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This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry, I can\'t seem to get the little stats to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Wilhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry, I can\'t seem to get the little stats to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Wilhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
Changed line(s) 1 from:
n
to:
This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry, I can\'t seem to get the little stats to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry, I can\'t seem to get the little stats to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
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This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
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This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
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This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry about the stats not looking right, can\'t seem to get them to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry about the stats not looking right, can\'t seem to get them to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
Changed line(s) 1 from:
n
to:
This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry about the stats not looking right, can\'t seem to get them to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler\", Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry about the stats not looking right, can\'t seem to get them to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler\", Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that was not to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
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to:
This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry about the stats not looking right, can\'t seem to get them to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler\", Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that wasn\'t to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
Sorry about the stats not looking right, can\'t seem to get them to work here. But do you think this could work? I repeat, \'\'I will not add this to the actual page until we know for absolute certain that Overwatch is back\'\'.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler\", Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that wasn\'t to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
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This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler\", Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that wasn\'t to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler\", Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm-]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that wasn\'t to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
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This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler\", Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm -]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that wasn\'t to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler\", Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm -]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that wasn\'t to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
Changed line(s) 1 from:
n
to:
This isn\'t speculation, this is preparation. Anyone could tell that Overwatch is coming back, that\'s what everything is leading up to at this point.
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
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[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
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* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Wilhelm -]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that wasn\'t to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
I\'ll show you what it will look like to have two Overwatch folders. I\'ll use this when the time is right and everything is concrete. But for now, this will just give you an idea of what it might look like. I\'m also making this to save us the time for later, when Overwatch is back in town.
[[folder: Overwatch (Jack Morrison era)]]
[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/overwatch_logo.jpg]]
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[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' International task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Disbanded\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Overwatch Headquarters, Switzerland\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Jack Morrison, Gabriel Reyes, Ana Amari (MIA), Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Willhelm, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Jesse [=McCree=], Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Genji Shimada, Mei-Ling Zhou (MIA), Gerard Lacroix (KIA), Bayless (KIA), Al-Farouk (KIA), Fusionator, Liao, Kimiko, Mirembe, Singh -]
----
Imagine [[Film/TheAvengers2012 The Avengers]] as a UN taskforce - with all the superscience, genius, mutations, and tech that implies - and you\'re probably pretty close to Overwatch at its prime. Founded to deal with the [[RobotWar Omnic Crisis]], Overwatch was an organization dedicated to global peacekeeping, employing a wide array of \"Soldiers, scientists, adventurers, [and] oddities\" with advanced technology to this end.
In practice, it [[FallenHero didn\'t quite work out.]] Overwatch crumbled into disrepair with [[TheResenter the actions of Gabriel Reyes, who resented not being made commander of Overwatch.]] Rumors of [[NoSuchAgency black ops agencies involved with kidnapping and murder]] circulated. There were stories of assassination, coercion, kidnapping, torture, and worse. Governments called on the UN to shut down the \"aggressive and repeated violations of many countries\' sovereignty.\" Finally, after a catastrophic battle between Gabriel Reyes and Commander Jack Morrison, the organization was disbanded, public opinion having rendered it beyond saving in the eyes of many.
While its agents are still active in some form - as wandering peacekeepers, adventurers, or mercenaries - the organization still shapes the Overwatch world to this day.
-----
* BlueIsHeroic: The standard uniform for Overwatch was primarily made up of blue and white, as demonstrated by Jack, Ana, and Reyes.
* BreakingTheFellowship: Once a small, tight-knit legendary strike team, it grew into a global organization that slowly grew unsteady with internal corruption. The fallout between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes, caused by years of Gabriel letting his own feelings and resentment fester, was the final act of this trope. Before that, Ana faked her death and went into seclusion/retirement, while Reinhardt was forced to retire.
* BrokenPedestal: Once globally hailed as a symbol of peace and hope. Just the mere sight of an Overwatch agent on the battle field boosted morale significantly. But after rumors of its darker deeds came out and threats kept popping out despite its efforts, its reputation sunk to an all-time low. Its destruction during the fight between Jack Morrison and Gabriel Reyes sealed the deal. It is now reviled as a group of criminals and villains.
