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Variations on this trope include uses of 5, 7, 12, and convienent multiples of five afterward (i.e., 25, 50, but not 35 or 70).
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See also [[Conflict|Basic Conflicts]] and other plot devices which often come in [[Numerological Motif|Threes or Sevens]], and [[Three Rules of Three]], a wiki guideline. Not to be confused with [[Four Is Death|Four]], unless you're counting [[Four-Element Ensemble|elements]], [[Four-Temperament Ensemble|bodily fluids]], and other dimensions.<ref>[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|Five is right out]].</ref>
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* The climactic battle in ''[[Return of the Jedi]]'' cuts between three different sets of action and location: the forest battle, the space battle and the duel between Luke and Vader in the Emperor's throne room.
* In ''[[Attack of the Clones]]'' Obi-Wan, Anakin and Padme are held captive in the Geonosian arena and separately has to fight three different beasts, an Acklay, a Reek and a Nexu.
* ''[[A Sound of Thunder]]'' combines this with a [[Shout
* ''[[Fight Club]]''. "That's three times you promised."
* ''Gremlins'': Oh, man, does the Rule Of Three apply here big time with the rules of caring for a mogwai. 1) Keep it out of bright light, 2) Do not let it get wet and 3) No matter how much it cries or how much it begs....never let it eat after midnight.
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== Jokes ==
* A joke in 2009 uses the [[Rule of Three]] to explain the three close celebrity deaths that year.
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Michael Jackson was surprised to find himself in heaven, but even more surprised that he was once again black. "Saint Peter," he said, "I worked pretty hard to lighten my skin over the years. Can you fix it?" Half an hour later [[Billy Mays]] arrived in heaven with some OxiClean. }}
* Jokes in general tend to make very heavy use of the [[Rule of Three]], especially those following the "Blonde/Brunette/Redhead" or "Nationality/Nationality/Nationality" formula.
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{{quote| '''Tina:''' Was that one for fun too?<br />
'''Steve:''' No, that was the Comedy Rule of Three. }}
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' captains (especially Picard) would frequently list off [[Famous, Famous, Fictional|three examples of some well-known cultural phenomenon]]. Typically, two of them would be what we would consider "classic" examples, and one would be either contemporary to us, or alien. For example, he might say, "Ah, yes, the great poets of history; William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Zyglorty Mospiqxot of T'pingnit." Or, "I've always been interested in classical music; Bach, Beethoven, the Beatles." (''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' did this precise gag with "Mendelssohn, Mozart, Motorhead".)
** This tendency wasn't lost on the writers of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', who'd spoof it on a regular basis.
{{quote| '''Crow (in Kirk's voice):''' We have had many wars like this in our own history. Our Civil War of Earth. Our World War one and two. Our Krinkleganglium Wars of Kromulon Thirteen...}}
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* ''[[House (TV)|House]]'' has the episode ''Three Stories'' which is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]] although the stories begin to intertwine and House is trying his best to confuse the medical students about what story they are currently listening to.
** In seasons 1-3, House's diagnostic team consisted of three members: Foreman, Cameron, and Chase.
* ''[[
** Also, the Vorlon epigrams "Understanding is a three-edged sword" and "There are three sides to every question: your side, their side, and the truth"
** While we're at it, the main climax of the show is the reveal that {{spoiler|the Vorlons and Shadows have, as their purpose in the galaxy, to force the younger races to choose between them.}} Sheridan decides to [[Take a Third Option]].
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** {{spoiler|Sure enough, it came up a third time, and Callen seemed to think it ''was'' good.}}
* ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'': I wish my mom would let me have a car... or a bike... or my roller skates back.
* ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]'' has threes in everything. Three sets of three Core Medals per Greeed, three part forms for the hero, three part [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|episode titles]]. The main characters themselves - Eiji, Ankh, and Hina - make up a trio. Each [["Previously On..."]] segment gives us "These three things happened on the last ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]].'' The [[Transformation Trinket]] is even threefold (medals, scanner, driver.)
* In an early season of ''[[Walker Texas Ranger]]'', in the first episode of the season, Walker corners the bad guy at the end of the episode. The bad guy turns and faces Walker, assumes a "karate stance" and makes a "karate yell". Walker beats him up. In the next episode, different bad guy, same ending. In the third episode, same ending except just when you are saying "this is getting a bit old", Walker drops his shoulders, sighs and says "Not another karate guy."
* ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]'' has Britta's one-time boyfriend Vaughn, who always says hello three different ways.
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* ''Zelda'' has the supreme Triforce: Power, Wisdom, Courage. Also the three Goddesses that go with it: Din, Nayru, and Farore.
** Also [[The Legendof Zelda CDI Games (Video Game)|three CDi games...]][[Canon Dis Continuity|maybe not]].
** Not only just Triforce, the Zelda games are littered with Three's: There are [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|three Sacred Stones, three magical spells, three elemental arrows]], [[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Video Game)|three Provinces covered in twilight, three Fused Shadows to collect]], [[The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass (Video Game)|three fairies to save, and three metals from which the Phantom Sword is formed]], in addition to everything else listed.
** Several bosses will go down after three sets of attacks from Link. [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|King Dodongo]], for instance, goes down after three bombs.
** Link begins every game with 3 hearts.<ref>Except for ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword]]'', where he starts with six; and ''[[Zelda II the Adventure of Link (Video Game)|Zelda II the Adventure of Link]]'', where his rectangle-based meter starts with four.</ref>
** [[The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask (Video Game)|Three days to save Termina]]. Each temple also had three boss fights: one to obtain the Hero's Bow or elemental arrow (of which there are three), one to obtain the Boss Key, and one to free the giant and end whatever curse had invaded the land.
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* ''Pokémon'' has this in spades. Generation I has Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres. The second generation has Raikou, Entei, and Suicune. Generation III has Regirock, Regice, and Registeel, as well as Kyogre, Groudon, and Rayquaza. Generation IV gives us Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina as a trio, as well as Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit. With the fifth generation around the corner, it's almost guaranteed that there will be another trio.
** The maximum number of evolutionary stages for a single Pokémon is three (unless it branches, such as Eevee, who started out with three evolved forms. It now has seven.
** The fifth generation has ''three'' trios: The Tao, Kami and Musketeer trios? The Musketeers have [[Shout
** By the end of each generation, there are three non-remake games: Red, Blue, and Yellow in Generation I (in Japan, Yellow is the [[Trilogy Creep]], because there's already Red, Green and Blue), Gold, Silver, and Crystal in Generation II, Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald in Generation III, and Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum in Generation IV. And the third is always quite different.
** There's also three starters in all games except for Yellow.
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* At the beginning of World War 2, RAF fighters generally operated in groups of three. However it was discovered that in combat one pilot would become separated from the other two and fall easy prey to enemy fighters. They then adopted the Luftwaffe's system of groups of four which in combat could easily sub-divide into two groups of two.
* Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox.
* When challenging someone to recite a [[Tongue
* One that's pretty famous; Veni, Vidi, Vici. I came, I saw, I conquered.
* A killer isn't considered a Serial Killer until after they have killed 3 people.
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