Five-Bad Band/Tabletop Games


 * Fu Leng and the other subsequent rulers of the Shadowlands in Legend of the Five Rings tend fall into this structure.


 * With the Oni Overlords:
 * The Big Bad - Fu Leng
 * The Dragon - Akuma no Oni
 * The Brute - Tsuburu no Oni
 * The Evil Genius - Shikkibu no Oni
 * The Dark Chick - Kyoso no Oni
 * The Sixth Ranger - Yakamo no Oni
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor -


 * During the Clan War story arc:
 * Big Bad - Fu Leng
 * The Dragon - Yogo Junzo
 * The Brute - Moto Tsume
 * The Evil Genius - Kuni Yori
 * The Dark Chick - Isawa Tsuke


 * Four Winds story arc:
 * Big Bad - Daigotsu
 * The Dragon - Shahai
 * The Brute - Goju Kyoden
 * The Evil Genius - Chuda Mishime
 * The Dark Chick - Omoni
 * The Sixth Rangers - The Shadow Dragon, Kokujin


 * Bloodspeakers circa Diamond Edition:
 * Big Bad - Iuchiban
 * The Dragon - Jama Suru
 * The Brute - Mohai
 * The Evil Genius - Yajinden
 * The Dark Chick - Shahai


 * The World Slayers from Rifts Chaos Earth 'Creatures of Chaos".
 * The Big Bad/DarkChick - The Desecrator
 * The Dragon - The Subjugator
 * The Evil Genius - The Strife
 * The Brute - The Desolator


 * The five vampiric species from Vampire: The Requiem.


 * The Big Bad: The Ventrue. Blue-blooded, controlling, and always in charge.
 * The Dragon: The Nosferatau. Disfigured, brutally fast and strong, capable of casting fear, and completely loyal to anyone who accepts them.
 * The Brute: The Gangrel. Animalistic, savage, frequently (though not always) stupid, with a tendency to operate as mercenaries or Psychos For Hire.
 * The Evil Genius: The Mekhet. Shadowy, clever, dislike direct contact, and can find out anything for a price.
 * The Dark Chick: The Daeva's. Decadent seducers obsessed with the finer things in life. Can become The Dragon (or more frequently, The Starscream) to the Ventrue if truly motivated.


 * Similarly, the five Slasher Undertakings (both Ripper and Scourge) from Hunter: The Vigil
 * The Big Bad: Geniuses/Maniacs or Charmers/Psychos. Really varies depending on the Slashers in question.
 * The Dragon: Freaks/Mutants. As in the Nosferatau example above, these guys are disfigured, strong, and extremely loyal to anyone who accepts them. May be just misunderstood, or genuinely evil, or somewhere in between.
 * The Brute: Brutes/ Masks. Neither is particularly smart, neither is emotional in anyway, shape or form, neither shows mercy, and both have Implacable Man as their hat. May actually be more physically dangerous than The Dragon, but much less competent.
 * The Evil Genius: Geniuses/Maniacs or Charmers/Psychos. As above, this will vary from Slasher to Slasher.
 * The Dark Chick: Avengers/Legends. The only ones with something approaching justification for their behaviour; often bound up by the rules of their own story. Generally have Jerkass Woobie as their hat.


 * Warhammer 40000 armies. Granted, the setting is swimming in Black and Gray Morality. Also, these are from the Imperium's point of view. They may not be good guys, but they are the "main characters," so to speak.


 * The Big Bad: The Gods of Chaos and Chaos Daemons
 * The Dragon: Chaos Space Marines
 * The Brute: Orks
 * The Evil Genius: Tau/Necrons
 * The Dark Chick: Eldar/Dark Eldar.


 * And the same, but for the Warhammer Fantasy setting. Though if one accepts the theory that the Horned Rat is a lesser Chaos God and removes the Orcs and Vampire Counts it can be made a lot neater, since those two have no real connection to Chaos.
 * The Big Bad: Daemons of Chaos
 * The Dragon: Warriors of Chaos
 * The Brute: Orcs & Goblins/Beastmen
 * The Evil Genius: Vampire Counts/Skaven
 * The Dark Chick: Dark Elves


 * Let's not forget the principal Five-Bad Band of the franchise, the Chaos Gods. Well, four. Depending on who you ask.


 * The Big Bad: Chaos Undivided
 * The Dragon: Nurgle
 * The Evil Genius: Tzeentch
 * The Brute: Khorne
 * The Dark Chick: Slaanesh
 * Sixth Ranger: Malal


 * The Horus Heresy's principal characters:


 * The Big Bad: Horus/Sons of Horus
 * The Dragon: Lorgar/Erebus/The Word Bearers.
 * The Evil Genius: Magnus/The Thousand Sons.
 * The Brute: Angron/The World Eaters
 * The Dark Chick: Fulgrim/The Emperor's Children.
 * Sixth Ranger(s): The Death Guard, The Iron Warriors, The Night Lords, The Alpha Legion.


 * The five Praetors of New Phyrexia (and their boss) from Magic: The Gathering:


 * Big Bad: Karn (while he remains corrupted)
 * The Dragon: Sheoldred (Also The Starscream)
 * Evil Genius: Jin-Gitaxias
 * The Brute: Vorinclex
 * The Dark Chick: Elesh Norn
 * Token Good Teammate: Urabrask


 * In addition, the other characters on the New Phyrexia side fit this as well:


 * Sixth Ranger: Tezzeret (in addition to being Bolas' Dragon)
 * Les Collaborateurs: Glissa and Geth


 * 'Monsterpocalypse


 * Exalted has The Reclamation Yozis:
 * Big Bad: Cecelyne. Being an embodiment of tyranny, her cult is the most stable outside Hell.
 * The Dragon: The Ebon Dragon, duh. Three guesses on what he'll inevitably do, and the first two doesn't count.
 * The Brute: Malfeas. Was the King of Primordial, now raging incoherently.
 * Evil Genius: She Who Lives in Her Name.
 * Dark Chick: Adorjan and Kimberry. You do not want to be on the receiving end of their love.