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17	[[quoteright:287:[[Series/StargateAtlantis https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/two-girls-to-a-team_stargate-atlantis-s5_2_4852.jpg]]]]
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19	->'''Sheen:''' Let those who do evil beware, from this day forth we shall be known as ''The Fantastic League of Justice Bringing Avenging Men!''\
20	'''Libby:''' Excuse me?\
21	'''Sheen:''' ... And two girls!
22	-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', "[[Recap/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGeniusS3E3TheNMen The N Men]]"
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24	As TV audiences become more genre-savvy, tropes like TheSmurfettePrinciple are becoming increasingly more obvious. Naturally, the quicker people pick up on this the more complaints the show is likely to get. So how do modern writers address this problem? Give the {{Ensemble\|s}} ''two'' girls early on. Although this may not seem like much of an improvement, it does signify a (small) shift in how women and girls are portrayed in media. For one, a 3:2 male-female ratio is far closer to the actual male-female population than 4:1. Similarly, it also shows that being a woman in a male-majority group does not instantly relegate one to the position of TheHeart (though those positions will still usually be filled by a woman). It also acts as a happy medium for writers who want the group to seem "equal", but don't want the show to be mistaken as "for girls". ([[DoubleStandard Note that having a mostly male team is still perfectly unisex]] or [[EstrogenBrigade even get inverted results.]])
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26	Also note that while two girls in an ensemble of {{five\|Man Band}} are where they're the most common, they're also seen in groups of six to eight as well (though not four, because then the split would actually be ''even'', and that's [[GenderEqualEnsemble another trope entirely]]). If it's two girls and one guy then it's TwoGirlsAndAGuy, which is usually only present in female-targeted shows. This trope is about two women or girls in unisex or male-targeted shows.
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28	This trope gained prominence in the '90s and is still very common (especially in children's works) in TheNewTens. Frequently, the second woman will be TheSmartGuy of the group due to tropes like WomenAreWiser or TheLancer to act as a {{Foil}} to both TheLeader and TheHeart. See also TomboyAndGirlyGirl and RedOniBlueOni, which is often what the two girls will be towards each other regardless of whether or not they are on a team. AffirmativeActionGirl is when the second girl is specifically added later on; this trope applies both to series that started out with two girls and girls that were added.
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30	Also see GirlsNightOutEpisode. At least once in the series, there will be an episode where the boys are incapacitated, forcing the two girls to work together and possibly bond, despite any differences they might have.
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32	!!Example subpages
33	[[index]]
34	* TwoGirlsToATeam/LiveActionTV
35	* TwoGirlsToATeam/VideoGames
36	* TwoGirlsToATeam/WesternAnimation
37	[[/index]]
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39	!!Other examples:
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42	[[folder:Advertising]]
43	* For a long time, Advertising/MAndMs had mascots for the Red, Yellow, Blue, Orange, and Green M&Ms, with the Green M&M standing as the lone woman and no Brown M&M representative. However, as of 2012, a female mascot has been added for the Brown M&Ms, making for a team of six characters with two women. Made even more blatant in a NoTalkingOrPhonesWarning (later adapted for a 2015 commercial in the "Better With M" campaign) that stars the entire team in a faux blockbuster trailer. As of 2022, it's been subverted with the addition of the Purple M&M, thus giving the team four males and three females.
44	* The French cookie brand Prince de Lu has [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Joe and Lily]].
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47	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
48	* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', there are two female members of the Warrior Unit- [[spoiler:Annie Leonhart, who has the power of the Female Titan, and Pieck Finger, who has the power of the Cart Titan]]. There are other female Titan Shifters, but none who are part of the unit.
49	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has it down to an art.
50	** Ichigo's core adventure group consists of himself, Sado, Ishida, and Orihime. However, by proxy it also includes Rukia and Renji, making Rukia and Orihime the only two women in a six-person group.
51	** There are thirteen captains and eleven of them are male. Soifon and Unohana are the only two women. Flashbacks to a century ago reveal this was in effect back then as well, with Soifon's predecessor Yoruichi being Unohana's companion woman among the captains. At the end of the story, [[spoiler:this is averted. After Unohana dies fighting Kenpachi, Isane replaces her as captain of Squad 4, while Rukia replaces the male Ukitake as Captain of Squad 13 after his HeroicSacrifice, and Lisa Yadomaru fills the vacant position of Captain of Squad 8 as Kyoraku gets promoted to Captain-commander]].
52	** Hitsugaya's Advance Squad was a warband of shinigami assigned to Karakura Town in anticipation of the arrancar threat. It consisted of Hitsugaya, Renji, Rangiku, Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Rukia. Rukia and Rangiku were the two women.
53	** The X-Cution consists of six members (seven when Ichigo joins): Sado, Ginjou, Giriko, Yukio, Riruka, and Jackie. Riruka and Jackie are the two women.
54	** The Royal Guard is a team of five: Ichibei, Kirinji, and Ouetsu are men while Kirio and Senjuumaru are women.
55	* ''Manga/CaptainTsubasa'' had Sanae and Kumi, and later Yoshiko and Machiko.
56	* The main crew of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' consisted of three guys, Spike, Jet, and Ein, and two girls, Faye and Ed.
57	* Team Touden of ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'', has [[spoiler:Falin and Marcille after the former is rescued from the Red Dragon and, later, Marcille and Izutsumi]].
58	* Occurred in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and its sequel ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Sora and Mimi prior to Hikari/Kari joining, followed by Miyako/Yolei and Hikari/Kari in ''02''. Amusingly inverted in one dub that mistook Iori/Cody for a girl and dubbed him as such.
