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▲[[File:blonde-brunette-redhead_witches-of-eastwick3_5262.jpg|link=The Witches of Eastwick|right|Characters played by Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfieffer, and Cher no less!]]
 
{{quote|''"You get used to it. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead..."''
 
{{quote|''"You get used to it. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead..."''|'''Cypher''', |''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]''}}
 
The hair equivalent to vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. The trope is strictly for visual appeal; [[How Not to Write A Novel|they are not personality types]].
 
Sometimes, they're heroes. Sometimes, they're friends. Sometimes, they're [[Betty and Veronica|contenders]], [[Third Option Love Interest|vying]] for the same love interest. Whatever the details, they're proof that Central Casting [[Rule of Three|does the math]]: three women, three major hair colors. [[Gotta Catch EmThem All|Collect the full set]]. This trope was inspired -- orinspired—or at least made famous -- byfamous—by [[The Andrews Sisters]], a [[Girl Group]] from the 1940s who were famous for entertaining American troops during [[World War Two]].
 
Strictly speaking, these women need not have the exact Clairol hues of blonde, brown/black and red, particularly when [[Hair Color Dissonance|stepping away from]] from [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|the natural spectrum]]. The blonde will have the lightest hair, the brunette the darkest and the redhead will have a distinct moderate shade --— all for instant sight recognition.
 
Sometimes, a [[Token Minority]] may either replace the Caucasian brunette or stand beside her. The latter case can match the [[Four -Girl Ensemble]]: [[Sassy Black Woman|the Black Girl]], the Blonde ([[Hair of Gold|sweet]] or [[Dumb Blonde|dumb]]), the [[Brainy Brunette|Brunette]] and [[Heroes Want Redheads|the Redhead]]. Compare with the common individual component types: [[Dumb Blonde]], [[Brainy Brunette]], [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]] and the [[Fiery Redhead]]. Contrast [[Plenty of Blondes]].
 
See also [[Chromatic Arrangement]], [[Power Trio]], [[The Three Faces of Eve]], [[The Hecate Sisters]] and [[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn]].▼
 
▲See also [[Chromatic Arrangement]], [[Power Trio]], [[The Three Faces of Eve]], [[The Hecate Sisters]] and [[Beauty Brains and Brawn]].
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== Advertising ==
* An ad for budget airline German Wings has three air hostesses. Guess what their hair colors are.
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* An advert for Heineken had a Blonde, Brunette and Redhead sitting in a drinking establishment, along with a trio of priest, minister and rabbi; and a man with a duck under his arm. The claim was that the beer was "the real reason they all walked into a bar." [[Dumb Blonde|The Blonde doesn't get it]].
 
== Anime &and Manga ==▼
 
* Fate, Hayate and Nanoha from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Animeanime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''.▼
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Naruto (Anime)|Naruto]]'':▼
▲* Fate, Hayate and Nanoha from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (Anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''.
▲* ''[[Naruto (Anime)|Naruto]]'':
** Ino, Hinata and Sakura are sometimes grouped this way.
** Ino, Shikamaru and Choji, although Choji's hair is more reddish-brown. It's played totally straight with [[Generation Xerox|their dads]], though.
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** The Sand Siblings: Temari, Kankorou and Gaara respectively.
** Lest we forget Team 7: Naruto, Sasuke/Sai and Sakura.
* Hikari, Honoka and Nagisa in ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure (Anime)|Futari wa Pretty Cure]] MaX Heart''. Love, Miki and Inori in ''[[Fresh Pretty Cure (Anime)|Fresh Pretty Cure]]'' can also count if Miki's [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|purplish-blue hair]] counts as stylized black hair. ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]'' has (excluding Nozomi and Komachi) Urara (blonde), Karen ([[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|bluish-haired brunette]]) and Rin (redhead). Also from the same series, Nuts (blonde), Coco (brunette) and Syrup (redhead) in their human forms may count as a male example.
* Tomari, Yasuna and Hazumu in ''[[Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl (Manga)|Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]''.
* The Starlights in ''[[Sailor Moon (Manga)|Sailor Moon]]'' have white, black and brown hair, but still fit the trope. Or white, navy and brown in the manga.
* Michelle, Maggie and Anita from ''[[ROD the TV (Anime)|RODR.O.D the TV]]"''.
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion (Anime)|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'':
** It could be argued that we end up with this set: Rei (blue, but, as the lightest shade, it counts as blonde here), Misato (dark blue, therefore brunette) and Asuka (redhead). Not that they're not distinct in just about every possible way anyway.
** If you're talking about (relatively) normal humans, it'd be Akagi (blonde), Misato (brunette) and Asuka (redhead).
** I hear some versions have a "normal" girl<ref> traditionally [[Class Representative|Hikari Horaki]] or, occasionally, Mana Kirishima from the ''Iron Maiden'' game; Mari, the third female Eva pilot from [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] is a brunette, but [[Cloudcuckoolander|can't be considered normal]] by [[Blood Knight|by any means]]</ref> among the teen characters (to balance Kaworu, Shinji and Toji), so it'd be Rei ([[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]), Hikari Horaki (brunette) and Asuka (redhead).
* Shiho ([[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]), Aoi (brunette) and Kaoru (redhead), respectively, from ''[[Zettai Karen Children (Manga)|Zettai Karen Children]]''.
* ''[[Bleach (Manga)|Bleach]]'':
** In the 10th opening, [[Action Girl|Rukia]] (brunette), [[Barrier Warrior|Orihime]] ([[Heroes Want Redheads|orangish-red hair]]) and Rangiku (blonde in the manga, but [[Adaptation Dye Job|strawberry blonde in the anime]]) fit this trope.
** Also fitting this trope (in a gender-flipped version) are Izuru Kira, Shuuhei Hisagi and Renji Abarai.
** And, of course, Ichigo, Ishida and Renji could count.
* Germany, Japan and Italy from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia (Manga)|Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' [[Adaptation Dye Job|(anime only)]] are a gender-flipped version.
* Karinka, Saki and Kurumi (pink hair could count as red in this context) from ''[[Steel Angel Kurumi (Anime)|Steel Angel Kurumi]]''.
* From ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth (Anime)|Magic Knight Rayearth]]'', we have Fuu, who is your typical anime blonde, Hikaru, who is [[Hair Color Dissonance|literally REDheaded]] and Umi, who fills the role of the brunette, but due the [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]] trope, she has...[[Department of Redundancy Department|blue hair]]! You can also count blonde Emeraude, brunette Presea and redhead Caldina (ok, so hers is more like pink).
* From ''[[Rose of Versailles (Manga)|Rose of Versailles]]'', Oscar is blonde, Rosalie has dark blonde hair in the anime and brown hair in the movie and thus counts as the brunette and Marie Antoinette is often accused by Mme. DuBarry of having red hair, so she can be the redhead.
* In ''[[Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri (Anime)|Hime Chen Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri]]'', we have the main trio of Ringo ([[Rose-Haired Girl|pink]], which can count as red like with Kurumi above), Leila (blonde) and Natsuki (purple, which can count as stylized black hair).
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (Animeanime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'':
** [[Ms. Fanservice|Mai]] (Blonde), [[Shorttank|Tea]] (Brunette) and [[The Ingenue|Serenity]] (Redhead).
** There's at least one per series: ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|GX]]'' had [[Action Girl|Asuka/Alexis]] (blonde), [[Love Freak|Rei/Blair]] (brunette), [[Hello, Nurse!|Ayukawa/Fontaine]] (redhead).
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 Ds (Anime)5D's|5Ds]]'' even one-upped the previous two with ''two'' sets:
*** [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Sherry]] (Blonde), [[Intrepid Reporter|Carly]] (Brunette), [[Heroes Want Redheads|Aki/Akiza]] (Redhead)
*** Gender-flipped: [[Memetic Badass|Jack]] (Blonde), [[Magnetic Hero|Yusei]] (Brunette with Blonde streaks), [[Sixth Ranger|Crow]] (carrot-top Redhead).
** In addition to the in-series examples, [[Yu-Gi-Oh (Animeanime)|Anzu/Tea]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (Animeanime)|Asuka/Alexis]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5 Ds (Anime)5D's|Aki/Akiza]] are a cross series example, albeit with the brunette coming first.
* Yutaka and her classmates from ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]'' could fit this, with the pink-hair Yutaka (the redhead), blonde Patty and black-haired Hiyori, with Minami as the odd girl out with her green hair. Or one could count it as being that Minami's classmates are a blonde, brunette and redhead...
* The three heroines of ''[[Amuri in Star Ocean (Anime)|Amuri in Star Ocean]]''. Amuri is the brunette, Perrier is the blonde and Suzu is the redhead.
* The model trio of [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Kirino]], [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Ayase]] and [[Lolicon|Kanako]] in ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai (Light Novel)|Ore no Imouto ga Konna Nini Kawaii Wake ga Nai!]]''.
* The '''White Base'' girls' (Sayla, Mirai and Frau) of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam (Anime)|Mobile Suit Gundam]]''.
* In ''[[Demashita Powerpuff Girls Z (Anime)|Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z]]'', the main characters.
* Cho Hakkai, Genjo Sanzo and Sha Gojyo are the main characters in ''[[Saiyuki (Manga)|Saiyuki]]'', who each respectively have brown, blonde and red hair. Then, simply throw Son Goku into the mix for a distinction between light brown and dark brown.
* An interesting variation in ''[[Slayers (Anime)|Slayers]]'': Lina ([[Fiery Redhead|red]]), Gourry ([[Dumb Blonde|blonde]]) and Amelia ([[Shiny Midnight Black|black with stylized purple highlights]]). The chimera Zelgadis has [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|light purple hair]], but [[Word of God]] allegedly put his human hair color as a [[Brainy Brunette|dark brown]], despite an anime flashback having his human hair color the same shade of purple his chimeric hair is.
* Erstin, Nina and Arika in ''[[Mai-Otome (Anime)|Mai-Otome]]''.
* ''[[Fairy Tail (Manga)|Fairy Tail]]'':
** Played with concerning the S-Class Mage; first, it's Laxus (blonde), Mystogan (blue) and Erza (redhead). Then, Mirajane (white), Gildartz (brownish) and Erza.
** Also, there Lucy (blonde), Wendy (blue) and, again, Erza.
* Luca (Redhead), Nina (Blonde) and Casca (Brunette) in ''[[Berserk (Manga)|Berserk]]''. They're also the [[Three Faces of Eve]].
* ''[[Ano Hana]]'' features [[Cute Ghost Girl]] Menma (blonde), [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] Tsuruko (brunette) and [[Girl Next Door]]/ [[Tsundere]] Anaru.
* ''[[Tsuritama]]'', we have Haru, Natsuki and Yuki.
* 'Gintoki, Kagura and Shinpachi from ''[[Gintama]]''
 
