History Main / FiveManBandConcert

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': {{Justified}} in the episode "What Was Missing" since the characters have to play in a band together to try to open the Door Lord's lair and retrieve their [[MementoMacGuffin most precious belongings]]. TheHero and [[TheHeart Heart]} Finn beatboxes, TheLancer Jake (who parodies CreativeDifferences as the band jerk) plays the violin, TheSmartGirl Princess Bubblegum uses [=BMO=] as a makeshift synthesizer, and TheBigGirl Marceline is the bassist and vocalist. They start off with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h28xpNvW9Yw "I'm just your problem"]], a song with strong HomoeroticSubtext.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': {{Justified}} in the episode "What Was Missing" since the characters have to play in a band together to try to open the Door Lord's lair and retrieve their [[MementoMacGuffin most precious belongings]]. TheHero Finn beatboxes, TheLancer Jake (who parodies CreativeDifferences as the band jerk) plays the violin, Princess Bubblegum uses [=BMO=] as a makeshift synthesizer, and Marceline is the guitarist and vocalist. They start off with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h28xpNvW9Yw "I'm just your problem"]], a song with strong HomoeroticSubtext.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Used in "What Was Missing" -- Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, and Marceline play in a band together to try to open the Door-Lord's lair.

* All of Team Amazon does this for one song in ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'', with [[TheHero Heather]] as lead vocals, [[TheLancer Courtney]] as the guitarist, and [[TheSmartGuy Co]][[TheOneGuy dy]] as the bassist, but [[TheChick Gwen]] and [[TheBigGuy Sierra]] switched, as the drummer and a squealing fangirl respectively. All of them have been shown singing because of the premise of the third season, but only Courtney has been shown playing her instrument outside of this song.

%% Also, mention what role in the FiveManBand the characters fulfill as well aswhat instrument they play.

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* ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'': The waitresses of the Maid Cafe and Haribara form a band for the SchoolFestival in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lq3pNl7dLc chapter 21]]. Of course, all of them are in their FrenchMaid uniforms. All four girls are vocalists (three backing and a lead) but play different instruments: [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Boke]] Hotori with the accordion, [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Tsukkomi]] Toshiko with the violin, Haribara (a regular customer with LargeHam tendencies) with the drums, and their grumpy [[SenpaiKohai Senpai]] Kon with the guitar. PlayedForLaughs because the song's lyrics are nonsensical -- one line is literally "Come on, Mammoths!"

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--> '''Reno:''' You want it, Artie? You got it (drum beats start to be heard).
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': TheMovie's entire premise is this trope, complete with [[WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocksShorts prelude shorts]]. Long story short, the villains turn the Canterlot High talent show into a vicious BattleOfTheBands. Since they are not affected by the evil spell, "The Rainbooms" team up to stop "The Dazzlings" -- Twilight Sparkle will write the counterspell while the rest will enter the show as a competing band to buy time for her. Rainbow Dash is the vocalist and guitarist, Applejack is the bassist, Rarity plays the keytar, Fluttershy is on the tambourine, and Pinkie Pie is on the drums. For this, they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b5kIhkNecc "Awesome As I Wanna Be"]]. Later, they reunite to cast the musical counterspell together by performing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msGMkMhYw_U together]]. Here, they are [[SixthRanger joined]] by Sunset Shimmer as the guitarist and Twilight Sparkle as the vocalist. [[spoiler: Sunset Shimmer becomes the lead singer after they are temporarily defeated by "The Dazzlings"]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': Used in 'What Was Missing' -- Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, and Marceline play in a band together to try to open the Door-Lord's lair.

* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': There's a whole subplot in the fourth season about the girls creating a band because it's Musa's dream. Neither of them was previously stated to be able to play a musical instrument. Barring Musa, of course, who is the fairy of music and proficient in several musical instruments as well as having an [[BeautifulSingingVoice angelic singing voice]]. The band, named Winx Club, is arranged as follows: Bloom, TheLeader, is the main vocalist. Something that, curiously enough, enraged several fans because the spotlight should have belonged to Musa. Stella, TheLancer, plays the guitar. Musa, TheBigGirl (she's a slim heavy-hitter), is also on the guitar. Flora, TheHeart, plays the bass. Tecna, TheSmartGirl, plays the keytar. Very fitting for the fairy of technology. And Layla, the SixthRanger, is on the drums.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': TheMovie's entire premise is this trope, complete with [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocksShorts prelude shorts]]. Long story short, the villains turn the Canterlot High talent show into a vicious BattleOfTheBands. Since they are not affected by the evil spell, "The Rainbooms" team up to stop "The Dazzlings" -- Twilight Sparkle will write the counterspell while the rest will enter the show as a competing band to buy time for her. Rainbow Dash is the vocalist and guitarist, Applejack is the bassist, Rarity plays the keytar, Fluttershy is on the tambourine, and Pinkie Pie is on the drums. For this, they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b5kIhkNecc "Awesome As I Wanna Be"]]. Later, they reunite to cast the musical counterspell together by performing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msGMkMhYw_U together]]. Here, they are [[SixthRanger joined]] by Sunset Shimmer as the guitarist and Twilight Sparkle as the vocalist. [[spoiler: Sunset Shimmer becomes the lead singer after they are temporarily defeated by "The Dazzlings"]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'': TheMovie's entire premise is this trope, complete with [[MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocksShorts prelude shorts]]. Long story short, the villains turn the Canterlot High talent show into a vicious BattleOfTheBands. Since they are not affected by the evil spell, "The Rainbooms" team up to stop "The Dazzlings" -- Twilight Sparkle will write the counterspell while the rest will enter the show as a competing band to buy time for her. Rainbow Dash is the vocalist and guitarist, Applejack is the bassist, Rarity plays the keytar, Fluttershy is on the tambourine, and Pinkie Pie is on the drums. For this, they perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b5kIhkNecc "Awesome As I Wanna Be"]]. Later, they reunite to cast the musical counterspell together by playing their instruments [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msGMkMhYw_U together]]. Here, they are [[SixthRanger joined]] by Sunset Shimmer as the guitarist and Twilight Sparkle as the vocalist. [[spoiler: Sunset Shimmer becomes the lead singer after they are temporarily defeated by "The Dazzlings"]].

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'' has five of the Mane human character in a band with Twilight and later Sunset as the {{Sixth Ranger}}s.

* In the cult classic ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'', Buckaroo Banzai and The Hong Kong Cavaliers are both a crime-fight and music band. They give a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_Ed1pt_WA concert]] at "Artie's Artery". TheAce and [[TheLeader Leader]] Buckaroo rocks it on the electric guitar, Reno is the trumpeter, Perfect Tommy plays the bass, Rawhide is the pianist, and Casper on the drums. There is a couple of extra characters playing the guitar and the trumpet as well, so it's more like a seven-man band concert. Later, when Buckaroo asks Dr. Sidney "New Jersey" Zweibel to join the group, their rise their numbers. [[spoiler: The numbers sadly decrease when Rawhide dies]].

* ''Fanfic/LuckyStarAfterStory'': In Chapter 19, the band Red Roses and Blue Violets (organized by 5 of the original characters) perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-PdbfkA7LM "Castle in the Sky"]] at a Halloween party concert. Basically, think of them as the Lucky Star version of [[Manga/KOn Ho-Kago Teatime]]. As for the members, Ayaka is the bassist, Nanami is the lead guitarist, Mariko is the drummer, Chiyoko is the lead singer and the keyboard player, and Tomoyo is the other lead singer and the percussion player. In Chapter 27, Hiroko joins as the saxophone player And in Chapter 28, it's Mikoto enters the band as a backing singer and a percussion player.

* ''Anime/MyselfYourself'': A sequence in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBu-UhTM22k opening]] has the main characters pull one of these: ClosetOtaku Sana plays the bass, BrokenBird Nanaka is the violinist, GenkiGirl Shuri is the guitarist, {{Yandere}} Asami provides the vocals, CuteClumsyGirl Aoi is on the keytar, and TheBigGuy Syuusuke plays the drums.

* In the cult classic ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'', Buckaroo Banzai and The Hong Kong Cavaliers are a literal FiveManBand (prior to Buckaroo asking Dr. Sidney "New Jersey" Zweibel to join the group), and are featured in a scene where they give a concert at "Arnie's Artery". [[spoiler:New Jersey joining the Cavaliers briefly makes them a Six Man Band, until Rawhide's death later returns them to being a FiveManBand.]]

* ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'': Tomoki and the main cast form a band on the occasion of the SchoolFestival. It starts light-hearted enough until YakuzaPrincess Mikako turns it into SeriousBusiness and a MusicBandBattle against Sorami Academy -- a Private School full of stuck-up jerks. The arrogant rich kids set up an orchestra of ClassicalMusic and play the "New World" {{symphony}}. Meanwhile, the kids of Soramy School have a fumbling song that Tomoki purposefully messes up -- it's called "Nipple, Nipple Big Nipple!", what did you expect? And then proceed to perform the real song. The new arrangement has RobotGirl and [[TheAce ace]] Ikaros on the vocals, Nymph (another RobotGirl) on the keyboard, ArtificialHuman Mitsuki on the drums, AxCrazy Mikako on the electric guitar, DitzyGenius Sugata on the bass, and DirtyKid Tomoki on the classical guitar. The song is called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqFvGhFAS-g "Falling Down"]].