59	* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'' has Mamori and Suzuna who are TwoGirlsToATeam (though only Mamori is {{the heart}}).
60	* ''Manga/FairyTail'' starts off this way, with Lucy and Erza as the two girls in a team with Natsu, Gray, and Happy, unless you don't count [[TokenNonHuman Happy]], which makes it equal. Later, Wendy joins the group and brings Carla with her, actually tipping the ratio in favor of the girls.
61	** However, the trope is played straight for the villain teams, when the series does have teams big enough to even have two women:
62	*** The Edolas arc is the first to have two female villains: Erza Knightwalker and Coco, though Coco doesn't even do anything villainous.
63	*** Sirius Island arc: Ultear and Merudy.
64	*** Tartaros arc: Kyouka and Seila.
65	* While in the manga of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' (and the ''Brotherhood'' anime adaptation) TheSmurfettePrinciple is in full effect, in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime]] there are two female Homunculi: Lust and Sloth. Well, if you count Envy, whose gender is... indeterminate, the manga has about one and a half female homunculi, which sort of counts.
66	* ''Manga/{{Genshiken}}'' has two female club members in the first season, Saki and Ohno, making it this trope. Ogiue joins in the second season, making things slightly more even, and after two male characters graduate the ratio is 4:3. Ironically, post-cancellation-and-revival the club is almost all-female.
67	* In ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed'' there are only two female dogs in the cast. Nether have any combat ability, whereas all the males are badasses. One is a DamselInDistress and the other is a mother.
68	* Satsuki and Momoko from ''Anime/GhostStories''.
69	* The Crow's two managers, Yachi and Kiyoko, of ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''.
70	* ''Manga/InuYasha'': Kagome and Sango (with Shippo, Inuyasha, and Miroku). It becomes 3-3 if Kirara (who is a non-talking but still fully sapient [[BakenekoAndNekomata nekomata]]) is counted.
71	* Inverted in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar''. For most of the series, the student council is made up of two boys (Shirogane and Ishigami) and three girls (Kaguya, Fujiwara, and Iino).
72	* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', Quint Nakajima and Megane Alpine were the only female members in Zest Grangaitz's team, having a ratio of 2:3.
73	* While ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' for most of its run enforced TheSmurfettePrinciple almost religiously, Kishimoto got better about this towards the end; there's Tsunade and Mei Terumi of the Five [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership Kages]], and Fuu and Yugito Nii of the nine [[SealedEvilInACan Jinchuuriki]].
74	* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Nami and Nico Robin are the two female Straw Hats. Before Robin joined, Nefertari Vivi traveled with the Straw Hats until they reached Alabasta and ended the civil war there, earning her status as an HonoraryTrueCompanion of the crew and getting the closest a temporary companion got to full Straw Hat membership.
75	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' does this during the XY seasons, one being TheHeart and the other the TagalongKid, having a 2:2 ratio.
76	* ''Anime/PuiPuiMolcar'' has Teddy and Choco as the two girls among the five main Molcars. Season 2 upgrades this into a GenderEqualEnsemble with the addition of the AscendedExtra Rose.
77	* The villain organizations of the ''Anime/PrettyCure franchise'' have usually TheSmurfettePrinciple, but sometimes also qualify for this trope. However, they may work for the same organization, but not in the same team.
78	** In ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', we have Poisonny of the Dark Five, and Regine of the Seeds of Darkness. The Seeds of Darkness are introduced after the deaths of the Dark Five.
79	** In ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'', we have Arachnea and Hadenya, both are working for different divisions of Nightmare, also the latter is introduced after the former's death. [[BigBad Desparaia]] is not counted.
80	** In ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5GoGo'', we have Anacondy and Shibiretta. Neither of them replaces the other one, but they hate each other and they are working against each other, despite working for the same boss.
81	** In ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'', we have Eas and Northa. However, Eas pulls a HeelFaceTurn and Northa shows up much later in the series.
82	** In ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'', we have Dark Precure and Sasorina... who are rarely seen together, since Dark Precure is the superior one.
83	** In ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'', we have Marmo and Regina. And Regina is the superior one.
84	* Diane and Merlin are the only female members of the Seven Deadly Sins in ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins''. Since the group split up ten years ago, Merlin barely appeared outside flashbacks until the Kingdom Infiltration arc.
85	* In ''Manga/FoodWars'', the alumni judges during the Hell's Camp arc are comprised of 3 male judges and 2 female judges, Fuyumi and Hinako.
86	%%zce* Haruko and Ayako of ''Manga/SlamDunk''.
87	* Chocolate and Tira Misu of ''Manga/SorcererHunters''. The manga sometimes had Gateau's sister Eclair as a SixthRanger, and Big Mama's assistant Dota was treated as part of the gang despite not going on missions.
88	* ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'' usually has this gender-inverted. Mametchi and Kuchipatchi are the only two boys in the billed main cast, especially in the last two seasons of the original saga, ''Yume Kira Dream'', and ''Miracle Friends''.
89	* ''Manga/TentomushiNoUta'': The main characters are seven siblings with the surname Isshuu, consisting of five boys (Kaji, Mizuo, Mokusuke, Kintaro and Tsuchimaru) and two girls (Tsukimi and Hiyoko).
90	* In ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' we have the Blue Rose and Dragon Kid. Played with in that CampGay member Fire Emblem also considers himself "OneOfTheGirls", to the others' chagrin.
