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* ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' has the Rider trio of Shinnosuke, Chase, and Gou. Chase was actually a former enemy to both Shinnosuke and Gou but made a HeelFaceTurn and acted like Shinnosuke's lancer while Gou acted hostile to Chase since he hated all Roidmudes. While Gou could work well with Shinnosuke who he like, it took facing the other Roidmudes and his evil Father Banno for him to work with Chase.
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** ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'': Kabuto (Hero), Gatack (Rival), and Kick Hopper (Baddie) form this trio in one episode in order to deal with the Cassis Worm, who has the power to reflect any individual attack and so needs all three of them to hit him at the same time.
** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'', ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'', and ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' each employ a variant of this trope where each show has three protagonist Riders by the end of the series: the hero, the hero's rival, and a reformed villain. ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' also temporarily employs this formula, but then adds a second reformed villain to the group to make a quartet.
** ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'': Kabuto (Hero), Gatack (Rival), and Kick Hopper (Baddie) form this trio in one episode in order to deal with the Cassis Worm, who has the power to reflect any individual attack and so needs all three of them to hit him at the same time.
** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'', ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'', and ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' each employ a variant of this trope where each show has three protagonist Riders by the end of the series: the hero, the hero's rival, and a reformed villain. ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' also temporarily employs this formula, but then adds a second reformed villain to the group to make a quartet.
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* ''Series/CobraKai'': In Season 5, with former rivals Daniel and Johnny now on the same side, they form a brief EnemyMine with previous BigBad Kreese to take down Terry Silver, who had betrayed Kreese by framing him and having him sent to prison so he could usurp Cobra Kai from him. However, once the pair have all the information they need from Kreese, they decide to let him rot in prison rather than continue their alliance any further.
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The very last fight of the manga has [[TheHero Ichigo]] team up with his first rival Uryu Ishida and former BigBad Sosuke Aizen to take down the first Quincy [[DarkMessiah Yhwach]].
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* The three most reliable duelists in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' that end up fighting alongside each other more and more as the series go by are Yugi (TheHero), Joey (TheLancer) and Kaiba (TheRival).
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* In the last story of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', Sonic (TheHero), Knuckles (TheLancer) and Shadow (TheRival) infiltrate the core of Space Colony Ark together. Knuckles uses his incantation to control the Master Emerald, while Sonic and Shadow use the Chaos Emeralds to transform and fight the FinalBoss.
* Seen in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' with Mario, Geno, and Bowser. Mario is obviously TheHero and Geno becomes TheLancer to help Mario to recover the Seven Star Pieces, stop the [[BigBad Smithy Gang]] and save the world. In the case of Bowser, Mario's ArchEnemy has his castle stolen, so he has no other option than to ally Mario and company to get his domains back.
* Seen in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' with Mario, Geno, and Bowser. Mario is obviously TheHero and Geno becomes TheLancer to help Mario to recover the Seven Star Pieces, stop the [[BigBad Smithy Gang]] and save the world. In the case of Bowser, Mario's ArchEnemy has his castle stolen, so he has no other option than to ally Mario and company to get his domains back.
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* Seen in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' with Mario, Geno, and Bowser. Mario is obviously TheHero and Geno becomes TheLancer to help Mario to recover the Seven Star Pieces, stop the [[BigBad Smithy Gang]] and save the world. In the case of Bowser, Mario's ArchEnemy has his castle stolen, so he has no other option than to ally Mario and company to get his domains back.
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* The final part of ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'' is a textbook example. The GreaterScopeVillain has been revived, and the only three people left to face it are Catie (the hero), Arianna (the rival), and Boxxyfan (the baddie). In Arianna’s case it marks a genuine HeelFaceTurn, but for Boxxyfan it’s merely a teeth-clenched EnemyMine situation.
* ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce'': The hero Zophy, his rival V, and Zophy's long-time opponent Blackberry join up with the heroes in defense of the Earth. Though it is clear that Blackberry will continue her ambition in resurrecting the ancient wizard Diamond Mine, and that Zophy will stop her when that day comes, the threat of Dark Force against the Earth is a more immediate concern.
* ''VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce'': The hero Zophy, his rival V, and Zophy's long-time opponent Blackberry join up with the heroes in defense of the Earth. Though it is clear that Blackberry will continue her ambition in resurrecting the ancient wizard Diamond Mine, and that Zophy will stop her when that day comes, the threat of Dark Force against the Earth is a more immediate concern.
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** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both having a HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalry than Yamcha.
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** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, Tien Shinhan, also both having a HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalry than Yamcha.