* ''Manga/{{Needless}}'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chkGzkxMKwY second ending]] has some of the girls as a music band in a SuperDeformed art style. Eve, TheDitz and deuteragonist, is the vocalist. FragileSpeedster Setsuna is the guitarist. AntiHero Seto is the grumpy keyboardist. CuteBruiser Mio is the trumpeter, accompanied by her stuffed bear. And TokenEvilTeammate Solva is the drummer.

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* ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'': The waitresses of the Maid Cafe and Haribara form a band for the SchoolFestival in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lq3pNl7dLc chapter 21]]. Of course, all of them are in their FrenchMaid uniforms. All four girls are vocalists (three backing and a lead) but play different instruments: [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Boke]] Hotori with the accordion, [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Tsukkomi]] Toshiko with the violin, Haribara (a regular customer with LargeHam tendencies) with the drums, and their [[SenpaiKohai Senpai]] Kon with the guitar. PlayedForLaughs because the song's lyrics are nonsensical -- one line is literally "Come on, Mammoths!"

* As if proving that Administrivia/TropesAreTools, it's PlayedForDrama in ''VisualNovel/{{Deardrops}}''. A Five-Man Band Concert is the visual novel's premise -- Shouichi, the main character, has his dream of being a professional violinist shattered, so he returns to Japan. There, meets fellow musicians -- just, that they are not ClassicalMusic artists but aspiring rockstars. Predictably, Shouichi gets roped into being part of a rock band and is only then that the FiveManBand is formed. Shouichi, TheHero but not quite the leader, is the guitarist as well as his guitar teacher Yayoi ([[TheOnlySaneMan TheOnlySaneWoman]]). Riho, TheChick, is the singer. Eiji, TheLancer, is the bassist. And Cloudcuckoolander Rimu [[InvokedTrope invokes]] AllDrummersAreAnimals because she features a prominent AnimalMotif (cats), but is human. The drama part comes very early when Shouichi fails to play the guitar to his own, perfectionist standards and decides to break his hands and quit his first (makeshift) rock band.

Also, unlike the Five-Man Band trope, any Character {{Ensemble}} can do a Concert, so long they are canonically portrayed as a group and are seen interacting with each other.

* Music/TheAquabats in ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow!''

Also, unlike the Five-Man Band trope, any CharacterEnsemble can do a Concert, so long they are canonically portrayed as a group and are seen interacting with each other.

* As if proving that Administrivia/TropesAreTools, it's PlayedForDrama in ''VisualNovel/{{Deardrops}}''. A Five-Man Band Concert is the visual novel's premise -- Shouichi, the main character, has his dream of being a professional violinist shattered, so he returns to Japan. There, meets fellow musicians -- just, that they are not ClassicalMusic artists but aspiring rockstars. Predictably, Shouichi gets roped into being part of a rock band and is only then that the CharacterEnsemble is formed. Shouichi, TheHero but not quite the leader, is the guitarist as well as his guitar teacher Yayoi ([[TheOnlySane TheOnlySaneWoman]]). Riho, TheChick, is the singer. Eiji, TheLancer, is the bassist. And Cloudcuckoolander Rimu [[InvokedTrope invokes]] AllDrummersAreAnimals because she features a prominent AnimalMotif (cats), but is human. The drama part comes very early when Shouichi fails to play the guitar to his own, perfectionist standards and decides to break his hands and quit his first (makeshift) rock band.

It might overlap with FakeBand if they are famous InUniverse ''and'' not backed by real-life musicians-- the latter being only truly doable in animated productions by changing the voice actors when the band is performing. If it's a live-action production, the overlap is a given.

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* The album cover art for the ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}'' soundtrack has Flamegirl on bass, Nylocke on guitar, Gamecrazed on keyboard, Kirbopher on drums, and Alpha as the singer. The Season 2 soundtrack re-iterates this theme, but with the Netkings, with Kindarspirit as the singer, Execk on bass, Rubirules on guitar, Webmaster as a DJ and Bitshrum on drums. To allude to the second season's more techno-dubstep style (courtesy of ''Music/TheLivingTombstone''), the Netking band uses electronic instruments.
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* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'': The Knight Sabers form a band in the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agiIQciIuzI "Touchdown to Tomorrow"]]. They're also credited with a number of other songs associated with the franchise.
** Priss, TheLancer and protagonist, is the lead singer and the only one with an InUniverse musical career.
** Sylia, TheLeader and the BigGood, is the backing vocalist and plays the bass.
** Nene, TheSmartGirl, plays a multineck guitar.
** Linna, TheBigGirl (in terms of abilities, not appearance), is on the drums.

