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{{trope}}
[[File:Schlock20020901a - no threesome.jpg|frame|[[All The Tropes:Content Guidelines|Our Content Guidelines]] do not allow us to show an image of this trope. In its place, ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' provides a [[Discussed Trope|discussion of the trope]] for your amusement.]]
{{quote|''"Mike, I have important news. I totally did it. Two chicks. At once. Hells yeah."''
|'''Steven Heck''', ''[[Alpha Protocol]]''}}
Also known as a "[[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|ménage-à-trois]]"<ref>Note that ''mènage à trois'' does not actually mean "threesome" in French; the literal translation is [[Marry Them All|"household of three"]]</ref> or a "threesome" or "[[How I Met Your Mother|(Riding) the Tricycle]]."
Normal sex (for those of us who aren't [[Bizarre Alien Biology|aliens]]) involves two people.
The third person in this scenario is usually a woman, and the important in-focus character is usually a man, for the simple reasons of [[Male Gaze]]. This trope is most commonly used as a form of basic [[Fan Service]], so who these women are or why they're willing to get into a threesome is rarely considered important information. Oftentimes, both women won't even have [[Nominal Importance]], and will exist entirely to show off how manly the guy is for having a threesome. This aspect of the trope is shown in one recurring aspect of the sex
In terms of narrative, most dramatic tension is built in the lead-up to the act, with characters discussing how or why they want to do it. It can also be used to develop sexual tension during the act by having the male character do it with his girlfriend and a third party, only to discover he kind of likes the third party ''more''. Some audience members will be annoyed that his getting too much sex is supposed to count as a "problem".
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One common variation that turns the trope into a joke involves a man's girlfriend suggesting to him that they do a three-way, and he quickly and eagerly accepts, only to discover at the last minute that the third party is a dude. This puts him in the [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarious]] situation of either having a [[Gay Moment]], or admit that he was being hypocritical in only wanting three-way-sex when it fulfilled ''his'' fantasy.
Like any sex-related trope, [[Double Standard]] applies. If a woman acknowledges to have partaken or to desire the 2 males/1 female variation of this trope, expect people around her [[This Is Unforgivable!|to view her with disgust]] or at least with suspicion because [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]], never mind that the 2M/1F ménage-a-trois is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120125043451/http://www.healthyplace.com/sex/psychology-of-sex/womens-top-ten-sexual-fantasies/menu-id-1482/page-2/ just as common a fantasy] among women as the 2F/1M is among men.
An easy way of raising the stakes in an [[Everybody Has Lots of Sex]] setting.
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The [[Super-Trope]] to [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]], [[One True Threesome]]. For specific examples of FFM and MMF variants, see [[A Threesome Is Hot]] and [[A Threesome Is Manly]].
Compare [[Mile-High Club]] in terms of sexual rubicons that [[All Men Are Perverts|all men]] are supposed to aspire to. This trope also inspires [[Shipping|shippers]] to create [[
Take ''this'' [[Up to Eleven]] (by a fourth, or even a fifth/sixth/.../nth member), and this would be
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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Rosario
▲* In ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'' 11-year old [[Cute Witch]] Yukari seems perfectly fine with having one of these with Moka and Tsukune. In fact, it's one of her main ambitions in life.
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' season 2. Usagi fantasizes about Mamoru in both his guises, making this also [[Screw Yourself]].
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', [[Covert Pervert|Nodoka]] fantasizes about
== Comics ==▼
* ''[[Omaha the Cat Dancer]]'' has two major incidents. The first was with Joanne initiating it partially to keep Chuck and Omaha entertained while she is hiding them from a murderous businessman's minions. The second was when Omaha and Chuck celebrate their first New Year's Eve party after reuniting after an extended break up. Specifically, Chuck had invited Omaha's boyfriend whom she met during that separation to the event and to show his appreciation for that guy's support of Omaha during that tough time, Chuck invites him to participate in a threesome and a fun time is had by all.
* Elves in ''[[Elf Quest]]'' are bisexual and tend to open relationships. Stable trios include Pike/Skot/Krim, Scouter/Dewshine/Tyleet, Cutter/Leetah/Skywise, and temporarily Cutter/Nightfall/Redlance. Then there's Skywise/Vurdah/Ruffel/Maleen, particularly in ''The Heart's Way''. The pre-battle orgy in Book 4 shows Skywise with at least 2 unamed Go-Backs, and Nightfall and Redlance mixing it with another unnamed couple. In the Futurequest storyline it's suggested that Kullyn, Jink and Tamia will enjoy a threesome at the end of the story, all having previously had twosomes with each other.
