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6The Four Man Band is a primarily comedic group, designed for a sitcom or domcom. The four distinct personalities are specifically designed to play off each other so that whatever happens that day, HilarityEnsues.
7
8Please note that this trope does ''not'' include TheHero. The focus is evenly spread among them. TheProtagonist can easily be any one of the Band, or the focus can just be switched between episodes to different characters. Even the four roles can be shuffled around a little.
9
10Compare and contrast FourTemperamentEnsemble, FourPhilosophyEnsemble. The band most commonly includes:
11
12* GenericGuy - Or maybe just [[OnlySaneByComparison the guy who comes the ''closest'' to being sane]] most often. Every zany gang must have a StraightMan, and the other three leads have to share one. While his (or her, although the role is usually male) friends act out, the Only Sane Man's role is to Lampshade and be embarrassed by their behaviour. He will be more successful with the opposite sex than his friends, notably The CasanovaWannabe.
13* TheSmartGuy - More intelligent than his friends. This variant is primarily geared towards Lampshading the relative stupidity of the others and being [[BreakTheHaughty humiliated for his arrogance]]. Alternatively he may be a MadScientist type, with insane inventions.
14* CasanovaWannabe - This guy has a perverted mind. He usually takes one of two common forms - the LovableSexManiac whose high sex drive is his most memorable trait, or the ComedicSociopath, who has bursts of hilarious violence. In lighter examples, certain concepts may be PlayedForLaughs, whereas in darker examples the character may draw on BlackComedyRape.
15* ButtMonkey - 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.
16
17Compare ComicTrio (where The CasanovaWannabe leads, The ButtMonkey goes along with him, and The OnlySaneMan complains but is ignored). For the DistaffCounterpart, see FourGirlEnsemble.
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19!!Examples:
20
21[[foldercontrol]]
22
23[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
24||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
25''Manga/LuckyStar''
26||OnlySaneMan||Kagami Hiiragi||
27||TheSmartGuy||Miyuki Takahara||
28||The CasanovaWannabe||Konata Izumi||
29||The ButtMonkey||Tsukasa Hiiragi||
30
31||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
32''Characters/LupinIII'' reminds us that situational comedy humour can be found in many genres.
33||OnlySaneMan||Jigen||Keeps the most level head, gets to snark instead of gasp at the other characters.||
34||TheSmartGuy||Goemon||Head in the clouds, but not obsessed with his intelligence. Still gets into humiliating situations.||
35||The CasanovaWannabe||Lupin||Depending on the story, his actions may be more or less explicit.||
36||The ButtMonkey||Inspector Zenigata||Especially in ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'', his role is to be humiliated by Lupin.||
37
38||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
39''Manga/ShamanKing'' Yoh and co. group searching for Dobi village
40||OnlySaneMan||Yoh Asakura||
41||TheSmartGuy||[=LenTao=]||
42||The CasanovaWannabe||Ryu||
43||The ButtMonkey||Trey/Horohoro||
44
45||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
46''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''
47||OnlySaneMan||Garterbelt||
48||TheSmartGuy||Stocking||
49||The CasanovaWannabe||Panty||
50||The ButtMonkey||Brief||
51
52||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
53''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''
54Nobita and the three neighborhood kids he interacts with the most.
