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I

Ikki Tousen - Nanyou version

The Hero	Hakufu
The Lancer	Ryomou
The Smart Guy	Koukin
The Big Guy	Gakushuu
The Chick	Goei (Hot Shounen Mom), later joined by Chuubou (Yamato Nadeshiko)
Sixth Ranger	Saji ( who starts out as a Sixth Ranger Traitor)

Ikki Tousen - Seitou version

The Hero and The Chick	Ryuubi
The Lancer	Kan'u
The Smart Guy	Koumei
The Big Guy(s)	Chouhi (Cute Bruiser), Kanshou (Gentle Giant Bare-Fisted Monk)
Sixth Ranger	Chou'un, Bashoku

Inuyasha

The Hero	Kagome
The Lancer	Inuyasha (could be the The Hero, except that he usually goes against the group, forcing Kagome to make him sit)
The Big Guy	Sango
The Smart Guy	Miroku
The Chick	Shippo
Team Pet	Kirara

J

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: It's important to note that all of these characters can double as The Smart Guy, at least in the case of combat.

Joseph's Group

The Hero	Joseph Joestar
The Lancer	Caesar Antonio Zeppeli
The Big Guy	Stroheim
Action Girl	Lisa Lisa

Jotaro's Group

The Hero	Jotaro Kujo
The Lancer	Joseph Joestar (also The Mentor)
The Big Guy(s)	Avdul and Polnareff
The Smart Guy	Kakyoin
Team Pet	Iggy (also the Sixth Ranger Traitor)

An alternative:

The Hero	Jotaro
The Lancer	Joseph
The Big Guy	Polnareff
The Smart Guy	Avdul
The Chick	Kakyoin

Josuke's Group

The Hero	Josuke Higashikata
The Lancer	Koichi Hirose
The Big Guy	Okuyasu Nijimura
The Smart Guy	Rohan Kishibe
The Chick	Yukako Yamagishi (subverted: As she is also a Very, very Yandere.)
Sacrificial Lamb	Fatty

Giorno's Group

The Hero	Giorno Giovanna (Though his relationship with the rest of the group starts out as more of a Sixth Ranger with Bucciaratti as The Hero in the others' minds.)
The Lancer(s)	Bucciaratti and Mista
The Big Guy	Fugo
The Smart Guy	Abbaccio
Tagalong Kid	Narancia Ghirga
The Chick and Sixth Ranger	Trish Una

Jolyne's Group

The Hero	Jolyne Kujo (she started out as more of The Chick, however)
The Lancer	Hermes Costello
The Big Guy	Weather Report
The Smart Guy	Emporio Alnino
The Mentor	F.F.
Sixth Ranger and Token Evil Teammate	Annasui

Gyro's Group (In a subversion they all act separately, only rarely working together with the exception of Gyro and Johnny)

The Hero	Gyro Zeppeli
The Lancer	Johnny Joestar
The Big Guy	Mountain Tim ( becomes a Sacrificial Lamb later on)
The Chick (The Smart Guy variant)	Lucy Steel
The Chick (The Medic variant)	Hot Pants
Sixth Ranger Traitor(s)	Dio Brando and Sandman (at separate points.)

K

K-On!

The Hero	Yui Hirasawa
The Lancer	Mio Akiyama
The Big Guy	Ritsu Tainaka
The Smart Guy	Azusa Nakano
The Chick	Tsumugi Kotobuki
Team Mom	Ui Hirasawa
Cool Big Sis and The Mentor	Sawako Yamanaka

Kaleido Star

The Heroine	Sora Naegino
The Lancer	Layla Hamilton (during the first season), Leon Oswald and May Wong (take turns in the second.)
The Big Girl	Anna Heart
The Big Guy	Jerry the Policeman
The Smart Girl	Mia Guillem, later Cathy Taymor
The Chick (Non-Action Guy version)	Kenneth "Ken" Robbins
The Chick (Team Mom version)	Sarah Dupont
Sixth Ranger	Rosetta Passel, Yuri Killian (in the second season)
Team Pet	Fool, the Spirit of the Stage and Jonathan, the baby seal
Tagalong Kid	Marion Benigni
The Mentor	Kalos Eidos, Layla Hamilton (in the second season)
Token Evil Teammate	Yuri Killian (in the first season)
Sacrificial Lamb	Sophie Oswald

