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''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Beacon Academy expects its students to form four-man teams on their first day at the academy. The teams consist of two sets of pairs created by making eye contact with the first student encountered in a Grim-filled forest. The pairs are then put together on the basis of which sets of pairs collect the same relics at the end of their task. The leader of each team, as well as the team's name, is chosen by the headmaster on the basis of each student's performance during the task, with the team name being created from the first letter of each member's name (starting with the team leader). The teams are expected to stay together for the full four years of the course, work together, fight together, attend classes together and even share the same dorm room.

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*** Arthéon is TheLeader. [[spoiler:Moves to Spararap in Season 5]].
*** Omega Zell is TheLancer to Arthéon. [[spoiler:Ivy seems to naturally slip in the role in Season 5, both as the only other memeber consistently showing up and having a personality complementary to Sparadrap's]].
*** TheBigGuy (and usually tank) role has Arthéon, Nazetrîme during her brief tenure, then [[spoiler: Fantöm]] gets hired due to his capacity to fill the role (according to the webseries and novels) despite the opportunity to show it never coming up afterwards. [[spoiler:Sparadrap's warrior and Couette's earth build seem to be taking turn at the role in Season 5]].

* TheTeam: Bo-bobo's gang grows as the series goes on until it composes the following members.

* The Fellowship of the Ring in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', which was formed for the purpose of destroying the [[ArtifactOfDoom One]] [[RingOfPower Ring]] by going into the deepest parts of Mordor and casting it into the volcanic fires of Mount Doom, where it was originally forged.

*** The Chemist: Yusuf mixes the phlebotium that allows TheTeam to reach the third level
*** The Architect: Ariadne was recruited to construct the dreamworld that TheTeam would use.

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* ''Series/{{Noob}}''.
** By Season 3, the Noob guild has six members, and goes through two notable temporary seventh ones.
*** Arthéon is TheLeader.
*** Omega Zell is TheLancer to Arthéon.
*** TheBigGuy (and usually tank) role has Arthéon, Nazetrîme during her brief tenure, then [[spoiler: Fantöm]] gets hired due to his capacity to fill the role despite the opportunity to show it never coming up afterwards.
*** TheSmartGuy (and usually the one who nukes), is shared by Gaea (mostly self-serving planning), Ivy (GadgeteerGenius), Arthéon due to his background knowledge and [[spoiler: Fantöm]] on select occasions.
*** TheHeart / TheChick role is shared by Sparadrap and Couette, who are also both (sort of) TheMedic.
*** TheSixthRanger is naturally Golgotha (who's technically more of a HonoraryTrueCompanion), the closest thing the team has to a second permanent big guy. Couette, qualifies also with her sporadic presence and Ystos is somewhere between this and BigBrotherMentor.
** The Justice Guild main roster qualifies for the trope too:
*** Heimdäl as TheLeader and TheSmartGuy
*** Saphir as TheLancer
*** Fantöm as TheBigGuy
*** Ystos as TheHeart with elements of TheSmartGuy
*** Castörga as the SixthRanger and second Big Guy
*** [[spoiler:Omega Zell is for now closer to a Tagalong Kid without the young age]]
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* ''Series/{{Noob}}''. By Season 3, the titular guild has six members, and goes through two notable temporary seventh ones.
** In the EnsembleCast, Arthéon is the closest to the FiveManBand definition of TheHero. AllThereInTheManual states that temporary member[[spoiler: Fantöm]] filled the JackOfAllStats aspect.
** Omega Zell is TheLancer to Arthéon.
** TheBigGuy (and usually tank) role has Arthéon, Nazetrîme during her brief tenure, then [[spoiler: Fantöm]] gets hired due to his capacity to fill the role despite the opportunity to show it never coming up afterwards.
** TheSmartGuy (and usually the one who nukes), is shared by Gaea (mostly self-serving planning), Ivy (GadgeteerGenius), Arthéon due to his background knowledge and [[spoiler: Fantöm]] on select occasions.
** TheHeart / TheChick role is shared by Sparadrap and Couette, who are also both (sort of) TheMedic.
** TheSixthRanger is naturally Golgotha (who's technically more of a HonoraryTrueCompanion), the closest thing the team has to a second permanent big guy. Couette, qualifies also with her sporadic presence and Ystos is somewhere between this and BigBrotherMentor.

* By Season 3, the Noob guild has six members, and goes through two notable temporary seventh ones.

* TheTeam: By Season 3, the Noob guild has six members, and goes through two notable temporary seventh ones.

* In Series/{{Noob}} by Season 3, the Noob guild has six members, and goes through two notable temporary seventh ones.
** The show has an EnsembleCast, but Artheon is the closest to the FiveManBand definition of TheHero. AllThereInTheManual states that [[spoiler: Fantom]] (temporary member) fills the JackOfAllStats aspect.
** Omega Zell is TheLancer to Arthéon.
** TheBigGuy (and usually tank) role has Arthéon, Nazetrîme during her brief tenure, then [[spoiler: Fantöm]] gets hired due to his capacity to fill the role despite the opportunity to show it never coming up afterwards.
** TheSmartGuy (and usually the one who nukes), is shared by Gaea (mostly self-serving planning), Ivy (GadgeteerGenius), Arthéon due to his background knowledge and [[spoiler: Fantöm]] on select occasions.
** TheHeart / TheChick role is shared by Sparadrap and Couette, who are also both (sort of) TheMedic.
** TheSixthRanger is naturally Golgotha, the closest thing the team has to a second permanent big guy. Couette, qualifies also with her sporadic presence and Ystos is somewhere between this and BigBrotherMentor.

