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* "When I Yoo Hoo" a [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] cartoon from 1936 about a cockfight in a rural mountain area, ends with the cheering sections of both roosters converging in the ring for a battle royale after the sheriff rules the bout a draw. The two roosters watch from the seats.

* "When I Yoo Hoo" a [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] cartoon from 1936 about a cockfight I'm a rural mountain area, ends with the cheering sections of both roosters converging in the ring for a battle royale after the sheriff rules the bout a draw. The two roosters watch from the seats.

* All of the villains on ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' join the girls for the ending song at the end of"Dee Me, Feel Me, Gnomey."

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', when the Gang (not Gaang, as the Avatar himself was elsewhere) shows up at Ba Sing Se looking for Iroh, they not only find him, they also find the rest of the White Lotus Society... which consists of ''all the great masters of the world'' that aren't directly loyal to the Fire Lord. Cue CurbStompBattle against the occupying Fire Nation forces.

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* Parodied in the ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' sketch "The Pantomime Horse is a Secret Agent Film."
-->"My goodness me, it's the Duke of Kent to the rescue..."
* In ''Series/{{Glee}}'' almost everyone in [=McKinley=] joins the glee club right before a competition so they have enough members to compete. In Season one, Jacob Ben Israel briefly joins to replace Finn, but he doesn't actually compete. In Season two, Lauren joins at Puck's persuasion. And in Season three, [[spoiler: the band guys join right before Sectionals.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', when the Gang (not Gaang, as the Avatar himself was elsewhere) shows up at Ba Sing Se looking for Iroh, they not only find him, they also find the rest of the White Lotus Society... Which consists of ''all the great masters of the world'' that aren't directly loyal to the Fire Lord. Cue curbstompbattle against the occupying Fire Nation forces.

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* The Battle of Five Armies in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. [[spoiler: First, the dwarves and the men are about to start a battle. Then the wood elves show up with their own claims/demands (but these are largely compatible with those of the men, so it's still essentially 13 dwarves vs. men and elves). ''Then'' Thorin's cousin Dáin from the Iron Hills arrives with a proper dwarf army at his back. After a very small amount of that they all at least temporarily put aside their differences to fight the goblins. The eagles appeared later and started doing a DeathFromAbove thing on the goblins.]]

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* Chapter 10 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: Revelation'' has just about every main character from the Red and Blue teams who had been split from the party return for an epic confrontation with yet another returning character, [[spoiler:Tex]]. She then proceeds to lay an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome utter]] [[CurbStompBattle asskicking]] against every one of them.

* Chapter 10 of ''Machinima/RedVsBlue: Revelation'' has just about every main character from the Red and Blue teams who had been split from the party return for an epic confrontation with yet another returning character, [[spoiler:[[{{Badass}} Tex]]]]. She then proceeds to lay an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome utter]] [[CurbStompBattle asskicking]] against every one of them.

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* The Whitebeard War was heading this way in ''OnePiece''. Every single Marine who ever appeared in the comic was there, plus a ton more. A bunch of New World pirate captains. The surviving male members of Baroque Works. Buggy the Clown. A small army of escaped prisoners and transvestites. Blackbeard and crew. However, it wasn't until [[spoiler:Shanks]] and [[spoiler:Trafalgar Law]] showed up that this really proved to be the case.
* The end of the second season of ''{{Vandread}}'' featured lots of people coming to Nirvana's aid against [[spoiler:the Earthling(s)]]. Although this wasn't really expected, it ''has'' been justified by all of them coming from planets where Nirvana's crew did something good or otherwise impressed the locals over the course of the two seasons.

* Indirect version in ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. During the final battle with [[spoiler:the Antispiral]], after a wormhole or something opens up to Earth, ''every single human being on Earth'' is seen believing in Team Dai-Gurren to take down the [[spoiler:Antispiral]]. Remember, Spiral Power comes from belief and determination, both of which the entire population is supplying Simon and co. with.

* In ''Series/{{Glee}}'' almost everyone in McKinley joins the glee club right before a competition so they have enough members to compete. In Season one, Jacob Ben Israel briefly joins to replace Finn, but he doesn't actually compete. In Season two, Lauren joins at Puck's persuasion. And in Season three, [[spoiler: the band guys join right before Sectionals.]]

