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=== This story provides examples of: ===
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** [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: One can read the fable with the troll as the protagonist, which can change the moral to something along the lines of "you shouldn't just keep waiting for something better to come along."
* [[An Aesop]]: In addition to the four mentioned in the article, and the one just above this entry there are others.
** [[Big Brother Instinct|The eldest sibling should protect the the younger ones.]]
** If you're not strong, be clever.
** Be careful crossing bridges
* [[Badass]]: The third goat.
* [[Rule of Three]]
* [[Talking Animal]]
* [[Troll Bridge]]
* [[Youngest Child Wins]]: Inverted.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', the Gruffs are the Summer Court's, more specifically Titania's, elite wetworks assets, and they always operate in teams of three. Their primary duty is killing [[Smash Mook|trolls]] and in the [[The Verse|Dresdenverse]], trolls are ''tough'', even by the standards of the supernatural. Eldest Brother Gruff is capable of pimp-smacking fallen angels without breaking a sweat.
* [[Discworld]]'s trolls have [[Never Live It Down|a longstanding rivalry with goats]].
** In ''[[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Lords and Ladies]]'', the Bursar unwisely makes a point of telling the Lancre bridge troll (acting as customs officer) that they didn't have any billy goats with them. Modest hilarity ensues.
** In ''[[Discworld/Monstrous Regiment|Monstrous Regiment]]'', a bridge troll will charge you extra if you have billy goats with you.
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