History Main / FiveManBandConcert

* 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 (the OnlySaneWoman). 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.

* In the cult classic ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'', Buckaroo Banzai and The Hong Kong Cavaliers are both a crime-fighting and a 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 electric 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]].
-->'''Reno:''' You want it, Artie? You got it (drum beats start to be heard).

Compare with FakeBand and ImageSong.

The band can perform InUniverse, [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary material]], {{Title Sequence}}s, or ClosingCredits.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': In the third season, ''World Tour'', Team Amazon forms a band and sings about... [[ItMakesSenseInContext sheeps]], specifically, about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn0ltUrnNCQ "Shearing Sheeps"]]. Heather, who is surprisingly an AntiHero this season, as lead vocals; Courtney, TheLancer, as the guitarist; Cody, the TheOneGuy, as the bassist; Gwen, the GuileHero, as the drummer; and Sierra, TheBigGirl, as the squealing fangirl. Sierra and Gwen switched positions before the performance, though. Since this season's premise is a musical, this trope was very much expected, especially since everyone has been shown singing from the beginning. However, Courtney is the only one to play her instrument on other occasions.

** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'': In an inversion of the usual, "The Hex Girls" are the backing singers while the main stars are "The Meddling Kids" (aka the Mystery Incorporated gang). They perform a rendition of the franchise's ThemeTune [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8UW9JXYA0 "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"]] in a winner concert at the end of TheMovie. Some roles are shifted -- Velma is the singer and doesn't play any instrument while Daphne is on the keytar. Also, it's revealed Velma does like to sing, just not in front of so many people.

* ''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. After [[spoiler: several failed attempts, they disband. They are brought back together by]] Finn, who invokes TrueCompanions with the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9-IB3DYN-M "My Best Friends in the World"]]. It's first a solo but the others gradually join him -- there's no beatboxing this time, though.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': PlayedForLaughs in "Halloween Hijinks". After the [[ScoobyDooHoax Large Bean]] shots a [[ColorFailure paralyzing beam]] to Teen Strong Bad, Teen Homestar checks on him and suggests they play in a band. Just like that, out of nowhere. Cue for an InsertSong sequence of the "Mysfit-teries" with TheLeader Teen Homestar singing and playing the guitar, TokenEvilTeammate Strong Bad (who gets [[ThePowerOfRock defreezed for this]]) on the keyboard, TheChick Teen Marzipan playing both the tambourine and the trumpet, and TheBigGuy Teen Strong Mad on the drums. The perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1No1SB0ThP0 Kooky Monlight]]. Later, Stave [[spoiler: aka Large Bean, because everyone forgets he's a murderer,]] is invited by Teen Homestar to play the classical guitar and provide some backing vocals in the song's reprise.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': The SchoolFestival Arc couples a variation of this trope with DancingTheme. Izuku, TheLeader 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 electric 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 [[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!"

* ''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!"

** In one of the [[AllThereInTheManual drama [=CDs=]]], Haruhi [[InvokedTrope assigns]] the [[FiveTemperamentEnsemble [=SOS=] Brigade]] rock instruments, although the gang doesn't know how to play them.
** The five main characters appear dressed as rock stars on the cover art of one of the ImageSong [=CDs=] and in a poster for the Haruhi Suzumiya concert.
** {{Downplayed}} in the episode "Live Alive", as it's only Haruhi and Yuki who go on-stage as stand-in musicians for the [[SchoolFestival Cultural Festival]]. They both play the guitar and are in costumes (respectively, playgirl and WickedWitch). Haruhi is the vocalist as well, and because of the double role, she needs a musical score during the presentation. They perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31aBzZokJMA "God Knows"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYPtUC1Gz2E "Lost My Music"]].

* ''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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* In one of the ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' drama [=CDs=], Haruhi assigns the members of her FiveManBand the exact instruments listed on the entry. This is despite them not knowing how to play these instruments. The five characters also appear dressed as rock stars on the cover art of one of the ImageSong [=CDs=] and a poster for the Haruhi Suzumiya concert.
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** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'': In an inversion of the usual, "The Hex Girls" are the backing singers while the main stars are "The Meddling Kids" (aka the Mystery Incorporated gang). They perform a rendition of the franchise's ThemeTune [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8UW9JXYA0 "What's New, Scooby-Doo?"]] in a winner concert at the end of TheMovie. Some roles are shifted -- Velma is the singer and doesn't play any instrument while Daphne is on the keytar. Also, it's revealed Velma does like to sing, just not in front of so many people.

** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'': In an inversion of the usual, "The Hex Girls" are the backing singers while the main stars are "The Meddling Kids" (aka the Mystery Incorporated gang). They perform a rendition of the franchise's ThemeTune "What's New, Scooby-Doo?".

* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': After they solve the mystery and if [[FakeBand "The Hex Girls"]] are involved, there's a concert and the gang is often a backing band of sorts for "The Hex Girls". BigFriendlyDog is on the percussion, LovableCoward is on the bass, TheChick Daphne is on the tambourine, TheSmartGal Velma is on the keyboard, and StandardizedLeader Fred is on the guitar. All of them appropriately dressed following the goth style that characterizes "The Hex Girls". Such lucky, InUniverse [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fans]].
** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost'': They play the iconic song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJDaaCtJ85c "Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water"]].
** ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheLegendOfTheVampire'': Shey perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QcCY8X87A4 "Those Meddling Kids"]].

* The ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' gang was pictured in official art as a band at least once, it also helps that the original cast sang their characters' songs for the soundtracks.

* The brief credits to ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' show the main case performing the theme as a rock band (and, in one case, muffing it spectacularly).

* In the Korean drama ''Series/TheFirstShopOfCoffeePrince'', the Coffee Prince shop staff have a publicity concert that ends up being all percussion (but still awesome) because they really can't play instruments.

* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'':
** The DoItYourselfThemeTune, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmv9A8vlqCc "Climax Jump"]], uses this trope. The [[PeopleInRubberSuits Imagin]] FourTemperamentEnsemble provides both the vocals and instrumental accompaniment separately. They sing as a quartet with only microphones in front of them (and act as backing [[DancingTheme dancers]] when one takes the lead). In interspersed cuts, they are playing rock band instruments. All four possess the protagonist, Ryotaro, to aid him in battle -- turning Ryotaro into the absent [[TheLeader Leader]]. Momotaros is TheLancer and on the electric guitar, Urataros is TheSmartGuy and on the bass, Kintaros is TheBigGuy and on the drums, and Ryutaros is TheBabyOfTheBunch and the [=DJ=].

* ''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. From this season onward, they perform at least a couple of concerts per season: one in the beginning and one in the ending. Their most iconic song, however, remains to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBD-__C-Jys "Heart of Stone"]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'': The [[PeopleInRubberSuits Imagin]] FourTemperamentEnsemble has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zladOg3q6g one of these]] where they sing the DoItYourselfThemeTune. It is [[RuleOfCool awesome]]. Supremely so.

Compare with FakeBand.

* On ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'', while there were only four members, they were in a band.

* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': After they solve the mystery and if [[FakeBand "The Hex Girls"]] are involved, there's a concert and the gang is often a backing band of sorts for "The Hex Girls". BigFriendlyDog is on the percussion, LovableCoward is on the bass, TheChick Daphne is on the tambourine, TheSmartGal Velma is on the keyboard, and StandardizedLeader Fred is on the guitar. All of them appropriately dressed following the goth style that characterizes "The Hex Girls".

** ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' (2002): {{Subverted}} in the episode "The Vampire StrikesBack", since the gang helps in the music video of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckb6iGVPpts "Petrified Bride"]] but as actors, not as musicians.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': In the third season, ''World Tour'', Team Amazon forms a band and sings about... [[ItMakesSenseInContext sheeps]], specifically, about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn0ltUrnNCQ "Shearing Sheeps"]]. Heather, who is surprisingly an AntiHero this season, as lead vocals; Courtney, TheLancer, as the guitarist; Cody, the TheOneGuy, as the bassist; Gwen, the GuileHero, as the drummer; and Sierra, TheBigGirl, as the squealing fangirl. Sierra and Gwen switched positions before the performance, though. Since this season's premise is a musical, this trope was very much expected, especially since everyone has been shown singing from the beginning. However, Courtney is the only one to play her instrument in other occasions.

* The ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' Gang would play concerts occasionally, Usually with [[AllDrummersAreAnimals Scooby on the drums]].