Kara no Kyoukai

The Hero	Shiki
The Lancer	Azaka, who is something of a rival to Shiki
The Smart Guy	Touko, who also fills a mentor role to all three of the other characters
The Chick	Mikiya is a male example, given that he is the most empathetic and the least action oriented of the cast

Katekyo Hitman Reborn

Daliy Life Arc

The Hero	Tsuna
The Lancer	Yamamoto
The Smart Guy	Gokudera
The Big Guy	Ryohei
The Chick	Kyoko and Haru
The Mentor	Reborn
Tagalong Kid	Lambo and Ipin

Kokuyo Arc

The Hero	Tsuna
The Lancer	Yamamoto
The Smart Guy	Gokudera
The Big Guy	Ryohei
The Chick	Bianchi
The Mentor	Reborn
Tagalong Kid	Lambo and Ipin
The Sixth Ranger	Hibari, Dr.Shamal

Varia Arc

The Hero	Tsuna
The Lancer	Yamamoto
The Smart Guy	Gokudera
The Big Guy	Ryohei
The Chick	Chrome
The Mentor	Reborn, Dr.Shamal, Colonello,Yamaoto's dad
Big Brother Mentor	Dino
Tagalong Kid	Lambo
Aloof Ally	Hibari
The Sixth Ranger	Mukuro, Basil

Future Arc

The Hero	Tsuna
The Lancer	Yamamoto
The Smart Guy	Gokudera
The Big Guy	Ryohei
The Chick	Chrome
The Mentor	Reborn, Future Hibari, Lal Mirch
Cool Big Sis/The Mentor	Bianchi
Tagalong Kids	Lambo, Ipin
The Sixth Ranger	Future Ryohei, Future Mukuro, Kuskabe

Choice Arc

The Hero	Tsuna
The Lancer	Yamamoto
The Smart Guy	Gokudera
The Big Guy	Ryohei
The Chick	Chrome
The Mentor	Reborn, Squalo
Cool Big Sis	Bianchi
Big Brother Mentor	Dino
The Sixth Ranger	Future Mukuro, Basil
Tagalong Kids	Lambo
Aloof Ally	Hibari

Future Final Battle Arc

The Hero	Tsuna
The Lancer	Yamamoto
The Smart Guy	Gokudera
The Big Guy	Ryohei
The Chick	Chrome
The Mentor	Reborn
The Sixth Ranger	Future Mukuro, Basil, Dino, Gamma, Nosaru,Tozaru, Lal Mirch, The Varia
Tagalong Kids	Lambo
Aloof Ally	Hibari
Sacrificial Lamb	Uri

Inheritance Ceremony Arc

The Hero	Tsuna
The Lancer	Yamamoto
The Smart Guy	Gokudera
The Big Guy	Ryohei
The Chick	Chrome
The Mentor	Reborn
Tagalong Kids	Lambo
Aloof Ally	Hibari
The Sixth Ranger	Mukuro, Enma ( Final Fight with Daemon Spade)

Keroro Gunsou

The Hero	Keroro
The Lancer	Giroro
The Big Guy	Tamama
The Smart Guy	Kururu
The Chick	Angol Moa/Mois
Sixth Ranger	Dororo

Koihime Musou

The Hero	Kannu
The Lancer	Chouun
The Big Guy	Chouhi
The Smart Guy	Shokatsuryou
The Chick	Kouchuu
Sixth Ranger	Both Kouchuu and Bachou

L

The Law of Ueki

The Hero	Ueki
The Lancer / The Big Guy	Sano and Rinko (rotate)
The Smart Guy	Hideyoshi, Rinko before Hideyoshi joins
The Chick	Mori
Team Pet	Tenko
The Mentor(s)	Kobayashi and Inumaru

Le Chevalier d'Eon

The Hero	Lia De Beaumont (Notable in that she's female, dead, and currently sharing her body with her still-living brother D'Eon.)
The Lancer/The Big Guy	Durand
The Smart Guy	Robin
The Chick	D'Eon de Beaumont (Notable in that he's male, and is sharing his body with his older sister—who seems to take a more aggressive, active role in their affairs.)
The Mentor	Teillagory

The Earth's Five Champions from The Legend of Koizumi

The Hero	Junichiro Koizumi
The Lancer	Vladimir Putin
The Big Guy	Papa Bush
The Smart Guy / The Mentor	The Pope

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Plus (to some extent.)

