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[[File:marriage 4420.jpg|link=Doctor Who|thumb|400px|Can we fit [[Cake Toppers|another groom]] on the cake?]]
{{quote|''"Threesomes solve everything. '''Everything'''."''
|'''[[Fandom]] maxim'''}}
In any given fandom, if there is any [[Shipping]] going on at all, there will usually be a particular couple substantially supported by both the [[Canon]] events of the series or story, and the general consensus of the fandom regarding [[Fanon]]; even if some parts of the fandom isn't thrilled about the nature of the relationship, it's generally agreed upon that the relationship does exist and cannot be easily ignored. These unbreakable couples are usually (but not always) comprised of the main protagonist and their [[Love Interest]], though they're often seen among villain groups as well, and what makes this unique relationship can really only be decided by the individual viewer: they are called [[OTP]]: One True Pairing.
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* Despite the [[Brother-Sister Incest|incest-y]] [[Squick]], a small part of the ''[[Mawaru Penguindrum]]'' fandom is starting to get behind the idea of Shouma/Kanba/Himari. Two or three more throw Ringo in as well.
* There are not many fans of the ''Mazinger'' trilogy (''[[Mazinger Z]]'', ''[[Great Mazinger]]'', ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'') ship, but some of the shippers consider Kouji/Sayaka/Maria is a solution to the most important [[Love Triangle]] in the series (nobody seems considering Kouji/Sayaka/Boss or Tetsuya/Jun/Boss, nevertheless. [[Butt Monkey|Poor Boss]]).
** It is lampshaded [https://web.archive.org/web/20070402121808/http://www.dra-mata.com/manga/4koma/old/tsurugi07.jpg in this] ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' [[Yonkoma]] comic
▲== Card Games ==
* Harpie Lady Sisters, Queen's/King's/Jack's Knight, Dark Magician/Dark Magician Girl/Dark Magician of Chaos (feel free to substitute with other magicians), pretty much anything remotely human in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' that comes in threes.▼
== Comics ==▼
* [[Archie]]/Betty/Veronica, of course, seeing as it would be the ultimate happy ending to [[Betty and Veronica|one of the longest-running dilemmas in comic book history.]]
* [[Immortal Iron Fist|Danny Rand]]/Misty Knight/[[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire|Luke Cage]]. They're [https://web.archive.org/web/20090126091219/http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/4216592.html very close], Danny/Misty is canon, and when Luke had a baby, he named her after Daniel. Aww.
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* Really weirdly, the ''[[Watchmen]]'' [[Fandom]] has taken a liking to Laurie/Dan/Rorschach. It would only be possible in an [[Alternate Universe Fic|AU]]. Fandom has happily provided the AUs. Fits the "canon couple (Dan/Laurie) + subtexty partnership (Dan/Rorschach)" type.
* [[Large Ham|The Caged Demonwolf]] ''really'' thinks [[Empowered|Emp/Thugboy/Ninjette]] is the way to go... and 'Jette (who has demonstrated considerable [[UST]] toward Thugboy and [[Les Yay|not a little toward Miss Powers herself]]) pointedly mocked his lack of omniscience when asked if it was her fantasy as well.
* ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'': The wildly popular fan pairing is Katchoo-Francine-David; it comes pretty close to Canon sometimes and even author Terry Moore seems to think this will solve the problems, but ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'' is one of the few series to have the ''characters'' decide on a True Threesome in order to help deal with their [[Love Dodecahedron]]. [[Girl Next Door|Francine]], [[Dogged Nice Guy|David]], [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Katchoo]], [[The Ditz|Cas]][[The Mole|ey]], [[Jerkass|Freddie]] and even [[Badass|Tam]][[Hot Amazon|bi]] all alternate between being friends, enemies, sexual partners and various places in between, and also rotate living with each other as one or more of those options. Eventually they all (well, most) decide for Katchoo, Casey and David to form a sexual relationship in order to produce a child, comfort David in his final days, and because they all do love each other, even though Katchoo only ''really'' loves Francine, David only ''really'' loves Katchoo, and who Casey ''really'' loves is more complicated than even the reader thinks at the time (yes, [[Up to Eleven|it is more complicated than what you just read]]). Once [[Murder the Hypotenuse|David dies]] the series settles down into Katchoo-Francine and Casey-Tambi (!?!?!?!?!?), though even then David sticks with both pairs in spirit and via his child with Katchoo... and no, Freddie does not end up with anybody, [[The Chew Toy|he ends up alone]]. [[Asshole Victim|Deservedley]].
* [[X-Men|Cyclops/Jean Grey/Wolverine]] is a popular [[Fanon]] resolution to that particular [[Flame Bait]] of a triangle. Of course, Cyclops/[[Betty and Veronica|Jean Grey/Emma Frost]] is popular too.
