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{{quote|''"We don't need'' two ''stretchy guys down there!"''|'''John Stewart''', ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''}}
 
A looser adaptation of the [[Five -Man Band]]. Generally speaking, it's bad form to have two major crew members on the show who essentially perform the same job (unless you have a multi-team [[Heroes Unlimited]] situation). That would lead to inevitable comparisons between the two, and probably lots of flame wars.
 
So any character who starts mirroring another too closely will have a different personality which affects the outcome of their work, or will be given a noticeably different job. One way to do this is to make the two [[The Rival|rivals]], competing to be the best at what they do. In this case, usually one is more friendly and laid-back and the other is more serious and stoic.
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[[Not So Similar]] is the super trope. Compare [[Divergent Character Evolution]], which happens gradually and isn't as deliberate.
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== [[Anime]] & [[Manga]] ==
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== [[Toys]] ==
* The ''[[Transformers]]'' franchise has this in spades in order to [[Merchandise -Driven|sell more toys]]. No [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist|omnidisciplinary scientists]] here - the original series' Autobots had a theoretician (Skids), a metallurgist (Swerve), an engineer (Wheeljack), and more. Sadly, the fiction often treats this as an [[Informed Ability]].
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
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