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== Comic Books ==
* Named for the rallying cry of [[Marvel Universe]]'s most prominent superhero team. On those occasions where the roster changes, [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]] tend to assemble [[Everyone Meets Everyone|in a more haphazard fashion]].
* In ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]] #1'', Reed Richards first summons the group together by creating a huge cloud above Manhattan that bears the words "Fantastic Four" before morphing into a "4." The other three show off their abilities because it's symbolic or something: The Invisible Girl vanishes in public, and being quite a ways away has to take a cab while invisible. (This actually works, though it scares the pants off the driver.) The Thing ditches his disguise, causing traffic accidents and drawing fire from the NYPD before he opts for the sewers. The Human Torch flames inside the car he was fixing, melting it, and while in flight is intercepted by jet fighters and ultimately a nuclear missile -- still over Manhattan -- requiring Reed to use his stretchiness to save the day.
* This occurs ''after'' the team has been assembled in the first issue of the next-to-most-recent ''[[Suicide Squad]]'', where the [[Terrible Trio]] Injustice League is put to work doing dangerous missions for the government. As they land on the island their mission is to take place on, it becomes clear what everyone's role is quickly: Big Sir hauls a gigantic watercraft on his back with ease, Clock King calculates the exact amount of time the task will take, Major Disaster barks orders and coordinates the team, Multi-Man frets about what his ever-changing powers are right now, and Cluemaster proves to be astonishingly perceptive.
* The [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] in the comic book had an [[Avengers Assemble]] (or rather, Titans Together) gathering. When the Justice League refused to help Raven with her demon father, thinking it a trap, she appeared in the dreams of various teen heroes and rallied them to help her fight Trigon. Starfire just so happened to be escaping to Earth from her captors in time to help them.
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== Film ==
* ''[[Armageddon]]'' has an awesome one. [[The Hero|Bruce Willis]] needs to assemble his [[The Magnificent Seven Samurai|Magnificent Team]] of [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|Ragtag Roughnecks]], but "once they get off the rig, [[Let's Split Up, Gang!|they scatter]]." The ensuing montage shows FBI agents tracking each member to his natural habitat:
** [[The Big Guy|Michael Clarke Duncan]] is on a motorcycle in South Dakota.
** [[Comic Relief|Ken Hudson Campbell]] is in a tattoo parlor with his mama.
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{{quote|"[[Large Ham|NEEEEEEEWWWWWWWSSSSSSSSS TEEEEEAAAAAAAMMMM! ASSEMBLE!]]"<br />
"[[Failed a Spot Check|Ron, we were here literally the entire time you were.]]" }}
* The original script for ''[[Monty Python and
* [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[The Killing (film)|The Killing]]'' has a couple scenes along these lines; although the main heist team is already assembled, ringleader Johnny Clay is shown recruiting sniper Nikkie Arcane (Timothy Carey) and Maurice, a chess-playing wrestler.
* ''[[The Sting]]'' showed Paul Newman reassemble his old gang of cons in a wordless montage set to Scott Joplin's "Pineapple Rag" where he finds and signals to each by flicking the side of his nose.
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* The failed pilot for a parody of ''[[Mission Impossible (TV series)|Mission Impossible]]'', ''Inside O.U.T.'' had a such a sequence for members of the [[Fun with Acronyms|Office of Unusual Tasks]]. The most memorable was the agent whose cover was as a civilian flying instructor. When he got the call, he told his student something along the lines of, "You're going to solo a bit ahead of schedule," and bailed out of the plane.
* The ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "The Magnificent Ferengi", complete with holding up fingers as each new member joins the team (referencing ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'').
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode [[Doctor Who/Recap/S32 E7 A Good Man Goes to War|"A Good Man Goes to War"]] has a sequence of the Doctor rounding up his allies for a mission. There are quick scenes of them all going about their business (nursing soldiers on a battlefield, {{spoiler|KILLING JACK THE RIPPER}}, etc.), only to come home and discover a big blue box on their doorstep. [[Recap/Doctor Who S 32 E 3 Day Of The Moon|"The second episode of the same season"]] begins with 3 of the main characters being killed one-by-one by another character. Only afterwards do we find out this was all an elaborate plan to gather the team together.
* ''[[Blackadder]]'': The episode "The Black Seal" parodies the sequence from ''[[The Magnificent Seven]]'' when Prince Edmund rounds up the most evil men in the kingdom.
* ''[[The West Wing]]'' does this in the very first episode. Toby, C.J., Josh and Sam each appears in a short character-establishing scene, receiving a text message at the end that says, "POTUS in a bicycle accident." The final scene reveals that POTUS stands for "President of the United States," and that the characters we've just seen all work for him.
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* The first episode of ''[[Transformers Robots in Disguise]]'' has the Autobots issue a battle protocol, and Optimus Prime requests that the Autobot Brothers be sent in to stop the Predacons. T-AI goes over the Autobot Brothers' abilities and personalities.
* The teaser for ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes]]'' shows the trope used along with the [[Trope Namer]]: When Iron Man calls "Avengers Assemble!" and activates a signal, each Avenger is doing something until hearing the signal; Captain America is training, Thor is meditating on the sky, and Giant-Man and the Wasp are making a son (they are building Ultron, you dirty-minded!)
** In the eighth episode of the show, we learn that the Avengers order each other to gather with communicators that double as ID cards.
** [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "Living Legend".
{{quote|'''Iron Man:''' Avengers, Assemble!
'''Ant Man:''' We're all right here.
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* "THUNDERCATS, HO!" and a beacon in the sky would bring all of the [[Thundercats]] running to Lion-o, whatever they were doing at the time.
* A villainous example appears in the first episode of ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe|He Man and The Masters of The Universe]]'', when Skeletor magically summons his henchmen.
* The short ''The Justice Friends'' in ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'' does this every time in the intro, and when [[The Cape (trope)|Major Glory]] calls on his teammates. [[Large Ham|Justice Friends, Assssssembllllllle!]]
* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' does this whenever Jade calls together the J-Team, but it's only a two person montage since Viper and El Toro are the only ones not in Uncle's shop/Section 13 at the time. And of course, when they arrive Jackie tells them that Jade wasn't supposed to have called them and they should just go home.
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