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The admirable character may also be [[The Smart Guy]] or the [[Cool Big Sis]] but not the [[Team Mom]]. In that case the mother figure will be be doubled up with either the sweet-naive girl, the sexy girl or even [[Team Dad|the mannish one]].
Compare [[Five-Man Band]], where [[The Lancer]] roughly
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== Anime and Manga ==▼
▲== Anime ==
* ''[[Hidamari Sketch]]'' centers around [[Cheerful Child|cheerful teen]] Yuno, [[Genki Girl]] Miyako, Hiro ([[Hollywood Pudgy|weight-conscious]] "[[Team Mom|wife material]]"), and [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] writer Sae.
** May no longer be one after the addition of Nori and Nazuna.
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* [[Bleach]]: Harribel ([[Team Mom]]), Sun-Sun ([[The Quiet One]]), and Apache and Mila-Rose share the mannish role. No [[Genki Girl]] to be found.
* ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'' has the [[Tomboy]] Misaka, the [[Ojou]] [[Loveable Sex Maniac|Kuroko]], the [[Adorkable]] Uiharu and the one who [[Stepford Smiler|tries to be]] a [[Genki Girl]] Saten.
** Similarly, Team ITEM from both ''[[A Certain Magical Index
* [[Tantei Opera Milky Holmes]]: Has [[The Ditz]] Sherlock/Sheryl, [[Bokukko]] Nero, [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Cordelia and the [[Shrinking Violet]] Hercule. Also G4 has [[Jerkass]] Kokoro, [[Huge Schoolgirl]] Tsugiko, [[The Stoic]] Saku and the polite [[Tap on the Head|Karate-chopping]] Hirano.
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'''s four main Puella Magi: Madoka (sweet, idealistic, naive), Sayaka (The most romance-oriented of the group), Kyoko (cynical, ambitious) and Homura (calm, experienced). Mami initially played the role of the wise, experienced one as well, before {{spoiler|dying}}.
* As pictured above, ''[[A Channel]]'' has Run ([[The Ditz]]), Tooru ([[The Caretaker]]), Nagi ([[Only Sane Man]]) and Yuuko ([[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|The one with the model-like body]]).
* While ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' doesn't have an ensemble per se, the current four main girls of the series could be classified in this way:
** Lucy is the sexy one ([[Not Distracted by the Sexy|in-universe would disagree
** Alternately, [[The Fashionista|Erza]]/Mirajane (The poster girl) both alternate between the sexy one/wise one
▲** [[The Fashionista|Erza]]/Mirajane (The poster girl) both alternate between the sexy one/wise one.
* ''[[Yuru-Yuri]]'' has Akari ([[The Ditz]]), Yui ([[Deadpan Snarker]]), Kyouko ([[Wild Card]]), and Chinatsu, who has the most obvious desires toward [[Les Yay|another classmate.]] There's also an ensemble of four student council members, composed of three tsunderes and a [[Shipper on Deck]].
* ''[[Black★Rock Shooter (
== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Jet Dream (Comic Book)|Jet Dream]]'', Jet is the leader. Petite is the sexy (stereotypically French) one. Marlene is the big girl who can out-wrestle most men, and Ting-a-Ling is the sweet, naive one.
== Film ==
* The four girl coven in ''[[The Craft]]'': Sarah, the wise one; Nancy, the [[Deadpan Snarker]] [[Goth]] who doesn't care what other people think of her; Bonnie, who becomes increasingly image-obsessed and vain; and Rochelle, the sweet, quiet one (and [[Token Minority]]) who just wants the [[Alpha Bitch]] to stop her racist taunts.
* The four main characters of ''Now And Then'': Roberta is the tomboy, Teeny the diva, Chrissy the sweet naive one and Samantha the observer.
* The four girls from the ''[[Bratz]]'' movie, Jade (smart), Sasha (sexy), Cloe (sporty), and Yasmine (preppy). The [[Alpha Bitch]] immediately breaks them up due to her obsession with keeping cliques separate for some reason.
* The four main friends of ''The Women'', an [[In Name Only]] [[Chick Flick]] of a play, who are basically the ''[[Sex and the City]]'' girls if Samantha was replaced by a [[Sassy Black Woman]] Lesbian(?).
* The starring ''[[D.E.B.S.]]'' squad is pretty much a textbook case with promiscuous Dominique, naive Janet, obsessive Max and self searching Amy.
== Literature ==
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* ''[[The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants]]'' starts out with [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] Lena, [[Genki Girl]] Bridget, [[Tsundere]] Carmen and [[Deadpan Snarker]] Tibby before their [[Character Development]].
* Marylin Kaye's ''Sisters'' series: Activist Lydia is the [[Team Mom]] figure, Cassie is the fashionista, Daphne is the shy and sweet one, Phoebe is the tomboy.
* ''[[Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.
