| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/TitansGo.jpg]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:[-TITANS, GO-]!]] |
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| 4 | ->''"There was an idea, Stark knows this, called 'The Avengers Initiative'. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people, see if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could."'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''Nick Fury''', ''Film/TheAvengers2012'' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | A mish-mash team of superheroes, who don't really have anything in common except that they fight as a team. They probably don't share philosophies, world-views, moral codes, or origins; they may or may not even ''like'' each other very much (or at all). The only thing that matters is that the members show up when they're needed. |
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| 9 | A Super Team may all live in the same place (if they do, the audience can expect occasional friction from ''that''). There is often an overarching organization they've all been recruited by, or work for, to help explain why such different characters band together despite their differences. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | If the team does get all "I'll do anything for you man! You're like family to me," then they've become a BadassCrew, and probably have to come up with some BadassCreed and the like. If they're actually related, they're a SuperFamilyTeam. Exclusively magical or supernatural Super Teams qualify as a SupernaturalTeam. If the team all has related powers and color-coded outfits, you're probably looking at a {{Sentai}}. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Contrast LegionOfDoom and VillainTeamUp. |
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| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | !!Examples: |
| 17 | |
| 18 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 21 | * ''Literature/ProblemChildrenAreComingFromAnotherWorldArentThey'', has the team gathered by [[TheLeader Kuro Usagi]] to aid her No Name country. They are Izayoi Sakamaki, a boy from a present timeline with the power to supercharge any movement he does to [[BeyondTheImpossible do things that are impossible]] . Asuka Kudou, a girl from a past timeline who has CompellingVoice, and You Kasukabe a girl from the future who's capable of PowerCopying animals' abilities. |
| 22 | * ''VisualNovel/ElevenEyes'' has the six students who get trapped in the [[TheHiddenHour Red Night]], a monster infested DarkWorld version of their world. Once they found each other, they decided to band together to increase their chances of surviving the world every time they cross over to it, |
| 23 | * ''Manga/FairyTail''. Pick any Mage Guild. Despite them being called "mages" they're just like a regular {{Super Hero}}es and everyone has a unique power. |
| 24 | * ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' has the Team Urameshi. consisting of a half demon, two demons, and a BadassNormal. they became a team due to certain circumstances involving the demon world being too much for one Spirit Detective to handle. |
| 25 | * ''Manga/FlameOfRecca'' has team Hokage, and every other team in Ura Butou Satsujin. Who each have a unique [[NamedWeapon Madogou]] imbued with a unique power. |
| 26 | * ''Manga/MakenKi'''s literal AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil is a team of Maken users (who were apparently voted into position just like a normal Student Council). "Maken" are AppliedPhlebotinum weapons each with a unique power. |
| 27 | * ''Manga/{{NEEDLESS}}'' The other [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Needless]] gathered by [[PedophilePriest Adam]] [[TheHero Blade]] to fight the MegaCorp Simeon is this, same goes for Simeon's own QuirkyMinibossSquad. They got their powers from being survivors of [[MassSuperEmpoweringEvent Black Spots]]. |
| 28 | * ''Anime/StarDriver'''s [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad Glittering Crux]] is this. While they're not exactly "empowered" at a glance. they each have a civilian SecretIdentity and they are capable of piloting HumongousMecha from within a different dimension. Uncovering their plot is one of the main motivations for the main character. |
| 29 | * The eponymous ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' are this. They are MageSpecies girls gathered together and trained for their valuable magic prowess. they are the only ones effective enough to fight off the [[EldritchAbomination Neuroi]]. |
| 30 | * In ''Anime/SkyGirls''. little girls are the only ones capable of wearing the LatexSpaceSuit and MiniMecha ideal for fighting [[EldritchAbomination WORMs]] who recently reappeared. so they make a team of them and gave them the name [[TitleDrop Sky Girls]]. |
| 31 | * ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'''s SOS-dan is this. TheTeam consist of a [[TheTeamNormal human]], an alien, an Esper, and a Time Traveller, and a PhysicalGod. Though with the genre being SliceOfLife, most action happens within the {{Masquerade}} and they're mostly a team of supers who [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything do nothing but have fun]]. |
| 32 | * In ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'', all bladers that [[KidWithTheLeash own]] [[{{Mons}} bit-beasts]] are capable of weaponizing their BattleTops to the point they can scream commands at their tops so they will spin faster and ''create blackholes or encase the stadium with ice''. Which is why they're the ones in the tournament since the ones with ordinary BattleTops simply don't stand a chance. Most such bladers form teams together. That all said, there's one team, the Justice 5, that on top of bit-beast usages also are super as people. Garland is the [[BadassNormal Martial Artist]], Brooklyn is the PersonOfMassDestruction, Ming-Ming is a dual-mode MagicalGirl, Mystel [[JumpPhysics defies gravity]], and Moses has [[WorldsStrongestMan raw strength like no other]]. |
| 33 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': NERV tries to form one, consisting of [[ChildSoldiers children]] made to pilot the [=EVAs=] and combat Angels, to protect whats left of humanity, but [[SubvertedTrope the group quickly falls apart]] due to [[DysfunctionJunction the psychological issues of themselves and the people they work for]], [[spoiler:as well as [[TheChessmaster Gendo Ikari]]'s hidden agenda]]. |
