry ([[TheBrute Warduke]]'s daughter, who wants to [[AvengingTheVillain avenge her father's death]]).
219	[[/folder]]
220
221	[[folder:Western Animation]]
222	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
223	** Azula, Mai and Ty Lee. Azula is the Fire Lord's personal [[TheDragon Dragon,]] and she has Mai and Ty Lee assisting her in battle throughout Season 2 and to a lesser extent Season 3.
224	** The Rough Rhinos serve this role in Season 2. They are a group of komodo rhino-riders that each specialize in a different weapon, and attack Team Avatar multiple times through the season. They are also responsible for the deaths of Jet's parents.
225	* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' has one in Season 2 and one in Season 4.
226	** Dracula's War Council in Season 2 serve as a challenge for the main trio to fight before meeting Dracula, showing of their teamwork, skill and readying them to get [[TheWorfEffect worfed]] against [[BigBad Dracula]]. Each has a unique design, and pose a challenge that is quickly overcome. The sole exceptions are Godbrand, who dies earlier in the season as a SacrificialLamb and OnlySaneMan, and Carmilla, who was TheStarscream and survives to become the BigBadWannabe.
227	** Dragan and his possé in Season 4. They do serve a role for the plot, since they sewed together [[spoiler:Saint Germain's]] rebis, and they have some nifty abilities, but they are quickly disposed by the heroes. They do manage to delay them enough for the true BigBad to set his plot into action, though.
228	* In the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' AnAssKickingChristmas special, the Delightful Children From Down the Lane have the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Faculty Four]], who represent Substitute Teacher's Day to help their plot to Steal Christmas. Their members are Thesaurus Rex, a dinosaur made up of books, the Unintelligible Tutor, who's babbling incapacitates people, The Human Text, a flying humanoid made up of stacks of paper, and Mr. Physically Fit-tastic, a stretchy muscle man, led by Ms. Edna Ucation.
229	** Interestingly, back when they were visualized as side characters of Mr. Warburton's failed ''Kenny and the Chimp'', the Kids Next Door (or rather ''those'' Kids Next Door as they were called then) [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/960/442/906.jpg were intended to be examples of this trope]].
230	* Prime Evil's "Usual Gang of Idiots" from ''WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters''.
231	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' has The Pack.
232	* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': The Dark Hand devolved into this from regular mooks over the course of the series. It eventually got to the point where Finn, Ratso, and Chow were actively trying to avoid crime in favor of having legitimate jobs, as they were tired of constantly getting roped into being the henchmen for each season's villain. In fact, they even play a key role in helping fight Drago in the GrandFinale.
233	* Each member of the Crime Syndicate in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' has their ''own'' Quirky Miniboss Squad -- the "Made Men". Owlman has the Evil [[ComicBook/TheOutsidersDCComics Outsiders]], Superwoman has the Evil [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Marvel Family]], J'edd J'arkus has the Evil Detroit League, and so on.
234	* The Sky Pirates from ''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart'' fill this role, even though they are the ''main villains.'' And they certainly live up to the word "quirky."
235	** Orangusnake, their leader who is a cobra using an orangutan as a body.
236	** Ramaraffe, their DumbMuscle with an extendable neck.
237	** Boss Hostrich, a SouthernGentleman that can fire eggs out of his chest.
238	** And Ratarang, a rat who can...[[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway turn into a boomerang.]]
239	* WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes has the [[MechaMooks robots]] of Boxmore. While often working together to attack the plaza to please their creator/father [[BigBad Lord Boxman]], they’re just as prone to partake in petty bickering, with many moments of engaging in SiblingRivalry with one another.
240	* The Space Biker Gang from ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''. Jenny beats them with ease.
241	* Boris and Natasha from ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' are the original examples, working under Fearless Leader.
242	* In the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "The Princess and the Bounty Hunters," fallen WarriorPrincess Mira [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gathers a small group of bounty hunters]] to help her kill Jack for Aku. This QMBS' membership includes:
243	** Jujunga, [[AwesomeAussie an Aboriginal Australian]] who [[PoisonedWeapons fires poisoned darts]] from a blowgun [[InstrumentOfMurder disguised as a workable flute]].
244	** I and Am, a duo of anthropomorphic cats who [[TwinTelepathy communicate telepathically]], [[RhymesOnADime speak entirely in rhyme]], and [[FragileSpeedster display great speed and agility]]. I [[ChainPain wields a spiked chain]] while Am [[ThrowDownTheBomblet fights with bombs]].
245	** Boris, a [[DumbMuscle dimwitted]], [[HuskyRusskie musclebound Russian warrior]] who [[SmallNameBigEgo overestimates his abilities]] and [[CarryABigStick wields dual spiked clubs]].
246	** The Gentleman, a [[TheDandy posh, sophisticated, well-dressed]] SouthernGentleman who wields throwing knives.
