Line #24 TwoGirlsToATeam/WesternAnimation


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7	TwoGirlsToATeam in western animation.
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9	* Cadpig and Spot in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''.
10	* Grammi and Sunni Gummi of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears''.
11	* Cindy and Libby of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''.
12	* Inverted with ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina'' in both the 2002 and 2009 series. William and Henry (Angelina's younger cousin) are the only two boys in Angelina's predominantly female ballet class. The Next Steps has Marco and A.Z. as the only regular boys in the cast.
13	* ''Westernanimation/AnimalMechanicals'': Mouse and Unicorn are the only girls on the team, with the boys being Rex, Komodo and Sasquatch.
14	* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' plays with this trope, the first season runs very much on TheSmurfettePrinciple with Katara as the only female out of three, the second season then adds Toph which evens it out exactly, the final season Suki is the EleventhHourRanger to the team... except Zuko already made his HeelFaceTurn and joined... keeping the team even.
15	* Bessie and Abby from ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard''.
16	* Tasha and Uniqua from ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans''.
17	* Starla and Watts from ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines''.
18	* Nutsy Koala and Marcia Marsupial Mouse from ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' (the original series).
19	* Also inverted with the main family, the Belchers, in ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' (Three female members, two male members).
20	* ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'' has Dizzy and Wendy.
21	* Gi and Linka from a group of five Planeteers from ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.
22	* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' had WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse and Clarabelle Cow, with Clara Cluck and WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck being added later. Even then; the "Sensational Six" has Minnie and Daisy act as the two girls to the ensemble.
23	* Theresa and Atlanta on ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans''.
24	* Pepper and her sister Dotty on ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub''.
25	* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': OneOfTheBoys Yumi Ishiyama and PrincessesPreferPink Aelita Stones amongst the Lyoko Warriors.
26	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
27	** TomboyAndGirlyGirl duo Numbuhs 5 and 3.
28	** Also, there are two female members of The Delightful Children from Down the Lane.
29	* Caprice and Cassandra in seasons 3 and 4 of ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets''.
30	* The original ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales\|1987}}'' and its [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017 2017 reboot]] feature Webby Vanderquack and her grandmother Ms. Beakley. The reboot would then introduce another female member to its core cast using [[spoiler:[[MissingMom Della]] [[ActionMom Duck]]]]. In "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E22GlomTales GlomTales]]", Glomgold's LegionOfDoom includes Ma Beagle and Magica De Spell.
31	* Not counting the Kanker Sisters (who aren't part of the cul-de-sac), ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' has Nazz and Sarah.
32	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has Meg and Lois in the Griffin family.
33	* ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'':
34	** With the 2015 introduction of Ellie Phillips, the fire service has two female members, Penny and Ellie, alongside four male members, Sam, Elvis, Station Officer Steele, and Arnold. The other divisions of the rescue services typically have a duo of a man and woman; Tom and Krystyna for mountain rescues, Ben and Jodie for ocean rescues, and Malcolm and Rose for search and rescue.
35	** When the Flood family joined the cast in 2003, Sarah and Mandy became the two core girls of the child cast, alongside boys James, Norman, and later Derek. This is averted in Seasons 8 and 9 with the introduction of Lily and Hannah.
36	* Amy and Leela from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
37	* The ''WesternAnimation/GarbagePailKidsCartoon'' had Patty Putty and Terri Cloth as the only female members of the main group.
38	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Eventually, Eliza Maza and Angela.
39	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl Wendy and Mabel in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. In the same show, there's also Wendy's friend group, where she and Tambry are the only two girls outnumbered by four guys (Robbie, Nate, Lee, and Thompson).
40	* In ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'', Manny has two female tools, Dusty the hand saw and Squeeze the pliers.
41	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Hawkgirl and Franchise/WonderWoman, two of seven. While their appearances might suggest a TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic, the actual contrast was in their experience (with Wonder Woman as the NaiveNewcomer and Hawkgirl as a bit of a cynic) and in their attitudes towards men, with Franchise/WonderWoman having a touch of WomenAreWiser at first. Notably, neither was TheHeart, as that role was filled by the Flash.
42	-->'''Wonder Woman:''' [[StrawFeminist You men!]] Unless you do it on your own it doesn't count!\
43	'''Hawkgirl:''' It's not just the men, [[CurseCutShort you stuck-up...]]
