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[[Rule of Three]] comes into play for the [[Alien Invasion]], when our new overlords bring out their army of Three-Legged [[Humongous Mecha]]. This may also be here to induce [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]] or earthly being, as most animals tend to have even numbers of legs.
The [[Ur Example]] is undoubtedly [[H. G. Wells]] ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'', and its many adaptations in the century since. Contrast to [[Spider Tank]]. A [[Sub-Trope]] of [[Starfish Robots]].
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== [[Film]] ==
* Most film adaptations of ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'' feature the tripods.
** Even the 1950s "floating" [[War of the Worlds]] martian war machines have, if you look closely, ''3'' repulsors keeping it hovering in the air. (They originally planned to have the usual tripods, but the amount of money available and the limited technology of the day led them to change it to more fit a "Flying Saucer" motif)
** In [[War of the Servers]], the Mingepods aren't even really tripods. They have two front wheels, and a third "leg" with another two wheels on it. So while they're technically tripods (three 'legs') they still have four points of contact.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'' is the [[Trope Maker]]. Arguably the Codifier as well.
* The young-adult trilogy-plus-a-prequel by [[John Christopher]] called ''[[The Tripods]]'' features, well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|what you might expect]]. (The aliens that pilot them also have three legs.) Christopher essentially [[Captain Ersatz|filed the serial numbers]] off Wells' Martians, and depicted what the world might be like if their initial invasion had been successful.
* [[Arthur C. Clarke]]'s ''[[Rendezvous With Rama]]'' features 3-legged [[Organic Technology|biots]] used as a sort of mobile sensor. These move very fast by pivoting around on one leg, using each of them in alternation, and reversing the direction of rotation from time to time. As a matter of fact, a 3-part symmetry is central to all things raman.
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== [[Music]] ==
* The album cover for [[Doctor Steel]]'s album, ''People of Earth'', shows an attack by giant tripod robots reminiscent of [[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]] - only in the foreground it shows Dr. Steel controlling them. (A similar tripod is seen in the background of the album art for ''The Dr. Steel Read-A-Long''.)
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
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** ''[[BattleTech|Classic BattleTech]]'' doesn't yet because the timeline hasn't yet advanced that far. It's only a matter of time, though, since Catalyst Game Labs ''are'' dedicated to considering the Dark Age effectively Canon Yet To Come.
* In ''[[Monsterpocalypse]]'', the Martian Menace faction has some figures based on the tripods from ''War of the Worlds'': the monsters Deimos-9 and Phobos-7, and the Reaper and Despoiler units.
* [[Dungeons
== [[Toys]] ==
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* Scrin Annihilator and Reaper Tripods from ''[[Command & Conquer]] 3''. The aliens just ''love'' these things.
* Tripods also appear in ''[[Pikmin]]'', but the ships never use their legs to walk.
* Colossi in ''[[
* The Hierarchy Science Walkers from ''[[Universe At War]]''
** ... and Defilers, and Detection Drones, ''and'' Reaper drones. Honestly, the Hierarchy ''is'' this trope.
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