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* The volunteering club in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' was originally founded by Kashiwagi as a way to get closer to her boyfriend. She later gets her best friend Maki to join after the club adviser told her that they needed more members (unaware that Maki has had a crush on her boyfriend from long before they started dating). Maki admits that it's pretty much hell for her as they make out with each other whenever they think she isn't looking.

* In ''Anime/StellaJogakuinKoutoukaC3Bu'', the titular C3 Club needs only one more member in order to stay in business. They quickly set their sights on [[ShrinkingViolet Yura]], and spend the first two episodes trying to recruit her before she finally agrees to join.

* In ''Manga/TheVanishingOfNagatoYukiChan'', Yuki starts out as the only literature club member, but by the start of the series she's already convinced Ryoko and Kyon to join. By Episode 3, Haruhi would also be considered a member if not for the minor detail that she doesn't actually attend their school.

* The Outdoor Activities Club in ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'' is assigned a small clubroom because it has only three members. Their status also limits their funding, but the two are unconcerned with the arrangements; they reason that they don't spend much time in their clubroom, and later take on part-time jobs to provide the money for their activities.

* Literature/HarryPotter includes The Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare. Set up by Hermione, and consists solely of, Hermione. While it's mostly played for humour - she's trying to liberate beings who are perfectly happy the way they are, it touches a fair amount on the racism wizards show to non-humans.

** The sole exception to this rule is the Info Club, which has only one member-Info-chan-and can't be shut down. Why this club is an excepting will be explained later.

* The "End Hunger Now" club (at first with just one member) in Series/ANTFarm was founded by Cameron so that he could get school funds to spend on chicken wings for himself. Fletcher blackmails him into letting him join the club by threatening to reveal the scam. Later, Principal Skidmore comes into the room, guesses immediately what is going on, and decides to join as well. At the end of the episode Olive asks about joining, but is chased off by the other three.

* In the "Real Life, Real Heart" stage of ''OsuTatakaeOuendan 2'', the protagonist Yuri discovers that the famous choir club at her new high school has dwindled down to only the president, Kaoruko, who promptly begs her to help get new members and help them win a singing contest before the club gets shut down.

* ''Manga/{{Nichijou}}'' has the infamous Go-Soccer club, with just two members that are stuck doing nothing since the club 'president' made up the WordSaladTitle for the club. Amazingly, this draws ''[[AccidentallyAccurate actual Go-Soccer practitioners]]'' down the line.

** In ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfYukiNagatoChan'', Yuki again starts out as the only literature club member, but by the start of the series she's already convinced Ryoko and Kyon to join. By Episode 3, Haruhi would also be considered a member if not for the minor detail that she doesn't actually attend their school.

* In ''Anime/{{Nightwalker}}'', the film club appears to consist of just Shunichi, Mikako, and Riho. [[spoiler: Then just the first 2 after Riho gets vampierized, forcing her to cut ties with her old life.]]
* The club in ''Manga/KOn'' starts out with NO members, since all the previous members graduated. Ritsu joins to be president of a club, so she drags in Mio, Mugi wanders by after a day, and Yui manages to show up at the end the first episode, fulfilling the membership quota to save the club.
** Although the club isn't ''truly'' saved until episode 5 (having to deal with Yui possibly being booted out due to sub-par performance on a test and lacking a club advisor until Sawako-sensei accepts the role). Azusa ends up in a similar situation in the restart manga, as she's only able to recruit her close friends Ui and Jun at first.

* ''LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'': A large part of the first TV series' plot is starting Rikka's "Far Eastern Magical Nap Association of Summer" and keeping it running.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Buffy & Giles were a club of two until they were joined by Xander and Willow. FWIW Xander and Willow were a club of three with Xander's best friend Jesse, who was killed off in the pilot.

* There was an episode of ''FlightOfTheConchords'' where Jemaine and Brett were mugged by a two-man gang. Also, the Conchords' fan club has one (obsessed) member.
* The "End Hunger Now" club (at first with just one member) in ANTFarm was founded by Cameron so that he could get school funds to spend on chicken wings for himself. Fletcher blackmails him into letting him join the club by threatening to reveal the scam. Later, Principal Skidmore comes into the room, guesses immediately what is going on, and decides to join as well. At the end of the episode Olive asks about joining, but is chased off by the other three.

