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• Action Man: The Council of Doom
  • The Big Bad: Dr. X
  • The Dragon: Tempest
  • The Brute: Quake
  • Evil Genius: Professor Gangrene (although Dr. X and to a lesser degree Tempest can both fill for this role as well)
  • The Dark Chick: Asazi (although she also has some characteristics that are usually associated with the Dragon)

• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: The League of Villains
  • Big Bad: King Goobot
  • The Dragon: Professor Calamitous
  • Evil Genius: Eustace Strych
  • The Brute: Grandma Taters and the Junkman
  • Dark Chick: Beautiful Gorgeous and Baby Eddie
  • Sixth Ranger Traitor: Zix, Travolton, and Tee

• The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin: MAVO
  • Big Bad: Quellor
  • The Dragon(s): Bognostroclum and Mrs. Maggotheart
  • Evil Genius: The Understander
  • The Brute(s): Sludge, Drudge and Trudge
  • The Dark Chick: Eleanor Tweeg
  • Sixth Ranger: Tweeg, or so he aspires to be.

• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Jet's Freedom Fighters
  • Big Bad/Evil Genius: Jet
  • The Dragon: Longshot
  • The Brute: Pipsqueak
  • The Dark Chick: Smellerbee
  • Tagalong Kid: The Duke

• Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Fire Nation
  • Big Bad: Fire Lord Ozai
  • The Dragon: Azula
  • Evil Genius: Zhao, also Azula
  • The Brute: Mai
  • The Dark Chick: Ty Lee
  • Token Good Teammate: Iroh
  • Sixth Ranger Traitor: Prince Zuko
• The Legend of Korra : The Villains
  • Big Bad Ensemble: Amon, Vaatu, Zaheer and Kurvira
  • The Dragon: Hiroshi Sato, Unalaq, P'li and Bataar Jr
  • Evil Genius: Tarrlok, Varrick, Zhu Lee and Ghazan
  • The Brute: The Lieutenant, Eska and Ming Hua
  • The Dark Chick: Desna and Aiwei

• The Batman: Team Penguin
  • Big Bad - Penguin
  • The Dragon - Killer Moth (was The Load before his mutation)
  • The Evil Genius- Firefly, kind of.
  • The Brute - Killer Croc
  • The Dark Chick - Ragdoll

• Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Fat Cat's gang
  • Big Bad - Fat Cat
  • The Dragon and Evil Genius - Wart
  • The Brute(s) - Mole and Snout.
  • The Dark Chick- Mepps

• Codename: Kids Next Door
  • Big Bad: Father
  • The Dragon: Delightful Children from Down the Lane
  • Evil Genius: Interesting Twins from Beneath the Mountain
  • The Brute: Chad Dickson
  • Dark Chick: Cree Lincoln

• Courage the Cowardly Dog: Formed in episode "Ball of Revenge"
  • Big Bad: Eustace Bagge
  • The Dragon: Katz
  • Evil Genius: Dr. Le Quack
  • The Brute: The Big Foot
  • Dark Chick: Black Puddle Queen
  • Team Pet: The Weremole

• Darkwing Duck: Fearsome Five
  • Big Bad - Negaduck, the definite leader, who fits the other roles so well, too - right down to Dark Chick.
  • The Dragon - Megavolt, with a flashy, obvious power and a popularity that might just be the greatest both among the fandom and among the writers.
  • The Evil Genius - Bushroot, botanist whose plant attacks are relatively indirect and often bolstered by experimental chemistry.
  • The Brute - Liquidator, a water elemental whose innate power is potentially far greater in terms of raw threat than anyone else in the show, whose weakness is that he is relatively unimaginative.
  • The Dark Chick - Quackerjack, whose special ability is "wackiness" (his 'gimmick' of making deadly toys isn't a superpower).

