We can't touch locked articles. You need a mod for that, and they sometimes forget.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - FighteerAnd the only reason it wasn't removed was because the TRS thread was locked by the damn bot.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - FighteerNo, I mean in the thread where that was decided. Did nobody say: "Hey, shouldn't we remove that stuff if we decided against it?"
Come to think of it, the Sasuke Retrieval squad doesn't fit. No one fits The Chick.
Ah, well. Nevermind. Can't blame anyone for false examples then.
edited 3rd Apr '12 8:55:17 AM by kay4today
It's not a decision. The trope is very exact, people just shoehorn it. The very reason the definition is locked is because everyone messed it up, which is why it has drifted.
Five-Man Band is five people with five exact roles. Anything else is shoehorned.
edited 3rd Apr '12 9:04:16 AM by lu127
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - FighteerAnd in a few years, once I've truely earned my position in your eyes, I shall become the Arha 3.0, of the perfect new world.
edited 3rd Apr '12 9:08:14 AM by Ironypus
I think we need a more fitting name then. The idea of a Five-Man Band would work the same if there were just two big guys instead of one, IMO.
How? It's an old archetype that has largely fallen out of use. The trope is not "five people in the same group". It's "five people who fill specific roles". That's the core. Otherwise, it's Not A Trope.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - FighteerWell, the Star Wars example works pretty well and it has two Smart Guys.
The Hero: Luke
The Lancer: Han Solo
The Smart Guys: R2-D2 and C-3PO
The Big Guy: Chewbacca
The Chick: Leia
edited 3rd Apr '12 9:13:47 AM by kay4today
Star Wars is hardly a qualifier, since it's been debated to hell and back and only stays by word of admin.
The most important part is this:
None of these examples have at least four dynamics.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer

Is this where someone jokes about Mei really wanting and possibly needing someone's lance?