History Main / AllianceWithAnAbomination

Of course, with an ally so high on the SuperWeight scale, the character risks becoming an InvincibleHero or [[InvincibleVillain 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.

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. Compare BargainWithHeaven for dealing with more obviously "heavenly" entities. 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.

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

Not all cosmic entities [[GodIsEvil hate humans arbitrarily]]. At the very least, some of them might recognize their potential, and sometimes they might even develop a genuine fascination with them. When a supposed EldritchAbomination sides with a human (or any manner of "lower being", for that matter), that is this trope. This will most likely be done by a BadassNormal..

Not all cosmic entities [[GodIsEvil hate humans arbitrarily]]. At the very least, some of them might recognize their potential, and sometimes they might even develop a genuine fascination with them. When a supposed EldritchAbomination sides with a human (or any manner of "lower being", for that matter), that is this trope. This will most likely be done by a BadassNormal or BadassAbnormal.

Of course, with an ally so high on the SuperWeight scale, the character risks becoming a InvincibleHero or [[InvincibleVillain 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.

** ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'': Sinestro, after the return of his nemesis Hal Jordan, he decided finally to make his own Corps to take down the Green Lantern Corps, obviously named after himself. Recruiting numerous deadly members with their yellow rings, he got other powerful allies to state their condition of a powerful Corps, and two 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 an insectile abomination]] who personifies and feeds off fear itself.
** ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': The fifth dimensional imp Mr Mxyzptlk decided to work with Superman during the time [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] [[ComicBook/EmperorJoker conned him out of most of his power]], in order to set things back to normal. Creator/ScottSnyder's [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018 JLA run]] had him show up to help the Justice League reach the ''sixth'' dimension.

** Mia is the host of the Beast, one of the True Primordials -- the five oldest and most terrifying {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in existence. Despite being able to undergo an EldritchTransformation at-will, she is a staunch ally of the Vigil and helps them fight other eldritch monsters.

** ''ComicBook/XMen'': this is usually the status of a Phoenix Host, so long as they've got a strong enough will to stay in control. The tension tends to derive from the fact that the Phoenix a) is volatile, b) is operating on BlueAndOrangeMorality, c) usually has its own aims in mind. Given that it's a force of both creation and destruction, it can be an ally or an antagonist. Some hosts handle it better than others -- [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] actually does pretty well, most of the time, but it's her daughter, [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rachel Summers]], who takes the cake, with the Phoenix actually giving her full use of all of its power, deeming her judgement superior to its own.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Monstress}}'', Maika has an uneasy agreement with the Old God inhabiting her body, and which many factions seek to weaponize.

** An entity known as the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Eater of Souls]] was summoned into a human MeatPuppet to serve as a LivingWeapon, but ended up in The MenInBlack's management instead as [[spoiler:Mr. Angleton]]. It turned out that HumanityIsInfectious and the Eater picked up more of a sense of honour and fair play than its handlers ever had.

* ''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 the real ending, he become a hero in his own right.]]

* 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 immediately goes back on the deal, and wreaks havok instead, which leads onto Tiberius fighting him.

** The series has you forming contracts and summoning various supernatural beings from [[FantasyKitchenSink any and all kinds of mythologies]]. This ranges from weak [[TheFairFolk Pixies]] to [[{{Satan}} Satan and Lucifer]]. Some of the game even feature Lovecraftian monsters like Cthulhu and Nyarlathotep themselves.

** The dialogue during the final boss battle reveals that its influence is even greater, [[spoiler:it has manipulated the entirety of humanity on the DNA level to make them into better food so, in a way, humanity's dominion over nature is part of an alliance they don't even know about]]. ''VideoGame/{{ChronoCross}}'' takes this idea and runs with it.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Warlocks get their powers by making deals with extraplanar entities, such as devils, angels, and weirder things, up to and including Cthulhu.

** ''ComicBook/XMen'': this is usually the status of a Phoenix Host, so long as they've got a strong enough will to stay in control. The tension tends to derive from the fact that the Phoenix a) is volatile, b) is operating on BlueAndOrangeMorality, c) usually has its own aims in mind. Given that it's a force of both creation and destruction, it can be an ally or an antagonist. Some hosts handle it better than others - [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] actually does pretty well, most of the time, but it's her daughter, [[Characters/XMen80sMembers Rachel Summers]], who takes the cake, with the Phoenix actually giving her full use of all of its power, deeming her judgement superior to its own.