== Comic Books ==
* The ''[[Gotham City Sirens]]'', composed of female ''[[Batman]]'' villains: [[Harley Quinn (Comic Book)|Harley Quinn]] (Blonde), [[Catwoman (Comic Bookcomics)|Catwoman]] (Brunette) and Poison Ivy (Redhead).
* The female members of ''[[Nextwave]]'': Tabby Smith (Blonde), Monica Rambeau (Brunette and Black) and Elsa Bloodstone (Redhead).
* Blanche, Neyrelle and Carmine in ''Les Compagnons du crépuscule''.
* ''[[Archie Comics]]'' loves this trope:
** [[Third Option Love Interest|Cheryl Blossom]] rounds out the set with [[Betty and Veronica]].
** The ''[[Katy Keene (Comic Book)|Katy Keene]]'' series had Gloria, Katy and Lucki.
** ''[[Josie and Thethe PussycatsPussy Cats]]'' was originally ''She's Josie'' with Melody, Pepper and Josie, before Valerie replaced [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|Pepper]].
** Plus many one-time trios.
* Karine, Jenny and Vicky in ''Les Nombrils''.
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* The original Supergirl (Kara Zor-el), Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) and Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) were an example of this trope.
* The three Batgirls so far have been Stephanie Brown (blonde), Cassandra Cain (brunette and a minority) and Barbara Gordon (redhead). They were also the three major female characters in Cassandra Cain's ''[[Batgirl]]'' series.
* Roy Thomas has stated that when introducing the character of [[Red Sonja]] into the ''[[Conan the Barbarian (Comic Bookcomics)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' comics, he created a redhead because the two other major women in Conan's life were Bêlit (a brunette) and Valeria (a blonde).
* ''[[Millie the Model]]'' had the Hanover Agency's three top models: [[Hair of Gold|Millie]], Toni and [[Fiery Redhead|Chili]].
* ''[[Lost Girls (Comic Bookcomics)|Lost Girls]]'' by [[Alan Moore]]. [[Alice in Wonderland (Literature)|Alice in Wonderland]] is the blonde (well, white-haired, but she was blonde as a girl), [[Peter Pan|Wendy]] the brunette and [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|Dorothy]] the redhead.
* Male example: The Warriors Three from ''[[The Mighty Thor]]''. Fandral is the blond, Hogun is the brunet and Volstagg is the redhead.
* ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'': Maria Hill (brunette), Sharon Carter (blonde) and Victoria Hand (brunette but with red stripes)
* ''[[Elf Quest]]'' has the trio Murrel, Vurdah and Maleen (Skywise's little harem in Sorrow's End).
* The first three [[The Flash (Comic Book)|Flashes]]: Jay Garrick (Brunette), Barry Allen (Blonde) and Wally West (Redhead).
* [[Spider -Man]] brunet, and his best friends are red-haired Harry Osborn and blond-haired Flash Thompson. As Spidey, his best friends are red-haired [[Daredevil]] and the blond-haired [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Human Torch]]. And his ''Amazing Friends'' are blond Iceman and red-haired Firestar. Whew.
** His clone Ben Reilly's major love interests were red-haired [[Sympathetic Murderer|Janine/Elizabeth]], black-haired [[You Killed My Father|Jessica]], and blonde [[Uptown Girl|Desiree]]. Guess it's genetic.
 
 
== Comic Strips ==
* The three main characters in long-running soap comic ''Apartment 3G''. While blonde Lu Ann [[Dumb Blonde|plays to the stereotype]], redhead Tommie and brunette Margo seem to have swapped theirs.▼
* [[Luann (Comic Strip)|Luann]] (straight-haired blonde), Bernice (curly/frizzy-haired light-brown brunette) and Delta (short black-haired token minority).▼
* [[Sally Forth Howard (Comic Strip)|Sally Forth's]] daughter (blonde) and her two friends (brunette and redhead).▼
* The classic ''[[Flash Gordon (Comic Strip)|Flash Gordon]]'' newspaper serial comic has had several major female leads, so it's not surprising that this trope would eventually come into play. In the "golden age" of the strip, as drawn by creator Alex Raymond, the women who best fit the trope are Flash's requisite [[Love Interest]] Dale Arden (who has black hair), Queen Fria of Frigia (a blonde) and Queen Desira of Tropica (a redhead). There's also Queen Undina of Coralia, who has long dark tresses similar to Dale's. (In case you haven't figured it out yet, the planet Mongo has [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Loads and Loads of Royalty]].) Princess Aura is a bit harder to pin down, as she started out with red hair ([[Yellow Peril|plus yellow skin and pointy ears]]), but later underwent [[Art Evolution]] and [[Unfortunate Implications|became a blonde with Caucasian features, right around the same time she rebelled against her father's evil regime and joined Flash's band of good guys]]. (And while we're on the subject of hair, Fria's hair buns were copied rather shamelessly by George Lucas for Princess Leia's hairstyle in ''[[Star Wars]]''.)▼
 
 
== Fan Works ==
* The Council from ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons (Fanfic)|Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]'' has the three hair types included ([[No Name Given|which is the only way to distinguish between the members]]), although the [[Evil Redhead|redhead]] is a man and there is a gray-haired man on the half male, half female four-person Council.
 
