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- Action Man: The Council of Doom
- The Big Bad: Dr. X
- The Dragon: Tempest
- The Brute: Quake
- Evil Genius: Professor Gangrene (although Dr. X and to a lesser degree Tempest can both fill for this role as well)
- The Dark Chick: Asazi (although she also has some characteristics that are usually associated with the Dragon)
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: The League of Villains
- Big Bad: King Goobot
- The Dragon: Professor Calamitous
- Evil Genius: Eustace Strych
- The Brute: Grandma Taters and the Junkman
- Dark Chick: Beautiful Gorgeous
- Tagalong Kid: Baby Eddie
- Sixth Ranger Traitor: Zix, Travolton, and Tee
- The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin: MAVO
- Big Bad: Quellor
- Co-Dragons : Bognostroclum and Mrs. Maggotheart
- Evil Genius: The Understander
- The Brute(s): Sludge, Drudge and Trudge
- The Dark Chick: Eleanor Tweeg
- Sixth Ranger: Tweeg, or so he aspires to be.
- All Dogs Go to Heaven:
- Big Bad - Red
- Demoted to Dragon - Carface
- The Evil Genius - Killer
- The Brute - Otto
- The Dark Chick - Belladonna
- Avatar: The Last Airbender: Jet's Freedom Fighters [1]
- Big Bad / Evil Genius: Jet
- The Dragon: Longshot
- The Brute: Pipsqueak
- The Dark Chick: Smellerbee
- Tagalong Kid: The Duke
- Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Fire Nation
- Big Bad: Fire Lord Ozai
- The Dragon: Azula
- Evil Genius: Zhao, also Azula
- The Brute: Mai
- The Dark Chick: Ty Lee
- Token Good Teammate: Iroh
- Sixth Ranger Traitor: Prince Zuko
- Batman: the Animated Series
- Big Bad - Joker
- The Dragon - Mr. Freeze
- The Evil Genius - Two-Face
- The Brute - Bane
- The Dark Chick - Harley Quinn
- The Batman: Team Penguin
- Big Bad - Penguin
- The Dragon - Killer Moth (was The Load before his mutation)
- The Evil Genius- Firefly, kind of.
- The Brute - Killer Croc
- The Dark Chick - Ragdoll
- Big Hero 6: The Series
- Season 1 - Obake's Team
- Big Bad / Evil Genius: Obake
- Co-Dragons: Noodle Burger Boy & Globby
- The Brute: Yama
- The Dark Chick: Trina
- Sixth Ranger Traitor: Globby
- Season 2 - Sycorax and Associates
- Big Bad / Evil Genius: Liv Amara/"Di"
- The Dragon: Chris
- The Brute: Bessie
- The Dark Chick: Mr. Sparkles
- Season 3 - Noodle Burger Boy's Gang
- Big Bad - Noodle Burger Boy
- The Dragon - Hangry Panda
- The Brute - Crushroom
- The Dark Chick - Hyper-Potamus
- Season 1 - Obake's Team
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- Big Bad: Evil Emperor Zurg
- The Dragon: Warp Darkmatter/Agent Z
- Evil Genius: Brain Pods and Nos-4-A2
- The Brute: Torque and XL
- Dark Chick: Gravitina
- Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers:
- Aldrin Klordane's gang
- Big Bad - Klordane
- Dragon Ascendant - Fat Cat
- The Evil Genius - Professor Norton Nimnul
- The Brute - Percy
- The Dark Chick - The Siamese Twins
- Fat Cat's gang
- Big Bad - Fat Cat
- The Dragon and Evil Genius - Wart
- The Brute(s) - Mole and Snout.
- The Dark Chick- Mepps
- Aldrin Klordane's gang
- Codename: Kids Next Door
- Big Bad: Father
- The Dragon: Delightful Children from Down the Lane
- Evil Genius: Interesting Twins from Beneath the Mountain
- The Brute: Chad Dickson
- Dark Chick: Cree Lincoln
- Bigger Bad: Grandfather
- Cool McCool - The College of Crooks form one in the last episode
- Big Bad — The Owl
- The Dragon — The Rattler
- Evil Genius — Dr. Madcap
- The Brute — Hurricane Harry
- Dark Chick — Greta Ghoul
- Sixth Ranger — Jack-in-a-Box
- Courage the Cowardly Dog: Formed in episode "Ball of Revenge"
- Big Bad: Eustace Bagge
- The Dragon: Katz
- Evil Genius: Dr. Le Quack
- The Brute: The Big Foot
- Dark Chick: Black Puddle Queen
- Sixth Ranger: Cajun Fox
- Team Pet: The Weremole
- Darkwing Duck:
- Taurus Bulba's Gang
- Big Bad - Bulba
- The Dragon - Hammerhead Hannigan
- The Evil Genius - Mouth
- The Brute - Hoof
- The Dark Chick - Clovis
- Team Pet - Tantalus
- Fearsome Five
- Big Bad - Negaduck, the definite leader, who fits the other roles so well, too - right down to Dark Chick.