| 34 | * The more powerful members of Earth's martial arts community increasingly act as this in ''Manga/DragonBall'' as threats to the planet escalate from an "emperor" with a nation consisting of three people, to the most powerful and most evil army in the world, to wicked demons, to world-destroying aliens, to nigh undetectable androids, to a wizard holding the leash of a god killing OmnicidalManiac. The ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' portion of the anime adaptation alternatively names them "Earth's Special Forces", "The Z Fighters" or "Team Z", although InUniverse no official organization exists. Goku and friends just keep rising to the occasion. |
| 35 | * ''Anime/ConcreteRevolutioChoujinGensou'': The Superhuman Bureau, a RagtagBunchOfMisfits who work for the government to protect others of their kind. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 39 | !!Creator/DCComics |
| 40 | * Creator/DCComics' Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica, which not only popularized the idea but over its various incarnations has featured pretty much every single major character DC Comics has. Also they made a few {{Series}} based on it ranging from the [[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague awesome]] to the [[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} not so awesome]]. |
| 41 | * The first SuperTeam was the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica. It and the ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory were both created in the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks 1940s]]. |
| 42 | ** Creator/GrantMorrison's [[ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory2005 Seven Soldiers incarnation]] stretches the very idea of a super team to its limits; In order to keep the new Soldiers from being killed by the Sheeda like the previous team, they have to be sure that ''none of them ever meet each other''. Seven people who don't know one another even exist have to accidentally work together to save the world from a threat they aren't aware of. |
| 43 | * The ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'', who during Creator/GrantMorrison's run fought some of the most surreal villains ever, including The Brotherhood of Dada, who used an LSD-powered bicycle to run for president. The team outright specializes in handling extremely bizarre threats that most other heroes in the DC Universe can't even begin to wrap their heads around. |
| 44 | * ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark'': A team of magic wielding superheroes. |
| 45 | * The ComicBook/TeenTitans, a collection of {{Sidekick}}s and other teenage superheroes. |
| 46 | * ComicBook/YoungJustice, another collection of teenage superheroes, less formal and drama prone than the Titans. |
| 47 | ** ''ComicBook/YoungJustice2019'': Young Justice reformed, with the core members of the original team and a whole bunch of new ones. |
| 48 | * ''ComicBook/GlobalGuardians'': An international team of superheroes, that ended up mostly folded into ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational. |
| 49 | * The ''ComicBook/GreatTen'' (Shi Hao Xia/十豪侠), China's officially endorsed and government run super team. |
| 50 | * ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': a team of young heroes who work for the United Federation of Planets from The Future! |
| 51 | ** ''ComicBook/LEGIONDCComics'': A group with superpowered members from a federation of planets that straddles the line between heroes, SpacePolice and PrivateMilitaryContractors. |
| 52 | * ''ComicBook/TheMovement'': A group of misfit teens with powers trying to do the right thing. |
| 53 | * ''ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}'': A collation of magic using and magically tied heroes and reforming villains. |
| 54 | * The ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'', a group of BoxedCrook {{super villain}}s who are given an offer of a pardon if they complete ridiculously dangerous (one might say suicidal) tasks. |
| 55 | * ComicBook/SuperYoungTeam a team of young superheroes from Japan. |
| 56 | * Another DC team, the ''Inferior Five'', poked fun at the concept of a team consisting of people who save the world by themselves pretty much every other day of the week. The ''Five'' were all so weak that they wouldn't be able to do anything if they ''didn't'' work together. |
| 57 | * ''ComicBook/TheTerrifics'' DC's answer to the demand for a Fantastic 4 style series after Marvel canceled the book. |
| 58 | * And ''many'' others. There are at least 100 listed at the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_DC_Comics_teams_and_organizations other Wiki]]. |
| 59 | [[AC:DC Imprints]] |
| 60 | * Deconstructed twice in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. |
| 61 | ** In "Under the Hood" (a book-within-a-book written by the first Nite Owl chronicling his time as a superhero), Nite Owl said that "it takes an extreme personality to put on a costume and fight crime and the chance of eight such personalities getting along is a million to one." Then, of course, there's the fact that after the Comedian tried to rape the first Silk Spectre, the Minutemen began to distrust each other and subsequently collapsed. |
| 62 | ** Later when Captain Metropolis (a member of the last super team, "The Minutemen") tries to form another Super Team, "The Crimebusters", the Comedian denounces the whole idea as bullshit, claiming Captain Metropolis is trying to play "Cowboys and Indians". He further explains that [[ShootTheShaggyDog whatever heroic deeds they accomplish will be undone by]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt an impending nuclear war]]. Rorschach agrees, complaining that "a group this size seems more like a publicity exercise,", adding that "it's too big and unwieldy." The first meeting of the group is the last because of this. |
| 63 | * ComicBook/TheAuthority [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] the idea of the SuperTeam by featuring a team that doesn't have those pesky Moral Codes against [[ThouShaltNotKill killing]] or such. Also one of the earlier examples of {{Decompressed Comic}}s in America. |
