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The [[Five-Man Band]] is a group of characters whose members fall into archetypes which all complement one another. They are a very specific team with skills that contribute to the group in a unique way. Here are some places where the trope occurs in new media, wrestling, and other media.

 

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''The Burger King Kids Club''

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|[[The Hero]]||Kid Vid

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M&M's

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|[[The Hero]]||Red

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[[Guitar Hero|Band Hero]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gBKRLMeUdo commercial]

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|[[The Hero]] / [[The Chick]]||[[Taylor Swift]]

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''The Phenomenal Four'' - Mitsubishi Motors (Officially a foursome, but versions of the MIVEC engine common to these automobiles were used in other models.)

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|[[The Hero]]||Mitsubishi Eclipse

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''The Weetabix Gang'' (In the early '80s, Weetabix cereal showed ads in Great Britain featuring a 5 man band that were Weetabix who behaved and dressed like skinheads.)

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|[[The Hero]]||Dunk

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One of a Kind Avengers [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7pbZQ_g-C4 Dr. Pepper commercial].

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|[[The Hero]]||"I'm a Leader"

 

== Eastern Animation ==

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|[[The Hero]]||Huan Huan

 

== Music ==

''Metal/Rock Band (Due to the nature of this genre, it swings between this and [[Five-Bad Band]])''

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|[[Big Good]]/[[The Smart Guy]]||Lead Vocals/Songwriter

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''[[Aerosmith]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Steven Tyler

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''[[Arch Enemy]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Michael Amott

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''[[Backstreet Boys]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Brian Littrell

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''[[Barenaked Ladies]]'' (1996-2009 line-up)

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|[[The Hero]]||Steven Page

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''[[The Beatles]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Paul McCartney]]

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|[[The Hero]]||will.i.am

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''[[Black Sabbath]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Ozzy Osbourne

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''[[Chameleon Circuit]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Charlieissocoollike|Charlie McDonnell]] (The one who can play the most instruments)

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''[[Cobra Starship]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Gabe Saporta

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''[[Def Leppard]]'' Classic lineup

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|[[The Hero]]||Joe Elliot

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|[[The Hero]]||Joe Elliot

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''[[Dschinghis Khan]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Louis Hendrik Potgieter (The main dancer, dressed in white and dark red)

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''[[Duran Duran]]'' ("Fab Five" Line-up)

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|[[The Hero]]||Simon Le Bon

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''[[Foo Fighters]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Dave Grohl

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''[[Gorillaz]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||2-D (He just barely qualifies by default, being the frontman but having zero actual leadership.)

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|[[The Hero]]||[[I Am the Band|Axl Rose]]

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''[[Iron Maiden]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Steve Harris

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Michael Jackson]]

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''Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship''

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|[[The Hero]]||Marty Balin (Group's founder)

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Note: They've had lots of personnel changes, but this is a representative sample.

 

''[[Jethro Tull]] (Original Blues Lineup)''

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|[[The Hero]]||Mick Abrahams

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''[[Jethro Tull]] (Stand Up-Aqualung)''

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|[[The Hero]]||Ian Anderson

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''[[Jethro Tull]] (Thick As A Brick-Stormwatch)''

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|[[The Hero]]||Ian Anderson

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''Klymaxx'' (original lineup)

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|[[The Hero]]||Lorena "Lungs" Porter

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''Klymaxx'' (new lineup)

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|[[The Hero]]||Leah Auditor

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''[[Led Zeppelin]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Robert Plant

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''[[Linkin Park]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Mike Shinoda

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''[[Emilie Autumn|The Bloody Crumpets]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Emilie

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''[[Marilyn Manson]]''

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|[[The Big Bad]]||Marilyn Manson

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''[[Megadeth]]'' (Classic lineup)

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|[[The Hero]]||Dave Mustaine

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''[[Metallica]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||James Hetfield

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''[[Ministry]]'' (classic lineup)

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|[[The Hero]]||Al Jourgensen

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''[[My Chemical Romance]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Gerard Way (he wants to save people, for gods'sakes!)

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''New Edition''

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|[[The Hero]]||Ralph Tresvant

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''[[New Kids on the Block]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Jordan Knight

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''[[Nine Inch Nails]]'' (1994-1997)

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|[[The Hero]]||Trent Reznor

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''[[One Direction]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Louis Tomlinson.

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|[[The Hero]]||Scott Hoying

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Note that they began as just [[Three Amigos|Scott, Kirstie, and Mitch]] before [[Three Plus Two|finding their rhythm section]].

 

''Psycho Le Cemu'' (Taking this to a literal extreme as every new anime inspired cosplay has each guy playing these roles EXACTLY.)

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|[[The Hero]]||Daishi

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|[[The Hero]]||Freddie Mercury

<nowiki>*</nowiki> [[Badass Bookworm|Brian May]], PhD is probably the most deserving rock star ever to be named [[The Smart Guy]], as well as the rockingest astrophysicist on the planet.