 
== Films -- AnimationFilm ==
* Cinderella, Drizella and Anastasia from Disney's ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]''.
* ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'': Ariel is a redhead, while her six older sisters fill in the blonde and brunette qualifications.
* [[The Dragon|Mirage]], [[Invisibility|Vio]][[Barrier Warrior|let]] and [[Rubber Man|Elastigirl/Helen]] from ''[[The Incredibles]]''. Note that if you exclude the criterion of a uniform gender, the Parr kids - Dash, Violet and Jack-Jack - also follow this pattern.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|Ms. Forcible]], [[Coraline (Filmanimation)|Coraline]] and [[Rose-Haired Girl|Ms. Spink]] count, although Coraline is more of a [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|bluenette]].
* In ''[[The Princess and Thethe Frog]]'', Naveen sings about having a redhead and brunette on each arm with "a blonde or two to hold the candles" while surrounded by butterflies in the corresponding colors. Of course, he ends up falling for the African American Tiana. The trio of bimbettes that follows him around also fits this trope.
* The three princesses in ''Fehérlófia'' (''[[Son of the White Horse (Animation)|Son of the White Horse]]'').
* The recent{{when}} ''[[Charlie's Angels (TV)|Charlies Angels]]'' movies star Cameron Diaz (blonde), [[Lucy Liu]] (brunette) and [[Drew Barrymore]] (redhead).▼
 
 
== Films -- Live-Action ==
▲* The recent ''[[Charlie's Angels (TV)|Charlies Angels]]'' movies star Cameron Diaz (blonde), [[Lucy Liu]] (brunette) and [[Drew Barrymore]] (redhead).
* Michelle Pfeiffer (blonde), Cher (brunette) and Susan Sarandon (redhead) in ''[[The Witches of Eastwick]]''.
* Interesting twist in the 1960s pastiche ''[[Down With Love]]'': Barbara Novak, the main character, spends most of the film a blonde, but {{spoiler|in the Big Reveal towards the end, she reveals that she had fallen in love with [[Chivalrous Pervert]] Catcher Block, but he didn't notice her because she was a mousy brunette secretary, so she reinvented herself as a sassy blonde feminist writer to get his attention as part of her massive [[Xanatos Gambit]], but in the end, she dyes her hair red so she's "in between" the mousy brunette and the sassy blonde.}}
* Dracula's "brides" are this way in ''[[Van Helsing]]'' and probably in other adaptations as well. In the Original, there was only the blonde and two brunettes.
* In the ''[[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]]'' spoof ''[[Our Man Flint]]'', the protagonist has live-in "playmates", one of each hair color. (Actually, there are two brunettes, one being Asian).
* ''[[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Iron Man]]''. The three go-go dancing stewardesses on Tony Stark's private jet.
* The Sanderson Sisters in ''[[Hocus Pocus (Filmfilm)|Hocus Pocus]]''.
* The Lilim in ''[[Stardust (Filmfilm)|Stardust]]''.
* Wendy's aunts in ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper Meets Wendy]]''.
* ''[[Definitely Maybe (Filmfilm)|Definitely Maybe]]'', as a bonus, is [[ColourColor-Coded for Your Convenience]] with Emily (the dumb blonde), Summer (the brainy brunette) and April (the fiery redhead).
* Linda, Shelly and Cheryl in ''[[Evil Dead (Film)|Evil Dead]]''.
* Amber, Tracy and Penny in ''[[Hairspray]]'' and all its adaptations.
* Upon Cady (redhead) joining [[Girl Posse|The Plastics]] in ''[[Mean Girls]]'', she completes this with Regina and Karen (blondes) and Gretchen (brunette).
* The Cleary sisters in ''[[Wedding Crashers (Film)|Wedding Crashers]]''. Claire fits the [[Brainy Brunette]] bill, yet Gloria isn't so much a [[Fiery Redhead]] as ''completely insane'' whilst the third, blonde sister doesn't come across as dumb, just vain.
* The Andy Sidaris movies ''Guns'', ''Do or Die'' and ''Hard Hunted'' feature heroines Donna Hamilton (blonde), Nicole Justin (brunette) and Edy Stark (redhead). The actresses who played the characters (Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez and Cynthia Brimhall, respectively) are all [[Playboy]] Playmates.
* In ''Heartbreakers'', Sigourney Weaver (Max) and Jennifer Love Hewitt (Paige) each switch between all three for each of the different people their characters impersonate. Both are brunettes as themselves, Max is redhead as "Olga" and blonde as "Angela" while Paige is redhead as "Wendy" and blonde as "Allison".
* The three girlfriends of the Jets in ''[[West Side Story]]'': Riff's girlfriend, Graziella (redhead), Ice's girl, Velma(blonde) and another girl, a brunette.
* The ''Pleasure Seekers'', a remake of ''Three Coins in a Fountain'' set in Spain, stars Ann-Margaret (redhead), Carol Lynley (blonde) and Pamela Tiffen (brunette).
* James (blonde), Laurent (brunet) and Victoria (redhead) in the film version of ''[[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]]''. In the books, James is described as having brown hair that is buzzed short, rather than blonde hair in a ponytail. Esme (redhead), Alice (brunette) and Rosalie (blonde) also qualify.
* The 2007 film version of ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Filmfilm)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' had the [[Bedlam House]] separate its female patients into three groups: blondes, brunettes and redheads. [[Justified]] in that it was run by a wigmaker who used their hair to make wigs.
* Kelly, Heather and Bridget in ''[[The Final]]''.
* Iris and her friends in ''The Lady Vanishes'' are a rare pre-War and black-and-white example.
* The Van Waldenberg siblings in ''[[Blades of Glory (Film)|Blades of Glory]]'' (props for one of them being male).
* Period Drama ''Liberty Heights'' presents a male version of this trope, with the blond Ben and his two brunet and redheaded best friends (plus, they're all Jewish).
* ''[[A KnightsKnight's Tale]]'' has the three squires of blonde William Thatcher, fat but loyal brunette Roland and violent young redhead Wat.
* The 1932 film ''Three Wise Girls'' is in black and white, but according to the poster one is brunette, one redheaded, and the third (played by [[Jean Harlow]]) is blonde.
* The movie ''[[Xanadu (Film)|Xanadu]]'' has a song, Dancin'. There is a trio of female singers with blond, red and brown hair.
 