| 64 | * The Seven in Creator/GarthEnnis' ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. They are a super team who aren't together to fight greater foes or even because they LIKE each other. They're together purely because they make more money of merchandising that way. In fact none of them can stand each other. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is a SuperTeam with a twist - it features {{public domain character}}s from Victorian literature teaming up to battle other threats from other public domain works (and one villain who ''wasn't'' in the public domain yet, forcing the writers to be careful with what they called him). |
| 66 | |
| 67 | !!Creator/MarvelComics |
| 68 | * Creator/MarvelComics' initial answer to The Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} was The ComicBook/{{Fantastic Four}}, a [[MeaningfulName quartet]] (sometimes) of {{Super Hero}}es that had more in common with a ScienceFiction dysfunctional family than with a crime fighting organization. |
| 69 | * [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel]] also has ComicBook/TheAvengers (in some continuities called ComicBook/TheUltimates) a collection of that universe's best and brightest [[SuperHero Super Heroes]], much closer in style and set up to the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}. |
| 70 | * The Comicbook/XMen is probably [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel]]'s most popular team, with several {{Series}} based on it, and a few [[Film/XMenFilmSeries movies]] too. There are a gazillion [[WestCoastTeam spin off teams]] of The Comicbook/XMen including the ComicBook/NewMutants, [[ComicBook/XFactor X-Factor, X-Factor Investigations]], various incarnations of ComicBook/XForce and ComicBook/XStatix. |
| 71 | * ComicBook/TheDefenders, a team usually featuring several of Marvel's most popular or least (depending on the incarnation) examples of MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold, banded together to save the world from [[EldritchAbomination powerful]] and often [[OurMonstersAreWeird strange]] threats. |
| 72 | * The Marvel Knights, a SuperTeam led by ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} that has shown up in [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel's]] [[DarkerAndEdgier mature]] line as well as their {{Ultimate|Universe}} line. |
| 73 | * ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, a SuperTeam created by ComicBook/TheAvengers villains the Masters of Evil but ultimately thanks to the HeelFaceRevolvingDoor they started to do good. Various incarnations of the team have come about all featuring former or current villains. |
| 74 | * A full list can be found at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_teams_and_organizations the other Wiki]]; beware, it's ridiculously complete. |
| 75 | |
| 76 | !!Other: |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' has '''FAR''' too many to list, but here's a quick attempt -- Honor Guard, the First Family, the Irregulars, the Unclean, Apollo Eleven, the Crossbreed, the J-Hawks, the Omega Rangers, the Birds of Paradise, Reflex 6, Queenslaw,[[note]]They started off as a TV show but were briefly made real[[/note]] the Experimentals, the Silver Centurions, Powerchord... |
| 78 | * The ComicBook/{{Invincible}} Universe has several, {{Punch Clock Hero}}es Capes Inc, the Guardians of the Globe (two versions thereof) and the Teen Team (disbanded when most of its members got too old). |
| 79 | * ''Comicbook/KickAss2'' sees Dave joining a group of like-minded superheroes called Justice Forever. |
| 80 | * The somewhat obscure ''ComicBook/{{Classwar}}'' features Enola Gay, yet another Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}} pastiche. |
| 81 | * ''ComicBook/PrideHigh'' has: |
| 82 | ** Poseidon Preparatory Academy's Inter-Squad Championship teams (Pride High, the Argonauts, Maka Koa, Teh H4xx0rz, the Vixxens, Five Fold Path, Umoja, La Raza, Feral Force, and the Masterminds) |
| 83 | ** The World Warriors, who can be assumed to be the universe's Justice League/Avengers |
| 84 | ** The Champions of Atlantis |
| 85 | ** [[http://www.luckylegendary.com/ The Legends]] |
| 86 | * In ''ComicBook/AllFallDown'', we have the Pantheon, a group of A-listers named Portia, Paradigm, Pronto, Phylum and Plymouth. |
| 87 | [[/folder]] |
| 88 | |
| 89 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 90 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' |
| 91 | ** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'': Jean Grey and Storm willingly ally with Wolverine and Nightcrawler, plus Magneto and Mystique ([[EnemyMine relunctantly]]) to stop Styker from committing mutant genocide. |
| 92 | ** ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'': Colonel William Stryker assembles Team X which features James Howlett, Victor Creed, John Wraith, Agent Zero, Christopher Bradley, Wade Wilson and Fred Dukes. Some of them don't get along very well. |
| 93 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Professor X, Magneto, Beast, Mystique, Havok and Banshee form the proto X-Men. Charles Xavier's primary goal is to avert WorldWarIII, while the other members are seeking {{Revenge}} against Sebastian Shaw for murdering someone they cared about. |
| 94 | ** ''Film/{{Deadpool 2016}}'': The eponymous character teams up with Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead to take down Ajax, Angel Dust and their mooks. |
| 95 | ** ''Film/Deadpool2'' sees the creation of X-Force, comprised of the man himself, along with Domino, Bedlam, Shatterstar, Vanisher, Zeitgeist, and ... [[UnfazedEveryman Peter]], who is completely and totally unpowered but saw the ad and needed a job. |
| 96 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse |
| 97 | ** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': Yes, they do take some time to get any traction... but when they ''do'', they beat the shit out of '''gods''' (well, Captain America would say [[RealMenLoveJesus there's only one God]] and he really doesn't dress like that). The Hulk would merely say "Puny god!". In total, the team consists of Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Thor, and the Hulk, and [[BadassNormal Agent Phil Coulson]]. |
