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And this can go in almost any number of directions.
* You have a [[Five -Man Band]], a group who is defined by their roles and quite often their physical size and appearance. You want these characters to be memorable, so you make them as different from each other in appearance as possible. [[The Hero]] is muscular, [[The Lancer]] is slender, [[The Big Guy]] is really huge, [[The Smart Guy]] is really small and oversized glasses, [[The Chick]] has [[Curves in All The Right Places|all the right curves]], etc.
* Have it all be [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]. [[Power Rangers]] has survived on this for years, the Red Ranger is the leader. The Pink Ranger or Yellow Ranger is the chick. Not bad for a team costume that covers their face, huh?
* Make it a [[Five Token Band]], even if all you know about the guy is that he's "The Mexican one" that's a lot better then "the other white guy."
* [[Clothes Make the Legend]]
* [[Dress -Coded for Your Convenience]]
 
And compare/contrast any number of tropes, including [[Cast of Snowflakes]], [[Only Six Faces]], [[Palette Swap]], [[Limited Wardrobe]], [[One Steve Limit]].
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== [[Anime]] ==
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** Only in the original anime, though. While he does wear it in the manga and Brotherhood, its appearances become much less frequent as the story goes on.
* Isumi of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' doesn't wear the standard girl's uniform at their school. This is even lampshaded when Nagi invites her to come see the new kitten: she says she needs to go home first and change out of her school uniform and Nagi responds that she's wearing a kimono already. The Hakuou girl's uniform is already similar to a kimono, but Isumi says it's too breezy.
* Oda, the creator of ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'', goes out of his way to make sure every non-mook has an appearance distinct from everyone else (except for a pair of [[Single -Minded Twins]]).
* ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' has the title character wearing her trademark [[Odango Hair]] with long [[Girlish Pigtails|twintails]], making her very distinct and recognizable throughout the whole Magical Girl genre.
 
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