Basic Trope: A character joins in right before the finale.
- Straight: Alice joins Bob’s team right before they face off against Emperor Evulz.
- Exaggerated: Alice joins exactly when Emperor Evulz shows up.
- Downplayed: Alice joined about a few days before the fight.
- Justified:
- Alice didn’t want to join until Emperor Evulz threatened her.
- Alice was a villain that went through a Heel–Face Turn shortly before the final fight.
- Inverted: Alice joins Bob’s team right AFTER fighting Emperor Evulz.
- Subverted: Alice performs an Heroic Sacrifice shortly after she joins the team, so they can fight Emperor Evulz.
- Double Subverted: The team revives Alice in the middle of the battle, so she can fight with them.
- Parodied: ???