* [[{{Persona 3}} Gekkoukan High]]'s Home Economics (read: sewing) club appears to be made up of only the Player Character and Bebe. Likewise, the Cooking Club is made up of only Player Character and Fuuka.

* Maribel and Renko, characters appearing in ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary works]], are the only members of a university club for necromancers. And neither of them is a necromancer.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "My Club Rules" six start out in the Parade Float Club, but due to Wacky Hijinks everyone ends up in a club of one. They reband at the end showing the PowerOfFriendship.
** Another ''Arthur'' episode: "Do You Speak Geroge?" Muffy & Francine make up their own language, Buster & Arthur make up their own language, etc. Finally they decide it's too confusing and all go back to English (or whatever the show is dubbed into in international markets).
* In ''CampLazlo'', Edward forms an anti-Lazlo club, and tells Lazlo that he belongs in "the Nothing Club". So Lazlo goes and forms the Nothing Club, and little by little all the others start joining him, while Edward's club dwindles down to just himself, since he's [[GrumpyBear the only one who actually hates Lazlo.]]

* At the start of''VisualNovel/IfMyHeartHadWings'', the Soaring Club is in danger of being shut down due to only having one member, a member that [[spoiler: should have graduated years ago but intentionally flunked her classes to stay at the school.]]

* KenichiTheMightiestDisciple has the Gardening Club, the only members of which are Kenichi, and a girl from his class.

* ''{{Nichijou}}'' has the infamous Go-Soccer club, with just two members that are stuck doing nothing since the club 'president' made up the WordSaladTitle for the club. Amazingly, this draws ''[[AccidentallyAccurate actual Go-Soccer practitioners]]'' down the line.

* The titular club in ''{{Genshiken}}'' has a few members at the start, but arguably qualifies for this trope by dint of their sheer laziness (as the story makes clear later). At one point, the president of the student council decides to cancel all non-active clubs which, beside Genshiken, include some ridiculous clubs like "plant watering club", "bucket droppers club" or "kneaders club".

* The Student Council in ''MedakaBox'' starts off with just two members, although more have been added over time.

* In ''HikaruNoGo'', Tsutsui tries to create a go club at Haze Middle School. He's the only member until Hikaru shows up and manages to convince Mitani and all the gang to sign up.

** In ''TheDisappearanceOfYukiNagatoChan'', Yuki again starts out as the only literature club member, but by the start of the series she's already convinced Ryoko and Kyon to join. By Episode 3, Haruhi would also be considered a member if not for the minor detail that she doesn't actually attend their school.

* In ''RosarioToVampire'', there is a club of three pathetic guys who are basically stalkers. The newspaper club is nearly depleted of members when Moka and Tsukune join (and the rest of the UnwantedHarem follows soon afterwards).

* Given that RedVsBlue [[PersonOfMassDestruction Freelancers]] are named after US States (except for [[NoodleIncident poor Florida]], [[spoiler: actually, he exists]]) it's surprising that there are only about a dozen Agents, all told. On-screen, at least.

* In ''{{Nightwalker}}'', the film club appears to consist of just Shunichi, Mikako, and Riho. [[spoiler: Then just the first 2 after Riho gets vampierized, forcing her to cut ties with her old life.]]

* In the ''{{X-Change}}'' H-Games, the chemistry club only ever consists of two or three people depending on the game.
* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', during Shizune's route Hisao discovers that "Shizune and Misha are the student council. The ''whole'' student council." If you stay on Shizune's route, he becomes the third member.

* In ''{{Crescendo}}'', the literature club has only 3 active members (technically, the school requires a minimum of 5 members for a club to be officially recognized, so the club also contains two additional "members" who have not, strictly speaking, actually attended so much as a single club meeting.
* In ''{{Ever17}}'', You (nickname, not pronoun) and Sara met due to You's pushiness to get members into her disbanding "computer club." An annoyed Sara hacks all the computers at once, making them all unusable.
* In ''{{Tsukihime}}'', Ciel is the president and sole member of the Tea Ceremony Club.
* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', Haruka is very dedicated to her club, the School Maintenance Committee, which Riki had never even heard of. In her route, she manages to convince him to come along to a meeting...which involves her standing in front of a blackboard and dictating to him. Meaning that she, herself, ''is'' the club.
** Also, Kud ends up joining a cooking club that was going to be disbanded soon.

* ''LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'': A large part of the TV series' plot is starting and keeping Rikka's "Far Eastern Magical Nap Association of Summer" running.