History FourTemperamentEnsemble / Literature

* In ''Literature/TheBridgeOfClay'', the Dunbar brothers: [[{{Narrator}} Matthew]] is eclectic -- reasonable, responsible, not prone to any outbursts; Henry sanguine -- most cheerful of the family, talkative and very good at haggling; Rory choleric - hard-working (that is, once he is expelled from school and gets "real" work), rude, loves drinking and brawling; Clay melancholic -- introverted, emotional, talks very little; and Tommy phlegmatic -- thoughtful, sympathetic and compassionate.

''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':

* Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt does this in two of her novels.
** In "Överenskommelser", we have Beatrice as the Sanguine, Seth as the Choleric, Sofia as the Phlegmatic and Johan as the Eclectic.
** In ''De skandalösa", Magdalena as the Melancholic, Gabriel as the Sanguine, Venus as the Phlegmatic and Ossian as the Eclectic.
* In ''Literature/TheAnderssons'' by Solveig Olsson-Hultgren, you can see the four original Andersson sisters as this: Elin is the Choleric, Mandi is the Phlegmatic, Ida Sofia is the Melancholic and Greta is the Sanguine.
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Ebenezer Scrooge (choleric), The Ghost of Jacob Marley (melancholic), The Ghost of Christmas Past (eclectic), The Ghost of Christmas Present & Tiny Tim (sanguine), Bob Cratchit & The Ghost of Christmas yet to come (phlegmatic).
* ''Literature/AClockworkOrange'': Alex (melancholic), Dim (sanguine), Georgie (choleric), and Pete (phlegmatic).
* ''Literature/AmericanGods'': Shadow (phlegmatic), Mr. Wednesday (choleric), Czernobog (melancholic), and Mr. Nancy (sanguine).

* The original four members of ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': Kristy (choleric), Mary Anne (melancholic), Claudia (sanguine), and Stacey (phlegmatic).

* The ''Bailey School Kids'': Eddie (choleric), Liza (melancholic), Howie (phlegmatic), and Melody (sanguine).
* In ''Literature/TheBible''
** The first five kings in David's dynasty: David (sanguine), Solomon (eclectic), Rehoboam (choleric), Abijah (phlegmatic), and Asa (melancholic).
** In Jesus' parable, the wealthy father (sanguine), his dutiful elder son (melancholic), and the prodigal son (choleric).
** The Two Evangelist Duos from Acts: Paul (choleric), Mark (melancholic), Silas (phlegmatic), and Barnabas (sanguine).

* The four Pevensie children in ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'': Peter (choleric), Edmund (melancholic), Susan (phlegmatic), and Lucy (sanguine).

* There are multiple examples in Tamora Pierce's ''Literature/CircleOfMagic'' quartet and its follow-up books:
** The four protagonists: Sandry (sanguine), Briar (melancholic), Daja (phlegmatic), and Tris (choleric)
** Their four teachers, respectively: Lark (phlegmatic), Rosethorn (choleric), Frostpine (sanguine), and Niko (melancholic)
* The four main characters of ''Literature/LaCittaVuota'': Lucrezia (choleric), Ander (sanguine), Sergio (melancholic) and Matilde (phlegmatic).

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': The senior members of the City Watch: Commander Vimes (melancholic), Captain Carrot (phlegmatic), Captain Angua (choleric) and Sergeant Colon (sanguine).
* The first and second books of the [[ComicBook/DavPilkeyDogMan Dog Man]] series: Dog Man (sanguine), Petey (melancholic), Chief (choleric), Sarah (phlegmatic), and Zuzu (eclectic, leaning to phlegmatic).
** Petey’s immediate family: Petey himself (melancholic), Li’l Petey (sanguine), Grampa (choleric), and [[spoiler: Petey’s mother]] (phlegmatic).
* The (arguably) four best-known Creator/DrSeuss characters: the Cat in the Hat (sanguine), the Grinch (choleric), Horton (phlegmatic), and the Lorax (melancholic).
* The core four of ''Literature/EverWorld''. April (sanguine), Christoper (choleric), David (melancholic), and Jalil (phlegmatic).

* ''Literature/TheGreatGatsby'': Jay Gatsby (eclectic), Tom Buchanan (choleric), Nick Carraway (phlegmatic), Jordan (melancholic), and Daisy (sanguine).
* The Franchise/HannibalLecter novels: Lecter himself and Clarice Starling (melancholic), Will Graham (choleric), and Jack Crawford (phlegmatic).
** The Nazi looters who eat Lecter's sister: Grutas (choleric), Dortlich (sanguine), Kolnas (phlegmatic), Grentz (melancholic), and Milko (eclectic).
** The Verger family in ''Hannibal'': Mason (choleric), Margot (phlegmatic), and Molson (melancholic).
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has the main Death Eaters.

