History VillainTeamUp / WesternAnimation

** Also in the episode "The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne": The Joker, The Penguin and Two Face team up in order to buy the secret of Batman's real identity from Dr. Hugo Strange.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': "Gumbaldia [[spoiler: reveals [[ArcVillain Gumbald]] has gathered the remaining RoguesGallery from across the entire show's airtime to wage war against the Candy Kingdom in the GrandFinale.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' did this in it's final story, with Simon Bar Sinister teaming up with Riff Raff, Electric Eel, and Batty Man.

* ''WesternAnimation/Underdog'' did this in it's final story, with Simon Bar Sinister teaming up with Riff Raff, Electric Eel, and Batty Man.

* The 1960s {{Spider-Man}} cartoon shows why ganging up on the hero doesn't necessarily work any better than making him or her RunTheGauntlet. When [[CanonForeigner Dr. Noah Boddy]], an invisible man created by the show's writers, busts Electro, the Green Goblin, and the Vulture out of prison to get revenge on Spider-Man, they actually take the time to weaken Spider-Man beforehand by knocking out his spider-senses and reducing his SuperStrength. Unfortunately, the villains are also shown constantly arguing with one another. Spider-Man exploits this by using ventriloquism to make it sound as if they're insulting each other, and the villains end up taking ''each other'' out.

** Also in episode ''The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne'' The Joker, The Penguin and Two Face team-up in order to buy the secret of Batman's real identity to Dr. Hugo Strange.
** Famous episode ''Almost Got 'Im'' deserves mention; The Joker, The Penguin, Two-Face, Poison Ivy and Killer Croc do not team-up, just play cards while telling stories of how "almost got Batman", but is still considered a favorite of the series.
** ''The Trial'' is probably the episode of B:TAS with the largest number of villains teaming-up; The Joker, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, The Scarecrow, the Mad Hatter, The Riddle, Killer Croc and The Ventriloquist, team-up after taking control of Arkham to trial Batman.

** Double-subverted and lampshaded example in Evil under the Sea! Orm and Black Manta have teamed up to take atlantis away from '''AQUAMAN''', and are outrageously gloating over the latter's capture...

-->'''Orm''': [[SubvertedTrope This must be where you try to turn us against eachothe-]] ''[[KilledMidSentence UUuuruurururagh! Uhn...]]''

** Also, in the Alien Force season 3 finale, Vilgax teams up with Albedo in order to steal Ben's Omnitrix, so Albedo can go back to his original form, while Vilgax claims that he isn't interested in the Omnitrix anymore, and just wants to see Ben dead. Predicably, when Vilgax got the Omnitrix, he immediatly betrayed Albedo.

* The villians from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' have done this quite afew times, justified since the heroes they're fighting are part of a military organization.

* A crossover episode of the ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' television series had Hades team up with a recently deceased [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]] in an attempt to kill one another's arch nemesis by pitting them against one another. While it was a deadly alliance (the heroes almost killed each other), the heroes figure out they were being played and Hades drastically underestimated [[KarmicTrickster Aladdin]]'s wit, resulting in Jaffar's staff being broken and him being dragged into the styx, becoming just another mindless soul swirling in eternity.

* Played straight, subverted, and lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. The original villain group that went up against the Justice League (the Injustice Gang), organised by Lex Luthor, was held together solely by money. This made it easy for Batman to play them against one another. The follow up team dropped the Injustice Gang moniker for the name "Secret Society". While the only thing really holding them together was their hatred for the League, their leader (Gorilla Grodd) was smart enough to take them through various team building exercises that kept them from falling apart, knowing full well that it's "not the easiest thing for loners, sociopaths, and psychos". The subversion is that he also uses his mental powers to sow seeds of distrust among the League: they fall apart in the same way a villain team usually falls apart, only to reassemble in the final act.

** The page quote comes from the episode "Steal Wheels", where Dr Drakken and Motor Ed team-up. In this partciular case the answer turns out to be 'because they're [[TalkingToHimself cousins]]'.

* Happens twice in ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone''. First, in Double Trouble when Skrawl and Craniac 4 team up to destroy the Chalk Mine and make Rudy their slave. Then in Snap VS Boorat, Vinnie and Terry join forces to try to steal the magic chalk and expose [=ChalkZone=].

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' episode "[[Recap/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroesRevengeOfTheSkrulls Revenge of the Skrulls]]" the super-Skrull comes about as the result of collaboration between a Skrull and Ronan the Accuser. It almost worked, except for the interference of their "[[AscendedFanboy Fantastic Fifth]]", Rupert.

* Cyril Sneer and Mr. Knox team-up in episode "Gold Rush!" of ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' to force the selling of the ''Evergreen Standard'' by running the Standard out of supplies buying every ink-and-paper company.