* In the ''Literature/HcSvntDracones'' novel ''Blood in the Mist'' Rio starts hearing a voice in her head calling itself Abraxus [[spoiler: implied to be one of the Nephilim mentioned in the RPG's ''Sound and Silence'' sourcebook]] who offers her assistance investigating a cult whose leader was offered transcendence by another entity in exchange for sacrifices.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'' - The Vorlons ally with the Minbari to fight the Shadows and the Shadows ally with the younger races to sow chaos. Both sides are selling the idea that they are terrifying entities beyond the younger races. The heroes turn on both and form an alliance with the First Ones - aliens ''beyond both of them''.

* ''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 GroundhogDayLoop so that people inside them, including our protagonist, can be in eternal bliss]].

* Throughout ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', the Chinese and Russian supercomputers that [[AIIsACrapshoot AM]] took control of are secretly aiding the five humans he tortures, allowing these humans to overcome their flaws and confuse AM. By the endgame, it appears that the Chinese and Russian [=AI=]s want to help the humans take down AM once and for all. [[spoiler: Turns out they're just using you for their own ends, as all the supercomputers want is to usurp AM for themselves. If you do what they say, the Chinese and Russian [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness leave you for AM to toy with for eternity]]. ]]

* ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'':
** Mia is the host of the Beast, one of the True Primordials -- the five oldest and most terrifying {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in existence. Despite being able to undergo an EldritchTransformation at-will, she is a staunch ally of the Vigil and helps them fight other eldritch monsters.
** This is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] when Clara turns out to also [[DemonicPossession host a True Primordial]] as a result of a necromancer's botched attempt to sacrifice her for a summoning ritual. The [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] aspect comes from the fact that [[spoiler:until Part II]] Clara and the rest of the Vigil were unaware of her possession, and the Primordial seems, for whatever reason, very keen on keeping her and her compatriots alive. So it's more like a MysteriousProtector scenario, than a full-on alliance.

* In the ''Literature/HcSvntDracones'' novel ''Blood in the Mist'' Rio starts hearing a voice in her head calling itself Abraxus [[spoiler: implied to be one of the Nephilim mentioned in the RPG's ''Sound and Silence'' sourcebook]] who offers her assistance investigating a cult whose leader was offered transcendence by another entity in exchange for sacrifices.

* ''Series/TheCryOfMann'': Frank seems to be at first just working for Courtney, in order to bring down [=MannCorp=]. However, he's actually the servant of the HumanoidAbomination Gergiev, who promises him great rewards for helping him destroy the Mann family itself. Frank became increasingly frustrated and concerned about their partnership, however, as his payment didn't come right away, and the work kept getting more dangerous and cruel. [[spoiler:He does follow through with the plan, however, and kills Jouglat for Gergiev, earning his reward.]]
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' - The Vorlons ally with the Minbari to fight the Shadows and the Shadows ally with the younger races to sow chaos. Both sides are selling the idea that they are terrifying entities beyond the younger races. The heroes turn on both and form an alliance with the First Ones - aliens ''beyond both of them''.

* ''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 the real ending, he become a hero in his own right.]]

* Mantorok in ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' works with certain humans out of necessity, but [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation arguably]] has some measure of respect for them.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': In Season 3, Pythor who is a {{Snake Pe|ople}}rson allies himself with the Overlord, an EldritchAbomination and the BigBad of the series assisting the Overlord in obtaining a physical body and defeating the Ninjas. According to WordOfGod, this would've ended badly for Pythor had the Overlord succeeded at his plans.

* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': It's never explained how exactly it happened, but Lavos the PlanetEater buried at the Earth's core somehow reached out and corrupted the mind of Queen Zeal, making her abandon her floating kingdom's use of solar power to extract energy from Lavos instead and grant immortality to herself. While this sounds like a prime Evil Is Not A Toy situation, Zeal does in fact become immortal, gaining a flying palace that reaches into orbit in the process. Her exact relation with Lavos (like how she even ''communicates'' with it) is never explained either.

