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Pokemon Five-Man-Band

Smugleaf&Mudkip

Heart Tamer
The Five-Man-Band is a trope associated with a group of five characters who compliment each other. Here are their roles:

•The Hero — Group's leader
•The Lancer — second-in-command, contrasts with hero
•The Smart Guy — Physically weak, mentally strong. Clever and usually witty.
•The Big Guy — Jock. Strong, but may be dumb or unwilling to speak
•The Chick — peacekeeper or amazonian-style woman

The question is, if the group was made of Pokemon, who would fill each role?

There'll be lots of different combinations, so list as many as you want!

For more info, visit TV Tropes.
 

Kierzor

Kinda reminiscing
I'm going to do this in terms of legendary Pokemon
The Hero--Rayquaza
The Lancer--Deoxys
The Smart Guy--Mewtwo
The Big Guy--Groudon
The Chick--Ho-Oh
 

Riceslash

The pangolin
For more info, visit TV Tropes.

Oh no..... NEVER tell someone to go on TvTropes...... TvTropes ruins your life, people.

Anyway, this is how my favourite 5 would go

•The Hero — Sandslash
•The Lancer — Weavile
•The Smart Guy — Alakazam
•The Big Guy — Swampert
•The Chick — Milotic
 

Schade

Metallic Wonder
•The Hero — Bisharp
•The Lancer — Weavile
•The Smart Guy — Chandelure.
•The Big Guy — Steelix
•The Chick — Mismagius
 

~Sam~

Trader and Battler

Romeo32

Well-Known Member
The hero-Ho-Oh
The lancer- Zoroark
The smart guy- Jirachi
The big guy- Conkeldurr
The chick- Pichu
 

ByteBug

Member
Eeveelution Style:

The Hero - Jolteon
The Lancer - Umbreon
The Smart Guy - Vaporeon
The Big Guy - Flareon
The Chick - Espeon
 

Yeul

Green Eyed Girl

That's a six man band!

Main characters version:
The Hero - Black
The Lancer (with hints of The Big Guy) - White
The Chick - Bianca
The Smart Guy - Cheren
Token Evil Teammate - N

E4 version:
The Guido Hero - Alder
The Gangster Lancer/Big Guy - Marshal
The Ch!3f Chick - Caitlin
The Hipster Smart Guy - Grimsley
The Weeaboo Team Pet - Shauntal
 

Gelatino95

Not a tool
I prefer the Earthbound method. Although, I'll play along with your method too. I'll use Ghost-types.

The Hero — ;479; Rotom
The Lancer — ;302; Sableye
The Smart Guy — ;292; Shedinja
The Big Guy — ;477; Dusknoir
The Chick — ;478; Froslass

And now for the Earthbound method:

Ness - ;355; Duskull
Paula - :562: Yamask
Jeff - ;479; Rotom
Poo - ;442; Spiritomb
 

Jonah the Slaking

Couch-bound Warrior
•The Hero — Gallade
•The Lancer — Accelgor
•The Smart Guy — Alakazam
•The Big Guy — Haxorus
•The Chick — Blissey
 

Chibi_Muffin

Smart Cookie
For me...

The Hero: Molly the Meganium (boisterous and friendly)
The Lancer: Embrie the Reuniclus (goofy but still strong)
The Big Guy: Don the Scrafty (loves fighting, 'tough guy')
The Smart Guy: Jojo the Togekiss (calm, only sane one)
The Chick: Halley the Jirachi (very cheerful and kind)

And finally...

The Sixth Ranger: Persephone the Hydreigon (very tough, but very quirky)

That would be my ultimate team, anyway. =D
 
Fire starters!

The hero: Infernape
The Lancer: Charizard
The Big guy: Emboar
The Smart Guy: Typhlosion
The chick: Blaziken
 

AmusedMilk

Oh, hey, Big Zam!
Hero-Lucario
Lancer-Bisharp
Smart Guy-Alakazam
Big Guy-Machamp
Chick-Gardevoir
 

Abraace

Sabrina's apprentice
Depends on what we're referring to. For my personal comic plans, I stuck with the five man band theme which would have gone something like this for the main guy's team;

Hero: Abra
Lancer: Nuzleaf
Smart Guy: Wobbuffet
Big Guy: Machop
Chick: Smoochum

These are very much arguable though;

Water Starters:
Hero: Samurott
Lancer: Blastoise
Smart Guy: Empoleon
Big Guy: Feraligatr
Chick: Swampert

Grass starters:
Hero: Sceptile
Lancer: Venusaur
Smart Guy: Serperior
Big Guy: Torterra
Chick: Meganium
 

Inchtall

Back in Black....2
•The Hero — ;229; Houndoom(Often have leaders of the pack)
•The Lancer — ;282; Gardevoir(Follow orders of their trainers and very loyal to them)
•The Smart Guy — ;065; Alakazam(Must I explain)
•The Big Guy — ;409; Rampardos(Thick Skull=Poor brain power. Very strong)
•The Chick — :549: Lilligant(Flower's aroma has a relaxing scent to it. Always female. )
 

CuriousHeartless

Well-Known Member
TVTropes related thread? Fine by me. I got plenty of these really.

Grass Starters:
Hero- Serperior, based off of royalty, so this just seems to fit him.
Lancer- Venusaur, only one I couldn't fit elsewhere.
Smart Guy- Sceptile, highest special attack.
Big Guy- Torterra, he's the biggest and heaviest.
Chick- Meganium, no doubt.

Water Starters:

Hero: Samurott, he's a freaking shogun of the sea.
Lancer: Blastoise, he's just plain awesoem, and as everyone knows, teh lancer is the coolest person on the team.
Smart Guy: Empoleon,
Big Guy: Croconaw, he just looks big and ferocious.
Chick: Swampert, doesn't fit anywhere else. These don't always fit.

Fire Starters:

Hero: Blaziken, definitely the most heroic.
Lancer: Charizard, do I have to say why?
Smart Guy: Typhlosion, I guees he could be here.
Big Guy: Emboar, he looks bulky.
Chick: Infernape, blame Random Doom by BehindTG on deviant Art for this. Although, calling Veruka a chick would probably get someone hurt.
 
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