| 98 | ** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' had Captain America and Black Widow team up with a retired Air Force pilot, Sam Wilson (Falcon), to fight Hydra and the eponymous Winter Soldier (a BrainwashedAndCrazy former ally and friend of the Captain's, Bucky Barnes). |
| 99 | ** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' saw the creation of the eponymous team of mercenaries, consisting of Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Raccoon, and Groot. ''[[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 Vol. 2]]'' added Mantis and Yondu ([[spoiler:though the latter later sacrificed himself to save Star-Lord]]), as well as Nebula through some TeethClenchedTeamwork and Yondu's second in command Kraglin. |
| 100 | ** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' saw the addition of Vision, War Machine, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver to the Avengers (although the latter did not last long on the team). The final scene added Falcon to the roster as well. |
| 101 | ** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' split the Avengers in two: "Team Iron Man" had Iron Man, War Machine, Vision, Black Widow, and franchise newcomers Black Panther and Spider-Man. "Team Captain America" had Captain America, Falcon, Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, Ant-Man, and Sharon Carter. By the end of the film, due to various defections, the Avengers now consists of Iron Man, War Machine, and Vision. Captain America (now Nomad), Falcon, Black Widow, and Scarlet Witch make up the Secret Avengers, a vigilante team. |
| 102 | ** ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' saw the creation of the Revengers, made up of Thor, Hulk, Valkyrie, and Loki, as well as Heimdall, Skurge (briefly), and Korg, Miek, and the other gladiators on Sakaar, to take down the Odinsons' mad sister Hela. |
| 103 | ** ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' saw the Avengers (except [[spoiler:Ant-Man and Hawkeye, who were both on house arrest]]), the Secret Avengers, Black Panther and the forces of Wakanda (including M'Baku and the Jabari tribe), Bucky Barnes (now the White Wolf), Spider-Man, Doctor Strange and Wong, the Revengers (except [[spoiler:Valkyrie, Korg, and Miek, who were confirmed by WordOfGod to have been on the other half of the Asgardian ship when Thanos attacked and divided the population]]), and the Guardians of the Galaxy (including Nebula but not Kraglin) team up to stop Thanos. |
| 104 | ** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' Once again saw the Avengers with Ant-Man and Hawkeye, [[spoiler:who both returned after their families - save the former's daughter - were dusted]] along with Rocket, Nebula and War Machine working to reverse Thanos's damage. One hulk snap later, this team is joined by Black Panther and the forces of Wakanda (including M'Baku and the Jabari tribe), Bucky Barnes, Falcon, and Wanda as well as the remaining Guardians [[spoiler:(without Gamora)]], Spider-Man, Doctor Strange and Wong with the masters of the Mystic Arts, the Ravagers, the remaining Asgardians, and Pepper Potts in her own armor team up to stop [[spoiler:the 2014 version of]] Thanos. |
| 105 | * ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': |
| 106 | ** Following the eponymous duel, ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' saw the Trinity -- ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman -- teaming up for the first time in live action, as they battled [[spoiler:Doomsday]]. |
| 107 | ** ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' see the creation of the eponymous super team, with the addition of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, ComicBook/TheFlash and ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}. |
| 108 | * The ''Film/Guardians2017'', composed of four enhanced humans, products of SovietSuperscience: Ursus ([[BearsAreBadNews werebear]]), Khan ([[SuperSpeed speedster]] and knife user), Ler ([[DishingOutDirt earth elemental]]), and Xenia ({{Invisibility}}, can handle extreme temperatures and survive for long periods of time without air). They're sent against their MadScientist creator, who has developed a device that can control all technology and is marching on Moscow with his clone army. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 112 | * The Society of Paragons in Andrew P. Mayer's ''The Falling Machine'' and sequels is a {{Steampunk}} superhero team. |
| 113 | * A number are mentioned in ''Literature/SuperPowereds''. [[spoiler:In ''Year 1'', Alice is shocked to find out that her father used to be in one, having always considered him a Super who was more interested in advancing his career thank actual crime-fighting. Of course, it can be understandable why he might want this part of his life forgotten, since one of the team members killed his partner and went rogue before being taken down by the rest]]. |
| 114 | ** The ''Literature/{{Corpies}}'' spin-off focuses on several teams, one of which isn't actually composed of licensed Heroes and are restricted to assisting emergency services in rescuing civilians. Of the other two main ones in the story, Elemental Fury is the most well-known in the city, composed of a number of heavy hitters (some of these characters make cameos in the main series as well). The Wild Bucks are a team composed of Heroes, who have only recently completed their internships. |
| 115 | * In ''Literature/ExSuperheroes'', the protagonist Hunter used to be a member of a team of [=SPCs=] ([[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual super-powered combatants]]) called SPCC[[note]]Super-Powered Combatant Corps[[/note]] West, a branch of the US military. The team consisted of Goldhawk (chemical-induced flight), Concussion (produces shockwaves), Bombardier (fires blasts of explosive energy), Lizard (scaly mutant), Titan (NighInvulnerability and SuperStrength), and Hunter himself (BarrierWarrior). Currently, Hunter is gathering his own team to liberate cities taken over by supervillains, one at a time. It starts with him and Nova (PlayingWithFire). In book 1 he recruits Yuki ({{Intangibility}}). In book 2 he gets Mariana (MakingASplash). By the end of book 3, he enlists [[spoiler:Frost (AnIcePerson), Elixir (HealingHands), and Mindfuck ({{Telepathy}} and MindRape)]]. Oh, and since the series is also in the HaremGenre, all of Hunter's teammates are incredibly hot women with flexible sexual orientations. |