The Hero	Green
The Lancer / The Big Guy	Blue
The Smart Guy	Vio(let)
The Chick	Red
The Sixth Ranger	Shadow

The Littl' Bits

The Hero	Willabit
The Lancer	Snagglebit
The Big Guy and The Smart Guy	Chip
The Chick	Lillibit
Tagalong Kid	Teenybit, sometimes Browniebit
The Mentor	Uncle Snoozabit

Love Hina

The Hero	Naru
The Lancer	Mitsune
The Big Guy	Motoko
The Smart Guy	Su
The Chick	Shinobu
Sixth Ranger	Mutsumi
Team Pet	Keitaro

Lucky Star

The Hero	Konata Izumi
The Lancer	Kagami Hiiragi
The Smart Guy	Miyuki Takara
The Chick	Tsukasa Hiiragi
The Mentor	Nanako Kuroi
Team Pet	Minoru Shiraishi (Poor guy.)

Lucky Star: The freshmen could perhaps be organized thusly...

The Hero	Hiyori Tamura
The Lancer	Patty Martin
The Smart Guy	Minami Iwasaki
The Chick	Yutaka Kobayakawa

M

Macross 7 - Fire Bomber

The Hero	Basara (Guitar, Vocals)
The Lancer and The Chick	Mylene (Bass, Backing Vocals)
The Big Guy	Viffidas (Drums)
The Smart Guy	Ray (Keyboard)

Macross Frontier - Skull Squadron

The Hero	Ozma
The Lancer	Michel
The Big Guy and The Chick	Clan Clang (technically not a Skull, but who cares?)
The Smart Guy	Luca
Sixth Ranger	Alto

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha - Hayate and the Wolkenritter

The Hero	Signum (The leader of the Wolkenritter in combat.)
The Lancer	Vita (Impulsive, serves as a foil to Signum's stoic personality.)
The Big Guy	Zafila
The Smart Guy	Shamal (Sensor Character in battle, disrupting enemy communications or searching and taking out vulnerable yet important targets like field commanders)
The Chick	Hayate (The Wolkenritter's Morality Pet. Being a magical nuke dispenser, she's a lot more powerful than the average Chick.)
Sixth Ranger	Reinforce, succeeded by Reinforce Zwei after the former's Killed Off for Real Heroic Sacrifice

• This concept was invoked in the last chapter of the second season's manga, where it's mentioned that Admiral Leti decided to keep the Wolkenritter together because "A group of five has greater war potential", with Amy and Mariel agreeing. So...

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's

The Hero	Nanoha
The Lancer	Fate
The Big Guy	Arf
The Smart Guy	Chrono
The Chick	Yuuno

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS - Stars and Lightning Squads

The Hero	Nanoha	Fate
The Lancer	Vita	Signum
The Big Guy	Subaru	Erio
The Smart Guy	Teana	-
The Chick	-	Caro

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS - The Forwards

The Hero and The Big Guy #1	Subaru
The Lancer and The Smart Guy	Teana
The Big Guy #2	Erio
The Chick	Caro
Team Pet	Fried

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid - Vivio's crew

The Hero	Vivio
The Lancer	Einhart
The Big Guy	Rio
The Smart Guy	Lutecia
The Chick	Corona

Magical Project S - formed near the end of the series.