55||OnlySaneMan||Shizuka, Nobita’s crush who is often the voice of reason.||
56||TheSmartGuy||Suneo, the neighborhood rich boy who is smarter than the other boys, but is often Gian’s patsy||
57||The CasanovaWannabe||Gian, ComedicSociopath. The neighborhood bully. In later comics and more recent anime episodes and movie serials he’s shown to be more affable, but he’s usually the closest thing to a consistent antagonist who beats up other kids because he’s having a bad day||
58||The ButtMonkey||Nobita, the main character, often can't do anything right, sucks at pretty much everything, and has bad luck like no one else. As such, he often relies on [[RobotBuddy Doraemon]].||
59[[/folder]]
60
61[[folder:Comic Books]]
62||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
63''ComicBook/ArchieComics'':
64||OnlySaneMan||Jughead Jones||
65||TheSmartGuy||Betty Cooper||
66||The CasanovaWannabe||Veronica Lodge||
67||The ButtMonkey||Archie Andrews||
68
69||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
70''ComicBook/FantasticFour''
71||OnlySaneMan||Sue Storm||
72||TheSmartGuy||Reed Richards||
73||The CasanovaWannabe||Johnny Storm||
74||The ButtMonkey||Ben Grimm||
75[[/folder]]
76
77[[folder:Fan Works]]
78||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
79''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries''
80||OnlySaneMan||Hobbes||
81||TheSmartGuy||Andy||
82||The CasanovaWannabe||Socrates, ComedicSociopathy||
83||The ButtMonkey||Calvin||
84
85||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
86''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' (Of the four main human fighters)
87||OnlySaneMan||Krillin||
88||TheSmartGuy||Tien||
89||The CasanovaWannabe||Master Roshi||
90||The ButtMonkey||Yamcha||
91
92||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
93''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi''
94||OnlySaneMan||Cathy||
95||TheSmartGuy||Ami Mizuno||
96||The CasanovaWannabe||Jered||
97||The ButtMonkey||Snyder||
98
99||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
100''Fanfic/RagnarokRagnaGuardian''
101||OnlySaneMan||Saya||
102||TheSmartGuy||Roku||
103||The CasanovaWannabe||Reiko, LovableSexManiac||
104||The ButtMonkey||Shiro||
105
106||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
107''AudioPlay/RevelationF''
108||OnlySaneMan||Cheelai||
109||TheSmartGuy||Cuit||
110||The CasanovaWannabe||Freeza||
111||The ButtMonkey||Yamcha||
112
113[[/folder]]
114
115[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
116||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
117''WesternAnimation/ChickenLittle''
118||OnlySaneMan||Chicken Little
119||TheSmartGuy||Fish Out of Water
120||The CasanovaWannabe||Abby Mallard
121||The ButtMonkey||Runt of the Litter
122
123||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
124''WesternAnimation/IceAge''
125||OnlySaneMan||Manny||
126||TheSmartGuy||Diego||
127||CasanovaWannabe||Sid||
128||ButtMonkey||Scrat||
129
130||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
131''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH''
132||OnlySaneMan||Mrs. Brisby||
133||TheSmartGuy||Justin||
134||The CasanovaWannabe||Jeremy||
135||The ButtMonkey||Mr. Ages||
136
137[[/folder]]
138
139[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
140||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
141''Creator/MarxBrothers''
142||OnlySaneMan||Zeppo||
143||TheSmartGuy||Chico||
144||The CasanovaWannabe||Groucho||
145||The ButtMonkey||Harpo||
146
147||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
148''Film/AmericanPie''
149||OnlySaneMan||Oz||
150||TheSmartGuy||Kevin||
151||The CasanovaWannabe||Finch||
152||The ButtMonkey||Jim||
153
154''Film/AmericanWedding'' instead goes:
155||OnlySaneMan||Kevin||
156||TheSmartGuy||Finch||
157||The CasanovaWannabe||Stifler||
158||The ButtMonkey||Jim||
159
160||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
161''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}''
162||OnlySaneMan||Dr. Raymond Stantz||
163||TheSmartGuy||Dr. Egon Spengler||
164||The CasanovaWannabe||Winston Zeddmore||
165||The ButtMonkey||Dr. Peter Venkman||
166
167||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
168''Film/{{Ghostbusters 2016}}''
169||OnlySaneMan||Dr. Abigail Yates||
170||TheSmartGuy||Dr. Jillian Holtzmann||
171||The CasanovaWannabe||Patty Tolan||
172||The ButtMonkey||Dr. Erin Gilbert||
173
174||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
175Music/TheBeatles in ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' and ''Film/{{Help}}''
176||OnlySaneMan||Music/PaulMcCartney||
177||TheSmartGuy||Music/GeorgeHarrison||
