Comic Trio: Difference between revisions

* On ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', in some cartoons Strong Bad is the schemer, Strong Mad is stupid, and The Cheat is the smart one who's powerless. Just as often, though, Homestar will be the stupid one, and Strong Bad will be smart and powerless.

* The side characters "The Unstoppable Three!" at [[Super-Hero School]] Whateley Academy in the [[Whateley Universe]]. Captain Bravo (flying brick with energy beams from his eyes) is the schemer (well, the leader), Hyper (speedster) is the follower, and Long John (stretchy 'Mister Fantastic' type) is powerless. Even the people they attack mock them.

* Sort of subverted in ''[[Park Bench]]'', since there's no real straight man, but the three take turns powering the plot (although it's barely ever Tully, and sometimes isn't anyone).

* The Balloon Shop are a three piece comedy troupe, formed by Olan Rogers (The loud and jovial one), Thomas Gore(The closest any of them can get to being a straight man), and Joshua Pursley(The butt of nearly every joke). The three made videos after meeting each other in High School. There are no solid roles for any of the characters, because the roles change depending on each video. Their videos range from fairly realistic (BBQ Fiesta) to insanely unrealistic and kooky (Birds, and The Sargentos)

(It should be noted that before this scene, Olan gets offended and shoots "Chris", however, he seems to be perfectly fine.) }}

* The Red Team in Red Vs. Blue are often examples of this, with Sarge being the navigator, Simmons going along with it through thoughts of promotion and glory, and Grif being too lazy to stop them

** ''[[Transformers]]'' has two more trios like this. In ''[[Transformers Armada]],'' Rad is the ringleader, Carlos right behind him, Alexis trying to keep them out of trouble. In ''[[Transformers Prime]],'' [[Too Dumb to Live]] Miko puts herself [[In Harm's Way]] ''explicitly'' because it's fun to her, Jack follows to save her butt (thrusting him into 'driver' role despite his ''not'' really thinking "let's go into the middle of a warzone because it's KEWL LOLZ!" is a great plan) while Raf takes the Alexis role.

* ''[[Futurama]]'': Mom's sons, Walt, Larry and Igner. It's subverted in that the leader, Walt, is actually the most intelligent of the three. However, he still comes up with some pretty awful plans, usually revolving around ridiculous disguises, while Igner is retarded and Larry even more spineless than most comic trios to compensate. The main reason they succeed at all is because Fry is the frequent target of their plans.

''([[Gilligan Cut]] to scene where the trio screeches to a halt outside Planet Express in a van labeled 'Smother Brothers'. This time Walt's latest ridiculous scheme involves owl exterminators)'' }}

** The main three characters often display this dynamic with Bender and Fry switching off between the driver and navigator, with Leela as the straight man.