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Several people all take part in some critical action by taking hold of or operating a weapon or object -- normally used only by a single person -- that is key to the action. This can be symbolic -- an "All for one and one for all!" moment -- or practical (combining physical or mystic strength either to boost results, or when no one person among them is currently strong enough to use the item by themselves).

Depending on the implement and the situation, this can be a subtrope of Improbable Use of a Weapon. When it's not a weapon or a magical artifact, it's frequently a Big Electric Switch or Big Red Button. One possible result is a Combined Energy Attack.

Sometimes leads into, or follows, a Whoa, Bundy! moment.

Please note: This is not "several people do something that it always takes several people to do". Nor is it a generic "multiple people join together to accomplish something that one person can't do by themselves". "Examples" which boil down to one of these two situations will be deleted with prejudice.

WARNING! There are unmarked Spoilers ahead. Beware.

Examples of We All Do It Together include:

Anime and Manga

As seen in the page image, at the climax of the first season of the Sailor Moon anime, the spirits of the Sailor Senshi all join Usagi in casting through the Moon Wand by grasping the wand with her. (Unless you're watching the North American dub, in which case they weren't dead, they were just waiting off-screen for the right moment to return.)
In the climax of Princess Tutu, Rue and Mytho/Prince Siegfried wield his sword together to slay the Raven.

Fan Works

In the Harry Potter fanfic The Arithmancer, Harry and Ron join Hermione in driving the basilisk fang through Riddle's diary at the end of their second year.
In this vignette from the unfinished Mega Crossover Girls, Girls, Girls, Skuld, Rin-rin and Kaolla Su together throw a massive switch to activate an improved and empowered Robe system for the Otome of Mai-Otome.
In chapter 65 of the How to Train Your Dragon/real!history crossover fic A Thing of Dragons, Ruffnut (still recovering from giving birth to twins) and her liegeman Einar kill a berserking would-be assassin by driving a knife into his guts together.
At the climactic moment of Remember, a Harry Potter fic by sbmcneil, Harry and Ginny together run Voldemort through with Salazar Slytherin's sword.
In chapter 14 of Tick, Tock, One Little Clock... by "Doctorsgirl", a Doctor Who/Buffy the Vampire Slayer Crossover Fic, the Doctor and the Slayer together press the button which frees the Ood from their enslavement.

Film

At the end of Krull, Colwyn and Lyssa jointly use the flame from their wedding ritual as a weapon to defeat the Beast, firing and directing it together.
At the climax of the 2011 TV Movie Christmas Lodge, Jack, Mary and Mike all take hold of the master switch of the titular lodge's fusebox and throw it together to not only finally provide electricity to the restored lodge but turn on all its Christmas decorations.
Similarly, near the end of the 2020 TV Movie Christmas in the Rockies, Gordon invites Marie to join him in throwing the Big Electric Switch that turns on the town's Christmas tree.

Live-Action TV

Doctor Who, "Arachnids in the UK", the fourth adventure of the 13th Doctor, ends with the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan all grasping the lever that activates the TARDIS and pulling it as one to symbolize their active decision to travel together.

Video Games

Legend Mode's "Watchers of the Triforce" level from Hyrule Warriors Legends and Hyrule Warriors: Definite Edition has Link, Tetra, Lana, and King Daphnes combining their magical power with Cia to prevent Phantom Ganon from regaining his health.

Western Animation

In episode 13 of the first season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, all of the princesses use She-Ra's Sword of Protection to launch a decisive combined attack against the Horde.

