Four Is Death/Playing With

Basic Trope: The number four is bad somehow.
 * Straight: The Five Bad Band to Emperor Evulz are Doom Komodo, Dr. Von Testlastein, Violet Darkheart, and Lamia. The Five Man Band of Magic Knight Edgar Homos, Knight in Shining Armour Bob Equus, Black Mage Dave Felis, White Mage Carol Avius, and Bare Fisted Monk Emily Canus stop them from blowing up several places.
 * Exaggerated: Almost everyone dies when four people are together - the heroes refuse to operate with one member missing.
 * Downplayed: ???
 * Justified: The villains are The Psycho Rangers to the Five Man Band, so Emperor Evulz chose four executives.
 * Inverted: There are four gods of life that Carol, Dave, Bob and Alice speak to.
 * Subverted: You hear about a group called the "Shitenno" who everyone fears, and their "Leader". It turns out that Edgar is the Leader, and Carol, Dave, Bob and Alice are the Shitenno.
 * Double Subverted: ???
 * Parodied: A lot of characters die - the digital root of their ages is 4.
 * Parodied: ???
 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: ???
 * Enforced: ???
 * Lampshaded: ???
 * Invoked: ???
 * Exploited: ???
 * Defied: ???
 * Discussed: ???
 * Conversed: ???

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