Five-Bad Band/Literature


 * A Series of Unfortunate Events
 * The Big Bad - Count Olaf.
 * The Dragon - Esmé Squalor.
 * The Evil Genius - Georgina Orwell, though it didn't last long. The bald man could count by default as well.
 * The Brute - The Creature who looks neither like a man nor a woman. Fernald the hook-handed man counts, in the series' first half.
 * The Dark Chick - The White-powdered women, token female members until Esmé came along. Fernald takes their place once they leave.
 * The Sixth Ranger Traitor - Fernald the hook-handed man in the series' second half.
 * The Man Behind the Man / The Man Behind the Curtain : the sinistor duo.
 * Daddy's Little Villain - Carmelita Spats


 * Duumvirate
 * The Big Bad Duumvirate - Howard and William
 * The Dragon - Sarah
 * Manipulative Bastard - Paul
 * The Brute - Luke
 * Dark Action Girl - Ruby


 * The Dresden Files, The Denarians
 * The Big Bad - Nicodemus
 * The Dragon - Tessa
 * The Evil Genius - Thorned Namishiel
 * The Brute - Magog
 * The Dark Chick -Dierdre. (Nic wanted to recruit Harry/Lash into this position, but Harry turned him down.)


 * The Dresden Files, Turn Coat
 * The Big Bad / Evil Genius -
 * The Dragon - The Skinwalker
 * The Brute - Binder
 * The Dark Chick - Madeline Raith


 * Battle Royale, Kazuo Kiriyama's gang before the program.
 * The Big Bad / The Evil Genius - Kazuo Kiriyama
 * The Dragon - Mitsuru Numai
 * The Brute - Both Hiroshi Kuronaga and Ryuhei Sasagawa
 * The Dark Chick - Sho Tsukioka


 * Robin Hobb's Assassin trilogy:
 * The Big Bad - Prince Regal
 * The Dragon - Serene, later Will
 * The Evil Genius - Will
 * The Brute - Justin
 * The Dark Chick - Rosemary


 * A Song of Ice and Fire,
 * House Lannister
 * The Big Bad - King Joffrey Baratheon
 * Dragon-in-Chief - Lord Tywin Lannister
 * The Evil Genius - Tyrion Lannister
 * The Brute - Ser Jaime Lannister
 * The Dark Chick - Queen-Regent Cersei Baratheon
 * Sixth Ranger - Ser Kevan Lannister


 * Brave Companions
 * The Big Bad - Vargo Hoat
 * The Dragon - Faithful Urswyck
 * The Evil Genius - Qyburn and possibly Septon Utt
 * The Brute - Fat Zollo, and Biter
 * The Dark Chick - Shagwell
 * Sixth Ranger - Rorge, Biter
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Jaqen H'ghar (in sort of a Guest Star Party Member way). He was briefly connected to the group via his association with Rorge and Biter, but doesn't participate in their "activities" and early on goes off to do his own thing. Despite being a member of a Murder, Inc. cult, he's definitely the Token Good Teammate.


 * Ser Gregor Clegane's Band
 * The Big Bad -- Gregor Clegane, the leader of the band.
 * The Dragon -- Chiswyck, one of Clegane's most prominent (and cruelest) soldiers.
 * The Evil Genius -- Raff the Sweetling, shown to be more clever than the average brute.
 * The Brute -- "The Tickler", who serves as Clegane's head torturer, despite being of average size and appearance.
 * The Dark Chick -- Shitmouth, who is stated to be kinder and more gentle than the others (though that isn't saying much.)