** Eclectic: Peter Petigrew, ''DirtyCoward'' who only sides with the strong and has no real agenda of it's own outside of survival.
* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1'':
** Choleric: Arthur
** Melancholic: Marvin
** Phlegmatic: Ford
** Sanguine: Zaphod
** Eclectic: Trillian

* The ''Literature/HorusHeresy'' novels, set in an earlier era of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', toy with this openly with Warmaster Horus' inner advisory circle during the first few novels, consisting of Ezekyle Abaddon (choleric), "Little Horus" Aximand (melancholic), Tarik Torgaddon (sanguine), and Garviel Loken (phlegmatic). Tellingly, the Mournival becomes unbalanced as the Heresy progresses, as Torgaddon is killed by Aximand on Istvaan III while Loken remains a loyalist. During the Siege of Terra, all current members of the Mournival except for Abaddon are killed, foreshadowing how he will turn his fellow survivors into the Black Legion, driven by their desire to destroy the Imperium and allow Chaos to reign supreme.
* In ''Literature/InTheTimeOfTheButterflies'' by Julia Alvarez (a {{dramatization}} of the lives of the Mirabal sisters from the Dominican Republic), Maria Teresa "Mate" Mirabal (sanguine), Minerva Mirabal (choleric), Dede (melancholic), and Patria (phlegmatic).
* The four boys in the camp plot of ''Literature/JellyBelly'': Protagonist Ned (melancholic), Richard (choleric), Hog (phlegmatic), and Max (sanguine).

* The 4 March sisters in ''Literature/LittleWomen'': Meg (phlegmatic), Jo (choleric), Beth (melancholic), and Amy (sanguine).

* ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'': Ralph (sanguine), Jack (choleric), Piggy (melancholic), and Simon (phlegmatic).

%% * In ''[[Literature/TheMazeRunner The Maze Runner Trilogy]]'', Thomas is [[color:black: melancholic]], Minho is [[color:gold: choleric]], Brenda is [[color:red: sanguine]] and Jorge is [[color:green: phlegmatic]].
* In ''Literature/TheMcGurkOrganization'', the original four kids in the [=McGurk Detective Agency=]. Jack [=McGurk=] (choleric), Joey Rockaway (melancholic), Willie Sandowski (phlegmatic), and Wanda Grieg (sanguine).
* The BCDC from ''Literature/MeddlingKids2017''

* ''Literature/MissPrince''

* ''Literature/TheMonkeyWrenchGang'': Doc Sarvis (sanguine), Hayduke (choleric), Smith (melancholic), and Abbzug (phlegmatic).
* ''Literature/OnTheRoad'': Sal Paradise (sanguine), Dean Moriarty (choleric), Carlo Marx (melancholic), and Marylou (phlegmatic).
* ''Literature/PhantomsReckoning 2'': Yuki (melancholic), Kaori (phlegmatic), Shoji (sanguine with some choleric), and Tatsuya and Makoto (choleric).
* In ''Literature/ThePoisonwoodBible'', the Price ladies minus Ruth May fit this: Rachel (sanguine), Leah (choleric), Adah (melancholic), and Orleanna (phlegmatic).
* In ''Red Mars'', psychologist Michel Duval slots the classical temperaments into his own psychological theory: Sanguine = Extroverted + Stabile; Choleric = Extroverted + Labile; Phlegmatic = Introverted + Stabile; Melancholic = Introverted + Labile.
* ''Literature/TheRomanMysteries'': This is actually explictly stated in the books, which is justified because it takes place during a time period when doctors still believed in the four humors.
* ''Literature/TheSagaOfIncredibleWeirdness'' has Scotty (sanguine), Scarlett (choleric), Hobbes (melancholic), Geraldine (phlegmatic), and K (eclectic).
** Also, the later books have the four eldest Marshall brothers: Joe Jr. (choleric), Jack (phlegmatic), Bobby (sanguine), and Ted (melancholic).
* ''Literature/SammyKeyes'' and her friends: Sammy (choleric), Dot (melancholic), Marissa (phlegmatic), and Holly (sanguine).
* The main characters from ''Literature/Shiki'':
** Natsuno Yuuki is Melancholic
** Toshio Ozaki is Choleric
** Seishin Muroi is Phlegmatic
** Megumi Shimizu is Sanguine

* The four protagonists of ''Sleepers'' by Lorenzo Carcaterra: Michael (choleric), Tommy (melancholic), John (sanguine), and Shakes (phlegmatic). Interestingly, the four abusive guards at the reform school fit this paradigm rather neatly as well: Nokes (choleric), Styler (melancholic), Addison (sanguine), and Ferguson (phlegmatic).

