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The group traditionally includes: <!-- %% Please keep the band-instrument analogy: it's an important point, and it's funny. -->
* [[The Hero]] -- ''(lead singer)'' The leader of the group. Can be clean-cut and upstanding, bold and charismatic, serious and driven, or some combination of the three. Stereotypically wears red.
* [[The Lancer]] -- ''(lead guitar)'' The second-in-command, usually a [[Foil|contrast]] to The Hero. If the Hero is clean-cut and/or uptight, the Lancer is a grizzled [[Anti-Hero]] or [[Deadpan Snarker]]; if the Hero is driven and [[Anti-Hero|somewhat amoral]], the Lancer is more relaxed and level-headed. Stereotypically wears blue.
* [[The Smart Guy]] -- ''(keyboardist)'' The physically weak, but intelligent or clever member. Often nerdy and awkward played for comic relief. Sometimes unconventionally young (early- to mid-teens). Sometimes a [[Tricksters|trickster]] and a buddy of the Big Guy. May be the one with all the "street" connections. Stereotypically wears either green or yellow.
* [[The Big Guy]] -- ''(drummer)'' The strongman of the team. May be dumb. Or mute. Stereotypically wears the color that the Smart Guy doesn't.
* [[The Chick]] -- ''(vocal effects, tambourine)'' A peacekeeping role to balance out the other members' aggression, bringing them to a nice or at least manageable medium. The Chick is often considered [[The Heart]] of the group. Not [[The Smurfette Principle|always female,]] but the role is usually taken by the [[Token Girl]] (hence the name). Sometimes referred to as [[The Load|"the useless girl"]]. Stereotypically wears pink.
== Associated Character Tropes ==
* [[Big Brother Mentor]] / [[Team Mom]] / [[Team Dad]] / [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[The Medic]]—Generally either [[The Chick]] or [[The Smart Guy]], or a combination of the two; more likely to be [[The Smart Guy]] the further up the [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness]] you go.
* [[Mentors]]—The wise advisory type who comes and goes. Potentially organizes the team, trains them to be an effective group, and/or has a personal connection with the [[Big Bad]]. They [[Mentor Occupational Hazard|might be killed]] to give the group someone to rally around.
* [[Sixth Ranger]]—A johnny-come-lately addition to the team, often an outrider type who has been lurking on the edges of the action from the beginning. Their addition to the Five-Man Band usually shakes up the status quo. Has a tendency to be a [[Heel Face Turn|defector]] from the bad guys. Sometimes the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]. Stereotypically wears black.
* [[Tagalong Kid]]—Usually the Hero's or the Chick's younger sibling. Gets to save the day about once per season, thus generating about a 1:63 ratio of "being useful" to [[The Load|"getting kidnapped."]]
* The [[Team Pet]]—The dog, cute alien, or [[Robot Buddy]]. Might occasionally enable plots, but not really a character in the conventional sense.
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'''Note:''' Variations occur where the core five are different or overlap. Don't take the title too literally—it's the roles more than the numbers that matter.
See also [[Three Amigos]], [[
Contrast with the [[Five-Bad Band]]. [[The Psycho Rangers]] are the collective [[Evil Counterpart]] of a given Five-Man Band.
Compare the [[Command Roster]], for military-esque teams.
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== Associated Tropes ==
* [[
* [[Five-Token Band]] — When everyone is a different ethnicity.
* [[Transformation Sequence]] (or [[Lock and Load Montage]], if they don't have actual powers that allow for transformations)
* [[Transformation Trinket]]s (morphers, bracelets, senshi wands...)
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]
* [[Token Minority]]''/''[[Token White]]
This can sometimes literally be a musical group. Characters can also be divided by personality instead of function: See [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]].
== [[Notable]] five-person bands ==
The subpages list examples of teams that fit '''at least four''' of the character tropes. Remember that they form a team dynamic; it's always tempting to match two of the characters in a show, then try to convince yourself and others that the other characters can be squeezed/wedged/stuffed into the description of the other character types, but that's not the point of the Five-Man Band trope. The individual character types exist outside of the band. '''The Five-Man Band only occurs when the team as a whole fits, not just a few characters.'''
As a rule of thumb, if your band example has to justify more than two types, or a single trope with more than two sentences of qualifiers, you're trying to pull a fast one. If it isn't a Five-Man Band, it isn't a Five-Man Band.
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