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See also [[The Cameo]] and [[A Boy and His X]]. Compare [[Mons]] and [[Summon Magic]], where the entire point is summoning others to fight for you. Contrast [[It's Up to You]], where you do everything without any kind of help.
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== [[Fighting Game]]s ==
* The [[Ur Example]] is in Data East's ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Avengers]] in Galactic Storm''.
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* The ''Ultimate Ninja'' line of ''[[Naruto]]'' fighting games features this; your assist character drops items for you during combat, and one of these items calls them to perform one of their special attacks.
* Throughout the ''[[Guilty Gear]]'' series, some characters which can't be played tend to pop up, such as Dizzy's sentient wings (Her main form of combat) or A.B.A.'s sentient key.
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* [[Capcom]]'s ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' [[Fighting Game]] has the Stands. Each character has one, except Hol Horse.
* In ''[[Touhou]] [[Gaiden Game|Hisoutensoku]]'' [[Miko|Sanae]] is assisted by her [[Physical God|gods]], Kanako and Suwako. Which can be kind of weird, as Suwako is also playable.
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* Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in [[Super Cosplay War Ultra]] with Ziro, who has a posse of lackeys who do all his fighting for him, including taking hits when he blocks.
* ''[[Persona 4 Arena]]'' turns the various Personae the main characters summon into more complex versions of this. They appear, perform their attacks, and vanish. However, they're also targetable; If a Persona takes too many hits, it "breaks" and can't be summoned for a while.
* Several characters in ''[[Darkstalkers]]'' have friends they can summon using special moves:
** Felicia: The [[Cat Girl| catgirls]] who appear in her Please Help Me special. They each even have [[All There in the Manual| names, home states, and a couple sentences worth of backstory]].
** Anakaris: Khaibit, the toothy-grinned restligeist who appears in several of his attacks and animations; also, he can summon a team of mummified harem girls with one of his Super Combos.
** Lord Raptor: Le Malta, who appears during his Hell Dunk and Dark Force moves.
** Sasquatch: He has a whale, explosive penguins, and a pack of dogs, who appear in some of his moves.
** Huitzil: In ''Vampire Savior 2'', one of his specials consists of three other Huitzil units coming down to assist him with [[Beam Spam]] moves.
** B.B. Hood: John and Arthur, the two bulky hunters that appear in her Dark Hunt Super Combo.
* ''[[Kinnikuman: Muscle Fight]]''
** Mr. Nakano can call upon his wife, Kimiko, in one of his supers. Kimiko proceeds to slap the hell out of her foe, which hurts a lot.
** Since Jean Steamboard and Emperor Mode Beauty Rhodes are a tag team during the American Tour arc, they can call each other in some of their moves in Muscle Fight.
** Specialman shows up in some of Canadianman's attacks and even has a combination attack with him.
** Buffaloman calls upon the other Devil Choujin during one of his supers. They viciously attack the foe before Buffaloman ends the move by launching Springman at the foe with a Spring Bazooka. Springman can call Buffaloman in, so Springman can perform the Spring Bazooka attack.
** Puripuriman does the same thing with his fellow Devil Choujin in one of his supers. Puripuriman can also call Springman in another super move.
** Pentagon can summon Black Hole since they're a tag team during the Dream Tag Tournament arc.
** Dr. Bombe can call upon Geronimo, Warsman, and Mongolman in a few of his supers.
** Dirty Baron can call upon his fellow Goku'aku Choujin for a few of his attacks.
** Kinnikuman Zebra can summon Parthenon. Parthenon can be thrown as a projectile, can be used as an assistant for the Canvas Presser attack, or can be used as a way to change forms.
** Haniwaman can call upon Haniwa Satan in a few of his attacks.
== Other [[Video Games]] ==
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** ''[[Endless Frontier]]'' has the Personal Troopers who can perform assisting attacks to any character, and also helps in some of Haken's [[Limit Break]]s. ''EXCEED'' adds even more characters that join the party but aren't playable. But they can be "equipped" to perform assist attacks.
* ''[[Lunar]]'' games has the party accompanied by a baby dragon - Nall in the first game, Ruby in the second. Rather than directly participating in fights, they fly back and forth in the background of the battlefield, and occasionally jumps in at the end of a turn to assist in some way. Specifically, Nall sometimes revives fallen party members, and Ruby sometimes attacks enemies. If anyone in the party is suffering a status effect at the end of a fight in the first game, Nall also cures them automatically.
* The first ''[[X-Men]]'' video game for the Sega Genesis had four playable characters: Wolverine, Cyclops, Gambit, and Nightcrawler. However, the players could also summon Rogue, Iceman, Archangel, and Storm once per level as backup. Most of them had attacks that cleared the screen or did devastating damage to a single enemy; however, Iceman would build ice bridges across gaps or dangerous areas. If you fell off the screen anyway (or got too far separated in a two-player game), Jean Grey would appear and use telekinesis to fly you to safety, or your partner's side (though in the former case, there would be a significant cost to your health).
* The [[Gundam vs. Series]], starting with ''Gundam vs Gundam'', adds Mobile Assists, with the number of uses being determined by how powerful the assistance is. ''Gundam Extreme Vs.'' retains assists, but they're non-standard; typically a unit has one only if it doesn't have enough standard weapons to fill out its moveset. Additionally, in ''Extreme Vs.'', some machines regain Assists over time (just like standard ammo "reloading" in these games) while others only get X uses per life.
* [[Scott Pilgrim (video game)|The Scott Pilgrim videogame]] has this with Knives Chau. If you beat her father as a bonus boss, you can summon him too.
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* In ''[[Captain America and The Avengers]]'', [[The Wasp]] appears to assist during the [[Unexpected Shmup Level]]s.
* In the Famicom ''[[Star Wars]]'' game by Namco, R2-D2, Obi-Wan, C-3PO, Leia, Chewbacca and Han Solo can be summoned for assistance after being rescued.
* ''[[Rockman 6: Unique Harassment]]''
** [[Mega Man 3|Spark Man]] summons an evil doppleganger of Mega Man during his second phase.
** [[Mega Man 4|Pharaoh Man]] summons Search Snakes in his first phase and Sunstar during his second phase.
** [[Mega Man 6|Tomahawk Man]] and the Tomahawk Assist ability lets Mega Man and Tomahawk Man summon birds to assist them in combat.
** [[Mega Man 5|Napalm Man]] summons two Boobeam traps during his second phase.
** [[Dragon Quest IV|Estark]] summons a pair of Healies in his second phase.
** The Giant Metool summons Metools during its boss fight.
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