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* The Pervert - This guy has a perverted mind. They take two common forms - the LoveableSexManiac whose high sex drive is his most memorable trait, or the ComedicSociopath, who has bursts of hilarious violence. In lighter examples, [[ADateWithRosiePalms certain concepts]] may be PlayedForLaughs, whereas in darker examples the character may draw on RapeAsComedy.

* The Pervert - This guy has a perverted mind. They take two common forms - the LoveableSexManiac whose high sex drive is his most memorable trait, or the HeroicSociopath, who has bursts of hilarious violence. In lighter examples, [[ADateWithRosiePalms certain concepts]] may be PlayedForLaughs, whereas in darker examples the character may draw on RapeAsComedy.

||The Pervert||Cartman/Kenny (HeroicSociopath and LoveableSexManiac)||

||The Pervert||Rico, HeroicSociopath||

A FourManBand, as suggested, is the smaller version of the FiveManBand archetype. While the FiveManBand have skills just crying out for an action or an adventure story, the FourManBand is a primarily comedic group, designed for a sitcom or domcom. The four distinct personalities are specifically designed to irk each other, and HilarityEnsues.

||The Normal Guy||Medina
||The Smart Guy||Santos
||The Pervert||Ravenna
||The Butt Monkey||Lamponne.

||The Normal Guy||Ex ButtMonkey Cleveland Brown, who has evolved enough to provide a view into the otherwise bizarre lives of the residents of Stoolbend||

||The Pervert||Holt Richter. That's a ''lot'' of sex drive for such a small guy||
||The ButtMonkey||Lester. He's uneducated and lives in squalor. Is the show's ButtMonkey as well as the band's||

* LoveableSexManiac - The LoveableSexManiac has got a higher sex drive than his friends and this defines him as a character. Alternatively he may be the HeroicSociopath type, with bursts of hilarious violence and a perverted mind. In lighter examples, [[ADateWithRosiePalms certain concepts]] may be PlayedForLaughs, whereas in darker examples the character may draw on RapeAsComedy.

||TheSmartGuy||Joe. He's a clever cop and despite the, uh, bedroom disadvantages being a paraplegic, he seems to have things more together than the others||

||The ButtMonkey||Cleveland Brown. He personifies ExtremeDoormat in his pre-spinoff appearances||

||The Normal Guy||Stan
||The Smart Guy||Kyle
||The Pervert||Cartman
||The Butt Monkey|| Kenny and Butters.

||The Normal Guy||Skipper
||The Smart Guy||Kowalski
||The Pervert||Rico, the HeroicSociopath variety
||The Butt Monkey||Private.

A FourManBand, as suggested, is the smaller version of the FiveManBand archetype. While the FiveManBand have skills just crying out for an action or an adventure story, the FourManBand is a primarily comedic group, designed for a sitcom. The four distinct personalities are specifically designed to irk each other, and HilarityEnsues.

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||The Butt Monkey|| Kenny, then Butters.

Please note that in a FourManBand there is NO TheHero. The focus is even equally spread all the time. If there is a MainCharacter (rare) they can easily be any one of the Band, or it can be switched between episodes to give focus to different characters.

Compare and contrast FourTemperamentEnsemble and, of course, FiveManBand. The band includes:

* [[OnlySaneMan The Normal Guy]] - Every zany character must have a straight man, and the other three leads have to share one. While his (or her, although the role is usually male) friends act out, the Normal Guy's role is to Lampshade and be embarassed by their behaviour. He will be more successful with the opposite sex than his friends, notably The Pervert.

* [[LoveableSexManiac The Pervert]] - The Pervert has got a higher sex drive than his friends and this defines him as a character. Alternatively he may be the HeroicSociopath type, with bursts of hilarious violence and a perverted mind. In lighter examples, [[ADateWithRosiePalms certain concepts]] may be PlayedForLaughs, whereas in darker examples the character may draw on RapeAsComedy.
* [[ButtMonkey The Butt Monkey]] - A character who serves as a target for the others' jokes. There are a few tropes that could make the Band's ButtMonkey; TheDitz, the ExtremeDoormat or others. This member has remarkably less charisma than his friends or is a better target for jokes. The others will pick on him frequently and make him the target of practical jokes. Sometimes, however, this character may [[WhosLaughingNow get one over]] on his bandmates, and this will thoroughly humiliate the others.

A FourManBand, as suggested, is the smaller version of the FiveManBand archetype. While the FiveManBand have skills just crying out for an action or an adventure story, the FourManBand is a primarily comedic group, designed for a sitcom. The four distinct personalities are specifically designed to irk each other, for hilarious results.

* [[LovableSexManiac The Pervert]] - The Pervert has got a higher sex drive than his friends and this defines him as a character. In lighter examples, [[ADateWithRosiePalms certain concepts]] may be PlayedForLaughs, whereas in darker examples the character may draw on RapeAsComedy.

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* TheSmartGuy - More intelligent than his friends. His FiveManBand equivalent can do research for the group or explain some of the tougher concepts to the rest of the band or the audience, but this variant is primarily geared towards Lampshading the relative stupidity for the others and being [[BreakTheHaughty humiliated for his arrogance]].

||The Pervert||Cat. He has a psychological deficiency that makes him percieve himself as God's gift to woman, even claiming that he gives joy to the world because he has a beautiful ass. This vanity can be justified in that, well, [[RedundancyDepartmentOfRedundancy a cat]].||

||The Pervert||Cat. He has a psychological deficiency that makes him percieve himself as God's gift to woman, even claiming that he gives joy to the world because he has a beautiful ass. This vanity can be justified in that, well, [[RedundancyDepartmentOfRedundancy]] a cat.||

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* [[OnlySaneMan The Normal Guy]] - Every zany character must have a straight man, and the other three leads have to share one. While his (or her, although the role is usually male) friends act out, the Normal Guy's role is to Lampshade and be embarassed by their behaviour. He will be more successful with the opposite sex than his friends, notably The Pervert, and will probably be the show's MainCharacter.

||The Normal Guy||Kevin||
||TheSmartGuy||Oz (kind of)||

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||The Normal Guy|| Stan
||The Smart Guy|| Kyle
||The Pervert|| Cartman
||The Butt Monkey|| Kenny, then Butters.

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''TheBigBangTheory''
||The Normal Guy||Leonard Hofstadter||
||TheSmartGuy||Sheldon Cooper, ''and how''.||
||The Pervert||Howard Wolowitz||
||The ButtMonkey||Raj Koothrappali. He's shy to the point he can't even speak to women unless drunk, and is generally awkward.||

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Compare and contrast FourTemperamentEnsemble and, of course, FiveManBand. The band include:

Compare and contrast FourTemperamentEnsemble and, of course, FiveManBand. Examples of the band include:

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