 
== Literature ==
* Opal, Jade and Amber respectively play this trope straight in ''[[The Prophecy of the Stones (Literature)|The Prophecy of the Stones]]''. The three of them are known as "the Stones" of the prophecy (referring to their [[Theme Naming|namesake magic stones]]). However, blonde (Opal) is [[The Stoic]], the brunette (Jade) has the personality of the [[Fiery Redhead]], the redhead (Amber) might as well have [[Hair of Gold]] based on her role and personality.
* In [[Robert Heinlein]]'s ''[[Stranger in Aa Strange Land]]'', Jubal Harshaw's secretaries are Anne (blonde), Dorcas (brunette) and Miriam (redhead). Jubal mentions many times that this is exactly the way he wants it. Whenever one of his secretaries leaves his service, he will only hire a replacement with her hair color to keep things evened out.
* ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'':
** Luna, Hermione and Ginny. And true to stereotype, Hermione's a [[Brainy Brunette]], Ginny's a [[Fiery Redhead]] and while Luna certainly isn't [[Dumb Blonde]], she's definitely [[Cloudcuckoolander|a little spacey]].
** Also the three Black sisters: [[Mama Bear|Narcissa]] (blonde), [[The Dragon|Bellatrix]] (black hair) and [[White Sheep|Andromeda]] (brown hair).
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** In the more recent film adaptations, the trio themselves fit this as Hermione is blonde, Harry brunet and Ron redhead. The secondary trio also fits the bill with Neville (brunet), Ginny (redhead) and Luna (blonde).
** The [[Fanon]] grouping of Albus Potter (brunet), Rose Weasley (redhead) and Scorpius Malfoy (blonde) counts also. (Note that Rose's hair color is never stated in the book, though.)
* From the novelization of ''[[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Iron Man]]'': "One was a blonde, the other a brunette. Stark glanced around, hoping that he could find a worthwhile redhead in order to complete the set..."
* The Adepts at Magic in ''[[Land of Oz (Literature)|Glinda of Oz]]''.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' [[Expanded Universe]]:
** The three women Luke describes as the greatest loves of his life: Callista (blonde), Gaeriel (brunette) and Mara (redhead).
** This seems to be something of a trend, as well. Obi-Wan-Kenobi has had three major women in his life: [[Star Wars: theThe Clone Wars|Duchess Satine Kryze]] (blonde), [[Foe Yay|Asajj Ventress]] (brunette, thanks to a recent [[Retcon]]) and [[Jedi Apprentice|Siri Tachi]] (canonically blonde, but famously dyed her hair red for an undercover operation). [[CharliesCharlie's Angels|Obi's Angels]], [[Incredibly Lame Pun|anyone?]]
** Ben Skywalker, Luke's son and Obi-Wan's namesake, has officially picked up on this tendency. So far, he's been involved with one canonical love interest (Vestara Khai, brunette), had one off-hand flirtation with another Jedi (Seha Dorvald, redhead) and been the recipient of one really twisted molestation attempt as a part of a Sith plot ( Tahiri Veila, blonde). Hopefully, his options will get a little better with time...
* Yasmine Galenorn's ''Witchling'' series has three full sisters with very different hair colors. Camille, the eldest, has black hair, Delilah has sunny blonde hair and Menolly, the youngest, has bright red hair.
* ''The It Girl'' series by Cecily Ziegesar features power trio Callie (blonde), Tinsley (brunette) and Brett (redhead). Newcomer Jenny is also a brunette. Guess which of the three feels most threatened socially and works hardest to try to tear Jenny down (at least to begin with).
* Pauline (blonde), Petrova (brunette) and Posy (redhead) in ''[[Ballet Shoes]]''.
* Emily (redhead), Adriane (brunette) and Kara (blonde) from the ''[[Avalon: Web of Magic]]'' series.
* ''[[The Wheel of Time (Literature)|The Wheel of Time]]'': Elayne (blonde), Min (brunette) and Aviendha (redhead).
* In the ''[[Deepgate Codex]]'', we have Rachel (blonde), Carnival (black hair), [[Token Minority|Mina]] (brunette) and Alice (redhead).
* ''[[Circle of Magic]]'': Sandry (light brown), Daja (black) and Tris (redhead). And Briar (boy) is the odd man out.
* Betsy (brunette), Tacy (redhead) and Tib (blonde) in the ''Betsy-Tacy'' books. Plays with the hair types a bit: Tib is definitely not dumb -- shedumb—she's generally the most sensible and practical of the group and Tacy, far from being fiery, is fun and charming with her friends, but suffers from crippling shyness. Betsy may be brainy in that she's a good writer, but she's generally average at school work. Also somewhat subverted as a cliche in that the three characters are based on three real women, who were a blonde, a brunette and a redhead.
* The [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] ''Eighth Doctor Adventures'' feature a blonde (Sam), a redhead (Compassion) and a brunette (Anji, who happens to be of Indian descent) who travel with the Doctor, just none of them at the same time. There's also Trix, who's sort of mousy-blonde but usually wears wigs. And if we were counting the guys, Fitz has dark brown hair and the Doctor's hair is chestnut brown and, if backlit a certain way, looks practically orange, so there would pretty much be two full sets.
* In ''[[Percy Jackson and& Thethe Olympians (Literature)|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'', Annabeth is a blonde, Thalia has dark hair and Rachel is a redhead. However, Annabeth is [[The Smart Guy|smart]], Rachel is a bit ditzy and Thalia's the one with the fiery temper.
* In the ''[[Gone (novel)]]'' series, the three main girls are Astrid (blonde), Diana (brunette) and Lana (unspecified hair color). However, none of the girls fit [[Hair of Gold]] or [[Dumb Blonde]]. Lana fits the typical redhead personality, but Astrid is [[The Smart Guy|one of the most intelligent characters in the series]], while Diana is a snarky, sarcastic [[Dark Chick]].
* On the cover of ''[[Saving Zoe]]'', Echo, Janay and Abby are depicted this way. Janay is the blonde, Echo is the brunette and Abby is the "redhead" (which is really more of a dark blonde/strawberry blonde).
* Lestat (blonde), Louis (brunette/jet black) and Armand (redhead/auburn) from ''[[The Vampire Chronicles]]''.
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* The boys of the ''[[Spy High]]'' series: Ben (blond), Jake (brunet) and Eddie (redhead). For the girls, there's blonde Lori, brunette Cally and Bex; who dyes her hair a variety of bright, unnatural colours, sometimes red.
* The trio of Bess, George, and Nancy in the [[Nancy Drew]] series. True to form, Bess is the ditz, George is the smart, practical, athletic and tomboyish one, while Nancy is the series [[Canon Sue]].
* The Hatter sisters from ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''. Sophie (redhead), Lettie (brunette), and Martha (blonde).
 