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** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both having a HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': By the Tournament of Power, Vegeta gets promoted to FriendlyRival while the ArchEnemy spot gets filled by Frieza. The three of them end up in the LastStand against Jiren after Android 17's attempted self-destruct puts him out of commission. It's particularly notable due to Vegeta becoming jealous that Goku is able to work better with Frieza than with Vegeta. This trio continue on into ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly''.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': By the Tournament of Power, Vegeta gets promoted to FriendlyRival while the ArchEnemy spot gets filled by Frieza. The three of them end up in the LastStand against Jiren after Android 17's attempted self-destruct puts him out of commission. It's particularly notable due to Vegeta becoming jealous that Goku is able to work better with Frieza than with Vegeta. This trio continue on into ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly''.
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** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both having a HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship rivalry than Yamcha.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': By the Tournament of Power, Vegeta gets promoted to FriendlyRival while the ArchEnemy spot gets filled by Frieza. The three of them end up inthe a LastStand against Jiren after Android 17's attempted self-destruct puts him out of commission. It's particularly notable due to Vegeta becoming jealous that Goku is able to work better with Frieza than with Vegeta. This trio continue continues on into ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly''.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': By the Tournament of Power, Vegeta gets promoted to FriendlyRival while the ArchEnemy spot gets filled by Frieza. The three of them end up in
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SubTrope of PowerTrio. See also WithAFriendAndAStranger, RagtagBunchOfMisfits, TeethClenchedTeamwork, FriendlyEnemy, WorthyOpponent and EleventhHourRanger (the villain is almost always this). Compare TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil, which may overlap (in form of "The Good, The 2 Bads, and The Evil) but its focus is more on "Hero vs. Rival vs. Enemy" instead of the three working together.
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SubTrope of PowerTrio. See also WithAFriendAndAStranger, RagtagBunchOfMisfits, TeethClenchedTeamwork, FriendlyEnemy, WorthyOpponent and EleventhHourRanger (the villain is almost always this). Compare TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil, which may overlap (in form of "The Good, The 2 Bads, and The Evil) Evil") but its focus is more on "Hero vs. Rival vs. Enemy" instead of the three working together.
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** Mostly seen in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'', [[TheProtagonist Goku]] fights along with Piccolo and Vegeta, both were former enemies that made a HeelFaceTurn but now battle together. The difference is that Piccolo is more a FriendlyRival towards Goku, while Vegeta starts off as an AntiVillain who is [[EnemyMine forced to team up with the heroes]] as well as being a StockShonenRival, which is especially prominent in the Buu Saga where Vegeta takes the chance to be more powerful than Goku by [[FaceHeelTurn turning back to evil]].
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* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': The climax of the "Challenge of Artemis" arc sees Diana team up with her rival ComicBook/{{Artemis}} and villain Circe to fight the White Magician. The team up is a bit odd as Artemis was already nearing the end of her fight with the Magician by the time Diana got there, and Circe initially refused to join (though she did send Diana along) and only arrived even later after Artemis' fate was sealed.
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** Mostly seen in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'', [[TheProtagonist Goku]] fights along with Piccolo and Vegeta, both were former enemies that made a HeelFaceTurn and now they battle together. The difference is that Piccolo is more a FriendlyRival for Goku, but Vegeta goes as a StockShonenRival and sometimes closer to an AntiVillain, like in the Buu Saga when Vegeta makes a FaceHeelTurn just to be more powerful to defeat Goku.
** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both being a HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both being a HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
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** Mostly seen in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'', [[TheProtagonist Goku]] fights along with Piccolo and Vegeta, both were former enemies that made a HeelFaceTurn and but now they battle together. The difference is that Piccolo is more a FriendlyRival for towards Goku, but while Vegeta goes starts off as a StockShonenRival and sometimes closer an AntiVillain who is [[EnemyMine forced to an AntiVillain, like team up with the heroes]] as well as being a StockShonenRival, which is especially prominent in the Buu Saga when where Vegeta makes a FaceHeelTurn just takes the chance to be more powerful than Goku by [[FaceHeelTurn turning back to defeat Goku.
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** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also bothbeing having a HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both
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* The final part of ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'' is a textbook example. The GreaterScopeVillain has been revived, and the only three people left to face it are Catie (the hero), Arianna (the rival), and Boxxyfan (the baddie). In Arianna’s case it marks a genuine HeelFaceTurn, but for Boxxyfan it’s merely a teeth-clenched EnemyMine situation.
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** Mostly seen in ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ DBZ]]'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'', [[TheProtagonist Goku]] fights along with Piccolo and Vegeta, both were former enemies that made a HeelFaceTurn and now they battle together. The difference is that Piccolo is more a FriendlyRival for Goku, but Vegeta goes as a StockShonenRival and sometimes closer to an AntiVillain, like in the Buu Saga when Vegeta makes a FaceHeelTurn just to be more powerful to defeat Goku.