- The Dragon - Megavolt, with a flashy, obvious power and a popularity that might just be the greatest both among the fandom and among the writers.
- The Evil Genius - Bushroot, botanist whose plant attacks are relatively indirect and often bolstered by experimental chemistry.
- The Brute - Liquidator, a water elemental whose innate power is potentially far greater in terms of raw threat than anyone else in the show, whose weakness is that he is relatively unimaginative.
- The Dark Chick - Quackerjack, whose special ability is "wackiness" (his 'gimmick' of making deadly toys isn't a superpower).
- Taurus Bulba's Gang
- Der Fuehrer's Face
- Big Bad - "Goebbels" (trombone)
- The Dragon - "Himmler" (snare drum)
- The Evil Genius - "Hirohito" (sousaphone)
- The Brute - "Goring" (piccolo)
- The Dark Chick - "Mussolini" (bass drum)
- Bigger Bad - "Der Fuehrer"
- Ducktales
- Big Bad - Merlock
- The Dragon - Dijon
- The Evil Genius - Flintheart Glomgold
- The Brute - The Beagle Boys
- The Dark Chick - Magica De Spell
- Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy: The Kankers are a three man version of this, from the other kids' POV:
- Big Bad and The Brute: Lee
- The Dragon and Evil Genius (sort of): Marie
- The Dark Chick: May
- El Tigre: The main villains
- Big Bad - Sartana of the Dead
- The Dragon - Django
- The Evil Genius - Dr. Chipotle sr. and jr.
- The Brute - El Oso
- The Dark Chick - Flock of Fury
- Fairly Oddparents"-The other holidays in "Christmas Everyday!"
- Big Bad - Easter Bunny
- The Dragon / The Brute - Baby New Year
- The Evil Genius - The April Fool
- The Dark Chick - Cupid
- Team Pet - Hallo-Weenie Dog
- Family Guy
- Big Bad - Carter
- Demoted to Dragon - Stewie
- The Evil Genius - James Woods
- The Brute - Bertram
- The Dark Chick - Ernie the Giant Chicken
- Futurama
- Big Bad - Lrrr
- The Dragon - Zapp Brannigan
- The Evil Genius - Robot Devil
- The Brute - Richard Nixon
- The Dark Chick - Mom
- Gargoyles: The Pack
- Big Bad: Fox. Pulls double duty as the Smart Guy. Later replaced by Coyote.
- The Dragon: Wolf. Constantly trying to take over (from Coyote; he didn't seem to mind working for Fox), but failing miserably.
- The Evil Genius: Dingo. Combat Pragmatist who prefers explosives and long-range weapons. Besides Fox, the most level-headed of the group.
- The Brute: Jackal. Actually, both he and his sister Hyena fill the brute roles. They both love to slice and dice with mean claws.
- The Dark Chick: Hyena, basically just by gender-based process of elimination, as usual.
- An earlier example:
- Big Bad Duumvirate: David Xanatos and Demona
- The Dragon: Owen Burnett
- Evil Genius: MacBeth and Sevarius
- The Brute: Coldstone
- Dark Chick: Fox
- Generator Rex: The Pack
- Big Bad: Van Kleiss
- The Dragon: Biowulf
- The Evil Genius: Breach
- The Brute: Skalamander
- The Dark Chick: Circe
- G.I. Joe
- Big Bad - Cobra Commander. After the creation of Serpentor, however, the position is constantly torn between the two of them as they both vie for ultimate supremacy.
- The Dragon - Destro
- The Evil Genius - Dr. Mindbender
- The Brute - Zartan, mostly due to his control over the Dreadnoks; Major Bludd and Wild Weasel, as well.
- The Dark Chick - The Baroness, along with Xamot and Tomax.
- Sixth Rangers - Storm Shadow and Firefly, the highest-ranking Cobras who are still ultimately servants of Cobra Commander above all, and his liaisons with the Arashikage ninjas.
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (new series)
- Big Bad - Skeletor
- The Dragon - Beast Man
- The Evil Genius - Tri-Klops
- The Brute - Trap-Jaw
- The Dark Chick - Evil-Lyn
- Sixth Ranger / Sixth Ranger Traitor - Kobra Khan
- House of Mouse, Jafar and the other Characters form one in Mickey's House of Villains
- Big Bad - Jafar
- The Dragon - Captain Hook
- The Evil Genius - Hades
- The Brute - Ursula
- The Dark Chick - Cruella de Vil
- Horrid Henry
- Horrid Henry's Group
- Big Bad - Horrid Henry
- The Dragon - Rude Ralph
- Evil Genius - Brainy Brian
- The Brute - Aerobic Al and Beefy Bert
- Dark Chick - Weepy William and Anxious Andrew
- The Secret Club
- Big Bad - Moody Margaret
- The Dragon - Sour Susan
- Evil Genius - Singing Soraya
- The Brute - Lazy Linda
- Dark Chick - Gorgeous Gurinder
- The Best Boys
- Big Bad / Evil Genius - Perfect Peter
- The Dragon - Goody-Goody Gordon
- The Brute - Spotless Sam
- Dark Chick - Tidy Ted
- School Faculty
- Big Bad - Miss Oddbod
- The Dragon - Miss Battle-Axe
- Evil Genius - Madame Tutu
- The Brute - Soggy Sid and Greasy Greta
- Dark Chick - Miss Lovely
- The Series Main Big Bads
- Big Bad - Perfect Peter
- The Dragon - Moody Margaret
- Evil Genius - Miss Battle-Axe
- The Brute - Sour Susan
- Dark Chick - Stuck-Up Steve
- Horrid Henry's Group
- Huntik Secrets and Seekers: The Organization
- Big Bad: The Professor
- The Dragon: Rassimov
- Evil Genius: Klaus
- The Brute: Grier
- Dark Chick: DeFoe
- Sixth Ranger Traitor: Zhalia Moon
- The DCU's Injustice League
- Big Bad - Major Disaster, whose name is also a handy way to describe the team in general.
