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* ''Literature/TalesOfThePack'': The Pack turn out to be a group of vigilantes who hunt down and kill the werewolves who commit violent crimes against women (while not in their wolf forms).
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->''I had to do something. So we formed this group. We teach self-defense, Purge Night safety, we train four times a month all year. And tonight, we go out and we rescue women.''
-->--'''Madelyn''', ''Series/ThePurge''
-->--'''Madelyn''', ''Series/ThePurge''
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* ''Literature/TheShadow'': In ''[[Recap/TheShadowPulpsS50TheGreenBox the Green Box]]'', Eric Griffel recruits vigilantes from the athletic club and they do more to keep the town closed up to outside criminals than the police, who have to deputize them during times of trouble. [[spoiler:Eric is really a hoodlum who covers up his actions with phony vigilantism, and while most of his men don't seem to be in on this, they are still a TriggerHappy and easily manipulated crowd.]]
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* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'': Local business owners Apu, Ned, and Comic Book Guy form a squad to bust shoplifters together after realizing how the PoliceAreUseless. However, when the other two want to quit after busting all the local delinquents, Comic Book Guy misses the camaraderie and adventure until he starts framing innocent kids as shoplifters to keep the group together.
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* ''VideoGame/LetsFindLarry'': [[spoiler:It's revealed in the ending that the sinister hooded man and his associates are vigilantes hunting Willy Mack, the infamous SerialKiller, for many years. The man described the day the cops arrested Willy as the worst of his life, since he couldn't exact revenge upon the murderer for his crimes.]]
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* ''VideoGame/LetsFindLarry'': [[spoiler:It's revealed in the ending that the sinister hooded man and his associates are vigilantes hunting Willy Mack, the infamous SerialKiller, for many years. The man described the day the cops arrested Willy as the worst of his life, since he couldn't exact revenge upon the murderer for his crimes. Unfortunately for them, Willy proves to be more dangerous than they thought, as he easily kills every last one of them.]]
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* ''Literature/TheChrysalids'': There are unofficial militias in the protagonists' hometown who remain ready to defend their land and people by fighting off invaders from the Fringes, who kidnap people and steal crops ready to defend their land and people. Of course, the residents of the Fringes were cruelly exiled to the limits of the known habitable world by the community as a whole, and often by their own families just for having birth defects, so the people who make up the militias don’t exactly have the moral high ground.
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* ''Literature/TheChrysalids'': There are unofficial militias in the protagonists' hometown who remain ready to defend their land and people by fighting off invaders from the Fringes, who kidnap people and steal crops ready to defend their land and people. Of course, the residents of the Fringes were cruelly exiled to the limits of the known habitable world by the community as a whole, and often by their own families just for having birth defects, so the people who make up the militias don’t don't exactly have the moral high ground.
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* ''Film/TheDeep'': In a bit of BackStory AdaptedOut of TheFilmOfTheBook, years ago, Treece and some friends found out Cloche was bringing in a boatload of drugs through gossip that Mrs. Treece (a teacher) learned. They were frustrated when the authorities refused to do anything and attacked the drug-carrying yacht as it entered the harbor, scaring its crew away. Mrs. Treece was murdered four days later, causing Treece to sink into depression. During the main story, he's still keen for ways to get revenge on Cloche, but is more of a lone operator.
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* ''Film/TheDeep'': In the book that ''Film/TheDeep1977'' [[TheFilmOfTheBook was adapted from]] (in a bit of BackStory {{Backstory}} AdaptedOut of TheFilmOfTheBook, the movie), years ago, Treece and some friends found out Cloche was bringing in a boatload of drugs through gossip that Mrs. Treece (a teacher) learned. They were frustrated when the authorities refused to do anything and attacked the drug-carrying yacht as it entered the harbor, scaring its crew away. Mrs. Treece was murdered four days later, causing Treece to sink into depression. During the main story, he's still keen for ways to get revenge on Cloche, but is more of a lone operator.