** It seems to be a SubvertedTrope for some however. The cinematic trailer has a museum with a large exhibit on Overwatch that speaks kindly of them, and Chris (the little kid who could not have been around in Overwatch\'s heyday) not only knows some of Overwatch\'s agents by name but regards them as superheroes. In universe newspaper clippings about Overwatch\'s possible return seem to be cautiously optimistic.
* DirtyBusiness: Some of Overwatch\'s prominent agents like Ana came to regret their more sinister actions, and the MartialPacifist Mercy hated the origination\'s militaristic tendencies.
* FatalFlaw:
** If Junkrat is to be believed, Overwatch\'s idealism caused its agents to ignore problems outside of the wars it was designed to stop and ultimately caused its downfall into disgrace. While it\'s easy to write off Junkrat\'s perspective because he\'s not the sanest person, [[DumbassHasAPoint this is eerily perceptive, as it\'s all but stated that\'s exactly what happened with Jack Morrison/Soldier 76]].
** Alternatively, if \'\'Mercy\'\' is to be believed, the fall of Overwatch was inevitable due to its militaristic nature. Overwatch was founded primarily to fight threats, \'\'not\'\' to heal the conflict and the destruction it causes, and while it achieved many advancements in science and discovery, at its core, Overwatch (and in particular Blackwatch) still tried to impose MightMakesRight, using assassination, coercion and torture to get the job done.
* FallenHero: The organization itself - once hailed as heroes and defenders of freedom, liberty, and justice - as a whole. While they were well-intentioned, the darker things they did behind the scenes turned public opinion against them almost irrevocably.
* FiveManBand: Before it grew into an international peacekeeping organization, Overwatch started as a five-person strike team:
** Jack Morrison is TheLeader, acting as the \"face\" while leading and coordinating missions, and also stepping into the fray when necessary.
** Gabriel Reyes is TheLancer, Morrison\'s best friend who is exceptionally ruthless and not known for his good personality. He is however very skilled and acted as the Strike Commander while on operations, as well as being the one who\'d do the DirtyBusiness for the team.
*** When the first Omnic Crisis started out, the position was reversed: Reyes was TheLeader, while Morrison was TheLancer. However, Morrison\'s charisma and idealism caused him to be designated as the leader with Reyes as his NumberTwo. [[spoiler:Resentment at this eventually caused Reyes to betray the team.]]
** Reinhardt Wilhelm is both TheBigGuy and TheHeart, the hulking knight who soaks up damage for his friends as well as the one who kept the moral fiber of Overwatch. His retirement marks the start of where Overwatch would fall apart due to inner quarrel.
** Torbjörn Lindholm is TheSmartGuy, with a brilliant mind for mechanical devices including his famous turrets. His history of working with Omnics helped the team know the best ways to combat them.
** Ana Amari is TheChick, not only because she\'s the sole female but also because of her conflicted emotions whenever she has to take a life. She prefers keeping her distance in combat as a sniper.
* ForScience: The \"scientists/oddities\" part mentioned above wasn\'t just for show. Overwatch dabbled in cutting-edge technology in at least physics (the Slipstream incident and Winston\'s chronal accelerator), robotics (Torbjörn\'s specialty) and biology (Mercy\'s work). However, Mercy does question Overwatch\'s ethics; [[DoomedMoralVictor she was just overruled on almost every occasion.]]
* ForWantOfANail: There are two things that lead to Overwatch\'s downfall -- the kidnapping and brainwashing of Amélie Lacroix and the leaking of Blackwatch\'s files to the public by Gabriel Reyes. These resulted in a chain of events led to the elimination of key member Gerard Lacroix, as well as Ana Amari and Reinhardt as active members, and turned the United Nations against Overwatch. From that point forward, terrorist organization Talon was able to reign unopposed due to the fact that Gerard, their biggest opposition, was handily eliminated by his wife Amélie. As stated by Mercy, from that point onward, the downfall of Overwatch was inevitable.
* HeroesRUs: An entire worldwide organization dedicated to providing special heroes in need of saving.
* MeaningfulName: Overwatch was built for the purpose of \"watching over\" the people it protected.
