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* ''{{Animorphs}}''. The group is a RagtagBunchOfMisfits that all met by chance by virtue of being friends of friends with everyone, who decide to take the wrong shortcut one night. Jake, their 'fearless leader', is probably the only actually normal one of the group, and his brother is [[AndIMustScream trapped inside his own mind by a parasitic alien]]. Marco lives with a depressive single father who never got over his wife dying, [[spoiler:although she's actually not dead and the real truth is far, far worse - she's the leader of the alien invasion]]. Rachel is a shopaholic who is also an ActionGirl in disguise to the point where Marco calls her Xena on a regular basis (and can become quite AxCrazy and sometimes, dangerously, dangerously sane if you threaten her friends...), while her best friend Cassie is a socially awkward African-American who is unpopular because she doesn't care anything for fashion and works as a vet assistant on her family farm (and [[SquicK her clothes show it]]). Tobias is the {{Woobie}} of the series, whose parents are dead ([[LukeIAmYourFather well, sort of...]] [[LaserGuidedAmnesia it's seriously]] [[DeusExMachina complicated]]) and who suffers [[ParentalNeglect horrible treatment]] at the hands of his aunt and uncle. Did we mention that he's permanently [[ShapeshifterModeLock trapped in the body of a hawk?]] Because being an ''animal'' was so much better than living at home that he ''didn't care if it happened?'' [[spoiler: It most likely was deliberate.]] [[spoiler: And his father's the alien that gave them the ImportedAlienPhlebotinum]] Certainly fits the DysfunctionJunction element quite nicely. And their hideout, if it could be called one, is Cassie's barn. [[spoiler:At least, until [[TheUnmasquedWorld they tell everyone about the alien threat.]]]] And Ax, the alien, is the stereotypical "student living in his amazing brother's shadow" who (from what he missed in school) was a total slacker. [[spoiler:And also Tobias' uncle on his father's side.]]

* The members of the [[{{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).

* ''{{Animorphs}}''. The group is a RagtagBunchOfMisfits that all met by chance by virtue of being friends of friends with everyone, who decide to take the wrong shortcut one night. Jake, their 'fearless leader', is probably the only actually normal one of the group, and his brother is [[AndIMustScream trapped inside his own mind by a parasitic alien]]. Marco lives with a depressive single father who never got over his wife dying, [[spoiler:although she's actually not dead and the real truth is far, far worse - she's the leader of the alien invasion]]. Rachel is a shopaholic who is also an ActionGirl in disguise to the point where Marco calls her Xena on a regular basis (and can become quite AxCrazy and sometimes, dangerously, dangerously sane if you threaten her friends...), while her best friend Cassie is a socially awkward African-American who is unpopular because she doesn't care anything for fashion and works as a vet assistant on her family farm (and [[SquicK her clothes show it]]). Tobias is the {{Woobie}} of the series, whose parents are dead ([[LukeIAmYourFather well, sort of...]] [[LaserGuidedAmnesia it's seriously]] [[DeusExMachina complicated]]) and who suffers [[ParentalNeglect horrible treatment]] at the hands of his aunt and uncle. Did we mention that he's permanently [[ShapeshifterModeLock trapped in the body of a hawk?]] Because being an ''animal'' was so much better than living at home that he ''didn't care if it happened?'' [[spoiler: [[YourMilageMayVary It most likely was deliberate.]]]] [[spoiler: And his father's the alien that gave them the ImportedAlienPhlebotinum]] Certainly fits the DysfunctionJunction element quite nicely. And their hideout, if it could be called one, is Cassie's barn. [[spoiler:At least, until [[TheUnmasquedWorld they tell everyone about the alien threat.]]]] And Ax, the alien, is the stereotypical "student living in his amazing brother's shadow" who (from what he missed in school) was a total slacker. [[spoiler:And also Tobias' uncle on his father's side.]]

* Most of TheFlash's RougesGallery have formed a tight little group (actually referred to as "the Rogues") and they come off as this.

A gang of misfits whom no one likes and/or don't like themselves either get together or, more often, an elder, often a ZenSurvivor, brings them together: he (or, more rarely, she) just hides it better. A [[TrueCompanions Nakama]] forms out of everyone's lives sucking so much they ended up stuck with each other.

