History Main / TwoGirlsToATeam

* In the 1970s, the originally all-male [[ComicBook/TheDefenders Defenders]] evolved into a team with a gender-balanced core of two males (Nighthawk and the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk) and two females (Valkyrie and ComicBook/{{Hellcat}}).

* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' starts with four guys, but introduces two girls in the first couple of issues. After ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade'' ends with [[spoiler: Cassie and Vision dead and Eli seemingly retired]], the reformed team has the same dynamic with ComicBook/KateBishop and ComicBook/AmericaChavez.

* In ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed'' there are only two female dogs in a cast of LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. Nether have any combat ability, whereas all the males are badasses. One is a DamselInDistress and the other is a mother.

* ''ComicBook/RomSpaceKnight'': Rom is established to be part of a team of Spaceknights called the Spaceknight Squadron, whose only two female members were Trapper and Scanner.

* Connie and either Tammy or Julie for the eponymous hockey team in the ''Film/TheMightyDucks'' series

* Music/{{AAA}} is one of the rare few co-ed bands still active in the Asian pop music industry today. In a group of seven, Misako and Chiaki are currently the only girls.

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* Downplayed in the original novel of Creator/CarlSagan, ''Literature/{{Contact}}'', where FasterThanLightTravel machine allows humanity to send 5 people, the governments briefly discuss on whether they should send 3 men and 2 women or 3 women and 2 men; ultimately they decide that it doesn't matter since regardless of the choice, there's always going to be one more individual either gender. They end up sending 3:2 men-women ratio.
* In ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'', after it looks like TheSmurfettePrinciple might strike for a while when [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Shelena]] is travelling with [[MagicKnight Veres]], [[{{Weredragon}} Gloom]] and [[TheApprentice Rest]], [[LittleMissBadass Virra]] joins the team and it becomes two women (well, a girl and a she-werewolf) and three men (actually, one man, one dragon, and one boy).

* Sally and Cindy in ''Literature/{{Spooksville}}''. Early on it's actually equal but later [[TheSixthRanger Bryce]] becomes a permanent member, meaning now they are 2 girls to 3 boys, the others being Adam and Watch.
* Bellatrix and Alecto are the only female Death Eaters named in ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Narcissa, Bellatrix's sister and Lucius Malfoy's wife, was never officially one, though she did have a strong affiliation with them.
* ''Literature/MenAtArms'' concerns the City Watch expanding beyond humans, recruiting Detritus (a troll), Cuddy (a dwarf), and Angua (a w[[spoiler:erewolf]]). In ''Literature/FeetOfClay'', they then get Cheery Littlebottom (a female dwarf), with Cheery and Angua being the main females in the Watch books from then on (in future books, it seems the only women who join are dwarves and trolls, who don't look different from the males to humans (and with dwarves, to their own species either) up until Salacia joins (a vampire)).
* In ''Literature/SixOfCrows'', Inej and Nina are the two women in a group with four other men.

* ''Literature/VillainsByNecessity'': Kaylana and Valerie are the women in the FiveManBand of villains on their quest.
* ''Literature/GuardiansOfTheFlame'': In the party starting out Andy-Andy and Doria are the two women. However, the arrangement lasts only through the first books, with more female characters added later that don't fit into this dynamic.

