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** In ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'', [[spoiler: the P3 cast has to deal with realizing how much closer the P4 cast is as a group than they are, suggesting the only reason most of these people are even in the same team is that their leader is the glue keeping them together]].

* A particularly horrifying version in ''{{Manga/Berserk}}''. Griffith's Band of the Hawk has just won a decades-long war for their employer the king of Midland, who gives Griffith a knighthood while the Band celebrates. Guts, seeing as there's nothing left for him to do in peacetime, decides to leave, but Griffith forbids it, willing to kill him before he'll let him go. Guts easily beats Griffith, causing a mental breakdown that leads to him sleeping with the Midland princess, who had a crush on him. He is found out and arrested, while the Hawks barely escape a massacre by the army, some splitting up and going their separate ways. A while later, Guts hears about the Hawks' troubles and shows up as they're about to rescue Griffith. They succeed, but Griffith has been crippled and torture to the point where he can't speak, walk, or move his arms, let alone lead a mercenary company to victory. This, coupled with Griffith's jealousy, leads him to summon the Godhand, sacrificing the Hawks to his ambition.

* In the "Breakdowns" arc of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'', it was the ultimately unsuccessful assassination attempt on Maxwell Lord, which nevertheless left him in a coma, that broke up the team. The apparent[[note]]he was actually just sent to the distant past[[/note]] death of CaptainAtom, the field commander of the JLE, probably didn't help either. An interesting case, because neither man was particularly beloved by the team, but they were the ones who could impose some discipline and organization on a gang super-powered egomaniacs.

->''"[[TropeNamer We were]] ''[[TropeNamer your]]'' [[TropeNamer team]], Commander. With the ''Normandy'' destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."''

->''"We were ''your'' team, Commander. With the ''Normandy'' destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."''

-->--'''Joker''', ''VideoGame/MassEffect2''

** In PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth [[spoiler: the P3 cast has to deal with realizing how much closer the P4 cast is as a group than they are, suggesting the only reason most of these people are even in the same team is that their leader is the glue keeping them together]].

** In PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth [[spoilers: the P3 cast has to deal with realizing how much closer the P4 cast is as a group than they are, suggesting the only reason most of these people are even in the same team is that their leader is the glue keeping them together]].

* In ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}: [[ExpansionPack FES]]'', the SEES members admit they've fallen apart, despite being dorm mates, after the events of the main campaign [[spoiler:in which the main character died]].

If the hero comes {{back from the dead}}, expect {{putting the band back together}}. Compare {{the fellowship has ended}}, when the team was held together by a unifying purpose rather than a particular member, and {{losing the team spirit}}.

->''"We were ''your'' team, Commander. With the Normandy destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."''

* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', the Six Forgotten Heroes were implied to have been like this - after Captain America did a HeroicSacrifice, they each went their separate ways, and most of them gave up superheroism eventually. Although the team is put back together by Spiderman, not Captain America.

** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' technically averts this, since the title organization is there to stay, so while all party members have their lives and business to return to, most decide to stick around working for the Inquisitor.

** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', after the events at the Gallows, Hawke and their companions are forced to flee Kirkwall and go their separate ways, with the exception of Hawke's LoveInterest who joins them on the run.
** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'', [[spoiler:Hawke also parted ways with their love interest in order to focus on their investigation of the false Calling without interfering with whatever personal business their lover had to take care of. However, Varric is still maintaining contact with all the old gang and if Hawke survives the Fade, they are reunited with their family (what's left of it)... at least [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed until the next crisis]]]].

* This happens to the Warden's companions in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' [[spoiler:if s/he dies in the FinalBattle. Of course, [[TheFellowshipHasEnded they still leave]] even if s/he survives]].

** In [[DragonAgeInquisition Inquisition]], [[spoiler: Hawke also parted ways with their love interest in order to focus on their investigation of the false calling without interfering with whatever personal business their lover had to take care of, but Varric is still maintaining contact with all the old gang and if Hawke survives the Fade, s/he's reunited with his/her family (what's left of it)... at least [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed until the next crisis]] ]]

* This is what happen to the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' in the episode "How Long Is Forever" after [[TheHeart Starfire]] [[GoneToTheFuture disappears]] (while not the leader, she was the most good-natured and optimistic).

* This is what happen to the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' in the episode "How Long Is Forever" after [[TheHeart Starfire]] disappears.

* This is what happen to the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' in the episode "How Long Is Forever" after [[TheChick Starfire]] disappears.
* In the one episode of ''JusticeLeague'', when it seems that {{Superman}} has been killed, the League briefly considers disbandment. Subverted twice: in the original timeline, they recruit Aquaman and stick around (but don't last long before being wiped out); and when [[spoiler:Vandal Savage]] fixes the timeline, and Superman returns to his time, the League proceeds like they did before.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanTheAnimatedSeries'', the Six Forgotten Heroes were implied to have been like this - after Captain America did a HeroicSacrifice, they each went their separate ways, and most of them gave up superheroism eventually. Although the team is put back together by Spiderman, not Captain America.

->''"[[TropeNamer We were ''your'' team]], Commander. With the Normandy destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."''

->''"We were ''your'' team, Commander. With the Normandy destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."''

->''"[[TropeNamer We were your team]], Commander. With the Normandy destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."''

->"[[TropeNamer We were your team]], Commander. With the Normandy destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."

->"[[TropeNamer We were ''your'' team]], Commander. With the Normandy destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."

->''"[[TropeNamer We were ''your'' team]], Commander. With the Normandy destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."''

->''"[[TropeNamer We were YOUR team]], Commander. With the Normandy destroyed and you gone, there wasn't much keeping us together."''

* In the [[Literature/TheBible New Testament]], after {{Jesus}} is arrested and crucified, his disciples are scattered across Jerusalem, not knowing what to do next. Peter even denies ever knowing him (three times). However, then Jesus comes back and rounds them all up again. After his ascention, [[LetsSplitUpGang they once again split up]] to carry out his will and convert other countries.