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[[Sub-Trope|Sub Tropes]] include [[Three Wishes]], [[These Questions Three]], [[Third Time's the Charm]], [[Trilogy Creep]], [[On Three]], [[Counting to Three]], and [[The Three Certainties in Life]].
 
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 Thethe Holy Grail|Five is right out]].</ref>
 
Related to other [[wikipedia:Rule of three|rules of three]] [[In Name Only|in number only]] or [[wikipedia:Triumvirate|in politics]].
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* In ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'', Indy must pass three tests (The Breath of God, The Word of God and The Path of God) to get to the Grail temple.
** Then comes ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]''. "Three times it drops..." [[Inevitable Waterfall|Hoo boy.]]
* ''[[Monty Python and Thethe Holy Grail]]'': "Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see....". For bonus points, the trope is subverted four times; the first time, the three questions are all easy, so the knight easily crosses. The second knight unexpectedly receives a third, difficult question which results in his death, while the third knight unexpectedly gets an easy question again but fails to answer it correctly and dies. On the final set of questions, King Arthur subverts it again by asking a question back to the bridgekeeper, resulting in the ''bridgekeeper's'' death.
** Possibly five times, as instead of the usual three knights/questioners/Billy Goats Gruff, there's three plus Arthur.
{{quote|One...two...five!
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* ''[[Jet Force Gemini]]'': Three playable characters, each of them visits three planets and, in the third of them, they face a boss. They then go to Mizar's Palace for a first-time confrontation against the [[Big Bad]]. Afterwards, the trope is averted for the most part.
* In ''[[Black and White]]'', the Sailors' Quest involves the aforementioned sailors asking for three things by song: Wood, grain, and meat.
* Some versions of ''[[Final Fantasy]]''([[Final Fantasy VII|VII]], [[Final Fantasy VIII|VIII]] and [[Final Fantasy X -2|X2]]) give you three people per party.
** ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' gives three early bosses called The Black Waltz, essentially three powerful Black Mages. After the third Waltz is defeated, Zidane comments that the name "Waltz" indicates that there won't be any more of them.
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' generally gives you a three-person party of Sora, Donald and Goofy(Donald and Goofy can be replaced by other playable characters).
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* ''[[Triquetra Cats]]'' features three sisters taking up the mantle and war that their deceased mother was unable to finish.
* From ''[[A Miracle of Science]]'': Benjamin mentions that he spends much of his rare days off listening to classical music; he gives Bach, Prokofiev, and ''[[The Beatles]]'' as examples. (The webcomic's artist expounds on the Rule in his [http://project-apollo.net/mos/mos084.html commentary].
* In ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' {{spoiler|Onrac is destroyed because of Sarda and Black Mage three times.}}
* In ''[[Girl Genius]]'', [http://girlgeniuscomic.livejournal.com/74654.html the third time] Zola needs to be rescued when Agatha wants to talk to Gil, Agatha rescues her.
** Also Jagers only get 3 tries to steal Old Man Death's hat.
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