 
== Live-Action TV ==
* Dinah, Helena and Barbara in ''[[Birds of Prey (TV series)|Birds of Prey]]''.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'':
** Buffy (blonde), Willow (redhead) and Faith, Cordelia, or Dawn (brunette), depending on the situation.
** If one allows male participants, the most commonly seen Blonde, Brunet, Redhead trio on ''Buffy'' is Buffy, Willow and Xander. Rather amusingly, the traditional traits associated with each hair color exist in this trio, but [[Palette Swap|palette-swapped]]; Buffy is the Fiery Blonde, Willow is the Brainy Redhead and Xander is the [[Book Dumb|Dumb]] Brunet.
* The leading ladies of the three ''[[CSI: (TV)|CSICrime Scene Investigation]]'' shows: Catherine (redhead -- ''[[CSI: (TV)Crime Scene Investigation|Vegas]]''), Calleigh (blonde -- ''[[CSI: Miami|Miami]]''), Stella and, later, Jo (brunette -- ''[[CSI New York|New York]]'').
* ''[[Charlie's Angels (TV)|Charlies Angels]]'':
** During the fifth (and last) season of the original 1970s series, the Angels were Cheryl Ladd (blonde), Jaclyn Smith (brunette) and Tanya Roberts (redhead). The producers had wanted to use this trope since the beginning.
** The 2011 revamp has blonde, brunette and [[Token Minority|African-American]].
* ''[[Married... Withwith Children]]'' in the early seasons had the female half of the cast fit this trope. Marcy was a brunette before her hair started to get lighter at Season 3 and just became blonder and blonder from then on. Kelly and Peggy, however, remained blonde and redheaded respectively from beginning to end. Al, Bud, Steve and Jefferson avert this trope, since the male half of the cast all have plain brown hair.
* ''[[The Tudors]]'' have this with Henry's children, with Mary being a brunette, almost a ravenhead as a child, Elizabeth being a redhead, although her hair looked more blondeish in her toddler years, and Edward being a blonde. The six wives almost fall into this with the series banner making Anne of Cleves and Katherine Howard's hair look like red hair, despite how, on screen, they were blonde, along with Jane Seymour and Katherine Parr, while Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn were brunettes.
* ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'' generally avoids this since the Halliwells are brunette siblings, but Phoebe occasionally favors blonde highlights and Paige dyes her hair red.
** In the fifth season finale, when the sisters become [[It Makes Sense in Context|Greek Goddesses]], Phoebe's hair is turned blonde, thus invoking the trope as Paige was red-haired at the time. Phoebe became the Goddess of Love and thus making her [[Dumb Blonde|a little ditzy]], Paige became a God of War to [[Fiery Redhead|increase her temper]] ,while Piper became Goddess of Earth and was thus more [[Brainy Brunette|grounded and mature]].
* Laurie, Ellie and Jules on ''[[Cougar Town]]''. True to form, Laurie's a [[Dumb Blonde]], Ellie's a [[Fiery Redhead]] (although she's more of a light brown with reddish highlights) and while Jules isn't exactly brainy, she's smarter and more calm and collected than the other two.
* Susan, Jane and Sally on ''[[Coupling]]''. Jane is the Ditzy Brunette, thus avoiding the usual personality trio. Plus, Sally can't exactly be called the fiery one, nor is Susan a dumb blonde.
* For a good portion of Season 5, ''[[Criminal Minds (TV)|Criminal Minds]]'' gave us JJ the blonde, Prentiss the brunette and Garcia, whose hair was red for approximately half a season before she returned to her traditional blonde. This is also the hair color scheme of {{spoiler|1=the UnSub's doll collection and thus her victims}}, in "The Uncanny Valley".
* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'':
** The 4-girl version with Lynette (blonde), Susan (brunette), Gabby (the Latina) and Bree (redhead).
** Their children sort of do this too, but change the combination: Bree's kids are brunettes, Lynette has redheaded twins, and Susan's daughter is blonde. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Maybe they all traded babies?]]
** You also get this with former or secondary women. Edie (blonde, dead), Katherine (redhead, left the country) and either Betty (brunette, left the show) or Mary Alice (brunette, dead).
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'':
** The three main companions in [[Russell T. Davies]]-era: Rose (blonde), Martha (brunette) and Donna (redhead).
** The Fifth Doctor (blond), Tegan (brunette) and Turlough (redhead) Trio count, even though two of them are guys.
* The three witches of ''[[Eastwick]]'', which makes sense since the movie it is based on did the exact same thing.
* ''[[Eight8 Simple Rules]]'' has Cate (brown), Bridget (blonde) and Kerry (red). Paul and Cate's children can also count, with Rory being the brunette. In an interesting case, Bridget and Rory are the [[Dumb Blonde]] and Dumb Brunette respectively, while Kerry is both a Brainy Redhead and a Fiery Redhead.
* Rachel on ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]'' was a kind of reddish honey-blonde, placing her between brunette Monica and blonde Phoebe.
* Mrs. Howell, Mary Ann and Ginger in ''[[Gilligan's Island (TV)|Gilligans Island]]''.
* Shelby Corcoran, Emma Pillsbury and April Rhodes on ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]''. Shelby is a talented, hard working and methodical show choir instructor and April is an unreliable but well-meaning drunk, but Emma isn't quite that fiery ([[Beware the Nice Ones|except for that one time...]]).
* Cristina Yang, Izzie Stevens and Meredith Grey in ''[[Grey's Anatomy (TV)|Greys Anatomy]]''.
* ''[[H₂O: Just Add Water]]'' has a light blonde, strawberry blonde and dark brunette, and in one episode, the strawberry blonde tried to go full-on red but couldn't because of her mermaid powers. Charlotte from Season 2 adds a redhead to the spectrum.
* ''[[I CarlyiCarly]]'': in "iReunite with Missy", there's blonde Sam, brunette Carly and redhead Missy. Wendy, a recurring character, can be considered as the show's resident redhead.
* ''[[Mad Men (TV)|Mad Men]]'' has Betty (blonde), Peggy (brunette) and Joan (redhead). The stereotypes associated with each color define the women.
* In the 1980s television miniseries ''[[North and South]]'', the three most important women in Orry Main's life are his youngest sister Brett (blonde), his mother Clarissa (brunette) and the love of his life/wife Madeline ([[Heroes Want Redheads|redhead]]). One could say that his (brunette) younger sister Ashton, ([[The Vamp|an eviler version of Scarlett O'Hara]]) could be important too, but it is clear throughout the series that Orry recognizes Ashton's cruelty and even disowns her. {{spoiler|Twice.}}
* The first season of ''[[One Tree Hill]]'' had Peyton the blonde, Brooke the brunette and Haley the redhead. Later, Haley dyed her hair blonde and then brunette, so Season 3 introduced us to the redheaded Rachel.
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* ''[[Privileged]]'' had Megan (redhead), who is often shown to contrast her relationship with her real sister, Lily, (blonde) and her tutees, the Baker twins (brunette), who she becomes more of a big sister to as the series goes on.
* Cleverly lampshaded in ''[[The Office]]'' when Dwight asks Jim to help pick a stripper for [[Department of Redundancy Department|Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration]]'s bachelor party. When Dwight asks Jim to [[Betty and Veronica|pick between a brunette and redhead]], Jim wisely [[Take a Third Option|suggests blonde]], to Dwight's obvious approval.
* Sabrina (blonde), Roxie (brunette) and Morgan (redhead) in Season 5 onwards of ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]''. Subversions of roles again, as Sabrina is the Brainy Blonde, Morgan the Dumb Redhead and Roxie the Fiery Brunette.
* The three ladies of the original ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' cast were Jane Curtin (blonde), Gilda Radner (brunette) and Laraine Newman (redhead).
* ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]'': Carla (brunette), Elliot (blonde) and Jordan (occasional redhead). Also [[The Three Faces of Eve]].
* Carrie's closest friends of ''[[Sex and Thethe City]]'' are Samantha (blonde), Charlotte (brunette) and Miranda (redhead).
{{quote| '''Mr. Big:''' ''(to Carrie)'' I know your friends just fine. Charlotte is the brunette, Miranda is the redhead and Samantha is trouble.}}
* The current female leads of ''[[Smallville]]'', Chloe (blonde), Lois (brunette) and Tess (redhead).
* Tawni, Sony and Zora on ''[[Sonny With a Chance]]''.
* As of ''[[Spartacus Blood and Sand (TV)|Spartacus: Blood and Sand]]'', Lucy Lawless completes the trio after playing [[Xena: Warrior Princess|a brunette]] and a [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (2004 TV series)|blonde]] (her natural hair color, amazingly).
* ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'' first pilot "The Cage". The Talosians, who want Captain Pike to breed them a race of slave workers, offer him blonde fellow captive Vina and, later, his own crewmembers -- thecrewmembers—the coldly intelligent Number One ([[Brainy Brunette]]) and his pretty female yeoman (a redhead with "unusually strong female drives").
* The first season of ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'' had Tasha Yar (blonde), Counselor Troi (brunette) and Dr. Crusher (redhead).
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' had red-highlighted Captain Janeway, brunette B'Elanna, and blonde Kes, who was replaced by fellow blonde Seven of Nine.
* ''[[That 70s Show (TV)|That '70s Show]]'' had Laurie (blonde), Jackie (brunette) and Donna (redhead). They even did a Charlie's Angels sequence at one point. This cycle was broken when Laurie's character was officially written out and Donna went blonde.
* Hannah, Alana and Kayla from ''That's So Weird''.
* Sarah (blonde), Jackie (brunette) and Muriel (redhead) on ''[[Too Close for Comfort]]''.
* Emma, Zuri and [[Jessie]].
* ''[[Austin and Ally]]'': Austin's the blonde, Ally and Trish split brunette duties, and Dez is the redhead.
* In the "A Nice Place to Visit" episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (TV)|The Twilight Zone]]'', even though it's in black and white, you can tell that the three girls hanging around with Valentine are the obligatory tri-color trio.
* In ''[[What I Like About You]]'', there are Val and Lauren (blondes), Holly (light brunette) and Tina (redhead from mid-Season 2 onwards).
* In one episode of ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'', Indy is simultaneously dating a sweet blonde, a talented redhead and an ambitious brunette. Until they all find out.
* ''[[Pan Am (TV)|Pan Am]]'' has Laura (blonde), Maggie and Colette (brunettes) and Kate (redhead). Now that she's returned, Bridget also fulfils the blonde aspect.
 
