The Index Team

When the forces of evil threaten your favorite tropes, you can call on The Index Team.

These tropes, about teams of Heroes (or Villains) working together, fight a never-ending battle to protect (or conquer) our fair city.

Compare The Squad, TV Tropes Superhero Team.

Tropes:

Category:

Power Trio

Team-ups:

Amazon Brigade: A team of huge, strong women.
Animal-Motif Team: A team where everyone is themed after an animal.
Anti-Hero Team
Aristocrat Team
Badass Crew
Band of Brothers
Breakfast Club
Brother–Sister Team
Caper Crew
Character-Magnetic Team
The Chosen Many
Combat and Support
Counterpart Combat Coordination
Creature-Hunter Organization
Criminal Found Family
Dream Team
Elite Four
Equippable Ally
Five-Man Band
Five-Token Band
Freudian Trio
Gold Fish Poop Gang: A group of incompetent baddies who repeatedly show up and get effortlessly defeated.
Hacker Collective
The Ham Squad
Heroes Unlimited
Hero, Rival, Baddie Team-Up
Identically Powered Team
Legacy Team
Legion of Doom: A team consisting of several of the hero's enemies seeking revenge.
Limited Social Circle
The Magnificent Seven Samurai
Mixed Animal Species Team
Multinational Team

Parent-Child Team
Party of Representatives
The Psycho Rangers: A villain team whose members are essentially evil versions of the hero team's members.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Red Shirt Army
La Résistance
Rivals Team Up
Sealed Cast in a Multipack
Sibling Team
Signature Team Transport
The Something Force
Super Family Team
Super Team
Supernatural Team
Tag Team
Tag Team Twins
The Team
Team Title
Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats
Terrible Trio: Three villains who work as a unit.
Three Plus Two
Two Girls to a Team: A team mostly consists of males, but has two female members.
Unusual Animal Alliance
Villain Team-Up: Two or more villains work together to achieve a common goal.
We Are "Team Cannon Fodder"
West Coast Team

Team Dynamics

Avengers Assemble
Combining Mecha: Every team member pilots a giant robot that each can merge together to form a bigger robot.

Dislikes the New Guy
Hero Looking for Group
I Can't Do This by Myself
Lowered Recruiting Standards
Misfit Mobilization Moment
No One Gets Left Behind: The teammates are so loyal to one another that none of them are willing to leave one of their own behind.
The Power of Family
Swap Fighter
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: When people who hate each other are forced to work as a team.
True Companions

Party Members

The Ace: A heroic character who excels at everything they do, will often be the team's leader.
Army Scout
The Baby of the Bunch: The youngest member of the team, who is often treated like a child by the older members.
Big Bad: The main antagonist who is responsible for the series' conflict, will almost always be the leader of the bad guys.
Big Good: The highest in authority who is on the good guys' side.
The Big Guy: The strongest member of the hero team.
The Brute: Strongest member of the villain team who does the grunt work.
The Captain
The Chick
Communications Officer
Crossover Villain-in-Chief
Designated Point Man
The Dark Chick
The Dragon: The main villain's second-in-command.
Guest-Star Party Member
11th-Hour Ranger
Evil Genius: The most intelligent member of the villain team.
The Empath
The Engineer
The Face
The Heart
The Hero
Honorary True Companion
The Lancer: The hero's second-in-command.
The Leader: The one in charge of the team.
Leader Wannabe
Loner-Turned-Friend
The Medic: The team member who helps injured and incapacitated teammates recover and heal.
The Mentor
Mysterious Waif
Mission Control: A member of the team who doesn't directly participate in missions and instead stays behind while keeping contact with the rest of the team in order to guide them and provide helpful information.
Nazi Hunter
Number Two: The one who is second-in-command.
Plucky Comic Relief
The Professor
The Quiet One: While not completely silent, they're the member of the group who talks the least.
Sixth Ranger: An additional team member who doesn't join until well after the other members have been active.
The Smart Guy
The Sneaky Guy
Tagalong Chronicler
Tagalong Kid
The Team Benefactor
Team Chef
Team Dad
Team Member in the Adaptation: The adaptation makes a character a member of a team they had little to no affiliation with in the source material.
Team Mom
The Team Normal: The one member of a super-powered team who doesn't have powers themselves.
Team Pet
Team Prima Donna
The Team Wannabe: A pathetic geek who begs and pleads the team to allow them membership.
Token Adult: The only adult in a team otherwise composed of youngsters.
Token Evil Teammate: A villain or jerk among a team of heroes.
Token Good Teammate: A good person among a team of villains.
Token Religious Teammate: The one team member who is shown to have religious beliefs.
Token Wizard: The only member of the team who uses magic.
The Social Expert
The Strategist
Support Party Member
Utility Party Member
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