91	* The Gung-ho Guns in ''[[Manga/{{Trigun}} Trigun Maximum]]'' only has two female members, Dominique and Elendira. In the anime, however, Elendira doesn't exist so [[TheSmurfettePrinciple it's just Dominique]].
92	* During the first seasons ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' followed the example of the series it was a sequel to (''Anime/GreatMazinger'' and ''Anime/MazingerZ''), and Hikaru was the only woman on the team. However Maria joined the group in the third season, and the series began to play this trope together with [[LovelyAngels several]] [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl others]].
93	** The main characters of ''Anime/MazingerZ'' were BackForTheFinale of ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', so there were two women in the team (Sayaka and Jun).
94	* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' made keeping the number of girls on the show practically an art. Season one had Anzu/Téa and Mai. Season two, they got a little crazy and had Anzu/Téa, Mai, Ishizu, and Shizuka/Serenity all involved, although only rarely all in the same episode, as Ishizu wasn't really a member of "the gang". So, they sent Mai in a coma and then left Ishizu behind when they shuffled the cast off to the filler arc, leaving just Anzu/Téa and Shizuka/Serenity for half of Season three. Season four had Anzu/Téa and Rebecca, and also for the first half of season five. The final arc had two different five-man bands, one modern, one ancient, with the ancient one having both Isis and Mana (three if you count Kisara).
95	* In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Asuka/Alexis and Rei/Blair are the only main female characters in seasons 3 and 4. This is the result of Rei becoming more prominent after her one-episode role in the first season, during which Asuka had been the only female main character by way of TheSmurfettePrinciple.
96	** Suddenly, the third season zig-zags this trope, as both of Asuka and Rei are underdeveloped. So, Brron sacrificed Asuka via sadness while they left Rei behind, therefore the cast undergoes frequent changes. [[ChromosomeCasting This leaves the cast with no female protagonist for half of season 3.]]
97	** A fan alternative to season 3 had Yuka, Asuka, Seika, Rei, Reggie and Mara all involved until the end of the first half, as Asuka sacrificed herself to save the others. So she ended up trapped and manipulated by Yubel in an alternate dimension, while Brron then sacrificed Rei via sadness, leaving just Yuka and Mara for half of season 3 (four if you still count Seika and Reggie). In fact, Yuka stays in the cast throughout the entire series.
98	** Camula and Tania are the only female Seven Stars Assassins/Shadow Riders. Interestingly, these two are among the four best duelists of the Seven Stars Assassins, and they are two of three duelists who won spirit keys. Also, both of them were defeated by Yuka through designated girl fights (in a fan alternative to the anime).
99	* In ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', Aki/Akiza and Ruka/Luna are the only females of Team [=5Ds=].
100	** Misty and Carly of the Dark Signers. Interestingly, Misty was the only one who has a DesignatedGirlFight (with Aki), while Carly's opponent was her {{Love Interest\|s}} Jack. Also, both of them were defeated after [[spoiler: the BigBad Rudger/Roman. However, then TheManBehindTheMan showed up]].
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103	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
104	* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': [=BoBoiBoy=] and his friends formed a GenderEqualEnsemble until Fang joined the group in Season 2. [[GravityMaster Yaya]] and [[TimeMaster Ying]] are the two girls of the group of five.
105	* In ''Animation/{{Oddbods}}'', Newt and Bubbles are the only two female Oddbods in the team of seven.
106	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': The main group of goats consists of the male goats Weslie, Paddi, Sparky, and Slowy and the female goats Tibbie and Jonie.
107	* ''Animation/YoYoMan'': Yamy and Qiube, once the latter was introduced, are the only two girls in the Yoyo Supermen.
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110	[[folder:Comic Books]]
111	* ''ComicBook/TwentyFists'': The No Names gang has two women, Chel and Rei, out of five members.
112	* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'':
113	** This happened in the 1960s with the Avengers, with the Characters/ScarletWitch being joined by Characters/TheWasp or the Characters/BlackWidow.
114	** The ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentAvengers'' have [[ComicBook/{{Thor 2014}} the new Thor]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKamalaKhan Ms Marvel]], out of a team of seven.
115	* ''ComicBook/{{Champions\|MarvelComics}}'': In ''ComicBook/Champions2016'', the team's lineup was four boys ([[ComicBook/{{Nova}} Sam Alexander]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales Miles Morales]], [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk Amadeus Cho]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Scott Summers]]) and two girls ([[Characters/MarvelComicsKamalaKhan Kamala Khan]], [[ComicBook/TheVision2015 Viv Vision]]). This shifted when [[ComicBook/{{Ironheart}} Riri Williams]] and [[ComicBook/TheUnstoppableWasp Nadia Van Dyne]] joined the team in the series' second (2019) run.
116	* ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'': In the 1970s, the originally all-male Defenders evolved into a team with a gender-balanced core of two males (Nighthawk and the [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Hulk]]) and two females ([[Characters/MarvelComicsValkyrior Valkyrie]] and Characters/{{Hellcat}}).
117	* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': Several rosters of the team had only two female members.
118	** In Creator/GrantMorrison's run, the only female members who stuck (counting the genderfluid being Rebis resulting from Larry Trainor/Negative Man and Eleanor Poole merging into a single entity) were Crazy Jane and Dorothy Spinner. The alternate future one-shot ''Doom Force'' would also depict a future incarnation of the team that had an adult Dorothy Spinner as the only female on the team besides Flux.
119	** In John Arcudi's run, Fever and Freak were the only two members of the roster who were women.
120	** Creator/JohnByrne's run initially had a third female member named Faith, but she was phased out early on, leaving Elasti-Girl and Nudge as the only two females on this iteration of the team.