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.

* The third episode of the ''Wu's Teas'' series of shorts from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'' features the Ninja performing to advertise Wu's Tea Shop. Lloyd is a singer, Nya is on the drums, and Kai, Jay, and Cole play various string instruments. Notably, Zane is absent.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': In the third season, ''World Tour'', Team Amazon forms a band and sings about... [[ItMakesSenseInContex sheeps]], specifically, about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn0ltUrnNCQ "Shearing Sheeps"]]. Heather, who is surprisingly an AntiHero this season, as lead vocals; Courtney, TheLancer, as the guitarist; Cody, the TheOneGuy, as the bassist; Gwen, the GuileHero, as the drummer; and Sierra, TheBigGirl, as the squealing fangirl. Sierra and Gwen switched positions before the performance, though. Since this season's premise is a musical, this trope was very much expected, especially since everyone has been shown singing from the beginning. However, Courtney is the only one to play her instrument in other occasions.

* ''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. After [[spoiler: several failed attempts, they disband. They are brought back together by]] Finn, who invokes TrueCompanions with the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9-IB3DYN-M "My Best Friends in the World"]]. It's first a solo but the others gradually join him -- there's no beatboxing this time, though.

%% * ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussyCats'':

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}'': The cartoon's premise is that a band called "The Neptunes" has an [[ArtisticLicenseBiology amphibious shark]] for a [[AllDrummersAreAnimals drummer]]. Besides the titular character, the band has StandardizedLeader Biff on the electric guitar, OnlySaneWoman Shelly on the tambourine, Clamhead on the bass (and, occasionally, the trumpet), and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} Bubbles on the keyboard. Their instruments are appropriately ocean biology-themed.
%% * This was part of the premise of shows like and ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussyCats'', although the latter was more like a PowerTrio Band Concert.

Expect this trope to appear if there's a SchoolFestival.

* ''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. And Linna, TheBigGirl (in terms of abilities, not appearance), is on the drums.
* ''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 BattleOfTheBands 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/MyBrideIsAMermaid'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwdTEwp7-Dw opening]] has the characters as part of a music band: Sun, the MagicalGirlfriend, sings; Nagasumi, the BadassNormal, plays the guitar; LargeHam (and Sun's dad) Gozaburo is on the drums; and Masa, the OnlySaneMan, plays the bass. It ends with Sun and other characters (who vary depending on the episode's plot) [[DancingTheme dancing]]. It's all very fitting to the manga's comedic tints.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': The SchoolFestival Arc couples a variation of this trope with DancingTheme. Izuku, TheLeader 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.
* ''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, TokenEvilTeammate Asami provides the vocals, CuteClumsyGirl Aoi is on the keytar, and TheBigGuy Syuusuke plays the drums.

* ''Manga/ShugoChara'': The second ending briefly depicts the Guardians as a band: Yaya, TheBabyOfTheBunch, is the vocalist; Tadase, the {{Bishonen}}, plays the bass; Nadeshiko, TheAce, is on the keyboard; and Kukai, the BigBrotherMentor, plays the drums.

* In the cult classic ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'', Buckaroo Banzai and The Hong Kong Cavaliers are both a crime-fighting and a 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]].

* The album cover art for the ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}'' soundtrack has Flamegirl on bass, Nylocke on guitar, Gamecrazed on the 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.

* ''Webcomic/AxeCop'': In the [[AllThereInTheManual Ask Axe Cop]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ask_axe_cop_36_3_671x1024.png 36th issue]], Axe Cop reveals he is part of a band predictably called "The Axe". Ralph Wrinkles on the drums because AllDrummersAreAnimals, TheBigGuy (on account of being a dinosaur) Wexter on the violin, a Chinese wrestler on the flute, a wrestler on a bear on the bass, Sockarang on the lead guitar, and Axe Cop on the... axe. As it turns out, if you flip his axe it turns into a string-less guitar. Oh, and Baby Man as the [[DancingTheme dancer]]. They have released two albums with [[DoubleDoubleTitle Double, Double Titles]]: "Axe Axe Axe" and "Boom Booom Wexter's Fiyah Powah".

* This was part of the premise of shows like ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussyCats'', although the latter was more like a PowerTrio Band Concert.