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| - The Five-Man Band is a group of characters whose members fall into archetypes which all complement one another. They are a very specific team with skills that contribute to the group in a unique way. Here are some places where the trope occurs in literature: Abandon Series A Song of Ice and Fire - Bran's gang: A Song of Ice and Fire - Jon Snow's gang. A Song of Ice and Fire - The Stark children, although they get separated very quickly. Against a Dark Background (by Iain M. Banks) The Age of Misrule (has two): All-Of-A-Kind Family (is a subversion with it's five-girl band): All the King's Men - Willie Talos' campaign team: Fred Vargas' Adamsberg series The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents Animorphs Babysitters Club Bad News Ballet Battle Royale The Belgariad - the core crew The Belgariad - The Big Guy band The Malloreon - the core crew Black Dogs (before Sinai and Jacyl take off): Black Dogs (When Lyra and Sadrao are joined by Spite and Gunnar): * Note: Gunnar is probably as qualified, if not moreso to be The Chick as Spite, despite him being male and physically the largest member of the band. He the extremely placid voice of reason throughout the second half of the series, and although spite is tiny and female, she's the most violent and aggressive character in the entire book. She single-handedly takes out a creature large enough to swallow whole elephants. These two are a complete inversion of whole Five-Man Band whereas Sinai and Jacyl play it completely straight. Blade of the Flame Chronicles of Narnia or Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Book One: Lord Foul's Bane Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Book Two: The Illearth War Codex Alera Cryptonomicon (The present storyline) Dark Heresy The ka-tet of The Dark Tower series The Dilbert Principle - In the chapter about meetings, the author identifies meetings as a performance art with these character types: Discworld - Ankh-Morpork Watch: * Varies A Lot: Despite the later novels being considerably more Vimes-centered than Carrot-centered, Vimes remains a classic Lancer in terms of character archetype. Discworld - Unseen University: Dracula Dragaera - The Khaavren trilogy Dragonlance - The Chronicles trilogy Dragonlance - War of the Twins TheDragonBelow The Dreaming Dark The Dresden Files The Druid of Shannara Ender's Game - Ender's jeesh Everworld Extraordinary* - Jen and her friends: The Famous Five - Enid Blyton The Farseer Trilogy (specifically the second half of Assassin's Quest) The Forgotten Realms - The Companions of Mithral Hall The Forgotten Realms - Azure Bonds Garfield's Pet Force Good Omens - The Them * Note: If anyone is to be shoehorned into being The Chick, it's either Anathema or possibly Pepper's younger sister. Both are enough of a stretch that it's probably best just to consider the role to be left vacant. Guild Wars 2 Edge of Destiny - Destiny's Edge Harry Potter - The Marauders Harry Potter (specifically on the rescue mission at the Ministry of Magic) Haruhi Suzumiya - The SOS Brigade Heirs of Ash The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Things were changed a bit in Life, the Universe, and Everything: The Homeward Bounders How To Get Suspended and Influence People The Hunger Games (during the latter half of the second book) Hyperion Illuminatus! -- The Legion of Dynamic Discord Illuminatus! -- Joe Malik & Co. In Death -- Eve Dalla's True Companions. IT -- The Losers Club. John Dies at the End -- The Las Vegas Arc Journey to the West * Note: It could be argued that Journey to the West effectively created this trope (literally; written in 1590, this is one of the earliest and best examples of a Five-Man Band), though this depends on the publication date of Le Morte Darthur (possibly 1485). However, none of the characters are any one archetype, either (except the horse, which subsequent authors have all but forgotten); in a strange twist of the trope, for example, the monk Xuangzang, while still being The Hero by default, also falls under the trope of The Chick, because he's, well, the downright perfect example of it - down to his propensity to be captured or put into danger more often than Lois Lane and Mary-Jane Watson combined (seriously; what self-respecting hero needs to be saved from certain death by The Lancer in over 60 chapters of a 100 chapter epic!?) Jurassic Park Tales of Kolmar Dennis Lehane's Kenzie and Gennaro Series The Arthurian legends (Le Morte Darthur) have two: The main group: The Orkney brothers are a five-man band unto themselves, and their roles tend to switch: The Kingdom Keepers The Last Days The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Liveship Traders Looking for Alaska The Lost World The Lost World (Jurassic Park) Magic: The Gathering: Weatherlight story arc Magic Kingdom of Landover, Ben's Court Maximum Ride Midnight World Midnighters The Moomins The Mysterious Island N.E.R.D.S - First Book N.E.R.D.S - Second Book N.E.R.D.S - Third Book Neverwhere The New Heroes (Quantum Prophecy to some) The Outsiders The Princess Bride * Note: Vizzini would have been The Smart Guy if he had made the Heel Face Turn along with Fezzik and Inigo. He lost any possibility of being The Smart Guy when he said, "I accept." Brains are not worth dying over. The Railway Series (Thomas the Tank Engine) Thomas's Branch Line (Unfortunatley, this line up was never used in the TV series.) Percy Jackson and The Olympians – Book 2 Percy Jackson and The Olympians – Book 3 (Very difficult to classify) Percy Jackson and The Olympians – Book 4 For the entire Percy Jackson and The Olympians Series, it goes like this Perry Rhodan Remote Man Robin Hood Rod Allbright Alien Adventures - The crew of the Ferkel: Safehold initially has the Charisian upper leadership. Starting from the second book, as characters learn the truth behind Safehold's history, an "inner circle" begins to form. Sailor Nothing The Seventh Tower (Tal and Milla's group when storming the Violet tower in the last book.) Sisterhood series by Fern Michaels: The Big Five or The Five Musketeers (as called in the book Deja Vu) Someone Elses War: The core group of children trying to rescue their fellow Child Soldiers from the LRA. The Swiss Family Robinson The Sword of Truth Fred Vargas' Three Evangelist series The Three Musketeers (an early appearance of the team) The Truth About Forever-The Wish Catering Crew Twilight: The Cullen Family A different interpretation: Uglies Unreal Estate The Vorkosigan Saga: Dendarii Mercenaries The Legends of Laconia series: Waking Echoes The War of the Flowers Warhammer 40000: Ciaphas Cain - 597th Valhallan Regiment Warhammer 40000: Eisenhorn - Inquisitor Eisenhorn and company Warhammer 40000: Gaunts Ghosts - The Ghosts Warhammer 40000Ravenor Warrior Cats-Fireheart's True Companions in The Original Series Warrior Cats - The Chosen Ones from the beginning of The New Prophecy Series Warrior Cats - Omen of the Stars Heroes Watership Down The Witcher saga (the posse from third book onwards) The Wheel of Time: Book I The Wheel of Time: Egwene's Conspiracy The Wheel of Time: Band of the Red Hand World of Warcraft: Beyond the Dark Portal Xanth - The Source of Magic Xanth - the Dor books Young Jedi Knights Spiran och staven (The Sceptre and the Quarterstaff)
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