Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
213,951
edits
Four-Girl Ensemble: Difference between revisions
→Anime and Manga
m (Mass update links) |
|||
| (15 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:
{{quote|
''And [[Author Avatar|Jo]] has the talent for writing up a storm.''
''[[The Quiet One|Beth]] plays piano for all to enjoy.''
''And [[The Cutie|Amy]] is the cutest of them all.''
|From the ending theme of the [http://www.xanth.de/alcott/1981_index.htm 1981 anime version] of ''[[Little Women]]'' }}
Related to both [[The Three Faces of Eve]] and [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]. Unrelated, however, to [[Four Is Death]]. [[Teen Girl Squad|Usually]].
Line 13 ⟶ 14:
* A mannish one (usually a [[Deadpan Snarker]])
* A sexy one (a [[Really Gets Around]] type or perhaps merely a glamour-obsessed pretty one)
* An admirable
The
Compare [[Five-Man Band]], where [[The Lancer]] roughly
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==▼
▲== Anime ==
* ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'' centers around [[Cheerful Child|cheerful teen]] Yuno, [[Genki Girl]] Miyako, Hiro ([[Hollywood Pudgy|weight-conscious]] "[[Team Mom|wife material]]"), and [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] writer Sae.
** May no longer be one after the addition of Nori and Nazuna.
Line 36:
** It's notable that the four ''male'' protagonists of ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' fit the trope rather neatly as well, with Omi as the sweet naive one (at least compared to the others; given that all four are [[Hitman with a Heart|assassins]], none of them can be ''very'' naive), Ken as the masculine tough guy, Yoji as the [[Handsome Lech]], and Aya as - albeit not always the ''wise'' one - the one who tends to exert the most authority in times of uncertainty or disagreement. The roles become even more apparent in ''[[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|Weiss Kreuz: Gluhen]]'' with Sena replacing Omi as the sweet, naive one and Aya growing more fully into the role of the wisest and most emotionally balanced one.
* The [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Amazoness Quartet]] in ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. PallaPalla is the naive childlike one and JunJun the tomboy (she even uses informal male speech patterns). VesVes gives the image of the sexy one with her whip but actually splits the mannish role with JunJun, and while CereCere is sexy and glamorous, she tries to be the most mature of the four.
** This is because the Quartet are counterparts of the Inner Senshi (excluding [[Sailor Moon]] herself), who also form a
*** Ami/Mercury is The Smart One and [[The Quiet One]], Rei/Mars is the [[Ojou]] and the [[Deadpan Snarker]], Makoto/Jupiter is The Tomboy (in the anime) and the [[Team Mom]] (in the manga), and Minako/Venus combines The Sexy One and [[The Ditz]].
** And so do the four Outer Senshi: Setsuna/Pluto is the [[Team Mom]], Michiru/Neptune is [[The Quiet One]] and the [[Ojou]], Haruka/Uranus is The Tomboy and the [[Deadpan Snarker]], and Hotaru/Saturn is [[The Cutie]].
Line 43:
** [[Gundam Seed Destiny|Athrun]]'s harem also count. Cagalli is the serious one, Meer is ''definitely'' the [[Ms. Fanservice|sexy one]], Lunamaria is the [[Genki Girl]] and her sister Meyrin is [[The Quiet One]].
** [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'s [[Bridge Bunnies]] in season 2. Sumeragi is the [[Team Mom]], Feldt is [[The Quiet One]], Mileina is the [[Genki Girl]] and Marie {{spoiler|aka Souma}} is the friendly one.
* ''S.S. Astro'' has [[The Ditz]] Izumi, [[
* ''[[K-On!]]'' has [[The Ditz|ditzy]] Yui, [[Genki Girl|genki]] Ritsu, [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|the outstandingly attractive Mio]], and [[The Ojou|the very wealthy]] yet down-to-earth Mugi.
