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** The fifth NonSerialMovie ''Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge'' reveals that Cooler has his own version of The Ginyu Force: Salza, Neiz and Dore, collectively known as Cooler’s Armored Squadron, who partake in their own poses and gimmicks. Although unlike The Ginyu Force, they aren’t mercenaries and are instead the personal EliteMooks of the titular Cooler who is surprising a BenevolentBoss to them. The Squadron even give Goku some trouble when they first appear.

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** The fifth NonSerialMovie ''Anime/DragonBallZCoolersRevenge'' reveals that Cooler has his own version of The Ginyu Force: Salza, Neiz and Dore, collectively known as Cooler’s Armored Squadron, who partake in their own poses and gimmicks. Although unlike The Ginyu Force, they aren’t mercenaries and are instead the personal EliteMooks of the titular Cooler who is surprising surprisingly a BenevolentBoss to them. The Squadron even give Goku some trouble when they first appear.



'''Goku''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Great, there goes the camping trip.]] ''[goes into fighting stance]''

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'''Goku''': [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Great, there goes the camping trip.]] ''[goes into a fighting stance]''
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** The Ginyu Force, prominently featured in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', as seen in the page image on the main page. They're the most powerful mercenaries in [[BigBad Frieza's]] galaxy-spanning army...and they introduce themselves with a well-rehearsed SuperSentaiStance, pick their opponents via RockPaperScissors, and discuss dinner plans with each other mid-battle. They do a pretty good job beating up the good guys -- and [[EnemyMine Vegeta]] -- before Goku comes along and tears them a new one.

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** The Ginyu Force, prominently featured in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', as seen in the page image on the main page.''Anime/DragonBallZ''. They're the most powerful mercenaries in [[BigBad Frieza's]] galaxy-spanning army...and they introduce themselves with a well-rehearsed SuperSentaiStance, pick their opponents via RockPaperScissors, and discuss dinner plans with each other mid-battle. They do a pretty good job beating up the good guys -- and [[EnemyMine Vegeta]] -- before Goku comes along and tears them a new one.



** Actually, the franchise used this trope a bit in its early days, but the Ginyu Force was the last obvious demonstration of it. It has been used more frequently in the non-canon movies, to the point where ''Creator/TeamFourStar'' lampoons it with Piccolo's classifications of the team such as "Pretty One" (Jeice), "Stupid One" (Recoome), and "One with the Weird Powers" (Guldo).

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** Actually, the The franchise used this trope a bit in its early days, but the Ginyu Force was the last obvious demonstration of it. It has been used more frequently in the non-canon movies, to the point where ''Creator/TeamFourStar'' lampoons it with Piccolo's classifications of the team such as "Pretty One" (Jeice), "Stupid One" (Recoome), and "One with the Weird Powers" (Guldo).



* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' had this in the form of the Cyborgs and the Scorpions. Shinryuuji also had its own within their team who were shout outs to Journey of the West.

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* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' had this in the form of the Cyborgs and the Scorpions. Shinryuuji also had its own within their team who were shout outs to Journey of the West.

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* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** The Big Five in the Virtual World arc. Each of them has his own backstory and they all have different personalities, decks and playstyles. While they are middle-aged or old men, they are often presented as their Deck Masters, which gives them visual distinction from each other.
** And also the three Swordsmen from the Doma arc who all act as {{Foil}}s and rivals to the three main wielder of the Dragon cards.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' has the five dragons of the fifth trial, who act as evil counterparts to the heroes. The final trial has Alexander and his vassals, who also correspond to the heroes.

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''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** *** The Player Killers hired by Pegasus J. Crawford are given the task to reduce the numbers of participants as well as halting Yugi's process within the tournament. Each of them has their own unique gimmick, with the Ventriloquist of the Dead (in the manga) or the Mimic of Doom (in the anime) using Kaiba's stolen deck and likeness, the Player Killer of Darkness covering his side of the field in complete darkness, and the Meikyu Brothers engaging the opponents in a Labyrinth Tag Duel.
*** While Marik has numerous Ghouls, apart from the Rare Hunter with the fake Exodia cards, the ones he sends after Yugi are specialized to either kill him with death traps or to slow him down or both. Pandora uses a deck that serves as an EvilCounterpart to Yugi's (specifically both of them use Black Magician) and he's the only one with a flesh-out backstory. The Silent Doll is a mime who simply act as a remote body for Marik to control and uses a deck that's based on Marik's personal strategy. The Masks of Light and Darkness are another tag team who carry out specific roles during a Tag Duel and narratively serve as a DualBoss that forces Yugi and Kaiba to become FireForgedFriends.
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The Big Five in the Virtual World arc. Each of them has his own backstory and they all have different personalities, personalities, motivations, decks and playstyles. While they are middle-aged or old men, they are often presented as their Deck Masters, which gives them a clear visual distinction from each other.
** *** And also the three Three Swordsmen from the Doma arc who all act as {{Foil}}s and rivals to the three main wielder of the Dragon cards.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters''
cards, with each henchmen having their own backstory and and motivations. Their decks are a reflection of their personalities.
**''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters''
has the five dragons of the fifth trial, who act as evil counterparts to the heroes. heroes, with each dragon representing a [[ElementalPowers different Attribute]]. The final trial has Alexander and his vassals, who also correspond to the heroes.heroes.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'':
*** The Seven Stars Assassins are seven individuals who are given the task to steal the keys protected by Duel Academia. The Seven Stars have a severe lack of a group dynamic and are a bunch of random people or creatures who simply have the same job, with various levels of effectiveness. Darkness is very threatening and serves as a KnightOfCerebus. Camula is a vampire who is not only competent, but also a cheater. Tania is an amazon who is also competent like Camula, but she distinguishes herself for looking for a groom and lacks the dark and creepiness of the former two. Abidos is an FakeUltimateHero, Don Zaloog is a comedic relief villain with his own gang. Titan is fraud-turned genuine villain who has been given actual dark powers. Amnael is TheDragon who also doubles as a ReverseMole. The group as a whole don't even qualify as PsychoRangers, due to how largely disconnected they are to the opponent's they're facing, and five out of the seven ended up being defeated by TheHero.
*** The Society of Light is mostly comprised of brainwashed students from the Obelisk Blue dorm and Ra Yellow dorm, with Manjoume (Osiris Red), Asuka (Obelisk Blue) and Misawa (Ra Yellow) being the three strongest duelists of that Society. Manjoume and Asuka gradually change while being brainwashed and need to be snapped out of it by Judai, whereas Misawa is the TokenGoodTeammate and TheUnfought who disappears on his own. Notably, Manjoume and Asuka use different cards and decks the more severe their brainwashing is.
*** Mizuchi Saiou has her own EliteFour, but ultimately they are nothing more than some {{Elite Mook}}s who all run a different Monarch as their SignatureMon and have distinct personalities.
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** It turns the Sternritter are this... [[spoiler:not to Yhwach, but to ''Haschwalth''. Established as a BadBoss from the outset, Yhwach appears to command loyalty through fear whereas TheDragon Haschwalth appears to have the army's loyalty through respect and companionship. When the Sternritter feel Haschwalth has been snubbed by Yhwach in favour of [[UnexpectedSuccessor Ishida]], the personalities of the Sternritter begin to be explored. Quirky is is a mild description for some of them.]]

