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[[caption-width-right:350:Even the SixthRanger has joined the fun. Now ''that[='=]s'' some devotion to TheTeam.]]

The FiveManBand has been a long-standing symbol of group unity, so what better way to do it than to show your cast actually performing in a band? It's sort of a cousin to the Dancing Theme and shows the characters playing instruments, rocking out, and having fun. Even if they never actually play the instruments in the series. If they do, though, all the better.

Also, unlike the Five-Man Band trope, any [[{{Ensembles}} character ensemble]] can do a Concert, so long they are canonically portrayed as a group and are seen interacting with each other.

The band can perform InUniverse, in [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary material]] and in the music videos of the {{Theme Tune}}s.

Expect this trope to appear if there's a SchoolFestival or if it's a MusicalEpisode. Compare with FakeBand (budget forbids creators from hiring real-life musicians to be the InUniverse top artists, so they cast musically untalented actors). See also ImageSong (a song specifically about a character) and BandEpisode (when the band lasts only one episode).
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[[folder:Advertising]]
* ''Advertising/MonsterCereals'': The "Monster Mash" anniversary of the cereal would turn the original five monsters into a band: Count Chocula on vocals and keyboards, Frankenberry on bass, Boo Berry on guitar, Fruit Brute on drums, and Fruity Yummy Mummy on tambourine. The five of them would perform a cover of "Monster Mash" for the get-together. The "Monster Mash Remix" variant of the cereal added Carmella Creeper to the band, making her DJ.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'': The waitresses of the Maid Cafe and Haribara form a band for the SchoolFestival in chapter 8 (21 in the manga) with the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lq3pNl7dLc "The Maids"]]. Of course, all of them are in their FrenchMaid uniforms. All four girls are vocalists (three backing and a lead) but play different instruments: [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Boke]] Hotori with the accordion, [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Tsukkomi]] Toshiko with the violin, Haribara (a regular customer with LargeHam tendencies) with the drums, and their grumpy Senpai Kon with the guitar. PlayedForLaughs because the song's lyrics are nonsensical -- one line is literally "Come on, Mammoths!". The makeshift band is featured in the ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JdTizjTXZY "Madis Sanjo!"]], and in the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/71cy288ojcl_ss500.jpg cover art]] of the album.
* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'': The Knight Sabers form a band in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agiIQciIuzI "Touchdown to Tomorrow"]]. They're also credited with a number of other songs associated with the franchise. Priss, TheLancer and protagonist, is the lead singer and the only one with an InUniverse musical career. Sylia, TheLeader and the BigGood, is the backing vocalist and plays the electric bass. Nene, TheSmartGirl, plays a multineck guitar. And Linna, TheBigGirl (in terms of abilities, not appearance), is on the drums.
* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'':
** In one of the [[AllThereInTheManual drama [=CDs=]]], Haruhi [[InvokedTrope assigns]] the [[FiveTemperamentEnsemble S.O.S. Brigade]] rock instruments, although the gang doesn't know how to play them.
** The five main characters appear dressed as rock stars on the cover art of one of the ImageSong [=CDs=] and on a [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sos_brigade_as_five_man_band_concert.png poster]] for the [[https://haruhi.fandom.com/wiki/The_Extravaganza_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya Haruhi Suzumiya concert]].
** {{Downplayed}} in the episode "Live Alive", as it's only Haruhi (TheLeader) and Yuki (TheSmartGirl) who go on stage as stand-in musicians for the [[SchoolFestival Cultural Festival]]. They both play the guitar and are in costumes (respectively, PlayboyBunny and WickedWitch). Haruhi is the vocalist as well, and because of the double role, she needs a musical score during the presentation. They perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31aBzZokJMA "God Knows"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYPtUC1Gz2E "Lost My Music"]].
* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'': Tomoki and the main cast form a band on the occasion of the SchoolFestival. It starts light-hearted enough until YakuzaPrincess Mikako turns it into SeriousBusiness and a BattleOfTheBands against Sorami Academy -- a Private School full of stuck-up jerks. The arrogant rich kids set up an orchestra of ClassicalMusic and play the "New World" symphony. Meanwhile, the kids of Soramy School have a fumbling song that Tomoki purposefully messes up -- it's called "Nipple, Nipple Big Nipple!", what did you expect? And then proceed to perform the real song. The new arrangement has RobotGirl and [[TheAce ace]] Ikaros on the vocals, Nymph (another RobotGirl) on the keyboard, ArtificialHuman Mitsuki on the drums, AxCrazy Mikako on the electric guitar, DitzyGenius Sugata on the electric bass, and DirtyKid Tomoki on the classical guitar. The song is called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqFvGhFAS-g "Falling Down"]].
* ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'': Yuu and Kei, romantic rivals for the love of Miki, the female lead, are enlisted to help in a five-man band, along with Satoshi, the student council president, and two unnamed extras. All goes A-OK until Kei (who, by the way, is a piano prodigy) starts improvising just to show off. Luckily, the other members of the band react surprisingly well.
* ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwdTEwp7-Dw opening]] has the characters as part of a music band: Sun, the MagicalGirlfriend, sings; Nagasumi, the BadassNormal, plays the guitar; LargeHam (and Sun's dad) Gozaburo is on the drums; and Masa, the OnlySaneMan, plays the electric bass. It ends with Sun and other characters (who vary depending on the episode's plot) [[DancingTheme dancing]]. It's all very fitting to the manga's comedic tints.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': The SchoolFestival Arc couples a variation of this trope with DancingTheme. Izuku, TheLeader and main character, is not part of the band but one of the dancers. Instead, it's TheLancer who is part of the band because he turns out to be a talented drummer. The band itself is comprised of Jiro (voice and electric bass), Momo (keyboard), Bakugo (drums), and Tokoyami and Kaminari (guitars). They all play [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwUenaQqlM "Hero Too"]] as their School Festival class presentation in the episode [[Recap/MyHeroAcademiaS4E23LetItFlowSchoolFestival "Let it Flow! School Festival!"]].
* ''Anime/MyselfYourself'': A sequence in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBu-UhTM22k opening]] has the main characters pull one of these: ClosetOtaku Sana plays the electric bass, BrokenBird Nanaka is the violinist, GenkiGirl Shuri is the guitarist, TokenEvilTeammate Asami provides the vocals, CuteClumsyGirl Aoi is on the keytar, and TheBigGuy Syuusuke plays the drums.
* ''Manga/{{Needless}}'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chkGzkxMKwY second ending]] has some of the girls as a music band in a SuperDeformed art style. Eve, TheDitz and deuteragonist, is the vocalist. FragileSpeedster Setsuna is the guitarist. AntiHero Seto is the grumpy keyboardist. CuteBruiser Mio is the trumpeter, accompanied by her stuffed, {{Orichalcum}} bear. And TokenEvilTeammate Solva is the drummer.
* ''Anime/PrimaDoll'': The dolls of the Kuronekotei not only serve customers with food and drink but they also sing together on stage.
* ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'': This is the premise behind the OAV named "Band of Princes". In an AlternateUniverse, the Seigaku regulars didn't pursue professional tennis but a music career as a rock band. The special episode is mostly comprised of flashbacks of the band's rise to fame interspersed in a concert.
* ''Manga/ShugoChara'': The second ending briefly depicts the Guardians as a band: Yaya, TheBabyOfTheBunch, is the vocalist; Tadase, the {{Bishonen}}, plays the electric bass; Nadeshiko, TheAce, is on the keyboard; and Kukai, the BigBrotherMentor, plays the drums.
* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'': The main characters are pictured in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slayers_as_a_five_man_band_concert.jpg official art]] as a band. Probably because the voice actors sing {{Image Song}}s about their respective characters for the soundtracks. We have AntiHero Lina and TheLancer Amelia providing the vocals, TheSmartGuy Zegaldis playing an ax-guitar, TheBigGuy Gourry ramming the drums, TokenEvilTeammate Xellos on the electric bass, and GuestStarPartyMember Filia on the keyboard.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': The Urameshi team is decked out as a rock band in the "[=YuYu=] Hakusho Music Battle Hen 1" album (album cover [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuyu_hakusho_music_battel_hen_1.png here]]). Yusuke, the {{antihero}} [[TheLeader leader]], as the vocalist; Kuwabara, the LargeHam [[TheLancer lancer]], as the drummer; Kurama, the [[TheStoic stoic]] [[TheSmartGuy smart guy]], as the guitarist; and Hiei, the petite [[TheBigGuy big guy]], as the bassist.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' has a literal example with "Powerchord", a rock 'n roll band composed of five super-powered beings.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Roleplay/ClassTrialsET5'': Wanting to try his hand at rockstardom, Kaito forms a rock band with Ibuki, Shuichi, Keebo, and Sayaka that lasts until Ibuki's death.