 * Tad Williams' Memory Sorrowand Thorn
 * Big Bad - The Storm King
 * The Dragon / Evil Genius - Pryrates
 * Dark Chick - The Norn Queen


 * The Master and Margarita, Woland and his servants
 * The Big Bad - Woland
 * The Evil Genius - Korovev
 * The Brute - Azazel
 * The Dark Chick - Hella
 * Enfant Terrible - Behemoth


 * The Thief of Always, Mr Hood and his servants
 * The Big Bad - Mr Hood
 * The Dragon - Rictus
 * The Evil Genius - Jive
 * The Brute - Carna
 * The Dark Chick - Marr


 * American Gods
 * The Big Bad -
 * The Dragon - Mr. World
 * The Brute - Mr. Town
 * The Evil Genius - The Technical Boy
 * The Dark Chick - Media


 * The First Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
 * The Big Bad and Evil Genius - Lord Foul
 * The Dragon - Drool Rockworm
 * The Brute - The Giant-Ravers
 * The Dark Chick and Sixth Ranger -


 * The Dark Tower
 * The Big Bad - The Crimson King
 * The Dragon / The Evil Genius - Randall Flagg
 * The Brute - Mordred Deschain
 * The Dark Chick - Mia


 * Harry Potter
 * The Death Eaters
 * Big Bad - Lord Voldemort
 * The Dragon - Lucius Mallfoy, later replaced by Bellatrix Lestrange
 * The Brute - Fenrir Grayback, and Scabior
 * The Evil Genius- Barty Crouch Jr., and Severus Snape
 * The Dark Chick - Peter Pettigrew, and the Carrows
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Snape and the Malfoys
 * Team Pet - Nagini
 * Slytherin House
 * The Big Bad - Draco Malfoy
 * The Dragon - Blaise Zabini
 * The Brute - Vincent Crabbe & Gregory Goyle (Millicent Bulstrode may also qualify, as every appearance she makes in the books, she's pulverizing Hermione.)
 * The Evil Genius - Theodore Nott
 * The Dark Chick - Pansy Parkinson
 * Bigger Bad - Severus Snape


 * Oliver Twist
 * Fagin's Gang
 * Big Bad - Fagin (as the leader of the gang, although Sikes is the Big Bad of the book itself)
 * The Dragon - Artful Dodger
 * The Brute - Bill Sikes
 * The Evil Genius -
 * The Dark Chick - Nancy (before her Heel Face Turn)
 * Sixth Column - Oliver Twist


 * The Silmarillion
 * Big Bad - Morgoth
 * The Dragon - Sauron
 * The Brute - Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs
 * Evil Genius - Glaurung
 * Dark Chick / Sixth Ranger Traitor - Ungoliant


 * The Iron Circle from the ''Tyrants and Kings" trilogy
 * Big Bad - Arkus, Emperor of Nar
 * The Dragon - Count Renato Biagio
 * Evil Genius - Bovadin
 * The Brute - Admiral Nicabar and General Vorto
 * Dark Chick - Archbishop Herrith


 * Gone by Michael Grant:
 * Big Bad- Caine
 * The Dragon / The Brute- Drake, who is one or the other at times.
 * Also, Orc could originally count as The Brute, and  seems to fill the role of The Dragon in Lies.
 * Evil Genius- Computer Jack, though not very evil.
 * Dark Chick- Diana


 * Codex Alera House Aquitaine
 * Big Bad- Lord Aquitaine
 * The Dragon - Lady Aquitaine
 * Evil Genius - Fidelias
 * The Brute- Aldrick ex Gladius
 * Dark Chick- Odiana


 * The Big Four by Agatha Christie
 * Big Bad - Number One/The Oriental
 * The Dragon - Number Four/The Destroyer
 * Evil Genius and The Chick - Number Three/The Frenchwoman
 * The Brute (or rather, the Rich One) - Number Two/The American


 * The Redemption of Althalus by David and Leigh Eddings
 * Big Bad - Daeva
 * The Dragon - Ghend
 * Evil Genius - Argan and Khnom
 * The Brute - Pekhal and Gelta
 * Dark Chick - Koman
 * Sixth Ranger - Yakhag,

The human villains in David Eddings' The Elenium present an interesting example "Kalten (describing the villains so they can be located): Adus is easy. Just put armour on a gorilla and you've got him."
 * Big Bad Wannabe: Primate Annias. He really thinks he's in charge. He's not.
 * Dragon-in-Chief: Martel. Ex-Pandion Knight turned mercenary, Evil Counterpart to The Hero, and the one who's really holding all the cards.
 * The Brute: Adus. Dumb, violent, and unhygenic, cuts through his own men to get to Kalten.