* ''Franchise/TheDCU''
** In ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', Franchise/GreenLantern antagonist Black Hand is obsessed with Death, at the point of becoming TheAntiChrist to represent it for the former/undead Guardian of the Universe Scar and later for Nekron, the UndeadAbomination personification of death and void. He becomes the herald of the Black Lantern Corps and the Nekron's key to get the Earth under his hands, being the only Black Lantern to retain his personality as an undead.

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

** ''ComicBook/XMen'': this is usually the status of a Phoenix Host, so long as they've got a strong enough will to stay in control. The tension tends to derive from the fact that the Phoenix a) is volatile, b) is operating on BlueAndOrangeMorality, c) usually has its own aims in mind. Given that it's a force of both creation and destruction, it can be an ally or an antagonist. Some hosts handle it better than others - ComicBook/JeanGrey actually does pretty well, most of the time, but it's her daughter, ComicBook/RachelSummers, who takes the cake, with the Phoenix actually giving her full use of all of its power, deeming her judgement superior to its own.
* ''ComicBook/DeathVigil''

* Throughout ''VideoGame/IHaveNoMouthAndIMustScream'', the Chinese and Russian supercomputers that [[AIIsACrapshoot AM]] took control of are secretly aiding the five humans he tortures, allowing these humans to overcome their flaws and confuse AM. By the endgame, it appears that the Chinese and Russian [=AI=]s want to help the humans take down AM once and for all. [[spoiler: Turns out they're just using you for their own ends, as all the supercomputers want is to usurp AM for themselves. If you do what they say, the Chinese and Russian [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness leave you for AM to toy with for eternity]]. ]]

* In ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', the Healing Church and each of its major splinter factions all have the direct support of at least one of [[EldritchAbomination the Great Ones]], whose attempts to meddle in the world of humans cause a series of apocalyptic disasters. Even the Hunters, an organization nominally devoted to fighting against them, is controlled from behind the scenes by [[spoiler:the Moon Presence, who is quite explicitly not a Great One, but ain't anywhere ''close'' to being human either]]. Played with in the case of the School of Mensis and their direct predecessors, Byrgenwerth Academy, who didn't so much ally with the Great Ones as they did brutally exploit them to their own gain, with horrendous blowback for the rest of the world.

* Present in ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''. Any instant of [[spoiler:Kyril cooperating with someone, be it [[TheAlliance the Seven Shields]] from the original, or [[DefectorFromDecadence a trio of rogue Black Dogs]] from the remake, counts as this]]. Out of all the people he worked with, [[spoiler:[[TheHighQueen Celestine]] and [[LadyOfBlackMagic Olga]] are the two people with a comparatively higher status than the rest, yet are ultimately "lower beings" when compared to Kyril's status as a [[EldritchAbomination great one]]]].

* ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'':
** Mia is the host of the Beast, one of the True Primordials -- the five oldest and most terrifying {{Eldritch Abomination}}s in existence. Despite being able to undergo an EldritchTransformation at-will, she is a staunch ally of the Vigil and helps them fight other eldritch monsters.
** This is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] when Clara turns out to also [[DemonicPossession host a True Primordial]] as a result of a necromancer's botched attempt to sacrifice her for a summoning ritual. The [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] aspect comes from the fact that [[spoiler:until Part II]] Clara and the rest of the Vigil were unaware of her possession, and the Primordial seems, for whatever reason, very keen on keeping her and her compatriots alive. So it's more like a MysteriousProtector scenario, than a full-on alliance.
* ''Creator/DCComics'':

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': this is usually the status of a Phoenix Host, so long as they've got a strong enough will to stay in control. The tension tends to derive from the fact that the Phoenix a) is volatile, b) is operating on BlueAndOrangeMorality, c) usually has its own aims in mind. Given that it's a force of both creation and destruction, it can be an ally or an antagonist. Some hosts handle it better than others - ComicBook/JeanGrey actually does pretty well, most of the time, but it's her daughter, ComicBook/RachelSummers, who takes the cake, with the Phoenix actually giving her full use of all of its power, deeming her judgement superior to its own.
* ''Franchise/FantasticFour'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]] is a CosmicEntity and PlanetEater who after being fought off by the ComicBook/FantasticFour, promised not to eat the Earth and occasionally works with them if need be. This is also played with his heralds, who are mortal beings that agreed to work with him to find worlds to devour as part of a bargain he'd leave their planets alone.

* ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'': The titular character is a symbiote -- an eldritch parasite created by a dark god for the purpose of corrupting and consuming all life in the cosmos -- who sided with humanity as an antihero -- albeit with brief stints as a super-villain.

** [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]], GodOfEvil and [[HumanoidAbomination Platonic ideal of tyranny]] has sided with supervillains [[EnemyMine and superheroes]] occasionally whenever a threat proves difficult for him, [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder inevitably betraying them later on]]. The ComicBook/NewGods teaming up with characters could be seen as this trope as well, given they come from a cosmic realm outside the normal multiverse.

* In "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13858618/1/ Attack on Titan A New Path]]'', the story starts off with Eren agreeing to allow the God of Darkness to send him to [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Remnant]]. Darkness tells Eren he's sending him to take out Salem, so the god can gain back control of the Grimm. It's clear he has other motives.

* In "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13858618/1/ Attack on Titan A New Path]]'', the story starts off with Eren agreeing to allow the God of Darkness to send him to [[Web Animation/{{RWBY}} Remnant]]. Darkness tells Eren he's sending him to take out Salem, so the god can gain back control of the Grimm. It's clear he has other motives.

* In "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13858618/1/ Attack on Titan A New Path]]'', the story starts off with Eren agreeing to allow the God of Darkness to send him to [[WebAnimation/RWBY Remnant]]. Darkness tells Eren he's sending him to take out Salem, so the god can gain back control of the Grimm. It's clear he has other motives.

** In ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', [[Characters/GreenLanternHalJordan Hal Jordan]]'s antagonist Black Hand is obsessed with Death, at the point of becoming TheAntiChrist to represent it for the former/undead Guardian of the Universe Scar and later for Nekron, the UndeadAbomination personification of death and void. He becomes the herald of the Black Lantern Corps and the Nekron's key to get the Earth under his hands, being the only Black Lantern to retain his personality as an undead.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': The Tailed Beasts are powerful entities made of primal chakra, which the Hidden Villages sought to use as living weapons via ''[[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan jinchūriki]]''. Inspired by Killer Bee having managed to befriend with Gyūki the Eight-Tailed Ox, main character Naruto forms an EnemyMine partnership with Kurama the Nine-Tailed Fox to oppose Madara Uchiha, though this quickly progresses into a genuine friendship.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': The shinigamis who offer a DealWithTheDevil in Death Note don't always cooperate with the mortals, but when they do, it's this sort of thing. Ryuk and Rem are notably supportive of humans working with them. [[spoiler:Of course Ryuk writes Light's name down when he can no longer [[ItAmusedMe entertain him]], so EvilIsNotAToy is in full effect]].

* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', [[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.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Several of the movies involve Legendary Pokémon, some of whom are basically PhysicalGods, aiding the heroes against the BigBad. This is especially the case for Giratina, a ghost-dragon Pokémon that even dwells in an EldritchLocation.

* ''ComicBook/DeathVigil''

* ''Creator/DCComics''
** In ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', Hal Jordan's antagonist Black Hand is obsessed with Death, at the point of becoming TheAntiChrist to represent it for the former/undead Guardian of the Universe Scar and later for Nekron, the UndeadAbomination personification of death and void. He becomes the herald of the Black Lantern Corps and the Nekron's key to get the Earth under his hands, being the only Black Lantern to retain his personality as an undead.
** ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}, GodOfEvil and [[HumanoidAbomination Platonic ideal of tyranny]] has sided with supervillains [[EnemyMine and superheroes]] occasionally whenever a threat proves difficult for him, inevitably betraying them later on. The ComicBook/NewGods teaming up with characters could be seen as this trope as well, given they come from a cosmic realm outside the normal multiverse.
** ''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 two 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.
** ''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/ScottSnyder's [[ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018 JLA run]] had him show up to help the Justice League reach the ''sixth'' dimension.
* ''Franchise/FantasticFour'': ComicBook/{{Galactus}} is a CosmicEntity and PlanetEater who after being fought off by the Fantastic Four, promised not to eat the Earth and occasionally works with them if need be. This is also played with his heralds, who are mortal beings that agreed to work with him to find worlds to devour as part of a bargain he'd leave their planets alone.

