Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Difference between revisions

** In the Soyokaze's case, the reason it's a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] is because the aging, broken-down destroyer has been assigned as the official dumping ground for all the lunatics, incompetents and misfits of the UPSF. In other words, every trouble-maker or disruptive element that accidentally manages to get into the military is invariably assigned here, so they'll be out of the way. The doctor is an alcoholic who's been drinking since he was three years old, the marines are all violent slobs, [[The Ace]] is arrogant and full of himself, as is the navigator, and the captain is, as far as the military higher-ups are concerned, either [[The Fool|an absurdly lucky moron]] or [[Genius Ditz|possessed of genuine great insight but limited common sense]]. The only outright military and competent crewmembers are Lieutenants Yamamoto (who was assigned as the First Officer in the hopes he could somehow cover for Tylor) and Yuriko (who volunteered to join the Soyokaze in the hopes that she could somehow reform the crew).

* The crew of ''White Base'' in the original ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]'' was comprised mostly of civilian refugees and a handful of junior officers who survived the attack on Side 7 in the first episode. They still manage to score a number of improbable victories against the elite forces of the Principality of Zeon, thanks to the [[Super Prototype]] principle and some of the cast developing into [[Psychic Powers|Newtypes]]. And more importantly to Federation command, they made ''really'' good decoys.

* ''[[Slayers]]'' has a team of regulars that involves an [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|overzealous justice freak]] who often does [[Sailor Moon]] style poses and failed acrobatics, an [[The Napoleon|overly short]] [[Pettanko]] motivated primarily by greed/gluttony/revenge, a [[Big Eater]] [[Dumb Blonde]] [[Badass Normal]], and a [[Cursed with Awesome]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|golem-demon-human hybrid]]. The extra characters in the party include an ex-princess who worships a monster she made up, a demon with a penchant for secret-keeping (who is also willing to sell out the entire party), and a shrine maiden with an absurd lack of skill in black magic (to the point where she casts carrot-sized fire spells that tickle people) who somehow learned the ''strongest black magic spell.''

* Both [[Justified Trope]] and [[Subverted Trope]] in ''[[Twentieth Century Boys]]''. When Kenji starts up [[La Résistance]], it's made up of guys he knew back in middle school, as they would be the only ones who were remotely familiar with who they're fighting against. After all, it's not very easy to recruit somebody off the street to fight against a cult based on your own twenty-year-old fanfiction. This ends up blowing up in his face for several reasons, {{spoiler|the first of which would be that one of those Ragtag Misfits ''is'' the cult-leading [[Big Bad]]...}}

** ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' has one of the biggest ragtag bunch of misfits. It consists of the [[Easy Amnesia]], {{spoiler|[[Half-Human Hybrid]]}}, [[Magic Knight]] and [[Action Girl]] Terra Branford, the [[Loveable Rogue]] Locke Cole, the [[Chivalrous Pervert]] King Edgar Roni Figaro, the [[Bare-Fisted Monk]] and [[Boisterous Bruiser]] Sabin Rene Figaro, [[The Atoner]], [[Hot Chick with a Sword]] and [[Action Girl]] Celes Chere, the Badass Ninja, [[Blood Knight]] and {{spoiler|[[Disappeared Dad]]}} Shadow, the [[Badass Grandpa]], [[Failure Knight]] and Samurai Cyan Garamonde, the [[Raised by Wolves]], [[Wild Child]], [[Cloudcuckoolander]] and [[Badass Adorable]] Gau, the [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] [[Badass Longcoat]] Setzer Gabbiani, the [[Squishy Wizard]] [[Badass Grandpa]] [[Mega Manning|Mega Manner]] Strago Magus, [[Squishy Wizard|the other Squishy Wizard]], [[Glass Cannon]] (she's got the highest magic stat), [[Art Attacker]], [[Kid Appeal Character]], [[Tagalong Kid]], [[Genki Girl]] Relm Arrowny, the [[Badass Adorable]], [[Cute Bruiser]], [[Dance Battler]], [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]] and [[Killer Rabbit]] (he's got the highest defenses in the game and has enough attack to make him the best tank, being both resistant and strong as a dragoon) Mog, the Berserker, [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti]], [[Dumb Muscle]] and [[Team Pet]] Umaro and, last but not least, the [[Secret Character]], literal [[Heroic Mime]], [[Jack of All Stats]] and [[Ambiguous Gender]] Gogo. There you go, 12 people and 2 animals, most of which had absolutely nothing to do with each other before the beginning of the game and only half are actually trained fighters.

* The crew who ends up saving the world from being Porky's oyster in ''[[Mother 3]]'' is a cowardly preteenage boy who can't quite get over his troubled past, his loyal but useless in battle dog, a teen girl raised by freaky cross-dressing fairy things who has been locked away in a castle all her life, and a smelly, ridiculed thief in his 20s with a crippled leg. Yet somehow, we're not doomed.

** The ''[[Paper Mario (franchise)|Paper Mario]]'' games make that lot look organized. ''[[Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door|Thousand Year Door]]'' in particular has the abovementioned plumber, a [[Valley Girl]] archeology student, a timid breakdancing turtle, a [[White Dwarf Starlet]] wind spirit, an [[Cute Bruiser|aggressive infant]] dinosaur, {{spoiler|a [[Heel Face Turn|redeemed]] living shadow [[She's a Man In Japan|who's a man in Japan]]}}, and an old sailor who blows himself up.

*** And {{spoiler|a flirty mouse thief in high heels.}}