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G

Galidor: Defenders Of The Outer Dimension

The Hero	Nick
The Lancer	Nepol
The Big Guy	Euripides (Genius Bruiser / Gentle Giant)
The Smart Guy	Jens
The Chick	Allegra

Ghostwriter

The Hero	Jamal
The Lancer	Lenni
The Big Guy	Alex
The Smart Guy	Tina
The Chick	Gaby
Sixth Ranger	Rob, then Hector
Tagalong Kid	Casey
Team Pet	Ghostwriter

Glee - The original group of six.

The Hero	Rachel (who's also the main protagonist)
The Lancer	Kurt (in his Deadpan Snarker role and as a constant foil to Rachel)
The Big Guy	Mercedes
The Smart Guy	Artie
The Chick	Tina (in her stuttering phase)
The Mentor and Team Mom	Will (duh)
Sixth Ranger	Finn (who later upgrades to The Hero as well)

Glee - Season 2, Boys

The Hero	Finn
The Lancer	Kurt
The Big Guy	Puck
The Smart Guy	Artie
The Chick	Mike
Sixth Ranger	Sam
Sixth Ranger Traitor	Jesse
Retired Badass	Matt
The Mentor	Will
Big Brother Mentor	Blaine

Glee - Season 2 Finale Roster, Girls

The Hero	Rachel
The Lancer	Santana
The Big Guy	Mercedes
The Smart Guy	Quinn
The Chick	Tina
Sixth Ranger	Lauren
Tagalong Kid	Brittany
Sixth Ranger Traitor	Sunshine
The Mentor	Emma
Cool Big Sis	Holly

Glee - Season 3

The Hero	Rachel, Finn, and Kurt
The Lancer	Tina, Blaine and Mercedes
The Big Guy	Sam and Puck
The Smart Guy	Artie, Quinn, and Mike
The Chick	Brittany, and Rory
Tagalong Kid	Sugar
Heel Face Revolving Door	Santana
Sixth Ranger Traitor	Jesse and Sunshine
Retired Badass	Lauren and Matt
The Mentor	Will, Holly, and Emma

Glee - Season 3 Nationals, the mentors

The Hero	Will
The Lancer and The Smart Guy	Sue
The Big Guy	Shannon
The Chick	Emma

Grey's Anatomy (First few seasons)

The Hero	Meredith Grey
The Lancer	George O'Malley
The Big Guy	Alex Karev
The Smart Guy	Cristina Yang
The Chick	Izzie Stevens

Grey's Anatomy

The Hero	Meredith Grey
The Lancer	Christina Yang
The Big Guy	Alex Karev
The Smart Guy	Lexie Grey
The Chick	George O'Malley ( after he dies at the end of season 5) and either Callie or Arizona

Groundling Marsh

The Hero	Galileo
The Lancer	Hegdish
The Big Guy	Mud Slinger
The Smart Guy	Stacks
The Chick	Maggie
The Mentor	Eco
Sixth Ranger	Crystal

H

Happy Endings

The Hero	Dave
The Lancer	Max
The Big Guy	Penny
The Smart Guy	Brad and Jane
The Chick	Alex

Hawaii Five-0

The Hero	Steve
The Lancer	Danno
The Big Guy	Chin Ho
The Chick	Kono
The Smart Guy	Max
Sixth Ranger(s)	Jenna, Lori in Season 2
Sixth Ranger Traitor	Jenna

Heartbeat

The Hero	The Village Bobby
The Lancer	The Sergeant (technically the leader, but lacks the role and qualities of The Hero)
The Big Guy	Phil Bellamy
The Smart Guy	Alf Ventress
The Chick	The Village Doctor
Sixth Ranger	The Rookie Cop

Also the cast of the subplots:

The Hero	Oscar Blaketon
The Lancer	The Lovable Rogue
The Big Guy	David Stockwell
The Smart Guy	Bernie Scripps
The Chick	Gina Ward

Hogan's Heroes

The Hero	Hogan
The Lancer	Newkirk
The Big Guy	Carter (Bombs instead of fisticuffs.)
The Smart Guy	Kinch
The Chick	Lebeau
Team Pet	Schulz (Lebeau at one point claims he "sits up and begs for my strudel".)