| 116 | * A more bureaucratic version is present in ''Literature/ForgingHephaestus'' called the Alliance of Heroic Champions. It's actually a nationwide organization that manages all "capes" in the country. Its sort-of opponent is the Guild of Villainous Reformation. Interestingly, the AHC and the GVR cooperate frequently, and a major part of GVR training involves learning the Code, which is the only thing that prevents an all-out war between the "capes" and the villains. Code-breakers are hunted down and eliminated by the Guild itself before AHC can do it. |
| 117 | * In ''Literature/LegendsOfTheRedSun'', you get a NewWeird version. The evil chancelor Urtica needs an effective measure against increasing crime rates and he also wants to score publicity points, so he needs heroes...no SUPER HEROES. So similar to the [[SuperSoldiers Night Guard]] military, he has his government [[MadScientist cultists]] take 3 individuals and alter them with gene therapy and/or bionics to give them unique powers. Urtica then introduces them as the Viljamur Knights. |
| 118 | * The eponymous ''Literature/{{Renegades}}'' were originally a group of six superheroes who formed a team in Dread Warden's basement in hopes of freeing their city from the gangs ruling it. By the time of the story, they're a super ''syndicate'', composed of dozens of small {{Super Team}}s, not to mention all the support personnel. |
| 119 | * Just as ''Literature/DocSavage'' was a first-rank ProtoSuperhero from the [[PulpMagazine Golden Age of Pulps]], so he also assembled one of the first Proto-Super Teams. The Fabulous Five even had CodeName[s]; "Renny," "Johnny," "Long Tom," "Ham" and "Monk." |
| 120 | * ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' has several, mostly government-sponsored. The Triumvirate consists of the three most powerful parahumans in the world, and the Protectorate, with it's youth division the Wards, is the US and Canada's official government team. Technically the Triumvirate are just the strongest members of the Protectorate but they are in such a league of their own power-wise that they operate basically independently. |
| 121 | ** In ''Literature/{{Ward}}'', the events of the end of ''Worm'' have led to the creation of a profusion of new super teams with wildly varying sources of support and objectives for their heroism; the Wardens, the PRTCJ, Foresight, Breakthrough, The Major Malfunctions, and the Girls At Bat are just a few examples. |
| 122 | [[/folder]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 125 | * This is literally the point of the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' shows. Super Sentai literally even translates to "super team". |
| 126 | ** And within the individual franchises, ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' is probably the one to beat when it comes to teams of misfits. We have an Air Force pilot, a ''[[MemeticMutation SCOTTISH]]'' mechanic who can't hold down a job, a formerly rich party girl who's now a badass biker, a cyborg with no memory, someone who is team clown but never wanted to be a ranger in the first place and yet used to be in the mafia, a pair of SingleMindedTwins, and as the team mentor, a 17-year-old genius with zero people skills [[spoiler:and is the one who caused all of this in the first place]]. Definitely a wide assortment of people. |
| 127 | * The ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' version of the Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}. |
| 128 | * The Legends in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', a RagtagBunchOfMisfits brought together by time traveller Rip Hunter to bring down immortal supervillain ComicBook/VandalSavage. The team is made up of Rip, White Canary (Sara), Firestorm (Stein/Jax), Hawkman (Carter), Hawkgirl (Kendra), the Atom (Ray), Captain Cold (Leo), and Heatwave (Mick). In Season 2, we are also introduced to the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica, a UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo-era team of professionals fighting the Nazis. The members include Hourman, Doctor Mid-Nite, Vixen (the grandmother of Mari and Kuasa from ''WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}}''), Obsidian, Commander Steel, and Stargirl. Vixen (Amaya) eventually joins the Legends along with a new member named Nate (later called Steel), while the Hawks and Cold are no longer with the team. In season 3, we also get Zari (known as Isis in the comics). In season 4, Amaya and Firestorm are out and Series/{{Constantine}} is in. |
| 129 | * ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' |
| 130 | ** The Legion from the 30th century, a team founded by Mon-El after a wormhole deposited him in the future with no way back. The only members shown are Mon-El, Imra Ardeen (Saturn Girl), and Querl Dox (Brainiac 5), although others are mentioned. Brainy later swaps places with Winn, with Winn joining the Legion and departing for the future, and Brainy staying behind and joining the DEO. |
| 131 | ** After the DEO is disbanded, Supergirl leads a team called the Superfriends, comprising herself, J'onn, Brainy, Dreamer, Sentinal (Alex Danvers) and later Guardian (Kelly Olsen) and Lena Luthor. |
| 132 | * The Arrowverse also has the Crisis Team, which specifically meets during {{Crisis Crossover}}s, comprising Flash, Supergirl, Superman, J'onn, White Canary and Black Lightning. Kate Kane was a member before she passed on the Batwoman identity, and Oliver Queen is considered an honorary member posthumously. They meet in a S.T.A.R. Labs hangar which looks exactly like the [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague Hall of Justice]] in the comics. |
| 133 | * The Seven from ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' are a team of {{Smug Super}}s that primarily have popularity due to keeping up a veneer of humility when they deal with the public, but are not above using their powers to get what they want and basically have god complexes like crazy. They are the primary [[VillainWithGoodPublicity villains]] of the series because of this. Prior to their formation, the primary SuperTeam was Payback, and the series mentions several other teams, all of whom are controlled by [[MegaCorp Vought]]. |