121	* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'':
122	** The original team started off as four guys, then joined by Starhawk, who occasionally switches bodies with his sister Aleta (long story). The second issue of their first series has them meet Nikki Gold, bringing the team's gals to two, but Aleta wasn't treated as a full-on member until the 90s, and at that point the team gained another gal in Replica.
123	** The prototype version of the modern team, in ''ComicBook/AnnihilationConquest'', had Mantis and Deathcry as its only gals. Then Deathcry caught a case of friendly fire.
124	** ''ComicBook/Guardians3000'' has Nikki absent due to time going weird, Replica just completely gone, and Aleta forgotten. Instead, the Guardians have newcomer Geena Drake, and Starhawk experiencing a GenderBender, though Nikki does soon reappear.
125	* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'': The New Reichsmen of Earth-10 from ''[[ComicBook/TheMultiversity Mastermen #1]]'' appear to have only two female members; [[ComicBook/WonderWoman Brünhilde]] and [[ComicBook/TheFlash Blitzen]].
126	* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'': For years, the only woman on the JSA was Characters/{{Wonder Woman\|TheCharacter}}, and she wasn't allowed to participate in any major way since she was [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 headlining her own book]]. In the later years of the 1940s, both Wonder Woman and Characters/BlackCanary were active members of the JSA, making the ratio 5 men and 2 women. ComicBook/RedTornado was around and fought alongside the JSA from the first issue, but she wasn't a full member of the team.
127	* ''ComicBook/{{Nextwave}}'': Creator/WarrenEllis deliberately intended to reverse this trope when he created the series; they're three women and two guys. Although by that time it was nothing new, Creator/ChrisClaremont having done it two decades earlier with the original lineups of the ComicBook/NewMutants and ComicBook/{{Excalibur\|MarvelComics}}.
128	* ''ComicBook/{{Pack}}'': Amongst the titular Pack, the only female members are Chastity and Diligence.
129	* ''ComicBook/RedRobin'': The Council of Spiders are a team of eight with only two women. When the group appeared in a ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' story they were expanded into an international organization and gained at least one more woman but the organization's team that was first seen maintains their original lineup.
130	* ''ComicBook/RelativeHeroes'': The team is made up of two girls and three boys all of whom are siblings by blood or adoption.
131	* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': The series is a notable ''inversion''. The original team was composed of two guys and four girls. While the team lineup changed many times in subsequent volumes, the girls always outnumbered the boys.
132	* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': As of post-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint\|DCComics}}'', the Shazam [[SuperFamilyTeam family]] has Mary Bromfield and Darla Dudley, a 1:3 ratio in a team of six.
133	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': In the ''Supergirl''/''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' crossover ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Supergirl and Bleez are the only female members of Guy Gardner's [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lantern Corps]]. Bleez was actually glad that Supergirl joined because she wasn't the only girl anymore.
134	* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': ''ComicBook/TitansRebirth'' originally starred four men and two women: Dick Grayson (Characters/{{Nightwing\|DickGrayson}}), [[Characters/TheFlashWallyWest Wally West]] (Flash), [[Characters/GreenArrowSpeedy Roy Harper]] (Arsenal), Garth (Tempest), [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]], and Lilith Clay (Omen).
135	* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': Hellcat and Valkyrie are the only gals in the Defenders. Come New Ultimates, it's just Hellcat, as Valkyrie had joined the Ultimates.
136	* ''ComicBook/XMen'': This happened with thet X-Men, with [[Characters/XMen60sMembers Polaris]] joining [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]]. In the All-New, All-Different team, Jean Grey soon returned to the X-Men to join [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Storm]], and after the Phoenix' death, she was replaced by [[Characters/MarvelComicsKittyPryde Kitty Pryde]].
137	* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': The series starts with four guys, but introduces two girls in the first couple of issues. After ''ComicBook/AvengersTheChildrensCrusade'' ends with [[spoiler: Cassie and Vision dead and Eli seemingly retired]], the reformed team has the same dynamic with [[[Characters/MarvelComicsKateBishop Kate Bishop]] and [[Characters/YoungAvengersTitleTeam America Chavez]].
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140	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
141	* ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'': Inverted. The [=MacPherson=] family has two boys, Darryl and Hammie, alongside three girls, Wanda, Zoe, and Wren.
142	* ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'': Gina and Margaret are the two girls in Dennis' circle of friends.
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145	[[folder:Fan Works]]
146	* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'':
147	** Amongst the group of Titans who stick with Godzilla for most of the story, there are two heroic females (Vivienne and Mothra) to four heroic males (San, Big G himself, Thor and Rodan).
148	** Amongst the several members of Alan Jonah's paramilitary who get characterization, two of them are confirmed to be female (Mariko and Tejada), whilst Jonah himself plus Sergeant Travis and Guard B-04 are male.
149	** The only two confirmed female members of the Monarch Torch and Bury Operation's infantry, excluding Tejada who isn't in the field, are B3-Cap and G5-Tango.
150	* At the beginning of ''Fanfic/{{Atonement}}'', Vista and Sophia are the only Brockton Bay female Wards. Vista's not happy with her bully of a partner and is predictably pleased when Madison joins the team.
151	* Krysta and Starla in ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''.
152	* While not part of the same team, the core group of six kaiju in ''FanFic/TheBridge'' has both [[TheSmartGuy Mothra]] and [[TheBrute Destroyah]].
153	* ''Fanfic/TheFlashSentryChronicles'': Several of the various teams seen across the series have only had two female members.