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** Mostly seen in ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ DBZ]]'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'', [[TheProtagonist Goku]] fights along with Piccolo and Vegeta, both were former enemies that made the HeelFaceTurn and now they battle together. The difference is that Piccolo is more a FriendlyRival for Goku, but Vegeta goes as a StockShonenRival and sometimes closer to an AntiVillain, like in the Buu Saga when Vegeta makes a FaceHeelTurn just to be more powerful to defeat Goku.
** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both being HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both being HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
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** Mostly seen in ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ DBZ]]'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'', [[TheProtagonist Goku]] fights along with Piccolo and Vegeta, both were former enemies that made the a HeelFaceTurn and now they battle together. The difference is that Piccolo is more a FriendlyRival for Goku, but Vegeta goes as a StockShonenRival and sometimes closer to an AntiVillain, like in the Buu Saga when Vegeta makes a FaceHeelTurn just to be more powerful to defeat Goku.
** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both being a HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both being a HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
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* Seen in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' with Mario, Geno and Bowser. Mario is obviously TheHero and Geno becomes TheLancer to help Mario to recover the Seven Star Pieces, stop the [[BigBad Smithy Gang]] and save the world. In the case of Bowser, Mario's ArchEnemy has his castle stolen, so he has no other option than ally Mario and company to get his domains back.
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* Seen in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' with Mario, Geno Geno, and Bowser. Mario is obviously TheHero and Geno becomes TheLancer to help Mario to recover the Seven Star Pieces, stop the [[BigBad Smithy Gang]] and save the world. In the case of Bowser, Mario's ArchEnemy has his castle stolen, so he has no other option than to ally Mario and company to get his domains back.
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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Sonic (TheHero), Knuckles (TheLancer) and Shadow (TheRival) infiltrate the core of Space Colony Ark together. Knuckles uses his incantation to control the Master Emerald, while Sonic and Shadow use the Chaos Emeralds to transform and fight the FinalBoss.
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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': In the last story of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', Sonic (TheHero), Knuckles (TheLancer) and Shadow (TheRival) infiltrate the core of Space Colony Ark together. Knuckles uses his incantation to control the Master Emerald, while Sonic and Shadow use the Chaos Emeralds to transform and fight the FinalBoss.
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* In Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's short story ''Vaster than Empires and More Slow'', the crew of an intergalactic scientific expedition has to study a forest-planet where [[spoiler: the "trees" form one sentient organism and slowly drive the crew to insanity/catatonia]]. The story ends with the three members of the crew left standing teaming up to put an end to the situation: open-minded, fair and placid coordinator Haito, the prickly and condescending but ultimately harmless sensor Osden and paranoid Blood Knight biologist Harfex. Fits this trope rather than TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil because none of them are exactly evil: Harfex is fighting SanitySlippage and only wants to kill TheEmpath Osden because the latter can't help but perceiving and mirroring the unconscious hostility of other crew members towards his deformity, endangering the mission and crew. The crew used to gang up together against Osden from the moment his behavior became too insulting to bear, but the moment Harfex tried to physically attack Osden, Haito made it clear that Osden's unpleasantness could be tolerated, but Harfex's violence was unacceptable and would have consequences. It's only after this supremely awkward moment that they have to team up.
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* In Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's short story ''Vaster than Empires and More Slow'', the crew of an intergalactic scientific expedition has to study a forest-planet where [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the "trees" form one sentient organism and slowly drive the crew to insanity/catatonia]]. The story ends with the three members of the crew left standing teaming up to put an end to the situation: open-minded, fair and placid coordinator Haito, the prickly and condescending but ultimately harmless sensor Osden and paranoid Blood Knight biologist Harfex. Fits this trope rather than TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil because none of them are exactly evil: Harfex is fighting SanitySlippage and only wants to kill TheEmpath Osden because the latter can't help but perceiving and mirroring the unconscious hostility of other crew members towards his deformity, endangering the mission and crew. The crew used to gang up together against Osden from the moment his behavior became too insulting to bear, but the moment Harfex tried to physically attack Osden, Haito made it clear that Osden's unpleasantness could be tolerated, but Harfex's violence was unacceptable and would have consequences. It's only after this supremely awkward moment that they have to team up.
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* In Book 3 of ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', Red has to team up with rival Pokémon trainer Blue and thief Green in order to get into Viridian City, which is apparently off-limits due to Team Rocket using a Psychic Pokémon to put a large bubble shield around the city, keeping Red, Blue, and Green from getting in.
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** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': By the Tournament of Power, Vegeta gets promoted to FriendlyRival while the ArchEnemy spot gets filled by Frieza. The three of them end up in the LastStand against [[FinalBoss Jiren]] after Android 17's attempted self-destruct puts him out of commission. It's particularly notable due to Vegeta becoming jealous that Goku is able to work better with Frieza than with Vegeta. This trio continue on into ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly''.
