Four-Philosophy Ensemble: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' (Namek Saga): Bulma as Cynic, Gohan as Optimist, Krillin as Realist, Vegeta as Apathetic.

** (Cell Saga): Android 18 is Cynic, Goku is Idealist, Android 16/Future Trunks are Realists, Vegeta is apathetic, and you can sneak Krillin in there as Conflicted.

* ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', Krahe as Cynic, Princess Tutu as Optimist, Fakir as Realist, Drosselmeyer as Apathetic

* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'': Faye as Cynic, Spike as Optimist, Jet as Realist, Ed as Apathetic.

* ''[[Digimon]]'', Adventure 02: TK as the Realist, Davis as the Optimist, Kari as the Realist, Yolei and Cody are hybrids of the Optimist & Conflicted and Cynic & Conflicted, respectively, and Ken checks in as the Cynic.

** ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' has Takato as the Optimist,Rika as the Cynic,Henry as the Realist,Kenta and Kazu as the Apathetics and Jeri rotating between Conflicted and Optimist,not sure where Ryu or Suzie fit in.

* ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' has Haruhi (Optimist), Yuki (Realist), Kyon (Cynic), Itsuki (Apathetic) and Mikuru (Conflicted).

* ''[[Durarara]]'':

** Apathetic: C.C.

* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'': Setsuna-Realist, Lockon-Apathetic, Alleujiah-Optimist and Tieria-Cynic.

** The Humans make up another four as well: Darcia is the Cynic, Cher is the Optimist, Hubb is the Realist and Quent is the Apathetic.

* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'': Grey is the Cynic, Natsu is the optimist, Erza is the realist, Happy is the Apathetic, Lucy is the Conflicted

* [[Hellsing]]: Pip is the Cynic, Seras is the Optimist, Integra and Walter are twin Realists and Alucard is the Apathetic.

* From [[Gundam Seed Destiny]]: Shinn is The Optimist, Rey is the Realist, Lunamaria is The Apathetic and Athrun as The Cynic.

* ''[[Ciel the Last Autumn Story]]'': Yvienne is the Apathetic, Lariatte is the Realist, Daughter is the Cynic, and January is the Optimist.

* ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'': Aya is the Cynic, Ken is the Optimist. Yoji starts off as the Realist and becomes the Conflicted, while Omi starts as the Conflicted and becomes the Realist.

 

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* ''[[Inception]]'': Cobb as Cynic, Ariadne as Optimist, Arthur as Realist, Eames as Apathetic, Yusef as second Apathetic by default of he's barely part of the group, and Saito is more of a [[Sixth Ranger]] than anything else.

* ''[[Sucker Punch]]'': An all-girl Version, Sweet Pea as the Cynic, Rocket as the Optimist, Baby Doll as the Realist, Amber as the Apathetic, Blondie as the Conflicted.

** Optimist: Kirk (ironically)

** Cynics: Spock, Uhura

** Realist: McCoy

** Apathetics: Scotty, Chekov, Sulu

* ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' gives us Messrs. White (Optimist), Orange (Realist), Pink (Cynic) and Blonde (Apathetic).

* ''[[The Untouchables]]'': Eliot Ness is the Realist, Jimmy Malone is the Cynic, George Stone is the Optimist, and Oscar Wallace is the Apathetic.

* ''[[Casablanca]]'': Rick Blaine is the Cynic, Ilsa is the Conflicted, Victor Laszlo is the Optimist, and Captain Renault is the Apathetic.

** The prequels have [[Badass Princess|Padme]] as the Optimist ,[[The Mentor|Obi-Wan]] as the Realist,[[Dark Messiah|Anakin]] as the Cynic, and sadly enough [[The Scrappy|Jar-Jar]] as the Apathetic

* The four main adults in ''[[Mary Poppins]]'': Mary Poppins is the Realist, George Banks is the Cynic, Winifred Banks is the Optimist, and Bert is the Apathetic.

