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* ''The Innovades'' from [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]

** [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]] - Ribbons Almarck

** [[The Dragon]] - Ali Al-Saachez (Also the [[Sixth Ranger]])

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]] ([[Genius Bruiser|Bruiser]]) - Revive Revival

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Louise Havely; arguably Ali, who does double duty as [[The Dragon]].

 

 

* ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' - The Phantom Pain

** [[The Evil Genius]] - [[Only Sane Man|Sting Oakley]]: The ''de facto'' leader of the Extended trio, Sting's no genius, but is the only member of the team to [[Know When to Fold'Em]], and fullfills [[The Smart Guy]] role by making sure the other two stick to the plan.

** [[The Brute]] - [[Axe Crazy|Auel Neider]]: Agressive, violent, and (at least initially) the most unstable of the Extended trio, Auel serves as muscle and little more.

* ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]'' - The ZAFT Team. They fit the archetype, even if they're not [[Anti-Villain|especially evil]] (well, except for [[Dark Messiah|Durandal]]).

** [[The Big Bad]] & [[Evil Genius]] - [[Dark Messiah|Chairman]] [[Manipulative Bastard|Gilbert]] [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Durandal]]: More or less uses everyone in order to install his [[The Social Darwinist|genetic]] [[The Fatalist|determinist]] [[Utopia Justifies the Means|utopia]].

** [[The Brute]] - [[The Berserker|Shinn Asuka]] He's of a more [[Hero with an F In Good|heroic]] bent then most, but still fits the profile: lack of subtlety, emotional, easily controlled by [[The Dragon]], allows [[Unstoppable Rage|rage]] to cloud his reasoning.

** [[The Dark Chick]] - [[Action Girl|Lunamaria Hawke]] and/or [[The Captain|Captain]] [[Broken Bird|Talia]] [[Team Mom|Gladys]] (both female, both serve for reasons other than personal loyalty to the Chairman, both have doubts about what they're doing).

** [[Big Bad]] - Murkuro

** [[The Dragon]] - Lancia

** [[The Brute|The Brute(s)]] - Ken and Chikusa

** [[Dark Chick]] - M.M.

** [[The Dragon]] - Kikyou

** [[The Brute|The Brute(s)]] - Zakuro and Torikabuto

** [[Sixth Ranger]] - Ghost

 

** [[Dark Chick]] - Shitt.P

 

** [[Big Bad]] - Buffaloman

** [[The Dragon]] - Springman

** [[Evil Genius]] - Mr. Khamen/Black Hole

** [[The Brute]] - Mountain

* Also the Six Devil Knights from the next arc of Kinnikuman

** [[Big Bad]] - Akuma Shogun

* ''[[Kinnikuman Nisei]]'' - The Demon Seed:

** [[Big Bad]] - Reborn Ashuraman

** [[Evil Genius]] - Meltdown/The Tattooman (both proficient in psychological warfare) Also The Constellation.

** [[The Brute]] - Voltman

 

* Schwarz from ''[[Mai-Otome]]''

** [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]] - Nagi

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]] - John Smith

** [[The Brute]] and [[Dark Chick|The Dark Chick]] - Tomoe

** [[Hero Secret Service|Villain Secret Service]] - the other three [[Dark Magical Girl|Valkyries]] (Lee, Nobue and Jeanne by name). {{spoiler|All three are convinced to [[Heel Face Turn]] when Mashiro tells them that they have a bigger enemy to fight. Their boss vehemently refuses to turn, leaving her all alone on the side of bad.}}

 

** [[Big Bad|The "Big Bad"]] - Hayate

** [[The Dragon|The "Dragon"]] - Signum

** [[Anti-Villain|That was in massive "sarcasm quotes"]]

 

** [[The Big Bad]] - Curren (Undisputable leader of the group and apparently their most powerfull member. Also the only member with "Huckebein" as her true last name).

** [[The Dragon]] - Either [[Hero-Killer|Cypha]] (the most dangerous in battle so far) or Fortis (see [[The Evil Genius]] below).

*** [[Evil Genius]] - Kidoumaru (who looks like he fits the "less manically evil" trope until he's left alone with the heroes, then proceeds to get his sadistic nerd on.)

*** [[The Brute]] - Jiroubou (a light subversion in that he's quite smart enough to couple his attacks with some serious emotional abuse. Also seems to have the most common sense of the group. [[Evil Counterpart]] to Choji)

** Then Hebi/Taka

*** [[Big Bad]] Sasuke

*** [[The Big Bad]]: [[Gravity Master|Deva Path]]. By far the strongest, and most [[Person of Mass Destruction|destructive]] of the six; has the {{spoiler|body of Nagato's best friend Yahiko}}, acts as the field leader, and is the last one standing, taking on Naruto's eight tails form mano-a-mano.

