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A team of characters build something that will pull everyone's bacon out of the fire. A montage is used to show each person exercising their speciality (usually without lines) in the pursuit of this goal.
Named after the 80's series The A Team, which had one such montage in every episode. The true "A Team Montage" will often include large quantities of Stock Footage. This can lead to humorous mistakes, such as an obvious set of black hands building the superweapon, even though Mr. T had been captured by bad guys.
The A-Team was also famous for the apparent genius-level skills they employed during the montage; in a matter of a few minutes, the A-Team could turn six feet of PVC piping, a golf-cart, and several pounds of semi-volatile chemicals into a heavily-armored tank.
Special case of the Hard Work Montage, and similar to the Lock And Load Montage. Commonly used in The Caper or The Con, especially if it's an Impossible Mission.
Compare Avengers Assemble and Eigen Plot.
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