* ''[[Red Garden]]'' has the [[Shrinking Violet|sweet and shy]] Rose, the [[
* The Knight Sabers in ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''
* ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure]]'': [[Genki Girl|excitable]] Love/Cure Peach, down-to-earth Miki/Cure Berry, [[Shrinking Violet|introverted]] Inori/Cure Pine, and misunderstood yet tranquil [[Heel Face Turn|former villain]] Setsuna/Cure Passion.
* The original [[Macross]] has Captain Gloval's [[Bridge Bunnies]]: Claudia is the motherly/sisterly one, Sammy is the [[Moe
* [[Bleach]]: Harribel ([[Team Mom]]), Sun-Sun ([[The Quiet One]]), and Apache and Mila-Rose share the mannish role. No [[Genki Girl]] to be found.
* ''[[
** Similarly, Team ITEM from both ''[[
* [[Tantei Opera Milky Holmes]]: Has [[The Ditz]] Sherlock/Sheryl, [[Bokukko]] Nero, [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Cordelia and the [[Shrinking Violet]] Hercule. Also G4 has [[Jerkass]] Kokoro, [[Huge Schoolgirl]] Tsugiko, [[The Stoic]] Saku and the polite [[Tap on the Head|Karate-chopping]] Hirano.
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'''s four main Puella Magi: Madoka (sweet, idealistic, naive), Sayaka (The most romance-oriented of the group), Kyoko (cynical, ambitious) and Homura (calm, experienced). Mami initially played the role of the wise, experienced one as well, before {{spoiler|dying}}.
* As pictured above, ''[[A Channel]]'' has Run ([[The Ditz]]), Tooru ([[The Caretaker]]), Nagi ([[Only Sane Man]]) and Yuuko ([[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|The one with the model-like body]]).
* While ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' doesn't have an ensemble per se, the current four main girls of the series could be classified in this way:
** Lucy is the sexy one ([[Not Distracted by the Sexy|in-universe would disagree
** Alternately, [[The Fashionista|Erza]]/Mirajane (The poster girl) both alternate between the sexy one/wise one
▲** [[The Fashionista|Erza]]/Mirajane (The poster girl) both alternate between the sexy one/wise one.
* ''[[Yuru-Yuri]]'' has Akari ([[The Ditz]]), Yui ([[Deadpan Snarker]]), Kyouko ([[Wild Card]]), and Chinatsu, who has the most obvious desires toward [[Les Yay|another classmate.]] There's also an ensemble of four student council members, composed of three tsunderes and a [[Shipper on Deck]].
* ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Jet Dream (Comic Book)|Jet Dream]]'', Jet is the leader. Petite is the sexy (stereotypically French) one. Marlene is the big girl who can out-wrestle most men, and Ting-a-Ling is the sweet, naive one.
== Film ==
* The four girl coven in ''[[The Craft]]'': Sarah, the wise one; Nancy, the [[Deadpan Snarker]] [[Goth]] who doesn't care what other people think of her; Bonnie, who becomes increasingly image-obsessed and vain; and Rochelle, the sweet, quiet one (and [[Token Minority]]) who just wants the [[Alpha Bitch]] to stop her racist taunts.
* The four main characters of ''Now And Then'': Roberta is the tomboy, Teeny the diva, Chrissy the sweet naive one and Samantha the observer.
* The four girls from the ''[[Bratz]]'' movie, Jade (smart), Sasha (sexy), Cloe (sporty), and Yasmine (preppy). The [[Alpha Bitch]] immediately breaks them up due to her obsession with keeping cliques separate for some reason.
* The four main friends of ''The Women'', an [[In Name Only]] [[Chick Flick]] of a play, who are basically the ''[[Sex and the City]]'' girls if Samantha was replaced by a [[Sassy Black Woman]] Lesbian(?).
* The starring ''[[D.E.B.S.]]'' squad is pretty much a textbook case with promiscuous Dominique, naive Janet, obsessive Max and self searching Amy.
== Literature ==
Line 86 ⟶ 77:
* ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'' starts out with [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] Lena, [[Genki Girl]] Bridget, [[Tsundere]] Carmen and [[Deadpan Snarker]] Tibby before their [[Character Development]].
