History Main / OneExtraMember

* One of the villainous guilds in ''Manga/FairyTail'' is the [[GratuitousSpanish Oracion Seis]] (six prayers), made up of six very powerful mages. There is also the seventh member, Klodoa, who is [[BigBad Brain's]] talking staff. Also depending on how you see it, Brain's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Superpowered Even More Evil Side]] Zero may count as the eighth member.

* In ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}, there is the Behemoth's 34 Pillar Division... which consists 394 members! The number 34 comes from the 10 Pillar Barons and the 24 Pillar Generals. However, the leader Jabberwock is not included in the name, and Behemoth himself is not even a part of the division.

* In ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', there are the Sensui Seven, with the eight member Shinobu Sensui as the leader. The seven subordinates have TheDeadlySevenSins theme, so do Sensui's six other personalities.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' the "[[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Sound Five]]" actually counts [[CreepyTwins Sakon and Ukon]] as one person, instead of making it the Sound Six.

* One of the villainous guilds in ''Manga/FairyTail'' is the [[GratuitousSpanish Oracion Seis]] (six prayers), made up of six very powerful mages. There is also the seventh member, Klodoa, who is [[BigBad Brain's]] talking staff. Also depending on how you see it, Brain's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Superpowered Even More Evil Side]] Zero may count as the eighth member.

** The Atlantic 10 Conference has an ever-changing number of teams greater than ten.[[note]] Since 1995, it has had (in order) 12, 11, 12, 14, 16, 13, and 14 members.[[/note]]
*** The A10 inverted this trope from 1991 to 1995. Despite the "Atlantic 10" name, it had 9 members during this period, except in the 1992–93 school year when it had only 8.

A SubTrope to NonIndicativeName. May overlap with SixthRanger if the FiveManBand is named after the number of members. If applied to [[ElementalPowers elements]], see ElementNumberFive.

* When the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA added Penn State as a member in the 1990s, they became a group of 11 schools rather than 10 (the logo they adopted after Penn State joined [[LampshadeHanging acknowledged this with an "11" hidden in the negative space under the arms of the T in "Ten"]]). The University of Nebraska became their 12th member more recently, and in 2014 it will expand with Rutgers and the University of Maryland--but they are still called the Big Ten.

** And the Big 12 Conference currently has... 10 member schools. Previously, however, they ''did'' have 12 schools; in fact, for a long while they were called the Big Eight while they had twelve schools.

* [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Witches 5]] in the third season of ''Manga/SailorMoon'' actually has six members. However, [[SingleMindedTwins Cyprine and Ptilol]] are really the same person manifesting in two different bodies, so it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]].

** The Atlantic 10 Conference has an ever-changing number of teams greater than ten.[[note]] Since 1995, it has had (in order) 12, 11, 12, 14, 16, and now 13 members. In July 2014, it will go back to 14.[[/note]]

The reason why this one member is excluded from the team naming varies. It might be because they're supposed to be a secret member nobody is supposed to know, or that their task is different than the other members, or they're [[SingleMindedTwins another member's twin]], [[RuleOfFunny or it's just for the lulz]], or it is just too much trouble to [[ArtifactTitle change the name]] to reflect the current configuration.

* When the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA added Penn State as a member in the 1990s, they became a group of 11 schools rather than 10 (the logo they adopted after Penn State joined acknowledged this with an "11" hidden in the negative space under the arms of the T in "Ten"). The University of Nebraska became their 12th member more recently, and in 2014 it will expand with Rutgers and the University of Maryland--but they are still called the Big Ten.
** And the Big 12 Conference currently has... 10 member schools.

*** The A10 inverted this trope from 1991 to 1995. Despite the "Atlantic 10" name, It had 9 members during this period, except in the 1992–93 school year when it had only 8.

* The Pleiades Star Cluster are named after the seven Pleiades sisters from ClassicalMythology. However, there are actually nine bright stars in the cluster (the other two are named after their parents, Atlas and Plione). What's more, the star Sterope is actually two close stars sharing the same name. Finally, a look through even a low-power telescope shows way more than 7 stars.

-->-- ''TheVentureBros'', "The Better Man"

* When the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA added Penn State as a member in the 1990s, they became a group of 11 schools rather than 10. The University of Nebraska became their 12th member more recently, and in 2014 it will expand with Rutgers and the University of Maryland--but they are still called the Big Ten.

* ProfessionalWrestling: TheFourHorsemen had anywhere from four to six members. "Classic" Horsemen was RicFlair, Tully Blanchard, two members of the Anderson WrestlingFamily, and JJ Dillon. LexLuger was brought on for a little while, and after he left Flair had "Woman" as his valet. Towards the end JeffJarrett was brought on as an "associate Horseman" and was briefly given full Horseman status.

* When the Big Ten Conference of the NCAA added Penn State as a member in the 1990s, they became a group of 11 schools rather than 10. The University of Nebraska became their 12th member more recently--but they are still called the Big Ten.

->'''The Alchemist:''' Welcome to the Mystical Order of the Triad, Special Brother Billy!

** The Atlantic 10 Conference has an ever-changing number of teams greater than ten.[[hottip:*: Since 1995, it has had (in order) 12, 11, 12, 14, 16, and now 13 members. In July 2014, it will go back to 14.]]

** The Atlantic 10 conference has an ever-changing number of teams greater than ten.

The reason why this one member is excluded from the team naming varies. It might be because they're supposed to be a secret member nobody is supposed to know, or that their task is different than the other members, or they're [[SingleMindedTwins another member's twin]], [[RuleOfFunny or it's just for the lulz]], or it just is too much trouble to [[ArtifactTitle change the name]] to reflect the current configuration.

** Averted by the Pac-10 Conference, when it renamed itself the Pac-12 Conference very shortly after the additions of the University of Colorado and the University of Utah in 2010.

The reason why this one member is excluded from the team naming varies. It might be because they're supposed to be a secret member nobody is supposed to know, or that their task is different than the other members, [[RuleOfFunny or it's just for the lulz]], and many other reasons. Or they're [[SingleMindedTwins another member's twin]].

* The Atlantic 10 conference has an ever-changing number of teams greater than ten.

* In Manga/{{Naruto}} the "[[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Sound Five]]" actually counts [[CreepyTwins Sakon and Ukon]] as one person, instead of making it the Sound Six.

* The Pleiades Star Cluster are named after the seven Pleiades sisters from ClassicalMythology. However, there are actually nine bright stars in the cluster (the other two are named after their parents, Atlas and Plione). What's more, the star Sterope is actually two close stars sharing the same name. Finally, a look through even a low-power telescope shows way more than 7 stars.

* ''BlakesSeven'' never had more than six human members. You had to include one or more of their sentient computers to bring the group up to seven.