 

''[[Radiohead]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Thom Yorke

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''[[REM]]'' (original lineup)

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|[[The Hero]]||Michael Stipe

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''[[The Rolling Stones]]'' (original lineup)

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|[[The Hero]]||Mick Jagger

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''The Revolting Cocks'' (c. 1987-1993)

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|[[The Hero]]||Al Jourgensen

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''[[The Runaways]]'' (the most well-known lineup)

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Joan Jett]]

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''[[Space]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Tommy Scott (Group's founder)

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''[[Spandau Ballet]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Tony Hadley

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''The Spice Girls'' (no kidding)

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|[[The Hero]]||Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice)

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''[[Versailles]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Kamijo

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''[[The Who]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Roger Daltrey

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''"The Big 4" from the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 until Italy returned in 2011''

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|[[The Hero]]||Didrik Solli-Tangen(As the contest was held in Norway.)

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''The Chipmunks Go Hollywood''

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|[[The Hero]]||Alvin

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String Instruments

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|[[The Hero]]||First violin

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''The Wave'' (of new [[Post-hardcore]] and [[Emo Music|Screamo]]-based bands)

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''[[Disney Channel]]'s Friends For Change'' Original lineup

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== Body ==

 

''Fingers''

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|[[The Hero]]||''Index finger''

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''Organ Systems''

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|[[The Hero]]||''Circulatory and respiratory systems''

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''Senses''

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|[[The Hero]]||''Sight''

== [[Console Wars]] ==

 

''[[Rockstar Games]] Franchises

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|[[The Hero]]||''[[Grand Theft Auto]]''

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|[[The Hero]]/[[Big Good]]||''CD-ROM'' (in general)

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''Volition Franchises''

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|[[The Hero]]||''[[Saints Row (series)|Saints Row]]''

== [[Fan Works]] ==

 

''[[72 Hours]]'': In this [[Battle Royale]] fanfic, [[La Résistance|SABRE]] fit the trope with their command structure, though due to a fluctuating and large membership there's multiple people in each role.

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|[[The Hero]]||Anna, and later {{spoiler|Doug (after her death.)}}

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Pokemon Battle

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Jack of All Stats|Vaporeon]]

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''A Rose And A Thorn 4'' - ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' (Notable for its FMB being Original Characters and Canon Characters pre-personality disorder)

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|[[The Hero]]||Project: Mirage (being female, technically a Heroine)

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''[[Brave New World (fanfic)|Brave New World]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Ash

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''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Blue Moon]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Asa/Cure Sunday

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''[[Pretty Cure Perfume Preppy]]''

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|[[The Hero|The Hero(ine)]]||Chloe/Cure Rosa

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|[[The Mentor]]/[[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]]||Aelita

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[[Quinn in Wonderland]]- [[Alternate Universe Fic]] and [[Crossover Fic]] of [[Glee]] and [[Alice in Wonderland]].

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|[[The Hero]]||Quinn Fabray (Alice)

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|[[The Hero]] and [[Team Mom]]||Katara

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''[[Super Sentai vs. Super Sentai]]'' - A [[Dream Team]] [[Super Sentai]] fic (two teams, at that!).<br />''-Team 1-''

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger|Takeru Shiba/Shinken Red]]

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Hikari Sentai Maskman|Takeru/Red Mask]]

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[[Fallout Equestria]]

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Little Pip]]

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[[Ace Combat: The Equestrian War]]

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|[[The Heroine]]||Rainbow Dash

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''[[Point of Succession]]''

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|[[The Hero|The]] ([[Anti-Hero|Anti]])[[The Hero|Hero]] and [[Big Brother Mentor]]||L Lawliet

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''[[Constant Temptation]]''

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|[[The Hero]] and "[[Team Mom]]"||L Lawliet

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Gadgeteer Genius|Calvin]]

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Badass|October Maynard]]

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Hurting Hero|L]]

== Food and related ==

 

[[McDonald's]] extra value meals

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|[[The Hero]]||Big Mac and McDonald's French Fries

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Italian Food

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|[[The Hero]]||Spaghetti

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Most famous kitchens in the world

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|[[The Hero]]||French food

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The Food Pyramid

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|[[The Hero]]||Fruits and Veggies

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The Basic Flavors

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|[[The Hero]] / [[The Big Guy]]||Sweet

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|[[Tagalong Kid]]||Antartica

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== News Media ==

 

''"CNN" News casters and anchormen''

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|[[The Hero]]||Anderson Cooper (First on the scene when distaster strikes; looks like the hero; takes positions on injustice)

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''"FOX" News casters and anchormen''

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|[[The Hero]]||Bill O'Reilly (Most neutral character in the lineup; most watched show on cable news)

