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Author: ChaoticNovelist

May 3rd 2011 at 9:46:21 PM

This is a valid trope. Three Plus Two, judging from its description, is based more on history. The Core Trio having pre-story relations and the other two coming in at the start, or the other two coming in at a later date within the story itself. This trope is about personalities. Its PowerTrio   RedOniBlueOni while ThreePlusTwo is more like GoldenTrio   ThoseTwoGuys. All five members are equally important in this trope. The last sentence says they can take sides in the Power Trio, possibly to shift the balance of power.

Avatar the Last Airbender, becomes an example of this. The original three stay in their roles but Toph and Zuko become just as important to the group. They're the foils: Calm/angry, solid stone/empheral fire, short/tall. They both have eye issues and contrasting relations with Iroh.

In Final Fantasy X, the original five people that leave Besaid are an example. Wakka is the talkative optimist
Lulu is the less talkative cynist
Yuna mediates and holds them together
Tidus and Kilmarhi are the foils. cheerful/stoic. human/Ronso, sword/spear.  
All of them are equally important, though the foils tend to have private problems.

A third in Tsubasa Resevor Chronicle.

Kurogane and Fai are the foils. They contrast each other and interact with each other far more often then the trio: Sakura Syaoran and Mokona. Sakura is happy and helps people, Syaoran is focused on his goal largely to the exclusion of other things, Mokona directs the group.