![]() ![]() Last year's Super Bowl champions don't stand a chance against a random group of ex-cons, couch potatoes, and farm animals, with Improvised Training, who are almost guaranteed to pull out a last-minute win.Īlso where the trope is shown in the context of sports (or dance teams), you will typically find a three-game arc of progress. In the world of sports, this trope counts double. ![]() To contrast their diversity, their enemies will likely be all homogenous in one way, typically by being highly collaborative professionals.Ĭompare with Character-Magnetic Team and Hitchhiker Heroes. If the characters were not forced on the team- Condemned Contestant, Boxed Crook-they often join to be Lonely Together. Most often it produces casualties: typically, the guy forced to go on the mission despite being the Convicted Innocent, or the Officer and a Gentleman who's been stodgy and uptight just before making a Heroic Sacrifice. Of course, the Ragtag Bunch of Misfits will eventually have a Misfit Mobilization Moment to get their act together and win the day. In works set at a school, the school system may be responsible for bringing them together in some way.Fate has determined that these misfits are The Chosen Ones, and saving the world is their ultimate destiny.In fact it's often implied the Magnetic Hero is the only one that can keep the team's assorted oddities under control and them all working towards a goal. The Magnetic Hero tends to pick up whoever is willing to join him, regardless of their quirks.They're random survivors of some apocalyptic event who more or less stumble across each other.The authorities offered them pardon for some offense.They're the only ones crazy enough to even try.They need them to do something untoward or outright illegal, and they know these folks will keep quiet about it.These guys were the backup plan nobody wanted to be forced to use. There was a better first choice that did get sent, but they screwed up badly.Alternatively, the authorities were informed about the problem but refuse to believe it's real, leaving the heroes on their own.The authorities haven't actually noticed (or are) the problem, and the heroes have to gather whoever they can.Conversely, the man in the know can be such an annoying bully that no one would work with him, and such a control freak that he can not give his knowledge to a Reasonable Authority Figure.This can be because the Only Sane Man does not have authority to get the best.More powerful teams would not put up with the person ordering them about.Indeed, the better-suited teams may be deliberately deployed elsewhere to distract from them. Sending in more experienced/skilled/powerful teams would have drawn too much attention.They're the best team that could be put together at short notice and/or budget.Or, they are really good and not that flawed, but really want everyone else to see them that way: making sure that the Big Bad does not realize that the Mildly Military goofballs are a Badass Crew is part of the plan.They have talent but not much tolerance for traditional procedure, and/or they're the only ones who can stand to work with each other.Despite their flaws, they're still the best at what they do.This is usually justified in one of several ways: The assorted group of ex-con lowlife inexperienced cloudcuckoolanders or jerkasses who are trying to off their commander when they aren't going at each other? Yeah, them. The group of experienced, highly-skilled, professional, team-oriented experts? Not them. Who has the capability to stick it out, to give the good guys the victory they desperately need? This calls for a special team. The fate of the battle, nay, the war, nay, the entire world rests on the outcome. ![]()
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