Rule of Three: Difference between revisions

**:* One episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] features this joke from a man claiming to be a historian from the 26th century. Talking to Geordi, he mentions several blind artists by surname, ending with (Stevie) Wonder. On rewatching this episode, one realises that this is meant to be a clue that he isn't from the future but from the 200 years in the past.

**:* When ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' the Enterprise got caught in a time loop, [[Groundhog Day Loop|reliving the same day over and over]]—and that day always ended with the destruction of the Enterprise. Eventually they caught onto this and decided to program a message into Data's brain to be sent back into the rift on the next iteration, and hopefully help them avoid the collision that got them caught in the rift in the first place. During the next go-round, the number three continually appeared throughout the day (Data was subconsciously repeating the pattern) until the time of the collision came again. Left with two choices about how to avoid the accident (one suggested by Data, and one by Commander Riker), they noticed that ''three'' could refer to the number of rank insignia on Commander Riker's lapel. Therefore Riker's was the right idea, not Data's.

*:* The main [[Power Trio]] of [[The Kirk|Kirk]], [[The Spock|Spock]], and [[The McCoy|McCoy]] in the Original Series.

*:* And to top it off in the grand finale of [[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]] has the three Enterprise Captains speaking the "these are the voyages" narration while the three Enterprises appear on the screen.