Markup View

Author: acrobox

Aug 27th 2012 at 8:37:42 AM

This trope is redundant with FiveManBand essentially turning FiveManBand into TheSameButMoreSpecific and it probably wont fix a lot of shoehorning issues.

As stated a lot of iconic fiveman bands don't follow the 4guys and a girl dynamic such as many PowerRanger teams and SailorMoon.

The only disticnct trope I could think about splitting off from FiveManBand is the visual distinctions that might not always overlap with the roles. In that you have a Heroic looking character, an antiheroic looking character, a large or tall charactr, a short or younger character, and a more feminine character (or a female in case all other roles are filled by guys, or a more girly girl character in case there is more than one girl on the team.)

in which case the second trope is purely about aesthetic character design and not necessarily roles or group dynamics. (the small one could be a TagAlongKid, the large one could be TheMentor, the feminine one could be TheLeader etc.)

if you want a trope to cover group dynamics shoehorning, just make a general GroupDynamics trope where you could list any and all genders and any and all number of members an any and all roles. wasn't there a YKKTW for that a little while ago