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** ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'': Sinestro, after the return of his nemesis Hal Jordan, he decided finally to make his own Corps to take down Green Lantern Corps, obviously named after himself Apart of recruit numerous deadly members with their yellow rings, he got other powerful allies to state their condition of a powerful Corps, and twp of them are the Anti-Monitor and Parallax. The former is a monstrously powerful CosmicEntity [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths who all but destroyed the multiverse]], the latter is [[AnimalisticAbomination insectile abomination]] who personifies and feeds off fear itself.

* In ''Anime/MahouSenseiNegima'', [[Really700YearsOld Evangeline]] [[LadyOfBlackMagic A.K.]] [[LittleMissBadass McDowell's]] membership in [[BadassCrew Ala Alba]] could be seen as this, especially given her status as a NobleDemon.

* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': This is how the Summer variant of BB came to be: when she took over the Chaldea Observatory branch in Hawaii, she used the devices within to look into a being in outer space - [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep himself]]- and said being is amused by how BB shares a similar mindset to its own that it decided to give her some of its powers to see what she would do with it. She then transformed Hawaii into a special "perpetual summer island" with her powers [[spoiler:which involves creating a GroundhogTimeLoop so that people inside them, including our protagonist, can be in eternal bliss]].

* This was done by Cartman in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''. When making a comic book story he had his AuthorAvatar, The Coon, teamed up with Cthulhu. It gets funnier when he treats Cthulhu as a second-rate member of his team by referring to their team as, "The Coon and Friend," and placates Cthulhu by faithfully re-creating the famous dog and kitten scene from the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short Feed the Kitty.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The Gods of the Furthest Ring are typical Lovecraftian monstrosities that dwell in the VoidBetweenTheWorlds. They're helping out and giving advise to the dream selves of Derse in order to fight off Lord English, an OmnicidalManiac that's been tearing through them and forced them to ask for help.
* Basically the central premise of ''Webcomic/OwMySanity''. Normally, cultists that summon an eldritch god die horribly. Occasionally, one manages to formulate their wishes well enough that granting them doesn't kill them; this makes that individual a terrifying and near unstoppable threat. And then you've got the main character, who just wished for a genuine and positive emotional connection with someone, confusing and fascinating the EldritchAbomination he promptly nicknames [[FluffyTheTerrible "Nancy"]]. So now she's sticking around until she can a) understand his wish and b) grant it. [[spoiler:And she's only the first; between his AllLovingHero and WeirdnessMagnet tendencies, David seems to attract beings looking for such alliances.]]

* ''WebVideo/EverymanHybrid'': Played With; Vinnie manages to become allies with the dangerous, [[BodySurf body-hopping]], and [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] being known as HABIT, being chosen to help HABIT kill Slenderman rather than become another one of HABIT's victims. This alliance involves HABIT putting Vinnie through a lot of dangerous, cruel, and downright trollish ordeals while not giving much information in return, but Vinnie was safe from Slenderman while working with HABIT. After a short split, Vinnie willingly returned to help HABIT's plan, and [[spoiler:was even willing to turn on Dr. Corenthal to do so. However, in the light of what HABIT's plan really was, and that he'd been tricked, Vinnie immediately turned on him.]]
* As in the manga and animes, ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'''s Alucard is well into EldritchAbomination levels of power and horrifying. Unlike in the source material, no-one has any real power over him; at best he'll consent to being bribed into good behavior or already want to do what needs doing [[TheHedonist because it sounds like fun]].

* ''VideoGame/CthulhuSavesTheWorld'' has [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu himself]] as the protagonist working with some [[BadassNormal badass normals]], though begrudgingly because of a curse put on him. [[spoiler:In some endings, he become a hero in his own right]].

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* ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'': What everyone considers the Baharut Empire to have done (including the Emperor himself) after they ask for Ainz' help with their yearly battle with Re-Estize ([[GoneHorriblyRight in fact, a ploy by the Emperor to gauge Ainz' power and convince the other nations to gang up on him]]). After Ainz summons several Lovecraftian monstrosities by murdering a third of the opposing army, everyone thinks the Emperor asked Ainz to do something so horrible. [[spoiler:After the Empire becomes Ainz' VoluntaryVassal, everything starts going a lot better for the Empire's citizens due to the constant threat of immediate and unstoppable annihilation being lifted from them.]]

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* In ''Anime/MahouSenseiNegima'', [[Really700YearsOld Evangeline]] [[LadyOfBlackMagic A.K.]] [[LittleMissBadass McDowell]] membership in [[BadassCrew Ala Alba]] could be seen as this, especially given her status as a NobleDemon.

** With [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN]] in progress but Britain's occult defense agency disbanded by a government infiltrated by an ApocalypseCult, its management is forced to ally with [[spoiler:the Black Pharaoh, aka Nyarlathotep]] and put him in charge of the country for the sake of human survival. Yes, he's an EldritchAbomination of dreadful power and awful plans to whom we're nothing more than insects, but he has nothing against insects, especially if they're bees that make him honey. With him as a patron, at least something that ''remembers'' being human might survive the Lovecraftian apocalypse -- more than could be said if someone like [[spoiler:Dread Cthulhu]] takes over.

