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[[File:rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer7.jpg|link=Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer|frame|Believe it or not, the snowman is the normal one.]] |
[[File:rudolph-red-nosed-reindeer7.jpg|link=Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer|frame|Believe it or not, the snowman is the normal one.]] |
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{{quote|''"Are you a rag-tag band of adventurers with unclear goals and good hearts? ...[[Genre Savvy|Yeah, you people are my biggest threat]]."'' |
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|'''Galgarion''', ''[[RPG World]]''}} |
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This mission is important. The fate of the battle, nay, the war, nay, the ''entire world'' rests on the outcome. Who has the capability to stick it out, to give the good guys the victory they desperately need? This calls for a special team. The group of experienced, highly skilled, professional, team-oriented experts? Not them. The assorted group of ex-con lowlife inexperienced [[jerkass]]es who are trying to off their [[Officer and a Gentleman|commander]] [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|when they aren't trying to kill each other?]] Yeah, them. |
This mission is important. The fate of the battle, nay, the war, nay, the ''entire world'' rests on the outcome. Who has the capability to stick it out, to give the good guys the victory they desperately need? This calls for a special team. The group of experienced, highly skilled, professional, team-oriented experts? Not them. The assorted group of ex-con lowlife inexperienced [[jerkass]]es who are trying to off their [[Officer and a Gentleman|commander]] [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|when they aren't trying to kill each other?]] Yeah, them. |
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See also [[Army of Thieves and Whores]] for when this trope is magnified to the size of an army. |
See also [[Army of Thieves and Whores]] for when this trope is magnified to the size of an army. |
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== Advertising == |
== Advertising == |
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* The Charlestown Cougars, a fake women's high school basketball team assembled for the purpose of Nike commercials. |
* The Charlestown Cougars, a fake women's high school basketball team assembled for the purpose of Nike commercials. |
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== Anime |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* The team Ichigo gets together during Soul Society in ''[[Bleach]]''. |
* The team Ichigo gets together during Soul Society in ''[[Bleach]]''. |
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* The Dollars gang in ''[[Durarara!!]]'' is surprisingly this, in spite of their sinister reputation. |
* The Dollars gang in ''[[Durarara!!]]'' is surprisingly this, in spite of their sinister reputation. |
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== Fan |
== Fan Works == |
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* The main group from ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]'': a [[Book Dumb]] [[Gadgeteer Genius]], a [[Cowardly Lion]], a [[The Prankster|prankster]] [[Cloudcuckoolander]], a [[Jerkass]] [[Bungling Inventor]], and finally the [[Only Sane Man]]. |
* The main group from ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]'': a [[Book Dumb]] [[Gadgeteer Genius]], a [[Cowardly Lion]], a [[The Prankster|prankster]] [[Cloudcuckoolander]], a [[Jerkass]] [[Bungling Inventor]], and finally the [[Only Sane Man]]. |
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