*** [[The Dragon]]: [[Summon Magic|Animal Path I]] --> [[Dark Action Girl|Animal Path II]]. Pain's first line of offense, and the one's he values the most after Deva and Naraka Paths. Have the most openly [[Person of Mass Destruction|destructive]] powers after Deva, being capable taijutsu users and the most powerful [[The Beast Master|Beastmasters]] yet witnessed in series. The original was able to fight [[Badass|Jiriya]] for some time on a fairly even keel, while the second wrecks half of Konoha with her [[Bond Creatures]] and briefly engages [[The Hero|Naruto]] in a one-on-one fight.

*** [[The Evil Genius]]: [[Necromancer|Naraka Path]]. A [[Genius Bruiser]] who's doubles as an interrogater and a souped-up example of [[The Medic]]. The most valued after Deva Path as he keeps all the others running.

*** [[The Dark Chick]]: [[Telepath|Human Path]]. The least valued, and the most easily defeated with [[Your Soul Is Mine]] abilities. Generally serves in a support and interrogation role, along with [[The Evil Genius|Naraka Path]].

* [[One Piece]] has [[Loads and Loads of Characters|a number of these]], generally introducing a new set for each new arc, although several sets are recurring enemies. Chronologically, the first example for both groups is the main members of the Buggy Pirates:

** [[Big Bad]] - [[Monster Clown|Buggy the Clown]]

** [[Team Pet]] - [[Funny Animal|Richie]]

** [[Sixth Ranger]] & second [[Evil Genius]] - [[Only Sane Man|Galdino/Mr. 3]] (Seems to have joined as of their latest appearance)

** [[Evil Genius]] - [[Dirty Cop|Nezumi]] (Actually not a core member, but a corrupt Marine used to keep the heat off)

** [[The Brute]] - [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Kuroobi]]

** [[Team Pet]] - [[Everything's Better with Cows|Mohmoo]]

** [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]] - [[Unwitting Pawn|Nami]]

 

* Baroque Works Officer Agents:

** [[The Dragon]] - [[Reverse Mole|Miss All-Sunday/Nico Robin]] (Second only to Crocodile, but not quite a [[Big Bad Duumvirate]])

** [[Evil Genius]] - [[Smug Snake|Mr. 3]]

 

* Enel's Priests:

** [[Evil Genius]] - [[Air Jousting|Shura]] (More a trickster than an outright genius)

** [[The Brute]] - [[Acrofatic|Yami]] (Actually not a Priest, but the Chief Enforcer, and stronger then Satori.)

** [[Team Pet|Team Pet(s)]] - [[Angry Guard Dog|Holy]] and [[Giant Flyer|Fuza]]

 

* Cipher Pol # 9:

 

* The villains from the Thriller Bark arc:

** [[The Dragon]] - [[Our Giants Are Bigger|Oars]] (A Giant even compared to actual Giants [[Lightning Bruiser|who's quicker than greased lightning]].)

** [[Evil Genius]] - [[Dirty Coward|Dr. Hogback]] (An evil doctor.)

** [[Dark Chick]] - [[Cute Ghost Girl|Perona]] ([[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] extrordinaire.)

 

* [[One Piece]]'s HQ-ranked Marines (primarily during the Marineford arc):

** [[Big Bad]] - [[The Chessmaster|Fleet Admiral Sengoku]], who doubles as a second [[Evil Genius]]

** [[The Brute]] - [[Light'Em Up|Admiral Kizaru]], just as formidable as the other admirals but quite a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], and is incredibly destructive.

** [[Dark Chick|The Dark Chick]] - [[An Ice Person|Admiral Aokiji]], generally the most given to following his conscience.

** [[The Dragon]] - [[Cold Sniper|Van Augur]] & [[Putting on the Reich|Shiliew]]

** [[The Evil Genius]](es) - [[Deadly Doctor|Doc Q]]

** [[The Dark Chick|The Dark Chick(s)]] - [[Enemy Mime|Laffitte]] & {{spoiler|[[Gonk|Catarina Devon]]}}.

** [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]] - {{spoiler|[[The Starscream|Avalo Pizarro]]}}.

 

* ''[[Real Bout High School]]''

** [[The Dragon]] - Shizuma Kusanagi (a [[Hot-Blooded]] showboat with fiery moves and a serious thing for [[The Hero]] Ryoko)

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]] - G's Protege (who isn't named in the manga. He is, however, a computer expert with intelligently gimmicked weaponry.)

