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The "child" (who does ''not'' have to be a child literally) will be seen as innocent, [[Virginity Makes You Stupid|perhaps to the point of naïveté]]. The wife, the wiser, calmer aspect, someone around whom one could build a home life. The third, the seductress is sexually experienced and independent.

 

Compare [[The Three Faces of Adam]], the not-quite [[Spear Counterpart]].

 

* Lime (child), Cherry (wife), and Bloodberry (seductress) from ''[[Saber Marionette J]]''.

* In ''[[Saiyuki]]'', personality-wise, Goku is the child, Hakkai is the wife and Gojyo is the seductress, [[Gender-Inverted Trope|even though all three are male.]]

* In ''Kodomo no Jikan'': Kuro (Child), Mimi (Mother), and Rin (Seductress).

 

* In some versions of the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (comics)|Legion of Super-Heroes]]'', Triplicate Girl (or Triad) has a different personality for each body; Triad-Purple is brash and outgoing (seductress), Triad-Orange is shy and quiet (virgin) and Triad-Neutral is the stable figure who has to keep the other two together (mother).

* ''[[Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose]]'': [[Action Girl|Tarot]] (the wife), Boo Cat (child) and [[Dark Action Girl|Raven Hex]] ([[Ms. Fanservice]]... well, more than the rule).

* In [[DC Universe|Earth-3]], the [[Evil Counterpart]] Universe to the regular DC Verse, contains the character Evelyn Dent, Three-Face.

* The first three Spider-Women in the [[Marvel Universe]] can be counted as this. The first one, Jessica Drew, is the Seductress (Her pheromone powers could attract men, and she had her record as a villainess for awhile), the second one, Julia Carpenter, is the Mother (She is an [[Action Mom]] of sorts), and the last one, Mattie Franklin, is the Child (she still attends high school).

* [[The DCU]] also has [[The Ingenue|Halo]] (child), [[Lady of War|Katana]] (literally Halo's mother by adoption), and [[Femme Fatale|Looker]] (seductress) of the Outsiders.

* [[Scott Pilgrim]] sets this trope up with Knives Chau (child) Kim Pine (Mother) and Envy Adams (Seductress), with Ramona representing the complete woman. This is inferred when all three come to devour him when Ramona has slayed him in one of his dream sequences. Also, it may be seen in Scott's ending in the video game adaptation, where he ends up dating all three at once. Finally, one of the themes of the final volume of the series, revolves around Scott resolving his projection issues with these three ladies, so he can move on with Ramona.

 

* The three leads in ''[[The First Wives Club]]''. Brenda (Wife), Elise (seductress), Annie (child).

* ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'' has Shilo (the child), Amber Sweet (the seductress), and Blind Mag (the mother).

* The three female leads in the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' films: Marion Ravenwood from ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' is the Mother (literally, in the latter film); Willie Scott from ''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]'' is the Child; And Dr. Elsa Schneider from ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' is the Seductress.

 

* ''[[Coraline (novel)|Coraline]]'' is the [[Plucky Girl|child]], the [[Evil Matriarch|Other Mother]] is the mother, and the young Other Spink and Forcible are [[The Dark Chick|seductresses]].

* In the novel ''[[Anno Dracula|Dracula Cha-Cha-Cha]]'' [[Kim Newman]] blends the [[Three Faces of Eve]] with [[The Hecate Sisters]] by giving the [[Genius Loci]] "Mama Roma" ''four'' forms: girl, mother, whore and crone.

* In the ''[[Chalet School]]'' series, there are the Maynard triplets. Len, the oldest, is the sensible [[Team Mom]] (mother); Con, the middle one, is the sensitive artistic dreamer (child); and Margot, the baby, is the [[Hot-Blooded]] one (seductress, although this being the Chalet School, there's not much going on on the sexual front).

 

* The three females in the main cast of ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'': Mrs. Howell, the oldest one, is actually the childlike one naive one. Ginger, the movie star, is obviously the seductress, and Mary Ann is the wife.