- The Dragon - Cluemaster, who constantly complains about having to work with the rest. The only one to survive the team's mission as the Suicide Squad.
- The Evil Genius - Clock King, whose precise timing and ability to calculate the exact amount of time necessary to do something are a tremendous asset to the team.
- The Brute - Big Sir, who is tremendously large and powerful, but also mentally handicapped. Real name: Doofus P. Ratchet
- The Dark Chick - Multi-Man, who always comes back to life if killed, each time with a new superpower, meaning his role in the team is ever-changing.
- Jackie Chan Adventures: The Dark Hand
- Big Bad: Shendu and Valmont
- The Dragon: Valmont. Ironically, Shendu becomes a literal example when Valmont uses him as a diversion for Jackie in the Season 1 finale, becoming The Starscream.
- The Evil Genius: Ratso (studied quantum physics before becoming a thug)
- The Brute: Tohru. Right after his Heel Face Turn, it's Hak Foo.
- The Dark Chick: Finn (obsessed with disco) and Chow (with Cool Shades, although they are also his eyeglasses)
- The Legend of Korra - Every season has one
- The Equalists
- Big Bad - Amon
- The Dragon - The Lieutenant
- The Evil Genius - Hiroshi Sato
- The Brutes - The Chi-Blockers
- The Dark Chick - The Protester
- The Dark Spirits
- Big Bad / Evil Genius - Unalaq
- The Brute - Desna
- The Dark Chick - Eska
- Bigger Bad - Vaatu
- Red Lotus Gang
- Big Bad / Evil Genius - Zaheer
- The Dragon - Ghazan
- The Brute - P'Li
- The Dark Chick - Ming-Hua
- The Sixth Ranger - Aiwei
- Earth Empire
- Big Bad - Kuvira
- The Dragon - Baatar Jr.
- The Evil Genius - Varrick
- The Brute - The Colossus
- Sixth Ranger Traitor - Bolin
- The Equalists
- The Legion of Super Heroes: The Fatal Five
- Big Bad - The Emerald Empress
- The Dragon - The Persuader, who would easily be The Brute in any other team.
- The Evil Genius - Tharok, a half-machine Evil Counterpart of Brainiac 5.
- The Brute - Validus
- The Dark Chick - Mano, despite being one of the most formidable of the five, is noticeably less stable than the others.
- LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
- Ghost Warriors
- Big Bad - Morro
- The Dragon - Soul Archer
- The Evil Genius - Wrayth
- The Brute - Ghoul Tar
- The Dark Chick - Bansha
- Eldritch Abomination Behind the Man / Bigger Bad - The Preeminent
- Ghost Warriors
- Lilo & Stitch: The Series
- Big Bad - Dr. Hämsterviel, the main villain of the series.
- Demoted to Dragon - Gantu, former captain of the Galactic Federation, now left to work for Dr. Hämsterviel, and is the most recurring antagonist while Hämsterviel is locked up.
- The Evil Genius / Sixth Ranger Traitor - Jumba, who helped Hämsterviel with the experiments in the past, referring himself as the "genius" to Hämsterviel's "evil." He is now Hämsterviel's enemy.
- The Brute - Leroy, A.K.A. Experiment 629, who was stronger than Stitch, and unlike the other experiments, could not be turned good. Some other experiments that work with Gantu can serve this role in other episodes, with Gantu himself being a bit of a brute.
- The Dark Chick - Reuben, a.k.a. Experiment 625, who has all of Stitch's abilities, yet is quite lazy. He does make great sandwiches though.
- Team Pet - Pleakley, whom Jumba sucks into his plans.
- Tagalong Kid - Mertle Edmonds, Lilo's rival.
