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As TV audiences become more genre-savvy, tropes like TheSmurfettePrinciple 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 FiveManBand ''two'' girls right from the get go. Although this may not seem like much of an improvement, it does signify a (small) shift in how females are portrayed in media. For one, a 3:2 male-female ratio is far closer to the actual male-female population than 4:1. Similarly, it also shows that being a female in a male-majority group does not instantly relegate one to the position of TheChick or TheHeart (though those positions will usually be filled by a female). It also acts as a happy medium for writers who want the group to ''seem'' "equal", but don't want the show to be mistaken as "for girls".

* In ''{{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 as of yet unseen 8-player session.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Starfire and Raven. More of a Savy Girl / Energetic Girl dynamic than a straight up TomboyAndGirlyGirl situation. The second season added a third girl, Terra, but she was TheMole and didn't last beyond that.

* Subverted with ''XMenEvolution'', which started out with two girls on the team ([[PsychicPowers Jean Grey]] and [[IntangibleMan Kitty Pryde]]) but gained a third in Rogue midway through the first season after her HeelFaceTurn and kept her for the rest of the series, making the number of girls and guys on the core team both three (Storm, the fourth major female protagonist, was portrayed as an adult mentor figure). Outright averted with [[QuirkyMinibossSquad the Brotherhood]], who had a hard time keeping even ''one'' girl on their team for long, until they got [[RealityWarper Scarlet Witch]].

* [[ActionGirl Rachel]] and [[TheHeart Cassie]] in ''{{Animorphs}},'' a group with four guys.

* Shows in both, the ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers'' franchises, have featured two female rangers instead of just one depending on the year. ''SuperSentai'' in particular have started featuring two female rangers on the each team since its 1984 incarnation ''ChoudenshiBioman'', with periods where the franchise would switch between having just one female ranger per team ([[ChoujuuSentaiLiveman 1988]]-[[KousokuSentaiTurboranger 1989]], [[KyoryuSentaiZyuranger 1992]]-[[NinjaSentaiKakuranger 1994]] and [[SeijuuSentaiGingaman 1998]]-[[BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger 2003]]) and then going back to having two girls again ([[ChikyuuSentaiFiveman 1990]]-[[ChoujinSentaiJetman 1991]], [[ChourikiSentaiOhranger 1995]]-[[DenjiSentaiMegaranger 1997]] and almost all the current teams since [[TokusouSentaiDekaranger 2004]]). Usually the two girls will wear Pink and Yellow, but other pairings have been used as well such as [[DengekiSentaiChangeman Pink & White]], [[ChoujinSentaiJetman White & Blue]] and [[MahouSentaiMagiranger Blue & Pink]].
** ''Power Rangers'' would try to enforce this trope in its early incarnations by {{gender flip}}ping the yellow ranger if the ''Super Sentai'' counterpart was male. In fact, the Yellow Ranger from ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was based on the male Tiger Ranger from ''[[KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'', while four later Yellows (namely the ones in ''[[PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'', ''[[PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]]'', ''[[PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'') all had male counterparts in ''Super Sentai''. No genders were changed for ''[[PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'', since those teams started with three rangers instead of the usual five and none of the [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] wore "feminine" colors.
** ''[[JukenSentaiGekiranger 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, the villainess Mele [[HeelFaceTurn 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 ''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'', since the gender switching practice was abandoned by that point.
** In ''[[EngineSentaiGoonger Go-onger]]''/''[[PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'', the second female ranger was not a starting member, but an [[SixthRanger extra ranger]] who joins the team mid-series with her twin brother, giving us another unusual color combination for female rangers (Yellow and Silver).

** In ''[[EngineSentaiGoonger Go-onger]]''/''[[PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'', the second female ranger was not a starting member, but an [[SixthRanger extra ranger]] who joins the team mid-series with her twin brother.

* Shows in both, the ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers'' franchises, have featured two female rangers instead of just one depending on the year. ''SuperSentai'' in particular have started featuring two female rangers on the same team since its 1984 incarnation ''ChoudenshiBioman'', with periods where the franchise would switch between having just one female ranger per team ([[ChoujuuSentaiLiveman 1988]]-[[KousokuSentaiTurboranger 1989]], [[KyoryuSentaiZyuranger 1992]]-[[NinjaSentaiKakuranger 1994]] and [[SeijuuSentaiGingaman 1998]]-[[BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger 2003]]) and then go back to having two girls again ([[ChikyuuSentaiFiveman 1990]]-[[ChoujinSentaiJetman 1991]], [[ChourikiSentaiOhranger 1995]]-[[DenjiSentaiMegaranger 1997]] and almost all the current teams since [[TokusouSentaiDekaranger 2004]]). Usually the two girls will wear Pink and Yellow, but other pairings have been used as well such as [[DengekiSentaiChangeman Pink & White]], [[ChoujinSentaiJetman White & Blue]] and [[MahouSentaiMagiranger Blue & Pink]].

