History Main / CaperCrew

* In ''VideoGame/PathOfExile'', the Ring is a ThievesGuild with a full set of operators. Kurai, the Administrator, oversees the operations of the group for the [[TheGhost leader]]. Whakano, TheBarber, provides intel and is also TheFixer, who provides extra contracts needed to perform a job. Adiyah, the Wayfinder, gets people to the job site by opening portals to the location. You have a roster of 9 rogues who will join you on a job, each of them with a different set of skills, like lockpicking, trap disarmament, [[OpenSaysMe brute force]], and [[AntiMagic counter-thaumuturgy]]. You, the player character, are the Muscle, who clears the way both in and out by killing everything in your way. Finally, Faustus is the Fence, who sells the stolen goods back to the clients.

** In the Bank of Spain heist, Lisbon and Palermo replace Berlin as joint Partners-In-Crime, alongside several additions: Stockholm as the New Kid, Bogotá as both a Safe-Cracker and machinery expert (replacing Moscow in the latter role), Marseille as the Coordinator, and Manila as an Inside Man (although she's directly part of the crew rather than mainly an employee or costumer of the Bank). Two more people, Benjamín and Matías, join midway through the heist as another machinery expert and New Kid, respectively.

** For his first plan to rob the Spanish Royal Mint, the people the Professor (Mastermind) recruited have defined specializations: Berlin and Tokyo are thieves, Rio is a hacker, Nairobi is a forger, Moscow is a machinery expert, and Denver, Oslo, and Helsinki are muscles. Berlin also acts as the Partner-In-Crime.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'':
** Mr. Wolf - The Mastermind. He's the leader of the crew, the one that holds the heists together for plans. He's also the Pickpocket and the Driver.
** Mr. Snake -- The Safe-Cracker. Called a "Houdini with no arms", he is able to break into safes with ease.
** Mr. Shark -- The Distraction. Using his mastery of disguises, he draws others away from the major action, or uses his disguises to slink into the action.

** For his first plan to rob the Spanish Royal Mint, the people the Professor (Mastermind) recruited have defined specializations: Berlin and Tokyo are thieves, Rio is a hacker, Nairobi is a forger, Moscow is a machinery expert, and Denver, Oslo, and Helsinki are muscle. Berlin also acts as the Partner-In-Crime.

** The Bank of Spain heist features Lisbon and Palermo replacing Berlin as joint Partners-In-Crime, Stockholm as the New Kid, Bogotá as both a Safe-Cracker and machinery expert, Marseille as the Coordinator, and Manila as an Inside Man (although she's directly part of the crew rather than mainly an employee or costumer of the Bank). Two more people, Benjamín and Matías, join midway through the heist as a another machinery expert and another New Kid, respectively.

** The Bank of Spain heist features Lisbon and Palermo replacing Berlin as joint Partners-In-Crime, Stockholm as the New Kid, Bogotá as both a Safe-Cracker and machinery expert, Marseille as the Coordinator, and Manila as an Inside Man (although she's directly part of the crew rather than mainly a member of the Bank's staff). Two more people, Benjamín and Matías, join midway through the heist as a another machinery expert and another New Kid, respectively.

** For his first plan to rob the Spanish Royal Mint, the people the Professor (Mastermind) recruited have defined specializations: Berlin and Tokyo are thieves, Rio is a hacking whiz, Nairobi is a forger, Oslo is a machinery expert, and Denver, Oslo, and Helsinki are muscle. Berlin also acts as the Partner-In-Crime.
** The Bank of Spain heist features Lisbon and Palermo replacing Berlin as joint Partners-In-Crime, Stockholm as the New Kid, Bogotá as a Safe-Cracker, Marseille as the Coordinator, and Manila as an Inside Man (although she's directly part of the crew rather than mainly a member of the Bank's staff). Two more people, Benjamín and Matías, join midway through the heist as a Gadget Guy and another New Kid, respectively.