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* Happens loads and loads of times in [[Fan Fiction]], where, because [[Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls]], the usual genders are most frequently seen flipped, with the female getting double-teamed by the two hot male characters the fic writer can't choose between.
* This is basically the whole premise behind ''[[Relationships Series]]''.
== Film ==
* In ''[[Chasing Amy]]'', Holden feels insecure that he has less sexual experience than his girlfriend Alyssa, and things are awkward with his best friend Banky because of Banky's repressed homosexual feelings for Holden. To solve both problems at once, Holden proposes that the three of them all have sex together. {{spoiler|Banky tentatively accepts, but Alyssa is insulted, and both relationships end.}}
** More specifically, Alyssa participated in a three-way with two men in High School, which [[Never Live It Down|saddled her with the unfortunate nickname "Fingercuffs"]] and convinced her to swear off men for a while.
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* The film ''Threesome''.
* In ''[[American Psycho]]'', Patrick has threesomes with callgirls several times. Then, he usually tortures them to death.
* In the 1999 TV movie ''[[Journey to
* Featured in ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' where Alex brings home two girls he meets at the local record store. The entire scene is sped up with a synth rendition of the ''William Tell Overture''.
* The end of ''[[She Hate Me]]''
== Literature ==
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== Live-Action TV ==
* As per its [[Everybody Has Lots of Sex]] notoriety, ''[[Nip Tuck]]'' seems to engage in this trope with a fair amount of regularity. Most of the time it's just Christian doing it because, you know, he's [[The Casanova|Christian]], but a couple of plot-focused examples stand out-
** Matt agrees to engage in these with his ex-girlfriend lesbian cheerleader and her also-a-cheerleader lover, who feels that her new girlfriend is getting turned off the relationship because she's "not getting enough cock". [[Better Than It Sounds]], really.
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* Captain Jack Harkness mentioned, in ''[[Doctor Who]]'', waking up with his erstwhile executioners the morning after they were supposed to well, execute him, and says they're a nice couple and they've stayed in touch. In ''[[Torchwood]]'', he mentions having once been involved with a pair of twin acrobats.
** And it is "implied" that these are on the less adventurous scale of things he's done.
** He also showed clear interest in both the Doctor and Rose, as well as appreciating them together ("You two are so sweet."). This culminated in the PG version of this trope (kisses in all possible permutations) during ''The Parting of the Ways''. It's also remarkable that if Jack shows up in Nine/Rose fanfic at all, the fans almost always see it as a case of [[
** In another
* In the ''[[Friends]]'' episode "The One Where Ross and Rachel Take A Break" Chandler and Joey once thought they might end up having sex with the same woman. When Joey asked who would go where, Chandler suggested flipping a coin:
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'''Chandler''': Well, if you don't know that I'm not sure I want to do this with you! }}
** And hilariously subverted in the same series in a hypothetical [[What Could Have Been]] episode, where Ross and Carol, still married, agree to have a threesome with Susan, who was then only a... ''friend'' of Carol's. Ross, tossed aside during most of the act, finds out the hard way about his wife's homosexuality. He made and ate a sandwich halfway through. They didn't mind.
** In the episode "The One with the Jellyfish", it was revealed that Phoebe was conceived from a threeway between her parents and the girl who ended up being her adoptive mother.
* Baltar is implied to have done it with {{spoiler|a three}} and {{spoiler|a six}} in ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'': George [[Eureka Moment|realizes]] the only way to make a switch from dating one roommate to another - normally an impossible situation - is by suggesting a Menage-a-trois to the current girlfriend. The old girlfriend will be [[Squick
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'''George:''' Are you crazy?! This is like discovering plutonium ''by accident''!!
'''Jerry:''' Don't you know what it means to become an orgy guy? It changes everything! I'd have to dress different, I'd have to act different! I'd have to grow a [[Porn Stache|moustache]] and get all kinds of robes and lotions. I'd need a new bedspread, new curtains. I'd have to get thick carpeting and weirdo lighting. I'd have to get new friends; I'd have to get orgy friends. No, I'm not ready for it. }}
** Later, George tries the same thing with his own girlfriend in order to sabotage their relationship, only to have the girlfriend say to her (male) roommate who has just walked into the room, "Remember that thing we talked about the other night? George is into it!"
