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In almost any movie or novel with a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]] or an [[Odd Couple]], there will come a time (usually during the [[Darkest Hour]]) when they transform from a dysfunctional group of losers into a well-oiled machine. Perhaps [[The Hero]] or the [[Leader]] makes a [[Rousing Speech]] that rallies the troops, or the [[Big Bad Evil Guy]] has sufficiently scared everyone to stop [[A House Divided|bickering]] and finally [[True Companions|come together]]. Despite their past differences and overall ineptitude, when the
Will often lead to a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment. If done properly, this will go down in fandom history as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
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Visual works will usually pair this with a [[Theme Music Power-Up]] or crowd-pleasing [[Fanfare]], along with an [[A-Team Montage]] or similar [[Harbinger of Asskicking]].
For identification purposes, the
[[Miracle Rally]] and [[Down to the Last Play]] are similar tropes for sports-based works.
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* In ''[[One Piece]]'', the Straw Hats' [[Power Walk]] to Arlong's base of operations.
** Luffy's escape from Impel Down (with many former villains) also classifies.
* In ''[[Twentieth Century Boys]]'', when the heroes, who're all just [[Action Survivor
* In ''[[Onegai My Melody]]'', during the season finale, the ragtag bunch of youngsters join forces to defeat the Spirit of Dark Power. Even Kuromi the resident [[Anti-Villain]] joins, and they get a wardrobe makeover.
* In ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'', ''everyone'' gets this in {{spoiler|chapter 31}}. (You have to remember that this group consists of [[Blood Knight|Senji]], [[Psycho for Hire|Minatsuki]], [[Pyromaniac|Hitari]], and [[Villainous Crossdresser|Chaplin]]. The fact that they hadn't killed each other or got seriously side-tracked before they even got to Ganta is a tribute to [[Character Development]]).
** More specifically, in the next few chapters, Chaplin and Minatsuki get their own, {{spoiler|where they work seamlessly together to beat up a forgery.}}. [[Crazy Awesome]] indeed.
* In ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', in both the Greenback Jane arc, and the Baille de la meurte. Let's face it, the fact that you can get a group of [[Ax Crazy]] [[Blood Knight
* Occurs in ''[[Hetalia Bloodbath 2010]]'' with Iceland, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, England, Cuba, and Canada. In the end, the ''entire world'' gets motivated to work together in order to solve the mystery.
* Seen in ''[[Kaiketsu Zorori]]''. When {{spoiler|the world's about to end}}, Zorori is quickly surrounded by several of his allies and [[Enemy Mine|a few of his enemies]] to assist in his plan for {{spoiler|saving Earth}}. Among the assembled: [[The Rival|Gaon]], [[All-Ghouls School|Youkai-sensei and every monster that's appeared thus far]], [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Duke Bururu]], [[Functional Magic|Nelly, Milly, and Roger]], [[Idol Singer|the Moo Moo Girls]], [[And Zoidberg|and Tiger with his band of fake magicians]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Happens in issue #79 of Marvel's ''[[Transformers]]'' comic book series. Spike Witwicky, [[Mental Fusion|mentally fused]] with the Autobot Fortress Maximus, goes to Canada to stop a [[Unstoppable Rage|crazed, rampaging Galvatron]]. The
* This is the whole point of the comic relief Legion of Substitute Heroes from ''[[The Legion of Super Heroes]].''
* Done '''very''' bluntly [[Rule of Funny|for laughs]] in issue #12 of ''[[Nextwave]]'', after the team has spent the entire time insulting and arguing with each other:
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** Also averted with Nathan's ultimate [[Patrick Stewart Speech]], which - while being an undisputed [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] from the audience's perspective - has no effect whatsoever.
** Finally put into action in season 3 episode 4 when {{spoiler|the timeline had been changed so that the Nazis won. They were forcing Seth, the power dealer to take powers from other people and put them into soldiers from their ranks. Curtis, Kelly, and the two Rudys save Seth by ambushing the jeep that was transporting Seth by wearing Hitler masks and shooting while unseen from the trees. When Seth gets recaptured and Curtis and Rudy captured along with him, Kelly goes to save them by herself. She takes Shaun, a Nazi officer hostage and runs into Alisha and Simon. Their reaction? "You need a hand?"}} Granted, it didn't go as smoothly as planned, but hey... they still did pretty well considering who they were up against and technically they still managed to save the day.
* In one episode of ''[[Farscape]]'', the crew of Moya rob a bank to buy Dargo's son out of slavery. The main villain Scorpius has beaten them to it and is holding D'Argo's son hostage and will only release him if they give him Crichton. What do they do? They take the money from the depository and hire all the mercenaries, bounty-hunters and pirates which had been the villains of previous episodes to help them rescue him. Unfortunately, the mercenaries are either under new management, suffering debilitating health problems, on the run, or have found religion in the intervening months; even after clearing these difficulties up, it's discovered that the stolen money has been booby-trapped, leaving Moya badly burned and her crew poor all over again. At that point, Crichton gives up and surrenders to Scorpius, leaving the his friends with D'Argo's son but not much else. The mercenaries are on the point of leaving when Aeryn finally performs the
* ''[[Glee]]'' in the pilot as they sing "Don't Stop Believing."
** However as the club expands and the group becomes more detatched through their cliques, a major moment happens in the penultimate season 1 episode. Rachel is devastated and humiliated by being egged by their rivals, particularly as they're led by her ex-boyfriend. [[Jerk Jock]] Puck of all people rallies to her aid and gathers all the strong men in the group to help him. To add to the awesome, [[Camp Gay]] Kurt and the disabled Artie also try to help. Later the whole club bands together to do the one thing their rivals can't: perform a funk dancer number (it makes sense in context). It really signified them as [[True Companions]].
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== Webcomics ==
* [[Problem Sleuth|"POSE AS A TEAM, 'CAUSE SHIT JUST GOT REAL"]]
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'', in "Residential", when the Queslett students band together to find out where their classmates have been disappearing
* ''[[Electric Wonderland]]'' has one in "Inevitable Christmas Adventure," as NJ, Shroomy, Aerynn, and Beatrice all head to the Cyber Middle East to rescue Trawn, and two in "LuLo," as the entire NFP staff rushes to investigate the bombing of the mall and later reports on the discovered suspect.
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* The plot of the TDA special of ''[[Total Drama Island]]''. It's oddly satisfying to see all of the show's contestants overcome their differences and come together... To bring down ''another'' show's contestants.
* All of the non-powered Leaguers against the unstoppable, invulnerable, General Eiling in "Patriot Act" (the "Seven Soldiers of Victory" episode) on ''[[Justice League Unlimited]].''
* A [[Real Life]] example occurred for ''[[Daria]]''
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