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* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', the [[GenreRoulette Heartwarming Domestic Cold War Spy Comedy]], a cold and handsome ConsummateLiar Super-Spy named Loid must pretend to the patriarch of respectable family to gain intelligence on an enemy nation's politician who only ever appears in public during Parent Teacher Interviews of a wealthy private school. To this end, he agrees to a MarriageOfConvenience to a eccentric but kind-hearted office lady, who also grew up as an orphan of the previous World War... who unbeknownst to him is a deadly assassin who needs the cover of [[OldMaid being married at 27 to not rouse suspicion]] of the country's SecretPolice. They both become the adoptive parents to an unusually clever orphaned girl called Anya, who unbeknownst to ''both'' of them is a Mind-Reading Psychic who ''knows'' their true identities, and a BigFriendlyDog called Bond who can see into the future later completes their band. Meet the Forgers; An adorable little family comprised of two professional murderers and two science experiments, all oprhans of war, outsiders banding together to survive in a deadly and paranoid ColdWar world that would reject them otherwise. ''Spy X Family'' however differs from most "Breakfast Club Plots" in that whereas most other bands of this sort cannot stand each other, and refuse to change or compromise, the Forgers are bound together in love as they show each other nothing but their best, human and ''genuine'' selves to each other.

** The ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', both the original team (through ret-cons and CharacterDevelopment) and especially the ''New Teen Titans''.
** For a villainous version -- most of Franchise/TheFlash's RoguesGallery have formed a tight little group (actually referred to as "the Rogues"), and they come off this way.

* The victors in ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' lean towards this. At least, the ones who aren't trying to kill each other. [[spoiler: Katniss, Peeta, Finnick, and sort of Johanna, for the most part, and also Wiress and Beetee at first and Annie later.]] They're implied to have been more like this before the twist of the Quarter Quell (i.e., that they'd be competing to kill ''each other'' now) was announced. Katniss notes they (both competing victors and the victors mentoring them) are much more social than the usual pack of brand-new scared kids are every year. Haymitch in particular is seriously bothered by the whole thing, at one point telling Katniss and Peeta that he didn't want to be responsible for them getting his friends killed off.

* The main characters who become a herd in the Original ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' are a form of this.

* The Culture Club from ''LightNovel/KokoroConnect'' is a group of five students who, for various reasons, didn't fit in with Yamahoshi Academy's available clubs. Taichi, Aoki, and Yui wanted to join clubs that didn't exist, Inaba left the Computer Club because she didn't like the president, and Iori let her homeroom teacher choose for her.

-->'''Marten:''' [[BrokenBird You]] [[SuperOCD two]] befriended me via bullying and stalking, respectively. If we extrapolate from there, Marigold is going to stab me in the face.