** ''[[JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]''/''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'' is the only team from the current era that ended up with just one female ranger. However, Mele/Camille [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]] towards the end of the series and helps out the heroes, providing the show with a second heroine of sort.

** In ''[[EngineSentaiGoonger Go-onger]]''/''[[PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'', the second female ranger was not a starting member, but an [[SixthRanger extra ranger]] who helped the team mid-series with her twin brother.

** ''[[EngineSentaiGoonger Go-onger]]''/''[[PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'' also started with only one female ranger (Yellow), even after the roster was extended from the initial three members to a standard five member team. However, the team ended up having a pair of [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] (Gold and Silver) instead of just one, with Silver being Gold's twin sister.

** ''[[JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]''/''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'' is the only team from the current era that ended up with just only one female ranger. However, a certain villainess [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]] towards the end of the series and helps out the heroes, providing the team with a second heroine of sort.

** ''[[JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]''/''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'' is the only team from the current era where they ended up with just only one female ranger. However, a villainess [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]] towards the end of the series and helps out the main heroes, providing the show with a second heroine of sort.
** ''[[EngineSentaiGoonger Go-onger]]''/''[[PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'' started with only one female ranger (Yellow), even when the roster was extended from the initial three members to a standard five member team. However, the team ended up having a pair of [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] (Gold and Silver) instead of just one, with Silver being the Gold's twin sister.

* Shows in both, the ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers'' franchises, have featured two female rangers instead of just one depending on the year. ''SuperSentai'' in particular have started featuring two female rangers on the same team since its 1984 incarnation ''ChoudenshiBioman'', with periods where the franchise would switch between having just one female ranger per team ([[ChoujuuSentaiLiveman 1988]]-[[KousokuSentaiTurboranger 1989]], [[KyoryuSentaiZyuranger 1992]]-[[NinjaSentaiKakuranger 1994]] and [[SeijuuSentaiGingaman 1998]]-[[BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger 2003]]) and then go back to having two girls again ([[ChikyuuSentaiFiveman 1990]]-[[ChoujinSentaiJetman 1991]], [[ChourikiSentaiOhranger 1995]]-[[DenjiSentaiMegaranger 1997]] and almost all the current teams since [[TokusouSentaiDekaranger 2004]]). Usually the two girls will wear pink and yellow, but other pairings have been used as well.

** ''[[JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]''/''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'' is the only team from the current era where they ended up with just only one female ranger. However, towards the end of the series, a villainess [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]] and helps out the main heroes, providing the show with a second heroine of sort.
** ''[[EngineSentaiGoonger Go-onger]]''/''[[PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'' started with only one female ranger, even when the roster was extended from the initial three members to a standard five member team. However, the team ended up having a pair of [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] (Gold and Silver) instead of just one, with Silver being the Gold's twin sister.

** ''[[JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]''/''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'' is the only team from the current era where they ended up with just only one female ranger. However, towards the end of the series, one of the main villainess [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]] and helps out the main heroes, providing the show with a second heroine of sort.
** ''[[EngineSentaiGoonger Go-onger]]''/''[[PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'' started with only one female ranger, even when the initial roster was extended from three members to a standard five member team. However, the team ended up having a pair of [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] (Gold and Silver) instead of just one, with Silver being the Gold's twin sister.

* Both, ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers'', are known for having two female on most of its teams. The early Super Sentai shows only featured a token female ranger each (except for ''TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', which was an all-male team) until ''ChoudenshiBioman'' featured two females instead of one. Since then there has been periods where the franchise would switch between having one or two female rangers at the same team
** Power Rangers would try to enforce this trope in its early incarnations by {{gender flip}}ping the Yellow Ranger if the Super Sentai counterpart was male. In fact, the Yellow Ranger from ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was based on the male Tiger Ranger from ''[[KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'', while four later Yellow Rangers (namely the ones in ''[[PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'', ''[[PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]]'', ''[[PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'') all had male counterparts in Super Sentai (since there was a six year-period between [[SeijuuSentaiGingaman 1998]] and [[BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger 2003]] where Sentai teams only had one female ranger each). No genders were changed for ''[[PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'', since those teams started with three rangers instead of the usual five and none of the [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] wore "feminine" colors.
** All the Super Sentai teams since ''TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' have featured two powered heroines instead of just one thus far, making gender switching in ''Power Rangers'' unnecessary. In the case of ''[[JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]''/''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'', the second heroine was actually a villainess who [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]] late in the series, while in ''[[EngineSentaiGoonger Go-onger]]''/''[[PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'', it is an [[SixthRanger extra ranger]] who joins the team with her twin brother.