154	** The Royal Knights only have two current female members, Heather Bloom and Ruby Scarlet.
155	** The team chosen to travel to the Lost City of Faust includes Trixie and Ruby. [[spoiler:Though shortly after arriving the team meets Shining Soul, a filly who ends up joining them with her brother. But partway through the war against The Cult of Shadow, Soul is separated from the rest of the team, bringing the girls down to just two again until she rejoins.]]
156	** The cult serving Shadow Corrupter has Tempera and Terror Card.
157	* ''Fanfic/{{Hakumei}}'': Sakura and Hinata are the only girls in the titular team, compared to their seven male teammates.
158	* Inverted in ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku''. Instead of forming a PowerTrio with Ochaco Uraraka and Tenya Iida, Izuku forms a FiveManBand with them as well as Momo Yaoyorozu and Itsuka Kendou. They name themselves ''[[Film/SpaceJam The Monstars]]''.
159	* The [[FiveManBand main band of hunters]] in ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' ends up with a 3:2 male-female ratio, the two female hunters being [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Sanakan and Lily]] respectively.
160	%%zce* Starr and Amy in ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}'''s last story arc.
161	* In ''FanFic/PowerRangersTakeFlight'', Pink and Blue instead of the traditional Pink and Yellow Rangers (although Casey's suit mainly has white spandex; as a result, people keep calling her the White Ranger, much to her irritation).
162	* In ''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation'', the newborn Franchise/{{Justice League\|OfAmerica}} is made up of five members, two of them female: ComicBook/WonderWoman and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}.
163	* At the beginning of ''Fanfic/TheUnfantasticAdventuresOfBizarroNo1'', Bizarro Wonder Woman and Bizarro Supergirl are the only female members of the Bizarro Justice League.
164	* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocus'', the Red Lotus Trio -- consisting of Chloe, Atticus and Lexi -- become Red Lotus Uprising to accommodate Amelia and Hewie.
165	* ''Fanfic/PrehistoricEarth'' has the titular park's rescue team initially consist of FiveManBand Drew, Jack, Adrian, Leon, and Alice before eventually incorporating SixthRanger Cynthia near the end of 'Phase 1'. Similarly, the subsequent ContinuityReboot ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined'' likewise starts out with the same FiveManBand before eventually expanding to include Cynthia at the beginning of 'Phase 2'.
166	* {{Inverted\|Trope}} in ''Creator/TheSunshineCrew'': Payson and Spencer are the only guys in the titular group.
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169	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
170	* [=GoGo=] Tomago and Honey Lemon are the only female members of the titular superhero team in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', also being the TomboyAndGirlyGirl with [=GoGo=] being TheLancer and Honey being TheHeart.
171	* Out of the nine circus bugs in ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', two are female; Gypsy the gypsy moth and Rosie the [[FriendlyNeighborhoodSpider black widow spider.]]
172	* Though technically appearing in the live-action segments of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'', the Philadelphia Orchestra had only two female musicians when the film was made, due to sexist hiring practices of the time. And they both play the [[HarpOfFemininity harp]].
173	* In ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', Peach and Deb are the only two female members of the Tank Gang.
174	* Astrid and Ruffnut of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' are the only girls on [[spoiler: Hiccup's dragon rider team and the latter is mistaken for her twin brother]]. The second film adds [[spoiler: Valka, Hiccup's mother]].
175	* ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'':
176	** The Parrs have two female members, these being Elastigirl and Violet.
177	** Two of the six wannabe Supers introduced in ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' are female, being Brick and Voyd.
178	* {{Inverted\|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'', where out of the five emotions that control Riley, Fear and Anger are the only guys.
179	* Tigress and Viper of ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'', nicely averting TheSmurfettePrinciple.
180	* Ducky and Cera in ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime''. Although it could have been worse. In the original script Cera was actually going to be a male character, but Creator/GeorgeLucas, who was a producer on the film, suggested changing the gender for a little extra diversity.
181	* [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Wyldstyle and Uni-Kitty]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''. {{Justified\|Trope}} when [[spoiler: it turns out they're all toys being played with by Finn. Of ''course'' a small boy would imagine more male characters than female]].
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183
184	[[folder:Films -- Live Action]]
185	* The two girls, three (or sometimes four) guys setup is becoming ''very'' common in horror films involving teens or early twenty-somethings. Recent examples include ''Film/CabinFever'', ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet2010'', ''Storage 24'', ''Film/MyLittleEye'' and ''Film/HouseOfWax2005''. The fact is (obviously) lampshaded in ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'', which points out that two are needed to fulfill the roles of [[MadonnaWhoreComplex the Virgin and the Whore]].
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187	* Common in the ''Alien'' franchise.
188	** In ''Film/{{Alien}}'' there are two female characters: Ripley and Lambert.
189	** In ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' there is Vasquez and Ripley.
190	** In ''Film/AlienResurrection'' there is Call and Ripley. Before that, Call and Hillard were the only two female crew members on the Betty. Hillard is killed off shortly after Ripley joins them, thus keeping the trope intact.
191	** In ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', which is set in the same universe there are also two major female characters: Meredith Vickers and Dr. Elizabeth Shaw. Ford was on board too but was for the most part a fairly minor character.
192	** ''Film/AlienVsPredator'': The only two female members of an eleven-person expedition are Alexa (the protagonist) and Adele Rousseau.
193	* ''Film/{{Antigang}}'': Serge's elite antigang squad has two female members: Margaux and Ricci.
194	* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' has Allison and Claire.