* ''Literature/{{Haganai}}'' is a comical take on the trope, featuring seven [[DysfunctionJunction friendless, attractive-looking teens with not-so-attractive quirks and personalities]] LonelyTogether under the banner of the "Neighbors Club", whose ostensible goal is to help its members make friends: Kodaka -- a boy who happens to be [[OnlySaneMan the sanest of the lot]], whose solitude stems mostly from [[FaceOfAThug his intimidating appearance]]; Yozora -- an [[ByronicHero abrasive loner]] with a hobby of talking to {{Imaginary Friend}}s; Sena -- the [[MsFanservice ridiculously hot]] daughter of their school's chairman with a [[RichBitch snobby attitude]]; Yukimura -- a highly-effeminate, gullible WholesomeCrossdresser[[spoiler:/[[RecursiveCrossdressing Recursive Crossdresser]]]]; Rika -- a TeenGenius with an [[LovableSexManiac incredibly dirty mind]]; Kobato -- Kodaka's little sister under a constant self-delusion of being a [[ElegantGothicLolita vampire-loli]]; and Maria -- a ten-year-old [[HollywoodNuns Hollywood Nun]] with severe [[CloudCuckoolander reality-testing issues]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Haganai}}'' is a comical take on the trope, featuring seven [[DysfunctionJunction friendless, attractive-looking teens with not-so-attractive quirks and personalities]] LonelyTogether under the banner of the "Neighbors Club", whose ostensible goal is to help its members make friends: Kodaka -- a boy who happens to be [[OnlySaneMan the sanest of the lot]], whose solitude stems mostly from [[FaceOfAThug his intimidating appearance]]; Yozora -- an [[ByronicHero abrasive loner]] with a hobby of talking to {{Imaginary Friend}}s; Sena -- the [[MsFanservice ridiculously hot]] daughter of their school's chairman with a [[RichBitch snobby attitude]]; Yukimura -- a highly-effeminate, gullible WholesomeCrossdresser[[spoiler:/[[RecursiveCrossdressing Recursive Crossdresser]]]]; Rika -- a TeenGenius with an [[LovableSexManiac incredibly dirty mind]]; Kobato -- Kodaka's little sister under a constant self-delusion of being a [[ElegantGothicLolita vampire-loli]]; and Maria -- a ten-year-old [[HollywoodNuns Hollywood Nun]] with severe [[CloudCuckoolander reality-testing issues]].
* The Culture Club from ''LightNovel/KokoroConnect'' is a group of five students who, for various reasons, didn't fit in with Yamahoshi Academy's available clubs. Taichi, Aoki, and Yui wanted to join clubs that didn't exist, Inaba left the Computer Club because she didn't like the president, and Iori let her homeroom teacher choose for her.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In school, Ichigo is part of a group of misfits with Sado, Mizuiro and Keigo. Ichigo is considered a scary delinquint because of his scowling face and his unusual red hair; Sado is a huge half-Mexican and regarded as being just as scary. Mizuiro is small and angelic-looking, but has his own dark secrets. Keigo is the ButtMonkey of the group, who brings Mizuiro out of his shell and keeps the gang cheerful. After Ichigo and Uryuu cross paths, Ichigo brings [[AloofAlly Uryuu]] into the group, much to the initial consternation of both the group and Uryuu himself. Tatsuki and Orihime are also part of this group as the belligerent Tatsuki is Ichigo's oldest friend and Orihime is her {{protectorate}}; Rukia also joins the group during her stay in Karakura Town. All the kids end up with the ability to see and interact with the spirit world, but Tatsuki, Mizuiro and Keigo remain peripheral to most of the dangerous activities until the Battle of Karakura Town, which leads to them finally being fully updated on how the spirit world works and the powers their friends possess. The epilogue shows that they're all still friends as adults, ten years after the manga has ended.
* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', the [[GenreRoulette Heartwarming Domestic Cold War Spy Comedy]], a cold and handsome ConsummateLiar Super-Spy named Loid must pretend to the partriarch of respectable family to gain intelligence on an enemy nation's politician who only ever appears in public during Parent Teacher Interviews of a wealthy private school. To this end, he agrees to a MarriageOfConvenience to a eccentric but kind-hearted office lady, who also grew up as an orphan of the previous World War... who unbeknownst to him is a deadly assassin who needs the cover of [[OldMaid being married at 27 to not rouse suspicion]] of the country's SecretPolice. They both become the adoptive parents to an unusually clever orphaned girl called Anya, who unbeknownst to ''both'' of them is a Mind-Reading Psychic who ''knows'' their true identities, and a BigFriendlyDog called Bond who can see into the future later completes their band. Meet the Forgers; An adorable little family comprised of two professional murderers and two science experiments, all oprhans of war, outsiders banding together to survive in a deadly and paranoid ColdWar world that would reject them otherwise. ''Spy X Family'' however differs from most "Breakfast Club Plots" in that whereas most other bands of this sort cannot stand each other, and refuse to change or compromise, the Forgers are bound together in love as they show each other nothing but their best, human and ''genuine'' selves to each other.

* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', the [[GenreRoulette Heartwarming Domestic Cold War Spy Comedy]], a cold and handsome ConsummateLiar Super-Spy named Loid must pretend to the partriarch of respectable family to gain intelligence on an enemy nation's politician who only ever appears in public during Parent Teacher Interviews of a wealthy private school. To this end, he agrees to a MarriageOfConvenience to a eccentric but kind-hearted office lady, who also grew up as an orphan of the previous World War... who unbeknownst to him is a deadly assassin who needs the cover of [[ChristmasCake being married at 27 to not rouse suspicion]] of the country's SecretPolice. They both become the adoptive parents to an unusually clever orphaned girl called Anya, who unbeknownst to ''both'' of them is a Mind-Reading Psychic who ''knows'' their true identities, and a BigFriendlyDog called Bond who can see into the future later completes their band. Meet the Forgers; An adorable little family comprised of two professional murderers and two science experiments, all oprhans of war, outsiders banding together to survive in a deadly and paranoid ColdWar world that would reject them otherwise. ''Spy X Family'' however differs from most "Breakfast Club Plots" in that whereas most other bands of this sort cannot stand each other, and refuse to change or compromise, the Forgers are bound together in love as they show each other nothing but their best, human and ''genuine'' selves to each other.

