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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]]."

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 [[OT3]]s.

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== Anime and Manga ==

* In ''[[Rosario + 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]].

== 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.

* 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.

* 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 ==

== 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.

* 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.]]

== 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).

== Web Comics ==

** 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.

== 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 ==

{{quote|"[[Cutaway Gag|So, you definitely left her a voicemail?]]"

"Yeah, home and cell."

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