History Main / ATeamMontage

* The ''Series/{{CSI}}'' shows employ this idiom frequently, as the various forensic specialists build a case.

* Film example: in the Creator/RobertRodriguez[=/=]Creator/QuentinTarantino cult classic ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' the remaining protagonists (Seth Gecko and Jacob, Scott, and Kate Fuller) perform an A-Team Montage as they jury rig a number of weapons against the vampires besieging them as they are hiding in a storage room of a biker bar.

* ''Disney/BigHero6'' has a montage showing each of the six team members exercising their new skills.

The A-Team was also famous for the [[Series/MacGyver 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 kilograms of semi-volatile chemicals into a heavily-armored tank. That their captors were routinely stupid enough to [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard lock them in a warehouse]] ''full'' of PVC piping, golf carts and semi-volatile chemicals is not relevant to the trope, though it is an example of extreme GenreBlindness.

Named after the 80's series ''Series/TheATeam'', which had such montage OncePerEpisode. The true "A Team Montage" will often include large quantities of StockFootage. This can lead to humorous mistakes, such as an obvious set of black hands building the superweapon, even though Creator/MrT's character had been captured by bad guys.

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* Film example: in the Creator/RobertRodriguez[=/=]Creator/QuentinTarantino cult classic ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' the remaining protagonists (Seth Gecko and Jacob, Scott, and Kate Fuller) perform an ATeamMontage as they jury rig a number of weapons against the vampires besieging them as they are hiding in a storage room of a biker bar.

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* ''Series/{{Mythbusters}}'' frequently has these, due to the show being only an hour long and some of the builds taking many man-hours to complete. Occasionally, the A-Team may even be referenced.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "One Bad Apple" features the Cutie Mark Crusaders putting together a parade float as part of a BatmanGambit to deal with a bully. The sequence even features a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to the A-Team theme.

* A contemporary of ''Series/TheATeam,'' ''Series/MacGyver'' also featured a similar montage towards the end of each show.

* Seen often in ''TopGear'', although the presenters being [[VitriolicBestBuds what they are to each other]], it seldom goes smoothly.

* This is used in a way in the animated film ''OnceUponAForest'', when the three furlings come together and use teamwork to build a flying machine using BambooTechnology.

* The third ''Film/{{Tremors}}'' movie features one, with characters building weapons off what they find in a junkyard.

* Ash of the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' franchise has a one-man version in ''Evil Dead II'', single-handedly refitting a chainsaw to replace his severed appendage. ''Army of Darkness'' plays it straight, as the blacksmith and various other medieval screw-heads assist with the construction of a replacement gauntlet/hand [[spoiler: and conversion of his beat-up Oldsmobile into a crazy war machine]].

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 kilograms of semi-volatile chemicals into a heavily-armored tank. That their captors were routinely stupid enough to [[LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard lock them in a warehouse]] ''full'' of PVC piping, golf carts and semi-volatile chemicals is not relevant to the trope, though it is an example of extreme GenreBlindness.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the Vietnam special, where James May actually hums the theme to ''Series/TheATeam'' during the ATeamMontage of the presenters modifying their motorbikes into watercraft.

* Film example: in the Creator/RobertRodriguez[=/=]Creator/QuentinTarantino cult classic ''FromDuskTillDawn'' the remaining protagonists (Seth Gecko and Jacob, Scott, and Kate Fuller) perform an ATeamMontage as they jury rig a number of weapons against the vampires besieging them as they are hiding in a storage room of a biker bar.

* Every one of the new ''OceansEleven'' trilogy. Interestingly, we usually end up seeing that what they were building was merely a cover for the real con.
* The third ''{{Tremors}}'' movie features one, with characters building weapons off what they find in a junkyard.

* Film example: in the RobertRodriguez[=/=]Creator/QuentinTarantino cult classic ''FromDuskTillDawn'' the remaining protagonists (Seth Gecko and Jacob, Scott, and Kate Fuller) perform an ATeamMontage as they jury rig a number of weapons against the vampires besieging them as they are hiding in a storage room of a biker bar.

* The remake of ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}'' features one of these as the heroes retrofit some parking shuttles, preparing to break through the [[ZombieApocalypse zombie army]] that has besieged their shopping mall.

* The remake of ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' features one of these as the heroes retrofit some parking shuttles, preparing to break through the [[ZombieApocalypse zombie army]] that has besieged their shopping mall.

* The remake of ''Film/{{Dawn of the Dead|2004}}'' features one of these as the heroes retrofit some parking shuttles, preparing to break through the [[ZombieApocalypse zombie army]] that has besieged their shopping mall.

* The remake of ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' features one of these as the heroes retrofit some parking shuttles, preparing to break through the [[ZombieApocalypse zombie army]] that has besieged their shopping mall.

* Ash of the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' franchise has a one-man version in ''Evil Dead II'', [[IncrediblyLamePun single-handedly]] refitting a chainsaw to replace his severed appendage. ''Army of Darkness'' plays it straight, as the blacksmith and various other medieval screw-heads assist with the construction of a replacement gauntlet/hand [[spoiler: and conversion of his beat-up Oldsmobile into a crazy war machine]].

* LooneyTunes and MerrieMelodies: "Tired and Feathered," a WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner cartoon from 1965 whose major gag – a phony bird sanctuary with a rigged pay telephone – begins with the Coyote building said structure; a montage of the Coyote at work is shown before cutting to a scene of the Coyote admiring his completed work ... until he hears the phone ring for real! You know what happens next.

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* LooneyTunes and MerrieMelodies:
** "Tired and Feathered," a WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner cartoon from 1965 whose major gag – a phony bird sanctuary with a rigged pay telephone – begins with the Coyote building said structure; a montage of the Coyote at work is shown before cutting to a scene of the Coyote admiring his completed work ... until he hears the phone ring for real! You know what happens next ... .

* ''MassEffect2'' features something like this in its finale. [[spoiler: First each of the 3 main ship upgrades are shown doing their job in various ways to protect the crew getting to the enemy base, if you missed one then it won't fulfill its role. Then throughout the final mission you're given the chance to pick different people to perform different jobs and treated to a cutscene of them either performing it perfectly or messing up and letting someone die. The best ending is a picture perfect montage interspersed with gameplay, showing each of the chosen teammembers doing what they do best to keep everyone alive.]]