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{{quote|''"Leonardo leads,
''Donatello does machines,
''Raphael is cool but rude,
''Michelangelo is a party dude!"''
|Theme to ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''<ref>And whenever a female joins the group, they become a five-man version.</ref>}}
A [[Five-Man Band]] specializes by role to the team. [[The Hero|Someone leads]], [[The Lancer|someone disagrees]], [[The Smart Guy|someone is smart]], [[The Big Guy|someone is tough]], and [[The Chick|someone ensures that none of the]] [[The Face|above kill each other]].
Unfortunately, when writing within context of a certain profession, goal, or genre, some of these roles are useless, and especially when characters are in groups that are supposed to be specialized, it doesn't make sense to have some of these roles; in a group of scientific researchers, wouldn't all of them be smart? In a group of politicians, wouldn't all of them lead and disagree? Don't astronauts have to be well-rounded and exceptional in many ways?
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But there is a way to make a group of people diverse without giving them specialized roles in a form of a group that would probably best be specialized for questing. One way is through personality, in this case based off of [[Science Marches On|wacky ancient pseudoscience]].
The four temperaments (also called the "four humors") was a theory that behavior was caused by concentrations of body
The four temperaments (humors) are:
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Alternatively, there's a system of five temperaments where the Phlegmatic is moved into a central, fifth position, with the fourth corner being filled by the Supine temperament:
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A Four Temperament Ensemble will have one character to fit each one of these four temperaments. Sometimes a Five Man Band with four members will also be a Four Temperament Ensemble, but in many cases, they're mutually exclusive.
For the five-temperament version, the most common match-ups for the roles would be: [[The Hero]] - Phlegmatic (type II), [[The Lancer]] - Choleric, [[The Big Guy]] - Sanguine, [[The Smart Guy]] - Melancholic, [[The Chick]] - Supine.
There is also some overlap with [[Power Trio]] scenarios: [[The McCoy]] is usually Sanguine, [[The Kirk]] is usually Phlegmatic, and [[The Spock]] is usually Choleric; in these cases, the Melancholic role will be filled by a prominent supporting character, who is still clearly outside of the triad. in [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]], a Red Oni will likely be Choleric or Sanguine, while a Blue Oni will more likely be Melancholic or Phlegmatic. A five-temperament version could be seen as the maximum extension of a [[Power Trio]] - The Phlegmatic Type II is [[The Kirk]], The Choleric and The Sanguine are [[The McCoy]], the angry side and the carefree side respectively, and The Melancholic and The Supine are [[The Spock]], the obnoxious side and the withdrawn side respectively.
They are also similar to the four [[Personality Blood Types]], and are sometimes also a [[Four-Element Ensemble]]. See also [[Cast Calculus]] for the overarching archetypes in this and differently numbered ensembles. [[Four-Temperament Ensemble/Image Links|Here is an Image Archive for this trope]].
Additionally, Pseudolonewolf (of [[MARDEK]] fame) has a page that goes into great detail on the four temperaments, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140827233551/http://archive.fighunter.com/?page=temperaments here.]
For another way to split up a group of four, see [[Four-Philosophy Ensemble]].
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