* The three main females of ''[[Scrubs]]''. Carla: mother, Elliot: child and Jordan: seductress. Notable for fitting the categories pretty much exclusively, with no swapping over or anything.

* The three main Cheerios on ''[[Glee]]'' (even if they're not all Cheerleaders now—long story) has Quinn (the mother, a literal one at that), Brittany (the child), and Santana (the seductress).

* The ''[[Charmed]]'' ones fit these roles. The first three seasons had Prue as the mother, Piper as the child and Phoebe as the seductress. After Prue leaves and Paige joins the show, Piper becomes the mother/protector, Paige joins as the child while Phoebe remains the seductress.

* From the various: ''[[Star Trek]]'' series:

** ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'': Lt. Uhura is the Seductress, Nurse Christine Chapel is the Mother, and Yeoman Janice Rand is the Child.

* The three female leads of ''[[Mad Men]]'': Joan is the seductress, completely capable of using her sexuality to get what she wants. At first glance, Betty ([[Stepford Smiler]] housewife) would be the mother and Peggy ([[Plucky Office Girl]]) would be the child, but before long, childishness establishes itself as one of Betty's crucial qualities if not her [[Fatal Flaw]], and Peggy displays a determination to leave behind the role of wide-eyed little girl and becomes a capable woman and Don's equal in a way Betty (his actual wife) never was.

* The three females in ''[[Friends]]'' have Monica as the wife (she is indeed the first to get married properly), Phoebe as the child and Rachel as the seductress.

* The three ladies of ''[[The Golden Girls]]'' minus Sophia. Rose was the child (sweet and naive), Dorothy was the wife (calm and sensible) and Blanche was the seductress (sexy and fiery.)

* ''Sherlock'' has the motherly Mrs Hudson, the at times sweet and innocent Molly Hooper, and the dominatrix Irene Adler.

* The three main females of ''[[Victorious]]'': Tori (rational peacemaker), Jade (the bad girl with a boyfriend), and Cat (child).

 

== Mythology and Religion ==

 

* Meredith Brook's song "Bitch" categorizes under the all three parts. It mentions "bitch", "lover", "child", "mother", "sinner", "saint", "hell", "dream", "tease" and "goddess" on the chorus, which combines all three faces.

 

 

* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games in general have a permutation of this trope, in which the three playable females (and there are ''always'' three; see the Three Females Rule in the Grand List) are almost ''always'' represented as the following:

*** Innocent Virgin Princess ([[The Chick]], [[White Magician Girl]], [[Mysterious Waif]], [[Rebellious Princess]]) -- Delicate, feminine and frequently in love with the hero. Almost always gets him in the end, if she is. ''Rosa/Lenna/Terra/Aerith/Ophelia/Rinoa/Garnet/Yuna/Ashe/Serah''.

*** Morinth and Samara works, but Jack is anything but a seductress. Miranda certainly uses her looks for personal gain, but god help you if you touch her or don't take her seriously (she also does NOT come across as motherly). Tali is also NOT naive. Period.

**** If you're talking about sexual experience/attitudes, then Tali as naive, Miranda as experienced, and Jack as ''more'' experienced might.

** The three female companions in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' play it straight: [[Ingenue]] elven maiden Merrill, motherly guard Aveline, and sexy [[Pirate Girl]] Isabela.

** In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'', we have ingenue Mission (for whom there is no romance, she being underage), always-proper wife Bastilla, and seductress Juhani. In the sequel, we have the naive Handmaiden as the child, saucy Mira as the seductress, and self-sacrificing Visas as the mother.

*** In an even ''rarer'' third example involving Excellen '''again''', out of her and her [[Cloning Blues|clones]] {{spoiler|Lemon Browning and Einst Alfimi}}, she's ''still'' the Seductress, with {{spoiler|Lemon}} as the Wife and {{spoiler|Alfimi}} the Child. Good god, is there anything this woman isn't??

