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* ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' (''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'') notably introduced the Nezirangers / PsychoRangers as a match for the FiveManBand. Though they never had a genuine equivalent to the Sixth Ranger, he did once disguise himself as a "Psycho Silver" to confuse them.

** In ''Film/{{Justice League|2017}}'', Franchise/{{Batman}} (TheLeader) and Franchise/WonderWoman (TheLancer) assemble the titular league, with ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} (TheBigGuy), Franchise/TheFlash and ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} (TheSmartGuy) rounding out the FiveManBand. They are joined at the last minute by [[spoiler: Franchise/{{Superman}}, recently resurrected]].

* ''Fanfic/FateRevelationOnline'': Shirou is explicitly nicknamed this, due to his rampant heroism in the early days of SAO. He even gets an appropriate white jumpsuit and mask made for him.

** 2012 - In the Zhu Zhu Pets books, Rocky is introduced as part of the main cast.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' started with a ComicTrio and now has an eight-person main cast. Justin and Nanase aren't really Sixth Rangers, but Grace qualifies if Aisha (below) does. Susan and Ellen are definitely better examples, though: Susan started out disgusted with Elliot and Tedd before befriending them through Sarah, and [[OppositeSexClone Ellen]] began her life as Elliot's self-proclaimed EvilTwin. There's also Catalina added as a Sixth Ranger. She's a buddy of Susan's from the feminist club whose main purpose was to have an unrequited love for Susan.
** Given that six out of eight main characters were introduced in the first arc and Susan and Ellen in the second arc, it can be argued that none of them really count as Sixth Rangers. Instead, if one considers which characters outside of the eight have become significantly close to them (to the point of inviting them over to a main character's house, especially the Verres' house) then the ones that best fit are Ashley or Diane. Case in point, Ashley is the first non-main character to [[http://egscomics.com/comic/party-013 be invited]] to the Verres' house (and hence potentially have access to all the magical stuff it contains) and Diane credibly [[http://egscomics.com/comic/party-065 argues for her inclusion]]. Catalina (and Rhoda) are less like Sixth Rangers by this metric; Grace [[http://egscomics.com/comic/party-024 has considered inviting them]] but still [[http://egscomics.com/comic/party-025 has misgivings]] about it because they don't know enough about each other for Grace to be confident of a positive outcome of expanding the circle of trust to include them.

* ''WebOriginal/BusterGirls'':

* ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'' gives some interesting twist: like ''Happiness Charge'', Cure Wing (Tsubasa Yuunagi) and Cure Butterfly (Ageha Hijiri) are included in main visual at the start but it would take until Episode 9 for Cure Wing to appear while Cure Butterfly wouldn’t make her first appearance until Episode 18. [[spoiler:In Episode 31, Elle transforms into Cure Majesty although her proper debut doesn’t appear until one episode later and like ''Tropical-Rouge'', Elle is the one that started the series’ plot at the first place.]]

* ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'' gives some interesting twist: like Happiness Charge, Cure Wing (Tsubasa Yuunagi) and Cure Butterfly (Ageha Hijiri) are included in main visual at the start but it would take until Episode 9 for Cure Wing to appear while Cure Butterfly wouldn’t make her first appearance until Episode 18. [[spoiler:In Episode 31, Elle transforms into Cure Majesty although her proper debut doesn’t appear until one episode later and like ''Tropical-Rouge'', Elle is the one that started the series’ plot at the first place.]]

* ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'' gives some interesting twist: like Happiness Charge, Cure Wing (Tsubasa Yuunagi) and Cure Butterfly (Ageha Hijiri) are included in main visual at the start but it would take until Episode 9 for Cure Wing to appear while Butterfly wouldn’t make her first appearance until Episode 18. [[spoiler:In Episode 31, Elle transforms into Cure Majesty although her proper debut doesn’t appear until one episode later and like ''Tropical-Rouge'', Elle is the one that started the series’ plot at the first place.]]

* ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' has Twokaizer as the sixth member, who uses a golden suit based on the red ranger and mech of ''Gokaiger'' and wields Sentai gears with powers based on the Sixth Rangers and other additional Rangers of past teams; he ends up using the powers of anyone from Big One to Abare Killer to Geki Chopper to Koguma Skyblue and even the other Blue Turbo from that one episode of ''Turboranger''. Near the end of the show they are joined by Stacaesar, an EvilKnockoff of Zenkaizer who is based on Battle Japan from ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' after he has a HeelFaceTurn. In the movie ''Film/AvataroSentaiDonbrothersVSZenkaiger'', the Zenkaigers are also finally joined by Hakaizer, another knockoff of Zenkaizer who is based on Fire-Stealth Captor 7 from ''Series/NinjaCaptor'' and was freed from the villain's control during the show but didn't join them during the show because he was busy looking for his missing wife.

* ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' has Twokaizer as the sixth member, who uses a golden suit based on the red ranger and mech of ''Gokaiger'' and wields Sentai gears with powers based on the Sixth Rangers and other additional Rangers of past teams; he ends up using the powers of anyone from Big One to Abare Killer to Geki Chopper to Koguma Skyblue and even the other Blue Turbo from that one episode of ''Turboranger''. Near the end of the show they are joined by Stacaesar, an EvilKnockoff of Zenkaizer who is based on Battle Japan from ''Series/BattleFeverJ'' after he has a HeelFaceTurn. In the movie ''Film/AvataroSentaiDonbrothersVSZenkaiger'', the Zenkaigers are also finally joined by Hakaizer, another knockoff of Zenkaizer who is based on Fire-Stealth Captor 7 from ''Series/NinjaCaptor'' and was freed from the villain's control during the show but didn't join them because he was busy looking for his missing wife.

** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' featuring Riders competing with each other in a DeadlyGame would inevitably have Riders come and go much like ''Ryuki''. While there are more Riders that are involved alongside the normal players, the shows begins and ends with the main quartet of Geats, Tycoon, Na-Go, and Buffa.

** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' features Riders competing with each other in a DeadlyGame, but eventually some new Riders get involved alongside the normal players:

*** A little while later at the halfway point, the game's sponsors start inserting themselves into the game as well, with ''their'' own Rider equipment separate from both the players and staff. It starts when one tries to usurp the game for her own ends and the others jump in to stop her. Of these, Ziin is most like a traditional Sixth, as he enjoys fighting alongside Geats whenever the opportunity arises, while the other allied sponsors prefer to provide support from the sidelines and only make token appearances in battle as Riders. But even then, Ziin is only a regular for one story arc and makes few appearances afterward.
*** Late in the series, Keiwa's sister Sara gets roped into the fighting as Kamen Rider Hakubi. This leads her to become friends with Keiwa's ally Neon, and she becomes a third member of their little group. [[spoiler:Until she gets killed off.]]

* ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' has the white Spider Kumonos, the HalfHumanHybrid son of a sixth warrior erased from the original legends due to his forbidden relationship with a monster from the enemy forces. Being TheAgeless, he survived for two millenia while manipulating events behind the scenes as TheNarrator of the series. Due to his nature, he questions WhatMeasureIsANonHuman and thus seeks for peaceful co-existence with the villains, insinuating that the war against them only began because an unknown mastermind painted them as a race that needs to be eliminated. However, his penchant for ProverbialWisdom makes it [[PoorCommunicationKills very difficult to communicate with him]]. Interestingly, in a sense he is ''not'' a late addition to the team because while he does not appear in the beginning of the of the show, the team is not officially formed until episode 19, ''after'' he has already joined. So if spin-offs are not counted, this would technically make the King Ohgers the first team to start with six members.

*** The end of the first quarter sees the introduction of Kamen Rider Glare, another case of the new Rider being an enemy. He's the GameMaster who is tired of Geats' snooping and uses his own Rider gear, completely unlike those of the players', to take care of him for good. [[spoiler:Subverted when he only lasts three episodes before his boss catches wind of his breaking the rules and fires him. But DoubleSubverted if you take the game's production as a faction overall, as other staff members would continue to suit up from time to time with {{Palette Swap}}s of Glare's suit to keep the game on track.]]
*** A little while later at the halfway point, the game's sponsors start inserting themselves into the game as well, with ''their'' own Rider equipment separate from both the players and staff. It starts when one tries to usurp the game for her own ends and the others jump in to stop her. Of these, Ziin is the show's "real" Sixth, as he enjoys fighting alongside Geats whenever the opportunity arises, while the other allied sponsors prefer to provide support from the sidelines and only make token appearances in battle as Riders.

* ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' has the white Spider Kumonos, the HalfHumanHybrid son of a sixth warrior erased from the original legends due to his forbidden relationship with a monster from the enemy forces. Being TheAgeless, he survived for two millenia while manipulating events behind the scenes as TheNarrator of the series. Due to his nature, he questions WhatMeasureIsANonHuman and thus seeks for peaceful co-existence with the villains, insinuating that the war against them only began because an unknown mastermind painted them as a race that needs to be eliminated. However his penchant for ProverbialWisdom makes it [[PoorCommunicationKills very difficult to communicate with him]].

** Other candidates for the role of "Fifth Beatle" include their producer George Martin, their manager Brian Epstein, their road manager/assistant Neil Aspinall, and their public relations manager Derek Taylor. Others who were involved with them are ex-drummer [[ThePeteBest Pete Best]], ex-bassist Stuart Sutcliffe (who quit the band to get married before they made it big, then died of an undiagnosed aneurysm a year later), and Music/EricClapton (he played on several of their tracks and was seriously considered for membership in the band at one point).

* Film/TheSuicideSquad: {{Subverted}} and PlayedForLaughs with [[spoiler:Milton. He starts as the bus driver smuggling Task Force X to the city and ''keeps following the team'' to Jotunheim only to die in the crossfire and leave the team confused on what the hell he was doing there.]]

** The second was [[DarkActionGirl Tenebris]], [[BigBad Darkhell]]'s daughter, who joined the group [[LoveRedeems in order to protect her love interest]] Razzia. Though her team-up with them was initially somehow intended to be temporary, she ends up joining them for real [[spoiler:after Danael was possessed by GodOfEvil Anathos and became the new villain]]. Ironically enough, [[spoiler:[[TheDarkChick Shimy]] was so much expecting Tenebris to be a SixthRangerTraitor that she was willing to kill her in order to prevent it from happening, when in fact it turned out Tenebris remained loyal to them]].

* ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' has the white Spider Kumonos, the HalfHumanHybrid son of a sixth warrior erased from the original legends due to his forbidden relationship with a monster from the enemy forces. Being TheAgeless, he survived for two millenia while manipulating events behind the scenes as TheNarrator of the series. Due to his nature, he questions WhatMeasureIsANonHuman and thus seeks for peaceful co-existence with the villains, insinuating that the wsr against them only began because an unknown mastermind painted them as a race that needs to be eliminated. However his penchant for ProverbialWisdom makes it [[PoorCommunicationKills very difficult to communicate with him]].