** [[The Dragon]] - Mistress 9

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]] - Professor Tomoe

** [[Dark Chick|The Dark Chick]] - Kaorinite

 

** [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]] - Queen Nehellenia

** [[The Dragon]] / [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]] - Zirconia

** [[Dark Chick|The Dark Women]] - The Amazoness Quartet

** [[Team Pet]] - Zircon

** [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]]: Toutaku Chuuei (Dong Zhuo)

** [[The Dragon]] and [[The Brute]]: Ryofu Housen (Lü Bu)

** [[Dark Chick|The Dark Chick]]: Chinkyuu Koudai (Chen Gong)

** [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]: {{spoiler|Genpou Saji (Zuo Ci)}}

** [[The Dragon]]: Kakouton Genjou (Xiao Dhun)

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]]: Kaku Bunwa (Jia Xu), then Shibai Chuutatsu (Sima Yi)

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: The Three Pillared Gods.

 

** [[Dark Chick]]: [[Lady of War|Tia]] [[Mama Bear|Harribel]]

 

** [[Big Bad]] [[Evil Genius]]: Ganryu Ryodoji (knowledgeable of the [[Crapsake World|Valley of Screams]] and how the [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Blanks]] work, as well as being the main catalyst for the conflict during the first movie).

** [[The Dragon]]: Riyan (seems to be the most loyal member to Ganryu, on top of having the most comparitively dangerous ability - Missiles).

** [[Dark Chick]](s): Benin (sole female member) and Mue (most effeminate male).

 

** [[Big Bad]] [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]: {{spoiler|Kokutou (betrayed the [[Five-Man Band]] and took over as the main villain after Shuren was killed)}}.

** [[Evil Genius]]: Shuren, for instigating the conflict.

** [[The Dragon]]: Gonjo (the main lieutenant to Shuren).

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Shrieker, in an anime-exclusive episode prequel to the fourth movie.

 

* Another ''[[Bleach]]'' example includes the Fullbringers, minus Chad and Orihime.

** [[Big Bad Duumvirate]]: Kugo Ginjo and Shukuro Tsukishima.

** [[Evil Genius]]: Yukio.

 

* The Alpha Gang in ''[[Dinosaur King]]'' (first season)

** [[Dark Chick]] - Ursula/Usarapa

** [[Evil Genius]] / [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]] - Seth/Nopis

** [[Team Mom]] - Helga

** [[Team Pet]] - Alpha Droids

** [[Evil Genius]] - Foolscap/Zapper

** [[Dark Chick]] - Sheer/Mihasa

 

* The Sinners in (the original manga of) ''[[Chrono Crusade]]''

** [[The Starscream]] / [[Dragon-in-Chief]]: Majin Buu

** [[The Brute]]: Spopovich and Yakon

** [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]: [[Not Brainwashed|Majin Vegeta]]

 

** [[Evil Genius]] - [[The Mole|Pride]]/ {{spoiler|[[President Evil|King]] [[President Action|Bradley]]}}. Deep-cover agent who masterminds the implementation of the plan, provides troops and battle strategies, and interferes with the heroes' efforts to undermine the [[Big Bad]]. Doubles as a second [[The Dragon|Dragon]] during the finale.

** [[Dark Chick]] - [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Sloth]] and [[Wild Child|Wrath]] (although Lust is a [[Dark Action Girl]])

** [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]] - [[Anti-Villain|Greed]] {{spoiler|but also [[High Heel Face Turn|Lust]] eventually}}

 

** [[The Brute]]: Zorin

** [[Dark Chick]]: Rip van Winkle

* Team's pet: Schrodinger

* Those Two Guys:Luke and Jan Valentine ,the Valentine Brothers, and the third Tubalcain Alhambra.

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]]: Midori Okamoto/Professor Green (Head of the ''Science Guild'', which is responsible for all of the research done for the Project.)

** [[Dark Chick|The Dark Chick]]: Kanako Watanabe/The President (Head of the ''Adult Bank'', which is responsible for funding the Project.)

** [[Sixth Ranger]]/{{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}: {{spoiler|Marino You}}/Manticore (Filled in for Head while he was away {{spoiler|and is only in the Order to lead them away from her sister, the West Maiden}}.)

 

** The Dark Chick-Kaguya

 

** [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]] - Amber

** [[The Dragon]] - Amigiri (although he has the personality of [[The Big Guy]])

** [[Dark Chick|The Dark Chick]] - Brita (again)

 

** [[Big Bad|The Big Bad]] - {{spoiler|Horai}}

** [[The Dragon]] - {{spoiler|Eric Nishijima}}

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]] - Hardener, he's got a strange past that leads to him easily out-crazying the rest of the Sinclair owners. His final evil plan is rather spectacular

** [[The Brute]] - Ogre, a bit of a [[Genius Bruiser]] though.

 

* Can we see Russia, his sisters and the Baltics from [[Axis Powers Hetalia]] as a parody of the [[Five-Bad Band]]? If it's the case...

