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[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused]] with a [[Web Original]] parody video series [http://avengersassembletheseries.com/ of the same name], or the UK title of [[The Avengers (film)|The Avengers]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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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
* 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
* Marvel: Contest of Champions does this with pretty much every living hero who existed at the time in the Marvel Universe, plus a few new ones they spotted on the way. Though instead of a call, they were teleported (without choice) by a weird red light.
* Showed up in a few issues of [[G.I. Joe]], notably issue #2.
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* The 1971 version of ''[[The Andromeda Strain]]'' uses this trope for the scientists near the beginning, although it takes a while to get them in the same room because two of the scientists take a detour to investigate the plagued town.
* ''Extreme Prejudice'' (1987) begins with the special forces team arriving at an airport in civilian clothes, interspaced with shots of each man's military photo ID and a statement of [[Faking the Death|how they 'died' in action or from training accidents]].
* The [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]]
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== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Mission Impossible (TV series)|Mission Impossible]]'' had an interesting take on this, at least in the earlier seasons: [[The Captain]] would take out a dossier full of potential team members, many of them shown engaging in activities relevant to their particular skills, and we would watch him picking out the team he
* The premiere of ''[[Hustle]]'' spent about ten minutes doing this for the four team members, and was narrated by a policeman explaining their enemy to a colleague. The footage from this sequence was used in quite a few TV spots.
* ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]'', ''[[Power Rangers Operation Overdrive]]'', and ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' open this way.
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* An ad for ''[[Spyro]]: A Hero's Tail'' does this.
* A heroic, galactic-scale [[Big Damn Heroes]] version of this trope provides much of the plot for ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', with [[The Con]] or [[The Caper]] in this case being a [[Suicide Mission]] through a relay from whom no-one has returned against an unknown alien threat. Lovely.
** Most of the game is actually an extended
== Western Animation ==
* The [[Animated Series]] ''[[MASK]]'' did this. [[Once an Episode]], a computer would review the specifics of the upcoming mission and select the appropriate operatives for the job based on their helmets (Masks) which gave them their powers, their natural skill sets, and their vehicles.
* In the ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' episode "Calling All Titans," Robin contacts every single
* 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!)
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