* Marylin Kaye's ''Sisters'' series: Activist Lydia is the [[Team Mom]] figure, Cassie is the fashionista, Daphne is the shy and sweet one, Phoebe is the tomboy.
* ''[[Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.
* The [[V. C. Andrews]] miniseries, ''Orphans''
** Butterfly: Naive, sweet, childlike.
Line 95 ⟶ 86:
* J. Courtney Sullivan's novel ''Commencement,'' about a group of Smith students who become friends after sharing a floor their freshmen year, has: Celia, who probably fulfills the role of the "sexy one" as she is a [[Bottle Fairy]] who [[Really Gets Around]], even though she's not the prettiest of the group; Bree, who is the "sweet naive one" - she starts out as an [[High School Sweethearts|engaged]] [[Southern Belle]]; Sally, a [[Neat Freak]] who serves as the [[Team Mom]]; and April, who fits the role of the "tomboy" as a [[Straw Feminist]], [[Granola Girl]] and [[Deadpan Snarker]].
* ''[[Pretty Little Liars]]'': Emily is the sweet and sporty one, Hanna is glamorous and popular, Aria's the artistic hipster [[Deadpan Snarker]], and Spencer sort of replaces 'wise' with 'perfectionist.'
* In [[The Gallagher Girls]] series, there's Cammie, Liz, Bex, and Macey. The latter three fill out the roles for [[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn]] (Macey is the beauty, Liz is the brains, and Bex is the brawn), while Macey is more of a [[Girl Next Door]].
* ''[[The Poisonwood Bible]]'' has the Price sisters: Rachel, the pretty one and the [[Rich Bitch]] {{spoiler|who becomes "the sexy one" who [[Really Gets Around]] as she grows up}}; Leah, the wise and motherly one; Adah, the intellectual and [[Deadpan Snarker]]; and Ruth May, the sweet, naive baby of the family and [[The Heart]]. {{spoiler|This book being [[Black and Gray Morality|the kind of book it is]], Ruth May, naturally, gets killed off.}}
* The [[Babysitters Club]]-esque ''[[Girl Talk]]'' books had Sabrina, the ditzy, bubbly everygirl; Katie, the perfect, blonde-haired, blue-eyed athlete; Allison, the quiet, bookish [[Token Minority]]; and Randy, the [[Badbutt|"cool"]] one, who was from New York and had a skateboard and played the drums and [[Humor Dissonance|was probably intended to be]] the [[Deadpan Snarker]].
Line 101 ⟶ 92:
* The four Cullens women of [[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]] are the snarky Bella, pixie-like Alice, elegant Rosalie, and the motherly Esme.
* ''[[Golden Girls]]'': Rose is the ditz, Blanche is the slut, Dorothy is the snarker, & Sophia (Dorothy's mother) the Team Mom.
▲== Live Action Television ==
▲* ''[[Golden Girls]]'': Rose is the ditz, Blanche is the slut, Dorothy is the snarker, & Sophia (Dorothy's mother) the Team Mom.
** Despite age, Sophia is kind of more the snarker and Dorothy is more the level headed "mother" type.
* ''[[Designing Women]]'': Charlene, Suzanne, Mary Jo, & Julia (owns the business they all work for)
Line 110 ⟶ 100:
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'': Susan, Lynette, Gabrielle, and Bree
* ''Women's Murder Club''
* ''[[Firefly]]'s'' female characters: always-upbeat Kaylee as the sweet one, [[Ax Crazy]] River as the mannish one, jaded war veteran Zoe as wise one, and Inara as the sexy one who has a literal role as a [[High
** ''Firefly'' is an odd one because River and Zoe switch off. Zoe is definitely a mannish [[Deadpan Snarker]], and River's [[Obfuscating Stupidity|obfuscating craziness]] masks a lot of wisdom and intelligence.