** All the Super Sentai teams since ''TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' have featured two female rangers instead of just one thus far, making gender switching in ''Power Rangers'' unnecessary. In the case of ''[[JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]''/''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'', the second heroine was introduced late in the series in the form of a former villainess who [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]], while in ''[[EngineSentaiGoonger Go-onger]]''/''[[PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'', it is an [[SixthRanger extra ranger]] who joins the team with her twin brother.

* Both, ''SuperSentai'' and ''PowerRangers'', are known for having two female on most of its teams. The early Super Sentai shows only featured a token female ranger each (except for ''TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', which was an all-male team) until ''ChoudenshiBioman'' featured two females instead of one. Since then all Sentai teams have varied between having one or two female rangers at the same time, usually a pink and yellow (and occasionally other colors such as white or blue).
** Power Rangers would try to enforce this trope in its early incarnations by {{gender flip}}ping the Yellow Ranger if the Super Sentai counterpart was male. In fact, the Yellow Ranger from ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was based on the male Tiger Ranger from ''KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', while four later Yellow Rangers (namely the ones in ''[[PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'', ''[[PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]]'', ''[[PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'') all had male counterparts in Super Sentai. The only exception was the Yellow Aquitian Ranger from ''Mighty Morphin' Alien Rangers'', who was male like his counterpart in ''NinjaSentaiKakuranger'', leaving the Aquitian Rangers with only one female.
** The genders were no longer changed after ''Wild Force''. This caused some of the teams (namely the ones in ''[[PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'', ''[[PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'') to have only one female member, since they started with [[PowerTrio three members]] ({{two guys and a girl}}) and all of their [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] ended up being male. The only exception was ''PowerRangersRPM'', which started with two guys and a girls, and had a female member among the four new rangers that later joined the team.

** Rukia and Orihime (with Ishida, Ichigo, and Chad). They also function more or less in a tomboy/girly girl contrast.
** Also Soi Fon and Unohana among the captains.

** The genders were no longer changed after ''Wild Force''. This caused some of the teams (namely the ones in ''[[PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'', ''[[PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'') to have only one female member, since they started with [[PowerTrio three members]] ({{two guys and a girl}}) and had all of their [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] ended up being male. The only exception was ''PowerRangersRPM'', which started with two guys and a girls, and had a female member among the new members that later joined the team.

* Eri and Fio in ''[[MetalSlug Metal Slug 2]]'' onward, except for 4, with Eri temporarily replaced by Nadia.

** Elena and Ibuki in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' before Chun-Li's return in ''3rd Strike''.

** Chun-Li (again) and Crimson Viper in the arcade version of ''StreetFighterIV''.

** Lenna and Faris in ''FinalFantasyV'', at least before [[spoiler:Galuf kicks the bucket and his spot is taken by his granddaughter Krile, making it three girls and a guy]].
** Terra and Celes in ''FinalFantasyVI'' before Relm joins the party.
** Aerith and Tifa in ''FinalFantasyVII'' if the player chooses not have Yuffie ([[spoiler:or if Yuffie is around after Aerith dies]]).
* Chun-Li and Cammy in ''Super StreetFighterII''.
** Also Chun-Li and Rose in ''StreetFighterAlpha'' before the addition of Sakura in ''Alpha 2'' and even more girls in subsequent games.
** Elena and Ibuki in ''StreetFighterIII'' before Chun-Li's return in ''3rd Strike''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Starfire and Raven. More of a Savy Girl / Energetic Girl dynamic than a straight up TomboyAndGirlyGirl situation.

* Katara and Toph in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''.

** The genders were no longer changed after ''Wild Force''. This caused some of the teams (namely the ones in ''[[PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'', ''[[PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'' and ''[[PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'') to have only one female member, since they started with [[PowerTrio three members]] ({{two guys and a girl}}) and had all of their [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] be male. The only exception was ''PowerRangersRPM'', which started with two guys and a girls, and had two sets of two extra rangers (one of them a girl).