| 134 | * ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'' could be considered a deconstruction of the trope, since the Umbrella Academy is dysfunctional and badly fumbles their attempts to save the world. Then again, they were forced to be a super-team by their [[AbusiveParents adoptive father]] and most didn't really want to be heroes. |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:Mythology]] |
| 138 | * Myth/ClassicalMythology has the Argonauts, a group of sailors organized to hunt for the legendary golden fleece. Among their number, [[DependingOnTheWriter which varies with the telling]], were many preexisting heroes, including Jason ( the leader), Heracles, the twins Castor and Pollux, the god of medicine Asclepius, and the legendary musician and prophet, Orpheus. Many pop culture historians consider the Argonauts the UrExample of a Super Team, though some members were just {{Badass Normal}}s. |
| 139 | ** Another group with a similarly prestigious membership formed to hunt down the Calydonian Boar that was besieging the land of Calydon. It... [[DownerEnding did not end well]], though [[PyrrhicVictory at least they did kill it]]. |
| 140 | [[/folder]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 143 | * [[Wrestling/EricYoung Super Eric]](TheCape), [[Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels Curry Man]](a practical joker) and [[Wrestling/SharkBoy Stone Cold Shark Boy]] (a violent antisocial hooligan), [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]]'s Prince Justice Brotherhood[[note]]The name is an inside reference to [[Wrestling/{{Abyss}} Chris "Abyss" Parks]], who had previously wrestled under the name Prince Justice.[[/note]], embody that particular bit about having little in common. They mostly fought the good fight, but had very different motivations and strategies regarding TNA's varios crises. |
| 144 | * Sisters of the Mighty, which formed for Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}}'s 2018 ''[[TournamentArc King Of Trios]]''. Aja Perera and [[Wrestling/MollyHolly Mighty Molly]] do have a little in common(both were dusting off old [[TheCape cape gimmicks]]...that's about it) but Wrestling/SoloDarling had only became a superhero for this event. |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 148 | * The Freedom League, equivalent to the Justice League or Avengers in the ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'' setting for ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds''. Also the Next Gen, who are basically the Teen Titans with some X-Men influences. Former teams include F.O.R.C.E. Ops, who were the NinetiesAntiHero team, like X-Force or Extreme Justice, and the Liberty League who were the Golden Age team equivalent to the Justice Society or the Invaders. |
| 149 | * ''TabletopGame/HaltEvilDoer'', another M&M setting, has the Patriots (JLA, Avengers) the Tomorrow Society (X-Men) and the defunct New Fighters for Freedom (Wolfman-era Titans). |
| 150 | * The titular Gatewatch of the ''Oath of the Gatewatch'' set in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' were directly inspired by examples like the Justice League as per WordOfGod. The Gatewatch itself is essentially a group of Planeswalkers who join forces to fight the Eldrazi on Zendikar, and stick together to fight other threats throughout the multiverse. |
| 151 | ** After the end of ''War Of The Spark'', with [[spoiler: the death of Gideon, and both Nissa and Liliana leaving the group, thus removing three of the original five members]], however, the Gatewatch has reformed; they're still dedicated to doing good and fighting evil in the multiverse, but they're less of a centralized team and more like an association of planeswalkers that can share information and call on each other for aid, with founding-member Jace as the informal central point. |
| 152 | * ''[[TabletopGame/MasksANewGeneration Masks]]'' casts its players as a team of young superheros a la ''ComicBook/TeenTitans''. |
| 153 | * ''TabletopGame/ClaimTheSky'': The Society of Seven is the primary one, corresponding to the Justice League or Avengers. Historically, there have been two versions of Freefire, one in the 1960s and 1970s and the other in the 1980s and 1990s. The Golden Shield is an officially-sanctioned team in the EU. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 157 | * The Toa in Toys/{{Bionicle}} are Mata Nui's heroes, sent to protect Matoran. |
| 158 | * Pick a team from any of the more visually-oriented folders on this page. Odds are one company or another has produced that team in plastic. Sometimes several times. |
| 159 | |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | [[folder:VideoGames]] |
| 163 | * ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce EXTRAPOWER Attack of Darkforce]]'' revolves around assembling one of these to defend against the [[AlienInvasion Dark Force invasion of the Earth]]. |
| 164 | * ''VideoGame/RivalSchools'' has each of the playable schools' representative characters be either a BadassNormal or someone who can use a KiManipulation. They are {{Cast Herd}}ed as teams. |
| 165 | * In ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst'', The God Eaters are {{Super Soldier}}s imbued with [[HordeOfalienLocusts Aragami]] cells that allows them to fight the creatures, grouped into teams consisting of the five-member First Unit (which is also your main characters' team), a three member City Defense unit and a three member Support unit. |
| 166 | * The ''Videogame/{{Fallout}}'' series has an [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe comic book series]] known as "The Unstoppables", which was a team featuring various fictional characters such as [[BarbarianHero Grognak the Barbarian]], [[TheCowl The Silver Shroud]] and [[FemmeFatale the Mistress of Mystery]]. |
| 167 | * ''VideoGame/FreedomForce'', led by [[CaptainPatriotic Minuteman]] in the field and [[PsychicPowers Mentor]] on the strategic side. |
