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JCaesar Since: Apr, 2009
2012-02-25 10:12:39

That's pretty much just The Chick when she takes the role of Team Mom.

girlyboy Since: Jan, 2001
2012-02-25 10:55:06

... Nnno, The Chick is specifically a traditionally feminine character, who keeps the team together, is its "heart," etc. It's not even always played by a woman in more recent works, and is rarely the Number Two. And Team Mom is something different as well.

I'm talking about something more straightforward. You take a look at all the shows made in the 90's and later, or so, that feature a team of protagonists working together with some sort of command structure — be they a crew of Space Pirates, or a Mildly Military team, or whatever. 99% of the shows will have the leader of the team be male. And in a large number of these shows the Number Two will be female. She won't necessarily be The Chick at all (in Stargate SG 1 she's The Smart Guy, for example) and she doesn't have to be the Team Mom either...

I think this pattern itself is a trope. I'm just wondering if we have it. I've not been able to find it, but I want to be sure before I take it to YKTTW.

Edited by girlyboy
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