History PlayingWith / GenderEqualEnsemble

** [[GenderBlenderName Bobby, Timothy, and Fred are girls; Allison, Jane, and Violet are boys.]]

** The group is made up of three boys and [[SmurfettePrinciple a girl]] or three girls and a boy.

* '''Discussed''': "The pefect adventuring party always seems to consist of two guys, two girls, and a dog.

** Not only is the main cast balanced, but so is the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large supporting cast]]. The cast as a whole consists of 100 females and 100 males. Even the various {{Cast Herd}}s have balanced gender ratios.

* '''Implied''': There are LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters who come and go, but if you pay attention, you'll notice that both the central cast and the supporting cast consist of the same number of females as males.

** Jane, Bobby, Timothy, Allison and Alex are five friends who go on adventures. Alex was only allowed to join because s/he is a {{hermaphrodite}} or has an {{Ambiguous Gender}}.

** The team is a FiveManBand of [[{{Badass}} badass antropomorphic animals]] with a TokenHuman, and people flip between getting the genders confused and discounting several members as {{Team Pet}}s.

** Jane, Bobby, Timothy, Allison and Alex are five friends who go on adventures. Alex was only allowed to join because s/he is a {{hermaphrodite}}.

** Not only is the main cast balanced, but so is the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters large supporting cast]]. The cast as a whole consists of 100 females and 100 males.

** Severl cast members [[GenderBender change genders on a regular basis.]]

* '''Unparodied''': First, the audience is told that [[GenderBlenderName Bobby, Timothy, and Fred are girls, while Allison, Jane, and Violet are boys.]] However, it turns out that they were lying about their names to [[MindScrew confuse other children and discourage them from joining the group]].

** The TeamPet brings in a girlfriend: Violet the cat.

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* '''Deconstructed''': The guys and the girls exhibit [[GirlsHaveCooties childish sexism]] toward each other. Alex, a {{hermaphrodite}}, is TheLeader because s/he is [[TheHeart the only member who gets along with everyone]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Alex teaches the group the error of their ways, and from then on they all get along.

** Jane, Bobby, Timothy, Allison and Alex are five friends who go on adventures. Alex was only allowed to join because s/he is a hermaphrodite.

** [[ThreePlusTwo Four Plus One]] with Jane's dog, Fred, who is the TeamPet.

** Jane, Bobby, Timothy, and Allison are four friends. They are occasionally joined by two more friends: Helen and Terrance. Timothy turns out to be a girl, Tina, but Allison turns out to be a boy, Allen. They adopt a TeamPet, Fred, but are then forced to adopt Fred's girlfriend, Violet. Bobby moves away, but is replaced by Greg. When Bobby moves back to Troperville three years later, he rejoins the group. He then brings in his sister Melody so Greg won't get kicked out.
** [[StupidSexyFriend The characters fall in love with each other]], forming a LoveDodecahedron.

** Jane, Bobby, Timothy, Allison, and Greg are five friends. Greg leaves the group because he thinks it's unfair that there are three boys and only two girls.

** One of the members brings in a new member of the ''opposite'' gender, possibly a LoveInterest or an AnnoyingYoungerSibling.

* '''Discussed''': A character mentions how the pefect adventuring party always seems to consist of two guys, two girls, and a dog.

* '''Deconstructed''': The guys and the girls exhibit [[GirlsHaveCooties childish sexism]] toward each other. Alex, a hermaphrodite, is TheLeader because s/he is [[TheHeart the only member who gets along with everyone]].

* '''Inverted''':
** The group is made up of three boys and [[SmurfettePrinciple a girl]] or three girls and a boy.
** Everyone in the group is the same gender.

** The TeamPet brings in a girlfriend.

** Jane, Bobby, Timothy, and Allison are four friends. Timothy turns out to be a girl, Tina, but Allison turns out to be a boy, Allen. They adopt a TeamPet, Fred, but are then forced to adopt Fred's girlfriend, Violet. Bobby drops out of the group, but is later replaced by Greg.

** The group is only ever made up of one gender or has only one person of the opposite gender.

* '''Invoked''': The group decides not to allow any new members unless they recruit a new member of the opposite gender, so that no one gender gains dominance.

** One of the members brings in a new member of the ''opposite'' gender, possibly a LoveInterest.

* '''Played for Laughs''': TheLeader decides to assemble a large group [[GeodesicCast divided into subgroups]], and spends a ridiculous amount of time arranging them so that each subgroup consists of the same number of males as females.

* '''Reconstructed''': Alex teaches the group the error of their ways.

'''Basic Trope:''' When the main group of characters is an even number and there is an equal number of females to males.
* '''Straight:''' Jane, Bobby, Timothy and Allison are four friends who go on adventures.
* '''Exaggerated:'''
** The group refuses to invite other kids to go on adventures with them lest the gender ratio becomes unbalanced.

* '''Downplayed''': Jane, Bobby, and Timothy are three friends who go on adventures who are occasionally joined by Allison.
* '''Justified:'''
** The kids have always been very close friends and grew up together.

* '''Inverted:'''

* '''Subverted:'''

** [[ThreePlusTwo Four Plus One]] with Fred the TeamPet.
* '''Double Subverted:'''

* '''Parodied:'''

* '''Zig Zagged''': Jane, Bobby, Timothy, and Allison are four friends. Timothy turns out to be a girl, Tina, but Allison turns out to be a boy, Allen. They adopt a TeamPet, Fred, but are then forced to adopt Fred's girlfriend, Violet. Bobby drops out of the group, but is later replaced by Greg.
* '''Averted:'''

* '''Enforced:''' "This show has to appeal to both gender demographics, so make the main group of friends have the same number of boys and girls."

* '''Discussed''': One of the character mentions how the pefect adventuring party always seems to consist of two guys, two girls, and a dog.

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* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The producers make certain that the cast is a GenderEqualEnsemble, so as to appeal to both male and female audiences.

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'''Basic Trope:''' When the main group of characters is an even number so that there is an equal number of females to males.

** Jane, Bobby, Timothy, Allison and Alex are four friends who go on adventures. Alex was only allowed to join because s/he is a hermaphrodite.

** Alternatively, they are all siblings and play with each other constantly.

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

* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': One of the members brings in a new member of their own gender, so that their gender may gain dominance over the other.

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

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** The cast consists of [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 100 females and 100 males]].

** Jane, Bobby, Timothy, Allison and Alex are four friends who go on adventures. Alex was only allowed to join because s/he is a hermaphrodite.

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

* '''Exaggerated:''' The group refuses to invite other kids to go on adventures with them lest the gender ratio becomes unbalanced.

* '''Justified:''' The kids have always been very close friends and grew up together.

* '''Inverted:''' The group is made up of three boys and [[SmurfettePrinciple a girl]] or three girls and a boy.

* '''Subverted:''' Timothy was actually Tina who was pretending to be a boy.

* '''Double Subverted:''' But, Allison turns out to be Allen who was cross-dressing as a girl.

* '''Parodied:''' When Bobby moves away, the kids refuse to have anyone but a boy take his place in their group.

* '''Averted:''' The group is only ever made up of one gender or has only one person of the opposite gender.

** The team is a FiveManBand of [[BadassFurry Badass Furries]] with a TokenHuman, and people flip between getting the genders confused and discounting several members as {{Team Pet}}s.

** Jane, Bobby, Timothy, Allison and Alex are four friends who go on adventures. Alex is a hermaphrodite.

** [[ThreePlusTwo Four Plus One]] with the TeamPet.

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* '''Inverted:''' The group is made up of three boys and a girl or three girls and a boy.

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