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* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': In the third season, Fred was added to the cast of three guys (Angel, Wesley, and Gunn) and one girl (Cordelia). Cordelia was TheHeart of the group, Fred was both TheSmartGuy and TheChick. Although considering Wesley was already used mostly for his brain, Fred's role could be seen as primarily to act as the DamselInDistress that Cordelia could no longer realistically fulfill. Therefore playing this trope straight. Of course, this only lasted a season, and then more men were added.
* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' has this in season two with Team Arrow containing Felicity Smoak (TheSmartGuy) and Sara Lance (who is a combination of TheChick and TheBigGuy).
* ''Series/BabylonFive'' had Commander Ivanova and Ambassador Delenn. Ivanova is a mildly spazzy DeadpanSnarker and AcePilot who is not above threats of violence to make a point, and Delenn is a devoutly religious advocate of peace [[SilkHidingSteel who will not hesitate to destroy those who refuse to listen to reason,]] should such a course of action seem necessary.
* ''Series/BlakesSeven'' was an example at a time when TheSquadette was still the expected trope. There are always two female members of the Seven -- Jenna and Cally, then Cally and Dayna, then Dayna and Soolin.
* ''Series/BlueHeelers'': This was the usual pattern from season 3 to 11 (not counting Chris, the civilian owner of the local pub): one female junior Constable (Dash, Jo, Susie, and Kelly) and one Senior Constable/Acting Sergeant/Sergeant (Maggie, Tess, Jo, and Susie). The pattern was broken with the introduction of Amy, the show's first female Detective.
* ''Series/TheBoys2019'':
** In Season Two, the Boys became an example when [[spoiler:Starlight]] becomes a clandestine member, joining Kimiko.
** The Seven have this dynamic once Queen Maeve gets joined by Starlight. However, in Season 2 it's subverted after they get Stormfront, a third female member.
* ''Series/BreakoutKings'': Julianne (Mission Control), and con Erica, (with Shea, Roy, Lloyd, and Charlie make up the complete group of six)
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Rosa and Amy are the only two female detectives on the squad (compared to the five men on the squad plus Chief Holt), although Gina (Holt's assistant) keeps the main cast from having this applied as well.
** Played straight in Season Six and onward after [[spoiler: Gina quits her job in the Nine—Nine]].
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': For the start of the fourth season, Buffy and Willow were the only female members of the Scooby gang. By the end of the season, however, both Anya and Tara had joined the gang.
* On the TV show ''Series/{{CSI}}'', for the first eight seasons, Catherine and Sara were the only girls on the team. When Sara left, she was replaced by Riley, and then rejoined the team. Subverted in season 12, when Morgan and later Finn joined the team.
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' always had 2 women on the team: Stella and Aiden from the backdoor pilot thru the 2nd episode of season 2, Stella and Lindsay from episode 2.03 thru the end of season 6, Jo and Lindsay for the final three seasons.
* In ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'', Brea and Deet are the only two girls in the main team.
* ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' has Joey and Jen.
* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': Debra and Maria [=LaGuerta=] are the only women in a predominantly male workplace.
* ''Series/DragonsDen'' (UK) with the introduction of Hilary Devey in series 9.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Iris West and Caitlin Snow are the only female members of Team Flash until Jesse Quick joins in Season 2. The two, however, were the only prominent female characters during the first season, and that's not taking into account that Iris only joined TheTeam ''near the end of it''.
* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'': Lindsay and Kim among the five title freaks (the three geeks are all boys). Kim was added slightly too late to be billed as a series regular, but that was red tape.
* ''{{Series/Friends}}'': Pre-series there were five of them with Monica and Phoebe being the only girls. However, Rachel arrives in the opening episode, making it a GenderEqualEnsemble.
* ''{{Series/Fringe}}'': Astrid and Olivia (the males Peter, Walter, and Broyles, complete the group of five)
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' just loves this trope.
** House Stark has multiple examples. Sansa and Arya are the only daughters of Ned and Catelyn. Catelyn and Talisa were the only prominent women in Robb's forces. During Rickard Stark's reign, his wife and daughter Lyanna were the only prominent female Starks. [[spoiler:During Jon's reign, he initially had three prominent female allies: Sansa, Brienne, and Mellisandre. However, he ultimately exiled Melissandre thus playing this trope straight.]]
** Lady and Nymeria are the only females of the six direwolves.
** Cersei and Myrcella were the only female members of the Royal Family during Robert's reign. Likewise, his brother Stannis has his wife Selyse and daughter Shireen (not counting his SexyPriest DarkMistress Melissandre). Their youngest brother Renly also had Margaery and Brienne as the only female members during his campaign for the throne (Catelyn doesn't count since she's there to negotiate an alliance).
** House Tyrell has Olenna and Margaery.
** The previous generation of House Tully only had Catelyn and Lysa since their MissingMom died when they were really young.
** Throughout Season 3, Team Bran has Osha and Meera along with of course Bran, Rickon, Hodor, Jojen, and the two male direwolves of the Stark boys.
** Daenerys and Missandei are this for Daenerys's court in the Slaver's Bay subplot. [[spoiler:Yara Greyjoy]], [[spoiler:Olenna Tyrell]], [[spoiler:Ellaria Sand]], and [[spoiler:the Sand Snakes]] gradually join them in the final two episodes of Season 6, only to be sequentially dispatched off during Season 7.
* ''Series/{{House}}'': While House's team follows TheSmurfettePrinciple as strictly as can be, the overall show always has two women: Cuddy and a female duckling who is pretty much interchangeable. In the final season, Foreman replaces Cuddy but House's team gains two new women: Adams and Park.
* Inverted on ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'' with the original Sibuna made of 2 guys and 3 girls. In season 3, however, it's played straight as Patricia and KT become the two girls on the team. Also works for Team Evil, who ([[spoiler:Ammit]] not included), in terms of the original sinners along with Victor and Robert, have Denby and [[spoiler:Patricia]] as the only two girls on the team.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has Robin and Lily (the remainder of the five-man band being Barney, Marshall, and Ted.)
* The main cast of ''Series/JohnsonAndFriends'' initially contains two girls, [=McDuff=] and Squeaky. The introduction of Victoria makes the cast a GenderEqualEnsemble.
* ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': Benson and Jeffries in Season One; Benson and Rollins since Season 13.
* ''Series/LegendsOfTheSuperheroes'': Huntress and Black Canary are the only two female members of this continuity's Justice League (Wonder Woman was off-limits because [[Series/WonderWoman1975 her television show]] was airing on Creator/{{CBS}} rather than Creator/{{NBC}}).
* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'': The show started out following the trope to the letter, with the "two girls" being Kendra and Sara, on a team with seven boys. Kendra was written out at the end of Season 1, but Season 2 almost immediately introduced Amaya to take her place. This trope was broken in Season 3 when Zari joined the team, and by Season 4 it had become a GenderEqualEnsemble.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' features this with [[ClassyCatBurglar Parker]] and [[ConMan Sophie]].
* ''Series/TheMentalist'' has Teresa Lisbon and Grace Van Pelt. Lisbon is even the team leader, but not the show's protagonist.
* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'': Kelly and Alisha during the first three series, then replaced by Jess (who serves as [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the lone female cast member]] for most of series 4) and Abbey.
* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': Abby and Kate in seasons 1 & 2, then Abby and Ziva in later seasons, and currently Abby and Bishop. Of course, for a while, there was also [[DaChief Director Jenny Shepherd]].
* ''Series/NewGirl'': Jess and Cece among Nick, Schmidt, and Coach and/or Winston.