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-Several people all take part in some critical action by taking hold of or operating a weapon or object -- normally used only by a single person -- that is key to the action.  This can be symbolic -- an "All for one and one for all!" moment -- or practical (combining physical or mystic strength when no one person among them is currently strong enough to use the item by themselves).
+Several people all take part in some critical action by taking hold of or operating a weapon or object -- normally used only by a single person -- that is key to the action.  This can be symbolic -- an "All for one and one for all!" moment -- or practical (combining physical or mystic strength either to boost results, or when no one person among them is currently strong enough to use the item by themselves).
-Depending on the implement and the situation, this can be a subtrope of [[Improbable Use of a Weapon]].  When it's not a weapon or a magical artifact, it's frequently a [[Big Electric Switch]] or [[Big Red Button]].
+Depending on the implement and the situation, this can be a subtrope of [[Improbable Use of a Weapon]].  When it's not a weapon or a magical artifact, it's frequently a [[Big Electric Switch]] or [[Big Red Button]].  One possible result is a [[Combined Energy Attack]].
+Sometimes leads into, or follows, a [[Whoa, Bundy!]] moment.
-'''Please note:'''  This is ''not'' [[People Sit on Chairs|"several people do something that it always takes several people to do"]].  Nor is it [[People Sit on Chairs|"multiple people join together to accomplish something that one person can't do by themselves"]].  "Examples" which boil down to one of these two situations will be deleted with prejudice.
+'''Please note:'''  This is ''not'' [[People Sit on Chairs|"several people do something that it always takes several people to do"]].  Nor is it a generic [[People Sit on Chairs|"multiple people join together to accomplish something that one person can't do by themselves"]].  "Examples" which boil down to one of these two situations will be deleted with prejudice.
-{{examples}}
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+{{Unmarked Spoilers}}
+{{examples}}
-== Anime and Manga ==
+== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
-* As seen in the page image, at the climax of the first season of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' anime, the spirits of the Sailor Senshi all join Usagi in casting through the Moon Wand by grasping the wand with her.  (Unless you're watching the North American dub, in which case [[Never Say "Die"|they weren't dead]], [[He's Just Hiding|they were just waiting off-screen]] for the right moment to return.)
+* As seen in the page image, at the climax of the first season of the ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' anime, the spirits of the Sailor Senshi all join Usagi in casting through the Moon Wand by grasping the wand with her. (Unless you're watching the North American dub, in which case [[Never Say "Die"|they weren't dead]], [[He's Just Hiding|they were just waiting off-screen]] for the right moment to return.)
+* In the climax of ''[[Princess Tutu (anime)|Princess Tutu]]'', Rue and Mytho/Prince Siegfried wield his sword together to slay the [[Big Bad|Raven]].
+== [[Fan Works]] ==
-== Comic Books ==
-== Fan Works ==
 * In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic ''[[The Arithmancer]]'', Harry and Ron join Hermione in driving the basilisk fang through Riddle's diary at the end of their second year.
 * In [http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=1708&pid=34322#pid34322 this vignette] from the unfinished [[Mega Crossover]] ''[[Drunkard's Walk|Girls, Girls, Girls]]'', [[Ah! My Goddess|Skuld]], [[Sister Princess|Rin-rin]] and [[Love Hina|Kaolla Su]] together throw a [[Big Electric Switch|massive switch]] to activate [[Power-Up|an improved and empowered]] [[Clothes Make the Superman|Robe system for the Otome]] of ''[[Mai-Otome]]''.
 * In chapter 65 of the ''[[How to Train Your Dragon (animation)|How to Train Your Dragon]]''/real!history crossover fic ''[[A Thing of Dragons]]'', Ruffnut (still recovering from giving birth to twins) and her liegeman Einar kill a berserking would-be assassin by driving a knife into his guts together.
 * At the climactic moment of ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4936039/1/Remember Remember]'', a ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fic by sbmcneil, Harry and Ginny together run Voldemort through with Salazar Slytherin's sword.
+* In chapter 14 of ''[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-21501/Doctorsgirl+Tick+Tock+One+little+clock.htm Tick, Tock, One Little Clock...]'' by "Doctorsgirl", a ''[[Doctor Who]]''/''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' [[Crossover Fic]], the Doctor and the Slayer together press the button which frees the Ood from their enslavement.
-== Film ==
+== [[Film]] ==
 * At the end of ''[[Krull]]'', Colwyn and Lyssa jointly use the flame from their wedding ritual as a weapon to defeat the Beast, firing and directing it together.
+* At the climax of the 2011 [[TV Movie]] ''[[Christmas Lodge]]'', Jack, Mary and Mike all take hold of the master switch of the titular lodge's fusebox and throw it together to not only finally provide electricity to the restored lodge but turn on all its Christmas decorations.
+* Similarly, near the end of the 2020 [[TV Movie]] ''[[Christmas in the Rockies]]'', Gordon invites Marie to join him in throwing the [[Big Electric Switch]] that turns on the town's Christmas tree.
+== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
-== Literature ==
-== Live-Action Television ==
 * ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "Arachnids in the UK", the fourth adventure of the 13th Doctor, ends with the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan all grasping the lever that activates the TARDIS and pulling it as one to symbolize their active decision to travel together.
-== Music ==
+== [[Video Games]] ==
+* Legend Mode's "Watchers of the Triforce" level from  ''[[Hyrule Warriors| Hyrule Warriors Legends]]'' and ''Hyrule Warriors: Definite Edition'' has Link, Tetra, Lana, and King Daphnes combining their magical power with Cia to prevent Phantom Ganon from regaining his health.
-== New Media ==
-== Newspaper Comics ==
-== Oral Tradition, Myths and Legends ==
-== Pinball ==
-== Podcasts ==
-== Professional Wrestling ==
-== Puppet Shows ==
-== Radio ==
-== Recorded and Stand Up Comedy ==
-== Tabletop Games ==
-== Theatre ==
-== Video Games ==
-== Visual Novels ==
-== Web Animation ==
-== Web Comics ==
-== Web Original ==
-== Western Animation ==
-* In episoe 13 of ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'', all of the princesses use She-Ra's Sword of Protection to launch a decisive combined attack against the Horde.
-== Other Media ==
-== Real Life ==
+== [[Western Animation]] ==
+* In episode 13 of the first season of ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'', all of the princesses use She-Ra's Sword of Protection to launch a decisive combined attack against the Horde.
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