* The four Compson children in ''Literature/TheSoundAndTheFury'' count. Caddy (sanguine), Jason (choleric), Quentin (melancholic), and Benjy (phlegmatic).

* ''Literature/TaleOfTheTroika'': not the protagonists, but the members of the Troika: Vunyukov (phlegmatic), Farfurkis (melancholic), Khlebovvodov (choleric), Vybegallo (sanguine).
* Done deliberately by Émile Zola as a character study in ''Literature/ThereseRaquin''. Laurent (sanguine), Mme. Raquin (choleric), Camille (phlegmatic), and Thérèse (melancholic).
* From ''Literature/TheTillermanFamilySeries'': Dicey (choleric), James (phlegmatic), Maybeth (melancholic), Sammy (sanguine).
* ''Literature/WarriorCats'' has the following:
** Dovewing (Sanguine).
** Lionblaze (Choleric).
** Jayfeather (Melancholic).
** Ivypool (Phlegmatic).
* In Todd Strasser’s ''Wildlife'' trilogy, boy howdy are the Coming Attractions a textbook example: Gary (choleric), Susan (phlegmatic), Oscar (sanguine), and Karl (melancholic).

* ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'': Scarecrow (choleric), Nick Chopper/The Tin Woodsman (melancholic), Lion (sanguine), and Dorothy (phlegmatic).

* ''4 Kids in 5E & 1 Crazy Year'': [[GenkiGirl Destiny]] (Sanguine), [[DarkAndTroubledPast Maximo]] (Choleric), [[DreadlockRasta Willie]] (Melancholic), and [[NiceGuy Giovanni]] (Phlegmatic).

* In ''Literature/{{The McGurk Mysteries}}'', the original four kids in the [=McGurk Detective Agency=]. Jack [=McGurk=] (choleric), Joey Rockaway (melancholic), Willie Sandowski (phlegmatic), and Wanda Grieg (sanguine).

* The four main characters in ''Literature/TheSpectrumGame'':
** Sanguine: Azurine may be somewhat shy at times, but she’s otherwise the most bubbly member of the team. She is optimistic and has the best people skills, getting along with just about everyone she meets, but at times, she is rather scatterbrained and disorganized.
** Choleric: Iago is only somewhat HotBlooded, but he would definitely be the most outgoing member. A LargeHam extraordinaire, Iago is very passionate despite being rather logical in nature, and can be somewhat condescending to some extent.
** Melancholic: Inigo is calculating and methodical in most things he does. He keeps a stoic face at all times, and is incredibly blunt when talking to others. He easily functions as the group’s [[TheSpock Superego]], despite his ironic lack of knowledge pertaining to anything useful.
** Phlegmatic: Silas is, without a doubt, the most chill member of the team, being casual and laidback. He is kind and humble, and second only to Azurine in regards to people skills. However, he can also be stubborn, and is somewhat indecisive and reliant on others at times.

* The BCDC from ''Literature/MeddlingKids''

** Eclectic: Peter Petigrew, ''DirtyCoward'' who only sides with the strong and has no real agenda of it's on outside of survival.

** Sanguine: Bellatrix Lestrange, ''AxCrazy'' sadists who only cares about Voldemort and the blood purity.

** Kerri is melancholic, especially in her recurring episodes of [[TheEeyoreclinical depression]], although she gets better with Andy's help.

* ''Literature/Discworld'': The senior members of the City Watch: Commander Vimes (melancholic), Captain Carrot (phlegmatic), Captain Angua (choleric) and Sergeant Colon (sanguine).

* The first and second books of the [[ComicBook/DavPilkeyDogMan Dog Man]] series: Dog Man (sanguine), Petey (melancholic), Chief (choleric), Sarah (phlegmatic), and Zuzu (eclectic).

* ''Literature/Animorphs'': Jake is melancholic (shrewd, calculating); Rachel is choleric (aggressive, driven); Tobias is supine (aloof, timid); Cassie is phlegmatic (the peacemaker); and Marco is sanguine (the cheerful jokester).