* In ''Series/OnceUponATime'' Snow White and Red Riding Hood were the only prominent women fighting in the war against Regina. Although Granny is quite handy with a crossbow (yes, really), it's never said whether she was involved in the fighting.
* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Abduction" Dianelle and Brianna are the two girls of the five-student group.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': The main cast has Carla and [[TomboyishName Elliot]].
* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': For the first two series, Mrs. Hudson and Molly Hooper served as this to the main cast of protagonists, also consisting of Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Greg Lestrade, and Mycroft Holmes. Series 3 added Mary Morstan/Watson, John's fiancee/wife, bringing it up to three girls to the team.
* The two female members of the Jukebox Band from ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'' are Didi the Drummer and Grace the Bass.
* ''Series/SiliconValley'': In the first season of the show, Monica is the [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only female]] involved in Pied Piper's day-to-day operations. In the second season, Pied Piper hires its second female employee, and only female engineer, Carla, who lampshades this early on: "One thing worse than being the only woman in a company is being one of only two... Everybody puts this super-weird pressure on you to be friends."
* ''Series/SpaceAboveAndBeyond'' has two women in the main cast, [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl with opposing personalities]]. BrokenBird {{Tomboy}} Shane Vansen ends up as effectively [[NumberTwo executive officer]] of the 58th, while the more demure Vanessa Damphousse ends up as TheChick.
* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' for the majority of its run: In Season 1 - 3: Teyla and Elizabeth, in Season 4: Teyla and Sam, in Season 5: Teyla and Jennifer.
** Season 4 actually had '''three''' girls: Teyla, Sam, and Jennifer.
* The original ''Series/StargateSG1'' had this in season 10 with Vala and Sam. A case could also be made for recurring character Dr Janet Fraiser being the second girl to Sam for most of the series- although she rarely accompanied SG-1 on missions off-world, she was a fairly consistent presence in the episodes set on Earth.
* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** For most of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', there were two women in the core cast: Lt. Uhura and Nurse Chapel. Initially, Yeoman Rand was part of the cast as well, but the actress was let go in the middle of the first season. Only one episode ("The Naked Time") features all three women; Nurse Chapel and Yeoman Rand never interact with each other, but Uhura seems to be on fairly good terms with both of them.
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' has Deanna Troi and Beverly Crusher, after Tasha's death. Both had maternal and supportive roles, being the ship's head counselor and Chief Medical Officer respectively, but Troi was more exotic while Crusher was more of a down-to-earth character.
** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' has Kira and Jadzia, contrasting Kira's emotional performances with Jadzia's much more grounded and calm nature.
*** When Jadzia [[spoiler:died and they had to [[TheNthDoctor come up with a new Dax]],]] it was decided early on that [[spoiler:the new Dax would have to be female, so Kira wouldn't be the only girl]].
** Averted in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' because it had the first female captain as a main character, so there were ''three'' women in the cast: Captain Janeway, B'Elanna Torres, and Kes. When Kes left, she was replaced by Seven of Nine.
** ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' has T'Pol and Hoshi, the experienced and emotionless Vulcan officer and (initially) nervous rookie communications specialist. Interestingly, as T'Pol learns to embrace her emotions more as she spends more time around humans, Hoshi becomes much more adept at dealing with her own fears and doubts as the mission progresses.
* Shows in both the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchises have featured two female rangers instead of just one depending on the year. ''Super Sentai'' in particular have started featuring two female rangers on each team since its 1984 incarnation ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman'', with periods where the franchise would switch back and forth between having just one female ranger per team ([[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman 1988]]-[[Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger 1989]], [[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger 1992]]-[[Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger 1994]] and [[Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman 1998]]-[[Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger 2003]]) and then going back to having two girls again ([[Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman 1990]]-[[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman 1991]], [[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger 1995]]-[[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger 1997]] and almost all the current teams since [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger 2004]]). Usually the two girls will wear Pink & Yellow, but other pairings have been used as well such as [[Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman Pink & White]] ([[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger done twice]]), [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman White & Blue]] ([[Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger also done twice]]) and [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger Blue & Pink]].
** ''Power Rangers'' would try to enforce this trope in its early incarnations by [[ShesAManInJapan switching the gender]] of the yellow ranger if the ''Super Sentai'' counterpart was male. In fact, the Yellow Ranger from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was based on the male Tiger Ranger from ''[[Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger Zyuranger]]'', while four later Yellows (namely the ones in ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'', ''[[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Lightspeed Rescue]]'', ''[[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce Time Force]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersWildForce Wild Force]]'') all had male counterparts in ''Super Sentai''. No genders were changed for ''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder Dino Thunder]]'', since those teams started with three Rangers instead of the usual five and none of the [[SixthRanger extra rangers]] were androgynous enough to get away with converting any of them into females.
*** It was pretty obvious when they made English-language footage for the characters out of costume and then used the Japanese battle footage. For some reason, Trini in ranger mode didn't have a little skirt like Kimberly did. Or breasts, for that matter.
** ''[[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Gekiranger]]'' is the only team that had only one female ranger since the tradition of two female rangers per team was brought back to Sentai. However, a female villain named Mele [[HeelFaceTurn switches sides]] during the final story arc and helps out the heroes, providing the show with a second heroine of sort. This was naturally carried over to ''[[Series/PowerRangersJungleFury Jungle Fury]]'' since the gender-switching practice was abandoned by that point.
** In ''[[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Go-onger]]''/''[[Series/PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'', the second female ranger was not a starting member, but an [[SixthRanger extra ranger]] who joins the team mid-series with her twin brother, giving us another unusual color combination for the female rangers (Yellow and Silver).
*** ''[[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryuger]]'' has it similar to the above, except the extra ranger in this case is not the main sixth ranger, and is violet in colour. [[spoiler: Much later in the series a cyan female replaces a male ranger.]]
** In Toei's official ''unofficial'' parody ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'', Blue and Yellow are girls, out of the three-person team.
** In the non-Toei produced homage to Sentai, ''Series/KanpaiSenshiAfterV'', though Pink starts out as [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only girl]] on the team of five, she is joined by a new female Yellow when the older male Yellow has to resign, reflecting the change in tradition in ''Super Sentai''.
** Averted in the new ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'', which features the main 5-Ranger team with one female for the first time.
** Played straight in the 2017 series Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger, which features a whopping '''NINE''' rangers, only two of whom are female: [[RobotGirl Raptor 283]] (Pink) and [[HighlyVisibleNinja Hami]] (Green). The ratio gets even worse when THREE additions join the already larger-than-usual team, and none of them are female.
* ''Series/TeenWolf'' began with Allison and Lydia as the main cast's sole females, with four males (Scott, Stiles, Derek, and Jackson.) However, there are many significant female characters amongst the supporting cast, although still fewer than the men. After some changes within the team through the seasons, however, the team had a GenderEqualEnsemble in season 4 (Lydia, Malia, and Kira for girls; Scott, Stiles, and Derek for guys). In season five it became unequal again with Liam's PromotionToOpeningTitles, though the three girls still remain.