** Alvin the Treacherous and Dagur the Deranged team-up too against Berk for a while but it doesn't takes too long before [[spoiler:Dagur turns againts Alvin and took control of the Outcasts tribe.]]

** ''The Trial'' is probably the episode of B:TAS with the largest number of villains team-up; The Joker, Two-Face, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, The Scarecrow, the Mad Hatter, The Riddle, Killer Croc and The Ventriloquist, team-up after taking control of Arkham to trial Batman.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' episode "The Reckoning" featured a collaboration by just about every major villain this side of David Xanatos, with a few [[ThePsychoRangers clones]] tossed in for good measure.
** An earlier example in the series is "High Noon", with a team-up between Demona, Macbeth and Iago/Coldsteel, with the Weird Sisters manipulating them behind the scenes.

** Famous episode ''Almost Got 'Im'' deserves mention, the villains do not team-up, just play cards while telling stories of how "almost got Batman", but is still considered a favorite of the series.

** ''The Trial'' is probably the episode of B:TAS with the largest number of villains team-up, practically the entire Rogues Gallery except for The Penguin, Clayface and Ra's al Ghul, team-up after taking control of Arkham to trial Batman.

* Happens a couple of times on ''SushiPack''. In "The Yam Yakkers," Titanium Chef, Oleander, and Sir Darkly team up to create the titular creatures, and in "Fair Share For Sure," Apex partners with Sir Darkly to fund his FountainOfYouth-style laser.

* Although not originally, this happens on occasion on {{Wordgirl}}. Tobey and Dr. Two-Brains team up in ''Mousezilla'', but their tandem quickly falls apart due to them mocking each other about Two-Brain's fear of cats and Tobey's love of Wordgirl. The Whammer has teamed up with Chuck (both reluctantly on the latter's part) in ''Thorn in the Sidekick'' and ''Escape Wham.'' And in the recent episode ''Too Loud Crew'' the Whammer & the Butcher joined forces thanks to a supervillain manual.

* The second-string ''TransformersAnimated'' villains Professor Princess, Angry Archer, Nanosec, and first-timer Slo-Mo team up to form the Society of Ultimate Villainy (SUV) in the episode of same name.
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' has had a couple of team ups involving [[TerroristsWithoutACause MECH]]. First, in "Crisscross", they allied with [[DarkActionGirl Airachnid]] in order to capture Arcee and Jack (Airachnid wanted revenge, MECH wanted the technology in Arcee's body). This ended when [[BigDamnHeroes Agent Fowler showed up with reinforcements]], and the villains fled separately. Then, in the "Operation Bumblebee" two-parter, they formed an alliance with [[spoiler: [[DangerousDeserter a renegade]]]] Starscream, who offered his knowledge in exchange for a share of the energon they'd need for their own plans. This lasted until [[spoiler: Silas got sick of Starscream, stole his T-Cog, and then ditched him]]. Then, in "The Human Factor", [[spoiler: Silas, having been grafted into Breakdown's corpse after he was traumatically injured, decides that MECH has outlived its usefulness and destroys his own followers. Then, he attempts to join the Decepticons; but when his plan to get them a KillSat fails, [[AssholeVictim Megatron decides to let Knock Out vivisect him]]]].

-->'''Orm''': [[SubvertedTrope This must be where you try to turn us against eachothe-]] ''[[KilledMidsentance UUuuruurururagh! Uhn...]]''

** Another episode occurs where the Gangreen Gang breaks into the Mayor's office and uses the [[PrankCall Powerpuff Hotline to trick the Girls]] into breaking into Mojo, Fuzzy and HIM's homes. Needless to say, the three did ''not'' take it so well and teamed up to give the Gangreen Gang [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown a brutal beatdown.]]

** Another episode occurs where the Gangreen Gang breaks into the Mayor's office and uses the [[PrankCall Powerpuff Hotline to trick the Girls]] into breaking into Mojo, Fuzzy and HIM's homes. Needless to say, the three did ''not'' take it so well and teamed up to give the Gangreen Gang [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown A brutal beatdown.]]

* ''JohnnyTest'' has the "Johnny Stopping Evil Force 5," a team-up of Wacko, the Beekeeper, Brain Freezer, Mr. Mittens (and his butler Albert), and Zizrar the king of mole-people.

** Earlier, they had a team-up of old Comicbook/{{Superman}} villains in the {{DCAU}} version of the Superman Revenge Squad. In a subversion, this Squad was taken out not by Superman himself, but by his fellow Leaguers. Lobo even [[GuestStarPartyMember temporarily joined the League]], and defeated Kalibak [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome by burying him under an ever-growing pile of smashed cars until Kalibak finally said "Uncle".]]

* [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Shere Khan]] and [[SkyPirate Don Karnage]] join forces in episode ''On a Wing and a Bear'' to cause an oil shortage.