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Heroes aren't the only ones who enjoy bonding in groups of five. Villains do it, too! This isn't necessarily done to mirror the heroes or provide any sort of advantage; in fact, many Five Bad Bands are in place even before the FiveManBand is. Note also that Five Bad Bands are more fluid than Five Person Bands, open to more roster changes, and there may not even be five of them, though there are never fewer than four.

The roles in a Five Bad Band are:

* [[BigBad The Big Bad]] - Counterpart to TheHero. Large and in charge, with an inner circle of mooks to do their bidding and often also an [[TheEvilArmy Evil Army]] as well. Often will be more difficult to identify early on because of the very nature of a Bigbad. Occasionally pulls double duty as the EvilGenius.
* TheDragon - Counterpart to TheLancer. Usually more physical than their boss, and commonly the most trusted member of the bunch. Good for leading {{Mooks}}, and sometimes the most '[[WickedCultured classy]]' looking. Much like TheLancer, in the absence of a SixthColumn, TheDragon is the most likely to betray the team (''especially'' if they're TheStarscream), and may bear their share of resentment towards the BigBad. More likely to be TheHero's EvilCounterpart or WorthyOpponent within the context of the story than the BigBad is.
* [[EvilGenius The Evil Genius]] - Counterpart to TheSmartGuy. Operates the weapons or acts as MissionControl for the others. Often essential to the evil scheme; their screwing up could mean the entire thing falls apart. Most likely of this group to be BadBoss'd for this very reason. Ironically, being less manically evil doesn't make them a better candidate for a HeelFaceTurn, as they are often just completely amoral. More prone to insanity or [[BunnyEarsLawyer other quirks]] then others. Very likely to be a MadScientist.
* TheBrute - Counterpart to TheBigGuy. If the Dragon doesn't lead the Mooks, they will. While likely not better in a fight then TheDragon, is often the most physically powerful. Likes to fight, and is usually second best to the Dragon at doing so. Oh, and they are [[GiantMook big]], and sometimes ([[GeniusBruiser but not always]]) [[DumbMuscle pretty dim]].
* The DarkChick - The counterpart to TheChick, they can vary quite significantly, and is chiefly defined by looking or acting wildly different from the other members, adding color to the group. It's this member that stands out for one reason or another, and may be considered the "freak" or loose cannon of the group, particularly by her own members. If in an [[SlidingScaleLongName optimistic setting,]] she will be the mostly one to be [[HighHeelFaceTurn redeemed and not die horrifically]]. If not, then she becomes a one part [[DatingCatwoman Dominatrix]] and one part {{Yandere}} for TheHero (if male) if she holds any type of romantic interest towards him at all. Or just one or the latter.

Also frequent is for the group to get a SixthRanger or SixthColumn of its own. Sometimes there'll even be a more classical [[TheLancer Lancer]]. Just like with the FiveManBand, the former can either be a FaceHeelTurn or just simply a third entity that eventually joins them and the latter is a member that undergoes a HeelFaceTurn (although the member doesn't necessarily have to join the heroes opposing the organization). It's extraordinarily rare for a FiveBadBand to get a TeamPet, though. However, when they do, it will be out on the field of battle trying to ream redshirts of the team to death or is seen consuming mooks like treats.

In general this team is the ultimate enemy to defeat, being [[DistributionOfNinjutsu equal and opposite]] their enemies. However, if they are a group sent out by the BigBad and have a leadership structure but are nothing more then a [[TheDragon dangerous group]] to cause trouble then it is a QuirkyMinibossSquad. A Five Bad Team can double as ThePsychoRangers, the collective EvilTwin of a FiveManBand.

When adding entries to this list, please follow the order as listed above. Also remember, the individual character tropes are very specific character types. It is tempting to match one or two possible characters and then shove other characters in a QuirkyMinibossSquad to fit this trope. Like the FiveManBand, they have a team dynamic, not just vague personality quirks.