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** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': By the Tournament of Power, Vegeta gets promoted to FriendlyRival while the ArchEnemy spot gets filled by Frieza. The three of them end up in the LastStand against [[FinalBoss Jiren]] Jiren after Android 17's attempted self-destruct puts him out of commission. It's particularly notable due to Vegeta becoming jealous that Goku is able to work better with Frieza than with Vegeta. This trio continue on into ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly''.
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What happens when you have both EnemyMine and RivalsTeamUp in one ensemble.
TheHero might be introduced with a rival, or a rival might be introduced later, either starting that way or from a HeelFaceTurn. Then there's one of their enemies, who decides to help the hero but [[EnemyMine without officially joining their group]] for whatever reason - usually it's when they're facing a common enemy (usually the BigBad) or when they're facing [[EvilVersusOblivion the threat of the destruction of everything]] (in which case the BigBad him/herself might team up with the hero). The enemy in this case might also join because [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou he wants to be the one defeating/killing the hero in the end]].
SubTrope of PowerTrio. See also WithAFriendAndAStranger, RagtagBunchOfMisfits, TeethClenchedTeamwork, FriendlyEnemy, WorthyOpponent and EleventhHourRanger (the villian is almost always this). Compare TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil, which may overlap (in form of "The Good, The 2 Bads, and The Evil) but its focus is more on "Hero vs. Rival vs. Enemy" instead of the three working together.
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* ''Franchise/DragonBall''
** Mostly seen in ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ DBZ]]'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'', [[TheProtagonist Goku]] fights along with Piccolo and Vegeta, both were former enemies that made the HeelFaceTurn and now they battle together. The difference is that Piccolo is more a FriendlyRival for Goku, but Vegeta goes as a StockShonenRival and sometimes closer to an AntiVillain, like in the Buu Saga when Vegeta makes a FaceHeelTurn just to be more powerful to defeat Goku.
** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both being HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': By the Tournament of Power, Vegeta gets promoted to FriendlyRival while the ArchEnemy spot gets filled by Frieza. The three of them end up in the LastStand against [[FinalBoss Jiren]] after Android 17's attempted self-destruct puts him out of commission. It's particularly notable due to Vegeta becoming jealous that Goku is able to work better with Frieza than with Vegeta. This trio continue on into ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly''.
* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', one of the main {{Power Trio}}s is between Ranma and two of his main rivals Ryoga and Mousse. While Ryoga has cast aside most of his animosity and has forged a BashBrothers dynamic with Ranma, Mousse on the other hand still remains very bitter towards Ranma and will only ever work with him for personal gain and usually with ulterior motives.
* The three most reliable duelists in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' that end up fighting alongside each other more and more as the series go by are Yugi (TheHero), Joey (TheLancer) and Kaiba (TheRival).
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' has a very unusual example involving two {{Villain Protagonist}}s and a HeroAntagonist. Light Yagami/Kira finds a rival Kira in the form of Misa Amane, who eventually tracks him down and teams up with him. However, both end up getting captured by L, Light's ArchEnemy, to which Light pulls a MemoryGambit on both him and Misa to evade incrimination. With a new Kira out there, the now amnesiac Light and Misa join L and the rest of the "Kira Task Force" to hunt down the new supernatural SerialKiller.
* ''Anime/LupinIII'':
** ''Anime/LupinIIIEpisode0FirstContact'': Lupin III is trying to steal the Clam of Hermes, and finds himself [[TheRival working at cross purposes, as usual]], with his friend Brad. He meets Jigen working as a guard for the mob boss who possesses the treasure. Although initially thwarted by Jigen, Lupin was able to find Brad's necklace, and he presents the memento of Brad's death to his girlfriend, Fujiko. Fujiko [[ChronicBackStabbingDisorder working with the mob and Lupin]] wants to make out with the treasure herself and is willing to sell Lupin out for the chance to do so. After another failed attempt to steal the Clam of Hermes, Lupin, Fujiko, and Jigen are all imprisoned by the mob boss. When Goemon shows up to take the Clam of Hermes for himself, the three prisoners turn the tables on the mob and break out.
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'': [[Recap/LupinIIIS4E5 "Blood-Soaked Triangle"]] has Lupin III competing with Jigen to get this week's treasure. He's trying to get an alexandrite peacock to prove to Fujiko that he's worthy of her. Once they're both far enough into the pyramid, Fujiko [[LetsYouAndHimFight sets them against each other]] in one of the traps, completely uncaring who dies (if both died, it wouldn't bother her). Once they get past the trap, though, they learn that removing the peacock leaves them completely trapped, and have to work together to escape.
** ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'': Both Lupin III (with Jigen & Goemon) and Fujiko have gone to the titular castle to steal the counterfeiting plates of Count Cagliostro. Inspector Zenigata learns about Lupin's presence and enters the castle to arrest him. Both Lupin and Zenigata become temporarily trapped in the dungeon, [[EnemyMine so they work together to escape]]. Zenigata knows the Count is breaking international law, but his superiors inform him that the Count ''cannot'' be arrested because he has too many political connections. Later, Lupin convinces Fujiko to have Zenigata prepared to sneak into the castle, ready to chase after Lupin for stealing the Count's bride. In fact, Zenigata runs to the Count's counterfeiting operation with Fujiko following with a live worldwide broadcast to prove the Count's evildoing. At the end of the movie, Fujiko has stolen the counterfeiting plates, Lupin (with Jigen & Goemon) chases her to get a percentage of the heist, and Zenigata is chasing all of them to put them behind bars.
** Lupin III fights along with Jigen and Goemon, both were former enemies that made the HeelFaceTurn and now they battle together. The difference is that Jigen is more a FriendlyRival for Lupin, while Goemon was more of an AntiVillain who simply hasn't carried out his assasination yet.
%%* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ichigo teams up with former villians Grimmijow and Aizen in the final arc.
%%* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Naruto team up with Sasuke and Orochimaru in the final arc.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Around the middle of Punk Hazard arc, Luffy makes an (uneasy) alliance between him, his rival (fellow pirate) Trafalgar Law, and his enemy of sorts (a Marine) Vice Admiral Smoker, in order to defeat the ArcVillain Caesar Clown and escape the island.
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* In ''[[ComicBook/DiabloChile Diablo: La Resistencia]]''[[note]]BilingualBonus of TheResistance in Spanish and "La Resistencia", the name of the suburb where the story happens[[/note]], [[TheHero Diablo]] was trapped in a suburb with a MobWar between two [[FootballHooligans hooligan gangs from rival soccer teams]][[note]][[RealLifeWritesThePlot a direct reference]] to the "war" between Colo-Colo and Universidad de Chile, two major football/soccer teams with their own hooligans[[/note]]. That, until demons sent by [[DragonWithAnAgenda Vardan]], TheDragon of Lord of Entropia, who go for human flesh, no matter in which the side they're on. To avoid a big massacre, Diablo has to team up with both gangs to stop the demons [[spoiler:and as a third side, the religious people of the suburb who also stand against the demons as the gangs]].
* ''ComicBook/StarTrekDebtOfHonor'': The final fight against the extradimensional creatures sees Jim Kirk team up with his Klingon rival Commander Kor, and Romulan frenemy Commander T'Cel with whom he has UnresolvedSexualTension (she had previously been a civilian consultant stationed on USS ''Farragut'' and escaped with him when it was destroyed, only to leave to draw off Romulans investigating the incident and turn out to be half-Romulan herself). Their bond of mutual respect is enough to overcome the SpaceColdWar state between their three governments so they can deal with the monsters that have been attacking area shipping for decades.
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[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Thor forms the Revengers with two of the most prominent members being Hulk (Thor's primary rival Avenger) and Loki (his [[SiblingRivalry brother]] and [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor on-off]] ArchNemesis). In order to escape Sakaar, the three are forced to set aside all past grudges and work together.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's short story ''Vaster than Empires and More Slow'', the crew of an intergalactic scientific expedition has to study a forest-planet where [[spoiler: the "trees" form one sentient organism and slowly drive the crew to insanity/catatonia]]. The story ends with the three members of the crew left standing teaming up to put an end to the situation: open-minded, fair and placid coordinator Haito, the prickly and condescending but ultimately harmless sensor Osden and paranoid Blood Knight biologist Harfex. Fits this trope rather than TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil because none of them are exactly evil: Harfex is fighting SanitySlippage and only wants to kill TheEmpath Osden because the latter can't help but perceiving and mirroring the unconscious hostility of other crew members towards his deformity, endangering the mission and crew. The crew used to gang up together against Osden from the moment his behavior became too insulting to bear, but the moment Harfex tried to physically attack Osden, Haito made it clear that Osden's unpleasantness could be tolerated, but Harfex's violence was unacceptable and would have consequences. It's only after this supremely awkward moment that they have to team up.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' has the Rider trio of Shinnosuke, Chase, and Gou. Chase was actually a former enemy to both Shinnosuke and Gou but made a HeelFaceTurn and acted like Shinnosuke's lancer while Gou acted hostile to Chase since he hated all Roidmudes. While Gou could work well with Shinnosuke who he like, it took facing the other Roidmudes and his evil Father Banno for him to work with Chase.
* In the ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' Season 5 finale, Oliver is forced to recruit two of his past {{Arch Enem|y}}ies, Malcolm Merlyn and Slade Wilson, to help take down the newest BigBad Adrian Chase. Oliver still holds a huge grudge against Malcolm, despite having worked with him in the past. While Slade became an EvilFormerFriend after getting hit with SanitySlippage thanks to a SuperSerum, but after regaining his rationality, he and Oliver become BashBrothers once again.