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''"Fox" News Channel's The Five''

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|[[The Hero]]||Eric Bolling

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''"The Weather Channel" News casters and anchormen''

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|[[The Hero]]||Jim Cantore

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''[[MSNBC]] Nightly lineup''

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|[[The Hero]]||Lawrence O'Donnell (well, he does get The Last Word); formerly Keith Olbermann

'''[[Classical Mythology|Greco-Roman]]'''

 

''The Races''

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|[[The Hero]]||The Gods

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''[[Four Gods]]''

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|[[The Hero]] / [[The Chick]]||Suzaku, the red phoenix

== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==

 

''[[Peanuts]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Charlie Brown

== Other Games ==

 

[[Rock-Paper-Scissors]] Lizard Spock

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|[[The Hero]]||Scissors (as [[Heroes Prefer Swords|heroes prefer bladed weapons.]])

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|[[The Hero]]||Elemental Hero Avian

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Old Testament - the wandering Israelites

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|[[The Hero]]||Moses

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Old Testament - Kingdom of Israel

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|[[The Hero]]||David

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Jesus and disciples

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|[[The Lancer]]||Peter

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Christianity-Post Accesnsion

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|[[Big Good]]||Jesus

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Roman Catholicism:

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|[[The Hero]]||Francesco

== Cardinal Points ==

 

[[Blatant Lies|Four]] Directions, Lakota style

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|[[The Hero]]||South (represented by red)

== Roleplay ==

 

''[[Power Academy]]''

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|'''Madman's Students'''

== Science ==

 

States Of Matter

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|[[The Hero]]||Solid

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[[The Solar System]]

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|[[Big Good]]||[[The Sun]]

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Dwarf planets

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|[[The Hero]]||Pluto

== Sketch Comedy ==

 

"The Whitest Kids U'Know" - The Whitest Kids U'Know

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|[[The Hero]]||Trevor Moore (founded the troupe, often plays the boss or leader of the other guys)

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''[[Saturday Night Live]]'': The "Bad Boys of SNL" in [[The Nineties|the early 90s]]

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Adam Sandler]]

''[[American Idol]]''

 

Seasons 1-8

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|[[The Hero]] / [[The Smart Guy]]||Simon Cowell

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Season 9

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|[[The Hero]] / [[The Smart Guy]]||Simon Cowell

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Winners

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Kelly Clarkson]]

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Well known non-winning contestants

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|[[The Hero]]||Chris Daughtry

''[[America's Next Top Model]]''

 

Cycle 1

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Tyra Banks]]

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Cycle 2

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|[[The Hero]]||Tyra Banks

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{| class="wikitable"

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|[[The Hero]]||Tyra Banks

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Cycle 5-9

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|[[The Hero]]||Tyra Banks

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Cycle 10-12

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|[[The Hero]]||Tyra Banks

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Cycle 13

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|[[The Hero]]||Tyra Banks

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Cycle 14-17

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|[[The Hero]]||Tyra Banks

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Cycle 18

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|[[The Hero]]||Tyra Banks

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''[[The Price Is Right]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Bob Barker (1972-2007), Drew Carey (2007-present)

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''[[Project Runway]]''

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|[[The Hero]] and [[Team Mom]]||Heidi Klum

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''[[Survivor|Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains]]'' - [[Designated Hero|The Heroes tribe]]

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|[[The Hero]](es)||[[Kid Hero|J.T. Thomas]] and [[The Ace|Tom Westman]]

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''[[Survivor|Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains]]'' - [[Designated Hero|The Heroes tribe]] who were eliminated pre-merge

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Too Cool to Live|Tom Westman]]

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''[[Survivor|Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains]]'' - [[Designated Hero|The Heroes tribe]] during the merge

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Idiot Hero|J.T. Thomas]], later [[Large and In Charge|Rupert Boneham]] (The latter replaces the former after he got [[Voted Off the Island]])

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''[[Survivor|Survivor: All-Stars]]'' - Original Chapera tribe

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|[[The Hero]] and [[The Smart Guy]]||Boston Rob

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''[[Survivor|Survivor: All-Stars]]'' - Original Mogo-Mogo tribe

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|[[The Hero]] and [[The Big Guy]]||Colby Donaldson

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''[[Survivor|Survivor: All-Stars]]'' - Saboga tribe

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|[[The Hero]]||Ethan Zohn

== Spelling and Grammar ==

 

The Vowels.

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|[[The Hero]]||A.

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Punctuation Marks.

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|[[The Hero]]||.

 

== Techniques ==

 

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== Theatre ==

 

''[[The Wedding Singer]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Robbie

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''[[Done to Death]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Whitney

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{| class="wikitable"

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|[[The Hero]]||Matthew

''[[Destructive Harmonics]]''

 

{| class="wikitable"

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|[[The Hero]]||Valerian (lead singer; the leader)

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{| class="wikitable"

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|'''The Quest'''

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''[[The Northern Light]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Carter Brenson-Holt/Northern Light

|[[The Mentor]]||Eric Brenson-Holt, and to a certain extent, the Brenson-Holt family.