* '''The Partner In Crime''': The leader's second-in-command, who assists The Mastermind in plan-making and usually almost equally as experienced. Depending on the nature of the crew, he might be the only one besides The Mastermind who actually knows what's going on. May overlap with other roles. Compare TheLancer, TheDragon, the NumberTwo.

* ''Series/MoneyHeist'': For his first plan to rob the Spanish Royal Mint, the people the Professor (Mastermind) recruited have defined specializations: Berlin and Tokyo are thieves, Rio is a hacking whiz, Nairobi is a forger, Oslo is a machinery expert, and Denver, Oslo, and Helsinki are muscle. Berlin also acts as the Partner-In-Crime and second-in-command.

** [[spoiler:Shadow-san]] - The Legendary Thief

* '''The WildCard''': The WildCard will be brought on by a more experienced member who will insist that they can help, even if the team does not need another member, and given a non-essential job like additional muscle or driver. Or they will find out about the caper independently and insist on being let in using blackmail. They will at best be TheLoad, but more often will endanger the job due to youth, immaturity, stupidity, or extreme psychopathy.

** Inej is Partner in Crime, the Hacker (in a world before computers, her spying fulfills a similar purpose), and the Burglar. Kaz also makes her act as Acquisitioner of odd items (several of which become Chekhov's gun).
** Jesper is a second Partner in Crime and Muscle Man.
** Nina is hired on as a Muscle Man (due to her skills as a heartrender), but doubles as the Roper and the Con Woman as the heist wears on.
** Matthias, who despite being the most physically muscled acts mainly as The Inside Man.
** Wylan is the Gadget Guy, the New Kid, and a partial Inside Man (he's been to The Ice Court before and speaks limited Fjerdan). He's mainly brought as a hostage, though.

* ''Literature/{{Swindle}}'' does this with some variation because the characters are all eleven-year-old kids. Griffin is the Mastermind, his best friend Logan is the Partner in Crime, and Melissa is the Hacker. Logan, who is an actor, plays the part of the Conman, and bully Darren is the Muscle. Pitch, who loves to climb takes the role of the Burglar. Since the main security of the comic shop, they plan to rob is a vicious Doberman, instead of a Safe Cracker, they recruit "Animal Whisperer" Savannah to deal with it.

* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' has a Grifter (Conman+ Distraction), Hitter (Muscle and Driver), a Thief (Pickpocket and Burglar), a Hacker (Hacker and Gadget Guy), and The Mastermind who doubles as The Backer. Nate doesn't seem to really have any more money than anyone else -- he does the "paying for everything" thing, but it almost seems like the client-of-the-week is Leverage's Backer (as they're the ones who set the overall mission constraints). Also, Nate and Hardison generally share the Coordinator role, and Hardison is probably more likely to be the Distraction than anyone but Sophie.

* '''The Burglar''': May be a ClassyCatBurglar, PhantomThief, or some other form of savvy-thief, they are the person who infiltrates and helps themselves to the goods. If someone's going to descend from the ceiling via a series of cables, or maneuver around a LaserHallway, this is who it'll be.

* '''TheDriver''': He drives the getaway vehicle. He will probably be a BadassDriver.

* ''Comicbook/LokiAgentOfAsgard'''s crew consists of:

* ''Series/MissionImpossible'''s cast always fit into one or more of these roles. In the classic crew, Jim was the Mastermind/Coordinator, Rollin was the Conman/Pickpocket, Barney was the Gadget Guy/Burglar, Cinnamon was the Roper/Distraction, and Willy was the Muscle/Driver.

** ''The Muscle:'' ''Film/DieHard'''s John [=McClane=][[note]]fresh off his 2008 run for President[[/note]] serves as the main source of firepower in the heist. He gives Catwoman the time she needs to get into the vault and knowing him, probably blows the entire building down with C4.

* ''Webcomic/LegostarGalactica'''s [[TheChessmaster Robin Cunningham]] has assembled crews for various jobs on multiple occasions.