- Alternate, if you really regard Gantu as the main antagonist since the first movie
- Big Bad - Gantu
- The Dragon - Jumba
- The Evil Genius / Bigger Bad - Dr. Hamsterviel
- The Brute - Reuben
- The Dark Chick - Pleakley
- The Lion Guard - Scar's Army
- Big Bad - Scar
- The Dragon - Ushari
- The Evil Genius - Mzingo
- The Brute - Janja and Kiburi
- The Dark Chick - Reirei
- Looney Tunes:
- The Man Behind the Man - ACME Corporation
- Big Bad - Marvin the Martian
- The Dragon - Yosemite Sam
- The Evil Genius - Wile E. Coyote
- The Brute - Tasmanian Devil
- The Dark Chick - Elmer Fudd
- Mickey Mouse & Friends:
- Big Bad - Pete
- The Dragon - Wolf
- The Evil Genius - Beagle Boys
- The Brute - Willie the Giant
- The Dark Chick - Mortimer Mouse
- The Mighty Ducks
- Big Bad - Lord Dragaunus
- The Dragon / Evil Genius - Wraith
- The Brute - Siege
- The Dark Chick - Chameleon
- Minoriteam: The White Shadow
- Big Bad - The White Shadow himself, a Modern Major-General if there ever was one
- The Dragon - The Corporate Ladder, a cowardly backstabbing yes-man.
- The Evil Genius - The Standardized Test, a gigantic super-smart robot
- The Brute - Racist Frankenstein, Dumb Muscle straight out of the Ivy League
- The Dark Chick - Seamus MacFisticuffs, a hairy, leprechaun-like Irishman
- Sixth Ranger - Danger Doom. That is, he would be, if he ever showed up at the meetings or returned the White Shadow's calls...
- Miraculous Ladybug - The main villains
- Big Bad / Evil Genius: Hawk Moth/Gabriel Agreste
- The Dragon: Mayura/Nathalie Sancoeur
- The Brute: The Sentimonsters
- The Dark Chick: Lila Rossi
- Sixth Ranger: Chloe Bourgeois
- Monster Truck Mater
- Big Bad: Doctor Frankenwagon and The Monster
- The Dragon: Paddy O'Concrete
- The Evil Genius: Doctor Feelbad
- The Brute: Captain Collision
- The Dark Chick: Ice Screamer and Rastacarian
- My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
- Overall
- Big Bad - Storm King
- The Dragon - Tempest Shadow
- The Evil Genius - Grubber
- The Brute - Tirek
- The Dark Chick - Discord
- The Sixth Ranger - Sunset Shimmer
- The Legion of Doom
- Big Bad - Grogar (at first; he's revealed to be Discord in disguise later on)
- The Dragon / Dark Chick - Queen Chrysalis
- The Evil Genius - Cozy Glow
- The Brute - Tirek
- Sixth Ranger Traitor - King Sombra
- Overall
- Phineas and Ferb
- Dr. Doofenshmirtz
- Big Bad: Dr. Doofenshmirtz
- The Dragon / The Dark Chick: Vanessa
- The Evil Genius: Charlene (Bit of a stretch, but the only one with any common sense, Dr. D would be a Evil Genius too)
- The Brute: Norm
- Mission Marvel
- Big Bad: Red Skull
- The Dragon: Whiplash
- Evil Genius: M.O.D.O.K
- The Brute: Venom
- Dark Chick: Dr. Doofenshmirtz
- Tales From the Resistance: Back to the 2nd Dimension
- Big Bad / Evil Genius: Charlene-2
- Demoted to Dragon: Doofenshmirtz-2
- The Brute: The Animal-Borgs
- The Dark Chick: Vanessa-2
- The Sixth Ranger: Tony Marzulo
- Dr. Doofenshmirtz
- The Powerpuff Girls
- The overall franchise
- Big Bad - Mojo Jojo
- The Dragon - Him
- The Evil Genius - Gangreen Gang
- The Brute - Fuzzy Lumpkins
- The Dark Chick - Sedusa
- Tagalong Kid - Princess Morbucks
- Sixth Ranger Traitors - Amoeba Boys
- The Gangreen gang
- The Man Behind the Man - Mr. Jack Wednesday (Schoolhouse Rocked only)
- Big Bad - Ace
- The Dragon - Little Arturo
- The Evil Genius - Grubber... kind of.
- The Brute - Big Billy
- The Dark Chick - Snake
- The overall franchise
- The Beat-Alls (One episode only)
- Big Bad - Mojo Jojo
- The Dragon - Him
- The Brute - Fuzzy Lumpkins
- Evil Genius - Princess Morbucks
- The Dark Chick - Moko Jono, though she was later revealed to be a double agent.
- The Beat-Alls (One episode only)
- Real Monsters
- Big Bad — The Gromble
- Dragon-in-Chief — Simon the Monster Hunter
- The Evil Genius — The Snorch
- The Brute — Don
- The Dark Chick — Zimbo
- Recess: Lawson and his crew from the eponymous episode:
- Big Bad: Lawson
- The Dragon: Skeens
- The Brute: Kurst
- The Evil Genius: Menlo
- The Dark Chick: Randall
- Token Good Teammate: Swinger Girl
- Recess: School's Out
- Big Bad - Dr. Phillium Benedict
- The Dragon / The Brute - Kojak
- Evil Genius - Professor Fenwick
- Regular Show: Crew Crew in "Rap it Up"
- Big Bad: Alpha-Dog, the leader of the crew.
- The Dragon: Blitz Comet, the main rapper under Alpha-Dog.
- Evil Genius: V-Tron, who controls the crew's sound equipment and never says a word.
