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See IBelieveICanFly, for when every member of a team can fly. Contrast CastSpeciation and SuperheroSpeciation.

* {{Ki|Attacks}} or [[BackgroundMagicField "The Force"]] only qualify if it grants the exact same powers with little to no variation or room to add different powers.

* StockSuperpowers that are vastly different, but overlap in one specific ability. [[note]] For example, a team consisting of a BeastMan, a DoAnythingRobot, and someone iwht [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne Ki-Detection]], the fact that they all have SuperSenses as ''one'' of their ComboPlatterPowers would only qualify for this trope if being a SensorCharacter was the team's primary function or purpose.[[/note]]

* In most ''TabletopGames/OldWorldOfDarkness'' and ''TabletopGames/NewWorldOfDarkness'' games, the player characters will play a group all from the same supernatural type: vampires, werewolves, fae, mages, wraiths, or whatever.
* ''TabletopGames/Warhammer40K'': The Eldar specialize in this, with each of their units being a specialist in some form of combat. However, it is expected that each Eldar try to maintain some flexibility, so their units' leaders are referred to as "having lost themselves on the Path" they were following.

[[caption-width-right:350:Doing whatever an ''army'' of spiders can.]]

* StockSuperpowers that are vastly different, but overlap in one specific ability. [[note]] For example, if one person is a BeastMan, another is a DoAnythingRobot, and another has [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne Ki-Detection]], they don't count just because they all have different types of SuperSenses as ''one'' of their ComboPlatterPowers. This would only count if being a SensorCharacter was the primary function or purpose. As such, this trope works best with a team of SinglePowerSuperheroes, although it is not limited to them. [[/note]]
* Teams where everyone is a {{Muggle}} or BadassNormal. This is ''specifically'' a trope for characters possessing extranormal powers and abilities.

* Comicbook/TheHulk was once part of a team billed as "The Incredible Hulks" on the cover, including Comicbook/SheHulk, A-Bomb, Red She-Hulk, and a wielder of the Old Strong power. While each of these abilities differ in scale and application, they are each a PersonOfMassDestruction with SuperStrength as their core ability.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', the Chinese Yangban have a pair of members (Null and One) whose powers give ''each'' member reduced forms of ''every'' member's powers. They're extremely hard to fight, because they're also trained to attack in concert, and they usually bring a power that lets them resurrect dead teammates.
* The [[{{Nephilim}} shadowhunters]] from ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' qualify for this. They are all [[SuperStrenght superhumanly strong]], fast and resilient, and have the ability to use angelic magic. Mostly runes, but they can also use weapons made by angels. Interestingly, this is inverted by the main protagonists' team, because among them is a vampire and a [[WitchSpecies warlock]], and among the minor protagonists is also a werewolf.

* In ''Franchise/DragonBall'', during the Buu Saga, the roster of active Z-Fighters exclusively includes Saiyans, and all of them share the power to [[SuperMode turn Super Saiyan]], which multiplies their power to incredible levels, as well as getting stronger from surviving severe injuries.

* ''Manga/{{Gantz}}'': All players partaking in the titular DeadlyGame get the same [[PowerArmor black suit]] [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman that grants the wearer]] SuperStrength and SuperToughness.
* In ''Franchise/DragonBall'', while it's widespread to see characters with KiAttacks and KiManipulation, the Z-Fighters specialize in ki-sense and power level varying. Later in the series where the Z-Fighters have mostly been whittled down to just Saiyans, all of them share the power to [[SuperMode turn Super Saiyan]], which multiplies their power to incredible levels, and to get stronger from surviving severe injuries.

* In ''Franchise/DragonBall'', while it's widespread to see characters with KiAttacks and KiManipulation, the Z-Fighters specialize in ki-sense and power level varying. Later in the series where the Z-Fighters have mostly been whittled down to just Saiyans, all of them share the power to [[SuperMode turn Super Saiyan]], which multiplies their power to incredible levels.

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** The US adaptation ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' mostly follows suit, but has a tendency in later seasons to give each member a different StockSuperpower that they can use without transforming, as well as for the Red Ranger to gain an exclusive SuperMode. The latter would eventually pass back into ''Super Sentai'', but usually in the form of an UpgradeArtifact that other team members can borrow when Red is unavailable.

--> 2157. Doesn't matter if we all have different costumes and names, the group is vetoed if it's clear we're all {{ComicBook/Thor}}.

* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': Night Elf females have the Shadowmeld ability, which makes them invisible at night when immobile. As two of their starting heroes and their basic units have it, early games Night Elves can apply this trope for effective ambushes and night attacks, with no unit being targeted more than the others.

* The essence of the ZergRush in strategy games: Instead of a balanced force of different units, build up as many of the cheapest one you can and send them all at the enemy (this strategy fails dismally if the enemy is correctly prepared for it though).

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* ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'': The multiverse turns out to have [[http://superredundant.com/?comic=074-regrets an entire team of heroes]] with Lazer Pony's powers (firing [[EyeBeam energy beams]] from [[EyeScream behind their eyes]], whose masks have handlebars so teammates can aim them). While Lazer Pony is a [[SuperZeroes Super Zero]], his counterparts (the Lazer ''Stallions'') are highly capable despite being blind (and one's in a wheelchair).