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': The Urameshi team is decked out as a rock band in the "[=YuYu=] Hakusho Music Battle Hen 1" album. Yusuke, the {{antihero}} [[TheLeader leader]], as the vocalist; Kuwabara, the LargeHam [[TheLancer lancer]], as the drummer; Kurama, the [[TheStoic stoic]] [[TheSmartGuy smart guy]], as the guitarist; and Hiei, the petite [[TheBigGuy big guy]], as the bassist.

* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': There's a whole subplot in the fourth season about the girls creating a band because it's Musa's dream. Neither of them was previously stated to be able to play a musical instrument. Barring Musa, of course, who is the fairy of music and proficient in several musical instruments as well as having an [[BeautifulSingingVoice angelic singing voice]]. The band, named Winx Club, is arranged as follows:
** Bloom, TheLeader, is the main vocalist. Something that, curiously enough, enraged several fans because the spotlight should have belonged to Musa.
** Stella, TheLancer, plays the guitar.
** Musa, TheBigGirl (she's a slim heavy-hitter), is also on the guitar.
** Flora, TheHeart, plays the bass.
** Tecna, TheSmartGirl, plays the keytar. Very fitting for the fairy of technology.
** Layla, SixthRanger, is on the drums.

* ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'': The waitresses of the Maid Cafe and Haribara form a band for the SchoolFestival in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lq3pNl7dLc chapter 21]]. Of course, all of them are in their FrenchMaid uniforms. All four girls are vocalists but play different instruments: [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Boke]] Hotori with the accordion, [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Tsukkomi]] Toshiko with the violin, Haribara (a regular customer with LargeHam tendencies) with the drums, and their [[SenpaiKohai Senpai]] Kon with the guitar.
* The ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' team was decked out in white tuxes for one of the concept albums. Both Toguros also make an appearance.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': The SchoolFestival Arc couples a variation of this trope with DancingTheme. Izuku, TheMagneticHero and main character, is not part of the band but one of the dancers. Instead, it's TheLancer who is part of the band because he turns out to be a talented drummer. The band itself is comprised of Jiro (voice and bass), Momo (keyboard), Bakugo (drums), and Tokoyami and Kaminari (guitars). They all play [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwUenaQqlM "Hero Too"]] as their School Festival class presentation.

* ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'': The waitresses of the Maid Cafe and Haribara form a band for the SchoolFestival in chapter 21. Of course, all of them are in their FrenchMaid uniforms. All three girls are vocalists but play different instruments: GeniusDitz Hotori with the accordion, Toshiko with the violin, and Kon with the guitar. Haribara, a regular customer with LargeHam tendencies, is the drummer.

It might overlap with FakeBand if they are not backed by real-life musicians, which is only truly doable in animated productions by changing the voice actors when the band is performing. If it's a live-action production, the overlap is a given.

%% * ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': The School Festival Arc couples a variation of this trope with DancingTheme. Izuku, TheMagneticHero and main character, is not part of the band but one of the dancers.

* ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'': For an all-{{meido}} (Japanese maid) Violin[=/=]Bass[=/=]Accordion[=/=]Drums band.

%% * ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'':
* ''Anime/MyselfYourself'' A sequence in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBu-UhTM22k opening]] has the main characters pull one of these: ClosetOtaku Sana plays the bass, BrokenBird Nanaka is the violinist, GenkiGirl Shuri is the guitarist, {{Yandere}} Asami provides the vocals, CuteClumsyGirl Aoi is on the keytar, and TheBigGuy Syuusuke plays the drums.

%% * ''Anime/MyselfYourself'' A sequence in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBu-UhTM22k opening]] has the main characters pull one of these: ClosetOtaku Sana plays the bass, BrokenBird Nanaka is the violinist, GenkiGirl Shuri is the guitarist, {{Yandere}} Asami provides the vocals, CuteClumsyGirl Aoi is on the keytar, and TheBigGuy Syuusuke plays the drums.

* For an all-{{meido}} Violin[=/=]Bass[=/=]Accordion[=/=]Drums band, ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves''.

%% * ''Anime/MyselfYourself'' OP.

** Tecna, TheSmartGirl, plays the synthesizer. Very fitting for the fairy of technology.