* Present in ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls''. Any instant of [[spoiler:Kyril cooperating with someone, be it [[TheAlliance the Seven Shields]] from the original, or [[DefectorFromDecadence a trio of rogue Black Dogs]] from the remake, counts as this.]] Out of all the people he worked with, [[spoiler:[[TheHighQueen Celestine]] and [[LadyOfBlackMagic Olga]] are the two people with a comparatively higher status than the rest, yet are ultimately "lower beings" when compared to Kyril's status as a [[EldritchAbomination great one]].]]

** An entity known as the Eater Of Souls was summoned into a human MeatPuppet to serve as a LivingWeapon, but ended up in The MenInBlack's management instead as [[spoiler:Mr. Angleton]]. It turned out that HumanityIsInfectious and the Eater picked up more of a sense of honour and fair play than its handlers ever had.

** Played with in ''The Delirium Brief'': [[spoiler:Nyarl'ath'hotep (Prime Minister of Great Britain) pretends to want to pull an Enemy Mine with Cthulhu (whose servants have taken over America) 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.]]

* ''Literature/ToWelcomeOblivion'': [[spoiler:In the story's climatic battle, [[VillainProtagonist Grallman]] makes a pact with ''[[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu himself]]'' to perform a FusionDance and pull off a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown against the story's true BigBad, Nyarlathotep.]]

* ''Series/TheCryOfMann'': Frank seems to be at first just working for Courtney, in order to bring down [=MannCorp=]. However, he's actually the servant of the HumanoidAbomination Gergiev, who promises him great rewards for helping him destroy the Mann family itself. Frank became increasingly frustrated and concerned about their partnership, however, as his payment didn't come right away, and the work kept getting more dangerous and cruel. [[spoiler:He does follow through with the plan, however, and kills Jouglat for Gergiev, earning his reward]].

* ''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 the real ending, he become a hero on his own right]].
* Mantorok in ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' works with certain humans out of necessity, but [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation arguably]] has some measure of respect for them.

* 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.
* Catching the legendaries in any ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' game is somewhat an example of this, especially in the fourth generation, where they're basically [[PhysicalGod Physical Gods]]. Of course, like other Pokemon [[DefeatMeansFriendship you gotta battle and catch them first]].
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''

* ''WebVideo/EverymanHybrid'': PlayedWith. Vinnie manages to become allies with the dangerous, [[BodySurf body-hopping,]] [[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.]]

* 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': In Season 3, Pythor who is a SnakePerson allies himself with the Overlord, an EldritchAbomination and the BigBad of the series assisting the Overlord in obtaining a physical body and defeating the Ninjas. According to WordOfGod, this would've ended badly for Pythor had the Overlord succeeded at his plans.

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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': The Tailed Beasts are powerful entities made of primal chakra, which the Hidden Villages sought to use as living weapons via ''[[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan jinchūriki]]''. However, two of the ''jinchūriki'' manage to befriend their tailed beasts -- Killer Bee with Gyūki the Eight-Tailed Ox, and main character Naruto with Kurama the Nine-Tailed Fox.

* ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'' has an EldritchAbomination level vampire in the form of Alucard, who works for an organization that specializes in hunting vampires. It helps that he's extremely loyal to Integra and finds the vampires he hunts to be worthless scum.

* Several of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' movies involve Legendary Pokemon, some of whom are basically PhysicalGods, aiding the heroes against the BigBad. This is especially the case for Giratina, a ghost-dragon Pokemon that even dwells in an EldritchLocation.

* [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] in ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'', where Clara turns out to [[DemonicPossession host a Primordial]] -- one of the five oldest and most terrifying [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch Abominations]] in existence -- as a result of a necromancer's botched attempt to sacrifice her for a summoning ritual. The [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]] aspect comes from the fact that neither Clara, nor the rest of the Vigil are aware of her possession yet, and the Primordial seems, for whatever reason, very keen on keeping her and her compatriots alive. So it's more like a MysteriousProtector scenario, than a full-on alliance.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Monstress}}'' Maika has an uneasy agreement with the Old God inhabiting her body, and which many factions seek to weaponize.