* The Z Fighters / The Earth's Special Forces of DragonBall - the team that kept on growing. Almost all of them [[DefeatMeansFriendship started out as enemies]] and then became TheLancer and finally settled into a different role.

** [[TheBugGuy The Big Guys]]: Donar and Lugo

* In ''Manga/SoulEater'', there is a complicated example. Maka's Resonance Link team consists of herself (TheHero and leader), Black Star (TheBigGuy), and Death the Kid (SixthRanger, maybe with a bit of TheSmartGuy as well). However, there are also their weapons, that all have their own roles. Soul is Maka's scythe, and is TheLancer. Tsubaki is Black Star's sword, and is TheHeart. Liz and Patty are Kid's guns, and are TheChick and the CuteAndPsycho one, respectively.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' starts it off in the Kyoto Arc by combining the original BattleCouple-and-mentor of [[SquishyWizard Negi]] (TheLeader), [[ActionGirl Asuna]] (TheLancer) and [[EccentricMentor Chamo]] (TheMentor) with [[{{Samurai}} Setsuna]] (TheBigGal) and [[MindProbe Nodoka]] (SmartGal). The group evolves over the Mahora Festival to include several others. By the time the Magic World Arc begins, the Team has reached over 10 people in membership.

** TheTeamBenefactor / TheSmartGuy (GadgeteerGenius and WrenchWench variety) / TheChick - Bulma

** TheTeamBenefactor / TheSmartGuy / TheChick - Bulma

** The first TagalongKid and later TheHeart / TheSmartGuy - Gohan

** The second (and third) TagalongKid / TheDividiual - Goten and Trunks, who become BrattyHalfPint Gotenks when they FusionDance.

* The Sasuke Retrieval Team in ''Anime/{{Naruto}}'' truly fits the Rag Tag Bunch of Misfits type; it was cobbled together from four different three man teams to make one five man team. Shikamaru [[TheLeader led the team because he was the only Chunin]] and TheStrategist and brought along four people with unique fighting styles: [[{{Acrofatic}} Choji's meat tank]], [[BeastMaster Kiba's combos with Akamaru]], [[PressurePoint Neji's Gentle Fist]] and [[SelfDuplication Naruto's shadow clones]]. ThePlan was to work as a team but the Sound Four said YouShallNotPass one by one until [[TheRestShallPass they were all fighting alone.]]

This is the SuperTrope to PowerTrio, FiveManBand, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=xi6bw57igfehdcc8c4cehqvn other groups]]. If it's a military group, it's TheSquad. If enough members are legitimately {{Badass}}, it may also be a BadassCrew. They can also be a DreamTeam. Compare and contrast BandOfBrothers. See also CastCalculus for typical breakdowns.

This is the SuperTrope to PowerTrio and [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=gl9clk4jxil0x5mh3s5t6gn3 Team of Five]]. If it's a military group, it's TheSquad. If enough members are legitimately {{Badass}}, it may also be a BadassCrew. They can also be a DreamTeam. Compare and contrast BandOfBrothers.

* TheTeam: By Season 3, the Noob guild has six members, and goes through two notable temporary seventh ones.

* In ''Series/{{Noob}}'' by Season 3, the Noob guild has six members, and goes through two notable temporary seventh ones.
** The show has an EnsembleCast, with Artheon being the closest to the FiveManBand definition of TheHero. AllThereInTheManual states that [[spoiler: Fantom]] (temporary member) fills the JackOfAllStats aspect.
** Omega Zell is TheLancer to Artheon.
** TheBigGuy (and usually tank) role has Artheon, Nazetrime during her brief tenure, then [[spoiler: Fantom]] gets hired due to his capacity to fill the role despite the opportunity to show it never coming up afterwards.
** TheSmartGuy (and usually the one who nukes), is shared by Gaea (mostly self-serving planning), Ivy (GadgeteerGenius), Artheon as part of his Leader role and [[spoiler: Fantom]] on select occasions.
** TheHeart / TheChick role is shared by Sparadrap and Couette, who are also both (sort of) TheMedic.
** TheSixthRanger is naturally Golgotha, the closest thing the team has to a second permanent big guy. Couette, qualifies also with her sporadic presence and Ystos is somewhere between this and BigBrotherMentor.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' maintained an ensemble cast that portrayed the nine crew members of the ship, Serenity. The crew is driven by the need to secure enough income to keep their ship operational, set against their need to keep a low profile to avoid their adversaries.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' starts it off in the Kyoto Arc by combining the original BattleCouple of [[SquishyWizard Negi]] (TheLeader), [[ActionGirl Asuna]] (TheLancer) and [[EccentricMentor Chamo]] (TheMentor) with [[{{Samurai}} Setsuna]] (TheBigGal) and [[MindProbe Nodoka]] (SmartGal). The group evolves over the Mahora Festival to include several others. By the time the Magic World Arc begins, the Team has reached over 10 people in membership.