Four Is Death/Playing With

Basic Trope: The number four is bad somehow.
 * Straight: The Five-Bad Band to Emperor Evulz are Doom Komodo, Dr. Von Testlastein, Violet Darkheart, and Lamia. The Five-Man Band of Magic Knight Edgar Homos, Knight in Shining Armour Bob Equus, Black Mage Dave Felis, White Mage Carol Avius, and Bare-Fisted Monk Emily Canus stop them from blowing up several places.
 * Exaggerated: Almost everyone dies when four people are together - the heroes refuse to operate with one member missing.
 * Downplayed: ???
 * Justified: The villains are The Psycho Rangers to the Five-Man Band, so Emperor Evulz chose four executives.
 * Inverted: There are four gods of life that Carol, Dave, Bob and Alice speak to.
 * Subverted: You hear about a group called the "Shitenno" who everyone fears, and their "Leader". It turns out that Edgar is the Leader, and Carol, Dave, Bob and Alice are the Shitenno.
 * Double Subverted: ???
 * Parodied: A lot of characters die - the digital root of their ages is 4.
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 * Zig Zagged: ???
 * Averted: ???
 * Enforced: ???
 * Lampshaded: ???
 * Invoked: ???
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