Similarly, neither all evil Five Person Bands nor all groups of ThePsychoRangers are necessarily Five Bad Bands.
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* FiveBadBand/{{Anime}}
* FiveBadBand/{{Film}}
* FiveBadBand/{{Literature}}
* FiveBadBand/VideoGames
* FiveBadBand/WesternAnimation

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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* The original [[XMen Brotherhood of Evil Mutants]]
** The BigBad - Magneto
** TheDragon - Toad
** The EvilGenius - Mastermind (fittingly enough)
** TheBrute - Quicksilver (ironically, he's a FragileSpeedster)
** The DarkChick - Scarlet Witch

* TheFlash Rogues (current, not SilverAge)
** The BigBad - Captain Cold, the unequivocal leader
** The Lancer - Heat Wave, the only one who ever challenges Cold's authority
** The EvilGenius - Weather Wizard, a histrionic scientist who developed his own equipment
** TheBrute - Mirror Master, easily the most powerful of the lot and the most brutal killer
** The DarkChick - The Trickster, a relative newcomer still earning his keep in the group

*The Archie ''SonicTheHedgehog'' comic's [[ThePsychoRangers Suppression Squad]]
** The BigBad - Scouge
** TheDragon - Miles
** The EvilGenius - Boomer
** TheBrute - Patch
** The DarkChick - Princess Alicia

*The Crime Syndicate of Amerika
** The BigBad - Ultraman
** TheDragon[=/=]The EvilGenius[=/=]TheStarscream - Owlman
** TheBrute - Power Ring and Johnny Quick do this together
** The DarkChick - Superwoman

*The Masters of Evil (Original)
** The BigBad - Baron Zemo
** TheDragon - Executioner
** TheBrute - Black Knight
** The EvilGenius - The Melter
** The DarkChick - Enchantress
** SixthColumn - Wonder Man

*The Masters of Evil aka ''{{Thunderbolts}}''
** The BigBad - Baron Zemo/Citizen V
** TheDragon - Moonstone/Meteorite, with vaguely Starscreamish tendencies
** TheBrute - Goliath/Atlas and Beetle/MACH-1
** The EvilGenius - Fixer/Techno
** The DarkChick - Screaming Mimi/Songbird
** TagalongKid - Jolt

* The Dark Avengers
** The BigBad - Norman Osborn/Iron Patriot
** TheDragon - Robert Reynolds/The Sentry
** The DarkChick - Moonstone/Ms. Marvel
** The Lancer - Venom/Spider-Man, Bullseye/Hawkeye, Marvel Boy/Captain Marvel and Daken/Wolverine
** TheBrute - Ares/..er... Ares.

*Neron's big 5 in ''Underworld Unleashed''
** The BigBad - Lex Luthor
** The Lancer - The Joker (he and Luthor do this all the time)
** The EvilGenius - Abra Kadabra
** TheBrute - Dr. Polaris
** The DarkChick - Circe

* The leaders of the Sinestro Corps in ''GreenLantern: Sinestro Corps War''
**[[BigBad The Big Bad]] - The Anti-Monitor, an immensely powerful OmnicidalManiac who's almost deified by the Corps.
**TheDragon - Sinestro, Green Lantern's EvilCounterpart and the commander of the {{Mooks}}.
** The EvilGenius - Cyborg-Superman, the Corps's quartermaster, leader of the robotic Manhunters, and the warden of their technology.
** TheBrute - Parallax, the AnthropomorphicPersonification of fear. He's smart, but he has no real goals of his own besides spreading misery and lets Sinestro direct his actions.
** The DarkChick - Superman-Prime. Has power on par with the Anti-Monitor, but is the most emotionally unstable member of the group, prone to fits and breakdowns. [[TheDogBitesBack Eventually turns on the others.]]
*** Alternately, Arkillo as TheBrute, and Parallax as more of an evil TeamPet.

*The group of lead Sith from StarWarsLegacy
**BigBad- Darth Krayt (EvilOverlord, leader, and prophet to the new Sith)
**TheDragon- Darth Wyyrlok ("I am the first of his servants... the one nearest to him, the one closest to his thoughts...")
**EvilGenius- Darth Maladi (MadScientist and spymaster)
**TheBrute- Darth Nihl, later Darth Stryfe (most powerful warriors of the group, but generally the least cunning and creative)
**DarkChick- Darth Talon (probably the least powerful, but is the most loyal to Krayt and has some ''serious'' FoeYay with [[AntiHero Cade Skywalker]])

* The inner circle of the Society during the InfiniteCrisis
** BigBad: Lex Luthor, feared by all of the others and questioned by none of them. [[spoiler:Eventually revealed to in fact not be Luthor but his even worse counterpart from another dimension.]]
** TheDragon: Deathstroke, the world's most expensive assassin and a match for the entire Justice League.
** EvilGenius: The Calculator, a former joke villain who has since become the underworld's greatest source of information.
** TheBrute: Dr. Psycho, always the first to advocate violence despite being physically weak himself. Usually serves as the field leader.
** DarkChick: Talia, the ([[DeathIsCheap at the time]]) late Ra's Al Ghul's FemmeFatale daughter.
** SixthColumn: [[spoiler: Black Adam, though they betrayed him first.]]

