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||[[The Big Guy]]||Russia (The tallest and [[Psychopathic Manchild|more unstable]] of the group)||

||[[The Smart Guy]]||France (extremely [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]], sneaky and sly when he wants)||

||[[The Chick]]||China (The most traditionally bishonen and kinda artsy. He's also [[The Woobie]] of the group [[With Friends Like These|even from the allies]] until [[~~Whos~~ Laughing Now|changes out of his traditional robes into a Zhongshan suit]]. I mean, a Mao suit.)||

||[[The Chick]]||China (The most traditionally bishonen and kinda artsy. He's also [[The Woobie]] of the group [[With Friends Like These|even from the allies]] until [[Who's Laughing Now?|changes out of his traditional robes into a Zhongshan suit]]. I mean, a Mao suit.)||

||[[Sixth Ranger]]||Canada (Whose presence is rarely noticed by the other Allies and sometimes mistaken for America.)||

In fanwork, the East Asian nations are typically portrayed as a [[Five Man Band]] as well:

In fanwork, the East Asian nations are typically portrayed as a [[Five-Man Band]] as well:

||[[The Hero]]||China (Switches from [[The Chick]] to this since he's the eldest of the group and the others's [[Parental Substitute]])||

||[[The Lancer]]||Japan (Disagrees with China a LOT, ends up [[Face Heel Turn|betraying him]] at some point)||

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||[[The Smart Guy]] / {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}||Judeau||

||[[The Chick]]/[[Action Girl]]||Casca (who was Griffith's [[The Lancer|Lancer]] before Guts came along)||

||[[Non Action Guy]] / {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}||Corkus||

||[[Non-Action Guy]] / {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}||Corkus||

||[[Tagalong Kid|The Tagalong Kid]]||Rickert||

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||[[The Chick|The Chick(s)]]||Casca and Farnese||

||[[Fairy Companion|Fairy Companion(s)]]||Puck and Evarella||

||[[Non Action Guy]]||Magnifico||

||[[Non-Action Guy]]||Magnifico||

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''[[Code Geass]]'' - The Main Characters (Note: They were never a [[Five Man Band]] within the series, but they all fit)

''[[Code Geass]]'' - The Main Characters (Note: They were never a [[Five-Man Band]] within the series, but they all fit)

||[[The Hero|The]] [[Anti Hero|Anti]] and [[Byronic Hero]]||Lelouch Lamperouge/vi Britania||

||[[The Hero|The]] [[Anti-Hero|Anti]] and [[Byronic Hero]]||Lelouch Lamperouge/vi Britania||

||[[The Lancer]]||Suzaku Kururugi (or/and C.C.)||

||[[The Big Guy]]||Kallen Kozuki/Stadfeld||

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''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'': Note that Bebop plays with or does variants on all of these roles.

||[[Anti Hero|Anti]] [[The Hero|Hero]]||Spike Spiegel||

||[[Anti-Hero|Anti]] [[The Hero|Hero]]||Spike Spiegel||

||[[The Lancer]]||Jet Black (Acts more typically heroic than Spike, doubles as [[The Big Guy]])||

||[[The Smart Guy]]||Edward (A major case of playing with a trope, as she's [[Genius Ditz]]/[[Cloudcuckoolander]] with [[No Social Skills]])||

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||[[Sixth Ranger]]||Mayu or Kaname||

The main characters from [[Darker Than Black (Anime)|the same series]]:

||[[The Hero|The]] [[Anti Hero|(Anti) Hero]] and [[The Big Guy]]||Hei||

||[[The Hero|The]] [[Anti-Hero|(Anti) Hero]] and [[The Big Guy]]||Hei||

||[[The Lancer]]||Huang||

||[[The Smart Guy]]||Mao||

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''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Greed's main chimera. Because they're anti-villains, they're somewhere between this and [[Five Bad Band]].

''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Greed's main chimera. Because they're anti-villains, they're somewhere between this and [[Five-Bad Band]].

||[[The Hero|The Boss]]||Greed||

||[[The Lancer]]||Dorocetto||

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(Scar's group)

||[[The Hero|The]] [[Anti Hero]]||Scar||

||[[The Hero|The]] [[Anti-Hero]]||Scar||

||[[The Lancer]]||Mei Chang||

||[[The Smart Guy]]||Dr. Marcoh||

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||[[The Big Guy]]||Nuriko (slight subversion, he's a [[Cute Bruiser]] more than a standard [[The Big Guy|Big Guy]])||

||[[The Smart Guy]]||Chichiri||

||[[The Chick]]||Hotohori (Royalty, [[So Beautiful ~~Its~~ a Curse]], fights like a [[Lady of War]], sits out battle during the second half of the series.)||

||[[The Chick]]||Hotohori (Royalty, [[So Beautiful It's a Curse]], fights like a [[Lady of War]], sits out battle during the second half of the series.)||

||[[Sixth Ranger|The Sixth Ranger(s)]]||Mitsukake and Chiriko, collectively||