Five-Man Band/Literature: Difference between revisions

''[[The Age of Misrule (Literature)|The Age of Misrule]]'' (has two):

''[[All the Kings Men]]'' - Willie Talos' campaign team:

''[[Discworld (Literature)/The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents|The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents]]''

''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]''

''[[Black Dogs (Literature)|Black Dogs]]'' (before Sinai and Jacyl take off):

''[[Black Dogs (Literature)|Black Dogs]]'' (When Lyra and Sadrao are joined by Spite and Gunnar):

''[[Dracula (Literature)|Dracula]]''

''[[The Cornersville Trace Mythos (Literature)|Extraordinary*]]'' - Jen and her friends:

''[[Good Omens (Literature)|Good Omens]]'' - The Them

''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' - The SOS Brigade

''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]''

''[[The Cornersville Trace Mythos (Literature)|How To Get Suspended and Influence People]]''

''[[John Dies At the End]]'' -- The Las Vegas Arc

''[[Journey to The West (Literature)|Journey to The West]]''

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Note: It could be argued that ''Journey to the West'' effectively ''created'' this trope (literally; written in 1590, this is one of the earliest and ''best'' examples of a [[Five-Man Band]]), though this depends on the publication date of ''[[Le Morte Darthur (Literature)|Le Morte Darthur]]'' (possibly 1485). However, none of the characters are any one archetype, either (except the horse, which subsequent authors have all but forgotten); in a strange twist of the trope, for example, the monk Xuangzang, while still being [[The Hero]] by default, also falls under the trope of [[The Chick]], because he's, well, the downright perfect example of it - down to his propensity to be captured or put into danger more often than Lois Lane and Mary-Jane Watson ''combined'' (seriously; what self-respecting hero needs to be saved from certain death by [[The Lancer]] in over 60 chapters of a 100 chapter epic!?)

''[[Tales of Kolmar (Literature)|Tales of Kolmar]]''

[[King Arthur|The Arthurian legends]] (''[[Le Morte Darthur (Literature)|Le Morte Darthur]]'') have two:

''[[The Lost World (Literature)|The Lost World]]''

''[[Magic the Gathering]]'': Weatherlight story arc

|[[The Big Guy]]||[[Everything's Better With Monkeys|Bunion]]

''[[The Princess Bride (Literature)|The Princess Bride]]''

''[[Remote Man (Literature)|Remote Man]]''

''[[Someone Else's War (Literature)|Someone Elses War]]'': The core group of children trying to rescue their fellow [[Child Soldiers|child soldiers]] from the LRA.

''[[The Three Musketeers (Literature)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (an early appearance of the team)

''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'': The Cullen Family

''[[Unreal Estate (Literature)|Unreal Estate]]''

''[[Warhammer 40000]]'': [[Gaunts Ghosts (Literature)|Gaunts Ghosts]] - The Ghosts

''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]''-Fireheart's [[True Companions]] in ''The Original Series''

''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'' - [[The Chosen One|The Chosen Ones]] from the beginning of ''The New Prophecy'' Series

''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'' - Omen of the Stars Heroes