History PlayingWith / FiveTokenBand

** Each character is TwoferTokenMinority: Bob is white and gay, Jack is black and autistic, Velma is jewish and in a wheelchair (and is a woman), Tony is native american and an immigrant, and Alice is Asian and transgender (and is also a woman).

* '''Straight''': In the FiveManBand, [[TheLeader Bob]] is [[AllAmericanFace white]], [[TheLancer Jack]] is [[BlackBestFriend black]], [[TheSmartGal Velma]] [[GeniusCripple uses a wheelchair]], [[TheBigGuy Tony]] is native american, and [[TheChick Alice]] is Asian.

* '''Straight''': In the FiveManBand, [[TheLeader Bob]] is [[AllAmericanFace white]], [[TheLancer Jack]] is [[BlackBestFriend black]], [[TheSmartGal Velma]] [[GeniusCripple uses a wheelchair]], [[TheBigGuy Tony]] is Hispanic, and [[TheChick Alice]] is Asian.

** Each of the characters has ''two'' discrimination-based characteristics, some of which create UnfortunateImplications: Bob is white and gay, Jack is black and autistic, Velma is Muslim and in a wheelchair (and is a woman), Tony is Hispanic and an immigrant, and Alice is Asian and poor (and is also a woman).

** Or, if it's a visual media, all the members of the group [[TwentyFourHourArmor always wear all-encasing suits]] with [[ConspicuousGloves gloves]], [[NeverBareheaded helmets]] and [[OneWayVisor masks]] so that [[TheFaceless their appearance description barely goes further than height and build]], and their speech is as close to RP and as it gets, nearly completely [[SpockSpeak stripped of any and all accents or slang]].

** The medium is radio and no clues as to ethnicity are ever given.
** Or, if it's a visual media, all the members of the group [[TwentyFourHourArmor always wear all-encasing suits]] with [[ConspicuousGloves gloves]], [[NeverBareheaded helmets]] and [[OneWayVisor masks]] so that [[TheFaceless their appearance description barely goes further than height and build]], and their speech is as close to RP as it gets, nearly completely stripped of any and all accents.)

* '''Exploited''': A PoliticallyIncorrectVillain forces the group together through manipulation in hopes that they will kill each other over racial/cultural/religious tension.

** Each of the characters has ''two'' discrimination-based characteristics: Bob is white and gay, Jack is black and autistic, Velma is Muslim and in a wheelchair (and is a woman), Tony is Hispanic and an immigrant, and Alice is Asian and poor (and is also a woman).

* '''Parodied''': There is a scene where the characters specifically pick out diverse friends so they can teach kids about diversity, but they actually are racists.

* '''Straight''': In the FiveManBand, [[TheLeader Bob]] is [[AllAmericanFace white]], [[TheLancer Jack]] is [[BlackBestFriend black]], [[TheSmartGuy Velma]] [[GeniusCripple uses a wheelchair]], [[TheBigGuy Tony]] is Hispanic, and [[TheChick Alice]] is Asian.

* '''Inverted''': [[MonochromeCasting Everyone in the group is one race.]] Everyone ''else'' is thoroughly diverse, ethnically, socioeconomically, spiritually [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean grammatically]]...

* '''Justified''': The FiveManBand is some sort of coalition for diversity.
** The all live in a part of the city full of minorities.

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** No two same characters (including minor and villains) are of the same race or species.

* '''Inverted''': Everyone in the group is one race. Everyone ''else'' is thoroughly diverse, ethnically, socio-economically, spiritually [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean grammatically]]...

* '''Zig Zagged''': Each friend seems to be a different race, but then they are revealed to be wearing make up to look different, but then they find out that they are actually different races, but then they find out that that's not true...

** Only one or two minorities are represented in the group.

* '''Invoked''': Characters intentionally seek out ethnically diverse friends in order to be seen as open minded and tolerant.

* '''Discussed''': "We all come from different backgrounds but that's no reason why we shouldn't work together."
* '''Conversed''': "I understand that the writers want to be diverse but no one has any characteristics beyond their ethnicity."

* '''Deconstructed'''': The group is so focused on diversity that they accept members with no real qualifications other than being diverse. This negatively impacts their performance.

* '''Straight''': In the FiveManBand, [[TheHero Bob]] is [[AllAmericanFace white]], [[TheLancer Jack]] is [[BlackBestFriend black]], [[TheSmartGuy Velma]] [[GeniusCripple uses a wheelchair]], [[TheBigGuy Tony]] is Hispanic, and [[TheChick Alice]] is Asian.

** Bob is a TokenHuman, Jack is a BigBadassWolf, Velma is a chicken, Tony is a CoolHorse, and Alice is a {{Catgirl}}.

* '''Reconstructed''': But the characters' diversity [[ChekhovsSkill creates different skills in them too, and those skills each help the group in their own way]].

* '''Straight''': In the FiveManBand, [[TheHero Bob]] is [[AllAmericanFace white]], [[TheLancer Jack]] is [[BlackBestFriend black]], [[TheSmartGuy Velma]] uses a wheelchair, [[TheBigGuy Tony]] is Hispanic, and [[TheChick Alice]] is Asian.

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%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
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** Happens on a lot of children's shows, especially those of the late '80s and entire decade of '90s--ad nauseam.

* '''Downplayed''': Bob and Susan are white, Jack and Velma are black, and Tony is Hispanic.

* '''Inverted''': Everyone in the group is one race.

* '''Averted''': See "Inverted"

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

** Bob is a TokenHuman, Jack is a BigBadassWolf, Velma is a [[EverythingsBetterWithChickens chicken]], Tony is a CoolHorse, and Alice is a {{Catgirl}}.

* '''Lampshaded''': "Statistically, all five of us should be white, since we're from northern Minnesota."

* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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* '''Exaggerated''': Bob is a TokenHuman, Jack is a BigBadassWolf, Velma is a [[EverythingsBetterWithChickens chicken]], Tony is a CoolHorse, and Alice is a {{Catgirl}}.

** '''UpToEleven''': No 2 same characters (including minor and villains) are of the same race or species.

* '''Subverted''': Everyone in the group looks to be different races, but are all one race.

* '''Double Subverted''': But each have friends that are ethnically diverse.

* '''Averted''': ???

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Downplayed''': Bob and Susan are white, Jack and Greg are black, and Tony is Hispanic.

* '''Straight''': In the FiveManBand, [[TheHero Bob]] is [[AllAmericanFace white]], [[TheLancer Jack]] is [[BlackBestFriend black]], [[TheSmartGuy Velma]] uses a wheelchair, [[TheBigGuy Tony]], is Hispanic, and [[TheChick Alice]] is Asian.

* '''Subverted''': Everyone in the group looks to be different races, but are all one race. Or alternatively, they are not the actual group.

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