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A large number of mooks jump on the hero, pinning him down. Usually it's a climactic battle scene. The hero is facing down dozens, no, hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of Mooks. At first, the hero's doing well. He's smiting them one after another. But then he begins to get tired, and first one, then another, then another and another and another leap onto him, dragging the poor guy to the ground. Often, a bigger villain, such as the Big Bad or The Dragon, stands by and watches. There are several ways that this scene can turn out: Type B: The hero is killed at the bottom of the pile.

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  • Dog Pile of Doom
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  • A large number of mooks jump on the hero, pinning him down. Usually it's a climactic battle scene. The hero is facing down dozens, no, hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of Mooks. At first, the hero's doing well. He's smiting them one after another. But then he begins to get tired, and first one, then another, then another and another and another leap onto him, dragging the poor guy to the ground. Often, a bigger villain, such as the Big Bad or The Dragon, stands by and watches. There are several ways that this scene can turn out: Type B: The hero is killed at the bottom of the pile.
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  • A large number of mooks jump on the hero, pinning him down. Usually it's a climactic battle scene. The hero is facing down dozens, no, hundreds, no, THOUSANDS of Mooks. At first, the hero's doing well. He's smiting them one after another. But then he begins to get tired, and first one, then another, then another and another and another leap onto him, dragging the poor guy to the ground. Often, a bigger villain, such as the Big Bad or The Dragon, stands by and watches. There are several ways that this scene can turn out: Type A: The hero activates a super mode, has an epiphany, or otherwise becomes more Badass. He explodes out of the pile, minions scattering to the four winds, and rises as an epic figure. At this point the fight might continue, or the mooks might run away. Type B: The hero is killed at the bottom of the pile. Type C: Similar to B, except that the hero is captured instead of killed. This can mean assimilation, frozen in stasis, knocked unconscious, or simply dragged off to a prison cell. Type D: A more humorous version, the hero simply gets out of the dogpile. This may involve Offscreen Teleportation, with the hero suddenly appearing to the side somewhere (or even on top of the pile), before the mooks even realize that he's gone and they've just been mobbing each other. In order to qualify as a Dog Pile of Doom, the hero should be completely covered in mooks. Just couple of guys jumping on top of the hero is not enough to qualify. Have you ever dropped a piece of food on an anthill? It's something like that. Differs from the glomp, because the glomp is a sign of affection (even though the victim might not like it). The Dog Pile of Doom is malicious, intended to kill or capture. Technically, it doesn't have to be the he hero at the bottom of the pile. A whole bunch of good guy civilian mooks jumping on the Big Bad would also count as a Dog Pile of Doom. Examples of Dog Pile of Doom include:
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