178||The CasanovaWannabe||Music/JohnLennon||
179||The ButtMonkey||Music/RingoStarr||
180
181||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
182''Film/TheGoonies''
183||OnlySaneMan||Mikey Walsh||
184||TheSmartGuy||Data||
185||The CasanovaWannabe||Mouth||
186||The ButtMonkey||Chunk||
187
188||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
189''Film/StandByMe''
190||OnlySaneMan||Chris Chambers||
191||TheSmartGuy||Gordie [=LaChance=]||
192||The CasanovaWannabe||Teddy Duchamp||
193||The ButtMonkey||Vern Tessio||
194
195||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
196''Film/TheHangover''
197||OnlySaneMan||Doug Billings (to the point the plot always ditches him to turn it into a ComicTrio)||
198||TheSmartGuy||Dr. Stu Price||
199||The CasanovaWannabe||Phil Wenneck||
200||The ButtMonkey||Alan Garner||
201
202||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
203''Film/HorribleBosses'' 1 & 2
204||OnlySaneMan||Nick Hendricks/Motherfucker Jones||
205||TheSmartGuy||Motherfucker Jones/Nick Hendricks||
206||The CasanovaWannabe||Kurt Buckman||
207||The ButtMonkey||Dale Arbus||
208
209||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
210''Film/TheWizardOfOz''
211||OnlySaneMan||Dorothy||
212||TheSmartGuy||Scarecrow||
213||The CasanovaWannabe||Tin Man||
214||The ButtMonkey||Cowardly Lion||
215
216||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
217''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy''
218||OnlySaneMan||Liz Sherman||
219||TheSmartGuy||Professor Krauss||
220||The CasanovaWannabe||Abe Sapien||
221||The ButtMonkey||Hellboy||
222
223||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
224''Film/StarTrek2009'' (Kelvin line, which upgraded Uhura, the original timeline had a more ComicTrio dynamic)
225||OnlySaneMan||Uhura||
226||TheSmartGuy||Spock||
227||The CasanovaWannabe||Kirk||
228||The ButtMonkey||[=McCoy=]||
229
230||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
231''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''
232
233||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
234The Hobbits:
235||OnlySaneMan||Frodo||
236||TheSmartGuy||Pippin||
237||The CasanovaWannabe||Merry||
238||The ButtMonkey||Sam||
239
240||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
241Non-Hobbits:
242||OnlySaneMan||Aragorn||
243||TheSmartGuy||Gandalf||
244||The CasanovaWannabe||Legolas||
245||The ButtMonkey||Gimli||
246
247||border=0 cellpadding=) cellspacing=0
248''Film/TheCovenant''
249||OnlySaneMan||Caleb Danver||
250||TheSmartGuy||Pogue Parry||
251||The CasanovaWannabe||Reid Garwin||
252||The ButtMonkey||Tyler Simms||
253
254||border=0 cellpadding=) cellspacing=0
255''Film/{{Clerks}}''
256||OnlySaneMan||Dante Hicks||
257||TheSmartGuy||Silent Bob||
258||The CasanovaWannabe||Randal Grave||
259||The ButtMonkey||Jay||
260
261||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
262''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''
263||OnlySaneMan||Sallah||
264||TheSmartGuy||Dr. Henry Jones, Sr.||
265||The CasanovaWannabe||Dr. Franchise/IndianaJones||
266||The ButtMonkey||Marcus Brody||
267
268||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
269''Film/TheGodfather'': Vito's sons.
270||OnlySaneMan||Tom Hagen, the serious adopted sibling who serves as the voice of reason when Sonny or Michael start getting too bloodthirsty.||
271||TheSmartGuy||Michael, very cunning and TheChessmaster||
272||The CasanovaWannabe||Sonny, HotBlooded and violent||
273||The ButtMonkey||Fredo, the weak-willed and incompetent sibling who suffers from MiddleChildSyndrome||
274
275||border=0 cellpadding =0 cellspacing=0
276''Film/TheAvengers2012''
277||OnlySaneMan||[[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers / Captain America]]
278||TheSmartGuy||[[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark / Iron Man]]
279||The CasanovaWannabe||[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner / The Hulk]]
280||The ButtMonkey||[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor Odinson]]
281
282||border=0 cellpadding =0 cellspacing=0
283''Film/TheMummyTombOfTheDragonEmperor''
284||OnlySaneMan||Rick O'Connell||
285||TheSmartGuy||Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell||
286||The CasanovaWannabe||Alex O'Connell||
287||The ButtMonkey||Jonathan Carnahan||
288
289
290[[/folder]]
291
292[[folder:Literature]]
293||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
294''Literature/HarryPotter''
295
296||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
297The Marauders:
298||OnlySaneMan||Remus Lupin||
299||TheSmartGuy||James Potter||
300||The CasanovaWannabe||Sirius Black||