44	* ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'': Jo and Rosa are the two female team members of the FiveManBand.
45	* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''; Lincoln and Mr. Loud are the only males in the family of 13.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madballs}}: Escape from Orb'' had Freakella (who wasn't part of the original toyline) and Dusty (a GenderFlip of Dust Brain from the toyline).
47	* ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'': [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl one very nerdy duck-girl and one very excited tomboy.]]
48	* Inverted in the second season of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Though they rarely all work together in the same episode, Adrien/Cat Noir and Nino/Carapace are the only males carrying Miraculous. The third season introduces more heroes, and to date, it's roughly equal between the genders.
49	* [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Wacky]] GenkiGirl Cathy and [[WomenAreWiser down-to-earth]] Samantha from ''WesternAnimation/MonsterBusterClub'', in a group of four.
50	* Zombeef (a zombie cow) and Cowapatra (a mummy cow) are the only two females of the group of monster animals in ''WesternAnimation/MonsterFarm''.
51	* Sonya and Kitana from ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm''. They're also the two most famous female protagonists in the video game.
52	* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' had Miss Piggy and Skeeter (Scooter's alleged twin sister, created for the series). TomboyAndGirlyGirl in effect, although it could flip when needed. ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'' replaces Skeeter with Summer the Penguin.
53	* Inverted with the Young/Student Six in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', which has four girls and two boys, Gallus and Sandbar.
54	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Numberjacks}}'': Shape Japer and Spooky Spoon are the only two female meanies, while the other three meanies, The Puzzler, Numbertaker, and Problem Blob, are males.
55	* Inverted in Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[TheSmartGuy Gus]] and [[TheLancer Hunter]] are the only boys in [[FiveManBand the Hexsquad]], while the others ([[TheLeader Luz]], [[TheHeart Amity]], [[TheBigGuy Willow]], [[TheSixthRanger Vee]], and later [[TeamMom Camila]]) are all female.
56	* In the ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' short "Planet Kate", Cleo and Juno are the only female members of the quintet of alien dogs Kate Moon is acquainted with.
57	* As of Season 2, ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' has two female pups, Skye and Everest.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Some episodes (most notably "Summer Belongs to You" and "Last Day of Summer") have Candace joining the main group of children (Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Baljeet, and Buford).
59	* Bright Eyes and Nose Marie among the five main puppies of Creator/HannaBarbera's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pound Puppies\|1980s}}''.
60	* Cookie and Strudel in The Hub's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pound Puppies\|2010}}''.
61	* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': The Jazzberries have two female members, Ella and [[GenderBlenderName Billie]].
62	* Sydney and Mindy in ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' gave the FiveManBand a super-duper dorky girl Gretchen Grundler and OneOfTheBoys Ashley Spinelli. Also the school's "Bad kids" had Sue Bob Murphy and Kurst the Worst.
64	* Daphne and Velma of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' were an early example of being the only two female members of a group otherwise composed of males.
65	* ''WesternAnimation/SevenLittleMonsters'' has One and Six as the only two female members of the titular monsters.
66	* In Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/ShirtTales'', there's Pammy Panda and Kip Kangaroo.
67	* Inverted with ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' family itself; there are two boys (Homer and Bart) to the family (three female members, two male members).
68	* ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce'' gives us a villainous example with Lazerette and Cerina of the Bioborgs.
69	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' themselves had this later on with the introduction of Sassette.
70	* Casey and Daffney in ''WesternAnimation/TheSnorks''.
71	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' cartoons:
72	** ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Bunnie Rabbot and Sally Acorn, before AffirmativeActionGirl Dulcy showed up.
73	** Amy Rose and Sticks the Badger in ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''. Interestingly, the [[VideoGame/SonicBoom video game versions]] played TheSmurfettePrinciple trope until 2015, when the then-announced ''Fire & Ice'' revealed that these two were playable together.
74	** ''WesternAnimation/SonicPrime'' has Amy and Rouge the Bat as the two girls on Sonic's team.
75	* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceRacers'' has Robyn and Starling as two of the five young cadets at Stardust Bay Space Academy.