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* {{Lost}}, The Others
** The BigBad - Benjamin Linus (Leader of the Others and MagnificentBastard par excellence. Also somewhat of an EvilGenius)
** TheDragon - Richard Alpert (Seemingly immortal advisor who acts as a check on the leader's power and selects his successor)
** The EvilGenius - Mikhail (The Others' primary communications officer)
** TheBrute - Tom
** The DarkChick - Juliet (before her HeelFaceTurn)
** The TagalongKid - Alex (Ben's adopted daughter)
** TheManBehindTheMan - Jacob. (Or something. Maybe. We're not really sure what's up with him). [[spoiler:Especially now that a furious Ben stabbed him to death.]]

*The five demons from ''PowerRangersLightspeedRescue''
** The BigBad: Diabolico
** TheDragon: Impus/Olympius
** The EvilGenius: Jinxer
** TheBrute: Loki
** The DarkChick: Vypra


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[[folder: Professional Wrestling ]]

*The Main Event Mafia from TNA Wrestling
**The BigBad - Kurt Angle
**TheDragon - Samoa Joe
**The EvilGenius - Booker T
**TheBrute - Kevin Nash/Scott Steiner
**The DarkChick - Sharmell/Jenna Morasca
**The SixthRanger - Sting

*The Four Horsemen (original version)
**The BigBad - Ric Flair
**TheDragon - Arn Anderson
**TheBrute - Ole Anderson, Barry Windham, Lex Luger, Sid Vicious... the spot rotated
**The EvilGenius - Tully Blanchard
**Tagalong Kid - J.J. Dillon

*The nWo (1996-97)
**The BigBad - Hollywood Hogan
**TheDragon - Randy Savage
**TheBrute - Scott Hall
**The EvilGenius - Kevin Nash
**The DarkChick - Elizabeth

*The Hart Foundation (1997)
**The BigBad - Bret Hart
**TheDragon - Jim Neidhart
**TheBrute - Davey Boy Smith
**The EvilGenius - Owen Hart and/or Brian Pillman

*Evolution
**The BigBad - Triple H
**TheDragon - Randy Orton
**The EvilGenius and TheMentor - Ric Flair
**TheBrute - Batista
**The SixthRanger - Chris Jericho until his HeelFaceTurn around late 2003 to early 2004
**The TagAlongKid - Eugene

*D-Generation X (first run)
**The BigBad - Shawn Michaels
**TheDragon - Triple H
**The EvilGenius - Rick Rude
**TheBrute - Chyna

*D-Generation X (second heel run)
**The BigBad - Triple H
**TheDragon - X-Pac
**The EvilGenius - Road Dogg
**TheBrute - Billy Gunn
**The DarkChick - Stephanie [=Mc=]Mahon

*The [=Mc=]Mahon-Helmsley faction
**The BigBad - Vince [=Mc=]Mahon
**TheDragon - Stephanie [=Mc=]Mahon
**The EvilGenius - Shane [=Mc=]Mahon
**TheBrute - Triple H, Kurt Angle
**SixthRanger - The Radicalz (Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn)

*The Ministry of Darkness
**The BigBad - The Undertaker
**TheDragon and TeamDad - Paul Bearer
**The EvilGenius - Mideon
**TheBrute - Viscera, The Acolytes (Farooq and Bradshaw)
**SixthRanger: The Brood (Gangrel, Edge and Christian)

*Nation of Domination (Farooq's reign)
**The BigBad - Farooq
**TheDragon - Kafa Mustafa
**The EvilGenius - D-Lo Brown
**TheBrute - Mark Henry
**TheStarscream - The Rock

*Nation of Domination (The Rock's reign)
**The BigBad - The Rock
**TheDragon - D-Lo Brown
**The EvilGenius - The Godfather
**TheBrute - Mark Henry
**SixthRanger - Owen Hart

*The Cabinet
**The BigBad - John Bradshaw Layfield
**TheDragon - Orlando Jordan
**TheBrute - Danny Basham
**The EvilGenius - Doug Basham
**The DarkChick - Amy Weber

*La Famillia
**The BigBad and TeamDad - Edge
**TheDragon - Chavo Guerrero
**The EvilGenius and TeamMom - Vickie Guerreo
**TheBrute - Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
**SixthRanger - Bam Neely

*Every {{Heel}} team in {{WWE}}'s Survivor Series.