** Speaking of three sisters, there's Kazuma Ardygun's sisters in ''[[Super Robot Wars W]]'', with Shihomi as the Wife, Akane as the Seductress (mostly by default), and Mihiro (duh) as the Child.

* The Women Fighters Team from ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' has the [[Stripperiffic|half-naked]] [[Ninja|kunoichi]] '''[[Ms. Fanservice|Mai]]''' as the seductress, [[Genki Girl|hyperactive]] [[Cute Bruiser|karateka]] '''[[Moe|Yuri]]''' as the daughter and [[Bokukko|tomboyish]] [[Kick Chick|kickboxer]] '''[[Promotion to Parent|King]]''' as the wife.

** Additionally, [[Bokukko|Kasumi Todou]] replaced Yuri as the daughter/child in KOF'96 and [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Chizuru Kagura]] became a secondary mother in KOF'97.

** A possible third trinity has [[Robot Girl|Aigis]] as the maiden—guiding the plot without knowing why—Elizabeth as the mother—providing guidance and [[Side Quests]] to help the hero grow stronger—and as the seductress, {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]] Nyx, who's trying to bring about [[The End of the World as We Know It]] through coaxing humanity across the [[Despair Event Horizon]].}}

** ''[[Persona 4]]'' also has its own trio of girls, which are Yukiko ([[Yamato Nadeshiko|quiet, delicate, and responsible]] wife), Chie ([[Shorttank|spunky, impulsive, and tomboyish]] child), and Rise ([[The Ditz|playful, cheery, and naive]] seductress). If we use the description from the Final Fantasy example, it also fits their [[Evil Twin|shadows]] too in that Yukiko's shadow is The Innocent Virgin Princess (literally, [[Everything's Better with Princesses|complete with castle, pink dress, knights and all]]), Chie's shadow is Tough But Sexy (how else could you describe a [[Fetish Fuel|dominatrix]]?), and Rise's shadow being The Perky Jailbait (to the point of [[Squick]], and even the main character's homeroom teacher refers to her as such).

* One set of ''Zelda'' games feature three "Oracles" who share names with the goddesses, and more obviously match the trope: Din is an outgoing dancer (seductress), Nayru is a gentle singer (maiden), and Farore is a bookish sort who handles "secrets" (mother). Unfortunately, the game which was supposed to feature Farore was cancelled.

** Not gonna argue on Din, but Nayru seems pretty maternal (especially in the end of the linked games, where she's seen buying groceries and getting chased around by kids), and Farore's a ''child''.

* ''[[Suikoden V]]'' has your female family taking up these roles: Lymsleia (the child), Haswar (the mother), and Sialeeds (the seductress). Arshtat acts as a [[High Queen]] over the whole lot.

* In ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'', Tess is the childish one, Keira is the sensible one, and Ashelin is the dark one. They're all sexy.

* Arguably in the mistresses of [[Overlord II]]: Kelda would serve as the child (least evil of the Mistresses and the only one to actually love The Witch-Boy), Juno the seductress ([[Gold Digger]]) and {{spoiler|[[Fallen Hero|Queen Fay]]}} is the Wife figure (the one most "Equal" to the Witch-Boy).

* The ladies of ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' fit this trope. Marle is the child, maintaining her naivety and innocence through most of the game. Lucca is the wife, which is exactly what she acts like toward Robo. And Ayla is the Seductress because, well, just look at her dialogue!

** The Moriya Shrine has two goddesses and one priestess - the child-like (but [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|oldest of all]]) Suwako, [[Miko]] Sanae is shown as the reliable one (if [[Fish Out of Water|lacking in Gensokyo's form of "common sense"]]), while Kanako is most certainly [[Hotter and Sexier]].