 

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'''The Brass Kites'''

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|[[The Hero]]||Hichou (pretty stern and charismatic for a kid)

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'''The Sleepy Hollow'''

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|[[The Hero]]||Yuuichi Minagawa

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'''The Tin Herons'''

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|[[The Hero]]||Shouhei (''very'' liberal with ideas of others)

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'''Demonhead - [[Questionable Content|QC]]/Friends meets university'''

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|[[The Hero]]||Rob (unofficial group leader)

== All The Tropes ==

 

''[[An Adventurer Is You]]'' Archetypes

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|[[The Hero]]||The Jack

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''[[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn]]'' Archetypes

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|[[The Hero]] / [[The Smart Guy]]||Brains

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''[[Character Alignment]]'' Archetypes

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Lawful Good]]

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''[[Command Roster]]'' Archetypes

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|[[The Hero]]||[[The Captain]], [[Ace Pilot]]

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''[[Five Races]]'' Archetypes

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|[[The Hero]]||Mundane

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''[[Four-Philosophy Ensemble]]'' Archetypes

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|[[The Hero]]||The Optimist

 

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|[[The Lancer]]||The Optimist

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''[[Mary Sue]]'' Archetypes

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Purity Sue]]

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''[[Six-Student Clique]]'' Archetypes

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|[[The Hero]]||The Head

== Visual Attributes ==

 

Colors

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|[[The Hero]]||Red

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Shapes

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|[[The Hero]]||Square

== [[Web Animation]] ==

 

Animated Croft

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|[[The Hero]]||Lara

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''[[Doraleous and Associates]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Doraleous

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''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131230204452/http://www.doreen-and-maureen.co.nr/ Doreen And Maureen]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Maureen

|}

 

''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''

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|[[The Hero]]||Cuddles

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''[[Super Mario Bros Z]]''

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|[[The Hero|The Hero(es)]]||Mario, Sonic

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|[[The Hero]]||The Cop

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''[[Watchmen]]'', as portrayed in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w Saturday Morning Watchmen] (warning, if you're a fan of the comics, this video ''will'' destroy your sanity).

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|[[The Hero]]||Nite Owl

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[[Oxhorn Short Shorts]]

|-

|[[The Hero]]||Oxhorn

''[[Red vs. Blue]]''

 

Blue Team:

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|[[The Hero]]||Leonard L. Church

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Red Team:

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|[[The Hero]]||Sarge

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The Surviving team members at the end of Revelation:

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|[[The Hero]]||Sarge

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For the majority of the series:

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|[[Supporting Leader]] / [[The Hero]]||Church (the central protagonist and the ''de facto'' leader of both teams when faced with a common enemy, who eventually grows enough to succeed in pulling dozens of genuinely heroic stunts towards the conclusion)

== Education ==

 

Ivy League Universities

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|[[The Hero]]||Harvard

|[[The Hero]]||Lion (because it's the [[King of Beasts]])

|-

|-

|[[The Big Guy]]||Elephant

[[Elemental Powers]]

 

'''Western'''

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Element Number Five|Quintessence/Aether]]

|}

 

|'''Chinese'''

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|[[The Hero]]||Fire

|}

 

'''[[Role-Playing Game|RPG]]/[[Video Game Genres|Video Games]]'''

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|[[The Hero]]||Electricity/Lightning or Fire

|}

 

'''Chemical''' (from the perspective of biological systems)

|-

|[[The Hero]]||Carbon

|}

 

'''Main Biological Chemicals'''

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|[[The Hero]]||RNA

== Sports ==

 

''1996 Chicago Bulls''

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|[[The Hero]]||Michael Jordan

|}

 

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|[[The Hero]]||Donovan McNabb

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''UFC Weight Divisions''

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|[[The Hero]]||Light Heavyweight (Most of the major fighters are there)

|}

 

''Sports in America''

|-

|[[The Hero]]||Baseball

== Politics ==

 

''United States of America- Founding Brothers''

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|[[The Hero]]||George Washington

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''Living Presidents of the United States, 1989 to 1994''

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|[[The Hero]]||[[Ronald Reagan]]

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{| class="wikitable"

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|[[The Hero]]||[[George H. W. Bush]]

|[[The Big Guy]]||[[Bill Clinton]]

|-

|-

|[[The Chick]]||[[Jimmy Carter]]

== Misc. ==

 

The Holidays

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|[[The Hero]]||Christmas

|}

 

''Physical Displays of Affection''

|-

|[[The Hero]]||Kissing

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''Vehicles''

|-

|[[The Hero]]||Car

|}

 

 

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