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RV Since: Mar, 2011
#1: Apr 22nd 2011 at 6:42:37 PM

Four-Element Ensemble

Most of the examples of Four-Element Ensemble can be found in Elemental Powers and a few of them don't even fit in exact water/earth/fire/air formula.

Aquillion Since: Jan, 2001
#2: Apr 22nd 2011 at 7:50:59 PM

I would say that it's a real trope, but so rare in its 'genuine' form as to make it questionable whether it really needs its own page. Many of the examples there seem to be shoehorned in — things like 'well, you could interpret these as the four elements'.

Most 'ensemble' tropes suffer from that problem (especially Five-Man Band, which for some reason people love to stuff groups that don't even have five people into), and it's not as bad here as in some of the others, but the description should make it clear that only groups of exactly four people who are explicitly each themed to an element qualify.

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#3: Apr 23rd 2011 at 2:55:21 AM

The best example I can think of off the top of my head is Avatar The Last Airbender.

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DoktorvonEurotrash Welcome, traveller, welcome to Omsk Since: Jan, 2001
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#4: Apr 23rd 2011 at 4:32:42 AM

[up]And yet, not even that seems like a straight example. For the first season and a fair bit of the second, Team Avatar consists of three people (one of whom has no elemental powers), and by the time the "earth" and "fire" members join, Aang has already started branching out from being "air". Not saying it's not an example, just that it's not a straight one.

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Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
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#5: Apr 23rd 2011 at 5:22:39 AM

Wait it's a team? I thought it was four elements as the Elemental Powers.

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Spark9 Gentleman Troper! from Castle Wulfenbach Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#6: Apr 24th 2011 at 6:46:39 AM

I would suggest changing this into a redirect to Elemental Powers, because there really isn't enough difference between them.

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#7: Sep 20th 2011 at 3:19:30 AM

Is action still needed here, or can we lock this?

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