* The core gang of six in ''Series/That70sShow'' has Donna and Jackie as the two females while the remaining four are male. (Eric, Hyde, Kelso, and Fez.)
* When the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' aren't using TheSmurfettePrinciple, it's this trope.
** The first example is Yuko Minami and Noriko Mikawa from ''Series/UltramanAce'', who are especially notable because Minami was the female co-host of Ultraman Ace while Mikawa was the team's second-in-command instead of just being a simple {{Bridge Bunn|ies}}y. [[spoiler:This unfortunately ends once Minami is PutOnABus as viewers couldn't accept the idea of a female Ultraman host at the time.]]
** Megumi Iruma and Rena Yanase of GUTS from ''Series/UltramanTiga'' with the former as the first female captain of the franchise. They were succeeded in SequelSeries ''Series/UltramanDyna'' by Ryo Yumimura and Mai Midorikawa, who form a respective TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic.
** Satomi Hayakawa and Rumi Honjou in ''Series/UltraSeven'' '90s direct-to-video episodes.
** While ''Series/UltramanGaia'' has the all-female Team Crow squadron, XIG's base operation crew has Atsuko Sasaki and Georgie Leland. Ayaka Ukai occasionally replaces one or the other in case of AbsenteeActor.
** Deputy Captain Mizuki Shinobu and Ayano Morimoto in ''Series/UltramanCosmos''' Team EYES.
** Nagi Saijyo and Shiori Hiraki of the Night Raiders in ''Series/UltramanNexus''.
** DASH has ActionGirl Mizuki Koishikawa and Elly the Bridge Bunny RobotGirl in ''Series/UltramanMax''.
** Konomi Amagai and Marina Kazama from Crew GUYS in ''Series/UltramanMebius''.
** Misuzu Isurugi and Chigusa Kuno in ''Series/UltramanGinga''.
** ActionGirl Asuna Yamase and CuteBookworm Rui Takada from XIO in ''Series/UltramanX''.
** Raiha Toba and Moa Aizaki in ''Series/UltramanGeed''. Although they aren't the part of the same team, they usually fight side by side with each other for the benefit of their mutual friend Riku.
** TheLeader Kana Sasaki and CuteBookworm Pirika Asahikawa from EGIS in ''Series/UltramanTaiga''.
** ActionGirl Youko Nakashima and CuteBookworm Yuka Ohta from STORAGE in ''Series/UltramanZ''.
** The short-lived American-produced ''Series/UltramanTheUltimateHero'' featured Julie Young and Theresa Beck of WINR.
** 'Two {{Action Girl}}s, Yuna Shizuma and Himari Nanase in from GUTS Select in ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga''.
** The equally brief Australian-produced ''Series/UltramanTowardsTheFuture'' had Jean Echo and Kim Shaomin in UMA.
* Vivian and Samantha from ''Series/WithoutATrace'', though this expanded to three once Elena joined the cast.
* Foofa and Toodee from ''Series/YoGabbaGabba''
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* The white and pink birds Matilda and Stella in ''VideoGame/AngryBirds''. Matilda was there from the beginning but had an AmbiguousGender early on. Stella was introduced in ''Angry Birds Seasons''. Matilda serves as the TeamMom, while Stella is TheChick.
* In ''VideoGame/ArcStyleBaseball3D'', Team Albatross has two girls (Rivertorrent and Blackwell) and 10 guys.
* ''VideoGame/BlueDragon'' has Zola and Kluke to Shu, Jiro, and Marumaro.
* Capcom's ''Franchise/BreathOfFire'' series uses this trope a lot.
** ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireI'' has Nina and Bleu/Deis as the two girls in the party of eight.
** ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireII'''s eight playable characters include Katt and Nina, but [[spoiler: Bleu/Deis]] is also available as a SecretCharacter.
** ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'', Nina and Momo are the only girls in the seven-person party.
** In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'', in addition to Nina and Ursula, [[spoiler: Ershin could be perceived as female due to being Deis's avatar]].
** ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter'' has a GenderEqualEnsemble, so it doesn't count.
* The protagonists of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' are an aversion, with three females (Marle, Lucca, and Ayla) to two males (Chrono and Frog) and one robot (Robo), though the robot is [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial referred to by male pronouns]]. [[spoiler: The optional party member, Magus, is male and thus tips the count to the guys' favor.]]
* ''VideoGame/CookieRunKingdom'' has Strawberry Cookie and Chili Pepper Cookie as the two female Cookies in [=GingerBrave=]'s main group. Also, the five legendary cookies that can be unlocked include Moonlight Cookie and Sea Fairy Cookie. Inverted with The Five, a group of Cookies who served as kings and queens of the kingdom. Pure Vanilla Cookie and Dark Cacao Cookie are the only two males in the group.
* The [[OurElvesAreDifferent Eldar]] campaign of ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' ''II: Retribution'' has two female characters alongside two males, Autarch Kayleth and Farseer Elenwe. All the other campaigns have all-male teams, except the [[RedShirtArmy Imperial Guard]] [[TheSmurfettePrinciple who have Inquisitor Adrastia]].
* Played straight only by literal definition in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea|HourOfDarkness}}'', subverted as the trio is TwoGirlsAndAGuy.
* ''Franchise/DragonAge'' usually averts the trope, but there are some exceptions:
** The ''Awakening'' expansion for ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' has this. Unless the player character is female, three out of the six characters are male. One is a spirit and technically lacks a gender, although it's often referred to as a he, and [[PerkyGoth Sigrun]] and [[DarkMagicalGirl Velanna]] round out the team.
** Seen in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' with the members of the Bull's Chargers, the Iron Bull's mercenary company; of the group, only two - Dalish and Skinner - are female.
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVI'' has two female party members, Milly and Ashlynn, out of a group of six.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVII'' has Maribel and Aira/Aishe out of a group of 6 characters. Maribel is a rebellious mayor's daughter and Aira/Aishe is a warrior princess.
** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestVIII'' has a group of 6 as well (4 combatants and 2 non-combatants), with two females, Jessica and Princess Medea. Jessica is a LadyOfBlackMagic and Medea has been [[BalefulPolymorph transformed into a horse]] for most of the story.
*** The 3DS version of the game added the [=NPCs=] Morrie, the master of the Monster Arena, and Red, a female thief to the playable cast, bringing the number of playable characters up to 6, with 4 male and 2 female characters.
* Ana and Pippi in ''VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings'', even though Pippi was only a temporary party member which you have to escort home [[spoiler: after finding her a casket in the graveyard with zombies everywhere]].
* Averted in the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series. Every main-series game since ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has had ''three'' playable female characters, except ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'' (which has ''zero'') and the [=MMOs=]. This is when you discount the occasional GuestStarPartyMember (and possibly ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', which also has [[AmbiguousGender Quina]]).
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'' does have only Maria and Leila as playable female characters. Maria is TheHeart of a group of three that sticks together for most of the game. Leila is a badass PirateGirl.