 

* [[Elfen Lied]]'s various henchmen of the Kakuzawa's research facility:

** [[The Dragon]]: Kurama

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]]: Professor Kakuzawa then Dr. Nousou (Manga)

** [[Evil Genius|The Evil Genius]]: Bastion. The strategic, analytical duelist, though he doesn't get a chance to show it under Sartorius' leadership.

** [[Dark Chick|The Dark Chick]]: Alexis. Even when brainwashed she retains loyalty to her former dorm and duels to defend the honor of its members.

 

* Then in Season 3 of GX, we have Yubel and her/his/its minions.

* And Yliaster from the same.

** [[Big Bad]]: Z-ONE. The mastermind with powers on par with a god, he will stop at nothing to {{spoiler|prevent the [[Bad Future]] he comes from ever coming to pass}}, even if that means killing millions of people. His deck is based on {{spoiler|[[Light Is Not Good|the glory of angels and God]] and he is the last to be defeated}}.

** [[The Evil Genius]]: {{spoiler|Antinomy, the group's chief manipulator who has all the best gadgets and uses a high-tech deck. Unlike most Evil Geniuses (who are usually the most-irredeemable of the [[Five-Bad Band]] next to the [[Big Bad]]), he's not really a bad guy, and ends up [[Becoming the Mask]] and giving [[The Hero|Yusei]] [[Stealth Mentor|tacit hints]] on defeating Z-ONE. He is third-to-last to be defeated}}.

** [[The Brute]]: Paradox. Probably the most powerful next to Z-ONE (given that he can [[Time Master|control time]]), he's the first to go down, his deck focuses on bringing out big, bad monsters as quick as possible, and his solution for {{spoiler|averting the [[Bad Future]]}} involves lots of people dying and [[Stuff Blowing Up]].

 

* [[Busou Renkin]]

** [[Evil Genius]]: Fiber

** [[Dark Chick]]: Bigro

 

* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' has several examples.

** [[The Evil Genius]]: While not exactly a genius, Nikaidou probably at first fits this role, at least more than the other workers: He devises each plan of his own to capture the Embryo, including, {{spoiler|rather than capturing the original Embryo, simply making a new one instead.}} Still has evil methods, though. He can also build fully operational combat robots, as well as the machinery he uses occassionally for his plans, some - thing which stems from {{spoiler|his child - hood dreams to be a robotics programmer.}} Later upon, Yukari probably takes more of this role, due towards her finding new ways and researching more technologies in order to amplify the corruption powers of Utau's voice. {{spoiler|And the fact that Yuu just heel - faced.}}

** [[The Dark Chick]] / [[The Brute]]: Utau, who shares the chickish trait of being captured prisoner... Only towards Easter's whims, not the Guardians. This is because the sole reason she works for them is due towards probably - violent threats towards her mother and, more importantly, Ikuto. And when she does find the Embryo, the only reason she'll take it [[Anti-Villain|is the desire towards wishing towards her and Ikuto's freedom.]] She's also the greatest offensive power the corporation have, which confirms her for the latter role, although she usually doesn't take pleasure for it, thus halting her from Brute position. Ikuto would also count, seeing that his Black Lynx Character Transformation form is probably upon par with Utau's Lunatic Charm Character Transformation {{spoiler|(Although Dark Jewel may be another story, despite the time limit.)}} and that he is within partly the same situation, only with threats towards Utau and his mother {{spoiler|([[Brother-Sister Incest|The same one as Ikuto's.]])}} instead, but seeing as he's [[Enigmatic Minion|less likely to obey the smaller details of his orders and presented as far less helpless than Utau...]]

 

* ''[[Arashi no Yoru ni]]''

 

* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''

** [[The Evil Genius]]: [[Complete Monster|Riku]] [[Mad Bomber|Ousei]], a complete [[The Sociopath|sociopath]] with a keen intellect and an obsession with imagination, who is always cooking up new schemes to prove the superiority of his mind, in his own twisted way.

** [[The Brute]]: [[Blood Knight|Takuro]] [[Jerkass|Sawatari]], [[Husky Russie|Demitri]] [[Fashion Victim Villain|Magarov]] and [[Psycho Electro|Soubi]] [[Fallen Hero|Nakajima]] all share this role. None of them is particularly stupid, but they tend to take the direct approach to fighting.

* Tokyo Magika from [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]] Kira Episode 2:

** [[Big Bad]]: Nomura

** [[The Brute]]: Uraganos, so big he tends to break stuff

** [[Dark Chick]]: Viblis, once again the only female

 

* ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]''

 

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