The Hero	Pretty Sammy
The Lancer	Pixy Misa
The Smart Guy	Washu
The Chick	Ginji Kawai
Team Pet(s)	Ryo-Ohki and Rumiya

Mahou Sensei Negima - Baka Rangers

The Hero	Asuna (Red)
The Lancer	Ku Fei (Yellow)
The Big Girl	Kaede (Blue)
The Smart Girl	Yue (Black) Funnily enough, in that she is referred to as "Baka Leader" by the other rangers.
The Chick	Makie (Pink)
The Mentor	Negi (who subverts it by being 10.)
Team Pet	Chamo

Mahou Sensei Negima - Kyoto arc

The Hero	Negi
The Lancer	Asuna
The Big Girl(s)	Setsuna (later, Mana and Ku Fei)
The Smart Girl	Nodoka
The Chick	Konoka
Team Pet	Chamo

Mahou Sensei Negima - School Festival "eight days later"

The Hero	Negi
The Lancer	Asuna and Setsuna
The Big Girls	Kaede and Ku Fei
The Smart Girls	Yue and Nodoka
The Chick	Konoka
Team Pet	Chamo
Sixth Ranger	Chisame
Token Evil Teammate	Haruna (you know it to be true guys!)

Mahou Sensei Negima - Ala Alba (White Wings) (The first six who were reunited.)

The Hero	Negi
The Lancer	Kotaro
The Big Girl	Chachamaru
The Smart Girl	Chisame (Although she branches into The Lancer and The Chick territory often. Acting as Negi's new second without Asuna around. Directly commented on by Rakan.)
The Chick	Kazumi (Doesn't have much ability start of things, but branches into The Smart Guy as needed.)
Team Pet	Sayo

Mahou Sensei Negima - Nagi's group Ala Rubra (Crimson Wings)

The Hero	Nagi
The Lancer(s)	Eishun and Albireo
The Big Guy	Jack Rakan
The Smart Guy(s)	Albireo and Gateau
The Chick(s)	Arika and Theo
Tagalong Kid(s)	Kurt and Takamichi
The Mentor	Zect. He looks like the youngest but is actually the oldest of the group.

Mahou Sensei Negima - post-reunion Magic World

The Hero	Negi
The Lancer	Kotaro
The Big Girls	Setsuna, Chachamaru, Kaede, Mana, Ku Fei, Yue
The Smart Girls	Chisame, Nodoka, Kazumi, Yue
The Chicks	everyone else

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch

The Hero	Lucia
The Lancer	Rina (personality is totally opposite to Lucia's) and Hanon (frequently fights with Lucia)
The Big Girl	Caren
The Smart Girl	Noel
The Chick	Coco
Tagalong Kid	Seira
Team Pet	Hippo (doubles as The Big Guy when he gets his powers back)
The Obi-Wan	Sara
Cool Big Sis	Nikora
The One Guy	Kaito

Metal Armor Dragonar has a rare evil version of the Five-Man Band.

The Hero	Gon Jem
The Lancer	Ganan (This one is a tad of a stretch, though)
The Smart Guy	Zin
The Big Guy	Gol
The Chick	Lee Sue Min (Well, whenever she isn't being an Action Girl)

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Played with; some members have been assigned the wrong roles to accommodate Haruhi.)

The Hero	Haruhi (Really The Lancer)
The Lancer	Itsuki (Really The Smart Guy)
The Big Guy	Kyon (Really The Hero)
The Smart Guy	Yuki (Really The Big Guy)
The Chick	Mikuru
Sixth Ranger	Tsuruya (Not officially in the Brigade, but still frequently involved.)
Tagalong Kid	Kyon's sister (It's not even a question)
Team Pet	Shamisen

• The trope is played with in the drama CD, Sound Around, when Haruhi makes the SOS-Dan into a band and gives them the proper (from her point of view) instruments, though Yuki and Kyon's guitars are switched.
• It's also arguable that whilst Haruhi treats Kyon as the The Big Guy (i.e. using him for all the menial labour) and Itsuki as The Lancer (i.e. promoting him to her second-in-command), she really sees them as the other way round, since Kyon is her Straight Man (and quite possibly love interest), as well as the one who gave the idea for the SOS Brigade in the first place, whilst Itsuki is just really there to back up all her decisions, and is also the tallest in the original novels (the anime for some reason made Kyon the taller of the pair).