247	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' has the Enforcers fill this role for the [[BigBad Big Man]], while the Sinister Six (sometimes the whole team, sometimes just one or two members) do the same for the [[TheChessmaster Master Planner]], aka [[spoiler: Doc Ock]]. Interestingly, the Enforcers are shown to report to their organization's [[TheDragon Dragon]], Hammerhead, while Electro, the Planner's [[TheDragon Dragon]], is merely the most powerful and loyal of the Six.
248	* The Gobblers, Dr. Drain's henchmen (henchcreatures?) in ''WesternAnimation/StainesDownDrains''.
249	* The [[PlanetOfSteves five-Ruby squad]] from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. They are given nicknames by Steven.
250	-->'''Steven:''' I named them all based on the placement of their [[HeartDrive gems]]! There's Leggy[[note]]gem on left leg[[/note]], Army[[note]]gem on left shoulder[[/note]], Navy[[note]]gem on navel[[/note]], Eyeball[[note]]gem in [[EyeScream left eyesocket]][[/note]], and uhh... [[OddNameOut Doc]][[note]]gem on chest[[/note]].
251	* WesternAnimation/TheSuperGlobetrotters defeat one in a game of basketball in every episode of the show
252	* ''WesternAnimation/SuperRobotMonkeyTeamHyperforceGo'' features the Sun Riders. Granted, they ''are'' ex-actors (and therefore used to trying to impress crowds). And hey, at least they have the dignity to save their posing for ''after'' they win.
253	* In ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward]]'', the turtles' four clones become this for Darius Dun almost immediately after their creation.
254	* General Immortus, Madame Rouge and Monsieur Mallah (TheDragon) in the fifth season of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''.
255	** The HIVE Five serve as this as well as an EvilCounterpart to the Teen Titans. This group originally consists of Jinx, Gizmo, and Mammoth with See-More being added later as well as Privite HIVE, Kyd Wyckyd, and Billy Numerous on separate occasions.
256	* Demolishor and Cyclonus from ''Anime/TransformersArmada''. [[YesMan A dumb lug]] and a [[AxeCrazy psycho]].
257	** Funny, a dumb lug and a psycho sound like Lugnut and Blitzwing from ''Animated''.
258	*** After [[SendInTheClones building a small army of clones]], Starscream of ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' is his own squad.
259	** Sky-Byte's Predacons from ''Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'', and, to a lesser extent, Scourge and the Decepticon Commandos.
260	** As well, there's the Decepticon Pretenders in ''Anime/TransformersSuperGodMasterforce'', and the Dinoforce in ''Anime/TransformersVictory''.
261	** And Snowcat, Demolishor, and Mirage in ''Anime/TransformersEnergon''.
262	** ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' also has the group of Decepticons who stay loyal to Galvatron; Thundercracker, Ransack, Crumplezone, and Thunderblast. [[spoiler:However, during the final battle, when they realize Galvatron was never going to spare them either, they abandon him too. Thundercracker even ends up happily working with the Autobots on the Space Bridge Project after Galvatron's death, until the other three shanghai him into their 'New Decepticon Army'.]]
263	** 2015's ''WesternAnimation/TransformersRobotsInDisguise'' series has three such groups: Steeljaw's Pack, the Scavengers, and the Stunticons.
264	* The second season of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' goes through a grand total of three of these, starting off with the Knights of Vengeance, consisting of all of Phobos' minions from the first season, then the Knights of Destruction, and finally CHKYN (it's their initials).
265	* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': Near the end of Season 2 [[MadScientist Jack]] [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Spicer]] made "Team Spicer" comprised of himself, [[CatGirl Katnappe]], [[SmashMook Cyclops]], [[HuskyRusskie Vlad]] and [[FatBastard Tubbimura]]
266	* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' has the Brotherhood playing this role for Magneto and Mystique.
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268
269	[[folder:Real Life]]
270	* An odd example is the Tennessee Valley Killer's posse, made up of a cow doctor who bred roosters for illegal fighting, and one guy who wanted to eat said roosters. Their case was dramatized in an episode of radio drama ''Gangbusters!'' on April 6, 1958, ''"Tennessee Triggermen"''.
271	* The turn-of-the-century "Molasses Gang." They got their name because one of their favorite crimes was to all go into a shop and hold out a really big hat and tell the shopkeep they had a bet as to how much molasses the hat would hold. He'd agree to fill it as full as he could, then with a quick move they'd clap it over his head, covering his eyes, and while he struggled to get it off, they'd make off with whatever they were after. Supposedly they also once got bored during a bank robbery and left without the money.
272	* Napoleon had his twenty-six Marshals who were the most powerful military and political figures in his empire and varied widely in competence from guys like [[MagnificentBastard Massena]] and [[TheDeterminator D'avout]] who probably could have taken over the world themselves if they weren't sharing time with Napoleon down to borderline incompetents like Victor and Grouchy. There was also his main diplomat, [[TheStarscream Talleyrand]]. Subverted, though, in that the marshalate was infamous even among contemporaries for being a veritable snakepool. The primary reason Wellington was so successful in Spain, beside superior intelligence, was that the up to five French marshals Napoleon had left to lead his armies in the Peninsula hated each others' guts and refused to cooperate until 1814.
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