301||The ButtMonkey||Peter Pettigrew||
302
303||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
304The main characters themselves:
305||OnlySaneMan||Harry Potter||
306||TheSmartGuy||Hermione Granger||
307||The CasanovaWannabe||Ron Weasley||
308||The ButtMonkey||Neville Longbottom, before he TookALevelInBadass||
309
310||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
311''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''
312||OnlySaneMan||Arthur Dent||
313||TheSmartGuy||Trillian||
314||The {{Casanova Wannabe}}s||Ford and Zaphod||
315||The ButtMonkey||Marvin||
316
317||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
318''Literature/PeterPan''
319||OnlySaneMan||Wendy||
320||TheSmartGuy||John||
321||The CasanovaWannabe||Peter||
322||The ButtMonkey||Michael||
323[[/folder]]
324
325[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
326||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
327''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'': The Solomon Family, [[TheMasquerade disguised]] [[AlienAmongUs alien researchers studying Earth]]
328||OnlySaneMan||Tommy Solomon, high school student, Information Officer||
329||TheSmartGuy||Dick Solomon, [[BunnyEarsLawyer physics professor]], High Commander||
330||The CasanovaWannabe||Sally Solomon, homemaker, [[ActionGirl Security]] [[AxCrazy Officer]]||
331||The ButtMonkey||Harry Solomon...um, they had an extra seat, [[TheDitz so...]] ||
332
333||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
334''Series/TheATeam''
335||OnlySaneMan||Face||
336||TheSmartGuy||Hannibal||
337||The CasanovaWannabe||B.A.||
338||The ButtMonkey||Murdock||
339
340||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
341''Series/BabylonFive''
342||OnlySaneMan||John Sheridan||
343||TheSmartGuy||Delenn||
344||The CasanovaWannabe||G'Kar||
345||The ButtMonkey||Londo Mollari||
346
347||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
348''Series/BeverlyHills90210''
349||OnlySaneMan||Brandon||
350||TheSmartGuy||Dylan||
351||The CasanovaWannabe||Steve||
352||The ButtMonkey||David||
353
354||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
355''Series/TheBigBangTheory''
356||OnlySaneMan||Leonard Hofstadter||
357||TheSmartGuy||Sheldon Cooper, ''[[InsufferableGenius and how]]''.||
358||The CasanovaWannabe||Howard Wolowitz, LovableSexManiac [[CharacterDevelopment until he met Bernadette]]||
359||The ButtMonkey||Raj Koothrappali. For the first six seasons, he's shy to the point he can't even speak to women unless drunk and is generally awkward. As he overcomes his fear of speaking to women, he retains his awkwardness but remains the Butt Monkey because he sometimes acts "[[AmbiguouslyGay metrosexual]]."||
360
361||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
362''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
363||OnlySaneMan||Buffy Summers||
364||TheSmartGuy||Rupert Giles||
365||The CasanovaWannabe||Xander Harris, overlap with Butt Monkey||
366||The ButtMonkey||Willow Rosenberg, overlap with Smart Guy||
367
368||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
369''Series/ElChavoDelOcho''
370||OnlySaneMan||La Chilindrina||
371||TheSmartGuy||Ñoño||
372||The CasanovaWannabe||El Chavo||
373||The ButtMonkey||Kiko||
374
375||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
376''Series/DawsonsCreek''
377||OnlySaneMan||Dawson||
378||TheSmartGuy||Joey||
379||The CasanovaWannabe||Jen||
380||The ButtMonkey||Pacey||
381
382||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
383''Series/TheDefenders2017''
384||OnlySaneMan||Luke Cage||
385||TheSmartGuy||Daredevil||
386||The CasanovaWannabe||Jessica Jones||
387||The ButtMonkey||Iron Fist||
388
389||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
390''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''
391||OnlySaneMan||Phillip Banks||
392||TheSmartGuy||Geoffrey||
393||The CasanovaWannabe||Will Smith||
394||The ButtMonkey||Carlton Banks||
395
396||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
397''Series/{{Fringe}}''
398||OnlySaneMan||Olivia Dunham. Peter sometimes takes a crack at this, especially when Olivia shows up at his apartment at ungodly hours.||
399||TheSmartGuy||Peter Bishop: IQ 190.||
400||The CasanovaWannabe||Walter Bishop. He would be the smart guy, but he's just too darn insane to function.||
401||The ButtMonkey||Astrid. Walter can't even remember her name.||
402
403||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
404''Series/TheGoldenGirls''
405||OnlySaneMan||Sofia||
406||TheSmartGuy||Dorothy||
407||The CasanovaWannabe||Blanche||
408||The ButtMonkey||Rose||
409