• Der Fuehrer's Face
  • Big Bad - "Goebbels" (trombone)
  • The Dragon - "Himmler" (snare drum)
  • The Evil Genius - "Hirohito" (sousaphone)
  • The Brute - "Goring" (piccolo)
  • The Dark Chick - "Mussolini" (bass drum)
  • Bigger Bad - "Der Fuehrer"

• Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy: The Kankers are a three man version of this, from the other kids' POV:
  • Big Bad and The Brute: Lee
  • The Dragon and Evil Genius (sort of): Marie
  • The Dark Chick: May

• El Tigre: The main villains
  • Big Bad - Sartana of the Dead
  • The Dragon - Django
  • The Evil Genius - Dr. Chipotle sr. and jr.
  • The Brute - El Oso
  • The Dark Chick - Flock of Fury

• Fairly Oddparents - The other holidays in "Christmas Everyday!"
  • Big Bad - Easter Bunny
  • The Dragon / The Brute - Baby New Year
  • The Evil Genius - The April Fool
  • The Dark Chick - Cupid
  • Team Pet - Hallo-Weenie Dog

• Gargoyles: The Pack
  • Big Bad: Fox. Pulls double duty as the Smart Guy. Later replaced by Coyote.
  • The Dragon: Wolf. Constantly trying to take over (from Coyote; he didn't seem to mind working for Fox), but failing miserably.
  • The Evil Genius: Dingo. Combat Pragmatist who prefers explosives and long-range weapons. Besides Fox, the most level-headed of the group.
  • The Brute: Jackal. Actually, both he and his sister Hyena fill the brute roles. They both love to slice and dice with mean claws.
  • The Dark Chick: Hyena, basically just by gender-based process of elimination, as usual.

• An earlier example:
  • Big Bad Duumvirate: David Xanatos and Demona
  • The Dragon: Owen Burnett
  • Evil Genius: MacBeth and Sevarius
  • The Brute: Coldstone
  • Dark Chick: Fox

• Generator Rex: The Pack
  • Big Bad: Van Kleiss
  • The Dragon: Biowulf
  • The Evil Genius: Breach
  • The Brute: Skalamander
  • The Dark Chick: Circe

• G.I. Joe
  • Big Bad - Cobra Commander. After the creation of Serpentor, however, the position is constantly torn between the two of them as they both vie for ultimate supremacy.
  • The Dragon - Destro
  • The Evil Genius - Dr. Mindbender
  • The Brute - Zartan, mostly due to his control over the Drednoks; Major Bludd and Wild Weasel, as well.
  • The Dark Chick - The Baroness, along with Xamot and Tomax.
  • Sixth Rangers - Storm Shadow and Firefly, the highest-ranking Cobras who are still ultimately servants of Cobra Commander above all, and his liasons with the Arashikage ninjas.

• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (new series)
  • Big Bad - Skeletor
  • The Dragon - Beast Man
  • The Evil Genius - Tri-Klops
  • The Brute - Trap-Jaw
  • The Dark Chick - Evil-Lyn
  • Sixth Ranger/ Sixth Ranger Traitor - Kobra Khan

• House of Mouse, Jafar and the other Characters form one in Mickey's House of Villains
  • Big Bad - Jafar
  • The Dragon - Captain Hook
  • The Evil Genius - Hades
  • The Brute - Ursula
  • The Dark Chick - Cruella de Vil

• Huntik Secrets and Seekers: The Organization
  • Big Bad: The Professor
  • The Dragon: Rassimov
  • Evil Genius: Klaus
  • The Brute: Grier
  • Dark Chick: DeFoe
  • Sixth Ranger Traitor: Zhalia Moon

• The DCU's Injustice League
  • Big Bad - Major Disaster, whose name is also a handy way to describe the team in general.
  • The Dragon - Cluemaster, who constantly complains about having to work with the rest. The only one to survive the team's mission as the Suicide Squad.
  • The Evil Genius - Clock King, whose precise timing and ability to calculate the exact amount of time necessary to do something are a tremendous asset to the team.
  • The Brute - Big Sir, who is tremendously large and powerful, but also mentally handicapped. Real name: Doofus P. Ratchet
  • The Dark Chick - Multi-Man, who always comes back to life if killed, each time with a new superpower, meaning his role in the team is ever-changing.