** They all seem to fulfill multiple roles in the
* ''[[Privileged]]'': Megan (fulfilling the [[Team Mom]] role for both the twins and her own sister), Lily (the sexy one, more towards the [[Really Gets Around]] end of the scale), Rose (the well-meaning but not too bright Ditz) and Sage (the cynic and [[Deadpan Snarker]])
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' has Serena (the sexy, freespirited one), Blair (acts as overseer if only to reenforce her image as Queen Bee), Vanessa (the bitter cynic) and Jenny (while not [[The Ditz]] in the strictest sense, she is incredibly naive and easily led at times)
* [[Screwed by the Network|Short-lived (due to being lost in]] [[The CW|the merger)]] [[The WB|WB]] series ''Related'': eldest sister Ginny is the wise one, second-born Ann is the career-focused (least feminine) one, third sister Margie is the flirty one, and Rose is the youngest and most naive.
Line 130 ⟶ 120:
* More than a [[Five-Man Band]] (despite the fact that they are musicians) or a [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]] [[Big Time Rush]] has naive Carlos, wise leader Kendall, sexy James and mannish (or as close to it as singers are going to be) or serious Logan.
* The girls of [[S Club 7]] were portrayed this way on their tv show. Hannah was [[The Ditz]], Jo was the mannish one, Rachel was the glamorous one obsessed with her looks, and Tina was the wise one.
* Although not all four ''[[Charmed]]'' Ones were on the show at he same time (since Prue [[McLeaned|died]] before Paige was introduced), the sisters still fit this trope. Paige was [[The Ditz]], Piper was the [[Deadpan Snarker]], Phoebe was the [[Informed Attractiveness|sexy one]], and Prue was the wise [[Cool Big Sis]].
** Before Paige, Phoebe played a combination of the sexy one and The Ditz. Once Prue passed away, Piper took on her role as the wise Cool Big Sis but still had her Deadpan Snarker traits in tact.
* [[Beverly Hills, 90210|90210]]: Annie is the sweet naive girl, Silver is the [[Deadpan Snarker]], Adrianna is the one obsessed with glamour and fame, and Naomi serves as the mother figure for the group.
** In the original series, Donna was the sweet naive one, Brenda was the [[Deadpan Snarker]], Kelly was the pretty one, and Andrea was the smart one.
* ''[[Pan Am]]'': Laura is the sweet, naive one, Maggie is self-righteous and free-spirited, Colette is sexy and romantic and Kate is the independent, [[Team Mom]] type (and [[Cool Big Sis]] to Laura).
* ''Girls on Top'' ([[Channel 4]]'s [[Distaff Counterpart]] to ''[[The Young Ones]]''): Jennifer is [[The Ditz]] (bordering on [[Cloudcuckoolander]]), Amanda is a [[Straw Feminist]], Candice [[Really Gets Around]], and Shelley is the [[Wild Card]] who takes charge ... not in a [[Team Mom]] way, but in a "I'm the only one who can remotely afford the rent here, so do as I say or else I'll leave" way.
* ''[[Victorious]]'': Tori is the main character, the jack-of-all-trades in terms of talent and the most "normal" of the group. Tori's sister Trina is obsessed with fashion and quite ditzy and girly, Cat is childlike and naive, and Jade is the snarky bad girl of the group.
== Music ==
* [[Scandal (band)|SCANDAL]] has Haruka, Tomomi, Mami, and Rina.
* Nina Simone's ''Four Women'' more or less describe a more mature and tragic Four Girl Ensemble. First there is Aunt Sarah who is [[Iron Woobie|resilient]] and, perhaps, motherly, then there is Saffronia who may or may not be the naive girl (all we know is that she's bi racial), next there's "[[Streetwalker|Sweet Thing]]" whose "hips invite you" and to conclude there is [[Jade-Colored Glasses|Peaches]] whose "manner is tough".
* [[Girl Group]] [[The X Factor|Little Mix]]: Jade is the sweet naive one, Jesy is the [[Deadpan Snarker]], Leigh-Anne is the glamorous one, and Perrie is the [[Wild Card]] [[The Leader|leader]], vocally.
== Newspaper Comics ==
* ''[[My Cage]]'': Norm admits everything how knows about women is what he's seen on TV, as depicted in [http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/mycage.asp?date=20090611 this strip].
