Tropescilloscope: Four-Temperament Ensemble

The cheerful one (Sanguine), the passionate one (Choleric), the calm one (Phlegmatic), and the methodical one (Melancholic), along with an optional fifth neutral one. (Eclectic) (read more at tvtropes.org)

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