* ''Literature/TheSunAlsoRises'' is about a Breakfast Club of American expatriates living in France in TheRoaringTwenties. The group consists of a UsefulNotes/WorldWarI veteran (who is impotent due to an injury sustained during the war), a jaded ChristmasCake [[LadyDrunk party girl]], and a shy guy who just wants everyone to get along. However, the book [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructs]] the trope, showing how each person's problems actually annoys and alienates the others to where many of them [[TheFriendNobodyLikes can't stand each other]]. If anything, everybody (save [[OnlySaneMan Bill]]) ends up more miserable than they started out.

* Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia: The gang of Paddy's Pub could be a {{Deconstruction}}. They are all [[DysfunctionJunction barely-functional alcoholics who are riddled with personality flaws and psychological disorders]], and they [[TheFriendNobodyLikes all hate each other to a certain degree]], but they have such a level of toxic co-dependency that they are the only people who can stand to be around them.

* The four mains of ''Series/GossipGirl'', Nate, Chuck, Blair and Serena, call themselves the Non-Judging Breakfast Club. The foursome grew close as kids when none of them had reliable parents and it's been mentioned that they more or less raised each other.

* The Losers Club in ''Literature/{{It}}'' are a particularly messed up version of this, as they are a group of youths (later adults) who are brought together by an omnipresent being known as the other to battle shapeshifting MonsterClown Pennywise. For two brief periods of time, they rely on each other, only to move away and forget about each other. The casting of a girl who looks a little like Creator/MollyRingwald in ''Film/It2017'' only makes it more obvious.

* The members of the [[Series/{{MASH}} 4077th M* A* S* H]]. It's not so much that no one liked them at home (except maybe for [[{{Jerkass}} Frank]] [[ButtMonkey Burns]]) and more like they all happen to be stuck in a war zone together (they hate it). In one episode Hawkeye compares it to people who crowd under building overhangs during a rain storm.

* The group of teenagers in ''Film/TheBabysitter2017'' are a villainous example. The JerkJock Max, the PerkyGoth [[TheFashionista fashionista]] Sonia, the ClassClown John, the CruelCheerleader Allison, and their leader, the sexy blonde babysitter Bee, are carrying out a HumanSacrifice of the {{nerd}} Samuel and try to kill the protagonist Cole once he catches them in the act.

* The protagonists of ''VideoGame/ObsCure'' are all conspicuously modeled on those of ''The Breakfast Club'', as part of its homage to '90s teen horror movies. Like in ''Film/TheFaculty'', one of its main inspirations, the main characters are high school students -- after the athlete Kenny (the game's analogue to Andy) disappears following basketball practice, Kenny's cheerleader girlfriend Ashley (Claire), the [[{{Nerd}} nerdy photographer]] Josh (Brian), the [[TheStoner pot-smoking slacker]] Stan (Bender), and Kenny's GirlNextDoor sister Shannon (an imperfect analogue to Allison, though in the sequel she gets a full-blown {{goth}} makeover) come together to search the school grounds after hours to find out what happened to him.

* The group of teenagers in ''Film/TheBabysitter2017'' are a villainous example. The JerkJock Max, the PerkyGoth [[TheFashionista fashionista]] Sonia, the ClassClown John, TheCheerleader Allison, and their leader, the sexy blonde babysitter Bee, are carrying out a HumanSacrifice of the {{nerd}} Samuel and try to kill the protagonist Cole once he catches them in the act.

* The protagonists of ''VideoGame/ObsCure'' are all conspicuously modeled on those of ''The Breakfast Club'', as part of its homage to '90s teen horror movies. Like in ''Film/TheFaculty'', one of its main inspirations, the main characters are high school students -- after the athlete Kenny (the game's analogue to Andy) disappears following basketball practice, Kenny's [[TheCheerleader cheerleader girlfriend]] Ashley (Claire), the [[{{Nerd}} nerdy photographer]] Josh (Brian), the [[TheStoner pot-smoking slacker]] Stan (Bender), and Kenny's GirlNextDoor sister Shannon (an imperfect analogue to Allison, though in the sequel she gets a full-blown {{goth}} makeover) come together to search the school grounds after hours to find out what happened to him.

* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', the [[GenreRoulette Heartwarming Domestic Cold War Spy Comedy]], a cold and handsome ConsummateLiar Super-Spy named Loid must pretend to the partriarch of respectable family to gain intelligence on an enemy nation's politician who only ever appears in public during Parent Teacher Interviews of a wealthy private school. To this end, he agrees to a MarriageOfConvenience to a eccentric but kind-hearted office lady, who also grew up as an orphan of the previous World War... who unbeknownst to him is a deadly assassin who needs the cover of [[ChristmasCake being married at 27 to not rouse suspicion]] of the country's SecretPolice. They both become the adoptive parents to an unusually clever orphaned girl called Anya, who unbeknownst to ''both'' of them is a Mind-Reading Psychic who ''knows'' their true identities, and a BigFriendlyDog called Bond who can see into the future later completes their band. Meet the Forgers; An adorable little family comprised of two professional murderers and two science experiments, all oprhans of war, outsiders banding together to survive in a ColdWar world that would reject them otherwise. ''Spy X Family'' however differs from most "Breakfast Club Plots" in that whereas most other bands of this sort cannot stand each other, and refuse to change or compromise, the Forgers are bound together in love as they show each other nothing but their best, human and ''genuine'' selves to each other.

* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', the [[GenreRoulette Heartwarming Domestic Cold War Spy Comedy]], a cold and handsome ConsummateLiar Super-Spy named Loid must pretend to the partriarch of respectable family to gain intelligence on an enemy nation's politician who only ever appears in public during Parent Teacher Interviews of a wealthy private school. To this end, he agrees to a MarriageOfConvenience to a eccentric but kind-hearted office lady, who also grew up as an orphan of the previous World War... who unbeknownst to him is a deadly assassin who needs the cover of [[ChristmasCake being married at 27 to not rouse suspicion]] of the country's SecretPolice. They both become the adoptive parents to an unusually clever orphaned girl called Anya, who unbeknownst to ''both'' of them is a Mind-Reading Psychic who ''knows'' their true identities, and a BigFriendlyDog called Bond who can see into the future later completes their band. Meet the Forgers; An adorable little family comprised of two professional murderers and two science experiments, all oprhans of war, outsiders banding together to survive in a ColdWar world that would reject them otherwise. However, unlike most Breakfast Clubs, since the Forger family only show each other their warmest, kindest and ''genuine'' sides, bringing out the best in each other, they are bound together by a warmth and love rather than reluctant and resigned necessity.

* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', the [[GenreRoulette Heartwarming Domestic Cold War Spy Comedy]], a cold and handsome ConsumateLiar Super-Spy named Loid must pretend to the partriarch of respectable family to gain intelligence on an enemy nation's politician who only ever appears in public during Parent Teacher Interviews of a wealthy private school. To this end, he agrees to a MarriageOfConvenience to a eccentric but kind-hearted office lady, who also grew up as an orphan of the previous World War... who unbeknownst to him is a deadly assassin who needs the cover of [[ChristmasCake being married at 27 to not rouse suspicion]] of the country's SecretPolice. They both become the adoptive parents to an unusually clever orphaned girl called Anya, who unbeknownst to ''both'' of them is a Mind-Reading Psychic who ''knows'' their true identities, and a BigFriendlyDog called Bond who can see into the future later completes their band. Meet the Forgers; An adorable little family comprised of two professional murderers and two science experiments, all oprhans of war, outsiders banding together to survive in a ColdWar world that would reject them otherwise. However, unlike most Breakfast Clubs, since the Forger family only show each other their warmest, kindest and ''genuine'' sides, bringing out the best in each other, they are bound together by a warmth and love rather than reluctant and resigned necessity.

** Outcast Corner takes this UpToEleven: It's as though the only reason they haven't demolished the school yet is because they have each other. Everyone on the team is either a rager, a devisor, insane or ''all of the above'', and even Diamondback and Jericho, the most sane of the bunch, have some major issues.

* ''Film/LemonadeMouth'' is ''The Breakfast Club'' [[RecycledInSpace except a musical]].

'''Farnsworth:''' And Fry, you've got [[CloudCuckoolander that brain thing]]!\\

* In a duo example, roommates Lynn and Lucy from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' are based on John Bender and Allison, respectively.
** For Bender and Lynn, both wear red, have a hostile attitude, bully someone who's associated with orange (Claire and Lincoln, respectively) despite loving them deep down, and became bullies because they themselves were bullied in the past.
** For Allison and Lucy, both are goths who have black hair and usually dress in black, are the quietest of their respective groups, and have gotten makeovers to impress a crush (Andrew and Rocky, respectively).

