History Main / FiveManBandConcert

Expect this trope to appear if there's a SchoolFestival or if it's a MusicalEpisode.

Compare with FakeBand.

See also ImageSong and BandEpisode (when the band lasts only one episode).

* ''Manga/AndYetTheTownMoves'': The waitresses of the Maid Cafe and Haribara form a band for the SchoolFestival in chapter 8 (21 in the manga) with the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Lq3pNl7dLc "The Maids"]]. Of course, all of them are in their FrenchMaid uniforms. All four girls are vocalists (three backing and a lead) but play different instruments: [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Boke]] Hotori with the accordion, [[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine Tsukkomi]] Toshiko with the violin, Haribara (a regular customer with LargeHam tendencies) with the drums, and their grumpy [[SenpaiKohai Senpai]] Kon with the guitar. PlayedForLaughs because the song's lyrics are nonsensical -- one line is literally "Come on, Mammoths!". The makeshift band is featured in the ending theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JdTizjTXZY "Madis Sanjo!"]], and in the [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/71cy288ojcl_ss500.jpg cover art]] of the album.

* Several members of the cast of ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' form a band in an early Season 1 episode -- Odd on the guitar, Ulrich on the keyboard, Jim on the slide trombone, Nicolas on the drums, and Yumi the singing. Only Odd and Nicolas had any real skill at their instruments, and after that episode, the band was never mentioned again.

** ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' (2002): {{Subverted}} in the episode "The Vampire Strikes Back", since the gang helps in the music video of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckb6iGVPpts "Petrified Bride"]] but as actors, not as musicians.

* In ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'', Yuu and Kei, romantic rivals for the love of Miki, the female lead, are enlisted to help in a five-man band, along with Satoshi, the student council president, and two unnamed extras. All goes A-OK until Kei (who, by the way, is a piano prodigy) starts improvising just to show off. Luckily, the other members of the band react surprisingly well.

[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* As if proving that Administrivia/TropesAreTools, it's PlayedForDrama in ''VisualNovel/{{Deardrops}}''. A Five-Man Band Concert is the visual novel's premise -- Shouichi, the main character, has his dream of being a professional violinist shattered, so he returns to Japan. There, meets fellow musicians -- just, that they are not ClassicalMusic artists but aspiring rockstars. Predictably, Shouichi gets roped into being part of a rock band and is only then that the FiveManBand is formed. Shouichi, TheHero but not quite the leader, is the guitarist as well as his guitar teacher Yayoi (the OnlySaneWoman). Riho, TheHeart, is the singer. Eiji, TheLancer, is the bassist. And Cloudcuckoolander Rimu [[InvokedTrope invokes]] AllDrummersAreAnimals because she features a prominent AnimalMotif (cats), but is human. The drama part comes very early when Shouichi fails to play the guitar to his own, perfectionist standards and decides to break his hands and quit his first (makeshift) rock band.

* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': After they solve the mystery and if [[FakeBand "The Hex Girls"]] are involved, there's a concert and the gang is often a backing band of sorts for "The Hex Girls". BigFriendlyDog Scooby Doo is on the percussion, LovableCoward Shaggy is on the bass, TheHeart Daphne is on the tambourine, TheSmartGal Velma is on the keyboard, and StandardizedLeader Fred is on the guitar. All of them are appropriately dressed following the goth style that characterizes "The Hex Girls". Such lucky, InUniverse [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fans]].

* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': There's a whole subplot in the fourth season about the girls creating a band because it's Musa's dream. Neither of them was previously stated to be able to play a musical instrument. Barring Musa, of course, who is the fairy of music and proficient in several musical instruments as well as having an [[BeautifulSingingVoice angelic singing voice]]. The band, named Winx Club, is arranged as follows: Bloom, TheLeader, is the main vocalist. Something that, curiously enough, enraged several fans because the spotlight should have belonged to Musa. Stella, TheLancer, plays the guitar. Musa, TheBigGirl (she's a slim heavy-hitter), is also on the guitar and provides the backing vocals. Flora, TheHeart, plays the bass. Tecna, TheSmartGirl, plays the keytar. Very fitting for the fairy of technology. And Layla, the SixthRanger, is on the drums. From this season onward, they perform at least a couple of concerts per season: one in the beginning and one in the ending. Their most iconic song, however, remains to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBD-__C-Jys "Heart of Stone"]].

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'':

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'': The main characters are pictured in [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/slayers_as_a_five_man_band_concert.jpg official art]] as a band. Probably because the voice actors sing {{Image Song}}s about their respective characters for the soundtracks. We have AntiHero Lina and TheLancer Amelia providing the vocals, TheSmartGuy Zegaldis playing an ax-guitar, TheBigGuy Gourry ramming the drums, TokenEvilTeammate Xellos on the electric bass, and GuestStarPartyMember Filia on the keyboard.

* In the cult classic ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension'', Buckaroo Banzai and The Hong Kong Cavaliers are both a crime-fighting and a music band. They give a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF_Ed1pt_WA concert]] at "Artie's Artery". TheAce and [[TheLeader Leader]] Buckaroo rocks it on the electric guitar, Reno is the trumpeter, Perfect Tommy plays the electric bass, Rawhide is the pianist, and Casper on the drums. There is a couple of extra characters playing the guitar and the trumpet as well, so it's more like a seven-man band concert. Later, when Buckaroo asks Dr. Sidney "New Jersey" Zweibel to join the group, their rise their numbers. [[spoiler: Numbers that sadly decrease when Rawhide dies]].

* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': After they solve the mystery and if [[FakeBand "The Hex Girls"]] are involved, there's a concert and the gang is often a backing band of sorts for "The Hex Girls". BigFriendlyDog is on the percussion, LovableCoward is on the bass, TheHeart Daphne is on the tambourine, TheSmartGal Velma is on the keyboard, and StandardizedLeader Fred is on the guitar. All of them are appropriately dressed following the goth style that characterizes "The Hex Girls". Such lucky, InUniverse [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fans]].

[[caption-width-right:350:Even the SixthRanger has joined the fun. Now ''that[='=]s'' some devotion to the Team.]]

See also ImageSong and BandEpisode.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': PlayedForLaughs in "Halloween Hijinks". After the [[ScoobyDooHoax Large Bean]] shots a [[ColorFailure paralyzing beam]] to Teen Strong Bad, Teen Homestar checks on him and suggests they play in a band. Just like that, out of nowhere. Cue for an InsertSong sequence of the "Mysfit-teries" with TheLeader Teen Homestar singing and playing the guitar, TokenEvilTeammate Strong Bad (who gets [[ThePowerOfRock defreezed for this]]) on the keyboard, TheChick Teen Marzipan playing both the tambourine and the trumpet, and TheBigGuy Teen Strong Mad on the drums. They perform [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1No1SB0ThP0 Kooky Monlight]]. Later, Stave [[spoiler: aka Large Bean, because everyone forgets he's a murderer,]] is invited by Teen Homestar to play the classical guitar and provide some backing vocals in the song's reprise.

* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': After they solve the mystery and if [[FakeBand "The Hex Girls"]] are involved, there's a concert and the gang is often a backing band of sorts for "The Hex Girls". BigFriendlyDog is on the percussion, LovableCoward is on the bass, TheChick Daphne is on the tambourine, TheSmartGal Velma is on the keyboard, and StandardizedLeader Fred is on the guitar. All of them are appropriately dressed following the goth style that characterizes "The Hex Girls". Such lucky, InUniverse [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fans]].