76	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': When creator Stephen Hillenburg first pitched the show, the [[https://i.ibb.co/r2LLdKD/Main-Cast-by-Stephen-Hillenburg.jpg main cast]] had two female characters (Pearl and Sandy) to five males (the title character, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton). After the series had been in development for a while, the cast expanded to include two more females (Karen and Mrs. Puff) as well as another male (Gary).
77	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In the ''Ghost'' crew, Hera and Sabine.
78	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'':
79	** Among the rough group of main characters, TomboyAndGirlyGirl Tam and Torra. Later, female-programmed droid CB-23 joins the group as male droid BB-8's replacement, averting the trope.
80	** Among the five-person Ace Squadron, Torra and Freya.
81	* In early versions of ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', the team had Wonder Woman and Wendy, or Wonder Woman and Jayna. According to the other Wiki, the only additional female superheroes who ever made repeated appearances on the show were Hawkgirl and Rima the Jungle Girl, but neither appeared in a large number of episodes. One version of the show, ''Challenge of the Super Friends'', featured a team in its first segment where the only female superhero was Wonder Woman. Jayna appeared as a regular in the second segment of that show. The ''Challenge of the Super Friends'' episodes featured a LegionOfDoom with two female villains, ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} and Giganta.
82	* ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'' has Red (Wonder Red) and Princess Pea (Princess Presto) on the main team. Notable as the main team has four characters in it, making this an even split between the male members, Pig (Alpha Pig) and Whyatt (Super Why) and the female members mentioned. Note that this ''is'' a FiveManBand -- it's just that the fifth member is supposed to be ''[[InteractiveFiction the viewer]]'', who of course could be of any gender. Later on, they added a male character named Puppy (Woofster), making this a more typical example of this trope (three males, two females).
83	* The ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' has three males (Tako, Ikura, and Wasabi) and two females (Maguro and Kani).
84	* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' had Rapunzel and Cassandra as the only two prominent females in the first two seasons, before [[spoiler:Cassandra made a FaceHeelTurn]] in the third.
85	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans\|2003}}'': ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and ComicBook/{{Raven}}. More of a RedOniBlueOni 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.
86	* Cheetara and [=WilyKit=] of ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011''. In both series, it became three girls when SixthRanger Pumyra showed up.
87	* ''WesternAnimation/TheToolStreetGang'' contains two female tools: Nutley the wrench and Fret the saw.
88	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPahkitewIsland'' had Ella and Sugar on Team Maskwak. However, this was after Sky and Max swapped teams.
89	* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersBotBots'' has Kikmee and Bonz-eye. A jock and ninja respectively.
90	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'' has the eponymous character and Dr. Fox.
91	* Allura and [[spoiler:Pidge]] of ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender''.
92	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': RebelliousPrincess Amalia and her bodyguard, Archer Evangelyne, amongst the Brotherhood of the Tofu.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'' has Aviva and Koki.
94	* The TV miniseries ''Yowasis'' has Nap and Squish. Also counts as a GenderFlip, as they were both male in the adverts from TheNineties.
95	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice\|2010}}'':
96	** The team starts with four guys, then adds Miss Martian and Artemis Crock. This becomes the status quo for the bulk of the first season. This trope was so enforced in the minds of its demographic that rumors that another female team member (either Wonder Girl or Secret) would be joining the cast launched much speculation that either Artemis or Miss Martian would be outed as The Mole, die, or otherwise leave the team.
97	** Averted, however, with the inclusion of Zatanna as a long-term member without any other character being removed from the team. As for the series' other big team, the Justice League, although there are three female members on the team, which technically means it doesn't count, the full roster is ''sixteen'' members so the essential truth of this trope is still in play. Interestingly, Franchise/WonderWoman seems to be actively working against this, as one of her stated criteria for an ideal new member to the League is that they be a woman to help shift the gender ratio.
98	** By the end of season one, Zatanna is a full-time member and [[EleventhHourRanger Rocket]] has joined up, so that the gender ratio is even with four boys and four girls. As of season two, the ratio for the team stands at five males and four females.
99	** By ''Phantoms'', this trope has perhaps become inverted, as the Team is now mostly comprised of female heroes, with the only two known male members being Nightwing and Arsenal.
100	** This continuity's version of the Doom Patrol has Elasti-Girl and Negative Woman as its only two female members.

Context TwoGirlsToATeam / WesternAnimation