--> ''Korn Powers Activate!''

** The ''Hypertension'' storyarc in {{Superboy}}'s own book featured him leading an army of his alternate counterparts against another counterpart that had gone rogue.

** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'': Ghost, Spectre and Necrom all transform by equipping the Eyecons of historical figures, and indeed Ghost and Spectres' {{Transformation Trinket}}s are almost identical. Each also has a unique Eyecon which serves as their base form, but even these can be passed around if needed. Only their {{Super Mode}}s appear to be character-exclusive.

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* In ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', there are entire ''nations'' of people with similar bending abilities, and it often takes multiple benders to perform a feat.
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* The Franchise/PowerRangers fit (and indeed, most SuperSentai teams do, barring the SixthRanger). Their insignificant differences typically encompass their weapons/mechs, fighting styles, colors, and general costume schemes, but their abilities are usually uniform.

See IBelieveICanFly, for when every member of a team can fly. Contrast CastSpeciation.

A SuperTeam, FiveManBand, BadassCrew or BadassArmy where everyone on the team has the exact same powers or abilities, by and large. Often times, The Chosen Many will also be given similar abilities.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'''s Vocation system allows this to be used to devastating effect. When a PC switches class, he keeps all the skills and spells he already learned, and only his stats change. Thus if your Gladiator trained as a Priest beforehand, he won't have much MP... but he will have enough to cast a full-heal spell on himself or others.

* Often {{Defied| Trope}} with the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes. They wont let in new members if they have powers that are similar to any current members. The Legion of Substitute Heroes may take them, though.
* One issue of ''What If?'' had four stories in which the members of the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' all got the "same" powerset rather than four different ones. All flame-users like the Human Torch, all monsters like the Thing, etc. The invisibility chapter "cheated" as each member got a different power ''related'' to invisibility.

* Comic book writer DwayneMcDuffie once s[[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/01/17/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-138/ atirically pitched]] a team called "Teenage Negro Ninja Thrashers" due to the prevalance of black skatebaording heroes in the MarvelUniverse.
* ''ComicBook/TheBoys'': Compound V is responsible for humans gaining superpowers, but TheBoys are only injected with enough to have SuperStrength and super endurance (so when they get in a fistfight with supers, they end up with bruises and cuts rather than decapitation).

* The Crystal Gems of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' do have unique powers (Pearl can make HardLight [[DoppelgangerAttack copies of herself]], [[{{Seers}} Garnet can predict the future]]), but they tend to be situational, inappropriate for combat, or [[ForgotAboutHisPowers curiously underutilized]]. The vast majority of their fighting is done with the powers inherent to all gems ([[OlderIsBetter made before a certain period]]): SuperStrength, SuperToughness, [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation creating an individual-specific weapon]], regenerating from a HeartDrive if their body is damage, and creating a ContainmentField to keep other gems from regenerating. Theoretically, they can all [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]], but their aptitude with it varies. Outside the main team, there are gems whose primary ability is more different than a weapon (like [[MakingASplash Lapis Lazuli]], [[RubberMan Bismuth]], and, eventually, [[spoiler:[[ExtraOreDinary Peridot]]]]) and some newer gems use non-summoned weapons to compensate for physical weakness.

* Franchise/{{Spiderman}} has [[Comicbook/ScarletSpider clones]], [[{{Marvel 2099}} alternate]] [[Comicbook/UltimateSpiderman universe]] [[Videogame/SpidermanShatteredDimensions counterparts]], [[Comicbook/SpiderWoman distaff counterparts]], [[Comicbook/SpiderGirl future children]], [[Comicbook/{{Venom}} symbiotes]], [[MaximumCarnage symbiote spawn]], and magical doppelgangers that have his core set of spider powers. They have teamed up, in various combinations, in many, ''many'' stories. ''Comicbook/{{Spiderverse}}'', in fact, was ''built around'' this trope.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', this is the entire reason the Avatar is special. Different nations and groups of people can bend earth, wind, fire and water, and indeed teams with different abilities (like [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits our heroes]]) are an ''exception''. The Avatar is, himself, a walking OneManArmy capable of bending every element on a scale equal to entire armies, especially in [[SuperMode the Avatar State]].

--> "Korn Powers Activate!"

* In ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', each of the four [[PowerTrio Power Trios]] has their own Speed (Sonic, Shadow, Amy, and Espio), Flight (Tails, Rouge, Cream, and Charmy) and Power (Knuckles, Omega, Big, and Vector) team members, each one having similar abilities required to complete the action stages.

* StockSuperpowers that are vastly different, but overlap in one specific ability. [[note]] For example, if one person is a BeastMan, another is a DoAnythingRobot, and another has [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne Ki-Detection]], they don't count just because they all have different types of SuperSenses as ''one'' of their ComboPlatterPowers. This would only count if being a SensorCharacter was the primary function or purpose. As such, this trope works best with a team of SinglePowerSuperheroes, although it is not limited to them. [=[[/note]]=]