| 168 | * ''VideoGame/HeroesRise'' has several, including the Millennial Group, the proposed national team called the American Protectorate, a briefly mentioned BadassNormal team called the Everyman Brigade, and a villainous one called the Splice Circle. |
| 169 | * ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' involves an international team of {{Military Superhero}}es and then adventurers, products of superscience plus {{Science Hero}}es which first started when the founding members battled an A.I. uprising. |
| 170 | * ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' has two competing superhero teams in the form of Coon and Friends (led by Cartman) and the Freedom Pals (led by Timmy), both seeking to become a CashCowFranchise in the vein of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. [[spoiler:By the end of the game, everyone has joined together under the Freedom Pals banner except Cartman, who went rogue and kidnapped the New Kid's parents as part of an attempt to get elected mayor [[ItsAllAboutMe after he found out the Freedom Pals' franchise plan would focus on everyone equally]].]] |
| 171 | * The ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series involves the gathering of the heroes of several SuperRobot and RealRobot anime(and the occasional Light Novel, Manga, or even other video games), who come together to form a team to take on their various invaders and rivals together. |
| 172 | * ''XCOM Legends'' an {{Interquel}} between VideoGame/{{XCOM2}} and VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad treats the current incarnation of XCOM as this. Besides having standard XCOM personnel, there members from other factions: Aliens, Templars, Skirmishers, Exalt and Reapers. are also part of the overall team. With every member using non-standard costumes + weapons and additionally they all have special skills or actual powers derived from innate psionics, weird genetics, unique tech items and extensive bionics - this XCOM is a MilitarySuperhero team not unlike ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' which some of the XCOM Legends characters are [[{{Expy}} based on]]. |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 176 | * The eponymous Team WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}, and most other four-student teams. Justified, because they are all Hunters-in-training. |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 180 | * In ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', it turns out Dr McNinja was in one of these back in college. They broke up when the resident Incredible Hulk CaptainErsatz sold out their secret identities, resulting in their leader being killed. |
| 181 | * As with so many other tropes, ''ComicStrip/ThePerryBibleFellowship'' has [[http://www.pbfcomics.com/136/ its own unique spin]] on this concept. |
| 182 | * After acquiring [[ElementalPowers cosmic powers]], the protagonists of ''Webcomic/M9Girls'' think it's fun to become a hero team, complete with [[MiniDressOfPower pretty costumes]] and super-heroine names. While having fun initially, they soon learn that being heroines is [[ComesGreatREsponsibility serious business]]. |
| 183 | * "Homeland Insecurity" i.e. ''Webcomic/{{Heist}}'' #1 introduces Pax Americana, a loose Franchise/{{Justice League|of America}}/[[ComicBook/TheAvengers Avengers]] expy. In [[http://www.brendanmcginley.com/heist/2-broken-bonds/ the second issue]], they come into conflict with the VillainProtagonist Geist. |
| 184 | * Many chapters of ''Webcomic/{{Accidentals}}'' abound with teams. The first government sanctioned team was formed by [[ThoseWackyNazis the Nazis]] during WWII. British and American government sponsored teams were formed as a response. |
| 185 | * The Table of Justice in the superhero arc of ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', which comprises superhero versions of the Knights of the Round Table. |
| 186 | * ''Webcomic/{{Parimetra}}'': The Association of Superheroes (often shortened to A.S.H.) is an organization of superpowered people from the city Parimetra who use their powers to fight [[TheSwarm a supernatural monster swarm]]. It was thought that every person with superpowers was a member of A.S.H. until they learn of the presence of another, dubbed Shade, in the first chapter. |
| 187 | * ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'' has the Just Us League - a group of superheroes who exist in the world of the comic, including a mantid-themed Batman expy, a grease-powered speedster, and a man whose eyes open to a dimension filled with meat, among others. They're rather picky about who they'll let be part of the team. |
| 188 | -->'''Omegaman''': We few are all that stand between the world and total obliteration. Just us. Which is why we are called the Just Us League. |
| 189 | * ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': Parodied in [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/super-efficient "Super Efficient"]], where it's explained to be about population growth and economics. |
| 190 | --> '''Superman''': "The more people and technology, the less the value of any individual hero. That's why we all formed leagues in the 60s and 70s. These days, your organization needs at least forty heroes, plus assistants, accounting, I.T. and so on." |
| 191 | * ''Webcomic/SuperRivals'': In this AffectionateParody of superhero stories, the city of Wonderburg has the ''Super Justice Buddies'' as its main superhero team, though its members are not without interpersonal drama. |
| 192 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Tedd has an ImagineSpot that he and the other main characters are this when Elliot tells him the bank's being robbed in [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-07-21 this]] GuestComic strip. |
| 193 | [[/folder]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[folder:Web Originals]] |
| 196 | * Team Kimba, of the Literature/WhateleyUniverse. They're only teenagers at SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy, but they've already beaten superpowered ninjas from the Yama Dojo, the Necromancer and his team The Children of the Night, and Lovecraftian horrors. Plus, they're not supposed to be superheroing, so they keep getting detention for this stuff. |