195	* ''Film/DaylightsEnd'': There are two female combatants in the group of survivors, Sam and Earnesta.
196	* ''Film/DayOfTheDead2008'': The core rag-tag band of survivors consists of two females and four males.
197	* ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious'' has Dominic Toretto’s team, often rotating their female members out and maintaining the trope.
198	** It starts with ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious2001'' with Letty and Mia.
199	** The fourth film ''Film/FastAndFurious'' has [[spoiler: Letty killed early on]] but introduces Gisele.
200	** Subverted in ''Film/FastAndFurious6'' in that [[spoiler: Letty, who turns out was NotQuiteDead]] joins the team to make three active female members. Played straight again after [[spoiler: Gisele dies.]] Dom also offers Officer Elena Neves, Hobbs’ second-in-command and ally to the team, a place on the team but she declines, saying law enforcement is where she belongs [[spoiler: but also [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy partly so]] he’s free to rekindle his relationship with Letty]].
201	** In ''Film/Furious7'' Mia doesn’t participate in the team’s latest heist after she and her and Brian's son are targeted by Deckard Shaw and forced to go into hiding, and by the end she and Brian retire from the team so they can raise their family. In turn, computer hacker Ramsey whom the team was sent to rescue from a terrorist group later becomes the second female member.
202	** Subverted in ''Film/{{F9}}'' with Mia joining the team's mission as it involves her and Dom's brother Jakob.
203	* ''Film/TheJourneyOfNattyGann'': The group of juvenile cattle rustlers Natty briefly joins has one other girl in it.
204	* ''Film/KillBill'''s Deadly Viper Assassination Squad is an inversion, the only male members out of six being the leader Bill and his brother Budd. Could also be considered an example of TheOneGuy if you count Bill separately.
205	* ''Film/LateNight2019'' features the lone female host in late-night television hiring her only female writer, making the writers room this for most of the film.
206	* In ''Film/Leviathan1989'', the crew of mining shack 7 (i.e. the cast) consists of six men and two women.
207	* ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'': There are only two females amongst a moderate-sized cast of males, across ''either'' team sent to the island: Sarah and Kelly.
208	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
209	** Black Widow and Scarlet Witch in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''.
210	** Gamora and Mantis in ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2''. For the final battle, they had a third girl, Nebula, on the team as well, but she left afterwards on reasonably good terms with the Guardians to pursue her own goals.
211	** By the end of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' the Guardians have Mantis and Nebula [[spoiler:though it's implied they will be looking for Gamora of the 2014 timeline who came to the present day but took off after Thanos's defeat]].
212	** ''Film/{{Captain Marvel\|2019}}'': At the beginning of the movie, the Kree Starforce has Vers and Minn-Erva.
213	* Connie and either Tammy or Julie for the eponymous hockey team in ''Film/TheMightyDucks'' series
214	* ''{{Film/Mindhunters}}'' the team of six trainees has four men and only two women - Sarah and Nicole. A SixthRanger joins the team and he is also male, making this even more pronounced.
215	* ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'': The film starts out with a 5-person friend group made up of Sidney and Tatum (two girls) with Billy, Stu, and Randy (3 guys). [[RedOniBlueOni Tatum is the red to Sidney's blue.]] Gale Weathers is also a prominent character, but she has little interaction with the teens for the first half of the film. About halfway through the film, [[spoiler:when Tatum dies]], and all of the protagonists come together against the killer, Gale Weathers takes Tatum's place as the second girl.
216	* ''{{Film/Stripes}}'': [[FairCop Stella and Louise]] fit this trope, though they're not part of the squad in question, just the two female [=MPs=] who keep bailing Winger and Zisky out of trouble as part of their romance subplot. They both do later join in the rescue mission at the end, where it's played perfectly straight.
217	* ''[[Film/TheThing2011 The Thing]]'' prequel, unlike the famously all-male cast of the [[Film/TheThing1982 1982 film]] has two women in the camp- both scientists [[spoiler: though Juliette is assimilated early on, leaving Kate the only female for the rest of the film]].
218	* [[Film/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader The film version]] of ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'' added a young Narnian girl named Gael who becomes Lucy's friend on the ship. Susan appears in the film as well, but only as a cameo.
219	* ''Film/{{Wendy}}'': Among the Lost Boys there's Cudjoe Head and Wendy.
220	[[/folder]]
221
222	[[folder:Literature]]
223	* [[TheBigGuy Rachel]] and [[TheHeart Cassie]] in ''Literature/{{Animorphs}},'' a group with four guys. During one mission where said guys start a geek-centric conversation (Marco's idea for a future ''Franchise/StarTrek'' show), Rachel declares the next mission will be girls-only.
224	* The main character ensemble of ''Literature/BlackLegion'' consists of Nefertari, Gyre, and six men - eight men if you count [[EmptyShell Djedhor and Mekhari]].
225	* This trope is OlderThanPrint. In Geoffery Chaucer's ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales'', the only two women on the Pilgrimage are The Prioress and the Wife of Bath.
226	* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': Five children visited the Wonka factory, and Veruca Salt and Violet Beauregarde were the two girls.
227	* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
228	** Susan and Lucy in ''Literature/PrinceCaspian''.
229	** Calormene princess Aravis and her talking horse, Hwin, in ''Literature/TheHorseAndHisBoy''.
230	* Downplayed in the original novel of Creator/CarlSagan, ''Literature/{{Contact}}'', where FasterThanLightTravel machine allows humanity to send 5 people, the governments briefly discuss on whether they should send 3 men and 2 women or 3 women and 2 men; ultimately they decide that it doesn't matter since regardless of the choice, there's always going to be one more individual either gender. They end up sending 3:2 men-women ratio.