Hustle first three series

The Hero	Mickey
The Lancer	Danny
The Smart Guy	Ash
The Chick	Stacie
The Mentor	Albert

Hustle series four when Mickey was in Australia

The Hero	Danny
The Smart Guy	Ash
The Chick	Stacie
The Mentor	Albert
Sixth Ranger	Billy

Hustle series 5-8 Mickey comes back but Stacie and Danny left to America

The Hero	Mickey
The Lancer	Ash
The Chick	Emma
The Mentor	Albert
Tagalong Kid	Sean

Hyperdrive

The Hero	Commander Henderson
The Lancer	First officer York
The Big Guy	Diplomatic Officer Teal
The Smart Guy	Shared by Jeffers and Vine
The Chick	Sandstrom

I

Imagination Movers

The Hero	Rich
The Lancer	Smitty
The Big Guy	Scott (In terms of smarts, that is.)
The Smart Guy	Dave
The Chick	Nina (Not an official Mover, but always part of solving the problem.)
Team Pet	Warehouse Mouse

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Lampshaded in "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis," in which everyone in the gang tries to find out which archetype they are. The terms below are the ones they used.)

The Looks	Dennis
The Wild Card	Charlie
The Muscle	Frank
The Brains	Mac
The Useless Chick	Dee

J

Jericho

The Hero	Jake Green
The Lancer	Eric Green
The Big Guy	Stanley Richmond
The Smart Guy	Robert Hawkins
The Chick	Emily Sullivan (technically speaking), Mimi Clark
The Mentor	Johnston Green, sometimes Robert Hawkins
Tagalong Kid	Dale Turner (though this role could also fit Mimi Clark and/or Heather Lisinski as well)

Johnny and the Sprites

The Hero	Johnny
The Lancer	Gwen
The Big Guy	Ginger
The Smart Guy	Basil
The Chick	Lily
Kid Appeal Character|Root
Sixth Ranger	Seymour
The Mentor	Sage
Team Pet	Fuzzies

Jonas

The Hero	Joe Lucas
The Lancer	Kevin Lucas
The Smart Guy	Nick Lucas
The Big Guy	Macy Misa (with elements of The Chick)
The Chick	Stella Malone

K

Kamen Rider Den-O

Human and Imagin main characters

The Hero	Ryotaro Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O
The Lancer	Momotaros
The Smart Guy	Urataros
The Big Guy	Kintaros
Kid Appeal Character	Ryutaros
The Chick	Hana/Kohana Sakurai (Action Girl)
Seventh/Eighth Rangers	Yuto Sakurai/Kamen Rider Zeronos and Deneb
Eleventh-Hour Ranger	Sieg

• Ryotaro and Deneb share The Heart role.

Main Imagin only

The Hero	Momotaros
The Lancer / The Smart Guy	Urataros
The Big Guy	Kintaros
Kid Appeal Character	Ryutaros
Fifth Ranger / The Heart	Deneb
Eleventh-Hour Ranger	Sieg

Kamen Rider Double

The Hero / The Heart	Shotaro Hidari/Kamen Rider Double (left half)
The Lancer / The Smart Guy	Philip/Raito Sonozaki/Kamen Rider Double (right half)
The Chick	Akiko Narumi-Terui
Fourth Ranger / The Big Guy	Ryu Terui/Kamen Rider Accel

Kamen Rider OOO

The Hero	Eiji Hino/Kamen Rider OOO
The Lancer	Ankh
The Big Guy	Akira Date/Kamen Rider Birth (1)
The Smart Guy	Shintaro Gotou/Kamen Rider Birth (2)
The Chick	Hina Izumi

Krod Mandoon and The Flaming Sword of Fire

The Hero (Only Sane Man)	Kröd Mändoon
The Lancer (Action Girl)	Aneka
The Big Guy (Dumb Muscle)	Loquasto
The Smart Guy	Zezelryk
The Chick (Camp Gay)	Bruce

L

Land of the Giants

The Hero	Captain Steve Burton
The Lancer	Dan Erickson
The Big Guy	Alexander Fitzhugh
The Smart Guy	Mark Wilson (could also be considered a Lancer)
The Chicks	Valerie Scott, Betty Hamilton
Tagalong Kid	Barry Lockridge
Team Pet	Chipper

LazyTown

The Hero	Sportacus
The Lancer	Stingy
The Big Guy	Trixie
The Smart Guy	Pixel
The Chick	Stephanie (subversion, she's the main character)
Tagalong Kid	Ziggy

The League

The Hero	Pete
The Lancer	Kevin
The Smart Guy	Ruxin
The Big Guy	Taco
The Chick(s)	Jenny, Andre
Sixth Ranger Traitor	Raffi

Legend of the Seeker

The Hero	Richard Cypher
The Lancer / The Chick	Kahlan Amnell
The Smart Guy	Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander
Fourth Ranger / The Big Guy	Cara Mason