410||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
411''Series/HappyDays''
412||OnlySaneMan||Fonzie
413||TheSmartGuy||Richie
414||The CasanovaWannabe||Ralph
415||The ButtMonkey||Potsie
416
417||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
418''Series/ImpracticalJokers''
419||OnlySaneMan||Q||
420||TheSmartGuy||Sal ||
421||The CasanovaWannabe||Joe||
422||The ButtMonkey||Murr||
423
424||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
425''Series/TheInbetweeners''
426||OnlySaneMan||Simon Cooper. Not, however, TheProtagonist.||
427||TheSmartGuy||Will Mackenzie, who speaks French and is something of a high flyer||
428||The CasanovaWannabe||Jay Cartwright, who has been singularly attributed with bringing the word ''clunge'' back into the popular lexicon||
429||The ButtMonkey||Neil Sutherland. While he is more successful with the opposite sex than the others, he takes TheDitz to extreme levels and is the target of the others' jokes||
430
431||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
432''Series/TheITCrowd''
433||OnlySaneMan||Jen||
434||TheSmartGuy||Moss||
435||The CasanovaWannabe||Roy or Douglas||
436||The ButtMonkey||Roy or Richmond||
437
438||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
439''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' [[note]][[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness First Season only]][[/note]]
440||OnlySaneMan||Dee
441||TheSmartGuy||Dennis
442||The CasanovaWannabe||Mac
443||The ButtMonkey||Charlie
444
445||bordercolor=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
446''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': The Kamen Riders
447||OnlySaneMan||Gentoku Himuro/Kamen Rider Rogue, [[RummageSaleReject wacky fashion sense]] aside.||
448||TheSmartGuy||Sento Kiryu/Kamen Rider Build
449||The CasanovaWannabe||Kazumi Sawatari, who pines for [[IdolSinger Mii-tan]]'s affections.||
450||The ButtMonkey||Ryuga Banjou/Kamen Rider Cross-Z||
451
452||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
453''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' The "Trio" in the years after Compo's death
454||OnlySaneMan||Norman Clegg||
455||TheSmartGuy||Herbert "Truly" Truelove||
456||The CasanovaWannabe||Alvin Smedley||
457||The ButtMonkey||Billy Hardcastle||
458
459||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
460''Series/LosSimuladores''
461||OnlySaneMan||Medina||
462||TheSmartGuy||Santos||
463||The CasanovaWannabe||Ravenna||
464||The ButtMonkey||Lamponne||
465
466||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
467''Series/MarriedWithChildren''
468||OnlySaneMan||Peg||
469||TheSmartGuy||Marcy||
470||The CasanovaWannabe||Jefferson||
471||The ButtMonkey||Al||
472
473||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
474''Series/TheMonkees''
475||OnlySaneMan||Mike||
476||TheSmartGuy||Micky||
477||The CasanovaWannabe||Davy||
478||The ButtMonkey||Peter||
479
480||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
481''Series/TheMuppetShow''
482||OnlySaneMan||Kermit||
483||TheSmartGuy||Piggy||
484||The CasanovaWannabe||Gonzo||
485||The ButtMonkey||Fozzie||
486
487||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
488''Series/TheNanny''
489||OnlySaneMan||Niles||
490||TheSmartGuy||Maxwell Sheffield||
491||The CasanovaWannabe||Fran Fine||
492||The ButtMonkey||C.C. Babcock||
493
494||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
495''Series/NewGirl''
496||OnlySaneMan||Nick||
497||TheSmartGuy||Schmidt||
498||The CasanovaWannabe||Coach||
499||The ButtMonkey||Winston||
500
501||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
502''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn''
503||OnlySaneMan||Dawn. She's oldest of the quads and considers herself the leader.||
504||TheSmartGuy||Ricky. He's the smartest one of the quads.||
505||The CasanovaWannabe||Dicky, although he's more of a {{Kidanova}}.||
506||The ButtMonkey||Nicky. He tries to stay out of his siblings' shenanigans, but trouble finds him anyway. ||
507
508||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
509''Series/TheOfficeUS''
510||OnlySaneMan||Pam||
511||TheSmartGuy||Jim||
512||The CasanovaWannabe||Dwight||
513||The ButtMonkey||Michael||
514
515||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
516''Package Deal''
517||OnlySaneMan||Kim||
518||TheSmartGuy||Danny||
519||The CasanovaWannabe||Sheldon||
520||The ButtMonkey||Ryan||
521
522||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
523''Series/{{Psych}}''
524||OnlySaneMan||Juliet O'Hara||
525||TheSmartGuy||Burton Guster||
526||The CasanovaWannabe||Shawn Spencer||
527||The ButtMonkey||Carlton Lassiter||
528