* ''{{Misfits}}'', ''oh'' so much. Five criminal teens find themselves united by social alienation, superpowers, and the accidental murder of their rampaging AxCrazy zombie probation worker.

* ''{{Animorphs}}''. The group is a RagtagBunchOfMisfits that all met by chance by virtue of being friends of friends with everyone, who decide to take the wrong shortcut one night. Jake, their 'fearless leader', is probably the only actually normal one of the group, and his brother is [[AndIMustScream trapped inside his own mind by a parasitic alien]]. Marco lives with a depressive single father who never got over his wife dying, [[spoiler:although she's actually not dead and the real truth is far, far worse - she's the leader of the alien invasion]]. Rachel is a shopaholic who is also an ActionGirl in disguise to the point where Marco calls her Xena on a regular basis (and can become quite AxCrazy and sometimes, dangerously, dangerously sane if you threaten her friends...), while her best friend Cassie is a socially awkward African-American who is unpopular because she doesn't care anything for fashion and works as a vet assistant on her family farm (and [[SquicK her clothes show it]]). Tobias is the {{Woobie}} of the series, whose parents are dead ([[LukeIAmYourFather well, sort of...]] [[LaserGuidedAmnesia it's seriously]] [[DeusExMachina complicated]]) and who suffers [[ParentalNeglect horrible treatment]] at the hands of his aunt and uncle. Did we mention that he's permanently [[ShapeshifterModeLock trapped in the body of a hawk?]] Because being an ''animal'' was so much better than living at home that he ''didn't care if it happened?'' [[spoiler: [[YourMilageMayVary And it may have been deliberate.]]]] Certainly fits the DysfunctionJunction element quite nicely. And their hideout, if it could be called one, is Cassie's barn. [[spoiler:At least, until [[TheUnmasquedWorld they tell everyone about the alien threat.]]]]

* ''{{Animorphs}}''. The group is a RagtagBunchOfMisfits that all met by chance by virtue of being friends of friends with everyone, who decide to take the wrong shortcut one night. Jake, their 'fearless leader', is probably the only actually normal one of the group, and his brother is [[AndIMustScream trapped inside his own mind by a parasitic alien]]. Marco lives with a depressive single father who never got over his wife dying, [[spoiler:although she's actually not dead and the real truth is far, far worse - she's the leader of the alien invasion]]. Rachel is a shopaholic who is also an ActionGirl in disguise to the point where Marco calls her Xena on a regular basis (and can become quite AxCrazy and sometimes, dangerously, dangerously sane if you threaten her friends...), while her best friend Cassie is a socially awkward African-American who is unpopular because she doesn't care anything for fashion and works as a vet assistant on her family farm. Tobias is the {{Woobie}} of the series, whose parents are dead (well, sort of... it's seriously complicated) and who suffers [[ParentalNeglect horrible treatment]] at the hands of his aunt and uncle. Did we mention that he's permanently [[ShapeshifterModeLock trapped in the body of a hawk?]] Because being an ''animal'' was so much better than living at home that he ''didn't care if it happened?'' Certainly fits the DysfunctionJunction element quite nicely. And their hideout, if it could be called one, is Cassie's barn. [[spoiler:At least, until [[TheUnmasquedWorld they tell everyone about the alien threat.]]]]

* ''{{Community}}''. Lampshaded mercilessly in the pilot.

* ''TheSunAlsoRises'' is about a BreakfastClub of American expatriates living in France in TheRoaringTwenties. The group consists of a WorldWarOne 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. Each dealing with their own problems and drama. The book is a deconstruction of the trope.

