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8	-> ''"Order of the Triad, ASSEMBLE!"''
9	-->-- '''Doctor Byron Orpheus''', ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''
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11	When [[SapientHouse your house comes to life]] and tries digesting you in its basement, when all of the village kids are kidnapped by [[TheFairFolk evil fairies]], when [[{{Hellgate}} a portal to Hell]] opens and [[HellOnEarth unleashes bedlam on the land of the living]], [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} who you gonna call?]]
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13	When it comes to the supernatural and all things that simple science cannot explain, one usually turns to a specialist. {{Unhappy Medium}}s, {{Demon Slay\|ing}}ers, {{Vampire Hunter}}s, {{Occult Detective}}s, {{Alchem\|yIsMagic}}ists, [[{{Seers}} fortune tellers]], {{Blue Collar Warlock}}s, {{Hollywood Exorcis\|m}}ts, {{Noble Demon}}s, [[TheRealSpoofbusters real ghostbusters]], {{Magical Girl}}s, even {{Stage Magician}}s, there are always people who are trained (be it professionally or on the streets) how to handle these kinds of situations. In a world were MagicalSociety is underground, these teams are usually made of a RagtagBunchOfMisfits, keeping to the shadows due to whatever gift or curse they carry around.
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15	When the world is a SciFiKitchenSink full of heroes with varying power origins, the Supernatural Team was formed with the purpose of working together to dispel supernatural threats in a "[[MagicMustDefeatMagic fight fire with fire]]" situation, since a ScienceHero or BadassNormal might be out of their element. That being said, you might have one member who isn't supernatural but ''thematically''-appropriate, like a TechnicallyLivingVampire whose powers [[ComicBook/{{Morbius}} are science-based]] but otherwise fills the horror niche. Naturally, this team will often double as an AntiHeroTeam as well.
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17	See also IdenticallyPoweredTeam, LegionOfDoom, SuperTeam and TokenWizard (who might be temporarily plucked from their usual team to serve on this one).
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20	!!Examples:
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24	[[folder:Comic Books]]
25	* Creator/DCComics:
26	** The "Trenchcoat Brigade" in DC Comics ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic'' is one, assembled for the express purpose of protecting Timothy Hunter and introducing him to magic, and consisting of ComicBook/JohnConstantine, Dr. Occult, ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger and Mr. E.
27	** ComicBook/JusticeLeagueDark was established by ComicBook/MadameXanadu as a precaution when she foresaw the Enchantress going on a devastating rampage. The recurring theme between the members is that they are all magical or supernatural in one form or another (many of which published by the DC imprint Creator/VertigoComics), including ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, Deadman, ComicBook/ShadeTheChangingMan, ComicBook/JohnConstantine, Swamp Thing, and so on.
28	*** The 2018 version of the team kept Zatanna, Deadman, Constantine, and Swamp Thing, but also swapped in Wonder Woman as team leader, Detective Chimp, and [[UnexpectedCharacter Man-Bat.]] Later, it added Kent Nelson and Khalid Nassour, both formerly ComicBook/DoctorFate [[spoiler: (Khalid reclaimed the title of Doctor Fate during the series)]].
29	** The ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}}, composed of Enchantress, Ragman, ComicBook/BlueDevil, Detective Chimp, Nightshade and Nightmaster.
30	** The "Sentinels of Magic" was a short-lived magic team consisting mostly of members that would later join Justice League Dark or Shadowpact[[note]]Deadman; Doctor Occult; Sebastian Faust; Sentinel (Alan Scott); Madame Xanadu; Phantom Stranger; Ragman; Zatanna; Enchantress; Blue Devil; Doctor Fate; Bloodwynd; Tempest[[/note]] that debuted during the ''Day of Judgment'' storyline in 1999, primarily concerned with the protection of the spear of destiny and managing the Spectre. Comicbook/{{Raven}} was also associated with this group during ''Day of Judgment'', but during the crisis she was separated from the rest of the group and [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse promptly forgotten about]]. (She got her followup in the pages of ''[[Comicbook/TeenTitans Titans Vol. 1]]'').