* The Insurgent Generals from ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'''s HeistEpisode "The Big Job," with team leader General Outrage, TheSmartGuy hacker Brainz, additional hands Wild Card and Clipper, and Sylvia, aka "Smash 'n' Sass," as the muscle. They're joined by Wander, who largely serves the New Kid role and is tasked with guarding the door, at which he [[EpicFail fails spectacularly]].
* WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego: In the 2019 reboot, the following people take up the following roles:

* ''Characters/LupinIII'' and his gang are the epitome of the trope:

* ''The Anderson Tapes'': Duke is the Mastermind. Pat Angelo is the Backer. Socks is The Muscle. Spencer is The Driver. "The Kid" is The Hacker. Tommy Haskins (the "bird dog") is arguably The Inside Man. "Pops" is a self-appointed Fall Guy.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'':

* As the page image indicates, ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' has a Grifter (Conman+ Distraction), Hitter (Muscle and Driver), a Thief (Pickpocket and Burglar), a Hacker (Hacker and Gadget Guy), and The Mastermind who doubles as The Backer. Nate doesn't seem to really have any more money than anyone else -- he does the "paying for everything" thing, but it almost seems like the client-of-the-week is Leverage's Backer (as they're the ones who set the overall mission constraints). Also, Nate and Hardison generally share the Coordinator role, and Hardison is probably more likely to be the Distraction than anyone but Sophie.

* The main cast of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' evolves into an elite Caper Crew over the course of seven movies (although no two movies feature exactly the same crew), most prominently in the fifth and sixth movies. '''Everyone''' is The Driver at some point and almost everyone is capable of serving as The Muscle, with other roles sliding around as needed but mostly as follows:

** ''The Fall Guy:'' With one role left to fill for the heist, Zammit puts forward ''Bad Santa'' as a fall guy before offering an infallible option: [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} the Lord Jesus Christ]]. In addition to being able to distract crowds with His miracles[[note]]unless they're twenty feet away, in which case [[ArbitraryMaximumRange He can't do miracles]][[/note]], the King of Kings would also put any police coming to arrest Him in a moral dilemma.

** ''The Pickpocket:'' [=Malcom McDowell=] from the derivatively named ''Home Alone: Holiday Heist'' uses his genius-level intellect to assist in the actual stealing of Christmas.

** Weather Wizard/Mark Mardon: The Distraction, The Muscle. Mardon's main usage in jobs is that his WeatherControl gimmick makes him one of the most effective at fighting the Flash, making him useful for keeping the Scarlet Speedster at-bay.

* The cast of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' form one as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. Joker is the Mastermind, Mona swaps between the Partner In Crime and the Burglar, Skull is the Muscle, Panther is the Conman, Fox is the Gadget Guy (albeit a supernatural version), Queen is the Coordinator, Oracle is the Hacker, Noir is the Inside Man, [[spoiler:and Crow is a combination of the New Kid and the Mark.]] Their Personae collectively function as the Legendary Thieves, as they are all famous historical, mythical, or fictional entities who lend their skills to their summoners and inspire them to become thieves.

* ''[[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Homestuck's]]'' first intermission is a caper story involving the vicious Midnight Crew breaking into the mansion of their rival gang, the Felt, to rob the contents of the giant vault in the house, with the additional side mission to [[KillEmAll kill every single Felt member.]]

* ''Literature/{{Swindle}}'' does this with some variation because the characters are all eleven-year-old kids. Griffin is the Mastermind, his best friend Logan is the Partner in Crime, and Pitch is the Hacker. Logan, who is an actor, plays the part of the Conman, and bully Darren is the Muscle. Pitch, who loves to climb takes the role of the Burglar. Since the main security of the comic shop, they plan to rob is a vicious Doberman, instead of a Safe Cracker, they recruit "Animal Whisperer" Savannah to deal with it.

* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''' main cast evolves into an elite Caper Crew over the course of seven movies (although no two movies feature exactly the same crew), most prominently in the fifth and sixth movies. '''Everyone''' is The Driver at some point and almost everyone is capable of serving as The Muscle, with other roles sliding around as needed but mostly as follows: