The Index Team

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When the forces of evil threaten your favorite tropes, you can call on The Index Team.

These tropes, about teams of heroes (or villains) working together, fight a never-ending battle to protect (or conquer) our fair city.

Compare The Squad, TV Tropes Superhero Team.

Tropes:

Team-ups:

• Alliance of Revenge: A team dedicated to vengeance on one person or group.
• Alliance of Women Scorned: A group of women that have been hurt by the same man, or hurt by men in general.
• Amazon Brigade: A team of huge, strong women.
• Animal-Motif Team: A team where everyone is themed after an animal.
• Anti-Hero Team
• Aristocrat Team: A group of high-class aristocrats.
• Badass Crew: A big brigade of butt-kicking badasses.
• Band of Brothers
• Breakfast Club
• Brother–Sister Team: A team or duo consisting of brother and sister.
• Caper Crew
• Captive Enemy as Ally: An enemy who was captured decides that they will help their captors.
• Character-Magnetic Team
• The Chosen Many: A squad of many chosen ones.
• Classical Elements Ensemble: Fire, water, air, and earth are the themes of this team.
• Combat and Support
• Counterpart Combat Coordination
• Creature-Hunter Organization
• Criminal Found Family
• Dream Team
• Elite Four
• Equippable Ally
• Five-Man Band
• Five-Man Band Concert: When The Team decides to form a music band to show unity.
• Five-Token Band
• Freudian Trio: A trio with personalities representing the id, ego, and superego.
• Full-Party Sequence: A game that typically limits the size of the active party has a segment where the entire team joins in.
• Goldfish Poop Gang: A group of incompetent baddies who repeatedly show up and get effortlessly defeated.
• Hacker Collective
• The Ham Squad
• Heroes Unlimited
• Hero, Rival, Baddie Team-Up
• Identically Powered Team
• Joined Your Party
• Legacy Team
• Legion of Doom: A team consisting of several of the hero's enemies seeking revenge.
• Limited Social Circle
• The Magnificent Seven Samurai
• Mixed Animal Species Team
• Multinational Team
• Mundane Boss, Superhuman Dragon: A team in which the main villain is a muggle and the second-in-command has real superpowers.
• Parent-Child Team
• Party of Representatives
• The Psycho Rangers: A villain team whose members are essentially evil versions of the hero team's members.
• Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
• Red Shirt Army
• La Résistance
• Rivals Team Up
• Sealed Cast in a Multipack
• Sibling Team: Siblings team up together.
• Signature Team Transport
• The Something Force: A team name ending in "Force."
• Super Family Team
• Supernatural Team
• Super Team
• Tag Team
• Tag Team Twins
• The Team
• Team Title: A work is named after a team.
• Technician/Performer Team-Up
• Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats
• Terrible Trio: Three villains who work as a unit.
• Three Plus Two
• Two Girls to a Team: A team mostly consists of males, but has two female members.
• Unusual Animal Alliance
• Villain Team-Up: Two or more villains work together to achieve a common goal.
• We Are "Team Cannon Fodder"
• West Coast Team

Team Dynamics

• Avengers Assemble: A montage of the members of a hero team being signaled to come together.
• Combining Mecha: Every team member pilots a giant robot that each can merge together to form a bigger robot.
• Dislikes the New Guy
• Hero Looking for Group: The Heroine actively seeks teammates to accompany her in her mission.
• I Can't Do This by Myself
• Lowered Recruiting Standards
• Misfit Mobilization Moment
• No Clear Leader: Individual members can't agree on a single consistent leader.
• No One Gets Left Behind: The teammates are so loyal to one another that none of them are willing to leave one of their own behind.
• The Power of Family
• Superior Twin Teamwork: Twins working together prove to be better than when they are apart and in comparison to other non-twin pairings.
• Swap Fighter
• Team-Based Tournament: Two or more teams compete against each other in a tournament.
• Team Kids: Members of a team act like the kids when they defer to the Team Mom and Team Dad
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: When people who hate each other are forced to work as a team.
• True Companions
• V-Formation Team Shot: Group pose that gives a sense of the team hierarchy.

Party Members

• 11th-Hour Ranger: A character joins the team near the end of the story.
• The Ace: A heroic character who excels at everything they do, will often be the team's leader.
• The Armorer: Provides necessary and/or high-tech gear for the group.
• Army Scout
• The Baby of the Bunch: The youngest member of the team, who is often treated like a child by the older members.
• Big Bad: The main antagonist who is responsible for the series' conflict, will almost always be the leader of the bad guys.
• Big Good: The highest in authority who is on the good guys' side.
• The Big Guy: The strongest member of the hero team.
• The Brute: Strongest member of the villain team who does the grunt work.
• The Captain
• Communications Officer
• Crossover Villain-in-Chief
• Designated Point Man
• The Dragon: The main villain's second-in-command.
• The Engineer: Creates technology for the team.
• Evil Genius: The most intelligent member of the villain team.
• The Face
• Guest-Star Party Member
• The Heart: The one with the kindest heart, and the emotional core of the team.
• The Hero
• Honorary True Companion
• The Lancer: The hero's second-in-command.
• The Leader: The one in charge of the team.
• Leader Wannabe: They're not the leader, but they wish they were.
• Loner-Turned-Friend
• The Medic: The team member who helps injured and incapacitated teammates recover and heal.
• The Mentor: The member who teaches and guides the less experienced members.
• Mission Control: A member of the team who doesn't directly participate in missions and instead stays behind while keeping contact with the rest of the team in order to guide them and provide helpful information.
• Mysterious Waif
• Nazi Hunter
• Number Two: The one who is second-in-command.
• Plucky Comic Relief
• The Professor
• The Quiet One: While not completely silent, they're the member of the group who talks the least.
• The Reliable One: The team member that can always be counted on.
• Self-Appointed Leader: When the group's leader has no actual authority to hold the position.
• Sixth Ranger: An additional team member who doesn't join until well after the other members have been active.
• The Smart Guy: The brains of the team.
• The Sneaky Guy: The team stealth expert.
• Tagalong Chronicler: Follows the team to record their story.
• Tagalong Kid: A child who follows the team around.
• The Team Benefactor
• Team Chef
• Team Dad
• Team Member in the Adaptation: The adaptation makes a character a member of a team they had little to no affiliation with in the source material.
• Team Mom
• The Team Normal: The one member of a super-powered team who doesn't have powers themselves.
• Team Pet: The team's creature companion.
• Team Prima Donna
• The Team Wannabe: A pathetic geek who begs and pleads the team to allow them membership.
• Token Adult: The only adult in a team otherwise composed of youngsters.
• Token Evil Teammate: A villain or jerk among a team of heroes.
• Token Good Teammate: A good person among a team of villains.
• Token Religious Teammate: The one team member who is shown to have religious beliefs.
• Token Wizard: The only member of the team who uses magic.
• The Social Expert
• The Strategist
• Support Party Member
• Utility Party Member
• Voice with an Internet Connection

Party Scattering

• Breaking the Fellowship
• The Fellowship Has Ended: The story ends with the team disbanding and going their separate ways.
• Never Split the Party
• Putting the Band Back Together: A team re-forms after a long time of being disbanded.
• Temporary Party Member to Villain: A Guest-Star Party Member that betrays the party and later fights it.
• We Were Your Team