* MultinationalTeam: Overwatch recruits talented individuals from all over the world and were even willing to open their ranks to Omnics and sapient non-humans. Its founding members included two Americans, a German, a Swede and an Egyptian. It eventually grew to include a Swiss doctor, an American gunslinger, a gorilla scientist from the moon, an English pilot, a Japanese cyborg, and a Chinese climatologist. That\'s not counting the non-playable characters, who represent even more nationalities.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: They weren\'t above recruiting captured criminals to serve them. [=McCree=] (formerly of the Deadlock Gang) and Genji (formerly of the Shimada Clan) are two known examples of Overwatch agents recruited this way.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: As a general rule, by the time Overwatch was shut down, only the younger members (Winston, Tracer, Mei) still believe whole-heartedly in its idealism and optimism. Of the founding members, only Reinhardt remained idealistic, due to his quixotic worldview. [=McCree=] became more idealistic during his time in Overwatch, but is a KnightInSourArmor, while Mercy became disillusioned with Overwatch\'s militaristic policies, and Jack... completely lost it and became a complete cynic.
* TrueCompanions: The original Overwatch Strike Team, as well as the later members, are shown to have had this relationship at one point. You really got to wonder, where did everything go wrong?
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Overwatch (Winston era)]]
[-\'\'\'Type:\'\'\' Vigilante task force\\
\'\'\'Standing:\'\'\' Active\\
\'\'\'Headquarters:\'\'\' Unknown\\
\'\'\'Known Members:\'\'\' Winston, Lena \"Tracer\" Oxton, Jesse [=McCree=], Genji Shimada, Angela \"Mercy\" Ziegler, Torbjörn Lindholm, Reinhardt Wilhelm -]
----
Overwatch, as lead by Jack Morrison, was disbanded. Talon was able to assassinate key member Gerard Lacroix by kidnapping and brainwashing his wife Amélie to kill him in his sleep, while Gabriel Reyes leaked classified information about Blackwatch to turn public opinion against the organization. The PETRAS Act made all Overwatch activity illegal. From that point forward, Overwatch was but a memory, and [[TheBadGuyWins Talon was free to reign over the world with terror as they pleased]].
[[HesBack But that wasn\'t to last forever]]. Talon attempted to acquire all information of the former Overwatch agents\' whereabouts by sending their mercenary Reaper, as well as his operatives to Watchpoint: Gibraltar. However, Winston prevented Reaper from accomplishing his mission just in time. Having realized that Talon had become too dangerous to be ignored, this pushed Winston to finally recall all former Overwatch agents, reinstating Overwatch. However, not legally. Instead, they must operate as a vigilante organization without the support of the United Nations.
Only time will tell where they go from here.
----
* ArchEnemy: Talon, naturally. They reformed upon the realization that Talon left unopposed has gone too far and has become too powerful. \'\'Someone\'\' has to fight them.
* HeroWithBadPublicity: As a result of their activity being illegal, their heroics will have to be done on an illegal basis for the time being.
* HesBack: The organization-wide equivalent of this. They disbanded, seemingly forever, only for Overwatch to return when Talon went too far.
* {{Irony}}: In an amusing twist of events, the original Overwatch was dismantled by Talon and by Gabriel Reyes. Later, Talon sent Reyes to gather all the information on the former agents in order to kill all of them. It ended up being the catalyst for Overwatch\'s revival.
* MultinationalTeam: True to Overwatch\'s roots, the seven core members consist of an English pilot, an American gunslinger, a Japanese cyborg ninja, a Swiss medic, a Swedish cyborg dwarf, and a German giant knight... all led by a gorilla scientist from the moon!
* PassingTheTorch: Of a sort, though not directly from the leaders themselves. The new Overwatch is now run by the younger generation, as opposed to the older. Only two members of the original strike team are present.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: After six years of disbandment, Overwatch is reformed by Winston at the end of \'\'Recall\'\'. The members include Winston, Tracer, [=McCree=], Genji, Mercy, Torbjörn, and Reinhardt, as well as many other yet-to-be-identified agents. However, all Overwatch activity is currently illegal due to the PETRAS Act, so any heroics will make them vigilantes.
* TeamDad: Of which there are two -- Torbjörn and Reinhardt. They\'re the oldest members by far, being that they served the original Overwatch strike team.
* TheTeam: The core consists of seven former Overwatch members, who comprise this dynamic.
[[/folder]]