== Video Games ==
Line 153 ⟶ 140:
* [[Final Fantasy]] X-2 has Yuna (shy and sweet), Rikku (sexy/cute), and Paine (the tough girl), with former party member Lulu (out of the action due to her pregnancy) serving as the voice of wisdom.
* A slight stretch, but ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' fits as well, with Isara as the sweet one, Alicia as the sexy one (she's the romantic interest in the story), Rosie as the tomboy, (though an argument can be made for the reverse), and Ellet as the wise one (she's recording the exploits of Squad Seven).
* A sidequest in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' involves a mother asking the party to find her four daughters within the city. The daughters are an obvious [[Shout-Out]] to the girls either from ''[[Little Women]]'' (or perhaps ''[[
** The female party members arguably fit this trope as well; Raine is the wise motherly one, Colette is the sweet one, Sheena is the sexy one and Presea (despite having hints of [[Token
* [[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2 (assuming you mod it to get the Handmaiden with a female player) has Visas (naiive), Mira (cynical/sexy), the Handmaiden (mannish), and the player (leader).
** Kreia could also fill the 'leader' mold, but [[Zen Survivor|in an extremely dark, twisted way]] as she manipulates the entire party to stick together.
* ''[[Riviera:
* Normally, the three female party members in ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'' comprise [[The Hecate Sisters]] ensemble, {{spoiler|but with the [[Downloadable Content|DLC]]-only character Shale they become this}}: Leliana (sweet, naive), {{spoiler|Shale (mannish snarker)}}, Morrigan (sexy, cynical), and Wynne (wise, motherly).
* [[Dragon Age 2]], assuming female Hawke: Merrill is the naive one, Aveline is mannish in the extreme, Isabela is over-the-top in her sexuality, and Hawke is the [[Only Sane Man]].
* Female members of your squad in [[Mass Effect 2]] include Tali (Not really naive, but quite sweet), Jack (very mannish), Miranda (sexy, cynical), and Samara (wise, motherly). The addition of Liara as a [[Guest Star Party Member]] and Kasumi in DLC mods throws off the dynamic a bit.
== Web Animation ==
Line 167 ⟶ 153:
** What's Her Face is more of a tomboy than The Ugly One, but then... The Ugly One doesn't really fit any of the categories anyway.
* Liv world features a [[Brainy Blonde]], a clumsy tomboy, a fashion-savy black girl, and a drama queen (is she hispanic, or asian?).
== Web Comics ==
* [[Destiny Fails Us]] has Idril as the [http://destinyfailsus.com/comics/40/#.T74ENMWFnCE geeky, clumsy] one. Atali as the [http://destinyfailsus.com/comics/5#comic naive, kind one]. Alaska as the [http://destinyfailsus.com/comics/47#comic stalker], obsessive one. And Lily as the pretty, [http://destinyfailsus.com/comics/4/#.T74D-sWFnCE always-on-her-phone one].
* ''[[Zoo~la~la]]'' features one of these with Angel as the innocent, naive one, Brooklyn as the flirt, Jackie as the tomboy, and Marcie as the smart one.
== Western Animation ==
Line 178 ⟶ 162:
* ''[[Sky Dancers]]'' brought us Camille (the creative black girl), Jade (the asian ballerina), Angelica (the tomboy teenie-bopper) and Skyla (the wise platenum-blonde leader of the team).
* ''[[Recess]]'' gives us the Ashleys. Blonde leader Ashley A., African-American and snarky Ashley B., athletic [[Fiery Redhead]] Ashley Q., and Hispanic and quiet Ashley T.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
* [[Winx Club]] gives us Musa, Stella, Flora and Tecna working without Bloom temporarily in season 1, giving us a temporary four-girl ensemble. Stella qualifies as the sexy one and [[The Ditz]], Flora is the [[Team Mom]], Musa is the tomboyish one and Tecna is [[The Smart Guy|the smart one]].
* [[
{{reflist}}
[[Category:
[[Category:Ensembles]]
▲[[Category:Four-Girl Ensemble]]
| |||