** On that note, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' actually turns this on its head - your initial party ''looks'' like three males and one female, but later on, Faris is revealed to be a SweetPollyOliver, making it turn out to have been balanced. Then Galuf ''dies'', and it becomes a four-person party with only one guy.
** It's worth noting that in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', your party consists of three girls... and nobody else.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' out of the thirteen Espers, only two are female. In-universe they're a team of guardians who rebelled against the Gods.
** Special mention as well to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. While the party does include 3 playable female characters, one of them is completely optional and another suffers from plotline death partway through. So The three don't have the full game to fight alongside each other, with only 2 left halfway through the game- playing this trope straight.
* Gloria and Sharon in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyLegendIII''.
* Noble Team is this in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'' if [[PlayerCharacter Noble Six]] is female; otherwise, Kat is the only female on the team.
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has the [[TinTyrant Luminary Knights]], of which only the Black and Golden Knights are female.
* In ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'', most of the juries have four men and two women. The only exception is the third chapter of the first game, the first to feature a jury, in which there are three female jurors.
* Inverted with the playable heroes from ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors''. Out of the 10 playable heroes, only two are guys.
** The Sages in ''Zelda'' games are mostly made up of women (if not all women). This may simply due to WomenAreWiser. Only ''A Link to the Past'''s backstory implies that all the Sages were male.
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', Kairi and Aqua are this for the Guardians of Light, while Larxene and [[spoiler:Xion]] are this for the Seekers of Darkness.
* Although there's a total of three playable female characters, due to one of them [[DamselInDistress being kidnapped]] relatively early in the game, the vast majority of ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' is played with two female party members, [[spoiler: Jessica and Mia]]. Interestingly, [[VideoGame/LunarEternalBlue the sequel]] [[GenderInvertedTrope inverts this]], with the only male party members being Hiro and Ronfar for the majority of the game, although another male joins late in the game.
* Toyed with for the original ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' team. Besides the player character, out of the six companions two are female, three are male, and one is [[OneGenderRace part of a species that only has one gender, although she's referred to with feminine pronouns and certainly looks female]]. Averted in later games.
* [[MakingASplash Mighty No. 2 Cryosphere]] and [[ShockAndAwe Mighty No. 3 Dynatron]] from ''VideoGame/MightyNo9''. It was originally proposed that Dynatron and [[ColdSniper Mighty No. 8 Countershade]] would be the females of the Mighty Number team, but the lead character designer thought Countershade's radar and camouflage theme was more appropriate for a male character, so he made Cryosphere a girl instead, reasoning that Cryosphere's water and ice theme was a better fit for the proposed gender.
* In the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game ''VideoGame/MonsterForce'', a mummy named Mina and a vampire named Drew were the games' two unlockable characters as well as the only two female playable characters.
* In ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed 2015'', the main racing crew consists of Amy and Robyn (female), Spike and Manu (male), and the PlayerCharacter (who is implied to also be male).
* In ''VideoGame/NightTrap'', we have the Special (or "Sega" in the Sega CD and 32X versions) Control Attack Team whose members (besides a [[TokenMinority Token Black Teammate]] named Collins) consist of the only two women in the group: Kelly Medd (the mature young woman posing as one of the teenage slumber party guests at the Martins) and Swanson.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/OdinSphere''. Out of the five playable characters, only Cornelius and Oswald are male.
* This is generally averted across the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series, with overall parties consisting of between eight to nine members with [[GenderEqualEnsemble an even gender ratio]] about 85% of the time. Such is not the case in the ''VideoGame/{{Persona 2}}'' duology.
** For ''Innocent Sin,'' the initial party of five has two males (Tatsuya and Eikichi) and three females (Lisa, Maya, and Yukino). However, the final party swaps Yukino for [[spoiler:Jun]], and she lacks the CharacterDevelopment and ties to the greater MythArc that [[spoiler:Jun]] and the rest of the cast have. To add to this, Tatsuya is the protagonist of this part of the duology.
** ''Eternal Punishment'' has Maya taking the protagonist role, but the final party plays this straight once again (Maya, Ulala, Baofu, Katsuya, and Tatsuya). You get to pick your initial fifth party member prior to Tatsuya's recruitment this time, meaning you can play this straight through the entire game by picking Kei or averting it by picking Eriko.
* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes'': This is played straight with the Zombie side Heroes, who have [[WickedWitch Immorticia]] and [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Neptuna]] as the only 2 females out of 11 heroes. Averted with the Plant Heroes, who have 5 females out of 11 heroes.
* In ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale'', the only two girls in the original roster are [[VideoGame/HeavenlySword Nariko]] and VideoGame/FatPrincess. Subverted later with [[VideoGame/GravityRush Kat]] as {{D|ownloadableContent}}LC.
* In ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2'', Cassie O'pia and Lucrecia Mux are the only two female members of the Psychic Seven (later Six) before the latter left.
* In ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyoTetris'', the S.S. Tetra's otherwise all-male crew has two female members, Ess and Elle.
* ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest: Challenge of the Warlords'' has this. Only two of the potential team members are female (unless the player character is as well) - Princess Serephine and Elistara.
* A literal example with Jill Valentine and Rebecca Chambers in the first ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1'', although they technically work for different divisions of S.T.A.R.S.
* ''VideoGame/SevenKnights'' has [[ShockAndAwe Eileene]] and [[PlayingWithFire Rachel]] as the two females in the titular group. Although neither of them is TheChick, as both of them portray different styles of the LadyOfWar trope. Eileene wields a [[BladeOnAStick spear]] and fights with brute strength, whole Rachel wields a RoyalRapier and fights elegantly.
* Gameplay-wise, played straight by ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'': as there is indeed a 4 guys: 2 girls ratio. Inverted by its story, however, as only ''one'' of those guys is a mandatory party member. The other mandatory party members? The two girls. As such, they have much more screen time than the other three guys.
* Either played straight or [[GenderInvertedTrope inverted]] to Two ''Guys'' To A Team in ''[[VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns Shadowrun: Dragonfall]]'', depending on the {{Player Character}}'s gender. The [[NonPlayerCompanion rest of the crew]] is divided evenly, with two women - [[CombatMedic Glory]] and [[ColdSniper Eiger]] - and two men - [[CoolOldGuy Dietrich]] and [[TheCracker Blitz]], though the latter is {{optional|PartyMember}} if the PC is a Decker.
* Inverted in ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'' with every character other than Big Band and Beowulf being female.
* Creator/{{SNK}} fighting game examples.
** King and Yuri Sakazaki in the first two ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting'' games (although Yuri was only an NPC in the first). The third game had three female fighters (Kasumi, Lenny, and Sinclair).
** Mai Shiranui and Blue Mary from ''VideoGame/FatalFury 3'' and onward (before the addition of Li Xiang-Fei in ''Real Bout 2'' and Tsugumi Sendo in ''Wild Ambition'').
*** B. Jenet and Hotaru in ''Garou: Mark of the Wolves''.
** Charlotte and Nakoruru in the first ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown''.
*** Nakoruru and Rimururu in ''Samurai Shodown III''.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** From the ''VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy'', Amy and Cream are the two girls of the 5 members of the heroes, of which the rest are Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles.
** ''VideoGame/SonicMania'': Of the Hard Boiled Heavies, Heavy Magician and Heavy Rider are both referred to as female within [[AllThereInTheManual the game's manual.]]
* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'' originally followed TheSmurfettePrinciple and had Call Girl AKA Wendy as the only female of the game's twelve possible party members, not counting [[PlayerCharacter the New Kid]] if the player chooses to make them female, but the ''From Dusk to Casa Bonita'' DLC adds Henrietta Biggle as a playable character not only in the DLC but also retroactively in the main story. True to the trope, the two are very different in terms of personality and abilities, with Call Girl being a perky heavy damage dealer with powers based around technology and Henrietta being an aloof support character with powers based around magic.
