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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]] [[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]].
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** 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]] [[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.
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* 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 (Anime)|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 (Anime)|GX]]'' had [[Action Girl|Asuka/Alexis]] (blonde), [[Love Freak|Rei/Blair]] (brunette), [[Hello Nurse|Ayukawa/Fontaine]] (redhead).
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds (Anime)|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 (Anime)|Anzu/Tea]], [[Yu-Gi-Oh GX (Anime)|Asuka/Alexis]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds (Anime)|Aki/Akiza]] are a cross series example, albeit with the brunette coming first.
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* ''[[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 (Film)|Coraline]] and [[Rose -Haired Girl|Ms. Spink]] count, although Coraline is more of a [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|bluenette]].
* In ''[[The Princess and The 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]]'').
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* The recent ''[[CharliesCharlie'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.}}
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* The Lilim in ''[[Stardust (Film)|Stardust]]''.
* Wendy's aunts in ''[[Casper the Friendly Ghost|Casper Meets Wendy]]''.
* ''[[Definitely Maybe (Film)|Definitely Maybe]]'', as a bonus, is [[Colour -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.
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** 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)|CSI]]'' shows: Catherine (redhead -- ''[[CSI (TV)|Vegas]]''), Calleigh (blonde -- ''[[CSI: Miami|Miami]]''), Stella and, later, Jo (brunette -- ''[[CSI New York|New York]]'').
* ''[[CharliesCharlie'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]].
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* ''[[Eight 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 ''[[GilligansGilligan'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 ''[[GreysGrey's Anatomy (TV)|Greys Anatomy]]''.
* ''[[H 2 OH₂O 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 Carly]]'': 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.
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** 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 (Video Game)|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.
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*** ''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.
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* ''[[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).
* ''[[Megaman 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 Blue]]'' has Noel (blonde), Makoto (brunette) and Tsubaki (redhead).
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* 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 ''[[Wayfarers Moon]]''.
* Currently, ''[[Blip]]'' has moody brunet [[Only Known By Their Nickname|K]], redhead [[Cloudcuckoolander]] [[Cute Witch|Hester]], blonde [[Cyborg]] Mary and [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue-haired]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|Liz]].
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* The Hex Girls in some ''[[Scooby Doo (Animation)|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 (Animation)|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]]''.
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* 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 -- 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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