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Super Sentai (better known as Power Rangers in the West, though not the same show) recently had a season which started with 9 core members of the team, and ballooned to 12 by show's end (Rangers mind you, we're not talking about secondary). They got away with it by making several unique elements. First, every member was very different to the degree that each of the Ranger suits had several non-standard designs for the season... only the Red Ranger was actually considered a standard uniform.

Next, the various episode employed one of two formats: 5 on 4 off (the off number would rise as the cast did) where five of the heroes were sent on the mission while the remaining cast were given a B-plot at best. This dove tails further as some were given side stories that doubled as a C plot and would lead into other episodes.

The other option was the all hands missions, where the entire team was broken into smaller units of threes and fours to engage in one part of a mission (A Team fights the mooks of the season and frees the civillians, B team engages with the monster of the week or the recurring general, and C team would fight the giant monsters/mooks).

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