What makes a team?

Back in action! More accurately back from inaction. This post asks the question: What makes a good team? The show It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia claims that the perfect team is made up of: Brains, Looks, Wildcard, Muscle, and the Useless Chick. Here's what they came up with on the show.

Always Sunny

Brains: Dennis clearly the most rational of the bunch although that doesn't count for much

Looks: Mac That's what you get for only working your glamor muscles

Wildcard: Charlie Who elso would cut the brakeline?

Muscle: Frank Let's face it, he's built like a dwarf. I'm not talking about a little person, I mean like Gimli!

Useless Chick: Dee Yup, useless
So that's what makes up a team? Seems to make sense. As a side note the pictures I used doesn't make it look like a comedy at all. They could be in like a serious crime drama or something. Anyway, here are some examples I came up with for other teams.

Fantastic Four and a Half

Brains: Reed Richards He's so smart that Galactus respects him. That's kind of a big deal.

Looks: Johnny Storm Nothing says "flashy" like lighting yourself on fire and flying around.

Wildcard: Franklin Richards His power is he can recontruct reality. That sounds like wildcard to me.

Muscle: Ben Grimm He can lift 80 tons. He qualifies.

Useless Chick: Susan Storm With the exception of Franklin she is the most powerful member of the team. She could easily turn invisible and rip people apart with here light powers all ninja-style. She doesn't though. One of the coolest things she can do is make abubble around a person's head so that they can't breathe. I've seen her do this to Reed when she was brainwashed and to the Hulk to calm him down. Why doesn't she do this to every bad guy they face? How long can Mole Man hold his breath?

Hot Rod

Brains: Kevin Powell He does all the computer stuff and is the stunt coordinator

Looks: Rod Kimble That is one sweet mustache, even though it's not real.

Wildcard: Dave Will he maintain the bike? Will he do acid? Will he do both?

Muscle: Rico He works with his hands to build the jumps. Also he totally ruins that one guy and takes his hat.

Useless Chick: Denise What does she do in this movie? Nothing! Except give Rod CPR so that he lives and the movie continues. Whatever.

Wizard of Oz

Brains: Tin Man The competition for smartest in not exactly very fierce.

Looks: Scarecrow He's always dancing and singing.

Wildcard: Toto No one expects anything from a little terrier. He exposes the lion's true nature and shows where the Wizard is hiding.

Muscle: Cowardly Lion I'm assuming he's strong. He's a lion.

Usless Chick: Dorothy So this whole time you could have just clicked your heals and gone home? Why are you wasting everyone's time then?

US Marshals from The FugitiveBrains: Samuel Gerard This guy is like a law enforcement genius

Looks: Noah Newman He's the young guy so he gets looks.

Wildcard: Cosmo Renfro Something about this guy just gets me. I don't know what to expect.

Muscle: Robert Biggs He's a big guy so he gets muscle

Useless Chick: Poole She doesn't even have a first name.

This has got me thinking. If I made a "dream team" following this pattern, what would I come up with? Here it is.

Dream Team

Brains: Batman Genius level tactician and also has extensive knowledge of computers, chemestry, biology, human anatomy/physiology, history, mythology, business, psychology, and engineering. That'll do.

Looks: Prince Caspian What a dashing young man. He also has a slight accent which makes him the attractive and mysterious kind of foriegn, not the smells bad and acts weird kind of foreign.

Wildcard: Hellboy (movie version) You never know what he'll say or do. Plus he has "big baby."

Muscle: Big Blue How can you go wrong with a giant rock monster with an ice theme?

Useless Chick: 1980s Era Phoebe Cates What is she going to contribute to the team? Absolutely nothing. Useless.