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 webcomics:
Anthros And Dungeons
The Light Warriors in
8-Bit Theater, athough they'd probably fit better in
the other category
| The Hero | Thief, a selfish, racist, amoral crime boss with no heroic traits whatever |
| The Lancer | Red Mage, a self-declared "tactical genius" and Jack-of-All-Stats, utterly ignorant of anything besides Animal Husbandry,also, it goes without saying a Small Name, Big Ego. |
| The Big Guy | Fighter, actually fits quite well, doubles as the Token Good Teammate |
| The Smart Guy | Black Mage, oscillates between a Genius Ditz in the fields of dark magic and wanton destruction and the Only Sane Man, has No Social Skills |
| The Chick | White Mage, hates their guts and only associates with them becuase her entire belief system is based around the prophecy of the Light Warriors, which the group hijacked for fame and fortune, also a Token Good Teammate |
| The Mentor | Sarda, albeit one actively trying to kill them |
Arthur, King of Time and Space
Bomberman Land Parody
Critter County
The Crossoverlord
The Crossoverkill
Ctrl+Alt+Del
Daily Grind
Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures (Main original cast)
Darths & Droids
Digger
The Dreamer
Drow Tales (in the Overworld arc)
El Goonish Shive
Elf Blood (Arranged as Renegades/Council)
Exterminatus Now
Fans!;
First Generation
Second Generation
The "old guard" in
Girl Genius
...and as a troupe of
Mad Scientists they're
all The Smart Guy.
Goblins: Life through their eyes
Guilded Age
Gunnerkrigg Court
Hitmen For Destiny
Homestuck - the kids
Homestuck - the exiles
Homestuck - troll Red Team
Homestuck - troll Blue Team
Homestuck - troll combined team ("Team Adorabloodthirsty")
Homestuck - The remaining trolls
Homestuck - Post-Scratch kids
Housepets! - The Good Ol' Dogs Club
Indefensible Positions
The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob!
Jewel Vixens
Khatru
Least I Could Do
LessThanThree Comics's Brat Pack.
Looking for Group
Newshounds
The Order of the Stick
The Order of the Stick
The Order of the Scribble
(Also see the Order's
Psycho Ranger counterparts, the Linear Guild, which qualifies as a
Five Bad Bands.)
Panthera
RPG World
Rumors of War
Sandusky
Sluggy Freelance
Later, in the bRoken arc, we get possibly the
oddest Five-Man Band in history. Quoth Sasha "are you
sure we're the good guys?"
Supernormal Step
Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff
Trigger Star
Troy
TwoKinds
Wapsi Square
The Wotch
The Wotch: Cheer!
Zap!