* ''Fanfic/LuckyStarAfterStory'': In Chapter 19, the band Red Roses and Blue Violets (organized by 5 of the original characters) perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-PdbfkA7LM "Castle in the Sky"]] at a Halloween party concert. Basically, think of them as the ''Lucky Star'' version of [[Manga/KOn Ho-Kago Teatime]]. As for the members, Ayaka is the bassist, Nanami is the lead guitarist, Mariko is the drummer, Chiyoko is the lead singer and the keyboard player, and Tomoyo is the other lead singer and the percussion player. In Chapter 27, Hiroko joins as the saxophone player And in Chapter 28, it's Mikoto enters the band as a backing singer and a percussion player.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': TheMovie's entire premise is this trope, complete with [[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocksShorts prelude shorts]]. Long story short, the villains turn the Canterlot High talent show into a vicious BattleOfTheBands. Since they are not affected by the evil spell, "The Rainbooms" team up to stop "The Dazzlings" -- Twilight Sparkle will write the counterspell while the rest will enter the show as a competing band to buy time for her. Rainbow Dash is the vocalist and guitarist, Applejack is the bassist, Rarity plays the keytar, Fluttershy is on the tambourine, and Pinkie Pie is on the drums. For this, they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b5kIhkNecc "Awesome as I Wanna Be"]]. Later, they reunite to cast the musical counterspell together by performing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msGMkMhYw_U together]]. Here, they are [[SixthRanger joined]] by Sunset Shimmer as the guitarist and Twilight Sparkle as the vocalist. [[spoiler:Sunset Shimmer becomes the lead singer after they are temporarily defeated by The Dazzlings]].
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'': In this cult classic, Buckaroo Banzai and The Hong Kong Cavaliers are both a crime-fighting and a music band. They give a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_Ed1pt_WA concert]] at "Artie's Artery". TheAce and [[TheLeader Leader]] Buckaroo rocks it on the electric guitar, Reno is the trumpeter, Perfect Tommy plays the electric bass, Rawhide is the pianist, and Casper on the drums. There is a couple of extra characters playing the guitar and the trumpet as well, so it's more like a seven-man band concert. Later, when Buckaroo asks Dr. Sidney "New Jersey" Zweibel to join the group, their rise their numbers. [[spoiler: Numbers that sadly decrease when Rawhide dies]].
* ''Film/{{Juliana}}'': Arañita and Pelé have gotten the shit beat out of them by Don Pedro because they've failed to pay up their quota twice. Everyone hears them cry and sob without doing anything until Juliana starts singing a cheerful tune from the radio. She slowly gets the other kids to play their instruments, even Arañita and Pelé, together so they can share a moment of joy and cheer the two beaten kids up. Notably, Arañita and Pelé do the percussion and Clavito plays his zampoña.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* Music/TheAquabats in ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow!'': M.C. Bat Commander is TheHero and lead vocalist; Eaglebones Falconhawk is TheLancer and guitarist; Jimmy The Robot is TheSmartGuy and keyboardist or saxophonist; Crash Mc Larson is TheBigGuy, [=DJ=], and bassist; and Ricky Fitness is TheHeart and drummer.
* ''Series/TheFirstShopOfCoffeePrince'': {{Deconstructed}}. The Coffee Prince shop staff gives a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDzx974YZNk concert]] as a publicity stunt. It ends up being all percussion because they don't know how to play any instrument. Min Yeop is the [=DJ=] and presenter and describes his fellow coworkers as mister Hong, the handsome Han Kyul, TheDitz Eun Chan, the vain Ha Rim, and the waffle Sun Ki.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7LgB14XmS8 opening sequence]] of the sixth season episode [[Recap/HowIMetYourMotherS6E21Hopeless "Hopeless"]] features the adults doing a rendition of the TiTleSequence's song. They are FiveTemperamentEnsemble -- Ted (Leukine) and Barney (Sanguine) are the guitarists, Lily (Choleric) is the bassist, Robin (Melancholic) is the drummer, and Marshall (Phlegmatic) is the keyboardist.
* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'': The DoItYourselfThemeTune, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmv9A8vlqCc "Climax Jump"]], uses this trope. The [[PeopleInRubberSuits Imagin]] FourTemperamentEnsemble provides both the vocals and instrumental accompaniment separately. They sing as a quartet with only microphones in front of them (and act as backing [[DancingTheme dancers]] when one takes the lead). In interspersed cuts, they are playing rock band instruments. All four possess the protagonist, Ryotaro, to aid him in battle -- turning Ryotaro into the absent [[TheLeader Leader]]. Momotaros is TheLancer and on the electric guitar, Urataros is TheSmartGuy and on the bass, Kintaros is TheBigGuy and on the drums, and Ryutaros is TheBabyOfTheBunch and the [=DJ=].
* ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'': The main characters belong to a teen rock band called "Team Samurai" but are [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything never seen performing]]. The one time they skip classes to practice, they get interrupted. And then they do a magic act for the school's talent show. Purportedly, TheLeader Sam is the lead guitarist, TheBigGuy Tanker is the drummer, TheDitz Amp is the bassist, and TheSmartGirl Syd is the keyboardist and vocalist.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{Deardrops}}'': As if proving that Administrivia/TropesAreTools, it's PlayedForDrama in this visual novel. A Five-Man Band Concert is the premise --Shouichi, the main character, has his dream of being a professional violinist shattered, so he returns to Japan. There, meets fellow musicians -- just, that they are not ClassicalMusic artists but aspiring rockstars. Predictably, Shouichi gets roped into being part of a rock band and is only then that the FiveManBand is formed. Shouichi, TheHero but not quite the leader, is the guitarist as well as his guitar teacher Yayoi (the OnlySaneWoman). Riho, TheHeart, is the singer. Eiji, TheLancer, is the bassist. And Cloudcuckoolander Rimu [[InvokedTrope invokes]] AllDrummersAreAnimals because she features a prominent AnimalMotif (cats), but is human. The drama part comes very early when Shouichi fails to play the guitar to his own, perfectionist standards and decides to break his hands and quit his first (makeshift) rock band.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': PlayedForLaughs in "Halloween Hijinks". After the [[ScoobyDooHoax Large Bean]] shots a [[ColorFailure paralyzing beam]] to Teen Strong Bad, Teen Homestar checks on him and suggests they play in a band. Just like that, out of nowhere. Cue for an InsertSong sequence of the "Mysfit-teries" with TheLeader Teen Homestar singing and playing the guitar, TokenEvilTeammate Strong Bad (who gets [[ThePowerOfRock defreezed for this]]) on the keyboard, TheHeart Teen Marzipan playing both the tambourine and the trumpet, and TheBigGuy Teen Strong Mad on the drums. They perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1No1SB0ThP0 Kooky Monlight]]. Later, Stave [[spoiler: aka Large Bean, because everyone forgets he's a murderer,]] is invited by Teen Homestar to play the classical guitar and provide some backing vocals in the song's reprise.
* The album cover art for the ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}'' soundtrack has Flamegirl on the electric bass, Nylocke on guitar, Gamecrazed on the keyboard, Kirbopher on drums, and Alpha as the singer. The Season 2 soundtrack re-iterates this theme, but with the Netkings, with Kindarspirit as the singer, Execk on bass, Rubirules on guitar, Webmaster as a DJ, and Bitshrum on drums. To allude to the second season's more techno-dubstep style (courtesy of ''Music/TheLivingTombstone''), the Netking band uses electronic instruments.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/AxeCop'': In the [[AllThereInTheManual Ask Axe Cop]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ask_axe_cop_36_3_671x1024.png 36th issue]], Axe Cop reveals he is part of a band predictably called "The Axe". Ralph Wrinkles on the drums because AllDrummersAreAnimals, TheBigGuy (on account of being a dinosaur) Wexter on the violin, a Chinese wrestler on the flute, a wrestler on a bear on the electric bass, Sockarang on the lead guitar, and Axe Cop on the... axe. As it turns out, if you flip his axe it turns into a string-less guitar. Oh, and Baby Man as the [[DancingTheme dancer]]. They have released two albums with [[DoubleDoubleTitle Double, Double Titles]]: "Axe Axe Axe" and "Boom Booom Wexter's Fiyah Powah".
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': {{Justified}} in the episode [[Recap/AdventureTimeS3E10WhatWasMissing "What Was Missing"]] since the characters have to play in a band together to try to open the Door Lord's lair and retrieve their [[MementoMacGuffin most precious belongings]]. TheHero and [[TheHeart Heart]] Finn beatboxes, TheLancer Jake (who parodies CreativeDifferences as the band jerk) plays the violin, TheSmartGirl Princess Bubblegum uses [=BMO=] as a makeshift synthesizer, and TheBigGirl Marceline is the bassist and vocalist. They start off with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h28xpNvW9Yw "I'm just your problem"]], a song with strong HomoeroticSubtext. After [[spoiler: several failed attempts, they disband. They are brought back together by]] Finn, who invokes TrueCompanions with the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9-IB3DYN-M "My Best Friends in the World"]]. It's first a solo but the others gradually join him -- there's no beatboxing this time, though.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': Several members of the cast form a band in an early Season 1 episode -- Odd on the guitar, Ulrich on the keyboard, Jim on the slide trombone, Nicolas on the drums, and Yumi the singing. Only Odd and Nicolas had any real skill at their instruments, and after that episode, the band was never mentioned again.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}'': The cartoon's premise is that a band called "The Neptunes" has an [[ArtisticLicenseBiology amphibious shark]] for a [[AllDrummersAreAnimals drummer]]. Besides the titular character, who is TheBigGuy, the band has StandardizedLeader Biff on the electric guitar, OnlySaneWoman Shelly on the tambourine, MellowFellow Clamhead on the bass (and, occasionally, the trumpet), and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bubbles on the keyboard. Their instruments are appropriately ocean biology-themed.
* ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussyCats'': It's more like a PowerTrio Concert but also has this trope as its premise. TheLeader Josie plays the guitar, TheSmartGal Valerie plays two tambourines, and TheDitz Melody plays the drums. All three girls provide the vocals.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': The third episode of the ''Wu's Teas'' series of shorts features the Ninja [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX8u5mJ2LTw&t=50s performing]] to advertise Wu's Tea Shop. TheChosenOne Lloyd is the singer, TheAce Nya is on the drums, BigBrotherMentor Kai and LargeHam Jay are the guitarists, and TheBigGuy Cole plays the electric bass. Notably, Zane is absent.
* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
** After they solve the mystery and if [[FakeBand "The Hex Girls"]] are involved, there's a concert and the gang is often a backing band of sorts for "The Hex Girls". BigFriendlyDog Scooby Doo is on the percussion, LovableCoward Shaggy is on the bass, TheHeart Daphne is on the tambourine, TheSmartGal Velma is on the keyboard, and StandardizedLeader Fred is on the guitar. All of them are appropriately dressed following the goth style that characterizes "The Hex Girls". Such lucky, InUniverse [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fans]].
** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost'': They play the iconic song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJDaaCtJ85c "Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water"]] as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QcCY8X87A4 "Those Meddling Kids"]].
** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'': In an inversion of the usual formula, "The Hex Girls" are the backing singers while the main stars are "The Meddling Kids" (aka the Mystery Incorporated gang). They perform a rendition of the franchise's ThemeTune [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8UW9JXYA0 "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"]] in a winner concert at the end of TheMovie. Some roles are shifted -- Velma is the singer and doesn't play any instrument while Daphne is on the keytar. Also, it's revealed Velma does like to sing, just not in front of so many people.
** ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' (2002): {{Subverted}} in [[Recap/WhatsNewScoobyDooS2E6TheVampireStrikesBack "The Vampire Strikes Back"]], since the gang helps in the music video of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckb6iGVPpts "Petrified Bride"]] but as actors, not as musicians.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'': In [[Recap/TotalDramaPicnicAtHangingDork "Picnic at Hanging Dork"]] Team Amazon forms a band and sings about... [[ItMakesSenseInContext sheeps]], specifically, about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn0ltUrnNCQ "Shear the Sheep"]]. Heather, who is surprisingly an AntiHero this season, as lead vocals; Courtney, TheLancer, as the guitarist; Cody, the TheOneGuy, as the bassist; Gwen, the GuileHero, as the drummer; and Sierra, TheBigGirl, as the squealing fangirl. Sierra and Gwen switched positions before the performance, though. Since this season's premise is a musical, this trope was very much expected, especially since everyone has been shown singing from the beginning. However, Courtney is the only one to play her instrument outside of this episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': [[Recap/WinxClubS4E16AVirtualWorld "A Virtual World"]] starts a whole subplot in the fourth season about the girls creating a band because it's Musa's dream. Neither of them was previously stated to be able to play a musical instrument. Barring Musa, of course, who is the fairy of music and proficient in several musical instruments as well as having an [[BeautifulSingingVoice angelic singing voice]]. The band, named Winx Club, is arranged as follows: Bloom, TheLeader, is the main vocalist. Something that, curiously enough, enraged several fans because the spotlight should have belonged to Musa. Stella, TheLancer, plays the guitar. Musa, TheBigGirl (she's a slim heavy-hitter), is also on the guitar and provides the backing vocals. Flora, TheHeart, plays the bass. Tecna, TheSmartGirl, plays the keytar. Very fitting for the fairy of technology. And Layla, the SixthRanger, is on the drums. From this season onward, they perform at least a couple of concerts per season: one at the beginning and one at the ending. Their most iconic song, however, remains to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBD-__C-Jys "Heart of Stone"]].
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