- The Brute: Francis, the tall muscly member who doesn't do anything except stand around and act tough.
- Dark Chick: Demel-Ishun, the sole female of the group.
- Rollbots: Vertex and his minions:
- Big Bad: Vertex
- The Dragon / Evil Genius: Manx
- Dark Chick: Botch
- The Brute: Macro
- Sixth Ranger: Botch, Vett
- Samurai Jack: The Bounty Hunters
- Big Bad - Princess Mira, a deposed royal desperate to regain her kingdom by killing Jack for Aku
- The Dragon - Jujunga, an intimidating indigenous Australian whose blowdarts are tipped with the deadliest poisons.
- The Evil Genius - I and Am, catlike creatures with Twin Telepathy and more cunning between them than the rest of the group, Mira excluded, combined.
- The Brute - Boris, a tremendous Russian who doesn't know the meaning of the word "finesse." Overestimates his own abilities; His plan for killing Jack hinged on Jack's sword breaking against his skin. Extremely dimwitted.
- The Dark Chick- The Gentleman, a Southern style dandy and master of the duel. Equipped with Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness and Dual-Wielding knives
- Bigger Bad - Aku
- She-Ra: Princess of Power - The Evil Horde
- Big Bad: Hordak
- The Dragon: Shadow Weaver
- Evil Genius: Entrapta
- The Brute: Scorpia
- Dark Chick: Catra
- Team Pet: Imp
- Sixth Ranger Traitor: Adora
- Silver Hawks
- Big Bad - Mon*Star
- The Dragon - Yes-Man
- Evil Geniuses - Hardware & Poker Face
- The Brutes - Windhammer, Buzz-Saw & Mumbo Jumbo
- The Dark Chick - Melodia
- The Sixth Ranger - Mo-Lec-U-Lar
- The Simpsons:
- Mr. Burns's Gang
- Big Bad - Mr. Burns
- The Dragon - Mr. Smithers
- The Evil Genius - The Blue Haired Lawyer
- The Brute - The Hired Goons
- Team Pet - The Hounds
- In the overall show
- Big Bad Duumvirate - Mr. Burns & Russ Cargill
- The Dragon - Sideshow Bob
- The Evil Genius - Mr. Smithers
- The Brute - Comic Book Guy
- The Dark Chick - Lindsey Naegle
- The Sixth Rangers - Kang & Kodos
- Mr. Burns's Gang
- Spider-Man
- The Insidious Six from the 90's Spider-Man series
- Big Bad - The Kingpin, The Man Behind the Man for the team.
- The Dragon - Doctor Octopus, field leader and the most competent.
- The Evil Genius - Mysterio, his tech and resources are heavily used in their initial plot against Spider-Man. Also applies to Doctor Octopus, especially following Mysterio's death.
- The Brute - Rhino and Scorpion share this role as both are good for raw brawn and not much else.
- The Dark Chick - The Shocker, relatively the least formidable.
- Sixth Ranger - The Chameleon, the most distant of the group, betrays them in their last incarnation. Also the Vulture is a more fitting example, replacing Mysterio after his supposed death.
- The Insidious Six from the 90's Spider-Man series
- The Sinister Six (The Spectacular Spider-Man version)
- Big Bad - Doctor Octopus, the leader of the bunch and probably the most competent.
- The Dragon - Electro, who wields more raw power than anyone else on the team, and is also the most loyal to Doc Ock.
- The Evil Genius - Vulture, a Gadgeteer Genius.
- The Brute - Sandman and Rhino share the position.
- The Dark Chick - Shocker. The closest thing to an ordinary guy on the team. While quite formidable, his teammates tend to outstrip him in power and/or smarts.
- Sixth Ranger Traitor - Kraven the Hunter & Mysterio. They join the group briefly, but then leave to pursue their own interests.
- The Sinister Six (The Spectacular Spider-Man version)
- The Big Man's men, from The Spectacular Spider-Man
- Big Bad - The Big Man, aka Tombstone
- The Dragon- Hammerhead
- The Evil Genius- Montana (really- he's not as smart as some other villains, but he's quite a competent field leader and tactician)
- The Brute- Ox
- The Dark Chick- Fancy Dan
- The Man Behind the Man- Green Goblin/Norman Osborn
- The Big Man's men, from The Spectacular Spider-Man
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The League of Evil from "Captain Pipsqueak".
- Big Bad: Man Ray, as he seemed to be the leader.
- The Dragon: Dirty Bubble
- Evil Genius: Plankton / "Captain Pipsqueak", who in addition to being an inventor is the one who came up with the Evil Plan they follow in the episode.
