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A [[
▲A [[Power Trio]] of [[True Companions|best friends]], high school or middle school age, consisting of:
* [[The Hero]]
* [[The Lancer|A best friend of the same gender]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle|A best friend of the opposite gender]], 50% of the time an [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]].
The two sidekicks will usually be opposites in other ways,
Romance ''will'' be explored. A [[Last-Minute Hookup]] could almost always be expected between The Hero and a sidekick, until [[J. K. Rowling]] popularized the sidekick romance (although Lucas did it first with [[Star Wars|Han and Leia]]). One should hope that it won't turn into a [[Love Triangle]].
The two sidekicks are almost always the [[Secret Keeper
Most prevalent within American shows directed at children and tweens, where writers conspicuously try to keep their cast as limited as possible. [[Anime]] tends to add a fourth member, closer to one of the sidekicks than The Hero. They might also get a team expansion later, but the trio will always be front and centre and be treated like the "real" heroes.
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[[Terrible Trio]] is the villainous equivalent: The leader will be more bossy, and the sidekicks dumber and interchangeable.
Not to be confused with [[¡Three Amigos!|the comedy film]]. Or [[The Three Caballeros|
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'': Speedy, Guido and Polly.
* ''[[Angelic Layer]]'': Misaki, Kotaro, and Tamayo.
* ''[[
* ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'': Sakura, Tomoyo, and Syaoran + Mei-ling, Syaoran's [[Clingy Jealous Girl]].
** Even moreso in the manga, since Mei-ling is Anime-only.
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*** Hoenn: [[Non-Action Guy|Ruby]], [[The Big Guy|Sapphire]], and [[Awesomeness By Analysis|Emerald]]. However, Emerald didn't come in and complete the trio until after Ruby and Sapphire had done an entire arc.
*** Sinnoh: [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Diamond]], [[Hot-Blooded|Pearl]], and [[Lady of War|Platinum]].
* ''[[Transformers Armada]]'': Alexis, Rad and
* ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]'': Colby, Bud and Lori.
* ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' : Tai, Matt, Sora.
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** Also Akaba, Kotaro, and Juri.
* ''[[AIR]]'': During Minagi's arc, there's Yukito, Minagi and Michiru.
* ''[[Amatsuki]]'': Toki, Kon and Kuchiha.
* ''[[Amagami]]'': Miya, Sae, and Ai
* From ''[[Ikki Tousen]]'': Teifu (Cheng Pu), Ryoumou (Lu Meng) and Saji (Zuo Ci) {{spoiler|or better said, Ouin Shishi (Wang Yun)}} from Nanyou. But their friendship is horribly crashed when {{spoiler|Teifu becomes an Ill Boy.}}
* ''[[Naruto]]'', originally. (Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura)
** All the Rookie Nine trios get this; as well as the older group (Neji, Lee, and Tenten).
* ''[[Ranma
** Both Ryoga and Akane are heavily implied to be Ranma's best friends, completing the essence of this trope even more. It kind of makes sense seeing as how they're the ones he talks to the most about his problems or thoughts. At least it explains why fans ship [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Ranma]] with [[Foe Yay|Ryoga]] and [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Akane]] so much.
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'': Keiichi, Rena, and Mion are looked at as a trio. Satoko, Rika and Hanyuu may count as well.
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* [[Soul Eater]]: Maka, Black* Star, and Death The Kid.
** Though Soul, Tsubaki, Liz and Patti are always there also so I'm not sure it counts. If it does than Ox (with Havar), Kilik (with Fire and Thunder) and Kim (with Jaqueline) would be this as well.
* ''[[Durarara!!]]'' has Mikado, Kida and Anri establishing this dynamic very quickly. {{spoiler|But the fact that that they're as much [[Ordinary High School Student|ordinary high school students]] as [[Tsukihime|Shiki Tohno]] means something's going to happen.}}
** To elaborate: {{spoiler|Mikado is the founder of the Dollars, Kida is the shogun of the Yellow Scarves, and Anri is the original Saika and the leader of Saika's Children. This makes the trio the leaders of the three rival factions in Ikebukuro. Suffice to say, [[It Got Worse]].}}
* Shigure from ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' said that himself, Hatori and Ayame were this during their school years.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''Trinity'': Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman ([[Lampshaded]] in the first series arc, during which Wonder Woman even mentions her brief flirtations with both
* ''[[Blue Beetle]]'': Jaime, Paco and Brenda.
* ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'': Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and Lightning Lad.