** Currently{{when}} Magneto/Rogue/Gambit. Almost official from Rogue's side.
* There's also considerable love for [[Batman|Bruce]]/[[Superman|Clark/Lois]] in fanfic as a way to resolve the opposing pulls of a popular [[Official Couple]] and a popular [[Ho Yay]] target, sometimes expanded to an OT4 of Bruce/[[Catwoman|Selina]]/Clark/Lois.
** There's also the crackier Clark/Lois/[[Cargo Ship|Metropolis.]] (Which is sort of canon, as Lois once commented that she's much more jealous of the city than of the scantily-clad superheroines Supes hangs out with.)
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* In ''[[Spirou and Fantasio]]'', the [[Ho Yay]] between the titular characters is rounded out by Seccotine's semi-canon relationship with Spirou and her [[Foe Yay]] with Fantasio.
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fanfic ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]'': Germany, Italy, and Japan ended up in a polyamorous relationship after Germany and Japan agreed to share Italy at Italy's request.
* ''[[Misfiled Dreams]]'' seems to be leaning towards Ash/Emily/Jenny Jr. It says something when even the characters themselves have taken notice of this.
* The ''[[Top Gear]]'' fandom has a lot of OT3 fic. Sometimes the third party is a ''[[Cargo Ship|car]]''.
* Despite the massive [[Shipping Wars]], quite some ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fans are followers of Angel/Buffy/Spike. This is even acknowledged in one Joss Whedon-written issue of the canonical ''Buffy'' Season 8 comic book, where it is revealed that {{spoiler|Buffy's sexual fantasy is a threesome between her, Angel and Spike. Even more kinky, she wears a nurse uniform. And they're chained to her.}}
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** [[Complete Monster|Warren]]/[[Ambiguously Gay|Andrew]]/[[Mauve Shirt|Jonathan]] isn't that uncommon, you know...
** Buffy/Willow/Tara has quite a few supporters too, especially when you consider that Willow and Tara moved in to the Summers' house and were already essentially honorary big sisters to Dawn anyway.
** Given Dru's happiness at the three of them being together again and Angelus' implied past relationship with both Dru and Spike, Angelus/Drusilla/Spike is the obvious conclusion. Darla is often included. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in ''[[Angel]]'' when Angel and Spike each admitted to having tried for (and failed to get) a threesome with Darla and Drusilla, but that Buffy's new beau The Immortal ''had''.
* Over at sister series ''[[Angel]]'', the unexpected family-like closeness among the original cast (Angel, Cordy, and Doyle) won many fans, some of whom 'shipped the whole threesome. This went double for Angel, Cordy, and Wes—after fans forgave the latter for [[Replacement Scrappy|replacing Doyle]], that is. There's also Gunn/Fred/Wes, to reconcile the [[Shipping Wars|shipwars]].
* Another Joss series, ''[[Dollhouse]]'', has a variety of polygonic shipping in the fandom.
* In ''[[Due South]]'' fandom, the fact that Fraser Has Two Rays has caused both the Ray Wars and the occasional threesome.
* Due to huge amounts of subtext between everyone involved, there is a small subset of the (already small) ''[[Eureka]]'' fandom that ships Jack Carter/Nathan Stark/Allison Blake. Allison and Nathan used to be married, Jack and Allison have had [[UST]] since the very first episode and were married in an alternate universe, and Jack and Nathan have epic [[Foe Yay]]. {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real|Nathan's death]] seems to have merely spawned a host of resurrection fics, rather than stop the shipping.}}
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* Confirmed with an [[Important Haircut|Important]] [http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/245370.html Haircut]{{Dead link}} Kaname/Sousuke/Eija of ''[[Divine Blood]]'' are a One True Threesome with Kaname and Eija being [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] rather than [[Les Yay]] as confirmed by a [http://addventure.bast-enterprises.de/245541.html question from Mizuki]{{Dead link}}.
* ''[[Big Bang Theory]]'' fanfic resolves several issues with Howard/Bernadette/Raj.
== Film ==
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* [[Bandits]] has an official [[OT3]], though not without its jealousies. The film ends with a wedding... though not involving any of the three.
* This shows up in ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]'', of all things. In the movie, {{spoiler|following Mary Magdalene's death}}, Jesus is depicted as moving in with the sisters of Lazarus and having many children with them. Of course, {{spoiler|this turns out to be a temptful delusion by [[Satan]]}}.
== Literature ==
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** Hermione/Draco/Blaise has become mildly popular in smutfics.
** As have Bellatrix/Lucius/Narcissa and Katie/Alicia/Angelina
* Aragorn/Boromir/Arwen in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.
** Or Aragorn/Arwen/Eowyn. Throw Faramir in the mess for extra points.
** Don't forger Aragorn/Éomer/Faramir!
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* Canon for the lead three characters in the Bold As Love series.