* The [[V. C. Andrews]] miniseries, ''Orphans''
** Butterfly: Naive, sweet, childlike.
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* The four Cullens women of [[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]] are the snarky Bella, pixie-like Alice, elegant Rosalie, and the motherly Esme.
▲== Live Action Television ==
* ''[[Golden Girls]]'': Rose is the ditz, Blanche is the slut, Dorothy is the snarker, & Sophia (Dorothy's mother) the Team Mom.
** Despite age, Sophia is kind of more the snarker and Dorothy is more the level headed "mother" type.
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* ''Girls on Top'' ([[Channel 4]]'s [[Distaff Counterpart]] to ''[[The Young Ones]]''): Jennifer is [[The Ditz]] (bordering on [[Cloudcuckoolander]]), Amanda is a [[Straw Feminist]], Candice [[Really Gets Around]], and Shelley is the [[Wild Card]] who takes charge ... not in a [[Team Mom]] way, but in a "I'm the only one who can remotely afford the rent here, so do as I say or else I'll leave" way.
* ''[[Victorious]]'': Tori is the main character, the jack-of-all-trades in terms of talent and the most "normal" of the group. Tori's sister Trina is obsessed with fashion and quite ditzy and girly, Cat is childlike and naive, and Jade is the snarky bad girl of the group.
== Music ==
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* Nina Simone's ''Four Women'' more or less describe a more mature and tragic Four Girl Ensemble. First there is Aunt Sarah who is [[Iron Woobie|resilient]] and, perhaps, motherly, then there is Saffronia who may or may not be the naive girl (all we know is that she's bi racial), next there's "[[Streetwalker|Sweet Thing]]" whose "hips invite you" and to conclude there is [[Jade-Colored Glasses|Peaches]] whose "manner is tough".
* [[Girl Group]] [[The X Factor|Little Mix]]: Jade is the sweet naive one, Jesy is the [[Deadpan Snarker]], Leigh-Anne is the glamorous one, and Perrie is the [[Wild Card]] [[The Leader|leader]], vocally.
== Newspaper Comics ==
* ''[[My Cage]]'': Norm admits everything how knows about women is what he's seen on TV, as depicted in [http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/mycage.asp?date=20090611 this strip].
== Video Games ==
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* A slight stretch, but ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' fits as well, with Isara as the sweet one, Alicia as the sexy one (she's the romantic interest in the story), Rosie as the tomboy, (though an argument can be made for the reverse), and Ellet as the wise one (she's recording the exploits of Squad Seven).
* A sidequest in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]'' involves a mother asking the party to find her four daughters within the city. The daughters are an obvious [[Shout-Out]] to the girls either from ''[[Little Women]]'' (or perhaps ''[[Burst Angeli]]'') - right down to their names and personalities (Jo will be impressed that you could tell she was a girl, regardless of if you really ''could'').
** The female party members arguably fit this trope as well; Raine is the wise motherly one, Colette is the sweet one, Sheena is the sexy one and Presea (despite having hints of [[Token
* [[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2 (assuming you mod it to get the Handmaiden with a female player) has Visas (naiive), Mira (cynical/sexy), the Handmaiden (mannish), and the player (leader).
** Kreia could also fill the 'leader' mold, but [[Zen Survivor|in an extremely dark, twisted way]] as she manipulates the entire party to stick together.
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* [[Destiny Fails Us]] has Idril as the [http://destinyfailsus.com/comics/40/#.T74ENMWFnCE geeky, clumsy] one. Atali as the [http://destinyfailsus.com/comics/5#comic naive, kind one]. Alaska as the [http://destinyfailsus.com/comics/47#comic stalker], obsessive one. And Lily as the pretty, [http://destinyfailsus.com/comics/4/#.T74D-sWFnCE always-on-her-phone one].
* ''[[Zoo~la~la]]'' features one of these with Angel as the innocent, naive one, Brooklyn as the flirt, Jackie as the tomboy, and Marcie as the smart one.
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[Sky Dancers]]'' brought us Camille (the creative black girl), Jade (the asian ballerina), Angelica (the tomboy teenie-bopper) and Skyla (the wise platenum-blonde leader of the team).
* ''[[Recess]]'' gives us the Ashleys. Blonde leader Ashley A., African-American and snarky Ashley B., athletic [[Fiery Redhead]] Ashley Q., and Hispanic and quiet Ashley T.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
* [[Winx Club]] gives us Musa, Stella, Flora and Tecna working without Bloom temporarily in season 1, giving us a temporary four-girl ensemble. Stella qualifies as the sexy one and [[The Ditz]], Flora is the [[Team Mom]], Musa is the tomboyish one and Tecna is [[The Smart Guy|the smart one]].
* [[COPS (series)|COPS]] has this with the four girls in the series. Nightshade is the sexy one, Mirage is the motherly one, Ms. Demeanor is the brawny one and Mainframe is [[The Smart Guy|the smart one]]!
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[[Category:Usually Female]]
[[Category:Ensembles]]
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