- The Brute: Jumbo Shrimp
- Dark Chick: Notodoris
- Star vs. The Forces of Evil
- Season 4 - The Magic High Commission, post Face-Heel Turn
- Big Bad / The Man Behind the Man - Queen Moon
- Dragon with an Agenda - Mina Loveberry
- The Evil Genius - Omnitraxus Prime
- The Brute - Rhombulus
- The Dark Chick / Token Good Teammate - Hekapoo
- Season 4 - The Magic High Commission, post Face-Heel Turn
- Star Wars: Droids
- Big Bad - Kybo Ren
- Dragon with an Agenda - Zatec Cha
- The Evil Genius - Vinga
- The Brute - Klebb Zellock
- The Dark Chick - Miridon
- Sixth Ranger - Ren's Pirate Crew
- Storm Hawks
- Big Bad and Evil Genius - Master Cyclonis
- The Dragon - The Dark Ace
- The Brute - Snipe
- The Dark Chick - Ravess
- Sixth Ranger - Repton
- Sushi Pack: Legion of Low Tide
- Big Bad - Uni
- The Dragon - Unagi
- The Evil Genius - Fugu
- The Brute - Toro
- The Dark Chick - Moichi Mochiato
- Teen Titans
- The Brotherhood of Evil
- Big Bad and Evil Genius- The Brain (he's the leader of the whole group, and far away the most intelligent)
- The Dragon- Monsieur Mallah (the Brain's loyal and powerful enforcer)
- The Brute- Madame Rouge (she's not dumb, but uses brute force the most and usually gets sent to do kidnappings and killings)
- The Dark Chick- General Immortus (why exactly was he there again? EXPERIENCE!)
- The Brotherhood of Evil
- The HIVE (With Brother Blood)
- The HIVE (Without Brother Blood)
- Big Bad- Jinx, though she's just the leader of this team and is never one of the seasonal Big Bads
- The Dragon- See-More
- The Evil Genius- Gizmo
- The Brute(s)- Billy Numerous and Mammoth.
- The Dark Chick- Kyd Wykkyd
- The HIVE (Without Brother Blood)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- 1987 series
- Big Bad - Krang
- The Dragon - Shredder
- The Evil Genius - Baxter Stockman, or sometimes Krang himself.
- The Brute(s) aka Those Two Bad Guys - Bebop & Rocksteady.
- The Dark Chick - Slash
- Sixth Ranger - Leatherhead and/or the Rat King
- 1987 series
- 2003 series: The Foot higher-ups in the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 'toon were organized in roughly this manner in the show's third season.
- Big Bad - Oroku Saki/The Shredder.
- The Dragon - Hun and Karai
- The Evil Genius - Doctors Baxter Stockman and Chaplin shared the role.
- The Brute - Hun.
- The Dark Chick - Karai, again.
- 2003 series: The Foot higher-ups in the second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 'toon were organized in roughly this manner in the show's third season.
- Turtles Forever: Features a Villain Team-Up between most of the above two groups
- Big Bad - Ch'rell/'03 Shredder
- The Dragon - Karai
- The Evil Genius - Krang, presented here as an evil Genius Ditz.
- The Brute - Hun
- The Dark Chick - '80s Shredder, due to being played up as a Harmless Villain.
- The Sixth Rangers/Those Two Bad Guys - Bebop and Rocksteady.
- Turtles Forever: Features a Villain Team-Up between most of the above two groups
- Tokyo Mater
- Big Bad - Kabuto
- The Dragon - Komodo
- The Evil Genius - Manji and Kaa Reesu
- The Brute - Tabinu, Tansou, and Yojimbo
- The Dark Chick - Yokoza and Kabuto Ninjas
- Totally Spies: LAMOS
- Big Bad - Terence Lewis
- The Dragon - Helga Von Guggen
- The Evil Genius - Tim Scam
- The Brute - Myrna Beesbottom
- The Dark Chick - Boogie Gus
- Transformers Animated
- Decepticons (Notably, they don't really come together like this until the final episodes)
- Big Bad - Megatron
- The Dragon - Starscream initially, then Blitzwing takes the role
- The Evil Genius - Shockwave (Soundwave normally takes this role, but he never actually joins the group in this series)
- The Brute - Lugnut
- Wild Card - Starscream, along with all his clones
- Decepticons (Notably, they don't really come together like this until the final episodes)
- Team Chaar
- Big Bad - Strika
- The Dragon - Cyclonus
- The Evil Genius - Oil Slick
- The Brute - Blackout
- The Dark Chick - Spittor
- Bigger Bad - Megatron
- Team Chaar
- Transformers Armada
- Big Bad: Megatron
- Co-Dragons: Starscream and Demolisher
- Evil Genius: Sideways and Thrust
- The Brute: Tidal Wave
- Dark Chick: Cyclonus
- Sixth Ranger: Wheeljack
- Transformers Energon
- Big Bad: Megatron
- The Dragon: Starscream
- Evil Genius: Shockblast and Six Shot
- The Brute: Demolisher, Tidal Wave/Mirage, Construction Maximus and Bruticus Maximus
- Dark Chick: Cyclonus/Snow Cat
- Sixth Ranger Traitor: Scorponok
- Transformers Cybertron
- Big Bad: Megatron
- The Dragon: Starscream. Later Scourge after Starscream's betrayal and Thundercracker after Scourge's Heel Face Turn.