** The cast goes through some changes to the point that it doesn't fit this trope but in the sixth season it picks back up with House as the Cynic, Masters as the Optimist, Foreman as the Realist, Chase as the Apathetic and Taub as the Conflicted.

** In the eighth season, House, Chase and Taub keep their positions with Adams as the Optimist and Park as the Realist.

* ''[[Victorious]]'': Before [[Character Title|Tori]] shows up, Jade is [[The Cynic]], Cat [[The Optimist]], Robbie the Realist, and Beck and Andre share the Apathetic role.

** Cynic: Tuvok, Paris, Torres

** Optimist: Neelix

** Boober: Apathetic

** Wembly: Conflicted

* [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]] (first generation)

** Optimist: Zack, Black Ranger

** Apathetic: Tommy, White Ranger.

** Conflicted: Adam, Black Ranger II

** Optimist: David Lister, always hopeful in the crew's plans, almost to the point of blind hope in the absence of no logical certainty that the plan will run smoothly. Will be the first one to support looting a spaceship on the verge of exploding, just so he could get a supply of curry.

** Cynic: Arnold Rimmer. He'll pretty much say no to any plan, percieving it to be too risky. Has practically no faith in anything.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* [[Gears of War]] 2: Marcus as Cynic, Domin Santiago/Cole the train as Optimist, Baird as Realist, Dizzy as Apathetic

* ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]''. Dart is the Realist, Lavitz is the Optimist, Rose is the Cynic, Shana is the Conflicted. Haschel later joins as the Apathetic. This setup holds from the time Rose joins all the way until ''Dragoon'''s [[It Was His Sled]] moment happens, where it transitions into a proper [[Five-Man Band]].

* ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'': Francis as Cynic (hates everything), Louis as Optimist (hopeful), Bill as Realist (experienced) and Zoey as Apathetic (knowledgeable on zombies).

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* In ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', Black Mage as Cynic, Fighter as Optimist (because he is so child like and optimistic and contrasts black mage, they even came in together at the start of the story), and then Red Mage and Thief are both Apathetic, because Red Mage only cares about stats and Thief only cares about money, neither of them are interested in getting between Black mage and Fighter, though Red Mage does have some Realist and Leadership tendencies of thinking up plans and trying to actually get the group to complete missions and what not.

* ''[[Homestuck]]'': John (Optimist), Rose (Cynic), Dave (Realist) and Jade (initially a second Optimist, but [[Break the Cutie|quickly becomes Conflicted]]).

** The four patron trolls: Kanaya (Optimist), Terezi (Cynic), Karkat (Realist) and Vriska (Apathetic). Tavros (though not a patron troll) fits in as Conflicted.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'':

** Season 1: Sokka as Cynic, Katara as Optimist, Aang as Realist (seems weird I know, but he's actually the mediator most of the time while the siblings argue, and Katara is so obviously [[The McCoy]]), Zuko or Momo/Appa as Apathetic

*** Dark version which fits it even better: Zuko as Cynic, Ty Lee as Optimist, Azula as Realist, Mai as Apathetic

** Season 3: Aang as Realist, Katara as Optimist, Sokka as Cynic, Toph as Apathetic, Suki as another Realist and Zuko as another Cynic.

** Robin is sort of an odd duck in that he fits the apathetic definition most of the time, but this is at least partly because he doesn't like to slow down long enough to actually consult with his team members much less debate philosophy. Whenever he actually '''does''' slow down to talk strategy with the rest of the team, it's usually because the situation has gotten so bad that Robin has taken over as de facto commander at which point he doesn't debate, he just gives orders which the others meekly follow.

* ''[[Gumby]]'' has Gumby as the Optimist, Pokey as the Cynic, Prickle as the Realist and Goo as the Apathetic.

* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'': Leonardo is disciplined, balanced and the group leader (the Realist); Donatello is intelligent, has special skills and always busy (the Apathetic); Raphael is hostile, skeptical and rude (the Cynic); Michaelangelo is foolish, determined and optimistic - (obviously the Optimist).