** With [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN]] in progress but Britain's occult defense agency disbanded by a government infiltrated by an ApocalypseCult, its management is forced to ally with [[spoiler:the Black Pharaoh, aka Nyarlathotep]] and put him in charge of the country for the sake of human survival. Yes, he's an EldritchAbomination of dreadful power to whom we're nothing more than insects, but he has nothing against insects, especially if they're bees that make him honey. With him as a patron, at least something that ''remembers'' being human might survive the Lovecraftian apocalypse -- more than could be said if someone like [[spoiler:Dread Cthulhu]] takes over.

** With [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN]] in progress but Britain's occult defense agency disbanded by a government infiltrated by an ApocalypseCult, its management is forced to ally with [[spoiler:the Black Pharaoh, aka Nyarlathotep]] and put him in charge of the country for the sake of human survival. Yes, he's an EldritchAbomination of dreadful power to whom we're nothing more than insects, but he has nothing against insects, especially if they're bees that make him honey. With him as a patron, at least something that ''remembers'' being human might survive the Lovecraftian apocalypse -- more than could be said than if someone like [[spoiler:Dread Cthulhu]] takes over.
** Played with in ''The Delirium Brief'': [[spoiler:Nyarl'ath'hotep pretends to want to pull an Enemy Mine with Cthulhu against the Cold Ones, who are even higher on the SuperWeight scale and [[HorrifyingTheHorror utterly terrifying to them]], but this is a ploy to get one of his servants close enough to destroy Cthulhu's avatar on Earth and weaken his greatest rival for world domination.]]

** The Franchise/CthulhuMythos entities [[spoiler:Nyarl'ath'hotep and Dread Cthulhu itself]] pull an Enemy Mine with the Laundry against the Cold Ones, who are even higher on the SuperWeight scale and [[HorrifyingTheHorror utterly terrifying to them]].

** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': The fifth dimensional imp Mr Mxyzptlk decided to work with Superman during the time [[ComicBook/EmperorJoker The Joker conned him out of most of his power]], in order to set things back to normal. Creator/ScottSynder's [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018 JLA run]] had him show up to help the Justice League reach the ''sixth'' dimension.

Compare and contrast DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu, where a normal and an EldritchAbomination associate casually or even friends, and DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu, where this goes beyond a mere alliance/friendship. May result from SummonBiggerFish, or from a combination of DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu and DefeatMeansFriendship. Distinct from PalsWithJesus in that this refers to a team with an actual task to fulfill. If the hero is abominable themselves, they're a HorrifyingHero.

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* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[HumanoidAbomination Salem]] is served by several powerful humans who have pledged loyalty to her in exchange for accomplishing their goals. She sends them out to sow discord among humanity while she continues to plot from behind the scenes
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* In ''VideoGame/Paladins'', this was the intention of Corvus, by making a DealWithTheDevil via Seris to summon someone from the Abyss to bring peace to the realm. The Abyss chooses Raum, and once he's summoned, he immedietely goes back on the deal, and wreaks havok instead, which leads onto Tiberius fighting him.

* The Flood of the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series is a horrific parasite that controls corpses, was responsible for the extinction of several species, and generally requires a NukeEm response to even make a dent in their numbers. At the climax of Halo 3, it teams up with the good guys to help them defeat [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the Covenant]], who are about to mistakenly fire a superweapon that will wipe out all life in the galaxy. As soon as they stop it, the Flood promptly betrays them.

* In ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'', Sam Vimes faces down and defeats the powerful and ancient Dwarfen entity of rage and vengeance, The Summoning Dark. In the sequel novel ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'', the Summoning Dark, which has attached itself to Vimes, is seen as "tamed" to the cause of law and justice, and offers Vimes its talents and abilities in seeking out murder and greed in dark places: it places its abilities completely at Vimes' disposal.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}, it's possible to be one of the Abyssal or Infernal Exalted, who help two different sets of [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]]: the former serve the Neverborn, who want to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy all of existence]], while the latter serve the Yozis, who want to escape their prison and [[RageAgainstTheHeavens get back at the gods and Exalted who imprisoned them in the first place]]. Of course, how buddy-buddy each Exalt remains with his "bosses" is up to him. Some remain loyal; others decide they have [[TakeAThirdOption other things to do]].

Of course, with an ally so high on the SuperWeight scale, the character risks becoming a BoringInvincibleHero/[[BoringInvincibleVillain Villain]], so for the plot to move forward, it is necessary that the alliance be either brief, strained, conditional, rivaled (meaning there is an enemy of roughly equal or greater power to contend with), or has some bad consequences. This may be done through a DealWithTheDevil (with all that entails), but not necessarily.