** The three witches actually upset the balance - Marisa is childish and reckless, but both Alice and Patchouli are the sensible and capable ones. Alice and Patchouli are often shown competing with one another because of this (and their implied [[Les Yay]] romantic triangle, fighting over Marisa). They weren't originally meant to be put in a trio, however, it was a response to fanbase pressure to form the [[Cast Herd]].

* The female players of the Nonary Game in ''[[Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors|Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors]]'' fit this trope perfectly, and in numerical order as well: Clover (#4, the innocent child), June (#6, the kind-hearted peacekeeper), and Lotus (#8, the oldest and sexiest).

* [[BlazBlue|NOL girls]] consist of Noel, [[Younger Than They Look|who is technically only 5 years old despite her look]], Tsubaki, the sensible one, and Makoto, Ms Fanservice.

* ''[[Magna Carta 2]]''. Rue is the mother (though an unusually cold example), Celestine the child, and Zephie the seductress (by virtue of being the [[Love Interest]]). However Celestine and Zephie's roles often cross over, with Celestine trying to seduce a fellow party member, and Zephie being a sweet innocent [[Everything's Better with Princesses|princess]].

 

* ''[[Fate/stay night]]'': Ilyasviel (Child), Saber (Wife), Rin (Seductress); Sakura is somewhat of a mix of all three, acting rather innocently, is emotionally dependent on Shirou, but is {{spoiler|sexually experienced, [[Rape as Drama|though not by choice]]}}.

* ''[[Tsukihime]]'': Arcueid, Akiha (Child), Ciel, Hisui (Wife), Kohaku (Seductress)

* ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'': Among the five choose-able girls, the ones who fit the most are: Lilly Satou (sweet-tempered Mother), Hanako Ikezawa (fragile and scarred Child), and Shizune Hakamichi (straightforward Seductress {{spoiler|who can be pretty kinky when you get her X-rated scenes.}}) {{spoiler|And then there's somewhat of a subversion: Lilly can be quite kinky too in her sex-scenes, while Hanako will come to ''hate'' being seen as the Child if you make Hisao go all [[White Knight]] on her.}}

 

* Yuki (the child), Kimiko (the wife) and Miho (The seductress) from ''[[Megatokyo]]''.

** Largo's <s>English</s> ''Awesomeness'' class also has one of these: naive [[Robot Girl]] Ping, sarcastic [[Class Representative]] Junko, and the aforementioned Miho.

* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'', Molly is the child, Jean is the steady girlfriend, and Voluptua is the sexy one in the one-piece swimsuit. Subverted a bit in that Voluptua's personality is actually much less volatile than Jean's.

 

 

* [[Fan Nickname|Ozai's Angels]], the [[Terrible Trio]] of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Ty Lee (child), Mai (wife<ref>Specifically to Zuko</ref>) and Azula ([[The Vamp|seductress]]<ref>Though the one time she actively tries this, all she does is weird the guy out by being a psychopath. Her people skills are all combat-oriented.</ref>)

** Also holds true for the heroines: Toph (child), Katara (wife), and Suki ([[Femme Fatale|seductress]])

* ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' - Alex (child), Sam (wife), and Clover (seductress).

* ''[[6teen]]'' has Jen (Wife), Nikki (Seductress), and Caitlin (Maiden).

* ''[[Drawn Together]]'' has an interesting variation on the trope. Clara is pretty consistently the child, but Foxxy is both the mother ''and'' the seductress. Toot is the right age for the mother but tries to be the seductress, and the men just won't go for it.

* ''[[Baby Looney Tunes]]'' has Melissa (mother), Petunia (child), and Lola (seductress), which may be justified due to the purpose of her introduction in ''[[Space Jam]]''.

* ''[[Sky Dancers]]'': Ballerina Jade (Maiden) Creative dancer Camille (Wife) and Rockabilly diva Angelica (Seductress).

* ''[[Stoked]]'': Nieve every girl, Emma, is the child, [[Only Sane Man]], Fin, is the mother, and rich man's daughter, Lo, is the seductress.''

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