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** It turns the Sternritter are this... [[spoiler:not to Yhwach, but to ''Haschwalth''. Established as a BadBoss from the outset, Yhwach appears to command loyalty through fear whereas TheDragon Haschwalth appears to have the army's loyalty through respect and companionship. When the Sternritter feel Haschwalth has been snubbed by Yhwach in favour of [[UnexpectedSuccessor Ishida]], the personalities of the Sternritter begin to be explored. Quirky is is a mild description for some of them.]]
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** [[spoiler:In a way, the resurrected Jinchuuriki and their Bijuus are this -- the Bijuus have their own quirky personalities, their Jinchuurikis followed the BigBad into the battlefield, and they perform a group HeelFaceTurn once released from the Edo Tensei.]]

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** [[spoiler:In a way, the [[spoiler:The resurrected Jinchuuriki and their Bijuus are this -- the Bijuus have their own quirky personalities, their Jinchuurikis followed the BigBad into the battlefield, and they perform a group HeelFaceTurn once released from the Edo Tensei.]]
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* Diva's [[OurVampiresAreDifferent chevaliers]] from ''Anime/BloodPlus'', with Amshel as TheDragon. Being the heads of [[MegaCorp Cinq Fleshes]], they had a lot of presence in the story in various degrees: Karl was absent for most of their meetings, was mostly driven for his obsession with Saya and [[spoiler:was the first to die]]; Solomon did a HeelFaceTurn out of his genuine love for Saya; James was the one with the most pronounced loyalty to Diva, considering her his "Mama" and being in command of [[EvilKnockoff the Corpse Corps]]; Amshel was TheManInFrontOfTheMan as he was the mastermind of the whole plan to extinguish humanity and allow Chiropterans rule the world and Diva was childlishly letting him do as he pleased; and Nathan [[spoiler:was so powerful he could keep even Amshel in line, and he turned up to be a Chevalier before Saya and Diva were even born; plus he is the only one out of them to survive.]]

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* Diva's [[OurVampiresAreDifferent chevaliers]] from ''Anime/BloodPlus'', with Amshel as TheDragon. Being the heads of [[MegaCorp Cinq Fleshes]], they had a lot of presence in the story in various degrees: Karl was absent for most of their meetings, was mostly driven for his obsession with Saya and [[spoiler:was the first to die]]; Solomon did a HeelFaceTurn out of his genuine love for Saya; James was the one with the most pronounced loyalty to Diva, considering her his "Mama" and being in command of [[EvilKnockoff the Corpse Corps]]; Amshel was TheManInFrontOfTheMan the DragonInChief as he was the mastermind of one who masterminded the events made Diva the threat she is, as well as the whole plan to extinguish humanity and allow Chiropterans rule the world world, and Diva was childlishly letting allowing him to do as he pleased; this; and Nathan [[spoiler:was so powerful he could keep even Amshel in line, and he turned up to be a Chevalier before Saya and Diva were even born; plus he is the only one out of them to survive.]]
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* The Homunculi in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' beneath "Father" (in the manga) or [[spoiler:Dante]] (in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]]), appearing as the most prominent villains in most of the story, as every single one of them is competent in some form or another, especially as near-invincible {{Hero Killer}}s. Going a step below that, one of the Homunculi, Greed, has his very own ''mini''-miniboss squad with his chimera henchmen (and henchwoman).

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* The Homunculi in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' beneath "Father" (in the manga) or [[spoiler:Dante]] (in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]]), ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003''), appearing as the most prominent villains in most of the story, as every single one of them is competent in some form or another, especially as near-invincible {{Hero Killer}}s. Going a step below that, one of the Homunculi, Greed, has his very own ''mini''-miniboss squad with his chimera henchmen (and henchwoman).

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