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{{trope}}
As TV audiences become more genre-savvy, tropes like [[The Smurfette Principle]] are becoming increasingly more obvious. Naturally, the quicker people pick up on this the more complaints the show is likely to get. So how do modern writers address this problem? Give the [[Five
Also note that while two girls in a [[Five
This trope gained prominence in the '90s and is still very common (especially in children's works) today. Frequently the second female will be the [[Smart Guy]] of the group, due to tropes like [[Closer to Earth]]. See also [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] and [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]], which is often what the two girls will be towards each other. [[Affirmative Action Girl]] is when the second girl is specifically added later on; this trope applies both to series that started out with two girls and girls that were added.
Also see [[Girls' Night Out Episode]]. At least once in the series, there will be an episode where the boys are incapacitated, forcing the two girls to work together and possibly bond, despite any differences they might have.
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* ''[[Bleach]]''
** Rukia Kuchiki and Orihime Inoue (with Uryu Ishida, Ichigo Kurosaki, and Yasutora Sado). They also function more or less in a tomboy/girly girl contrast.
** Also Soifon (previously Yoruichi) and Unohana among the captains.
* ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Kagome and Sango (with Shippo, Inuyasha, and Miroku).
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' made keeping the number of girls on the show practically an art. Season one had Tea and Mai. Season two, they got a little crazy and had Tea, Mai, Ishizu, and Serenity all involved, although only rarely all in the same episode, as Ishizu wasn't really a member of "the gang". So, they sent Mai to the Shadow Realm, and then left Ishizu behind when they shuffled the cast off to the filler arc, leaving just Tea and Serenity for half of Season three. Season four had Tea and Rebecca, and also for the first half of season five. The final arc had two different five man bands, one modern, one ancient, with the ancient one having both Isis and Mana.
* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' has Mamori and Suzuna who are both [[The Chick]] (though only Mamori is [[The Heart]]).
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', Nami and Nico Robin. And before that, Nami and Vivi.
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== Films -- Live Action ==
* ''[[The Breakfast Club]]'' has Allison and Claire.
* In ''[[Alien (
** In ''[[
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Chronicles of Narnia]]'': Susan and Lucy in ''[[Prince Caspian]]''.
* [[The Big Guy|Rachel]] and [[The Heart|Cassie]] in ''[[
* ''[[The Famous Five]]'' has Julian, Dick and Timmy to Georgina and Anne. But only counting the humans, it's a [[Gender Equal Ensemble]].
== Live-Action TV ==
* Shows in both, the ''[[Super Sentai]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers]]'' franchises, have featured two female rangers instead of just one depending on the year. ''[[Super Sentai]]'' in particular have started featuring two female rangers on each team since its 1984 incarnation ''[[Choudenshi Bioman]]'', with periods where the franchise would switch back and forth between having just one female ranger per team ([[Choujuu Sentai Liveman|1988]]-[[Kousoku Sentai Turboranger|1989]], [[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|1992]]-[[Ninja Sentai Kakuranger|1994]] and [[Seijuu Sentai Gingaman|1998]]-[[Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger|2003]]) and then going back to having two girls again ([[Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman|1990]]-[[Choujin Sentai Jetman|1991]], [[Chouriki Sentai Ohranger|1995]]-[[Denji Sentai Megaranger|1997]] and almost all the current teams since [[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger|2004]]). Usually the two girls will wear Pink & Yellow, but other pairings have been used as well such as [[Dengeki Sentai Changeman|Pink & White]], [[Choujin Sentai Jetman|White & Blue]] and [[Mahou Sentai Magiranger|Blue & Pink]].
** ''Power Rangers'' would try to enforce this trope in its early incarnations by [[Gender Flip|gender flipping]] the yellow ranger if the ''Super Sentai'' counterpart was male. In fact, the Yellow Ranger from ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' was based on the male Tiger Ranger from ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|Zyuranger]]'', while four later Yellows (namely the ones in ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy|Lost Galaxy]]'', ''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue|Lightspeed Rescue]]'', ''[[Power Rangers Time Force|Time Force]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force|Wild Force]]'') all had male counterparts in ''Super Sentai''. No genders were changed for ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm|Ninja Storm]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder|Dino Thunder]]'', since those teams started with three rangers instead of the usual five and none of the [[Sixth Ranger|extra rangers]] were androgynous enough to get away with converting any of them into females.
** ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger|Gekiranger]]'' is the only team that had only one female ranger since the tradition of two female rangers per team was brought back to Sentai. However, a female villain named Mele [[Heel Face Turn|switches sides]] during the final story arc and helps out the heroes, providing the show with a second heroine of sort. This was naturally carried over to ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury|Jungle Fury]]'', since the gender switching practice was abandoned by that point.
** In ''[[Engine Sentai
* ''[[Star Trek]]'':
** ''[[Star Trek:
** ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' has Kira and Jadzia, contrasting Kira's emotional performances with Jadzia's much more grounded and calm nature.
** ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' has T'Pol and Hoshi.
* ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''
* ''[[Fringe]]'': Astrid and Olivia (the males Peter, Walter and Broyles, complete the group of five)
* ''[[Breakout Kings]]'': Julianne (Mission Control), and con Erica, ( with Shea, Roy, Lloyd and Charlie make up the complete group of six)
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'': While House's team follows [[The Smurfette Principle]] as strictly as can be, the overall show always have two women: Cuddy and a female duckling who is pretty much interchangeable.
