Five-Man Band/Live-Action TV/A-F


 * Varies A Lot: Detective Sanchez knows the streets and and the ins and outs of gang activity; he switches between The Big Guy and The Smart Guy depending on the case.
 * Provenza and Flynn are not dumb; however, they do have a habit of getting themselves into trouble.


 * Varies A Lot: The Big Guy, Smart Guy, and Chick roles on this show get traded around more often than you'd expect, and there's generally a whole lotta subvertin' goin' on, but the pattern does hold more often than not.
 * A further subversion is that Hotch and Gideon (and later Rossi) trade The Hero and The Lancer roles back and forth. Hotch is, after all, the Unit Chief.
 * Actually, Hotch is The Hero pretty straight since he is the unit cheif. Even when  he's more of a figure head. Gideon and Rossi are the scruffy more laid back contrast to Hotch's uptight straightforward leading which is right inline with The Lancer. Reid is far too useful to be The Chick.


 * This will likely keep changing, since more cast shake ups are happening.