* The penultimate episode of season one of ''Series/{{Damnation}}'' sees Seth forming a temporary alliance with estranged half-brother Creeley and sworn enemy Connie in order to stop [[TheKlan The Black Legion]] from taking over their town.
* Towards the end of season 3 of ''Series/QueenOfTheSouth'', Teresa and her on-again-off-again ally James team up with Teresa's mortal enemy Camila Vargas in order to fight General Cortez, who is an enemy to both Teresa and Camila.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* An inverted example happens in Wrestling/{{WWE}} when Wrestling/DanielBryan teams up with Wrestling/{{Kane}} (making the "Team Hell No!") and adding Wrestling/TheUndertaker to the mixture to fight ''Wrestling/TheShield'' in 2013. In this case, Bryan is the contrary force of the team, but is more friendly than the "Brothers of Destruction" (Kane and Undertaker), also seems by many as TheHero of the team.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}} has to team-up with his brother [[StockShonenRival Proto Man]] and his nemesis [[EnemyMine Bass]] to fight together against [[BigBad Dr. Wily]] when Mega Man can't handle it alone. This "alliance" is seen first in ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' (with Proto Man falling over at the beginning) and later in both ''[[VideoGame/MegaManThePowerBattle Mega Man]] [[VideoGame/MegaMan2ThePowerFighters Power]]'' games (in ''Fighters'' with Duo as [[WithAFriendAndAStranger the Stranger]]) and in ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', with Mega Man and Proto Man battling together as brothers, and Bass making a truce to also stop Wily, who goes [[DragonWithAnAgenda against his own plans]].
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Sonic (TheHero), Knuckles (TheLancer) and Shadow (TheRival) infiltrate the core of Space Colony Ark together. Knuckles uses his incantation to control the Master Emerald, while Sonic and Shadow use the Chaos Emeralds to transform and fight the FinalBoss.
* Seen in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' with Mario, Geno and Bowser. Mario is obviously TheHero and Geno becomes TheLancer to help Mario to recover the Seven Star Pieces, stop the [[BigBad Smithy Gang]] and save the world. In the case of Bowser, Mario's ArchEnemy has his castle stolen, so he has no other option than ally Mario and company to get his domains back.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''Keep your friends close and [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou your enemies closer]]'']]
What happens when you have both EnemyMine and RivalsTeamUp in one ensemble.
TheHero might be introduced with a rival, or a rival might be introduced later, either starting that way or from a HeelFaceTurn. Then there's one of their enemies, who decides to help the hero but [[EnemyMine without officially joining their group]] for whatever reason - usually it's when they're facing a common enemy (usually the BigBad) or when they're facing [[EvilVersusOblivion the threat of the destruction of everything]] (in which case the BigBad him/herself might team up with the hero). The enemy in this case might also join because [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou he wants to be the one defeating/killing the hero in the end]].
SubTrope of PowerTrio. See also WithAFriendAndAStranger, RagtagBunchOfMisfits, TeethClenchedTeamwork, FriendlyEnemy, WorthyOpponent and EleventhHourRanger (the villian is almost always this). Compare TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil, which may overlap (in form of "The Good, The 2 Bads, and The Evil) but its focus is more on "Hero vs. Rival vs. Enemy" instead of the three working together.
'''Since this trope often occurs towards the end of a movie or TV season, there're unmarked {{spoiler}}s ahead. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.'''
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!!Examples
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* ''Franchise/DragonBall''
** Mostly seen in ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ DBZ]]'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Super]]'', [[TheProtagonist Goku]] fights along with Piccolo and Vegeta, both were former enemies that made the HeelFaceTurn and now they battle together. The difference is that Piccolo is more a FriendlyRival for Goku, but Vegeta goes as a StockShonenRival and sometimes closer to an AntiVillain, like in the Buu Saga when Vegeta makes a FaceHeelTurn just to be more powerful to defeat Goku.
** Also seen before in ''Manga/DragonBall'', when Goku was just a child, with Yamcha and Tienshinhan, also both being HeelFaceTurn and being part of Goku's group, but being more friendly than Piccolo and Vegeta. In this case it's downgraded, with Yamcha being more like a friend for Goku and Tien being more serious about his rivalship than Yamcha.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': By the Tournament of Power, Vegeta gets promoted to FriendlyRival while the ArchEnemy spot gets filled by Frieza. The three of them end up in the LastStand against [[FinalBoss Jiren]] after Android 17's attempted self-destruct puts him out of commission. It's particularly notable due to Vegeta becoming jealous that Goku is able to work better with Frieza than with Vegeta. This trio continue on into ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly''.
* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', one of the main {{Power Trio}}s is between Ranma and two of his main rivals Ryoga and Mousse. While Ryoga has cast aside most of his animosity and has forged a BashBrothers dynamic with Ranma, Mousse on the other hand still remains very bitter towards Ranma and will only ever work with him for personal gain and usually with ulterior motives.
* The three most reliable duelists in ''Anime/YuGiOh'' that end up fighting alongside each other more and more as the series go by are Yugi (TheHero), Joey (TheLancer) and Kaiba (TheRival).
* ''Manga/DeathNote'' has a very unusual example involving two {{Villain Protagonist}}s and a HeroAntagonist. Light Yagami/Kira finds a rival Kira in the form of Misa Amane, who eventually tracks him down and teams up with him. However, both end up getting captured by L, Light's ArchEnemy, to which Light pulls a MemoryGambit on both him and Misa to evade incrimination. With a new Kira out there, the now amnesiac Light and Misa join L and the rest of the "Kira Task Force" to hunt down the new supernatural SerialKiller.
* ''Anime/LupinIII'':
** ''Anime/LupinIIIEpisode0FirstContact'': Lupin III is trying to steal the Clam of Hermes, and finds himself [[TheRival working at cross purposes, as usual]], with his friend Brad. He meets Jigen working as a guard for the mob boss who possesses the treasure. Although initially thwarted by Jigen, Lupin was able to find Brad's necklace, and he presents the memento of Brad's death to his girlfriend, Fujiko. Fujiko [[ChronicBackStabbingDisorder working with the mob and Lupin]] wants to make out with the treasure herself and is willing to sell Lupin out for the chance to do so. After another failed attempt to steal the Clam of Hermes, Lupin, Fujiko, and Jigen are all imprisoned by the mob boss. When Goemon shows up to take the Clam of Hermes for himself, the three prisoners turn the tables on the mob and break out.
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'': [[Recap/LupinIIIS4E5 "Blood-Soaked Triangle"]] has Lupin III competing with Jigen to get this week's treasure. He's trying to get an alexandrite peacock to prove to Fujiko that he's worthy of her. Once they're both far enough into the pyramid, Fujiko [[LetsYouAndHimFight sets them against each other]] in one of the traps, completely uncaring who dies (if both died, it wouldn't bother her). Once they get past the trap, though, they learn that removing the peacock leaves them completely trapped, and have to work together to escape.
** ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'': Both Lupin III (with Jigen & Goemon) and Fujiko have gone to the titular castle to steal the counterfeiting plates of Count Cagliostro. Inspector Zenigata learns about Lupin's presence and enters the castle to arrest him. Both Lupin and Zenigata become temporarily trapped in the dungeon, [[EnemyMine so they work together to escape]]. Zenigata knows the Count is breaking international law, but his superiors inform him that the Count ''cannot'' be arrested because he has too many political connections. Later, Lupin convinces Fujiko to have Zenigata prepared to sneak into the castle, ready to chase after Lupin for stealing the Count's bride. In fact, Zenigata runs to the Count's counterfeiting operation with Fujiko following with a live worldwide broadcast to prove the Count's evildoing. At the end of the movie, Fujiko has stolen the counterfeiting plates, Lupin (with Jigen & Goemon) chases her to get a percentage of the heist, and Zenigata is chasing all of them to put them behind bars.
** Lupin III fights along with Jigen and Goemon, both were former enemies that made the HeelFaceTurn and now they battle together. The difference is that Jigen is more a FriendlyRival for Lupin, while Goemon was more of an AntiVillain who simply hasn't carried out his assasination yet.
%%* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Ichigo teams up with former villians Grimmijow and Aizen in the final arc.
%%* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Naruto team up with Sasuke and Orochimaru in the final arc.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Around the middle of Punk Hazard arc, Luffy makes an (uneasy) alliance between him, his rival (fellow pirate) Trafalgar Law, and his enemy of sorts (a Marine) Vice Admiral Smoker, in order to defeat the ArcVillain Caesar Clown and escape the island.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In ''[[ComicBook/DiabloChile Diablo: La Resistencia]]''[[note]]BilingualBonus of TheResistance in Spanish and "La Resistencia", the name of the suburb where the story happens[[/note]], [[TheHero Diablo]] was trapped in a suburb with a MobWar between two [[FootballHooligans hooligan gangs from rival soccer teams]][[note]][[RealLifeWritesThePlot a direct reference]] to the "war" between Colo-Colo and Universidad de Chile, two major football/soccer teams with their own hooligans[[/note]]. That, until demons sent by [[DragonWithAnAgenda Vardan]], TheDragon of Lord of Entropia, who go for human flesh, no matter in which the side they're on. To avoid a big massacre, Diablo has to team up with both gangs to stop the demons [[spoiler:and as a third side, the religious people of the suburb who also stand against the demons as the gangs]].