Mobile Suit Gundam

The Hero	Amuro Ray
The Lancer	Kai Shiden
The Smart Guy	Hayato Kobayashi
The Big Guy	Ryu Jose
The Chick	either Frau Bow (Team Mom version) or Sayla (Action Girl version)
The Mentor(s)	Bright Noah (Team Dad), Mirai Yashima (Team Mom)
Team Pet	Haro
Tagalong Kids	The three kids

Mobile Suit Gundam: Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

The Hero	Shiro Amada
The Lancer	Karen Joshua
The Big Guy	Terry Sanders Jr.
The Smart Guys / The Chicks	Eledore Massis, Michel Ninorich
The Sixth Ranger	Kiki Rosita

Mobile Fighter G Gundam - The Shuffle Alliance

The Hero	Domon Kasshu
The Lancer	Chibodee Crockett
The Smart Guy(s)	Sai Saici and George De Sand take turns at this: George is stylish and sly, Sai Saici has his quick wits
The Big Guy	Argo Gulskii
The Chick	Rain Mikamura (Also the Team Mom, The Strategist, Lady of War in the few times she fights)
Sixth Ranger(s)	Schwarz Bruder, Allenby Beardsly (and later Kyral Mekirel)

Mobile Suit Gundam Wing

The Hero	Heero Yuy (No Pun intended)
The Lancer	Duo Maxwell
The Big Guy (Genius Bruiser version)	Trowa Barton (Wields the most BFGs)
The Big Guy (standard version)	Chang Wufei (not much of a team player, but when he does he fills this role)
The Smart Guy	Quatre Raberba Winner (the emotional center of the five pilots, but otherwise not much of The Chick)
The Sixth Ranger	Zechs Merquise
The Chicks (standard version)	Relena Darlian/Peacecraft
The Chicks (Team Mom versions)	Lucrezia Noin and Sally Po

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED - Kira's posse

The Hero	Kira Yamato
The Lancer and The Smart Guy	Sai Argyle
The Heart and Team Mom	Miriallia Haww
The Big Guy	Tolle Koenig
The Load	Kuzzy Burskirk
The Chick	Fllay Allster
Sixth Ranger	Cagali Yula Athna
Team Pet	Birdy

Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny - The Minerva Crew

The Hero and The Big Guy	Shinn Asuka
The Lancer	Athrun Zala
The Smart Guy	Rey Ze Burrel
The Chick	Lunamaria Hawke

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - The Meisters in the second season

The Hero / The Messiah	Setsuna F. Seiei
The Lancer	Lockon Stratos (AKA Lyle Dylandy)
The Smart Guy	Tieria Erde
The Chick	Allelujah Haptism
Sixth Rangers	Soma Peries, Saji Crossroad, Hallelujah Haptism

Monster Rancher

The Hero	Genki
The Lancer	Tiger
The Smart Guy	Hare
The Big Guy	Golem
The Chick(s)	Holly, Suezo
Team Pet	Mocchi

Moon Phase

The Hero	Hazuki (Kouhei doubles as this when Hazuki is The Chick)
The Lancer	Elfriede (Doubles as The (alternate) Smart Guy on vampire matters)
The Big Guy	Master Yayoi
The Smart Guy	Seiji (Doubles as The Lancer)
The Chick	Hazuki (when not The Hero)
The Mentor	Ryuuhei (Kouhei's grandfather) (Master Yayoi doubles as this later on)
Team Pet	Haiji

Mugen Densetsu Takamagahara Dream Saga

The Hero	Yuuki
The Lancer	Takaomi
The Big Guy	Taizou
The Smart Guy(s)	Souta, Keima
The Chick(s)	Nachi, Kaya
Team Pet	Karyubinga

Murder Princess - At least until midway through episode 4

The Hero	Faris (a.k.a. Alita)
The Lancer	Jodo
The Big Guy	Pete
The Smart Guy	Dominikov
The Chick	Alita (a.k.a. Milano), Milano