- The Evil Genius: Ransack
- The Brute: Thundercracker and Crumplezone
- The Dark Chick: Thunderblast
- The Nemesis Crew
- Big Bad - Megatron
- The Dragon - Starscream
- Evil Genius - Soundwave
- The Brute - Thundercracker and Skywarp
- Dark Chick - Reflector
- Sixth Ranger - Shockwave
- The Nemesis Crew
- The Combaticons
- Big Bad - Onslaught
- The Dragon - Vortex. Not too obvious, but he yells orders whenever Onslaught is incapacitated.
- The Evil Genius - Swindle. Knows a lot about all those weapons he sells.
- The Brute - Brawl. The most obvious one.
- The Dark Chick - Blastoff. His alt mode and function keep him apart of the rest
- Bigger Bad - Megatron
- The Combaticons
- The Stunticons
- The Big Bad - Motormaster, Bad Boss extraordinaire.
- The Dragon - Drag Strip, the only one willing to stand up to Motormaster, and the best fighter in group.
- The Evil Genius - Dead End, the most stable of the group (Nietzsche Wannabe tendencies aside)
- The Brute - Wildrider, who puts the crazy in Ax Crazy.
- The Dark Chick - Breakdown, Mr. Paranoia himself
- Bigger Bad - Megatron
- The Stunticons
- Beast Wars: The Predacons
- Big Bad - Megatron
- The Dragon - Scorponok (season 1), Inferno (seasons 2-3 also The Brute).
- The Evil Genius - Tarantulas
- The Brute - Quickstrike (season 2-3)
- The Dark Chick - Blackarachnia (until her Heel Face Turn in season 3), Waspinator until the finale.
- The Starscream - Terrorsaur (season 1)
- Sixth Rangers - Rampage (seasons 2-3, also The Brute), Dinobot II (season 3) until the finale.
- Beast Machines, the sequel to Beast Wars, had a continuously evolving cast of villains, but they conformed to the standard configuration pretty well.
- Big Bad: Megatron.
- The Dragon: Originally Jetstorm, then Thrust and finally Obsidian and Strika as Co-Dragons.
- The Evil Genius: First Tankor/Rhinox, then Strika and Obsidian.
- The Brute: Tankor until Rhinox resurfaces.
- The Dark Chick: Thrust.
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise - The Predacons
- Big Bad: Megatron/Gigatron
- The Dragon: Sky Byte
- Evil Genius: Gas Skunk
- The Brute: Slapper
- Dark Chick: Dark Scream
- The Decepticons.
- Big Bad: Scourge, though he is The Dragon to Megatron.
- The Dragon: Mega-Octane, commander of the commandos that merge to form Ruination.
- Evil Genius: Ro-Tor
- The Brute: Armorhide
- Dark Chick: Rollbar and Movor.
- In an alternate way for the Decepticons...
- Big Bad: Mega-Octane
- The Dragon: Ro-Tor
- Evil Genius: Rollbar
- The Brute: Armorhide
- Dark Chick: Movor
- The Man Behind the Man: Scourge
- Bigger Bad: Megatron
- Transformers Prime
- Big Bad- Megatron
- The Dragon - Starscream though following his defection, the role now seems to rotate among Soundwave, Knock Out, and Airachnid, depending on Megatron's mood. When Starscream returns he takes back the role and later becomes Co-Dragons with Shockwave.
- The Evil Genius- Soundwave and Knock Out (Soundwave is the espionage expert, Knock Out is tech advisor and medic)
- The Brute- Breakdown and Predaking
- The Dark Chick- Airachnid and Knock Out.
- Sixth Ranger: Dreadwing, who joins in season 2 and several episodes later is promoted to the vacant Dragon position.
- Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) - Steeljaw's Pack
- Big Bad: Steeljaw
- The Dragon: Thunderhead
- Evil Genius: Fracture
- The Brute: Underbite
- Dark Chick: Clampdown
- Steeljaw's Pack come Season 2
- Big Bad: Steeljaw
- The Dragon: Thunderhoof
- Evil Genius: Overload
- The Brute: Groundpounder
- Dark Chick: Clampdown
- The Stunticons in Combiner Wars
- Big Bad: Motormaster
- The Dragon: Dragstrip
- Evil Genius: Slashmark
- The Brute: Heatseeker
- Dark Chick: Wildbreak
- The rest of the villains in Combiner Wars as well.
- Big Bad: Steeljaw and Soundwave
- The Dragon: Thunderhoof
- Evil Genius: Quillfire
- The Brute: Underbite
- Dark Chick: Clampdown
- Greater-Scope Villain: The Benefactors aka the High Council.
- Trollz - The Evil-BFFL
- Big Bad - Evil Amethyst
- The Dragon / The Evil Genius - Evil Sapphire
- The Brute - Evil Topaz
- The Dark Chick - Evil Onyx
- The Boondocks: - Ed's gang in "Let's Nab Oprah"
- Big Bad - Ed Wuncler III "The Leader"
- The Dragon / The Brute - Gin Rummy "The Muscle"
- The Evil Genius (kind of)/ The Dark Chick - Riley Freeman "The Lookout"
- TUGS - The Z-Stacks:
- Big Bad - Zorran
- The Dragon - Zebedee
- The Evil Genius - Zug (at least, that's how he sees himself)
- The Brute - Zak
- The Dark Chick - Zip
- Bigger Bad - Captain Zero
- The Venture Brothers, The Revenge Society!