529||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
530''Series/RedDwarf''
531||OnlySaneMan||David Lister||
532||TheSmartGuy||Kryten. ||
533||The CasanovaWannabe||The Cat. LovableSexManiac||
534||The ButtMonkey||Arnold Rimmer||
535
536||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
537''Series/ShamelessUK'' has the Maguire boys
538||OnlySaneMan||Paddy Maguire. Frustrated at the failed initiatives and incompetence of his sons||
539||TheSmartGuy||Jamie Maguire. Generally speaking, the most independent and able of the sons||
540||The CasanovaWannabe||Mickey Maguire. Mainly his obsessive love for gay porn||
541||The ButtMonkey||Shane Maguire. Pretty much identified for his lack of common sense or intelligence, early on.||
542
543||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
544''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''
545||OnlySaneMan||[[TheDanza Jerry Seinfeld]]||
546||TheSmartGuy||Elaine Benes||
547||The CasanovaWannabe||George Costanza||
548||The ButtMonkey||Cosmo Kramer||
549
550||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
551''Series/{{Sliders}}''
552||OnlySaneMan||Wade Wells||
553||TheSmartGuy||Quinn Mallory||
554||The CasanovaWannabe||Rembrandt Brown||
555||The ButtMonkey||Maximilian Arturo||
556
557||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
558''Series/StargateSG1''
559||OnlySaneMan||Samantha Carter||
560||TheSmartGuy||Daniel Jackson||
561||The CasanovaWannabe||Teal'c||
562||The ButtMonkey||Jack O'Neill||
563
564||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
565''Series/StargateAtlantis''
566||OnlySaneMan||Teyla Emmagan||
567||TheSmartGuy||[[InsufferableGenius Rodney McKay]]||
568||The CasanovaWannabe||John Sheppard||
569||The ButtMonkey||[[TraumaCongaLine Ronon Dex]]||
570
571||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
572''Series/That70sShow''
573||OnlySaneMan||Eric||
574||TheSmartGuy||Hyde||
575||The CasanovaWannabe||Kelso||
576||The ButtMonkey||Fez||
577
578||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
579''Series/WeirdScience''
580||OnlySaneMan||Wyatt|
581||TheSmartGuy||Lisa||
582||The CasanovaWannabe||Gary||
583||The ButtMonkey||Chett||
584
585||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
586''Series/WillAndGrace''
587||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
588||OnlySaneMan||Grace||
589||TheSmartGuy||Will||
590||The CasanovaWannabe||Karen||
591||The ButtMonkey||Jack||
592
593||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
594''Series/TheYoungOnes''
595||OnlySaneMan||Mike by default||
596||TheSmartGuy||Vyvyan, by mad scientist standards anyway. ||
597||The CasanovaWannabe||Rick||
598||The ButtMonkey||Neil, oh [[TheEeyore Neil.]]||
599
600||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
601''Series/TheYoungOnes'' (AlternateCharacterInterpretation)
602||OnlySaneMan||Neil by default||
603||TheSmartGuy||Vyvyan, by mad scientist standards anyway. ||
604||The CasanovaWannabe||Mike, CasanovaWannabe||
605||The ButtMonkey||Rick, who gets beat up and tormented even more than Neil.||
606
607||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
608''Series/TheYoungOnes'' (AlternateCharacterInterpretation)
609||OnlySaneMan||Mike by default||
610||TheSmartGuy||Neil, a GeniusDitz who got the highest test scores||
611||The CasanovaWannabe||Vyvyan, the poster child for ComedicSociopath||
612||The ButtMonkey||Rick, who gets beat up and tormented even more than Neil||
613
614||border=0 cellpading=0 cellspacing=0
615''Series/BigTimeRush'' (AlternateCharacterInterpretation)
616||OnlySaneMan||Kendall Knight||
617||TheSmartGuy||Logan Mitchell||
618||The CasanovaWannabe||James Diamond||
619||The ButtMonkey||Carlos Garcia||
620[[/folder]]
621
622[[folder:Music]]
623''Winter Dance Party''
624||GenericGuy||Buddy Holly||
625||TheSmartGuy||Ritchie Valensl||
626||CasanovaWannabe||Dion Dimucci||
627||ButtMonkey||Big Bopper||
628[[/folder]]
629
630[[folder:Podcasts]]
631||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
632''Podcast/DungeonsAndDaddies''
633||OnlySaneMan||Darryl Wilson||
634||TheSmartGuy||Henry Oak||
635||The CasanovaWannabe||Glenn Close||
636||The ButtMonkey||Ron Stampler||
637[[/folder]]
638
639[[folder:Video Games]]
640||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
641''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''
642||OnlySaneMan||Franklin Clinton||
643||TheSmartGuy||Lester Crest||
644||The CasanovaWannabe||Trevor Philips||
645||The ButtMonkey||Michael De Santa||
646||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
647''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'' has Octopus Squad.
