Trope Talk: Five Man Band
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Published 2017-08-02
On a related note, I have to hijack my own video description to recommend My Hero Academia to all of you, as it manages to create the kind of beautifully realistic banter and interwoven character dynamics I typically expect from five-man bands, but on the scale of a class of twenty people plus all their teachers plus some students from the other classes too. It's beyond impressive. If you've already seen or read it, tell me who your favorite characters are! Mine are Tsuyu and Kirishima but I'm open to suggestions!
(Also, tell Blue to start watching it too.)
UNNAMED EXAMPLES USED, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER: Legion of Superheroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Storm Hawks, Teen Titans, Yu Yu Hakusho, Sailor Moon, W.I.T.C.H, Gargoyles, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Wars, Thundercats (2011), Voltron: Legendary Defender, Fairy Tail, Yugioh, Justice League, Firefly, Inuyasha, Order Of The Stick, Wolverine And The X-Men, Ghostbusters, TMNT, Young Justice, Fullmetal Alchemist, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Cowboy Bebop, Legend of Korra, Rurouni Kenshin, Golion
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All Comments (21)
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We all know the REAL fifth element: boomerang!
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Leader: Index Lancer: Middle Heart: Ring Smart: Pinky BigGuy: Thumb
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Ah yes my favorite archetype:”the heart: woman.”
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“The role of smart guy is conspicuously absent to the surprise of precisely no-one” best line of the whole thing lol
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Phineas: the leader Ferb: the lancer Isabella: the heart Buford: the big one Baljeet: the smart one
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My dnd group has 8 people, no healers, and THREE BARDS. T H R E E.
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Leader: Singer Lancer: Guitarist Big guy: Drums Smart guy: Keyboard Heart: Bass
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Trevor: The Lancer Sypha: The Lancer Alucard: The Lancer
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It's interesting how this trope can be used on villans too.
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The leader: Your starter The lancer: That one bird mon from route 1 The smart guy: Your HM slave The heart: That one cute shiny you found The big guy: That gen's legendary
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Red: "rules are dumb" "the code is more what you call guidelines than actual rules"
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destiny, necessity, a spaceship, has the same energy as: something brought you here flynn rider, call it what you will! fate, destiny, a horse
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The horse is the smart guy, but he can't speak, so we can't tell
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I love how in TLA, the five man band evolves as it expands. at first, there's this weird power trio of Aang as the heart (most compassionate), katara (the clever one) as the smart gall, and sokka as the big guy (the brute of the bunch). As their bending gets better and Toph joins, Aang comes closer to the leader role, Katara becomes more of a heart, and Sokka becomes a bit of a lancer, with Toph becoming the big gall (and an absolute badass). eventually, Sokka becomes more and more of an idea guy, compensating for his muggleness with his quick thinking, his knack for inventions, and his crazy plans. eventually, Zuko joins up, and we have a proper lancer to completely fill out a conventional band. aaaand, there's only 5 episodes left until the finale starts.
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The golden girls were (supposedly) the original inspiration and template for the ideal dnd party, and the dnd party is a base for every 5 man band, meaning every 5 man band is just a re-make of the golden girls and I love thay
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I'm still not over Lance is the lancer's lancer. Love it. Also, the way you said destiny, necessity, a spaceship remind me so much of Tangled's "fate, destiny, -- A horse", and that's brilliant.
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How to get the 5 man band together: The Tavern Works every time
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Journey to the west has no smart guy Explains a lot
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At the beginning of the video, I thought, “Hey, this would be a good idea for my book!” I then realized I was already doing this 🤦
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“Lance is basically a lancer’s lancer.” Yep, that- you summed him up perfectly.