- Big Bad - Revenge (Phantom Limb, gone off his rocker)
- Co-Dragons - Dragoon and Red Mantle, the Councilmen (unwillingly)
- The Evil Genius - Wisdom
- The Brute - Chuck
- The Dark Chick - Lady Nightshade
- The Sixth Ranger Traitor - Billy Quizboy (again, unwillingly)
- Note: Three of these are inanimate objects
- Later, he gets a better, more competent Revenge Society:
- Big Bad: A re-sane Phantom Limb.
- The Dragon and Evil Genius: Professor Impossible
- The Brute: Baron Underbeit
- The Dark Chick: Lyndon Bee and Ladyhawk Johnson, Fat Chance.
- Later, he gets a better, more competent Revenge Society:
- Villainous (2017 series) - Black Hat's Organization
- Big Bad: Black Hat
- The Dragon / Evil Genius: Dr. Flug
- The Brute / Team Pet: 5.0.5
- The Dark Chick: Demencia
- Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch - The Chopper Bunch
- Big Bad: Chopper
- The Dragon/The Evil Genius: Revs
- The Brute: Hi-Riser
- Tagalong Kid: Scrambles
- Winx Club
- Shadowhaunt
- Wizards of the Black Circle
- Big Bad - Ogron
- The Dragon / The Brute - Gantlos
- The Evil Genius - Anagan
- The Dark Chick - Duman
- WITCH
- Phobos and his followers in season 1
- Big Bad - Prince Phobos
- The Dragon - Lord Cedric, later Raythor as Cedric becames The Starscream
- The Evil Genius - Tracker
- The Brute(s) - Sandpit, Frost, and Gargoyle
- The Dark Chick - Miranda
- Sixth Ranger - Raythor
- Phobos and his followers in season 1
- The Knights of Vengeance
- Big Bad - Nerissa, later Phobos
- The Dragon - Raythar
- The Evil Genius - Tracker
- The Brute - Frost and Sandpit
- The Dark Chick - Miranda
- Team Pet - Gargoyle
- The Knights of Vengeance
- The Knights of Destruction
- Big Bad and Evil Genius - Nerissa
- The Dragon - Shagon
- The Brute - Tridart
- The Dark Chick - Ember
- Team Pet - Kor
- The Knights of Destruction
- Wolverine and the X-Men: The Brotherhood
- Big Bad - Quicksilver
- The Dragon - Avalanche
- The Evil Genius - Domino
- The Brute - Blob
- The Dark Chick - Toad
- X-Men: Evolution
- The Brotherhood, who later develop into an excellent example of what happens to a Five-Bad Band when they lose their Big Bad.
- Big Bad - Magneto, relatively briefly then Mystique, and, eventually, Avalanche.
- The Dragon - technically Mystique, although Avalanche/Lance, a Hair-Trigger Temper with a few too many Berserk Buttons, fits more plot and character-wise, and once the Brotherhood's ties with Mystique were cut, Toad.
- The Evil Genius- Quicksilver/Pietro would like to think of himself this way, but whether he fits the genius part is debatable. While he is probably the smartest, the entire rest of the group is made up of D students. They do end up the Terrible Trio, after all.
- The Brute - Fred/Blob. Like all of the Brotherhood, more sympathetic than usual.
- The Dark Chick- Tabitha/Boom Boom after her Face Heel Turn, later Wanda/Scarlet Witch, whose powers stem from her extreme emotional volatility.
- The Sixth Ranger Traitor - Rogue.
- The Brotherhood, who later develop into an excellent example of what happens to a Five-Bad Band when they lose their Big Bad.
- The Acolytes
- Big Bad: Magneto
- The Dragon: Sabertooth
- The Evil Genius: Mastermind
- The Brute(s): Colossus and Pyro.
- The Dark Chick: Gambit
- The Acolytes
- Yin Yang Yo: Season 2
- Big Bad - Eradicus
- The Evil Genius - Molecu Larse
- The Brute - Industructa Bob
- The Dark Chick - Ella Mental
- Sixth Ranger - Rubber Chucky
- Young Justice: The Light
- The Big Bad: Vandal Savage
- Co-Dragons: Lex Luthor and Ra's Al Ghul
- The Dark Chick: Queen Bee
- The Evil Genius: The Brain
- The Brute: Ocean Master/Orm
- Tagalong Kid: Klarion the Witch Boy
- The Injustice League
- Big Bad: Count Vertigo
- The Dragon: The Joker
- The Evil Genius: Poison Ivy, Ultra-Humanite
- The Brute: Black Adam, Wotan
- The Dark Chick: Atomic Skull
- Doom
- Big Bad - SNAPTRAP
- The Dragon / Evil Genius - Larry
- The Brute - Fransisco
- The Dark Chick - Ollie
- ↑ Mainly in their first and most antagonistic appearance.