648||OnlySaneMan||Russel Bergman, TheGenericGuy in a cast full of weirdos and often the one who tries to break up fights.||
649||TheSmartGuy||Leona Garstein, a cool-headed AcePilot.||
650||The CasanovaWannabe||Katina Tarask, a HotBlooded LeeroyJenkins prone to over the top threats of violence.||
651||The ButtMonkey||Tasuku Shinguji, a tactless {{ditz}} who earns his punishment by saying the wrong things.||
652
653||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
654''Franchise/StarFox''
655||OnlySaneMan||Fox [=McCloud=]||
656||TheSmartGuy||Peppy Hare||
657||The CasanovaWannabe||Falco Lombardi||
658||The ButtMonkey||Slippy Toad||
659[[/folder]]
660
661[[folder:Web Comics]]
662||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
663''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow''
664||OnlySaneMan||Rogue||
665||TheSmartGuy||Virus, he's the most book smart at least||
666||The CasanovaWannabe||Eastwood||
667||The ButtMonkey||Lothar||
668
669||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
670''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', Light Warriors
671||OnlySaneMan||Thief||
672||TheSmartGuy||Red Mage, or so he thinks||
673||The CasanovaWannabe||Black Mage (mostly of the Sociopathic type, except when White Mage is featured)||
674||The ButtMonkey||Fighter||
675
676||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
677''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': the Beta Kids
678||OnlySaneMan||Jade Harley||
679||TheSmartGuy||Rose Lalonde||
680||The CasanovaWannabe||Dave Strider||
681||The ButtMonkey||John Egbert||
682
683||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
684The Alpha Kids
685||OnlySaneMan||Roxy Lalonde||
686||TheSmartGuy||Dirk Strider||
687||The CasanovaWannabe||Jake English||
688||The ButtMonkey||Jane Crocker||
689[[/folder]]
690
691[[folder:Web Animation]]
692||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
693''WebAnimation/FourSwordsMisadventures''
694||OnlySaneMan||Green Link||
695||TheSmartGuy||Blue Link||
696||The CasanovaWannabe||Red Link||
697||The ButtMonkey||Purple Link||
698
699||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
700''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', Teen Girl Squad
701||OnlySaneMan||Cheerleader||
702||TheSmartGuy||So and So||
703||The CasanovaWannabe||The Ugly One||
704||The ButtMonkey||What's Her Face||
705
706
707[[/folder]]
708
709[[folder:Web Video]]
710
711||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
712''WebVideo/AfterHours''
713||OnlySaneMan||Katie||
714||TheSmartGuy||Soren (maybe not the smartest, but the most adept and most likely to be crushed for his hubris) ||
715||The CasanovaWannabe||Michael||
716||The ButtMonkey||Dan||
717
718''WebVideo/ThomasSanders''
719||OnlySaneMan||Virgil (sort of [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]])||
720||TheSmartGuy||Logan||
721||The CasanovaWannabe||Roman (or rather, LoveFreak)||
722||The ButtMonkey||Patton||
723[[/folder]]
724
725[[folder:Western Animation]]
726
727||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
728
729''WesternAnimation/{{Peanuts}}''
730||OnlySaneMan||Charlie Brown||
731||TheSmartGuy||Linus||
732||The CasanovaWannabe||Peppermint Patty||
733||The ButtMonkey||Snoopy||
734
735||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
736''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
737||OnlySaneMan||Peter Griffin||
738||TheSmartGuy||Joe||
739||The CasanovaWannabe||Quagmire, who brings this character to its most outrageous (and darkest) levels||
740||The ButtMonkey||Cleveland Brown. He personifies ExtremeDoormat in his pre-spinoff appearances||
741
742||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
743''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow''
744||OnlySaneMan||Ex ButtMonkey Cleveland Brown||
745||TheSmartGuy||Tim the Bear||
746||The CasanovaWannabe||Holt Richter||
747||The ButtMonkey||Lester||
748
749
750||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
751''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''
752||OnlySaneMan||Skipper||
753||TheSmartGuy||Kowalski||
