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Spontaneous Crowd Formation
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The hero and/or villain are about to face off. There's been a massive explosion. Something dramatic is going on. Suddenly, a crowd shows up out of nowhere to watch. Sometimes they serve to keep others from running, in a sort of human Ring of Fire, but more often they've simply Come to Gawk. For some reason, even if the thing they're watching is dangerous, like a Mexican Standoff, they usually don't think of running unless it directly affects them. When the interesting event is over they go about their business like nothing happened. They are often Apathetic Citizens, but they don't have to be. Sometimes the crowd provides assistance to the heroes or villains; however, such assistance is usually minor and may be only moral support. Compare and contrast Angry Mob, where the crowd that forms is out for blood with Torches and Pitchforks. The inverse of this is when a building or hallway full of people clear the area with remarkable speed, panic and thoroughness, so that the hero and the villain can duke it out in an empty hallway, possibly with loose papers flying around. That reaction can often be a form of Crowd Panic. If the crowd appears out of nowhere to mock somebody, they're The Freelance Shame Squad. |
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In the Like a Dragon series, a crowd forms whenever a fight breaks out in public. The onlookers serve as a barrier that keeps the player from running away. This is averted in the later entries, where you're allowed to run from a fight. | |
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In V for Vendetta, after that cop shoots the little girl, a crowd gathers around, looking for blood. | |
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Spider-Man Trilogy: In Spider-Man, they help Spidey by throwing insults and rocks at the Green Goblin. Spider-Man 2 plays on this after Spidey is knocked out saving the train and passengers; the crowd puts his mask back on him and stands up to Doctor Octopus, only for him to shove them aside, snatch the defeated Spidey, and carry him off. |
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This is an established rule in Discworld's Ankh-Morpork — no matter what the citizenry are doing, if something interesting is going on, they WILL stop to watch it. Can work for or against people. This is often called the official pastime of Ankh-Morpork. |
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Happens several times in Tevri'ed in The Keys Stand Alone: The Soft World when there's a particularly interesting fight going on. | |
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At the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the crowd that forms to gawk at Judge Doom's body was awfully close at hand and made up of some awfully prominent citizens of Toontown given how quickly they gathered. | |
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In Toothless, when Katherine appears at school to congratulate Carrie on her test, every kid that can see her swarms her for attention, forming a small mob. | |
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In the climactic dance battle of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), a crowd of people shows up as a convenient audience. This is all the more inexplicable because the city they're in had previously been evacuated, dive-bombed, and borderline colony dropped, yet there are still plenty of people around to gawk. | |
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Most Open World Games do this, starting with Grand Theft Auto III. | |
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In Spider-Man, they help Spidey by throwing insults and rocks at the Green Goblin. | |
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Spider-Man 2 plays on this after Spidey is knocked out saving the train and passengers; the crowd puts his mask back on him and stands up to Doctor Octopus, only for him to shove them aside, snatch the defeated Spidey, and carry him off. | |
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This tends to happen a lot in the Marvel Universe, particularly to Spider-Man. Usually the crowd being there will result in the villain threatening them so he/she can get away. At other times, they witness the wrong thing at the wrong time and blame the heroes for whatever happened. | |
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Dungeons & Dragons adventure WG 5 Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure. When the PCs fight the iron golem, the viewing stands will be filled with an illusion of a crowd. Some of them will cheer the PCs and some will encourage the golem. Another D&D example: the Complete Bard's Handbook from the 2nd edition had a spell called Instant Audience. With this, a bard could conjure up an audience to watch a performance. Misusing the spell though (like trying to use the audience as a human shield) made the spell end. |
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Black & White had people gathering to cheer fights between giant monsters. | |
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Invoked in Girl Genius: when Gil needs a crowd, there isn't one, so he purposely picks a fight with Zeetha to attract one. | |
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This is a staple of karate movies, even parodies of them. The Kentucky Fried Movie's parody 'A Fistful of Yen' had this occur when the hero and villain were facing off, with the crowd made up of other karate students. | |
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This happened a couple times in Trollz, as a crowd gathered to watch a Mexican Standoff. However, some of the spells hit the crowd. | |
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Happens a lot in the The DCU, too. | |
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Streets of Fire had the villain summon about 200 bikers out of nowhere. A bit later, a bunch of citizens with guns showed up to stare them down. They then proceeded to do nothing until the hero beat the villain in a street fight, at which point the guys with guns chased off the bikers. Earlier, when Ellen Aim was returned safely, a bunch of people crowded the police station. |
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In The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Finale", Tobias sees Richard and Patrick arguing and shouts "Dad fight!", causing a crowd to appear out of nowhere and cheer "Dad fight! Dad fight!" at the two. | |
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In SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob and Patrick start arguing in the halls of Mrs. Puff's driving school and instantly a crowd gathers chanting "Fight! Fight!" It takes Patrick a while to catch on to the fact that they are the ones who are supposed to be fighting. | |
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In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, despite Hyde running into the little girl at around 4 in the morning, a sizable crowd gathers around them. Several mob members have to be held back from attempting to murder Hyde. | |
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In The Dreamside Road, much of the crowd formerly imprisoned in the Nimauk rec center re-form and become spectators for Orson’s battle with Master Nine. | |
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At the end of Duck! Rabbit! Duck!, Daffy makes the mistake of admitting that it's really duck season, causing a ring of hunters to instantly pop into view and blast him. | |
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In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, when you enter a battle the scene will switch to a theatre with a cheering crowd. The size of the crowd increases as the game continues, and sometimes they can provide you with items or a power-up. | |
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In Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards, during the scene in the convenience store, a crowd pops into view from behind various shelves to mock Larry's choice of condom. "WHAT A PERVERT!" | |
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