31	* Creator/MarvelComics:
32	** S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ComicBook/HowlingCommandos, a MonsterMash of various creatures that fight the supernatural. One incarnation works under Special Threat Assessment for Known Extranormalities (S.T.A.K.E.), which deals with supernatural occurrences (unrelated to [[MilitaryMage Wizardry Alchemy Necromancy Department, a.k.a. W.A.N.D.]], which deals with other magic).
33	** The Legion of Monsters are a group that functions similarly to the Howling Commandos, but without government oversight.
34	** The ComicBook/MidnightSons are a group formed at various times by ComicBook/DoctorStrange or ComicBook/{{Morbius}} to face many supernatural threats.
35	** In ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist, the Immortal Weapons are a group that each use KiManipulation to face off against their enemies, with each member having his or her own specialties.
36	** The ComicBook/SavageAvengers, the first team was an alliance of wizards (ie Dr. Strange, Dr. Doom, Magik etc.), warriors (ie Conan the Barbarian, Elektra, Wolverine etc.) and supernatural entities (ie Juggernaut, Ghost Rider etc.) formed to battle the godlike wizard Kulan Gath and kill a lot of mooks in the process. The team has such a big roster because Kulan Gath is that much of a threat.
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39	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
40	* The Masters of the Mystic Arts from ''Film/{{Doctor Strange\|2016}}'' are a secret group of sorcerers that harness interdimensional energies in the form of magic to combat cosmic threats. So far, they are the only exclusively magical group in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse, every other hero group composed of [[ScienceHero science heroes]], scientifically-enhanced individuals or aliens.
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43	[[folder:Literature]]
44	* ''The Menagerie'' was an unfinished urban fantasy series from Christopher Golden and Thomas Sniegoski which featured a team of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who turned out to be TheArchmage and master alchemist, a ghost of an early 20th century scientist-adventurer, the first woman Eve who had become a vampire, a Fey princess, a demon changeling, a shapeshifter made from the last bits of the clay that made the world and a goblin.
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47	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
48	* The [[Series/PowerRangersMysticForce Mystic Force Rangers]] from the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise are a Power Rangers team composed exclusively of magic users. Their morphers were magic wands before they were turned into [[{{Magitek}} phones]] (both for their modern sensibilities and for them to punch in codes as spells), they fight an army of demons, vampires and evil wizards and act as both guardians to the humans in Briarwood and the neighboring magical pocket dimension that exists within the neighboring forest.
49	** Their Japanese Counterparts, the [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Magirangers]] are this for ''Franchise/SuperSentai''.
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52	[[folder:Podcasts]]
53	* In ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', the Red Robes were [[spoiler: an interplanetary exploration group consisting of four wizards, a cleric, a spellcaster of an ambiguous nature, and [[TheRuntAtTheEnd a token fighter]].]]
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56	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
57	* In ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'', the default "Cabal" of {{Player Character}}s is one of these, for obvious reasons. Mages are distinguished by Paths, which define the areas of magic (e.g.: Life, Time, etc.) in which they're most proficient; [[PrestigeClass Legacies]], which help them hone specific abilities; and Orders, which adopt specific philosophies to develop their skills and function in the mundane world.
58	* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' 3rd Edition supplement ''Shadowrun Companion''. One of the alternate campaign concepts is "Double Double Toil and Trouble", in which a team of shadowrunners with magical skills (hermetic mages, shamans, physical adepts, etc.) investigate and deal with Awakened supernatural threats (blood magic users, vampires, insect spirits/shamans, toxic spirits/shamans, shedim, ''TabletopGame/{{Earthdawn}}'' Horrors, etc.).
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61	[[folder:Video Games]]
62	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'': The hilariously broken JobSystem lets you keep the spells learned in one job to another, no matter how inappropriate for the job or the character. Thus it's possible to field an entire team of gladiators who have just enough mana to fully heal themselves when they finally get low on HP, or sages who can punch their way through the enemies they didn't set on fire.
