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* Specifically invoked by Batou in ''[[Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)|Ghost in The Shell]] 2: Innocence''.
* In ''[[One Piece]]''
** There are three Marine Admirals (not counting Vice Admirals):
** As well as three great powers: the Marines, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Four Emperors
** The Monster Trio in the Strawhat crew consists of Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* Rather than using it as a trope, the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' setting ''[[Planescape]]'' and its video game spinoff ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'' explicitly mention the Rule of Three in-story as a principle with cosmic validity. (''Everything'' involves the number 3 somehow. There are even three cosmic principles.<ref>The other two are Unity of Rings (an unbroken ring is the most perfect shape) and Center of All (because the multiverse is infinite size, you are always standing in the center of it, no mater where you are)</ref>) Since the world(s) of Planescape are [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|shaped by belief]], it's not impossible that that's true. If enough people believe it's nonsense, it won't be...
** There are enough [[Flat Earth Atheist]]s like Morte to disbelieve it, yet the rule persists for the reason that Morte gives, that minds have a tendency to create patterns. This tendency is perhaps stronger than belief, which is why the rule can be widely debunked yet the evidence of it still appears.
** One NPC adopts this principle and runs with it clear off the field. Calling himself "Rule of Three," he's an information broker who requires things in sets of three as his payment, and gives three true answers to any question. As a second character is known to associate with another of the three cosmic principles, it's suspected a third is out there somewhere as well, because... well, Rule of Three.
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