 * The Evil Genius: Krager, Martel's spy, and the . Martel's no slouch either in the brains department.
 * The Dark Chick: Princess Arissa.
 * The Load: Prince Lycheas.
 * Many of the above characters double as members of another Five-Bad Band, involving the series' Big Bad and the Zemochs.
 * The Big Bad: Azash. At the end of the day, he's more or less Satan.
 * Co-Dragons: Martel and Emperor Otha. Yeah, Martel still manages to be Dragon-in-Chief to the Devil. It doesn't hurt that Otha's very stupid, and that Azash doesn't understand human beings at all.
 * The Brute: Adus again.
 * The Evil Genius: Annias. Azash's mole in the Elene Church.
 * The Dark Chick: Arissa and Lycheas.

The villains in David Eddings' The Tamuli
 * The Big Bad: Klael.
 * The Dragon: Cyrgon.
 * The Giant Mooks: Klael's alien army.
 * The Evil Genius: Zalasta
 * The Dark Chick: Sabre, Scarpi and the other various "revolutionaries."


 * And in The Belgariad by David and Leigh Eddings, one can kind of see this developing.
 * Big Bad - Kal Torak
 * The Dragon - Ctuchik
 * Evil Genius - Zedar
 * The Brute - Taur Urgas
 * Dark Chick - Torak always kept this spot open for Polgara
 * Team Pet - The actual dragon


 * Sword of Truth, House of Rahl(Wizard's First Rule)
 * Big Bad / Evil Genius - Darken Rahl
 * The Dragon - Demmin Nass
 * The Brute - Ranssyn Fane
 * Dark Chick - Denna
 * Team Pet - Scarlet


 * Sword of Truth, Sisters of the Dark
 * Big Bad - Sister Ulicia(undisputed leader, probably the most powerful)
 * The Dragon - Sister Armina(closest to Ulicia's age, her right hand, )
 * Evil Genius - Sister Tovi, Sister Cecilia(least attractive but the primary schemers after Ulicia)
 * The Brute - Sister Merissa, Sister Liliana(cruelest and most impulsive by far)
 * Dark Chick / Sixth Ranger Traitor - Sister Nicci(wildly different motives and outlook, considered "different" by the others, ultimately betrays them)


 * Sword of Truth, Imperial Order
 * Big Bad - Emperor Jagang
 * The Dragon - Nicci
 * Evil Genius - Brother Narev(spiritual leader) or Sebastian(strategist)
 * The Brute - Kadar Kardeef, Karg
 * Dark Chick - Six
 * Team Pet - Gregory
 * Sixth Ranger - Nicholas the Slide


 * Sword of Truth, Forces of the Underworld
 * Big Bad - The Keeper
 * The Dragon - Darken Rahl
 * Evil Genius - Sister Ulicia
 * The Brute - Drefan Rahl, Oba Rahl
 * Dark Chick / Sixth Ranger Traitor - Nicci
 * Team Pet - Screelings, Heart Hounds, Nambles


 * Inheritance Cycle, the Empire
 * Big Bad - King Galbatorix
 * The Dragon - Murtagh and Thorn, formerly Morzan, Durza at times
 * Evil Genius - The Twins
 * The Brute - The Ra'zac, Varaug
 * Team Pet - Shruikan


 * "The Spiderwick Chronicles" (book series, not movie)
 * Big Bad - Mulgarath
 * The Dragon - The Dragon... oddly enough
 * Evil Genius - The Korting
 * The Brute - Wormrat/River Troll
 * The Dark Chick  -

"[1] One of the comparatively rare cases where the gender of the characters involved doesn't quite match up to those of their archetypes: Three is female, Two isn't."
 * Hexwood: The Reigners
 * Big Bad - Reigner One
 * The Dragon - Reigner Three
 * Evil Genius - Reigner Five
 * The Brute - Reigner Four
 * The Dark Chick - Reigner Two [1]