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Audrey/Duke/Nathan in "[[Haven]]"
* It's pretty much a grab bag with ''[[Torchwood]]''. [[Everyone Is Bi]], so anything goes, canonically.
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{{quote|'''Bo''': We've never done this before, huh? Just the three of us. Like a threesome. [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|Not that I've thought about it that way or anything.]]}}
* ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (the series, but not the books) may be heading in the direction of canonical Margaery/Renly/Loras, suggested by Margaery herself in response to Renly's inability to consummate their marriage. Although Margaery and Loras are [[Brother-Sister Incest|brother and sister]], the addition of a third, non-related person means it's still a relatively wholesome arrangement by the series' standards.
== Music ==
* [[Todd in the Shadows]] ships Ke$ha with the two members of 3Oh!3. He just hopes their union never produces any children.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Some fans of ''[[Peanuts]]'' have suggested this as a way to
== Religion and Mythology ==
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* [[Older Than Dirt]]: [[The Epic of Gilgamesh|Gilgamesh/Enkidu/Shamhat]].
== Tabletop Games ==
▲* Harpie Lady Sisters, Queen's/King's/Jack's Knight, Dark Magician/Dark Magician Girl/Dark Magician of Chaos (feel free to substitute with other magicians), pretty much anything remotely human in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' that comes in threes.
== Theater ==
* Amid the massive shipping wars created by ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]'' are those who wish [[The Ingenue]] could have chosen both her [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] and her [[Stalker with a Crush]]. (Hell, the Phantom probably would've taken anything he could get...)
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* This has been done a lot in the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]'' fandom, and since most of the regular characters are male, most combinations are [[Fan Yay|gay]]. Fox/Falco/Peppy has been done, as have Wolf/Leon/Panther and James/Peppy/Wolf.
** [[The Scrappy|What, no Slippy?]]
* ''[[Command
** Especially if you're a female Commander. [[Les Yay]] for all!
* One fairly obvious [[OT3]] in ''[[Suikoden V]]'' is [[Brother-Sister Incest|Frey/Lymsleia]]/[[Not Blood Siblings|Lyon]], due to the blatant subtext heaped on the former two and the text about Lyon's feelings for Frey. This is sometimes expanded to include [[Bodyguard Crush|Miakis]] as well, since she and Lymsleia have their own helping of [[Les Yay]].
* Since ''[[Portal 2]]'', pairings have ranged from [[Cargo Ship|ChellxWheatleyxGLaDOS]] to Cores being
* ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' has Altair/Malik/Kadar and Altair/Malik/Maria as the most common ones (the latter mainly because it neatly combines the most popular fan pairing and the canon pairing), with some Desmond/Lucy/Shaun/Rebecca and Ezio/Leonardo/(character of your choice) on occasion.
** And a suprising number of Ezio/Federico/Vieri fics.
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]''. Dante/Trish/Lady anyone?
▲== Web Comics ==
* [[Deviant ART]] user Humon of [[Humon Comics]] has the threesome of Duncan/Niels/Natalie (Natalie and Niels can switch depending on what mood he's in). This was all Niels' fault too.
* While Gilgamesh Wulfenbach actually proposed to Agatha at one point (more politically than romantically) and is in the position usually held by the [[Designated Love Interest]], the ''[[Girl Genius]]'' fandom seems to support Agatha/Gil/Tarvek. The fact that the Cinderella parody done in one of the interludes [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090109 ended] with Agatha-as-Cinderella marrying ''both'' Gil and Tarvek indicates that the writers don't think it's in the realm of the impossible either.
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* The [[That Guy With The Glasses|TGWTG]] [[Crack Pairing]] of [[Marz Gurl]]/Linkara/Insano is pretty popular, and really quite sweet most of the time. Chick/Critic/ATG is popular too, although that's usually saved for kinky [[Dark Fic]], naturally.
** Spoony/Chick/Googles is canon. As is Spoony/Critic/Joe.
** [[Todd in the Shadows|Todd]]/
** Although Paw ''was'' in a relationship with Rose, they have since broken up. [[Better as Friends|Still good friends though.]]
== Western Animation ==
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* ''[[Young Justice]]'' has a very popular Robin/Artemis/Kid Flash pairing despite quite a bit of [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]]. (Or maybe as an alternative to it)
** Hints of upcoming additions to the cast in season two already have speculation of Connor/M'gann/Donna building up, along with Starfire/Robin/Zatanna should Star ever be brought in.
== Real Life ==
* The
* Thai antiques dealer Thao Wichai who ended up [https://web.archive.org/web/20090418183545/http://www.asianoffbeat.com/default.asp?display=1989 marrying] the [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|identical twin]] [[Childhood Friend Romance|girls-next-door]] from his childhood hometown.
* [[Tilda Swinton]] has a happy relationship with [http://www.wmagazine.com/celebrities/2008/09/tilda_swinton?currentPage=4 two male partners]{{Dead link}}, both of them painters.
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