• Jackie Chan Adventures: The Dark Hand
  • Big Bad: Shendu and Valmont
  • The Dragon: Valmont. Shendu, ironically especially when Valmont uses him as a diversion for Jackie in the season 1 finale, becoming The Starscream.
  • The Evil Genius: Ratso (studies quantum physics before becoming a thug)
  • The Brute: Tohru. Right after his Heel Face Turn, it's Hak Foo.
  • The Dark Chick: Finn (obsessed with disco) and Chow (with Cool Shades, although they are also his eyeglasses)

• The Legion of Super Heroes: The Fatal Five
  • Big Bad - The Emerald Empress
  • The Dragon - The Persuader, who would easily be The Brute in any other team.
  • The Evil Genius - Tharok, a half-machine Evil Counterpart of Brainiac 5.
  • The Brute - Validus
  • The Dark Chick - Mano, despite being one of the most formidable of the five, is noticeably less stable than the others.

• Minoriteam: The White Shadow
  • Big Bad - The White Shadow himself, a Modern Major-General if there ever was one
  • The Dragon - The Corporate Ladder, a cowardly backstabbing yes-man.
  • The Evil Genius - The Standardized Test, a gigantic supersmart robot
  • The Brute - Racist Frankenstein, Dumb Muscle straight out of the Ivy League
  • The Dark Chick - Seamus MacFisticuffs, a hairy, leprechaun-like Irishman
  • Sixth Ranger - Danger Doom. That is, he would be, if he ever showed up at the meetings or returned the White Shadow's calls...

• Monster Truck Mater
  • Big Bad: Doctor Frankenwagon and The Monster
  • The Dragon: Paddy O'Concrete
  • The Evil Genius: Doctor Feelbad
  • The Brute: Captain Collision
  • The Dark Chick: Ice Screamer and Rastacarian

• Phineas and Ferb - Dr. Doofenshmertz
  • Big Bad: Dr. Doofenshmertz
  • The Dragon / The Dark Chick: Vanessa
  • The Evil Genius: Charlene (Bit of a stretch, but the only one with any common sense, Dr. D would be a Evil Genius too)
  • The Brute: Norm

• The Powerpuff Girls
  • The Gangrene gang
    • Big Bad - Ace
    • The Dragon - Snake
    • The Evil Genius - Grubber... kind of.
    • The Brute - Big Billy
    • The Dark Chick - Little Arturo

• • The Beat-Alls (One episode only)
    • Big Bad - Him
    • The Dragon and Evil Genius - Mojo Jojo (although he would REALLY love to be the Big Bad as well)
    • The Brute - Fuzzy Lumpkins
    • The Dark Chick - Princess Morbucks
    • Sixth Ranger Traitor - Moko Jono, though she was later revealed to be a double agent.

• Recess: Lawson and his crew from the eponymous episode:
  • Big Bad: Lawson
  • The Dragon: Skeens
  • The Brute: Kurst
  • The Evil Genius: Menlo
  • The Dark Chick: Randall
  • Token Good Teammate: Swinger Girl

• Rollbots: Vertex and his minions:
  • Big Bad: Vertex
  • The Dragon, Evil Genius: Manx
  • Dark Chick: Botch
  • The Brute: Macro
  • Sixth Ranger: Botch, Vett

• Samurai Jack: The Bounty Hunters
  • Big Bad - Princess Mira, a deposed royal desperate to regain her kingdom by killing Jack for Aku
  • The Dragon - Jujunga, an intimidating indigenous Australian whose blowdarts are tipped with the deadliest poisons.
  • The Evil Genius - I and Am, catlike creatures with Twin Telepathy and more cunning between them than the rest of the group, Mira excluded, combined.
  • The Brute - Boris, a tremendous Russian who doesn't know the meaning of the word "finesse." Overestimates his own abilities; His plan for killing Jack hinged on Jack's sword breaking against his skin. Extremely dimwitted.
  • The Dark Chick- The Gentleman, a Southern style dandy and master of the duel. Equipped with Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness and Dual-Wielding knives
  • Bigger Bad - Aku

• Spider-Man
  • The Insidious Six from the 90's Spider-Man series
    • Big Bad - The Kingpin, The Man Behind the Man for the team.
    • The Dragon - Doctor Octopus, field leader and the most competent.
    • The Evil Genius - Mysterio, his tech and resources are heavily used in their initial plot against Spider-Man.
      • Also applies to Doctor Octopus, especially following Mysterio's death.
    • The Brute - Rhino and Scorpion share this role as both are good for raw brawn and not much else.
    • The Dark Chick - The Shocker, relatively the least formidable on the team.
    • Sixth Ranger - The Chameleon, the most distant of the group, betrays them in their last incarnation. Also the Vulture is a more fitting example, replacing Mysterio after his supposed death.