** For Allison and Lucy, both are goths who have black hair and usually dress in black, are also the quietest of their respective groups, and have gotten makeovers to impress a crush (Andrew and Rocky, respectively).

* Roommates Lynn and Lucy from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' are based on John Bender and Allison, respectively.

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* Lynn and Lucy from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' are based on John Bender and Allison, respectively.

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* Lynn Jr and Lucy from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' are based on John Bender and Allison respectively. For both Bender and Lynn, its because they both wear red, have a hostile attitude, bully someone who is connected with orange (Claire and Lincoln respectively) despite loving them deep down and both became bullies because they were bulled in the past, For Allison and Lucy, its because they are both goths who have black hair and usually dress in black, that are also the quietist of their respective groups and have gotten [[spoiler:makeovers to impress their respective crushes, Andrew and Rocky respectively.]]

* The group of teenagers in ''Film/TheBabysitter'' are a villainous example. The JerkJock Max, the PerkyGoth [[TheFashionista fashionista]] Sonia, the ClassClown John, TheCheerleader Allison, and their leader, the sexy blonde babysitter Bee, are carrying out a HumanSacrifice of the {{nerd}} Samuel and try to kill the protagonist Cole once he catches them in the act.

* The book ''Clean'' even lampshades this, with Chris saying, "We're kind of like a fucked-up version of that movie ''The Breakfast Club''."

* The protagonists of ''VideoGame/ObsCure'' are all conspicuously modeled on those of ''The Breakfast Club'', as part of its homage to '90s teen horror movies. Like in ''Film/TheFaculty'', one of its main inspirations, the main characters are high school students -- after the athlete Kenny (the game's analogue to Andy) disappears following basketball practice, Kenny's [[TheCheerleader cheerleader girlfriend]] Ashley (Claire), the [[HollywoodNerd nerdy photographer]] Josh (Brian), the [[TheStoner pot-smoking slacker]] Stan (Bender), and Kenny's GirlNextDoor sister Shannon (an imperfect analogue to Allison, though in the sequel she gets a full-blown {{goth}} makeover) come together to search the school grounds after hours to find out what happened to him.

* The victors in ''Literature/{{The Hunger Games}}'' lean towards this. At least, the ones who aren't trying to kill each other. [[spoiler: Katniss, Peeta, Finnick and sort of Johanna, for the most part, and also Wiress and Beetee at first and Annie later.]] They're implied to have been more like this before the twist of the Quarter Quell (i.e., that they'd be competing to kill ''each other'' now) was announced. Katniss notes they (both competing victors and the victors mentoring them) are much more social than the usual pack of brand-new scared kids are every year. Haymitch in particular is seriously bothered by the whole thing, at one point telling Katniss and Peeta that he didn't want to be responsible for them getting his friends killed off.

* The [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Planet Express Crew]] is composed entirely of individuals who don't fit into their future society, particularly the main characters, FishOutOfTemporalWater Fry, RoboticPsychopath Bender[[note]]Fun fact, Bender Bending Rodriguez was named after John Bender from the Breakfast Club. The similarities are not unintentional.[[/note]], [[GrewBeyondTheirProgramming who was programmed to bend girders]], and Leela, a one-eyed DoorstopBaby who for most of the original run doesn't even know her own species [[spoiler: and then turns out to be part of an ostracized race forced to dwell in Earth's sewers]]. It's acknowledged several times, most memorably by Fry in "The Cyber House Rules," after Leela gets surgery to appear "normal" and begins dating her aggressively normal plastic surgeon:

* Both of the Loud sisters that are voiced by Creator/JessicaDicicco, Lynn Jr and Lucy from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' are based on John Bender and Allison respectively. For both Bender and Lynn, its because they both wear red, have a hostile attittude, bully someone who is connected with orange (Claire and Lincoln respectively) despite loving them deep down and both became bullies because they were bulled in the past, For Allison and Lucy, its because they are both goths who have black hair and usually dress in black, that are also the quietist of their respective groups and have gotten [[spoiler:makeovers to impress their respective crushes, Andrew and Rocky respectively.]]

Compare RagtagBunchOfMisfits.