231	* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': ''Literature/MenAtArms'' expands the City Watch expanding beyond humans, recruiting Detritus (a troll), Cuddy (a dwarf), and Angua (a w[[spoiler:erewolf]]). In ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', they then get Cheery Littlebottom (a female dwarf), with Cheery and Angua being the main females in the Watch books from then on. (Salacia von Humpeding the vampire signs up in ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', Precious Jolson is referenced in the same book and gets a brief speaking role in ''Literature/{{Snuff}}'', and Angua claims in ''Men at Arms'' there are several other female dwarfs, but they're not ''openly'' female like Cheery is. If there are any others, they're resolutely OutOfFocus.)
232	* ''Literature/{{Endling}}'': Byx and Khara are the two females in the FiveManBand.
233	* ''Literature/TheFamousFive'' has Julian, Dick, and Timmy to Georgina and Anne. But only counting the humans, it's a GenderEqualEnsemble.
234	* ''Literature/GuardiansOfTheFlame'': In the party starting out Andy-Andy and Doria are the two women. However, the arrangement lasts only through the first books, with more female characters added later that don't fit into this dynamic.
235	* Bellatrix and Alecto are the only female Death Eaters named in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Narcissa, Bellatrix's sister and Lucius Malfoy's wife, was never officially one, though she did have a strong affiliation with them.
236	* Inverted in ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya''; the SOS Brigade is made up of three girls (Haruhi, Yuki and Mikuru) and two boys (Kyon and Koizumi).
237	* In ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'', after it looks like TheSmurfettePrinciple might strike for a while when [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Shelena]] is travelling with [[MagicKnight Veres]], [[{{Weredragon}} Gloom]] and [[TheApprentice Rest]], [[LittleMissBadass Virra]] joins the team and it becomes two women (well, a girl and a she-werewolf) and three men (actually, one man, one dragon, and one boy).
238	* The main team ([[GenderEqualEnsemble of four]]) from the ''Literature/MediochreQSethSeries'' has [[TheHeart Charlotte]] and [[TheBigGuy Dhampinella]]. However, if you take into account the fringe members [[TeamPet Desra]], [[TheMentor Melz]] and [[SixthRanger Rowan]], not to mention [[BigGood Queen MAB]], then [[TheLeader Mediochre]] and [[TheLancer Joseph]] seem to count as an inversion.
239	* In ''Literature/SixOfCrows'', Inej and Nina are the two women in a group with four other men.
240	* Sally and Cindy in ''Literature/{{Spooksville}}''. Early on it's actually equal but later [[TheSixthRanger Bryce]] becomes a permanent member, meaning now they are 2 girls to 3 boys, the others being Adam and Watch.
241	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': The current generation of Starks includes four boys (Robb, Jon, Bran, and Rickon) and two girls (Sansa and Arya). The gender of their direwolves also correspond to them, with four males (Grey Wind, Ghost, Summer, and Shaggydog) and two females (Lady and Nymeria).
242	* ''Literature/StarRiskLtd'' has M'chel Riss and Jasmine King. Riss, a former Alliance Marine, does double duty as TheHero and TheLancer, while King, formerly an office manager and research specialist with a rival [[PrivateMilitaryContractors PMC]], is TheSmartGuy.
243	* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Kaylana and Valerie are the women in the party of villains on their quest.
244	* ''Literature/WarsOfTheRealm'': Drew's RagtagBandOfMisfits-turned-counterterror team consists of ten people counting himself. The only girls are his LoveInterest Sydney and Piper, one of Ben's techs.
245	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Inverted with Team Kimba; Hank and Ayla are the only guys. However, initially Hank was the only guy, Ayla being considered one of the girls; his gender was {{retcon}}ned once he got his own stories.
246	* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' [[AvertedTrope averts]] this for the most part, with most groups having a decent mix of genders, but does have some examples.
247	** The initial Brockton Bay Wards roster has only two girls; Shadow Stalker and Vista.
248	** The local [[HeroesRUs Protectorate]] has Battery and Miss Militia as the only women in it's initial roster.
249	** The Undersiders [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] this trope at first, but later [[InvertedTrope invert]] it. They start as a GenderEqualEnsemble with four members, but later recruit Taylor, becoming a FiveManBand with two boys. [[spoiler:Later members Imp, Parian and Foil are all girls, with Grue and Regent remaining the only male core members throughout the story.]]
250	[[/folder]]
251
252	[[folder:Manhua]]
253	* In ''Manhua/CyberWeaponZ'', Rosaland and Anling are the only women present in the eponymous program, with Anling being the only human one.
254	[[/folder]]
255
256	[[folder:Music]]
257	* In the Japanese co-ed band Music/{{AAA}}, Misako and Chiaki were the only girls out of a group of seven for most of its history. (A third girl, Yukari, left two years after its formation.) Chiaki would later depart in 2017, leaving Misako as [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only girl]] until the group's disbandment in 2020.
258	* Music/{{Delain}} were one of many SymphonicMetal bands employing the MaleBandFemaleSinger trope with Charlotte Wessels until 2015 when they added guitarist Merel Bechtold (she did not stay in the band for very long, though).
259	* Music/FleetwoodMac: The Mac's most successful line-up between 1975 and 1987 (and again from 1997 to early 2018) featured [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks]]. They're also this to the current line-up.
260	* Music/TheGathering was this between 2004-2014 where Marjolein Kooijman was the bassist in the band in addition to singers Anneke van Giersbergen (before 2007) and Silje Wergeland (after 2008).