• • The Sinister Six (The Spectacular Spider-Man version)
    • Big Bad - Doctor Octopus, the leader of the bunch and probably the most competent.
    • The Dragon - Electro, who wields more raw power than anyone else on the team, and is also the most loyal to Doc Ock.
    • The Evil Genius - Vulture, a Gadgeteer Genius.
    • The Brute - Sandman and Rhino share the position.
    • The Dark Chick - Shocker. The closest thing to an ordinary guy on the team. While quite formidable, his teammates tend to outstrip him in power and/or smarts.

• • The Big Man's men, from The Spectacular Spider-Man
    • Big Bad - The Big Man, aka Tombstone
    • The Dragon- Hammerhead
    • The Evil Genius- Montana (really- he's not as smart as some other villains, but he's quite a competent field leader and tactician)
    • The Brute- Ox
    • The Dark Chick- Fancy Dan

• Storm Hawks
  • Big Bad and Evil Genius - Master Cyclonis
  • The Dragon - The Dark Ace
  • The Brute - Snipe
  • The Dark Chick - Ravess
  • Sixth Ranger - Repton

• Sushi Pack: Legion of Low Tide
  • Big Bad - Uni
  • The Dragon - Unagi
  • The Evil Genius - Fugu
  • The Brute - Toro
  • The Dark Chick - Moichi Mochiato

• Teen Titans
  • The Brotherhood of Evil
    • Big Bad and Evil Genius- The Brain (he's the leader of the whole group, and far away the most intelligent)
    • The Dragon- Monsieur Mallah (the Brain's loyal and powerful enforcer)
    • The Brute- Madame Rouge (she's not dumb, but uses brute force the most and usually gets sent to do kidnappings and killings)
    • The Dark Chick- General Immortus (why exactly was he there again? EXPERIENCE!)

• • The HIVE (With Brother Blood)
    • Big Bad- Brother Blood
    • The Dragon and Dark Chick- Jinx
    • The Evil Genius- Gizmo
    • The Brute- Mammoth

• • The HIVE (Without Brother Blood)
    • Big Bad- Jinx, though she's just the leader of this team and is never one of the seasonal Big Bads
    • The Dragon- See-more
    • The Evil Genius- Gizmo
    • The Brute(s)- Billy Numerous and Mammoth.
    • The Dark Chick- Kyd Wykkyd

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • 1987 series
    • Big Bad - Krang
    • The Dragon - Shredder
    • The Evil Genius - Baxter Stockman, or sometimes Krang himself.
    • The Brute(s) aka Those Two Bad Guys - Bebop & Rocksteady.
    • The Dark Chick - Slash
    • Sixth Ranger: Leatherhead and/or the Rat King

• • 2003 series: The Foot higher-ups in the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 'toon were organized in roughly this manner in the show's third season.
    • Big Bad - Oroku Saki/The Shredder.
    • The Dragon - Hun and Karai
    • The Evil Genius - Doctors Baxter Stockman and Chaplin shared the role.
    • The Brute - Hun.
    • The Dark Chick - Karai, again.

• • Turtles Forever: Features a Villain Team-Up between most of the above two groups
    • Big Bad - Ch'rell/'03 Shredder
    • The Dragon - Karai
    • The Evil Genius - Krang, presented here as an evil Genius Ditz.
    • The Brute - Hun
    • The Dark Chick - '80s Shredder, due to being played up as a Harmless Villain.
    • The Sixth Rangers/ThoseTwoBadGuys - Bebop and Rocksteady.