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** In another, Samantha has been dating a guy for some time, and he asks for a threesome as a birthday present. Samantha is quite jealous, but he kicks the other girl out of bed when she calls him "Daddy" mid-sex.
** In yet a third, Samantha has been listening to her neighbours having sex [[Right Through the Wall]] and starts to join in from afar. They invite her to join in in person, but they're too unattractive for her.
** And in a fourth, Samantha ([[Really Gets Around|noticing a trend here]]) is propositioned by two [[Gay Best Friend
** One time, Miranda contacts a couple online who are looking for a woman to join in a threesome. Miranda actually has no intention of going through with it, though; she's just looking for validation that she ''could'' have one if she wanted to.
* In ''[[Coupling]]'' Patrick proposes a threesome to his girlfriend, and she's very eager, but he doesn't realise until he's already waiting naked for her that the third party she invited was, in fact, Jeff.
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** In recent seasons, Todd has become involved with a pair of swingers.
** When Turk and Carla told JD they had something to ask him (and it would mean a lot to them if he said yes), he [[Cloudcuckoolander|got the mistaken impression they were suggesting a threesome]].
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'''Turk:''' Will you be my best man?
'''JD:''' Oh. }}
* Jimmy McNulty has a threesome with two prostitutes in one episode of ''[[The Wire]]'', while he was undercover during a bust; he ends up justifying it as, "I was outnumbered." and has to write a report on why he did it, as obviously he wasn't meant to "close the deal" before the other police arrived to arrest everyone. It becomes such a legend in the Baltimore PD that other characters are still talking about it several seasons later.
* On ''[[Angel]]'', an old man has been trying to reclaim his youth by [[Grand Theft Me|taking over the bodies]] of young, fit men from the gym across the street from his retirement home. The first of the men we see the old guy possess has apparently just been engaged in a threesome with two women, just before his body melts from the inside when the old man's spell wears off. It's later sort of [[Subverted Trope|subverted]], however, when it's revealed that the women were actually prostitutes.
** Reportedly occurred sometime in the past involving Drusilla, Darla, and the
* In an episode of ''[[Just Shoot Me]]'', Maya and a lesbian model get revenge on Finch, who tried to hook them up, by pretending they're willing to have a threesome with him, but only if he completes an insane list of impossible tasks, before sundown. Throughout the day, Finch is able to get anything he wants from fellow men simply by mentioning that it will help him in this goal. After he fails miserably, the crowd of men waiting to know if he had succeed (where they all failed apparently) is disappointed when he shrugs and says no… cue [[Slow Hand Clap]] moment for is effort.
* In the third season of ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' an upcoming threesome was announced, and created a lot of publicity. Reactions among the fans quickly went from excitement to boredom when it turned out that the threesome was between Dan, [[The Scrappy|Vanessa]] and Olivia (guest star Hilary Duff). Two of the show's least popular characters together with a guest character few people cared about. The whole thing is generally considered one of the ''least'' hot moments on the show, though [[Your Mileage May Vary]].
** Threesomes seem rather common on this show, though mainly carried out behind the scenes. Chuck seems to have more than his fair share, and both Nate and Blair lecture Dan about the unwritten rules for the activity.
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* In an episode of ''[[Special Unit 2]]'', a pair of Medusa sisters pick up men in clubs with the promise of a threesome and, when they're alone, they show their real "hair," petrifying the poor saps. O'Malley goes in undercover and is immediately approached by a pair of sisters offering the same proposition, followed by the Medusae doing the same. He is torn between the two pairs of sisters until one mentions that she's not wearing any panties, tipping the scales in her favor. Incidentally, she is a Medusa. He's been hunting [[Differently-Powered Individual|Links]] for a long time now, so they don't catch him off-guard, although he probably would've rather gone with the other sisters, who actually meant what they said.
* In a ''[[Sliders]]'' episode, the characters end up in a world where the bikers are raiding oil trucks to convert it to gas for their bikes. Apparently, all cars run on alternative fuels here. Mallory ([[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|not Q-ball]]) hooks up with a woman who turns out to be the leader of the local biker gang. One day, he enters her place to find her in bed with two guys (all still clothed, for PG reasons), who she calmly explains are her husbands. Furthermore, she invites him to join them. He refuses and later finds out that his friends knew that polygamy is legal and perfectly acceptable in this world.
* ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' featured a fake-documentary sketch about village idiots, centering on one Arthur Figgis([[John Cleese]]). When the narrator asks "What about his relationships with women?" the scene cuts to Figgis in bed with two gorgeous and apparantly naked women, saying, "I may be an idiot, but I'm not a fool."
* In [[Two and A Half Men]] after Alan and Charlie meet several members of a women's volleyball team in a bar:
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'''Alan:''' I do have my priorities straight! I've had a wife for eleven years, but I've never had group sex!
'''Charlie:''' Don't bother; it's an overrated male fantasy.
'''Alan:''' Really?
'''Charlie:''' No, are you kidding?! }}
** Jake is implied to have a pair of girlfriends for this purpose in at least one episode.
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* The [[Double Standard]] attached to the trope is [[Discussed]] in an episode of ''[[Quincy]]'', as an analogy to the one attached to alcoholism (one of Quincy's female coworkers is alcoholic). (If a guy wakes up in bed with two women, he's awesome. If a woman wakes up in bed with two men, she's a slut.)
* An episode of ''[[Dream On]]'' featured Martin dating a woman who wanted a threesome with him and his best friend Eddie. At the end of the episode, they decide to go through with it.
== Music ==
* The [[Britney Spears]] song "3" is about threesomes. It's as bad as it sounds.
** [[Ear Worm|Catchy, though.]]
* The song "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" by [[The Lonely Island]] is about this.
* [[Katy Perry]]'s "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)":
{{quote|
We went streaking in the park
Skinny dipping in the dark
Then had a menage a trois }}
* "Triad" by David Crosby.
== Video Games ==
* Difficult but possible: In ''[[Jade Empire]]'', it is possible to have sex with Silk Fox and Dawn Star at the same time if you have a high enough persuasion skills and are male, or Silk Fox and Sky for either gender.
* In ''[[Dragon Age Origins]]'', it is possible to have [[Multi Way Sex]] with pirate queen Isabela under a few circumstances: if a female warden is romancing a hardened Alistair, she can proposition Isabela for sex and invite Alistair along. If a male or female warden is romancing a hardened Leliana and propositions Isabela for sex, Leliana will insist on joining you to "keep an eye on things". If a male or female warden propositions Isabela for sex under any situation, and Zevran is present, Isabela will invite him to join you; this can result in a warden/Isabela/Zevran threesome, or a warden/Isabela/Leliana/Zevran foursome (but not a foursome with Alistair; he will refuse).
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== Web Comics ==
* This trope is actually [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in what you think would be the most obvious example: the
▲* This trope is actually [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in what you think would be the most obvious example: the webcomic ''[[MenageA3|Ménage à 3]]''.
** Not any more; Zii picked up a pair of guys and had herself a threesome.
* Rayne, the protagonist of ''[[Least I Could Do]]'', ends up sleeping with another guy in addition to the girl he tried to pick up. He's not too happy about the dude, but they're a "package deal" and he's apparently just heteroflexible enough to handle it.
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* ''[[Skin Horse]]'': Tip's [[The Pornomancer|"superpower"]] is apparently so strong that he can get two women to have sex with him at once even when he's barely paying attention. He doesn't realize until the next day that he never even got their names.
* ''[[Fans]]'' features a Three Way Relationship forming out of a love triangle between the male lead and his two female romantic prospects...one of whom is a a cuddly version of a [[Depraved Bisexual]] and gets into the spirit of things (if you know what I mean) far more quickly than the other.
* [[Sexy Losers]] [[Discussed Trope|discusses]] the above-mentioned situation with [https://web.archive.org/web/20130906230717/http://sexylosers.com/164.html two men and one woman].
* [[Perky Goth|Dora]] from [[Questionable Content]] gives [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=600 her opinion] on the subject.
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'', the husband of a woman who was [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|"gate-cloned"]] suggests this. The two women [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2002-09-01 disagree], as shown above.
== Web Original ==
* In "Spooning With Spoony 2", Spoony mentions pulling a man-sandwich with [[The Nostalgia Critic]]. It's safe to say that Critic really didn't want to be the filling, as it were.
== Western Animation ==
*
▲* "[[Family Guy|Boy, this is more awkward than that threesome where the girl didn't show up!]]"
▲{{quote| "[[Cutaway Gag|So, you definitely left her a voicemail?]]"<br />
▲"Yeah, home and cell."<br />
▲"Oh, good, you got the cell too, I was wondering..." }}
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