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* ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'': Percy, Grover, and Annabeth
** And in the [[The Heroes of Olympus|sequel series]], Jason, Piper and Leo
** ...and also in the sequel series, Percy, Frank, and Hazel.
* Towards the end of the first ''[[Warrior Cats]]'' series, Firestar, Graystripe, and Sandstorm essentially become this.
* ''The Dragonriders of [[Pern]]'': F'lar, F'nor, and Lessa in the weyr; Sebell, Menolly and Piemur at Harper Hall.
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* A to Z Mysteries: Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose.
== [[Live
* [[Disney Channel]] is fond of this trope, and at least one show will have it.
** ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'': Lizzie, Gordo and Miranda
** ''[[Hannah Montana]]'': Miley, Lilly and Oliver
** ''[[Even Stevens]]'': Louis, Tawny and Twitty.
** ''[[
** ''[[That's So Raven]]'': Raven, Eddie and Chelsea
** ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]:'' Alex, Justin and Harper.
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* ''[[Unfabulous]]'': Addie, Gina and Zack.
* ''[[Supah Ninjas]]'': Mike, Owen, and Amanda
* ''[[Naturally, Sadie]]'': Sadie, Margaret, Rain (Needless to say, Disney Loves This Trope)
* Early ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'': Sabrina, Harvey and Valerie.
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Buffy, Willow, Xander.
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** ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]'': Shane, Dustin and Tori
** ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'': Conner, Ethan and Kira
** ''[[Power Rangers SPD]]'' does a fake-out with this trope: The ranger team starts out as Sky, Bridge and Syd, who fit the trope closely, but after Jack and "Z" arrive, they get rounded out to a [[Five-Man Band]] by the end of the first episode.
** ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'': Casey, Theo and Lily
** ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'': Scott, Flynn and Summer (though they begin recruiting in episode 2)
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* ''[[True Jackson, VP]]'': True, Lulu, and Ryan
* ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' has Cory, Shawn, and Topanga.
* ''[[The West Wing]]'': Josh, Toby, and CJ; after Sam left. Before he left, the whole ensemble was too tightly-knit to be separated into Amigos.
* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' J.T., Toby, Liberty. Jay, Alex, Sean. Marco, Ellie, Paige. In [[Fanon]] we have Spinner, Jay, and Holly J.
** Season 10 seems to be hinting at Eli, Clare and Adam.
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* [[The Wonder Years]]: Kevin, Paul, and Winnie
* Violet Vinther, Mr. Scwann and Miss Jørgensen from the danish ''Matador'' is this until {{spoiler|Mr. Scwann dies}}
*
* [[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky, Hutch and Huggy Bear]].
== [[Theatre]] ==
* Evan, Patrice,and Archie in ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[Ace Attorney|Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations]]'': Edgeworth, Gumshoe and Kay.
* ''[[Professor Layton]]'': Layton, Luke and Flora. (In the fourth game, which is a prequel to the three currently available in the United States, it's Layton, Luke, and Remi.)
* ''[[Enchanted Arms]]'': Makoto is the girl.
** Broken up rather quickly.
* ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' 64: Magnus, Dio and Leia.
* ''[[Persona 3]]'': The main character, Junpei and Yukari, at least early in the game before the whole team pulls together into a group of genuine [[True Companions]]. Mitsuru, Akihiko, and Shinjiro were
* ''[[Persona 4]]'': Main character, Yosuke, and Chie at first.
** The lowerclassmen (Rise, Kanji and Naoto) may fit too.
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* ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'': Agent J, Agent Morris and Agent Derek. On other difficulties, J is replaced by Agents Spin or Chieftain, and on the hardest difficulty, they are all replaced by cheerleaders (the "Elite Beat Divas").
* ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'': Chrono, Lucca and Marle of the 2 girls and a guy variant.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'':: Laguna, Kiros, and Ward; Rinoa, Zone, and Watts; Seifer, Raijin, and Fujin for a villanous version.
* ''[[Pokémon]]'' games after Generation II: protagonist, rival, and love interest/friend.
* ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]: Guns of the Patriots'' gives us Snake, Otacon, and Sunny.
* ''[[Planescape: Torment]]'': Although you can recruit other characters, the core trio are The Nameless One, Morte and Annah.
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
* ''[[That Guy With The Glasses]]'': [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] and [[Marz Gurl]].▼
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Project 0]]''
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'': Torg, Riff, and Zoe.