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[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* AyleeOrgNet.Com from ''SluggyFreelance'' ("Dangerous Days" arc)
** The BigBad - Dadealus, head of parent company Hereti Corp
** TheDragon - Aylee ([[spoiler:technically her clone, Cloney]])
** The EvilGenius - Chen
** TheBrute - Killum
** The DarkChick - Gwynn

*''SluggyFreelance'': Hereti Corp as of the most recent arc
** The BigBad - [[spoiler:Dr Schlock]]
** TheDragon - Frog
** TheBrute - Reynold Strom (Also a SixthColumn)
** The EvilGenius - Frog again
** The DarkChick - Kusari

* ''{{Erfworld}}'' (a subversion, since the characters are protagonists and may not be evil)
** The BigBad - Lord Stanley
** TheDragon - Wanda
** The EvilGenius - Parson Gotti
** TheBrute - Bogroll
** The DarkChick - Sizemore

* ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'''s main villains, who are literally named Team Evil, have a four-person version:
** The BigBad - Xykon
** TheDragon/The EvilGenius - Redcloak
** TheBrute - Tsukiko; she makes, leads and loves the mooks.
*** Who are [[{{Squick}} undead]].
** The DarkChick - The Monster in the Darkness. It would be the brute if it actually did [[MinionWithAnFInEvil anything]].

* ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'' -- The Linear Guild
** Both line-ups:
*** The BigBad - Nale
*** TheDragon - Sabine
*** TheBrute - Thog
** First line-up only:
*** The EvilGenius - Zz'dtri
*** The DarkChick - Hilgya Firehelm
*** The SixthRanger - Yikyik
** Second line-up only:
*** The EvilGenius - Leeky Windstaff
*** The DarkChick - Pompey
*** The SixthRanger - Yokyok

* ''8-Bit Theatre'''s [[strike: Dark Warriors]] [[VillainProtagonist Light Warriors]]:
** The BigBad - [[strike: Garland]] Thief
** TheDragon / TheStarscream - [[strike: Drizz'l]] Black Mage
** The [[EvilGenius Evil Genious]] - [[strike: Vilbert]] Red Mage
** TheBrute - [[strike: Bikke]] Fighter
** The [[strike: DarkChick]] [[TheChick Chick]] - [[strike: Evil Princess Sara, the only villain any ''good'' at being evil.]] White Mage

* ''KeychainOfCreation'': Resonance Ben's band. Very much {{lampshade}}d in [[http://keychain.patternspider.net/archive/koc0210.html this strip]].
** The BigBad - Resonance Ben
** TheDragon - Flame (Who points out that he isn't affiliated with Ben's 'Band' despite Ben naming him...Manager.)
** The EvilGenius - "Bass guitar."
** TheBrute - "The drummer."
** The DarkChick - "The [[SuziQuatroPrinciple keyboardist]]."

* ''Penny and Aggie'': The Injustice Gang during "The Popsicle Wars"
** The BigBad - Karen
** TheDragon - Samantha
** TheBrute - Charlotte
** The EvilGenius - Cindy
** The DarkChick - Meg

* TheCrossoverlord combined it with LegionOfDoom
** The BigBad and EvilGenius: [[SlasherSmile Smiling Man]]
** TheDragon: [[EldritchAbomination Sisters of Twillight]]
** TheBrute: Red.
** The DarkChick: [[HarmlessVillain Goldie]] and [[MagicalGirl Pink Flash]]
** Reserve member: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Darkbringer]] can fit as Dragon, Brute and sometimes Evil Genius if there's a need.

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[[folder: Web Original ]]

* Naturally, ''SailorNothing'' had a crack at this
** The BigBad - The Dark Queen
** TheDragon - Argon
** The EvilGenius and DarkChick - Cobalt
** Two [[TheBrute Brutes]] - Neon and Xenon.
** The SixthRanger - Radon

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* WorldWarII
** The BigBad - [[AdolfHitler Hitler]], obviously.
** TheDragon - Heinrich Himmler
** The EvilGenius - [[EnemyToAllLivingThings Josef]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mengele]], [[XJustX just]] [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Josef]] [[BodyHorror Mengele]].
** TheBrute - Klaus Barbie. There's a reason he was known as [[AxCrazy the Butcher of Lyon]]. Or maybe Otto Skorzeny.
** TheDarkChick - Eva Braun
** TeamPet - Blondi

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