* Chun-Li and Cammy in ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterII''.
** Also Chun-Li and Rose in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha'' before the addition of Sakura in ''Alpha 2'' and even more girls in subsequent games.
** Elena and Ibuki in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' before Chun-Li's return and the introduction of Makoto in ''3rd Strike''.
** Chun-Li (again) and Crimson Viper in the arcade version of ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV''.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld'' has Peach and [[spoiler: Rosalina]] as the two playable females in a FiveManBand rounded out by Mario, Luigi, and Toad.
** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'': Mimi and Nastasia are the only two female members of Count Bleck's minions.
** Many of the Mario spinoffs released in the Gamecube era feature Peach and Daisy as the only female playable characters. Though Birdo and Toadette would often appear and add additional girls to the roster, their presence has never been quite as surefire. With Rosalina having risen to prominence, this is no longer the case.
* Happens a few times in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'' has [[WhiteMagicianGirl Mint]] and [[BlackMagicianGirl Arche]] in a FiveManBand with three guys. The later remakes added [[OptionalPartyMember Suzu]] to even things out.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' gives us [[LoveableRogue Rutee]] and [[GoodShepherd Philia]] among the game's five Swordian Masters (the other three being guys). The remake inverts this among the non-magical heroes: giving us [[LoonyFan Chelsea]], [[TheBigGuy Mary]] ''and'' [[SecretCharacter Lilith]] against the guys [[LargeHam Kongman]] and [[ChivalrousPervert Johnny]].
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfRebirth'' has four guys and two girls among the main heroes. The villains have a similar setup: with [[DarkChick Militsa]] and [[spoiler:[[BigBad Zil]][[BitchInSheepsClothing va]]]].
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' has this ratio plus one - with a 4:3 guy:girl ratio in its [[FiveManBand Seven-Man Band]]. The original game had an even gender split.
* In the original ''{{VideoGame/Tekken}}'', Nina Williams and Michelle Chang were the only playable female characters in the starting roster.
* Pai Chan and Sarah Bryant in the first two games of the ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' series (plus the ''Virtua Fighter Kids'' GaidenGame).
* Averted in ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'': there are six playable characters, divided evenly between male and female. Choosing three of them before the game starts (with the rest still appearing in guest roles as [[NonPlayerCharacter Non-Player Characters]]), you can have a party of all females, all males, or any combination of your choosing.
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* Cadpig and Spot in ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''.
* Grammi and Sunni Gummi of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears''.
* Cindy and Libby of ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''.
* Inverted with ''WesternAnimation/AngelinaBallerina'' in both the 2002 and 2009 series. William and Henry (Angelina's younger cousin) are the only two boys in Angelina's predominantly female ballet class. The Next Steps has Marco and A.Z. as the only regular boys in the cast.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' plays with this trope, the first season runs very much on TheSmurfettePrinciple with Katara as the only female out of three, the second season then adds Toph which evens it out exactly, the final season Suki is the EleventhHourRanger to the team... except Zuko already made his HeelFaceTurn and joined... keeping the team even.
* Bessie and Abby from ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard''.
* Tasha and Uniqua from ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans''.
* Starla and Watts from ''WesternAnimation/BlazeAndTheMonsterMachines''.
* Nutsy Koala and Marcia Marsupial Mouse from ''WesternAnimation/BlinkyBill'' (the original series).
* Also inverted with the main family, the Belchers, in ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' (Three female members, two male members).
* Gi and Linka from a group of five Planeteers from ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''.
* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'' had WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse and Clarabelle Cow, with Clara Cluck and WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck being added later.
* Theresa and Atlanta on ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans''.
* Pepper and Dotty on ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub''.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': OneOfTheBoys Yumi Ishiyama and PrincessesPreferPink Aelita Stones amongst the Lyoko Warriors.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' gave us TomboyAndGirlyGirl duo Numbuhs 3 and 5.
** Also, there are two female members of The Delightful Children from Down the Lane.
* Caprice and Cassandra in seasons 3 and 4 of ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets''.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' and its [[{{WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017}} 2017 reboot]] feature Webby Vanderquack and her grandmother Ms. Beakley. The reboot would then introduce another female member to its core cast using [[spoiler: [[MissingMom Della]] [[ActionMom Duck]]]]. In "[[Recap/DuckTales2017S2E22GlomTales GlomTales]]", Glomgold's LegionOfDoom includes Ma Beagle and Magica De Spell.
* Not counting the Kanker Sisters (who aren't part of the cul-de-sac), ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' has Nazz and Sarah.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has Meg and Lois in the Griffin family.
* Amy and Leela from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.
* The ''WesternAnimation/GarbagePailKidsCartoon'' had Patty Putty and Terri Cloth as the only female members of the main group.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Eventually, Eliza Maza and Angela.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl Mabel and Wendy in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''. In the same show, there's also Wendy's friend group, where she and Tambry are the only two girls outnumbered by four guys (Robbie, Nate, Lee, and Thompson).
* In ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'', Manny has two female tools, Dusty the hand saw and Squeeze the pliers.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Hawkgirl and Franchise/WonderWoman, two of seven. While their appearances might suggest a TomboyAndGirlyGirl dynamic, the actual contrast was in their experience (with Wonder Woman as the NaiveNewcomer and Hawkgirl as a bit of a cynic) and in their attitudes towards men, with Franchise/WonderWoman having a touch of WomenAreWiser at first. Notably, neither was TheChick, as that role was filled by the Flash.
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' [[StrawFeminist You men!]] Unless you do it on your own it doesn't count!\\
'''Hawkgirl:''' It's not just the men, [[CurseCutShort you stuck-up...]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'': Jo and Rosa are the two female team members of the FiveManBand.
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''; Lincoln and Mr. Loud are the only males in the family of 13.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madballs}}: Escape from Orb'' had Freakella (who wasn't part of the original toyline) and Dusty (a GenderFlip of Dust Brain from the toyline).
* ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'': [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl one very nerdy duck-girl and one very excited tomboy.]]