261	* After a couple of years of alternating in the "Smurfette" role as sole female band member, Yulia Usova and Line Kolesnik are now both members of the Music/OtavaYo folk-rock band and appear on stage together as two-thirds of its violin section.
262	* Music/SlyAndTheFamilyStone was the first multi-racial and multi-gendered band in America (if not the world). Trumpeter Cynthia Robinson and pianist/singer Rose Stone were the two women in the band's classic lineup.
263	* Music/{{Therion}} had a fluid line-up for years as far as singers and classical performers went, but then settled on having two female singers with different kinds of style since around 2010. One has been Lori Lewis (though on tours, she is substituted by other singers since 2014), while the other position has been rotating over the years (the most consistent was Linnéa Vikström, the daughter of their male lead singer Thomas Vikström, from 2010 to 2018).
264	* Music/{{Tristania}} was also this between 2010 and their disbandment (officially in 2022): they had Mariangela Demurtas on vocals and Gyri Smørdal Losnegaard on second guitar.
265	* Music/{{Vocaloid}}:
266	** Gender-inverted with the Crypton group in promotional materials. Len and Kaito are the only boys on the team.
267	** Also gender-inverted with Zhiyu Moke and Yuezheng Longya of the [=VSinger=]s, as well as Gakupo and Ryuto of Internet-Co.
268	** Played straight with Power-FX. Sweet Ann and Ruby are their only female Vocaloids and the rest are male.
269	[[/folder]]
270
271	[[folder:Podcasts]]
272	* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' has the [[spoiler: Starblaster crew]], which consisted of five men ([[spoiler:Magnus, Merle, Taako, Barry, and Davenport]]) and two women ([[spoiler:Lucretia and Lup]].)
273	[[/folder]]
274
275	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
276	* Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} 2009-2011: Wrestling/SaraDelRey and Wrestling/DaizeeHaze were the only women to ever be members of the otherwise all-male Wrestling/DieBruderschaftDesKreuzes.
277	[[/folder]]
278
279	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
280	* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
281	** The five major gods of Theros:
282	*** Female: Nylea (green), Thassa (blue)
283	*** Male: Erebos (black), Heliod (white), Purphoros (red)
284	** Averted with the [[MonochromeCasting main cast of planeswalkers]]:
285	*** Female: Chandra (red), Liliana (black), Nissa (green)
286	*** Male: Gideon (white), Jace (blue)
287	** Averted with the five gods of Amonkhet:
288	*** Female: Bontu (black), Hazoret (red), Oketra (white)
289	*** Male: Kefnet (blue), Rhonas (green)
290	** Averted with the five Dragonlords, who use GenderInclusiveWriting anyway:
291	*** Female: Atarka (red and green), Dromoka (green and white), Kolaghan (black and red)
292	*** Male: Ojutai (white and blue), Silumgar (blue and black)
293	* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'' has four teams and two of them start out exhibiting this. The Freedom Five start out with Tachyon and Wraith as its female members and picks up Unity as an intern and unofficial sixth member later, while the Dark Watch have Nightmist and Expatriette as the only female members until Pinion pulls a HeelFaceTurn and joins them. The other two teams are the Sentinels, whose only female member is the Idealist, and the Prime Wardens, whose lineup consists of one woman (Fanatic), three men (Argent Adept, Haka, Captain Cosmic), and a masculine-presenting nonbinary extraterrestrial (Tempest)... outside Tactics where they gain the female alien Sky-Scraper as an additional member, and the RPG where it's {{inverted\|Trope}} with two men (Argent Adept and Anubis) and three women (Visionary, Arataki, and Fanatic).
294	[[/folder]]
295
296	[[folder:Web Animation]]
297	* In ''WebAnimation/TrueTail'', the two girls are Doh-Li the Sorceress and Melody the Bard.
298	* Pink and Purple from ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL70E0D967233DA1AF Stickman Stories]]''
299	* ''WebAnimation/TheMusicFreaks'': Milly and Hailey are the only two female members of The Music Club.
300	[[/folder]]
301
302	[[folder:Webcomics]]
303	* Squadron 128 in ''[[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky It's Walky!]]'' follows this trope most of the time: first with Joyce and Sal, then Sal and Dina, and later with Joyce and Robin.
304	* ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' has Benny and Pella. [[spoiler:Currently a subversion, as it turns out Richard is a girl (and appears to be identifying as such now).]]
305	* This is trope is originally inverted in ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'', with three girls in a FiveManBand. [[spoiler: After Pauline died, she was replaced by Emily.]] However, a third male, Jordie, joined the group, and [[spoiler: Emily died]], leaving only two girls.
306	[[/folder]]
307
308	[[folder:Web Video]]
309	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick and WebVideo/MarzGurl are the only women in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'' (That Chick With The Goggles was invited but had been inactive on the site for quite a while and only gave a brief cameo on a phone call). The usual {{Double Standard}}s are averted as they're as AxCrazy and fight-happy as the guys. ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' adds [[Creator/AllisonPregler Obscurus Lupa]] to the cast, as well as a female {{Mook\|s}}, the Witch of the Woods. All three of them return for the fourth-anniversary special, ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'', and WebVideo/JesuOtaku ([[UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} pre-transition]]) shows up as well, though by this point there are nearing twenty men in the main cast, so the female reviewers are still ridiculously outnumbered.
310	* ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'': The team consists of Andy, Mike, Luke, Jane, and Ellen.
311	[[/folder]]

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