• Tokyo Mater
  • Big Bad - Kabuto
  • The Dragon - Komodo
  • The Evil Genius - Manji and Kaa Reesu
  • The Brute - Tabinu, Tansou, and Yojimbo
  • The Dark Chick - Yokoza and Kabuto Ninjas

• Totally Spies!: LAMOS
  • Big Bad - Terence Lewis
  • The Dragon - Tim Scam
  • The Evil Genius - Helga Von Guggen
  • The Brute - Myrna Beesbottom
  • The Dark Chick - Boogie Gus

• Transformers Animated
  • Decepticons (Notably, they don't really come together like this until the final episodes)
    • Big Bad - Megatron
    • The Dragon - Starscream initially, then Blitzwing takes the role
    • The Evil Genius - Shockwave (Soundwave normally takes this role, but he never actually joins the group in this series)
    • The Brute - Lugnut
    • Wild Card - Starscream, along with all his clones

• • Team Chaar
    • Big Bad - Strika
    • The Dragon - Cyclonus
    • The Evil Genius - Oil Slick
    • The Brute - Blackout
    • The Dark Chick - Spittor
    • Bigger Bad - Megatron

• Transformers Cybertron
  • Big Bad: Megatron
  • The Dragon: Starscream
  • The Evil Genius: Ransack
  • The Brute: Crumplezone
  • The Dark Chick: Thunderblast

• Transformers Generation 1
  • The Combaticons
    • Big Bad - Onslaught
    • The Dragon - Vortex. Not too obvious, but he yells orders whenever Onslaught is incapacitated.
    • The Evil Genius - Swindle. Knows a lot about all those weapons he sells.
    • The Brute - Brawl. The most obvious one.
    • The Dark Chick - Blastoff. His altmode and function keem him apart of the rest
    • Bigger Bad - Megatron

• • The Stunticons
    • The Big Bad - Motormaster, Bad Boss extrordinaire.
    • The Dragon - Drag Strip, the only one willing to stand up to Motormaster, and the best fighter in group.
    • The Evil Genius - Dead End, the most stable of the group (Nietzsche Wannabe tendencies aside)
    • The Brute - Wildrider, who puts the crazy in Ax Crazy.
    • The Dark Chick - Breakdown, Mr. Paranoia himself
    • Bigger Bad - Megatron

• Beast Wars: The Predacons
  • Big Bad - Megatron
  • The Dragon - Scorponok (season 1), Inferno (seasons 2-3 also The Brute).
  • The Evil Genius - Tarantulas
  • The Brute - Quickstrike (season 2-3)
  • The Dark Chick - Blackarachnia (until her Heel Face Turn in season 3), Waspinator until the finale.
  • The Starscream - Terrorsaur (season 1)
  • Sixth Rangers - Rampage (seasons 2-3, also The Brute), Dinobot II (season 3) until the finale.

• Beast Machines, the sequel to Beast Wars, had a continuously evolving cast of villains, but they conformed to the standard configuration pretty well.
  • Big Bad: Megatron.
  • The Dragon: Originally Jetstorm, then Thrust and finally Obsidian and Strika as Co-Dragons.
  • The Evil Genius: First Tankor/Rhinox, then Strika and Obsidian.
  • The Brute: Tankor until Rhinox resurfaces.
  • The Dark Chick: Thrust.

• Transformers Prime
  • Big Bad- Megatron
  • The Dragon- Starscream though following his defection, the role now seems to rotate among Soundwave, Knock Out, and Airachnid, depending on Megatron's mood.
  • The Evil Genius- Soundwave and Knock Out (Soundwave is the espionage expert, Knock Out is tech advisor and medic)
  • The Brute- Breakdown
  • The Dark Chick- Airachnid
  • Sixth Ranger: Dreadwing, who joins in season 2 and several episodes later is promoted to the vacant Dragon position.

• The Boondocks: - Ed's gang in "Let's Nab Oprah"
  • Big Bad - Ed Wuncler III "The Leader"
  • The Dragon / The Brute - Gin Rummy "The Muscle"
  • The Evil Genius (kind of)/ The Dark Chick - Riley Freeman "The Lookout"

• TUGS - The Z-Stacks:
  • Big Bad - Zorran
  • The Dragon - Zebedee
  • The Evil Genius - Zug (at least, that's how he sees himself)
  • The Brute - Zak
  • The Dark Chick - Zip
  • Bigger Bad - Captain Zero

• The Venture Brothers, The Revenge Society!
  • Big Bad - Revenge (Phantom Limb, gone off his rocker)
  • Co-Dragons - Dragoon and Red Mantle, the Councilmen (unwillingly)
  • The Evil Genius - Wisdom
  • The Brute - Chuck
  • The Dark Chick - Lady Nightshade
  • The Sixth Ranger Traitor - Billy Quizboy (again, unwillingly)
    • Note: Three of these are inanimate objects

• • Later, he gets a better, more competent Revenge Society:
    • Big Bad: A re-sane Phantom Limb.
    • The Dragon and Evil Genius: Professor Impossible
    • The Brute: Baron Underbeit
    • The Dark Chick: Lyndon Bee and Ladyhawk Johnson, Fat Chance.