| 197 | ** Most of the students at Whateley are on training teams or are in groups that can put up some sort of superfight in a pinch, the chief exception being the Underdogs. |
| 198 | ** Outside of the school, super-teams are fairly common; most nations have at least one, as do most US states, of various sizes and degrees of organization. Many cities have at least one local team, while major cities such as [[SuperheroCapitalOfTheWorld New York]] or Los Angeles may have two or more. It has been mentioned that most teams only last about ten years, though usually a new group will form some time after the previous one retires. |
| 199 | * The ''Roleplay/LeagueOfIntergalacticCosmicChampions'' was a group of [[SuperHero super heroes]] (more or less) crossed with ''Franchise/StarTrek'' zipping around the universe in a CoolShip fighting evil. |
| 200 | * ASH from ''Literature/AcademyOfSuperHeroes'' is the big-league super team of that universe. STRAFE is more of a superpowered covert ops team. |
| 201 | [[/folder]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 204 | * The Justice Force from ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (2003). |
| 205 | * The extraterrestrial Teen Team from ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'', of which Jenny was temporarily a member. They have subsequently disbanded. |
| 206 | * The Team Teen from ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'', which Ami and Yumi were members of until they were kicked off for unnecessary roughness. |
| 207 | * The Justice Friends (an {{expy}} of both Justice League and Avengers) from ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory''. |
| 208 | %%** The Association of World Super Men from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''. |
| 209 | * The Justice Alliance from ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' is made of a trio of DC superheroes [[{{Expy}} expies]] and formerly Captain Atomic (who was succeeded by Atomic Puppet). |
| 210 | * ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' features a group simply named "The Team" -- although they have quite a lot in common with the Teen Titans, whose name was already taken by another cartoon. In-universe, the reason for this is that they're a covert ops group, and there's no need to bring extra attention to themselves. |
| 211 | * ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' is a MultinationalTeam consisting of a [[PlayingWithFire Japanese]] chick, a [[BlowYouAway Brazilian]] SurferDude, An [[DishingOutDirt All American Cowboy]], a [[MakingASplash Chinese Apprentice Monk]]... and a size-shifting Eastern [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]]. They were assembled to gather [[MacGuffin Shen Gong Wu]]. |
| 212 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' is about four ninjas who can control Fire, Lightning, Earth, and Ice. they were assembled to protect the Green Ninja, TheChosenOne to wield all four elements and TheHero of the verse itself. |
| 213 | * [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Both]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendofKorra incarnations]] of the Avatar and their TrueCompanions, known as "Team Avatar", work to maintain balance in the world and oppose anyone who threatens that balance. |
| 214 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has the Super Best Friends, a team composing of various religions figures such as Jesus, Moses, Joseph Smith [[AndZoidberg and Seaman]] (an Aquaman parody). There is also Coon and Friends, which is just the kids dressing up and playing a superhero game. |
| 215 | * The third season of ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' featured Marco forming the Marc-nificent 7, consisting of himself, Tom, Hekapoo, Kelly, Pony Head, Talon, and Jorby to take down [[TheJuggernaut Meteora]]. |
| 216 | * Parodied in the fifth Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', which features Barnacle Boy turning evil and created his own [[LegionOfDoom organization of villains.]] Mermaid Man then recruits Spongebob and the other characters to recreate the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances with [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman their costumes.]] Unfortunately, they're so incompetent they end up ''beating themselves up''. |
| 217 | * An In-Universe example appears with the Power Ponies from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', although the episode features the Mane 6 taking on their personas in a TrappedInTVLand scenario. The actual Mane 6 themselves could qualify, being formed to take down supernatural bad guys, although it's usually just a SliceOfLife show. |
| 218 | * In the season 2 finale of ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'', [[CoolOldGuy Scrooge [=McDuck=]]] calls upon all of his friends and allies that were featured in the past two seasons in order to fend off the [[AlienInvasion Moonlander Invasion]]. The main members consisted of two superheroes, his demon butler, a DarkMagicalGirl and her bookworm sister, a trio of BadassNormal ladies, a MadScientist and his clone army, a headless man-horse and [[AchievementsInIgnorance Launchpad]]. And that's not even counting his own BadassFamily and super acquaintances from around the world. |
| 219 | * ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'', with the titular team. Seen in the picture up top. |
| 220 | * ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' has the Vindicators, a group of superheroes that Rick and Morty have worked with in offscreen adventures. They're something of a parody of Marvel heroes (with Morty treating their past team-ups as the equivalent of films and referring to their current adventure as "Vindicators 3"), though the team quickly falls apart during the episode due to Rick's actions as well as their own internal squabbling. |
| 221 | [[/folder]] |
| 222 | |
| 223 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 224 | * The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_City_Superhero_Movement Rain City Superhero Movement]] is an attempt to create such a team in RealLife. Of course, the members don't have superpowers, but they use superhero costumes and nicknames. |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
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