Fictional friend groups to compare your real life squad to

 If you're in a close-knit friend group (or "squad") like I am, you've probably had the experience of comparing your friends to a famous fictional friend group. Furthermore, you've probably noticed that there are basic character types in fiction and real life that lead to a functioning group. Your friend group is probably right around four people, since that's demonstrably the best size -- and looking at the following squads, these numbers repeat often.

I should write my thesis about squad makeup. Squadology.

Anyway, here's your resource for coming up with group Halloween costumes, or just fun conversation. Keep the members of your squad in mind. It will probably be immediately apparent who's who.You can add in other characters or combine characters into an amalgam if you need to in order to fit your own squad.

Ninja Turtles

Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo.

Winnie the Pooh

Tigger, Pooh, Eeyore and Piglet.

Golden Girls

Rose, Dorothy, Blanche and Sophia.

Mean Girls

Cady, Regina, Karen and Gretchen.

Wizard of Oz

Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion.

How I Met Your Mother

Barney, Ted, Robin, Marshall and Lily.

PowerPuff Girls

Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic, Knuckles and Tails.

F.R.I.E.N.D.S. 

Joey, Ross, Chandler, Monica, Rachel and Phoebe.