* Inverted in the second season of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug''. Though they rarely all work together in the same episode, Adrien/Cat Noir and Nino/Carapace are the only males carrying Miraculous. The third season introduces more heroes, and to date, it's roughly equal between the genders.
* [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Wacky]] GenkiGirl Cathy and [[WomenAreWiser down-to-earth]] Samantha from ''WesternAnimation/MonsterBusterClub'', in a group of four.
* Zombeef (a zombie cow) and Cowapatra (a mummy cow) are the only two females of the group of monster animals in ''WesternAnimation/MonsterFarm''.
* Sonya and Kitana from ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm''. They're also the two most famous female protagonists in the video game.
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' had Miss Piggy and Skeeter (Scooter's alleged twin sister, created for the series). TomboyAndGirlyGirl in effect, although it could flip when needed. ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'' replaces Skeeter with Summer the Penguin.
* Inverted with the [[FanNickname Young/Student Six]] in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', which has four girls and two boys, Gallus and Sandbar.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Numberjacks}}'': Shape Japer and Spooky Spoon are the only two female meanies, while the other three meanies, The Puzzler, Numbertaker, and Problem Blob, are males.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' short "Planet Kate", Cleo and Juno are the only female members of the quintet of alien dogs Kate Moon is acquainted with.
* As of Season 2, ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' has two female pups, Skye and Everest.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Some episodes (most notably "Summer Belongs to You" and "Last Day of Summer") have Candace joining the main group of children (Phineas, Ferb, Isabella, Baljeet, and Buford).
* Bright Eyes and Nose Marie among the five main puppies of Creator/HannaBarbera's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pound Puppies|1980s}}''.
* Cookie and Strudel in The Hub's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pound Puppies|2010}}''.
* Sydney and Mindy in ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' gave the FiveManBand a super-duper dorky girl Gretchen Grundler and OneOfTheBoys Ashley Spinelli. Also the school's "Bad kids" had Sue Bob Murphy and Kurst the Worst.
* Daphne and Velma of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' were an early example of the trope.
* In Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/ShirtTales'', there's Pammy Panda and Kip Kangaroo.
* Inverted with ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' family itself; there are two boys (Homer and Bart) to the family (three female members, two male members).
* ''WesternAnimation/SkysurferStrikeForce'' gives us a villainous example with Lazerette and Cerina of the Bioborgs.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' themselves had this later on with the introduction of Sassette.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' cartoons:
** ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'': Bunnie Rabbot and Sally Acorn, before AffirmativeActionGirl Dulcy showed up.
** Amy Rose and Sticks the Badger in ''WesternAnimation/SonicBoom''. Interestingly, the [[VideoGame/SonicBoom video game versions]] played TheSmurfettePrinciple trope until 2015, when the then-announced ''Fire & Ice'' revealed that these two were playable together.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceRacers'' has Robyn and Starling as two of the five young cadets at Stardust Bay Space Academy.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': When creator Stephen Hillenburg first pitched the show, the [[https://i.ibb.co/r2LLdKD/Main-Cast-by-Stephen-Hillenburg.jpg main cast]] had two female characters (Pearl and Sandy) to five males (the title character, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton). After the series had been in development for a while, the cast expanded to include two more females (Karen and Mrs. Puff) as well as another male (Gary).
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In the ''Ghost'' crew, Hera and Sabine.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsResistance'':
** Among the rough group of main characters, TomboyAndGirlyGirl Tam and Torra. Later, female-programmed droid CB-23 joins the group as male droid BB-8's replacement, averting the trope.
** Among the five-person Ace Squadron, Torra and Freya.
* In early versions of ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', the team had Wonder Woman and Wendy, or Wonder Woman and Jayna. According to the other Wiki, the only additional female superheroes who ever made repeated appearances on the show were Hawkgirl and Rima the Jungle Girl, but neither appeared in a large number of episodes. One version of the show, ''Challenge of the Super Friends'', featured a team in its first segment where the only female superhero was Wonder Woman. Jayna appeared as a regular in the second segment of that show. The ''Challenge of the Super Friends'' episodes featured a LegionOfDoom with two female villains, ComicBook/{{Cheetah}} and Giganta.
* ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'' has Red (Wonder Red) and Princess Pea (Princess Presto) on the main team. Notable as the main team has four characters in it, making this an even split between the male members, Pig (Alpha Pig) and Whyatt (Super Why!) and the female members mentioned. Note that this ''is'' a FiveManBand -- it's just that the fifth member is supposed to be ''[[InteractiveFiction the viewer]]'', who of course could be of any gender. Later on, they added a male character named Puppy (Woofster), making this a more typical example of this trope (three males, two females).
* The ''WesternAnimation/SushiPack'' has three males (Tako, Ikura, and Wasabi) and two females (Maguro and Kani).
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': ComicBook/{{Starfire}} and ComicBook/{{Raven}}. More of a RedOniBlueOni dynamic than a straight-up TomboyAndGirlyGirl situation. The second season added a third girl, Terra, but she was TheMole and didn't last beyond that.
* Cheetara and [=WilyKit=] of ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011''. In both series, it became three girls when SixthRanger Pumyra showed up.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPahkitewIsland'' had Ella and Sugar on Team Maskwak, while Topher and Rodney were the only guys on Team Kinosewak. However, this was after Sky and Max swapped teams.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'' has the eponymous character and Dr. Fox.
* Allura and [[spoiler: Pidge]] of ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender''.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': RebelliousPrincess Amalia and her bodyguard, Archer Evangelyne, amongst the Brotherhood of the Tofu.
* The TV miniseries ''Yowasis'' has Nap and Squish. Also counts as a GenderFlip, as they were both male in the adverts from TheNinties.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'':
** The team starts with four guys, then adds Miss Martian and Artemis Crock. This becomes the status quo for the bulk of the first season. This trope was so enforced in the minds of its demographic that rumors that another female team member (either Wonder Girl or Secret) would be joining the cast launched much speculation that either Artemis or Miss Martian would be outed as The Mole, die, or otherwise leave the team.
** Averted, however, with the inclusion of Zatanna as a long-term member without any other character being removed from the team. As for the series' other big team, the Justice League, although there are three female members on the team, which technically means it doesn't count, the full roster is ''sixteen'' members so the essential truth of this trope is still in play. Interestingly, Franchise/WonderWoman seems to be actively working against this, as one of her stated criteria for an ideal new member to the League is that they be a woman to help shift the gender ratio.
** By the end of season one, Zatanna is a full-time member and [[EleventhHourRanger Rocket]] has joined up, so that the gender ratio is even with four boys and four girls. As of season two, the ratio for the team stands at five males and four females.
** By ''Phantoms'', this trope has perhaps become inverted, as the Team is now mostly comprised of female heroes, with the only two known male members being Nightwing and Arsenal.
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* Occurred in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' and its sequel ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': Sora and Mimi prior to Hikari/Kari joining followed by Miyako/Yolei and Hikari/Kari in ''02''. Amusingly inverted in one dub that mistook Iori/Cody for a girl and dubbed him as such.

