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6	The cast is told of this team they either need to get help from or face against. They run into one of the team's members to find said member to be a LargeHam. At first thought, he might be the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} of the group. Then you meet the rest of the team, and it turns out the entire team is that way (some possibly even more hammy than the other members). Introducing The Ham Squad.
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8	This trope applies to a team that consists of characters that fall under LargeHam for the most part. There may be that one member who is the OnlySaneMan among them, but for the most part, the team is pretty insane. If it is a team of villains, EvilIsHammy definitely will come into play. The team may also be a QuirkyMinibossSquad at times, but not always.
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10	This trope does not apply in a WorldOfHam unless the team in question proves hammier than everybody else in said world.
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13	!!Examples:
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16	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
17	* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' features [[QuirkyMinibossSquad the Ginyu Force]], Frieza's elite warriors who parody ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' teams. All members are particularly over-the-top and see their poses as being very important.
18	* ''Manga/FutureDiary'': Twelfth invokes this by brainwashing four other people to act like him and make it difficult to tell which one is the real him. Considering how much of a LargeHam he is, it goes without saying how hammy his team ends up being.
19	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': [[GoldfishPoopGang The Team Rocket trio]] of Jessie, James, and Meowth. It takes a lot of ham to introduce your team with a minute-long introduction OnceAnEpisode.
20	* ''Literature/{{Shimoneta}}'': Most of SOX tend to get very hyper when they are working on their heists. Only Tanukichi keeps his composure, but only because he worries too much about getting caught.
21	* In ''Literature/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'', Team ZEMAL are a whole squad of {{Boisterous Bruiser}}s who announce their presence by shouting {{Badass Boast}}s and non-stop machine gun fire. Of course they [[TooDumbToLive always end up getting killed quickly]] due to [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome giving away their location to other teams]].
22	* Wild Wild Pussycats from ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' are a Pro Hero team of four people with larger-than-life personalities. Their team introduction tends to be very hammy.
23	* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'': The Dark Scorpions, a FiveManBand of Seven Star Assassins/Shadow Riders who are duel monster spirits given physical form by the Shadow Charm eyepatch that Don Zaloog wears. Their level of hamminess and eccentricity is almost on par with that of Team Rocket and the Ginyu Force, especially in regards to interactions between Don Zaloog and Meanae the Thorn.
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27	* Most of the ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy\|2014}}'' are this in spades. Gamora often serves as the OnlySaneWoman on the team.
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31	* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' features a Franchise/PowerRangers {{Expy}} team known as the Prism Rangers. Although minor to the point of only appearing for one level per game, they always manage to fully utilize what little time they have to get the protagonists to know them.
32	* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': Berserker, Karl, and Aeleen form this kind of team in the castle story "The Terrible Trio". At first, it seems like the ham comes mostly from the former two with Aeleen serving as the OnlySaneWoman. However, the moment her violent side becomes active, she becomes just as hammy and even more dangerous than the other two that she can't tell friend from foe.
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36	* ''WebAnimation/{{Counterspell}}'': The brief appearance of the Titan Triplets has them as this based on their introduction with varying degrees. Infernus was the one who planned the introduction in the first place, Ultrex takes part to appease his brother, and Atma-X ends up screwing up his part as he considers it silly, unnecessary, and thought he had more time to practice.
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40	* The antagonists of ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' basically form this. Each one is hammy in their own way from Zodd's introduction, to The Executor being an {{Expy}} of [[Franchise/StarWars Palpatine]], to [[Film/BattlefieldEarth Turell]] finding every chance he can to [[ChewingTheScenery chew the scenery]]. Even [[EvilCounterpart Mechakara]] gets a bit hammy when he turns against them.
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44	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': After the Mane Six and all of the royalty are captured in the episode "To Where and Back Again", a team is formed consisting of [[TricksterGod Discord]], [[FakeUltimateHero Trixie]], [[ShrinkingViolet Thorax]], and [[OnlySaneWoman Starlight Glimmer]]. Out of the whole team, Starlight doesn't show any hamminess during the rescue mission. Thorax does when he is [[ShapeShifter pretending to be Trixie]] during one moment. Then again, the whole team consists of former villains who have shown [[EvilIsHammy strong hamminess]].
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