754||The CasanovaWannabe||Rico, ComedicSociopath||
755||The ButtMonkey||Private||
756
757||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
758''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''
759||OnlySaneMan||Hank Hill||
760||TheSmartGuy||Dale Gribble||
761||The CasanovaWannabe||Boomhauer||
762||The ButtMonkey||Bill Dauterive||
763
764||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
765''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''
766||OnlySaneMan||Bugs||
767||TheSmartGuy||Tina||
768||The CasanovaWannabe||Lola||
769||The ButtMonkey||Daffy||
770
771||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
772''WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosSuperShow''
773||OnlySaneMan||Toad||
774||TheSmartGuy||Luigi||
775||The CasanovaWannabe||Mario||
776||The ButtMonkey||Toadstool||
777
778||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
779''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''
780||OnlySaneMan||Michelangelo||
781||TheSmartGuy||Donatello||
782||The CasanovaWannabe||Leonardo||
783||The ButtMonkey||Raphael||
784
785||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
786''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The Simpson family
787||OnlySaneMan||Marge||
788||TheSmartGuy||Lisa||
789||The CasanovaWannabe||Bart||
790||The ButtMonkey||Homer||
791
792||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
793Moe's Tavern Regulars
794||OnlySaneMan||Lenny||
795||TheSmartGuy||Carl||
796||The CasanovaWannabe||Moe||
797||The ButtMonkey||Barney||
798
799||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
800''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''
801 ||OnlySaneMan||Stan||
802 ||TheSmartGuy||Kyle||
803 ||The CasanovaWannabe||Cartman||
804 ||The ButtMonkey||Kenny||
805
806||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
807''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''
808||OnlySaneMan||Spot||
809||TheSmartGuy||Lucky||
810||The CasanovaWannabe||Cadpig||
811||The ButtMonkey||Rolly||
812
813||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
814''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''
815||OnlySaneMan||Chip||
816||TheSmartGuy||Gadget||
817||The CasanovaWannabe||Dale||
818||The ButtMonkey||Monterey Jack||
819
820||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
821''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': The main four
822||OnlySaneMan||Kaeloo||
823||TheSmartGuy||Quack Quack||
824||The CasanovaWannabe||Mr. Cat||
825||The ButtMonkey||Stumpy||
826
827||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
828''WesternAnimation/DenverTheLastDinosaur''
829||OnlySaneMan||Wally||
830||TheSmartGuy||Jeremy||
831||The CasanovaWannabe||Shades||
832||The ButtMonkey||Mario||
833
834||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0
835''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines''
836||OnlySaneMan||Zilly||
837||TheSmartGuy||Klunk||
838||The CasanovaWannabe||Muttley (during his ''Magnificent Muttley'' segments)||
839||The ButtMonkey||Dick Dastardly||
840
841||border=0 cellpadding=0
842''WesternAnimation/TheDaltons''
843||OnlySaneMan||Jack, The one with the most common sense, often highlighting flaws in Joe's plan;||
844||TheSmartGuy||Both Joe and William, although Joe is convinced he is the definitive brains of the group. William is too, but it's not as arrogant as Joe about it;||
845||The CasanovaWannabe||Joe, although he is not a Casanova Wannabe himself, he strandes into ComedicSociopathy territory, and William, who behaved in a flirtious way with Miss Betty;||
846||The ButtMonkey||Averell, the one who gets constantly called out for his clumsiness and stupidity.||
847
848''Larva''
849||OnlySaneMan||Black (Usually), Yellow or Red (Sometimes)||
850||TheSmartGuy||Brown (Usually), Yellow or Red (Sometimes)||
851||The CasanovaWannabe|| [[ComedicSociopathy Comedic Sociopath]] Red (Usually), Black (In Season 1 and some Season 2 episodes) Brown (Rarely)||
852||The ButtMonkey||Yellow (usually), Red and Brown (sometimes)||
853[[/folder]]

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