* Almost every video gaming webcomic ''ever'' seems to revolve around [[Two Gamers on a Couch|two male gamers]] and [[Gamer Chick|one female]], who is usually the girlfriend of whichever male lead is the hero. The typical character dynamic seems to be 'wacky' (read: obnoxious [[Jerkass]]) guy <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[The Hero]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>, straight man [second guy] and girlfriend [the woman]. Oddly, the dean of video game webcomics, ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'', is actually the exception (no girlfriend), so ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del|Ctrl Alt Del]]'' is probably the [[Trope Maker]] here.
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' started out this way, with Elliot, Tedd, and Sarah, before the cast expanded.
* ''[[Slightly Damned]]'' has Kieri (an angel), Buwaro (a demon) and Rhea (arguably the main character). Buwaro and Kieri are dancing around a [[Interspecies Romance|romance]].
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* ''[[Mulberry]]'' from [[Platypus Comix]] has Mulberry ([[Non-Idle Rich]] heiress), Jack ([[The One Guy]]), and Tiff ([[Dumb Blonde]] housekeeper).
* [http://doodlediaries.comicgenesis.com/ Doodle diaries] features a guy, his [[Ho Yay|best/boy friend of the same gender]], and his female [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]
* ''[[Something
* ''[[Samurai Princess]]'' has Princess Raeka, Jacquline and Lyonel. A girl and a boy about the same age who recently have been put in a situation of romantic tension and the little girl to play foil to the main character.
* In [[Rescuing Dara]] Chivai is [[The Hero]] and a girl, Dara is the female friend, and Zilch is the male friend. No romance yet, though.
▲== [[Web Original]] ==
▲* ''[[That Guy With The Glasses]]'': [[The Spoony Experiment|Spoony]], [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] and [[Marz Gurl]].
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'': Jake, Spud and Trixie
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' Season 1: Aang, Sokka and Katara. Slightly unusually in that Sokka and Katara are siblings (and therefore have really similar experiences). Rather typical still in that they have very different personalities and capabilities.
** The sequel series ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' is slightly averted, as [[The Hero]], Korra, is female and her friends, Mako and Bolin, are male. But like Katara and Sokka, Mako and Bolin are siblings.
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* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Danny, Samantha and Tucker
** And the College Trio: [[Bumbling Dad|Jack]], [[Action Mom|Maddie]], and [[Magnificent Bastard|Vlad]].
* [[Daria]]: Daria, Jane and Trent. In the fourth and fifth seasons and the movies, Trent is somewhat displaced by Tom.
* [[Growing Up Creepie]]: Creepie, Chris-Alice, and Budge.
** The school goth kids: Raven, Misery, and Morpheus, Creepie's other best friends of course.
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** But for the "same gender friend", the same dynamic works on the [[Save the World]] part, with Kim, Ron and Wade.
* ''[[Pepper Ann]]'': Pepper Ann, Nicky and Milo
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'': Peter, Harry and Gwen. [[Played With]] when Harry is [[Put on a Bus]] for a while, with Mary Jane taking her place and remaining a sort of [[Sixth Ranger|Fourth Ranger]] after he came back.
* ''[[Starship Troopers|Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'': Johnnie Rico, "Dizzy" Flores and Carl Jenkins.
* ''[[Teamo Supremo]]'': Crandall, Brenda, and Hector
* The ''[[Wonder Pets]]'' has Linny, a [[Ambiguous Gender|gender-ambiguous]] [[Viewer Gender Confusion|female]] guinea pig that is supposed to be equivalent to a 5-year-old human child; a male [[Turtle Power|turtle]] named Tuck, equivalent to a 4-year-old, and a female duck, equivalent to a 3-year-old, with a [[Baby Talk|speech]] [[Elmuh Fudd Syndwome|problem]].
* ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]'': Wubbzy, Widget, and Walden.
* ''[[Hercules (
* ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'': Jimmy, Beezy, and Heloise.
* [[Jimmy Neutron]], Sheen, and Carl may be all boys, but Sheen is dumb while Carl is smart, and Carl even called the trio the Three Amigops (a typo that he stuck with).
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* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'': Bart Simpson, Milhouse Van Houten, and Samantha Stankey in one episode called "Bart's Friends Falls in Love". Lisa would fill Samantha's role on an occasional basis.
* ''[[King of the Hill]]'': Bobby, Connie, and Joseph.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'': Phineas and Ferb are best friends with both each other and Isabella.
* Pretty much the whole point of ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]''.
* Matt, Jackie and Inez of ''[[Cyberchase]]''
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