Leverage

The Hero	Nathan Ford
The Lancer	Sophie Devereaux
The Big Guy	Elliot Spencer
The Smart Guy	Alec Hardison
The Chick	Parker

Lie to Me

The Hero	Ria Torres
The Lancer	Dr. Cal Lightman
The Big Guy	Ben Reynolds
The Smart Guy	Dr. Gillian Foster
The Chick	Eli Loker
Tagalong Kid	Emily Lightman

• You can kind of switch the roles of Cal and Ria depending on the episode - and they do also have The Mentor/Student relationship going on. Same probably goes for Foster and Loker, because he is definitely The Chick in terms of 'not good at anything much' and 'there to look pretty', but Foster is definitely the most empathetic character.

Life On Mars

The Hero	Gene Hunt
The Lancer	Sam Tyler (A rarity as Sam's the viewpoint character)
The Big Guy	Ray Carling
The Chick	Annie Cartwright
The Kid	Chris Skelton

Life with Derek

The Hero(es)	Derek and Casey
The Lancer(s)	Edwin and Lizzie
The Smart Guy(s)	Casey and Lizzie
The Tough Guy	Derek (and occasionally Edwin)
The Chick	Casey (her girlish nature who described as preppy)
Action Girl	Lizzie (her tomboyish nature who likes sports)
Kid Appeal Character	Marti
Team Mom	Nora
Team Dad	George

Lost

The fan-nicknamed "A-Team" in Seasons 1-3:

The Hero	Jack Shephard
The Lancer	John Locke (briefly Ana Lucia Cortez in season 2)
The Big Guy	James "Sawyer" Ford
The Smart Guy	Sayid Jarrah
The Chick	Kate Austen

Season 4 (Jack's group):

The Hero	Jack Shephard
The Lancer	Kate Austen and Juliet Burke
The Big Guy	Jin-Soo Kwon and Desmond Hume
The Smart Guy	Sayid Jarrah
The Chick	Sun-Hwa Kwon
The Heart	Bernard Nadler and Frank Lapidus
Sixth Rangers	Daniel Faraday and Charlotte Lewis

Season 4 (Locke's group):

The Hero	John Locke
The Lancer	James "Sawyer" Ford and Benjamin Linus
The Big Guy	James "Sawyer" Ford
The Smart Guy	Benjamin Linus
The Chick	Claire Littleton
The Heart	Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
Sixth Rangers	Benjamin Linus and Miles Straume

Season 5 (Off the Island)

The Hero	Jack
The Lancer	Kate
The Big Guy	Sayid
The Smart Guy	Ben Linus (also the Token Evil Teammate)
The Chick(s)	Sun Kwon, Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
Sixth Ranger	Desmond Hume

Season 5 (On the Island)

The Hero	Jim LeFleur (Sawyer)
The Lancer	Juliet Burke
The Big Guy	Miles Straume
The Smart Guy	Daniel Faraday
The Chick	Charlotte Lewis
Sixth Ranger	Jin-Soo Kwon

Season 6 (Ilana's Group)

The Hero	Ilana Verdansky
The Lancer	Ben (also the Token Evil Teammate)
The Big Guy	Frank Lapidus
The Smart Guy	Miles
The Chick	Sun

Season 6 ("The Final Four" + Ben from the last 2 episodes)

The Hero	Jack Shephard
The Lancer	Kate Austen
The Big Guy	James "Sawyer" Ford
The Smart Guy / Token Evil Teammate	Ben Linus
The Chick / The Heart	Hugo "Hurley" Reyes

The six principal Oceanic 815 survivors are arguably the overall 5-man band, throughout the entire series; with several minor bands being formed during various periods. Bear in mind that everyone's roles switch frequently, but this is the general layout:

The Hero	Jack Shephard
The Lancer	Kate Austen
The Big Guy	James "Sawyer" Ford
The Smart Guy	Sayid Jarrah
The Chick	Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
Sixth Ranger	John Locke

The Love Boat

The Hero	Captain Merrill Stubing, "Your Captain"
The Lancer	Dr. Adam "Doc" Bricker, "Your Ship's Doctor"
The Big Guy	Isaac Washington, "Your Bartender"
The Smart Guy	Burl "Gopher" Smith, "Your Yeoman Purser"
The Chick	Julie McCoy, "Your Cruise Director" (later Judy McCoy)
Tagalong Kid	Vicki Stubing
Sixth Ranger	Ashley "Ace" Covington Evans "Your Ship's Photographer"

