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Again, I could be wrong, so fell free to correct me. I had concerns that this either that should be done as suggested, or I could be wrong and the Five-Bad-Band dynamic was right (though as I said, all five NEVER appeared together even once and therefore, the FBB tag doesn't apply).
Both Five-Man Band and Five Bad Band are subject to a ton of shoehorning. If an example is being squashed, folded, and mutilated to fit, it's probably safe to assume that you can remove it.
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Would a Five-Bad- (or any other) Band have as the main requirement:
ALL core members must be doing the same story at the SAME time at least ONCE all together. If three of the named five are there and then the other two are not mentioned until later, then that's NOT a Five-Bad-Band.
(The issue in question was with the Five-Bad-Band of "Eerie Cuties"— two of the named five were not part of what would be the original Core Girl Posse that would be sent to "Magick Chicks".)
From the "Eerie Cuties" page:
The Big Bad: Melissa The Dragon: Cerise The Brute: Jacqui, in a "useful-but-brainless" way. The Evil Genius: Cess The Dark Chick: Laura Though it should be noted that Cess and Laura aren't actually in Melissa's Girl Posse. Rather, the two want to replace them as the school's Alpha Bitches.
It's that last part that makes me wonder if this is a True Five Bad Band, or someone doing a fast one—since Chloe, one of the "heroic characters" was recently corrupted with an artifact and joined Cess and Laura, I'm debating if this should broken into TWO Terrible Trios:
1) Melissa, Cerise and Jacqui (aka "Hellrune Coven") 2) Chloe, Cess and Laura (aka "Three Succubi" as of the "Full Potential" and "Football Field" strips).