63	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'': It's possible to set up a party this way thanks to the JobSystem. It can be quite effective in boss battles, as hitting the same enemy with the same spell or ability causes additional combo damage, but it's best suited for endgame dungeons [[SquishyWizard after the HP bonuses from other classes have been taken]].
64	* Technically every character in ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' is a spellcaster (of the MagicKnight or KungFuWizard variety), but once all eight characters have been found in ''VideoGame/GoldenSunTheLostAge'', putting the four MagicKnight characters in the back will leave a severely underpowered team, since despite the flashy graphics and wide area of effect, endgame spells are simply less effective than hitting the enemy until it dies.
65	* The eponymous [[MilitaryMage Jericho Squad]] of ''VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho''. Put together to handle supernatural threats, their abilities range from HealingHands to ReligionIsMagic to PlayingWithFire to MindOverMatter, and that's not even getting into one user of SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology capable of inducing a StableTimeLoop to reload weapons.
66	* The ''VideoGame/MidnightSuns'', like their comicbook-counterparts, are a team of various supernatural heroes from Marvel Comics. But whereas the Sons/Suns in the comics are only formed on a temporary basis, the Midnight Suns in the game are a ''permanent'' team not unlike the X-Men and the Avengers, with Caretaker acting as a Professor X-style mentor/MissionControl.
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69	[[folder:Web Comics]]
70	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': In a BrickJoke spanning nearly the comic's entire length, Chaos is defeated by a party made of four {{White Mage}}s, none of which are part of the main characters (Fighter, BlackMage, Thief and TheRedMage).
71	* The protagonists of ''Webcomic/{{Morphe}}'', an RPGMechanicsVerse based on ''TabletopGame/MageTheAwakening'', are all freshly-minted Mages: a StreetSmart {{Heal\|ingHands}}er and [[PartialTransformation tactical shapeshifter]], a cripplingly shy teenager who wields [[CastingAShadow darkness]] and [[MakeThemRot decay]], a scatterbrained young man with power over [[WindsOfDestinyChange Fate]], a [[ArbitrarySkepticism skeptical]] {{Mind Manipulat\|ion}}or, and an InsufferableGenius wielder of PureMagic.
72	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' when Durkon and Hilgya briefly form "Team [[ReligionIsMagic Cleric]]", whose main strategy is to heal each other of all injuries until their attackers get fed up and leave.
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75	[[folder:Western Animation]]
76	* The Order of the Triad from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'' are a three-man group of heroes associated with the supernatural in one form or another. Dr. Orpheus is a dramatic master necromancer, sorcerer and guardian against cosmic peril. The Alchemist is a StraightGay mage with the power of transmutation and is able to tell if someone is lying. Jefferson Twilight, while not a trained mystic himself, is a skilled vampire hunter with a magic, vampire-tracking eye and [[spoiler:seems to have the latent ability to be between worlds, allowing Orpheus, the Alchemist and the Outrider safe passage out of Hell]].
77	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': All of Paris's superheroes get their powers from the Miraculouses, magical {{Transformation Trinket}}s which enable them to undergo a FusionDance with their respective [[FairyCompanion kwamis]] to become {{Animal Themed Superbeing}}s. This contrasts with the United Heroez, seen in the New York special, whose powers are non-magical in nature with the exception of [[spoiler:[[EmpoweredBadassNormal Eagle]] (formerly Sparrow, up until she acquired the Eagle Miraculous).]]
78	** The city's supervillains also all get their powers from Miraculouses, either directly ([[BigBad Hawk Moth]] and [[TheDragon Mayura]]) or indirectly (the [[MonsterOfTheWeek akumas]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy empowered]] by Hawk Moth). The sole exception is [[TeensAreMonsters Lila]] [[ManipulativeBitch Rossi]] (and even she has been [[NotBrainwashed akumatized]] several times).
79	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'': The Fourth Season has an arc with Zatanna Zatara leading a team of her magic-using students known as the Sentinels, consisting of [[ThirteenIsUnlucky Traci Thirteen]], [[EnergyAbsorption Mary Bromfield]], [[CombatMedic Khalid Nassour]].
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