History Main / PartyOfRepresentatives

* This is a core aspect of every game in the ''{{Suikoden}}'' series, which always has the protagonist recruit the [[OneHundredAndEight 108 Stars of Destiny]]. By the end of each game, their army literally consists of volunteer soldiers, mercenaries, and key political figures from all cities throughout the continent.

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The story is set in an AfterTheEnd world where only Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland still exist. The original crew has members from all countries except Iceland, but quickly picks up a LittleStowaway who just happens to be Icelandic. The specialties of each member of the crew mean that several professions are represented, along with several walks of life from that world.

* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The story is set in an AfterTheEnd world where only Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland still exist. The original crew has members from all countries except Iceland, but quickly picks up a LittleStowaway who just happens to be Icelandic. The specialties of each member of the crew means several professions are represented, along with several walks of life from that world.

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' had a Fereldan ex-[[MageKiller Templar]] [[TheOrder Grey Warden]], a sociopath HotWitch from the swamps, an Orlesian bard-turned-[[TheChurch lay sister]], a ProudWarriorRaceGuy from overseas, an elderly [[MagicalSociety Circle]] spirit summoner, an Elven [[ProfessionalKiller assassin]] from Antiva, a dwarven {{berserker}}, a golem (DLC only), and a [[AmplifiedAnimalAptitude mabari war hound]]. [[OptionalPartyMember There is also]] [[spoiler:the paranoid lesser BigBad of the game, if you so desire]].

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' continues the trend. Party members include the aforementioned dwarf spymaster, a chivalrous [[ChurchMilitant Chantry warrior]] from Nevarra, a high-ranking Orlesian Circle Loyalist Mage, a [[ShellShockedVeteran burned-out]] yet [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] Qunari spy, a RobinHood-esque elf looking out for the little people, a [[DefectorFromDecadence rebellious Tevinter Magister]], an elven apostate expert on the Fade, an [[BadassGrandpa aging]] idealistic Grey Warden who JumpedAtTheCall, and a weird boy whose nature is anyone's guess nobody. As summed up by Mike Laidlaw, "I may not care about the mages, but I care about Vivienne."

* NewWarriors, especially the 2014 series, had a team which was not only racially diverse, but also contained a representative of most of the different types of heroes and human types (i.e. Mutants, Inhumans, demigods, Atlanteans, clones). This becomes a plot point in the 2014 series as the High Evolutionary tries to use the genetic makeup of each member as a template to help his superweapon target and eliminate all non-pure humans on Earth.

* ''Warhammer40K'': This tends to happen in the Deathwatch, the elite alien-hunting division of the Inquisition, which is made up of squads of individual SpaceMarines from different Chapters (which are pretty much all {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s).

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' continues the trend. Party members include the aforementioned dwarf spymaster, a fairly open-minded Chantry warrior from Nevarra, a high-ranking Orlesian Circle Loyalist Mage, a [[ShellShockedVeteran burned-out]] yet [[BoisterousBruiser boisterous]] Qunari spy, a RobinHood-esque elf more interested in the little people than a [[TheNeedsOfTheMany vaguely-defined greater good]], a Tevinter Magister rebelling against the [[BloodMagic cruelty]] practiced by his peers, an elven apostate expert on the Fade, and an [[BadassGrandpa elderly]] idealistic Grey Warden who JumpedAtTheCall. As summed up by Mike Laidlaw, "I may not care about the mages, but I care about Vivienne."

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' has a final team composed of four [[HumansByAnyOtherName Homs]], a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopon]], a High Entia, and [[spoiler:a [[UnwillingRoboticisation Homs-turned-Mechon]]]]; thus covering all living sentient races in the game world [[spoiler:save for the Machina]].

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' continues the trend. Confirmed party members are the aforementioned dwarf spymaster, a fairly open-minded Chantry warrior from Nevarra, and a high-ranking Orlesian Circle Mage. As summed up by Mike Laidlaw, "I may not care about the mages, but I care about Vivienne."

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' had this on a different level: the party members represented not cultures but views on the central conflict of the game (mages vs. Templars). The three mages are an [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters anti-Circle extremist]], a moderate sorceress who dislikes but tolerates the Circle, and an Elven blood mage who puts a personal agenda above the conflict. Similarly, the three warriors are a trained Templar ([[FutureBadass eventually]]), a city guard captain who just wants people to stop killing each other, and a MagicKnight who hates all mages on principle for personal reasons. The three rogues are a free-spirited PirateGirl, a dwarven SpyMaster, and a member of the [[TheChurch Chantry]]; of the three, only the latter is partial to the conflict, since the Chantry endorses the Circle system and the Templars.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games usually end with you recruiting a mishmash of people from all across the world. This is most evident in [[FireEmblemTellius Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn]], in which the entire continent is at war, and you still end up recruiting people from all sides.

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' had this on a different level: the party members represented not cultures but views on the central conflict of the game (mages vs. Templars). The three mages are an [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters anti-Circle extremist]], a moderate sorceress who dislikes but tolerates the Circle, and an Elven blood mage putting a personal agenda above the conflict. Similarly, the three warriors are a sworn Templar (eventually), a city guard captain who just wants people to stop killing each other, and a MagicKnight who hates all mages on principle for personal reasons. The three rogues are a free-spirit PirateGirl, a dwarven SpyMaster, and a member of the [[TheChurch Chantry]]; of the three, only the latter is partial to the conflict, since the Chantry endorses the Circle system and the Templars.

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' has a final team composed of four [[HumansByAnyOtherName Homs]], a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopon]], a High Entia, and [[spoiler:a [[UnwillingRoboticisation Homs-turned-Mechon]]]]; thus covering all living sentient races in the game world [[spoiler:save for the Machina]].

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' has a final team composed of four [[HumansByAnyOtherName Homs]], a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Nopon]], a High Entia, and [[spoiler:a [[UnwillingRoboticisation Homs-turned-Mechon]]]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'' has your team comprised of four humans, a Nopon, a High Entia, and [[spoiler:a human-turned-Mechon]].

** ''VideoGame/MassEffect1'' party included two humans (one down-to-earth grunt soldier, the other an officer with [[FunctionalMagic biotic powers]]) and four aliens: two {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s (one from a respectable high-tech military culture, the other from what the galactic community sees as a BarbarianTribe), a BlueSkinnedSpaceBabe scientist, and a {{Space Roma|ns}} girl, thus representing the entire spectrum of both human military and the Citadel space society.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' games usually end with you recruiting a mishmash of people from all across the world. This is most evident in [[FireEmblemElibe Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn]], in which the entire continent is at war, and you still end up recruiting people from all sides.

* ''VideoGame/Xenoblade'' has your team comprised of four humans, a Nopon, a High Entia, and [[spoiler:a human-turned-Mechon]].

SubTrope of RagTagBunchOfMisfits. SuperTrope to MultinationalTeam. Compare also FiveTokenBand and AlikeAndAntitheticalAdversaries.

* The Fellowship of the Ring in ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' consists of representatives of each "good" race of Middle-Earth: two humans (a ranger from the north and a prince from the south, respectively), [[ElvesVersusDwarves one elf, one dwarf]], one [[AngelUnaware wizard]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking four hobbits]]. Such composition was [[InvokedTrope very much intentional]].

* The Fellowship of the Ring in ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' consists of representatives of each "good" race of Middle-Earth: two humans (a ranger from the north and a prince from the south, respectively), one elf, one dwarf, one [[AngelUnaware wizard]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking four hobbits]]. Such composition was [[InvokedTrope very much intentional]].

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