* ''{{Animorphs}}''. The group is a RagtagBunchOfMisfits that all met by chance by virtue of being friends of friends with everyone, who decide to take the wrong shortcut one night. Jake, their 'fearless leader', is probably the only actually normal one of the group, and his brother is [[AndIMustScream trapped inside his own mind by a parasitic alien]]. Marco lives with a depressive single father who never got over his wife dying, [[spoiler:although she's actually not dead and the real truth is far, far worse - she's the leader of the alien invasion]]. Rachel is a shopaholic who is also an ActionGirl in disguise to the point where Marco calls her Xena on a regular basis (and can become quite AxCrazy and sometimes, dangerously, dangerously sane if you threaten her friends...), while her best friend Cassie is a SociallyAwkwardProtagonist who is unpopular because she doesn't care anything for fashion and works as a vet assistant on her family farm. Tobias is the {{Woobie}} of the series, whose parents are dead (well, sort of... it's seriously complicated) and who suffers [[ParentalNeglect horrible treatment]] at the hands of his aunt and uncle. Did we mention that he's permanently [[ShapeshifterModeLock trapped in the body of a hawk?]] Because being an ''animal'' was so much better than living at home that he ''didn't care if it happened?'' Certainly fits the DysfunctionJunction element quite nicely. And their hideout, if it could be called one, is Cassie's barn. [[spoiler:At least, until [[TheUnmasquedWorld they tell everyone about the alien threat.]]]]

* ''{{Animorphs}}''. The group is a RagtagBunchOfMisfits that all met by chance by virtue of being friends of friends with everyone, who decide to take the wrong shortcut one night. Jake, their 'fearless leader', is probably the only actually normal one of the group, and his brother is [[AndIMustScream trapped inside his own mind by a parasitic alien]]. Marco lives with a depressive single father who never got over his wife dying, [[spoiler:although she's actually not dead and the real truth is far, far worse - she's the leader of the alien invasion]]. Rachel is a shopaholic who is also an ActionGirl in disguise to the point where Marco calls her Xena on a regular basis (and can become quite AxCrazy and sometimes, dangerously, dangerously sane if you threaten her friends...), while her best friend Cassie is a SociallyAwkwardProtagonist who is unpopular because she doesn't care anything for fashion and works as a vet assistant on her family farm. Tobias is the {{Woobie}} of the series, whose parents are dead (well, sort of... it's seriously complicated) and who suffers [[ParentalNeglect horrible]] [[ParentalAbuse treatment]] at the hands of his aunt and uncle. Did we mention that he's permanently [[ShapeshifterModeLock trapped in the body of a hawk?]] Because being an ''animal'' was so much better than living at home that he ''didn't care if it happened?'' Certainly fits the DysfunctionJunction element quite nicely. And their hideout, if it could be called one, is Cassie's barn. [[spoiler:At least, until [[TheUnmasquedWorld they tell everyone about the alien threat.]]]]

* ''{{Runaways}}'', to the power of ten.

* {{Cheers}} . Even the theme song is about this.
* {{Misfits}}, ''oh'' so much. Five criminal teens find themselves united by social alienation, superpowers, and the accidental murder of their rampaging AxCrazy zombie probation worker.
* {{Community}}. Lampshaded mercilessly in the pilot.

* Team Kimba in the WhateleyUniverse. They get together because they are put together on their first day since they all have a secret that makes them outsiders. [[spoiler:They are all transgendered, most of them against their will.]] Subversion: they rapidly become well-liked and considered heroic, after they happen to defeat a band of superpowered ninjas before the first day of school.

* ''{{Farscape}}''

A gang of misfits whom no one likes and/or don't like themselves either get together or, more often, an elder, often a ZenSurvivor, brings them together: he (or, more rarely, she) just hides it better. TrueCompanionship forms out of everyone's lives sucking so much they ended up stuck with each other.

A gang of misfits whom no one likes and/or don't like themselves either get together or, more often, an elder, often a ZenSurvivor, brings them together: he (or, more rarely, she) just hides it better. A {{Nakama}} forms out of everyone's lives sucking so much they ended up stuck with each other.

* The Sinners from ''ChronoCrusade''. [[spoiler:Disowned by their people, and dwindled down to frighteningly small numbers,]] this group of demons formed together around Aion to carry out his plans, while becoming an [[{{Nakama}} odd sort of family]].

* ''DeadLikeMe''

* The ''XMen'' started out like this, but it's softened tremendously in recent years.

* [[TheBreakfastClub Let's not forget the]] TropeNamer.

* ''HaibaneRenmei''

* ''TheSunAlsoRises'' is about a BreakfastClub of American expatriates living in France in TheTwenties. The group consists of a WorldWarOne veteran (who is impotent due to an injury sustained during the war), a [[LadyDrunk jaded]] ChristmasCake PartyGirl, and a shy guy who just wants everyone to get along. Each dealing with their own problems and drama. The book is a deconstruction of the trope.