• Winx Club
  • Shadowhaunt
    • Big Bad - Darkar
    • The Dragon - Icy/ Fake Avalon
    • The Evil Genius - Darcy
    • The Brute - Kerbog
    • The Dark Chick - Stormy
    • The Sixth Ranger Traitor - Dark Bloom

• WITCH
  • Phobos and his followers in season 1
    • Big Bad - Prince Phobos
    • The Dragon - Lord Cedric, later Raythor as Cedric becames The Starscream
    • The Evil Genius - Tracker
    • The Brute(s) - Sandpit, Frost, and Gargoyle
    • The Dark Chick - Miranda
    • Sixth Ranger - Raythor

• • The Knights of Vengeance
    • Big Bad - Nerissa, later Phobos
    • The Dragon - Raythar
    • The Evil Genius - Tracker
    • The Brute - Frost and Sandpit
    • The Dark Chick - Miranda
    • Team Pet - Gargoyle

• • The Knights of Destruction
    • Big Bad and Evil Genius - Nerissa
    • The Dragon - Shagon
    • The Brute - Tridart
    • The Dark Chick - Ember
    • Team Pet - Kor

• Wolverine and the X-Men: The Brotherhood
  • Big Bad - Quicksilver
  • The Dragon -Avalanche
  • The Evil Genius - Domino
  • The Brute - Blob
  • The Dark Chick - Toad

• X-Men: Evolution
  • The Brotherhood, who later develop into an excellent example of what happens to a Five-Bad Band when they lose their Big Bad.
    • Big Bad - Magneto, relatively briefly, then Mystique, and, eventually, Avalanche.
    • The Dragon - technically Mystique, although Avalanche/Lance, a Hair-Trigger Temper with a few too many Berserk Buttons, fits more plot and character-wise, and once the Brotherhood's ties with Mystique were cut, Toad.
    • The Evil Genius- Quicksilver/Pietro would like to think of himself this way, but whether he fits the genius part is debatable. While he is probably the smartest, the entire rest of the group is made up of D students. They do end up the Terrible Trio, after all.
    • The Brute - Fred/Blob. Like all of the Brotherhood, more sympathetic than usual.
    • The Dark Chick- Tabitha/Boom Boom after her Face Heel Turn, later Wanda/Scarlet Witch, whose powers stem from her extreme emotional volatility.
    • The Sixth Ranger Traitor - Rogue.

• • The Acolytes
    • Big Bad: Magneto
    • The Dragon: Sabertooth
    • The Evil Genius: Mastermind
    • The Brute(s): Colossus and Pyro.
    • The Dark Chick: Gambit

• Yin Yang Yo: Season 2
  • Big Bad - Eradicus
  • The Evil Genius - Molecu Larse
  • The Brute - Industructa Bob
  • The Dark Chick - Ella Mental
  • Sixth Ranger - Rubber Chucky

• Young Justice: The Light
  • The Big Bad: Vandal Savage
  • Co-Dragons: Lex Luthor and Ra's Al Ghul
  • The Dark Chick: Queen Bee
  • The Evil Genius: The Brain
  • The Brute: Ocean Master/Orm
  • Tagalong Kid: Klarion the Witch Boy

• • The Injustice League
    • Big Bad: Count Vertigo
    • The Dragon: The Joker
    • The Evil Genius: Poison Ivy, Ultra-Humanite
    • The Brute: Black Adam, Wotan
    • The Dark Chick: Atomic Skull
  • Doom
    • Big Bad SNAPTRAP
    • The Dragon/Evil Genius Larry
    • The Brute Fransisco
    • The Dark Chick Ollie

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