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* ''Franchise/HarryPotter:'' The books have the Order of the Phoenix, a secret society of skilled wizards made by Dumbeldore in the {{Backstory}} to combat Voldemort without the constraints of the Ministry of Magic (and presumably before they acknowledged him as a threat).
* ''Literature/JohnPutnamThatcher:'' In ''Ashes to Ashes,'' after a school is bombed (without hurting anyone or causing much damage) during the middle of a community dispute, hundreds of parents organize patrols to guard it and make sure there's no second attack. This only lasts for a couple of chapters before the killer is caught and the concerned parents find out the whole purpose of the bombing was [[spoiler:to frighten them and distract them from other issues]].
* ''Literature/JohnPutnamThatcher:'' In ''Ashes to Ashes,'' after a school is bombed (without hurting anyone or causing much damage) during the middle of a community dispute, hundreds of parents organize patrols to guard it and make sure there's no second attack. This only lasts for a couple of chapters before the killer is caught and the concerned parents find out the whole purpose of the bombing was [[spoiler:to frighten them and distract them from other issues]].
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* ''Franchise/HarryPotter:'' The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books have the Order of the Phoenix, a secret society of skilled wizards made by Dumbeldore Dumbledore in the {{Backstory}} to combat Voldemort without the constraints of the Ministry of Magic (and presumably before they acknowledged him as a threat).
*''Literature/JohnPutnamThatcher:'' ''Literature/JohnPutnamThatcher'': In ''Ashes to Ashes,'' after a school is bombed (without hurting anyone or causing much damage) during the middle of a community dispute, hundreds of parents organize patrols to guard it and make sure there's no second attack. This only lasts for a couple of chapters before the killer is caught and the concerned parents find out the whole purpose of the bombing was [[spoiler:to frighten them and distract them from other issues]].
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E72TheGrave The Grave]]", the townspeople of Pinto Sykes's hometown initially send a BountyHunter after him, but ultimately decide to face him themselves. They spend a week making plans and when Sykes arrives, armed men are waiting to either kill or arrest him.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E72TheGrave "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E7TheGrave The Grave]]", the townspeople of Pinto Sykes's hometown initially send a BountyHunter after him, but ultimately decide to face him themselves. They spend a week making plans and when Sykes arrives, armed men are waiting to either kill or arrest him.
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* The ComicBook/DCUniverse group, the Atomic Knights, is a group of armor-clad soldiers who defend the innocent from exploitative forces in the aftermath of major disasters across multiple timelines and alternate Earths.
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* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': This is effectively what the Phantom Thieves of Hearts are: a group of angry, alienated teenagers who discover mystic powers and use them to go after corrupt officials who'd otherwise get away with their abuses of power, from a SadistTeacher to a CorruptCorporateExecutive. This naturally puts them on the collision course with the law enforcement, who do their best to catch them, even if they have no idea how the Phantom Thieves manipulate their targets to confess to their crimes.
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* ''VideoGame/LetsFindLarry'': [[spoiler:It's revealed in the ending that the sinister hooded man and his associates are vigilantes hunting Willy Mack, the infamous SerialKiller, for many years. The man described the day the cops arrested Willy as the worst of his life, since he couldn't exact revenge upon the murderer for his crimes.]]
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* In ''ComicBook/TheOrder2007'', the Black Dahlias were originally a gang of vigilantes who attacked pimps and rapists in the Los Angeles area. After the events of ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', they turned to assassinating current and former members of the Order, realizing that they would not be able to continue their former non-lethal activities as long as California had a government-sanctioned super-team running around.
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* In ''ComicBook/TheOrder2007'', the Black Dahlias were originally a gang of vigilantes who attacked pimps and rapists in the Los Angeles area. After the events of ''ComicBook/CivilWar'', ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', they turned to assassinating current and former members of the Order, realizing that they would not be able to continue their former non-lethal activities as long as California had a government-sanctioned super-team running around.