 
== Music ==
* [[Christina Aguilera (Music)|Christina Aguilera]], [[Avril Lavigne (Music)|Avril Lavigne]] and [[Britney Spears (Music)|Britney Spears]] each have music videos where they switch among the three hair colors. In fact, in Christina Aguilera's case, she's on camera as all three at once in the music video for "Candyman", as an [[Homage]] to [[the Andrews Sisters]]. So does Britney, albeit very briefly.
* For Pink, Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim and Mya's cover of "[[Moulin Rouge|Lady Marmalade]]", Christina and Lil' Kim are blondes, Mya is brunette and Pink is, well, pink ([[Red vs. Blue|it's lightish red!]]).
* The Belgian girl group K3 and their German spin-off Wir 3
* [[Girls Aloud (Music)|Girls Aloud]] has Sarah (blonde), Cheryl (brunette) and Nicola (redhead); Kimberley and Nadine tend to waver between blonde and brunette.
* The [[Spice Girls (Music)|Spice Girls]] have this going on with Scary (minority) and Baby (blonde), Sporty and Posh (brunettes) and Ginger (redhead obviously).
* In Tom Smith's song "Lars Needs Women", the eponymous hero "want blonde, brunette, redhead -- heck, whole set!"
* The German girl group MeKaDo, known for placing third at the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in 1994. The group name comes from the first two letters of each member: brunette Melanie Bender, blonde Kati Karney and "redhead" (more light brown) Dorkas Kiefer.
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* Atomic Kitten started off with Natasha (red), Kerry (blonde) and Liz (brunette), but eventually became three blondes and then Natasha dyed her hair black, leaving Jenny with the lighter blonde hair and Liz with a darker shade.
* The girls in S Club had this as well. To start off, Jo and Hannah were blonde (Jo being ash blonde with Hannah being honey blonde), Rachel was brunette and Tina had black hair. At the end, Tina had reddish blonde hair.
* [[The Bangles (Music)|The Bangles]]: Vicki (medium blonde), Debbi (pale blonde), Susanna (brunette) and Michael (redhead).
* The country music group SHeDAISY consists of three sisters: Kristyn (a blonde), Kassidy (a brunette) and Kelsi (a redhead).
* Radio Disney's Pop Dreamers: Ella (blonde with pink highlights), Gabrielle (brunette) and Ari (redhead).
* The Brooklynn indie band Vivian Girls.
* Destiny's Child went for this in the video for "Bootylicious", where Beyonce was the blonde, obviously, though with a much lighter shade than usual, Michelle remained brunette and Kelly was the redhead.
* And before all of the above, we had [[The Andrews Sisters (Music)|The Andrews Sisters]].
** Deliberately modelled on them, there are The Puppini Sisters.
* Girl Punk band The Slits had this with guitarist Viv Albertine as the blonde, bassist Tessa Politt as the brunette, and lead singer the late Ari Up as the redhead(although she was more light brown haired than red.). In one video, it even shows the three riding on horses matching their hair colors with Viv on a white/palomino horse, Tessa on a black horse, and Ari on a chestnut horse!
 
== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* The three main characters in long-running soap comic ''Apartment 3G''. While blonde Lu Ann [[Dumb Blonde|plays to the stereotype]], redhead Tommie and brunette Margo seem to have swapped theirs.
▲* [[Luann (Comic Strip)|Luann]] (straight-haired blonde), Bernice (curly/frizzy-haired light-brown brunette) and Delta (short black-haired token minority).
▲* [[Sally Forth Howard (Comicsyndicated Stripstrip)||Sally Forth's]] daughter (blonde) and her two friends (brunette and redhead).
▲* The classic ''[[Flash Gordon (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Flash Gordon]]'' newspaper serial comic has had several major female leads, so it's not surprising that this trope would eventually come into play. In the "golden age" of the strip, as drawn by creator Alex Raymond, the women who best fit the trope are Flash's requisite [[Love Interest]] Dale Arden (who has black hair), Queen Fria of Frigia (a blonde) and Queen Desira of Tropica (a redhead). There's also Queen Undina of Coralia, who has long dark tresses similar to Dale's. (In case you haven't figured it out yet, the planet Mongo has [[Loads and Loads of Characters|Loads and Loads of Royalty]].) Princess Aura is a bit harder to pin down, as she started out with red hair ([[Yellow Peril|plus yellow skin and pointy ears]]), but later underwent [[Art Evolution]] and [[Unfortunate Implications|became a blonde with Caucasian features, right around the same time she rebelled against her father's evil regime and joined Flash's band of good guys]]. (And while we're on the subject of hair, Fria's hair buns were copied rather shamelessly by George Lucas for Princess Leia's hairstyle in ''[[Star Wars]]''.)
 
 
== Print Media ==
* When the Brazilian [[Playboy (Magazine)|Playboy]] created their official [[Playboy Bunny|bunnies]], there were three of them ([http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZT6mK2MVENU/S6tp8aTtVyI/AAAAAAAAAvg/wpfYrnYqV8I/s400/coelhinhas01.jpg and guess their hair color?]) and they even posed for an edition together. The redhead has since left the magazine.
 
 
== ProProfessional Wrestling ==
* The trio Extreme Expose had [[Kelly Kelly]] (blonde hair), Brooke (brown hair) and Layla (Middle Eastern).
* Team LayCool has Michelle McCool as a blonde and Layla (mentioned above) and Vickie Guerrero a brunettes.
* Team Xtreme often had this dynamic as Matt Hardy had black hair, Jeff was blonde by default, but often had his hair other colours and Lita was the redhead.
* [[Trish Stratus]] and Lita often teamed up together with Trish as the blonde and Lita as the redhead. In six diva tag matches, they would be joined by Ivory (brunette).
* One episode of ''Monday Night Raw'' in the late summer of 2004 pitted the team of Stacy Keibler (blonde), Nidia Guenard (light brunette) and Victoria (dark brunette) against their [[Evil Counterpart|Evil Counterparts]]s, Trish Stratus (blonde), Molly Holly (medium brunette) and Gail Kim (dark brunette).
 
== TheaterTheatre ==▼
 
* The recent{{when}} Encores production of ''[[Merrily We Roll Along]]'' played this, and according to stereotype no less: Beth is blonde, Mary is brunette and Gussie is a redhead.▼
▲== Theater ==
▲* The recent Encores production of ''[[Merrily We Roll Along]]'' played this, and according to stereotype no less: Beth is blonde, Mary is brunette and Gussie is a redhead.
* As mentioned above, Amber, Tracy and Penny in ''Hairspray'' (Penny has auburn hair).
* Kendra, Lucy and Patrice in ''13''.
* Elle's [[Girl Posse]] in ''[[Legally Blonde (Theatretheatre)|Legally Blonde]]: The Musical'' is composed of the blonde Margot, African-American Pilar and the in between light brunette Serena. Elle, meanwhile, is the blonde of the interns chosen for Callahan's internship, along with brunette Vivienne and light-haired Enid.
* In the version of ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'' with Jon English, Mabel (black hair) has three sisters that are blonde, brunette and redheaded.
* Mary the [[Dumb Blonde]], Kathy the [[Brainy Brunette]] and Joanne the [[Fiery Redhead]] in ACT's production of the musical of ''Vanities''. In the original play, Joanne and Mary were both blonde and Kathy was a brunette. Also, in previous productions of the musical, Joanne was the brunette and Kathy the redhead.
* In ''[[Wicked (Theatretheatre)|Wicked]]'' (at least with the original cast), the Witches of Oz would work. Elphaba is the ''Brainy Brunette'', {{spoiler|and later gains the seductive aspects of ''Shiny Midnight Black'' in the As Long as You're Mine number}}, G'linda is a ''Dumb Blonde'', but by the end, she gets better and Nessarose fits ''Fiery Redhead'', since she's such a ''Yandere''.
* The current trio of [[Chorus Girls]] in the cabaret musical ''Modern Luv'': Madison = [[Hair of Gold|innocent blonde]], Hillary = [[Brainy Brunette]] (since she's the dance captain/choreographer), and Kimmie = [[Fiery Redhead]]. Include Opal, the pale-skinned dark brunette lead actress/character, and you have a [[Four -Girl Ensemble]].
 