* ''ComicBook/StarTrekDebtOfHonor'': The final fight against the extradimensional creatures sees Jim Kirk team up with his Klingon rival Commander Kor, and Romulan frenemy Commander T'Cel with whom he has UnresolvedSexualTension (she had previously been a civilian consultant stationed on USS ''Farragut'' and escaped with him when it was destroyed, only to leave to draw off Romulans investigating the incident and turn out to be half-Romulan herself). Their bond of mutual respect is enough to overcome the SpaceColdWar state between their three governments so they can deal with the monsters that have been attacking area shipping for decades.
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[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', Thor forms the Revengers with two of the most prominent members being Hulk (Thor's primary rival Avenger) and Loki (his [[SiblingRivalry brother]] and [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor on-off]] ArchNemesis). In order to escape Sakaar, the three are forced to set aside all past grudges and work together.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* In Creator/UrsulaKLeGuin's short story ''Vaster than Empires and More Slow'', the crew of an intergalactic scientific expedition has to study a forest-planet where [[spoiler: the "trees" form one sentient organism and slowly drive the crew to insanity/catatonia]]. The story ends with the three members of the crew left standing teaming up to put an end to the situation: open-minded, fair and placid coordinator Haito, the prickly and condescending but ultimately harmless sensor Osden and paranoid Blood Knight biologist Harfex. Fits this trope rather than TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil because none of them are exactly evil: Harfex is fighting SanitySlippage and only wants to kill TheEmpath Osden because the latter can't help but perceiving and mirroring the unconscious hostility of other crew members towards his deformity, endangering the mission and crew. The crew used to gang up together against Osden from the moment his behavior became too insulting to bear, but the moment Harfex tried to physically attack Osden, Haito made it clear that Osden's unpleasantness could be tolerated, but Harfex's violence was unacceptable and would have consequences. It's only after this supremely awkward moment that they have to team up.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' has the Rider trio of Shinnosuke, Chase, and Gou. Chase was actually a former enemy to both Shinnosuke and Gou but made a HeelFaceTurn and acted like Shinnosuke's lancer while Gou acted hostile to Chase since he hated all Roidmudes. While Gou could work well with Shinnosuke who he like, it took facing the other Roidmudes and his evil Father Banno for him to work with Chase.
* In the ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' Season 5 finale, Oliver is forced to recruit two of his past {{Arch Enem|y}}ies, Malcolm Merlyn and Slade Wilson, to help take down the newest BigBad Adrian Chase. Oliver still holds a huge grudge against Malcolm, despite having worked with him in the past. While Slade became an EvilFormerFriend after getting hit with SanitySlippage thanks to a SuperSerum, but after regaining his rationality, he and Oliver become BashBrothers once again.
* The penultimate episode of season one of ''Series/{{Damnation}}'' sees Seth forming a temporary alliance with estranged half-brother Creeley and sworn enemy Connie in order to stop [[TheKlan The Black Legion]] from taking over their town.
* Towards the end of season 3 of ''Series/QueenOfTheSouth'', Teresa and her on-again-off-again ally James team up with Teresa's mortal enemy Camila Vargas in order to fight General Cortez, who is an enemy to both Teresa and Camila.
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* An inverted example happens in Wrestling/{{WWE}} when Wrestling/DanielBryan teams up with Wrestling/{{Kane}} (making the "Team Hell No!") and adding Wrestling/TheUndertaker to the mixture to fight ''Wrestling/TheShield'' in 2013. In this case, Bryan is the contrary force of the team, but is more friendly than the "Brothers of Destruction" (Kane and Undertaker), also seems by many as TheHero of the team.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}} has to team-up with his brother [[StockShonenRival Proto Man]] and his nemesis [[EnemyMine Bass]] to fight together against [[BigBad Dr. Wily]] when Mega Man can't handle it alone. This "alliance" is seen first in ''VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' (with Proto Man falling over at the beginning) and later in both ''[[VideoGame/MegaManThePowerBattle Mega Man]] [[VideoGame/MegaMan2ThePowerFighters Power]]'' games (in ''Fighters'' with Duo as [[WithAFriendAndAStranger the Stranger]]) and in ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', with Mega Man and Proto Man battling together as brothers, and Bass making a truce to also stop Wily, who goes [[DragonWithAnAgenda against his own plans]].
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Sonic (TheHero), Knuckles (TheLancer) and Shadow (TheRival) infiltrate the core of Space Colony Ark together. Knuckles uses his incantation to control the Master Emerald, while Sonic and Shadow use the Chaos Emeralds to transform and fight the FinalBoss.
* Seen in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'' with Mario, Geno and Bowser. Mario is obviously TheHero and Geno becomes TheLancer to help Mario to recover the Seven Star Pieces, stop the [[BigBad Smithy Gang]] and save the world. In the case of Bowser, Mario's ArchEnemy has his castle stolen, so he has no other option than ally Mario and company to get his domains back.
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