 * The Lord of the Rings
 * Big Bad: Sauron
 * The Dragon: The Mouth of Sauron
 * Evil Genius / Sixth Ranger Traitor: Saruman
 * The Brute: The Witch King
 * The Dark Chick: Grima Wormtongue
 * Alternately:
 * Big Bad: Sauron
 * The Dragon(s): The Ringwraiths, The Witch-King in particular
 * Evil Genius: The Mouth of Sauron
 * The Brute: Shelob
 * Dark Chick: Wormtongue
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: Saruman


 * Coraline
 * Big Bad / Evil Genius: The Other Mother
 * The Dragon: The Other Father (also The Dark Chick to certain extant)
 * The Brute: The Other Bobinsky
 * The Dark Chick: The Other Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible


 * ''That Hideous Strength, N.I.C.E. leadership
 * Big Bad, Satan
 * The Dragon, Wither, Frost, and eventually
 * The Brute: Major Hardcastle
 * Evil Genius: Filostrato
 * Dark Chick: Mark Studdock, pre-Heel Face Turn
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: Studdock,
 * Team Pet: Horace Jules


 * Warrior Cats, TigerClan
 * Big Bad - Tigerstar
 * The Dragon - Blackfoot
 * Dark Chick - Leopardstar
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor- Scourge


 * Warrior Cats Omen of the Stars, The Dark Forest
 * Big Bad - Tigerstar
 * The Dragon - Brokenstar
 * The Brute - Hawkfrost
 * The Evil Genius - Thistleclaw
 * Dark Chick - Mapleshade


 * The Yuuzhan Vong leadership, New Jedi Order
 * Big Bad - Supreme Overlord Shimmra,.
 * The Dragon / The Brute - Warmaster Tsavong Lah, later Nas Choka after.
 * Evil Genius - Nom Anor
 * Dark Chick /  - Onimi
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Nom Anor again.


 * Fate Zero, What it was supposed to be:
 * Big Bad - Tokiomi Tohsaka
 * The Dragon - Kirei Kotomine
 * The Brute - Gilgamesh
 * Evil Genius - Risei Kotomine
 * The Dark Chick - Assassin
 * What it ended up as:
 * Big Bad - Kirei Kotomine
 * The Dragon - Gilgamesh
 * The Brute - Assassin
 * Evil Genius - Tokiomi Tohsaka
 * The Dark Chick - Risei Kotomine


 * Even The Bible can be interpreted as having this. The villains of the Book of Revelation:
 * The Big Bad: The Great Red Dragon. An Eldritch Abomination with seven heads and ten horns, he is worshiped as a god by the repressive government run by...
 * The Dragon: The Beast from the Sea, a seven-headed, ten-horned monstrosity who runs the governments of Earth for the Dragon, as it is the Dragon who has given him power. When people say "The Antichrist," this is usually who they mean. Funnily enough, the Great Red Dragon is not The Dragon.
 * The Evil Genius: The Beast from the Land, apparently an Evil Sorcerer type, who performs miracles to fool people into following the first Beast.
 * The Dark Chick: The Mother of Harlots, at least assuming she's supposed to be a person and not a metaphorically-described place.
 * Team Pet/Sixth Ranger Traitor: The seven-headed, ten-horned beast the Harlot rides.


 * The villains in Azure Bonds
 * The Big Bad: Phalse (although it pretended to be otherwise)
 * The Dragon: Cassana of Westgate
 * The Brute: Moander (physically the largest, and the user of the most spectacular displays of force)
 * The Evil Genius: Zrie Prakis
 * The Dark Chick: The Fire Knives

The Career Tributes from The Hunger Games:
 * The Big Bad: Cato
 * The Dragon: Clove
 * The Evil Genius: The District 3 boy
 * The Brute: Marvel
 * The Dark Chick: Glimmer

Lucifer's followers, Paradise Lost
 * The Big Bad: Lucifer/Satan
 * The Dragon: Beelzebub
 * The Evil Genius: Belial
 * The Brute: Moloch
 * The Dark Chick: Mammon
 * Sixth Rangers: Sin and Death