 
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Mario]]'''s three [[Distressed Damsel in Distress|Distressed Damsels]]: Peach (blonde), Daisy (redhead) and Pauline (brunette in ''Game Boy [[Donkey Kong]]'' and ''Mario vs. DK 2'').
* The original three girls in ''[[Soul Blade]]'' have Sophitia as [[Hair of Gold|the blonde]], [[Tomboy|Seung Mina]] as the redhead and Taki as the brunette.
* The three heroes of ''[[Shining Force]] III'': Medion, Synbion and Julian.
* In an odd twist, the various Princess Zeldas throughout the series have filled this trope. The Zeldas of the [[The Legend of Zelda (Videovideo Gamegame)|first]] [[Zelda II: theThe Adventure of Link (Video Game)|two]] games were redheads; ''[[The Legend of Zelda: aA Link Toto T Hethe Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda the Wind Waker]]'' all featured blonde Zeldas; and the Zelda from ''[[Twilight Princess]]'', though sort of a dishwater blonde in the final version, was originally designed to be a brunette and is depicted that way in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl''.
** Similarly, Link has also embodied all three parts of this trope. In the first two games, he had reddish-brown hair and morphed over subsequent installments to different shades of blonde, but his hair in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess]]'' is more brown than anything, although he appears blondish in ''Brawl''. If you throw supplemental material into the mix, he was a full-on redhead in the [[The Legend of Zelda (Comic Bookcomics)|Zelda comics]] and a definite brunette in the [[The Legend of Zelda (Animationanimation)|animated series]].
** The three main female characters of ''Twilight Princess'': Ilia (blonde), Zelda (brunette) and Midna (redhead).
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' gives us [[Mysterious Waif|Fina]] (blonde), [[Determinator|Vyse]] (brunette) and [[Genki Girl|Aika]] (redhead).
* If you could actually see Visas' hair at any point in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (Videovideo Gamegame)|Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'' and you count the [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|Handmaiden]] as blonde, your younger female party members count.
* The Seijyun High team in ''[[Rival Schools (Video Game)|Rival Schools]]'' manages to barely scrape by the requirements of the trope. While [[Biker Babe]] Akira and [[Delinquent]] Zaki clearly fit the brunette and redhead respectively, [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|gothic]] [[Musical Assassin]] Yurika is the blonde only because her beige-esque [[Princess Curls]] are noticably lighter than either Akira or Zaki's hairdos.
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars Judgment|Super Robot Wars J]]'', the Fury Girls - Melua, Katia and Tenia - fill this trope out nicely.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'':
** ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'' has blonde Quistis, brunette Rinoa and redhead Selphie (though Selphie's hair is more of an auburn color).
*** ''The Sorceress War'' Machinima adaptation of the game plays it straight with Selphie becoming a redhead.
** ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy XIII]]'' has Lightning (light pink hair), Fang (brunette) and Vanille (redhead).
** Variation in ''[[Final Fantasy X 2 (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X -2]]'' with Rikku (blonde), Yuna (brunette) and Paine ([[White-Haired Pretty Girl|White-Haired Badass Girl]]).
* ''[[Harvest Moon (Video Game)|Harvest Moon]]'':
** The "Wonderful Life" series has Muffy (blonde), Celia (brunette) and Nami (redhead) for the girls, and Rock (blond), Marlin (brunet) and Gustafa (redhead) for the boys.
** The original three female protagonists. Brunette Pony, blonde Claire and reddish-brown Sara.
* The trio of [[Ninja]] from ''[[Sengoku Basara (Video Game)|Sengoku Basara]]'' - Kasuga (blonde), Sasuke (brunet) and Fuuma (redhead).
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'':
** Kairi (redhead) has two lookalikes, Namine (blonde) and Xion (black-haired).
** There's another two combinations: Riku (white), Sora (brunette) and Kairi are the main trio, and Roxas (blonde), Axel (redhead) and Xion are the mirror group. In fact, before Xion, most people added Demyx (brunet) to Roxas' group.
** ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'' then gave us Terra (brunette), Aqua (blue hair) and Ven (blonde). In the same game, we got {{spoiler|Vanitias as a black-haired version of Sora}}, pushing the brown-haired Sora up to the "moderate color" column with Roxas and Ventus as the blonde.
* Slight variation in the ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' games, with Tess (blonde), Keira ([[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|Green hair]]) and Ashelin (redhead).
* In ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]]'', Iori Yagami, Mature and Vice fill in this trope whenever they form the Yagami Team.
* ''[[Devil May Cry (Video Game)|Devil May Cry]]'':
** While not all appearing in the same game, the series has Trish (blonde), Lady (brunette) and Lucia (redhead).
** ''DMC 4'' plays it straight with Trish (blonde), Lady (brunette, though she only shows up in flashbacks) and Kyrie (redhead).
* The four female character options in ''[[Darkstone (Video Game)|Darkstone]]'' are a blonde (the Amazon), two brunettes (brown-haired Thief and black-haired Sorceress) and a redhead (Priestess).
* [[The Rival]] of ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue (Video Game)|Pokémon Red and Blue]]'' has brown hair, the rival of ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver (Video Game)|Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'' has red hair and the rival of ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (Video Game)|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]'' has blonde hair.
* ''[[Street Fighter IV (Video Game)|Street Fighter IV]]'' (both vanilla and ''[[Updated Rerelease|Su]][[Capcom Sequel Stagnation|per]]'') has Cammy (blonde), Chun Li (brunette) and C. Viper (redhead).
* In the first ''[[Advance Wars]]'', we have Nell (blonde), Sonja (brunette) and Sami (redhead).
* ''[[MegamanMega Man Legends]] 3'' [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vBCSLbKJ7nI/TOKIuERyURI/AAAAAAAAF8M/r3k_bgl00Ho/s1600/2132432725_view.jpg features] Roll (blonde), Tron (brunette) and Aero ([[Rose-Haired Girl|pink]]).
* ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'' series has Luna Child (blonde), Sunny Milk (redhead since ''Fairy Wars'') and Star Sapphire (brunette).
* ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]'' has Noel (blonde), Makoto (brunette) and Tsubaki (redhead).
* ''[[Tales of the Abyss (Video Game)|Tales of the Abyss]]'':
** [[Hair of Gold|Guy (blonde)]], [[Brainy Brunette|Jade (brunet)]] and [[Redheaded Hero|Luke (redhead)]].
** The party's female members also fit in the looser sense of blonde (Natalia), brunette (Anise) and something in-between (Tear, who has light brown hair).
* ''[[The Idolmaster 2 (Video Game)|The iDOLM@STER 2]]'' - Project Jupiter is an odd case where the redhead has green hair here.
* [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]] has Ayla (blonde), Lucca (brunette), and Marle (redhead).
 
 
== Web Animation ==
* The three heroines from ''3|Way'', a series of erotic SF flash cartoons.
* ''[[Red vs. Blue (Machinima)|Red vs. Blue]]'''s Agents South Dakota (blonde), Connecticut (brunette), and Carolina (redhead), [http://montyoum.deviantart.com/art/The-Girls-269475875 as illustrated nicely by this official picture].
 