* [[Angel]]: In the third season, Fred was added to the cast of three guys (Angel, Wesley and Gunn) and one girl (Cordelia). Cordelia was [[The Heart]] of the group, Fred was both [[The Smart Guy]] and [[The Chick]] . Although considering Wesley was already used mostly for his brain, Fred's role could be seen as primarily to act as the [[Damsel in Distress]] that Cordelia could no longer realistically fulfill. Therefore playing this trope straight. Of course, this only lasted a season and then more men were added.
* [[NCIS]]: Abby and Kate in seasons 1 & 2, then Abby and Ziva in later seasons.
* [[Leverage]] features this with [[Classy Cat Burglar|Parker]] and [[Con Man|Sophie]]
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== Video Games ==
* A few ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' examples
** Rydia and Rosa in ''[[
** Lenna and Faris in ''[[
** Terra and Celes in ''[[
** Aerith and Tifa in ''[[
* Chun-Li and Cammy in ''Super [[
** Also Chun-Li and Rose in ''[[
** Elena and Ibuki in ''[[
** Chun-Li (again) and Crimson Viper in the arcade version of ''[[
* SNK fighting game examples.
** King and Yuri Sakazaki in the first two ''[[Art of Fighting]]'' games (although Yuri was only an NPC in the first). The third game had three female fighters (Kasumi, Lenny and Sinclair).
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* A literal example with Jill Valentine and Rebbecca Chambers in the first ''[[Resident Evil 1|Resident Evil]]'', although they technically work for different divisions of S.T.A.R.S.
* Gloria and Sharon in ''[[SaGa 3|Final Fantasy Legend 3]]''.
* ''[[
* ''[[Blue Dragon]]'' has Zola and Kluke to Shu, Jiro and Marumaro.
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[
▲* In ''[[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]]'', the gender ratio of the kids in the Earth Session is completely equal; Two Girls, and Two Guys. The same goes for all other sessions, apparently, with the number of players always being an even number and dividing equally along the gender line. So far we know of a two-player session, a 12-player session, a 48-player session, and an 8-player session {{spoiler|partially composed of the four players from the first four-player session}}.
== Web Original ==
* [[
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[The Mighty Ducks (
* Not counting the Kanker Sisters (who aren't part of the cul-de-sac), ''[[Ed Edd and Eddy]]'' has Nazz and Sarah.
* ''[[The Smurfs]]'' themselves had this later on with the introduction of Sassette.
* ''[[Justice League]]'': Hawkgirl and [[Wonder Woman]], two of seven. While their appearances might suggest a [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] dynamic, the actual contrast was in their experience (with [[Wonder Woman]] as the [[Naive Newcomer]] and Hawkgirl as a bit of a cynic) and in their attitudes towards men, with [[Wonder Woman]] having a touch of [[Women Are Wiser]] at first. Notably, neither was The Chick, as that role was filled by The Flash.
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'''Hawkgirl:''' It's not just the men, [[Curse Cut Short|you stuck-up...]] }}
* ''[[Young Justice (
** This trope, and the anxiety associated with it, has been averted with the inclusion of Zatanna as a long term member without any other character being removed from the team. As for the series's other big team, the Justice League, although there are three female members on the team, which technically means it doesn't count, the full roster is ''sixteen'' members so the essential truth of this trope is still in play. Interestingly, [[Wonder Woman]], seems to be actively working against this, as one of her stated criteria for an ideal new member to the League is that they be a woman to help shift the gender ratio.
** As of the end of season 1 {{spoiler|Rocket and Zatanna have joined the Team, so that the gender ratio is even with four boys and four girls}}.
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* Gi and Linka from a group of five Planeteers from ''[[Captain Planet and
** On the topic of Gi, the Planeteers also anticipated the "token black guy, token Asian girl" trope. Indeed, one could say the whole show is Token Overdosed.
* Grammi and Sunni Gummi of ''[[Adventures of the Gummi Bears]]''
* Daphne and Velma of ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' were an early example of the trope.
* ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'' gave us [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] duo Numbah Three and Numbah Five.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' plays with this trope,the first season runs very much on [[The Smurfette Principle]] with Katara as the only female out of three,the second season then adds Toph which evens it out exactly,the final season Suki is the [[Eleventh
** The [[Sequel Series]], ''[[
* ''[[Recess]]'' gave the [[Five
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Super Why!]]'' has Red (Wonder Red) and Princess Pea (Princess Presto) on the main team. Notable as the main team has four characters in it, making this an even split between the male members, Pig (Alpha Pig) and Whyatt ([[Super Why!]]) and the female members mentioned. Note that this ''is'' a [[Five
* Bessie and Abby from ''[[Back
* Tasha and Uniqua from ''[[
* Cheetara and Wilykit of ''[[Thundercats
* Cathy and Samantha from ''[[
* Bunnie and Sally in [[Sonic
* Cindy and Libby of ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron:
* Cookie and Strudel in The Hub's ''[[Pound Puppies]]''.
* Sonya and Kitana from ''[[Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm]]''. They're also the two most famous female protagonists in the video game.
* ''[[Gargoyles]]'', after Angela joined the main cast.
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