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* Several of the [[Marvel Universe]]'s [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] all teamed up in the 1980s ''Acts of Vengeance'' [[Crossover]] in a large-scale [[Evil Plan]] to destroy each others' enemies by setting the heroes up against villains they'd never faced before. In effect, this was a Villain Team Up of almost '''all''' the human villains of the Marvel Universe, with a team of [[Chessmaster|Chessmasters]] manipulating dozens of lesser bad guys for their own personal agenda. The whole scheme falls apart for the simple fact that all of the villains behind the plot are so egomaniacal that they can't stand not being totally in charge, and they end up turning on each other while struggling for power.
** Of course, it didn't help that [[Loki (Comic Book)|Loki]] decided that his inner circle should include an [[Red Skull|UNREPENTANT FORMER NAZI]] alongside a [[Magneto|HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR]]. Seriously, Loki, we thought you were supposed to be one of the ''clever'' Asgardians...
* It should be noted that villains can and do form their own teams for reasons beyond simply getting vengeance on a particular hero. The Masters of Evil, one of the [[Marvel Universe]]'s longest-running supervillain teams, has had various incarnations formed over the years by [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] who recruit other villains to share in the profits of the leader's evil scheme. The Serpent Society, long a thorn in the side of [[Captain America]], was a collection of snake-themed villains who essentially formed their own mercenary business, complete with health care coverage, room and board, and a guaranteed [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]] from the team leader, who would use his teleportation powers to free any members who were arrested or captured.
** ''[[The Batman (Animation)|The Batman]]'' also did a variation of this in the "Team Penguin" episode, when the Penguin recruits several second-tier Bat villains into a criminal gang as a way of evening the odds against Batman and his sidekicks. The idea is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] at every opportunity, as none of the other villains like the name "Team Penguin" and keep suggesting alternatives, which Penguin shoots down. It's Penguin's vanity that causes the others to abandon the team. {{spoiler|At first.}}
* The ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'' had to fight Doctor Doom and the Sub-Mariner at once (in one of the earliest examples), and were saved when Doom betrayed the Sub-Mariner a bit too early, causing him to switch sides. Later, the heroes faced the Frightful Four; a revolving-door group of second-string supervillains that always seemed to betray each other.
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* In ''[[Smallville]]'', there have been a few villain team-ups. Firstly, in season 3, three of the meteor freaks Clark Kent had taken down teamed up to steal his powers and escape. There have also been team-ups between Brainiac and Bizarro, Lex and Toyman, and recently several Superman villains from the comics were teamed up by LuthorCorp to become Smallville's version of the Injustice Gang.
* ''[[Burn Notice]]'' had an episode with "Dead" Larry Sizemore and Tyler Brennen, two of Michael Westen's worst enemies, team up. Their partnership lasted just [[Incredibly Lame Pun|half the episode]], since Larry {{spoiler|never intended to work with Brennen long-term and simply stabs him in the chest, killing him.}}
* The ''[[
** Daleks and Cybermen kicking the snot out of each other? It looked more like the Daleks totally wiping out the Cybermen in every possible way. The Cybermen kept shooting at the Daleks, who all had forcefields, and the Daleks kept shooting at the Cybermen, who... well... didn't. The Cybermen were such weaklings even ''humans'' got to kill a couple (with an RPG, but still). Either way though, {{spoiler|they all got killed in the end. If you couldn't figure this out without highlighting the spoiler... why not?}}
** A comic strip from the 1990s also parodies this, with an omnipotent superbeing uniting all the Doctor's enemies together as one super-army, and then siccing them on all (then) eight Doctors. The Doctors point out the obvious flaw in the logic of bad guys all of whom they'd already defeated uniting to try and defeat them again... and then go on to defeat them all again.
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** In "The Pandorica Opens" almost all of the Doctor's enemies we've ever heard of and more descend on Earth in 102A.D. to witness the titular event. {{spoiler|Turns out that, while the Doctor knew the Pandorica was a prison of some sort he had assumed it was already occupied by someone. Really what happened was that all of his foes came together to trap the Doctor in the Pandorica in order to prevent the destruction of the universe at his hands.}}
* Subverted in ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]''. Crowley tries to pull one with the Boss Leviathan (he even bakes [[To Serve Man|gluten-free baby uvula muffins]] for the occasion!), but gets shot down.
** He did manage to temporarily team up with [[Archangel Raphael|Raphael]] in the previous season finale after {{spoiler|his previous deal with Castiel fell apart}}, but that lasted all of ten minutes before {{spoiler|Cas [[Out
* The Cardassians and the Dominion form an alliance in the last few seasons of ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'', which eventually expands to include the Breen.
* In ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', there was the United Alliance of Evil, a group formed by Dark Spectre and comprised of the villains from the first five seasons of Power Rangers, namely Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, the Machine Empire and Divatox.
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* Tends to happen quite a bit in the [[Disney Theme Parks]]' stage shows.
** ''[[The Disney Afternoon]] Live!'' stage show that ran at [[Disney Theme Parks|Disneyland]] in 1991 had [[Tale Spin (Animation)|Don Karnage]] and [[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Animation)|Fat Cat]] teaming up to steal a top secret plane.
** ''Fantasmic!'' contains one between [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Disney)|Queen Grimhilde]], [[The Little Mermaid (Disney)|Ursula]], [[Fantasia|Chernabog]], and [[Sleeping Beauty (Disney)|Maleficent]] in its original California version. For the Florida version, [[Aladdin (Disney)|Jafar]], [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney)|Frollo]], [[
** From 2002 to 2005, Walt Disney World ran a daily stage show in which [[Cinderella (Disney)|Cinderella]] hosts a party at her castle and its get crashed and taken over by [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Disney)|Queen Grimhilde]], [[Peter Pan (Disney)|Captain Hook]], [[Aladdin (Disney)|Jafar]], and [[Mulan (Disney)|Shan-Yu]].
* In the reknowned ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' [[Let's Play]] '[[Boatmurdered]]', a rather hilarious one occurs, when a group of goblins decide to team up with the elephants who were already holding the fortress under seige:
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