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* ''Film/TheFallGuy2024'': In the climax, [[spoiler:most of the film crew help trick Ryder into confessing and [[MenOfSherwood a small army of stunt workers provide Dan backup during his fight with the {{Mook}}s and mop the floor with them.]]]]
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* The climax of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem'' sees many ordinary New Yorkers summoned by a news broadcast helping the mutants slow down the kaiju-like villain and toss around the chemical that will turn him back to normal closer every time the Turtles lose it.
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* The ultimate fear of the great guilds in ''Literature/ThePillarsOfReality'' is the Commons learning their secrets, and they make a lot of enemeis by treating the Commons badly. This makes recruiting the Commons (who aren't suppose to be able to use either mage or mechanic arts) a pretty effective technique for the heroes.

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* The ultimate fear of the great guilds in ''Literature/ThePillarsOfReality'' is the Commons learning their secrets, and they make a lot of enemeis enemies by treating the Commons badly. This makes recruiting the Commons (who aren't suppose to be able to use either mage or mechanic arts) a pretty effective technique for the heroes.
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** Pretty much every gamer in the virtual world heads out to help fight with their avatar in the final battle and help the heroes save the Oasis from being take over by unworthy forces.

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** Pretty much Nearly every gamer in the virtual world heads out to help fight with their avatar in the final battle and help the heroes save the Oasis from being take over by unworthy forces.



* One of the most explicit examples of this trope comes in ''Film/RoboCop3'', when Sgt. Reed deputizes the entire city of Detroit and leads them into battle against the OCP rehabs.

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* One of the most ''Film/RoboCop3'': An explicit examples of this trope example comes in ''Film/RoboCop3'', when Sgt. Reed deputizes the entire city of Detroit and leads them into battle against the OCP rehabs.
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* ''Film/BlackAdam'': The citizens of Kahndaq rally to fight the undead {{Mook}}s the BigBad is raising in the climax and keep them from aiding the evil sorcerer (who is keeping the heroes pretty busy by himself anyway).

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* ''Film/BlackAdam'': ''Film/BlackAdam2022'': The citizens of Kahndaq rally to fight the undead {{Mook}}s the BigBad is raising in the climax and keep them from aiding the evil sorcerer (who is keeping the heroes pretty busy by himself anyway).
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* ''Film/TheAppleDumplingGang'': In both the book and the film, everyone in town who has a gun goes racing to break up the bank robbery.
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* ''Film/{{Avatar}}'': The various native tribes all gather together to fight the {{Evil Colonialist}}s and the local animals soon join them in a GaiasVengeance way. In a DeletedScene, Max and a couple dozen other scientists left back at the base get a NeutralNoLonger moment (although Max has been covertly aiding the protagonists since earlier on) and storm the command center that is coordinating the battle against their friends.
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* At the end of ''{{WesternAnimation/Encanto}}'', in a non-action version of the trope, the ordinary townspeople help the Madrigal family rebuild their home [[spoiler:after the Madrigals lose their magical powers]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': Near the climax of the film, Wyldstyle takes over the TV station to broadcast to the whole world, motivating them to start building their own creations to fight back against Lord Business's plan to freeze everybody.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'': The lionesses provide an animal version. They are victims of Scar's cruel misrule for most of the film, but rise up to help Simba fight it in the climax.

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* At the end of ''{{WesternAnimation/Encanto}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', in a non-action version of the trope, the ordinary townspeople help the Madrigal family rebuild their home [[spoiler:after the Madrigals lose their magical powers]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'': Near the climax of the film, Wyldstyle takes over the TV station to broadcast to the whole world, motivating them to start building their own creations to fight back against Lord Business's plan to freeze everybody.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'': ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'': The lionesses provide an animal version. They are victims of Scar's cruel misrule for most of the film, but rise up to help Simba fight it in the climax.
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* ''Series/{{Jeremiah}}'': In "Crossing Jordan", Smith rallies the citizens of a town Sims is attacking to fight off the people preparing to enslave them for the crime of picking a side in the coming war.

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* ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'': When the air pirates chase Pazu and Sheeta through Pazu's hometown, he yells for help and quickly gets it when the townspeople come out to face down the pirates, with the most notable moment of this being a boxing match between Pazu's boss and TheBrute.
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* ''ComicBook/VadersQuest'': When Luke is blinded and helpless, a crowd of locals (both longtime Rebel sympathizers and NeutralNoLonger civilians) come together to pull a GoThroughMe gambit against Darth Vader and take out his stormtroopers.
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* ''Film/Frankenstein1931'': The famous TorchesAndPitchforks mob of villagers in the final act set out to help Dr. Frankenstein kill the monster to rescue one of his victims and avenge another as soon as they learn of his existence.


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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': While the trope-naming muggles never get involved in the final battle against Voldemort, the staff and many of the older Hogwarts students are rallied to help fight Voldemort even though many of them were previously uninvolved in the war. Later, the local shopkeepers and families of the students also show up to help.


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* ''Literature/TheScholomance'': While the students of the Scholomance are all magic users, most of them they tend to rely on Orion and El to save them from seriously dangerous monsters. In the final act of book 2, everyone in the school joins El and Orion in a brainstorming effort to get everyone out alive while not leaving them vulnerable to the mals In the outside world, and then they band together to implement that plan, at no small risk to themselves.
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* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': In the season one finale, a neighborhood of Fenrix residents from many walks of life (mechanics, doctor, watchman, belllringer, etc) who are among the people the Rebel Alliance is trying to free from the Empire’s tyranny end up rising up to fight back against the local garrison at a time when it is threatening the rebel heroes.

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* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': In the season one finale, a neighborhood of Fenrix Ferrix residents from many walks of life (mechanics, doctor, watchman, belllringer, etc) who are among the people the Rebel Alliance is trying to free from the Empire’s tyranny end up rising up to fight back against the local garrison at a time when it is threatening the rebel heroes.
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* ''Film/ThreeNinjas'': In 'Knuckle Up'', while the main focus of the reservation fight scene is on the main characters, there are a few brief shots of the previously cowed tribal members fighting back as well.

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* ''Film/ThreeNinjas'': In 'Knuckle ''Knuckle Up'', while the main focus of the reservation fight scene is on the main characters, there are a few brief shots of the previously cowed tribal members fighting back as well.



* Many books in ''Literature/TheLastMountainMan'' series (such as ''Journey of the Mountain Man'', ''War of the Mountain Man'', and ''Honor of the Mountain Man'') have an army of outlaws raiding one town or another and finding all of the locals pulling BadassBystander feats (sometimes at the direction of local gunfighter Smoke Jensen, sometimes more spontaneously).
* The ultimate fear of the great guilds in ''Literature/ThePillarsOfReality'' is the Commons learning their secrets. Makes recruiting the Commons (who aren't suppose to be able to use either mage or mechanic arts) a pretty effective technique.

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* Many books in ''Literature/TheLastMountainMan'' series (such as ''Trail of the Mountain Man'', ''Journey of the Mountain Man'', ''War of the Mountain Man'', and ''Honor of the Mountain Man'') have an army of outlaws raiding one town or another and finding all of the locals pulling BadassBystander feats (sometimes at the direction of local gunfighter Smoke Jensen, sometimes more spontaneously).
* The ultimate fear of the great guilds in ''Literature/ThePillarsOfReality'' is the Commons learning their secrets. Makes secrets, and they make a lot of enemeis by treating the Commons badly. This makes recruiting the Commons (who aren't suppose to be able to use either mage or mechanic arts) a pretty effective technique.technique for the heroes.

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