* ''WesternAnimation/SuperWhy'' has Red (Wonder Red) and Princess Pea (Princess Presto) on the main team. Notable as the main team has four characters in it, making this an even split between the male members, Pig (Alpha Pig) and Whyatt (Super Why!) and the female members mentioned. Note that this ''is'' a FiveManBand -- it's just that the fifth member is supposed to be ''[[InteractiveFiction the viewer]]'', who of course could be of any gender. Later on, they added a male character named Puppy (Woofster), making this a more typical example of this trope (three male, two female).

** By Phantoms, this trope has perhaps become inverted, as the Team is now mostly comprised of female heroes, with the only two known male members being Nightwing and Arsenal.

* ''Film/DaylightsEnnd'': There are two female combatants in the group of survivors, Sam and Earnesta.

%%* ''Film/TheMightyDucks'' series

** In ''Film/Furious7'' Mia doesn’t participate in the team’s latest heist in order to take care of her and Brian’s son after they are targeted by Deckard Shaw and forced to go into hiding, and by the end she and Brian retire from the team so they can raise their family. In turn, computer hacker Ramsey whom the team was sent to rescue from a terrorist group later becomes the second female member.
** Subverted in ''Film/F9'' with Mia joining the team's mission as it involves her and Dom's brother Jakob.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{HandyManny}}'', Manny has two female tools, Dusty the hand saw and Squeeze the pliers.

* ''WesternAnimation/Numberjacks'': Shape Japer and Spooky Spoon are the only two female meanies, while the other three meanies, The Puzzler, Numbertaker, and Problem Blob, are males.

** In ''Film/Furious7'' Mia doesn’t participate in the team’s latest heist in order to take care of her and Brian’s son after they are targeted by Deckard Shaw and forced to go into hiding, and by the end, she and Brian retire from the team so they can raise their family. In turn, computer hacker Ramsey whom the team was sent to rescue from a terrorist group later becomes the second female member.

* It also happened later on the Franchise/XMen, with ComicBook/{{Polaris|MarvelComics}} joining Comicbook/JeanGrey. In the All-New, All-Different team, Jean Grey soon returned to the X-Men to join ComicBook/{{Storm}}, and after the Phoenix' death, she was replaced by ComicBook/KittyPryde.