== Web Comics ==
 
* ''[[College Roomies From Hell (Webcomic)|College Roomies From HellCRFH]]'' has a double-set example for both genders. Technically, there are also not one but two sets of brunettes, a pair of brown-brunettes and a pair of black-brunettes.▼
== Webcomics ==
▲* ''[[College Roomies From Hell (Webcomic)|College Roomies From Hell]]'' has a double-set example for both genders. Technically, there are also not one but two sets of brunettes, a pair of brown-brunettes and a pair of black-brunettes.
* In ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'', both of the titular characters' core [[Girl Posse|groups]] have this:
** Penny (blonde), Sara (brunette) and Michelle (redhead).
** Daphne (blonde), Aggie (brunette [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|dyed blue]]) and Lisa (redhead).
** The Omegas also fit the trope, with Helen (dark blonde), Tharqa (brunette) and Charlotte (redhead).
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Super Mega TopiaSupermegatopia]]'' -- after—after the appearance of blonde [[Most Common Superpower|Buxom Gal]] and brunette [[Darker and Edgier|Dark Buxom Gal]], the public's reaction is to wonder whether a redhead will show up too. (Later, one does.)
* In ''[[The KA MicsKAMics]]'', ex-valkyries Gertrude (blonde), Brunhilda (brunette) and Nikki (redhead).
* The original three female leads of ''[[Red String]]''.
* Elia (blonde), Dores (brunette) and Vandi (redhead) of ''[[What Birds Know]]''. In a variation of the standard trope, Dores is the fiery one and Vandi is serious.
* The three female housemates in ''[[Catena]]'' almost fit the trope. Patches is blonde and Treiss is brunette, but Belle's hair is actually pink, not red.
* The three female leads of ''[[Out There]]'': red-haired Miriam fits the [[Fiery Redhead]] trope reasonably well, but also has some [[Dumb Blonde]] tendencies; the usually dark-haired Sherry (who sometimes bleaches her hair blonde) can be seen as the [[Brainy Brunette]]; and the dark-haired Araceli, despite her occupation (she's an attorney) and hair color, is somewhat of a [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]].
* The two main characters and the first major villain they encounter of ''[[WayfarersWayfarer's Moon]]''.
* Currently,{{when}}<!-- The strip has been defunct since 2011 --> ''[[Blip]]'' has moody brunet [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname|K]], redhead [[Cloudcuckoolander]] [[Cute Witch|Hester]], blonde [[Cyborg]] Mary and [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue-haired]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|Liz]].
* ''[[Questionable Content (Webcomic)|Questionable Content]]'': one could say this applies to the ladies working at the Coffee of Doom. [[Perky Goth|Dora]] has black hair, [[Genius Ditz|Raven]] had a blonde streak and [[Deadpan Snarker|Faye]]'s hair colour could qualify as being between the two. Later, after Raven gets [[Put Onon a Bus]], Penny shows up to fulfill the blonde requirement, though she defies the trope in personality...
* The three female leads of ''[[LCD (Webcomic)|LCD]]'': Julianne McIntyre is the blonde, Raven Svoboda is the brunette and Terry Sligh is the redhead.
* ''[[Survivor Fan Characters]]'' has this represented in Season 8 by the last three members of the Yrsa'ka tribe: [[Horny Devils|Melanie]] is blonde, [[Mama Bear|Hannah/Oehda]] is brunette and [[The Pollyanna|Kiara]] is redheaded.
* The major female characters in ''[[Arthur, King of Time and Space]]'' are Guenevere (redhead), Morgan (brunette) and space/contemporary!Tristam (chestnut). Originally it was Morgan (brunette), Guenevere (redhead) and space/contemporary!Bedivere (blonde), until Bedivere was [[Retcon|retconnedretcon]]ned as male in all the arcs.
* Geoff (blonde), Drucilla (brunette) and [[Pibgorn]] (redhead). Alternately: Pigorn, Drucilla (black hair) and the hair fairy (brown hair).
 
 
== Web Original ==
* Clara, Tink and Codex from ''[[The Guild]]''.
* From [[That Guy With the Glasses (Website)|That Guy With theThe Glasses]]: [[The Angry Joe Show (Web Video)|Lisa Foiles]], [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]] and [[Obscurus Lupa]]. This isn't the only combination you can make, however, since the site has [[Loads and Loads of Characters]].
* ''Rocketboom'' has this with the hosts of its three [[YouTube]] channels: blonde Meme Molly on Rocketboom Daily, brunette Ellie Rountree on Rocketboom Tech, and redheaded Ella Morton on Rocketboom New York City.
* Ellie, Avery and Macy from ''[[One Hundred Yard Stare]]'' in that order.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* Bubbles, Buttercup and Blossom in ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|The Powerpuff Girls]]''.
* Clover, Alex and Sam in ''[[Totally Spies (Animation)|Totally Spies!]]''
* In ''[[The Spectacular Spider -Man]]'', now that they're all part of the same clique (sort of), there's Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane and Liz Allan, though Gwen, the blonde, is the brainy one and Liz, the brunette, is the cheerleader.
* ''[[Fireman Sam]]'': Penny (blonde), Elvis (black) and either Sam (red) or Station Officer Steele (white). Sam, Elvis and Penny are notable for actually being the opposite of their hair colour stereotype tropes ([[Dumb Blonde]], [[Brainy Brunette]], [[Fiery Redhead]]). Sam (redhead) is very even tempered, Penny (blonde) is very brainy and compident, while Elvis (brunette) is, [[Idiot Hero|well...]][[The Fool|not]].
* Melody, Valerie and Josie in ''[[Josie and Thethe PussycatsPussy Cats]]''.
* The Kanker Sisters in ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]''. Although Marie was technically a [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue-haired all-right-looking girl]].
* Gwenevere, Fallon and Tamara in ''[[Princess Gwenevere and Thethe Jewel Riders]]''. Of course, the so-called redhead is a shy girl, whereas the purple-haired black girl is the sports loving [[Genki Girl|genki]] type.
* The Chipettes in ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks (Animation)|Alvin and The Chipmunks]]''.
* The Hex Girls in some ''[[Scooby -Doo (Animationanimation)|Scooby Doo]]'' films. Also, Fred (blond), Shaggy (brunet), Daphne and Velma (redheads).
* The titular ''[[Lady Lovely Locks]]'' and her friends, Maiden Fair Hair and Maiden Curly Crown.
* Storm ([[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]), Rogue (brunette with [[Skunk Stripe]]) and Jean Grey (redhead) on Fox's animated ''[[X-Men (Animationanimation)|X-Men]]''.
* Pebbles (red), Penny (brunette) and Wiggy (blonde), from ''[[The Flintstones]] Comedy Show''.
* Fin (blonde), Lo (brunette) and Emma (redhead) from ''[[Stoked (Animation)|Stoked]]''.
* Caitlin (blonde), Nikki (naturally black, dyed purple) and Jen (redhead) from ''[[Sixteen (Animation)|Sixteen6teen]]''.
* The short-lived [[Comedy Central]] animated series ''[[Kid Notorious]]'' (which starred real-life film director Robert Evans) had one episode in which Evans is posing as a Nazi to expose a fellow filmmaker. While throwing a party at his mansion for a skinhead group, Evans says (in a German Accent) "It's entertainment time! Take your Pick! In all your favorite flavors! Blondes, brunettes, redheads, all with matching collars and cuffs!"
* Nara Burns (blonde), Rita Torres (brunette) and Maggie Weston (redhead), the three female leads from ''[[Exo Squad (Animation)|Exo Squad]]''.
* {{spoiler|The three Batwomen}} in ''[[Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman]]'': Kathy (brunette), Rocky (blonde) and Sonia (reddish brown). In a subversion of stereotypical roles, Rocky is a genius metallurge, Kathy is a fighter and Sonia is the stoic leader.
* A rare male version can be found in the founding members of the ''[[Young Justice (Animationanimation)|Young Justice]]'' team with Aqualad being the [[Darkskinned Blonde]], Robin as the brunette and Kid Flash as the redhead.
** The cycle continues when they added Superboy (brunette), Miss Martian (redhead), and Artemis (blonde). With the addition of Zatanna ([[Shiny Midnight Black]]) the girls of the team become this trope as well.
*** Season two adds Batgirl (redhead), Wonder Girl (blonde), and Bumblebee (brunette) to the roster.
* Stella (blonde), Flora (brunette) and Bloom (redhead) from ''[[Winx Club (Animation)|Winx Club]]'' also count. Of the six Winx girls, they're the more popular ones.
* An episode of ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' showed that Pattie & Selma are respectively blonde and redhead but turned dark blue because of cigarette ash and smoke. Marge is the brunette. [[Fridge Logic|So how'd Marge's hair turn blue?]] She dyes it. "She's been gray as a mule since she was 17."
* Patti (blonde), Connie (brunette, but more blue-violet) and Beebe (redhead) from ''[[Doug]]''. However, Patti and Connie swapped their hair stereotypes, as Patti is the brainy one and Connie's more naive. Beebe's still a [[Fiery Redhead]]. Funnily enough, Connie was blonde in the show's first season.
* Sarah, James and Henri from ''[[Liberty's Kids]]'' fall into this trope.
* Sharon (blonde), Maria (brunette) and Nina (redhead) on ''[[Braceface]]''.
* On ''[[Gargoyles (Animation)|Gargoyles]]'', [[Same Sex Triplets|the Weird Sisters]] are a variant -- identicalvariant—identical except that they have black, golden and white hair. They respectively represent fury, grace and fate, according to [[Word of God]], though act much like [[Single-Minded Twins|Single Minded Triplets]] in order to bring all three forces into fruition. It also isn't clear what their Grace aspect is truly like, since they never had any episodes when that aspect was "ascendant".
* ''[[Bionic Six (Animation)|Bionic Six]]'': Meg (blonde), Madam "O" (Brunette) and Helen (Redhead).
 
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