* Parodied in both ''Film/{{Anchorman}}'' movies with the "Battle of the News Networks", both of which consist of random news teams (and, in the second, supernatural entities) coming out of nowhere to join in the battle.

* When you're facing down Feinne the World Eater in ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' for the second time, after she's annihilated the town everyone laments how you cannot hope to defeat her power. Cue textbook BigDamnHeroes moment as the knights of Raide and Christophe's mercenaries show up to lend their aid.

* ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' while fighting the Big Bad, the only way to beat him is to use the up until then useless skill "Pray," which causes all the [[{{NPC}} NPCs]] in the world, plus ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall the player,]]'' to pray together, which destroys the Big Bad.

* ''NeverWinterNights2: Mask of the Betrayer'' has the final confrontation taking place in your own mind as it is being devoured by the Spirit-Eater curse, as you fight you call your allies and friends (some of which are dead) to assist you.
** Similarly, ''JadeEmpire'' won't let your party members join you in the final showdown, but they (those who remained loyal anyway) will help you take out the BigBad 's minions.
* In the PC fantasy kingdom sim ''{{Majesty}}'', you (as the sovereign) are not allowed to have certain groups, usually of warring religious factions, in your kingdom at the same time. However, in the final quest, as your kingdom's map gets filled out by exploring parties, they stumble across hidden pockets of every conceivable group of adventurers -- all of whom promptly join in aiding you in the final battles against every ''villain'' you've encountered up to this point in the game. All the heroes versus all the villains, including the ones they already killed.

* Chapter 10 of ''RedVsBlue: Revelation'' has just about every main character from the Red and Blue teams who had been split from the party return for an epic confrontation with yet another returning character, [[spoiler:[[{{Badass}} Tex]]]].
** And she then proceeds to lay an [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome utter]] [[CurbStompBattle asskicking]] against every one of them.

* ''XMenEvolution'' had an epilogue that [[http://www.faithandgeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/X-Men-Evolution-cast.jpg featured practically every character from the series who could conceivably join the X-men.]]
* Arguably, all of ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' was this, being a show featuring dozens of superheroes as a sequel to a show featuring ''seven''.

* In ''{{Glee}}'' almost everyone in McKinley joins the glee club right before a competition so they have enough members to compete. In Season one, Jacob Ben Israel briefly joins to replace Finn, but he doesn't actually compete. In Season two, Lauren joins at Puck's persuasion. And in Season three, [[spoiler: the band guys join right before Sectionals.]]

If all the people are called rather than showing up for no reason, it becomes GondorCallsForAid.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' had pretty much every character with a name show up to fight on the Day of Black Sun. Except Bumi. He was doing other things...
** That's more a case of GondorCallsForAid. Now, when the Gang (not Gaang, as the Avatar himself was elsewhere) shows up at Ba Sing Se looking for Iroh, they not only find him, they also find the rest of the White Lotus Society... Which consists of ''all the great masters of the world'' that aren't directly loyal to the Fire Lord. Cue curbstompbattle against the occupying Fire Nation forces.

* ''{{Earthbound}}'' while fighting the Big Bad, the only way to beat him is to use the up until then useless skill "Pray," which causes all the [[{{NPC}} NPCs]] in the world, plus ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall the player,]]'' to pray together, which destroys the Big Bad.

* At one point in ''{{Disgaea}} 3'' a show of support from Mao's friends goes overboard into silly when every minor opponent up to that point shows up to lend their support.

* ''HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' - everybody and their dog shows up for the ''Battle of Hogwarts''.

* Subverted in ''TheMatrixRevolutions'', wherein the 9 BILLION copies Agent Smith made of himself just stand around and watch Smith 1.0 and Neo fight.

* Similarly, the brawl at the end of ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' is between all the bad guys and all the townsfolk and [[BreakingTheFourthWall spills out into adjacent studios]].

* The Battle of Five Armies in ''Literature/TheHobbit''. [[spoiler: First, the dwarves and the men are about to start a battle. Then the wood elves show up with their own claims/demands (but these are largely compatible with those of the men, so it's still essentially 13 dwarves vs. men and elves). ''Then'' Thorin's cousin Dain from the Iron Hills arrives with a proper dwarf army at his back. After a very small amount of that they all at least temporarily put aside their differences to fight the goblins. The eagles appeared later and started doing a DeathFromAbove thing on the goblins.]]