M

Maddigan's Quest

The Hero	Garland (also doubles as The Chick)
The Lancer	Timon (doubling as The Smart Guy when Eden's not around or powerless)
The Big Guy	Boomer
The Smart Guy	Eden
Tagalong Kid	Lilith

Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

The Hero	Marian
The Lancer	Little Ron
The Big Guy	Rabies
The Smart Guy	Barrington
The Chick	Robin of Kensington

M*A*S*H (television) (earlier seasons)

The Hero	Hawkeye
The Lancer	Trapper John
The Big Guy	Henry (also a Big Brother Mentor)
The Smart Guy / Tagalong Kid	Radar (became less of the former and more of the latter as the show went on)
The Chick	Margaret
The Heart	Father Mulcahy
The Load / The Rival	Frank
Sixth Ranger	Klinger

M*A*S*H (television) (later seasons)

The Hero	Hawkeye
The Lancer	B.J.
The Big Guy	Klinger
The Smart Guy	Charles
The Chick	Margaret
The Heart	Father Mulcahy
Team Dad	Potter

The Mentalist

The Hero	Teresa Lisbon
The Lancer	Patrick Jane
The Big Guy	Wayne Rigsby
The Smart Guy	Grace Van Pelt (sometimes The Chick)
The Sixth Ranger	Kimball Cho
The Chick	Virgil Minelli

The Mighty Boosh

Tragic Hero	Howard Moon (Jerkass Woobie)
The Lancer	Vince Noir (The Fool)
The Smart Guy	Naboo (The Medic / The Heart)
The Big Guy	Bollo (Team Pet / Dumb Muscle)
The Sixth Ranger	Bob Fossil (Pointy-Haired Boss)

Misfits

The Hero	Curtis
The Lancer	Nathan
The Big Guy	Kelly (A rare female example)
The Smart Guy	Simon
The Chick	Alisha
The Sixth Ranger	Nikki (sort of)

• Both Curtis and Kelly also have aspects of The Heart. Curtis is only really The Hero by default, as the others don't fit the type even loosely. He isn't really the group "Leader", or even the show's main character (that would be Nathan - who occasionally takes The Hero's role himself, though in general he fits The Lancer archetype better).

Season 3

The Hero	Simon
The Lancer	Rudy
The Big Guy	Curtis
The Smart Guy	Kelly
The Chick	Alisha
Sixth Ranger	Seth

Misfits of Science

The Hero	Dr. Billy Hayes
The Lancer	Johnny Bukowski (AKA Johnny B)
The Big Guy/The Smart Guy	Dr. Elvin "El" Lincoln
The Chick	Gloria Dinallo

Mission: Impossible

The Hero	Briggs, then Phelps
The Lancer	Rollin, then Paris (In the first season, Rollin frequently acted as The Hero.)
The Big Guy	Willy
The Smart Guy	Barney (In the last two seasons, then Barney became The Lancer.)
The Chick	Cinnamon, then others

• It should be noted that unlike her replacements, Cinnamon was only The Chick by gender.

The Muppet Show: The Electric Mayhem

The Hero	Dr. Teeth
The Lancer	Floyd
The Smart Guy	Zoot
The Big Guy	Animal
The Chick	Janice
Sixth Ranger	Lips

Muppets Tonight: "The Real World: Muppets"

The Hero	Clifford
The Lancer	Rizzo
The Big Guy	Bobo
The Smart Guy	Bill
The Chick	Darci The Muppets:The Big Five
The Hero	Kermet
The Lancer	Gonzo
The Smart Guy	Fozzie
The Big Guy	Animal
TheBigChick	Miss Piggy

Murphy Brown

The Hero	Murphy
The Lancer	Frank
The Big Guy	Jim
The Smart Guy	Miles
The Chick	Corky
The Mentor(s)	Eldin, Phil

The Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog

The Hero	Rohan (Fire)
The Lancer	Angus (Earth)
The Smart Guy	Prince Ivar (Water)
The Chick	Princess Deirdre (Air)
The Big Guy (in his own mind, at least)/SixthRanger	Garrett (Forest)
Team Pet	Pyre the Dragon

My Babysitter's a Vampire

The Hero	Ethan
The Lancer	Benny
The Big Guy	Sarah
The Smart Guy	Rory
The Chick	Erica

MythBusters

The Hero	Adam
The Lancer	Jamie
The Big Guy	Tory (Used most often for the athletic and/or dangerous tests)
The Smart Guy(s)	Grant, Scottie (was also the Wrench Wench)
The Chick	Kari
Team Pet	Buster

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