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Five Man Band: Film
The
Five-Man Band is a group of characters whose members fall into archetypes which all complement one another. They are a very specific team with skills that contribute to the group in a unique way. Here are some places where the trope occurs in film:
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A Bug's Life
A Knight's Tale
The A-Team
Air Buddies series
Airheads
Alice in Wonderland
Alien (the first film)
Aliens
Alien: Resurrection : the crew of the
Betty
Aliens in the Attic
The omegas from
Alpha and Omega
The alphas from
Alpha and Omega
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Apollo 13 : The crew of Apollo 13
Mission Control
The Aristocats
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
(Before
they betray Rourke and Helga )
(After
they betray Rourke and Helga )
Balto III: Wings Of Change
Beauty and the Beast - Beast's servants
Bedtime Stories
Big Trouble in Little China
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Note: Bill and Ted are interchangeable as Hero and Lancer.
The Black Cauldron
Braveheart
The Brave Little Toaster
Parts Shop Appliances
The Breakfast Club
Cars
Cars 2
World Grand Prix racecars
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009 film)
Conan The Destroyer
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dawn of the Dead (
the ones who make it to the boat anyway )
Demolition Man
Dinosaur
The Crows
Dungeons & Dragons (the film nobody liked)
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God (the sequel barely anybody liked)
Euro Trip
The Fall
Fantastic Voyage
The Fifth Element
Finding Nemo - The Tank Gang
Fish Story
The Fugitive : The U.S. Marshals
Galaxy Quest : A special case, in which a
Five-Man Band of actors play a
Five-Man Band of characters in a
Space Opera series, most of them occupying a different slot on the show than they do offscreen.
Ghostbusters
Gladiator
The Golden Child
The Goonies
Grease : The T-Birds
The Pink Ladies in the first film
The Pink Ladies in
Grease 2 (They are
The Chicks )
Happily Ever After - The Dwarfelles
Hocus Pocus
Hoodwinked
How to Train Your Dragon
Ice Age The Meldown
Igor
Inception
Note: N.B. Saito's the sixth man in this group, and is referred to as "The Tourist." At least, Ariadne is more positive aspects of this trope.
The Incredibles
The
Indiana Jones films:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Please note: That Indy and Mutt both feature elements of both The Hero and The Lancer , and can arguably be traded back and forth between roles as the movie progresses.
The Italian Job
John Tucker Must Die
The Vultures
Jurassic Park
Kung Fu Panda - The Furious Five
Kung Fu Panda 2
Labyrinth
The Land Before Time
Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole
The Lion King series
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning - The Catfish Club Band
Madagascar
The cheerleaders in
Man Of The House
The Marx Brothers
The Matrix
Minutemen (Disney film)
Mission: Impossible
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening Of The Trailblazer - The Meisters
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening Of The Trailblazer - The Ptolemios crew
Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening Of The Trailblazer - The Earth Sphere Federation army
Monsters, Inc.
Monsters Vs. Aliens
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
...who had nearly fought the fierce dragon of Angnor, almost stood to the vicious chicken of Bristol, and personally wet himself at the Battle for Badon Hill
Sixth Ranger The Aptly Named Sir Not-Appearing-In-This-Film
Team Pet(s) Patsy and the other squires/faithful servants/horses
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997)
Mulan
Mystery Men
Once Upon a Forest
Oliver and Company :
Disney/Pinocchio
Pirates of the Caribbean
Planet 51 (After Chuck is held captive)
Planet of the Apes (2001 remake)
Planet of the Dinosaurs : Plus four others, but by the end of the film they are narrowed down to five.
The Princess and the Frog
In-universe example: Fox Force Five in
Pulp Fiction
Rebuild of Evangelion seems to be building up to this, although a lack of interaction between pilots makes it difficult to determine the exacts yet, and it is possible an additional pilot will be introduced to further mix things up.
Reservoir Dogs
Return of the Living Dead Part 2
Return to Oz
Revenge of the Nerds
Rio
Rio Bravo :
Road House
Robin Hood
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Rock-A-Doodle
The Rocker
The Rocketeer
The Seven Dwarfs
Shaun of the Dead
Shrek
Princesses
The Smurfs
Sneakers
The Spy Next Door
Star Trek
Star Wars (original trilogy)
A new one emerges during
The Empire Strikes Back with the Falcon Crew:
During
The Phantom Menace :
And during episodes II and III:
Still Waiting...
Street Fighter (1994)
Streets of Fire
Stripes
Sucker Punch
Super Troopers
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
Top Gun
Toy Story series - Andy's Toys
who eventually merge with Bonnie's Toys
Note: Barbie is Molly's doll who eventually merge with Sunnyside Daycare Toys that Ken stops her from the garbage truck .
Toy Story 3 - Bonnie's Toys
Trading Places
Transformers
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Tropic Thunder
True Lies
The Untouchables
The Usual Suspects
Warriors of Virtue
The Hero Yun, Virtue of Benevolence, Warrior of Water
The Lancer Lai, Virtue of Order, Warrior of Wood
The Chick Tsun, Virtue of Loyalty, Warrior of Earth
The Smart Guy Chi, Virtue of Wisdom, Warrior of Fire
The Big Guy Yee, Virtue of Righteousness, Warrior of Metal
Waiting...
Wet Hot American Summer
X-Men : The Last Stand
Zardoz
Zathura
Zombieland