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Tropes that may play out in these scenarios when both the friend and stranger are female include [[Childhood Friend Romance]], [[First Girl Wins]], and [[The Dulcinea Effect]].
 
In [[Eastern RPG|Eastern RPGs]]s, this dynamic almost always appears as a (male) hero, his childhood friend, and a girl from nowhere (almost always female and a [[Mysterious Waif]]).
 
This adheres to the 3 dynamics in [[Cast Calculus]]. They may form a [[Power Trio]].
 
See also [[Two Guys and Aa Girl]], [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]. Compare to [[Three Amigos]]. If the protagonist is the stranger, he's probably also a [[Rookie Red Ranger]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* The ''Advanced Generation'' and ''Diamond & Pearl'' arcs of the Pokémon anime can fit, with Ash being the main character, Brock being the friend, and May/Dawn the stranger.
* ''[[Lupin III]]'': Lupin and Jigen are long-time partners in crime. Fujiko is the mysterious stranger.
* In the ''[[Mai -Otome]]'' anime, Arika is the stranger as a new student at Garderobe and Nina and Erstin are the friends. In the manga, "Manshiro" is the stranger, and Arika, Nina and Erstin are the friends.
 
 
== Film - Animated ==
* ''[[Monster House]]'' follows this dynamic to a T, with the protagonist DJ, his best friend Chowder, and Jenny, a girl they meet that day and who gets too close to the titular house.
* In ''[[Tangled]]'', Rapunzel (main character) sets out on her adventure with the chameleon Pascal (friend) and Flynn Rider (stranger).
 
 
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== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' has Ned (main character), Chuck (childhood crush/neighbor), and Emerson (PI).
* ''[[Lizzie McguireMcGuire]]'': Lizzie (the main character), Gordo (the [[Childhood Friend Love Interest]] of Lizzie) and Miranda (the stranger).
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' starts out like this, with [[New Transfer Student|new girl]] Buffy becoming friends with childhood friends Willow and Xander. Slightly different in that the "stranger" is the protagonist, not one of the friends.
** The group grows and shrinks over the seasons, but these three remain the core. Creepy variant here is that Willow and Xander were actually already part of a [[Two Guys and Aa Girl]] group; Xander's best-friend-since-even-before-Willow, Jesse, gets turned into a vampire and staked in the premiere and ''is never mentioned again''.
*** Buffy replaces him, except she's Willow's best friend instead of Xander's, and their lives now revolve around her world-saving gig. It's kind of like a less-extreme version of that season four [[Mary Sue]] spell Jonathon did.
* ''[[Angel]]'' also starts out like this. Angel moves to [[Los Angeles|LA]] and joins up with [[Rich Bitch|Cordelia,]] who he knew in [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Sunnydale]] for the three previous years, and "stranger" Doyle.
* ''[[What I Like About You]]'': Holly (main character), Gary (the friend), and Tina (the stranger).
* ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' (counting backwards):
** Doctor (main), Amy (friend), Rory (stranger).
** Amy (main), Rory (husband), Doctor (stranger).
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** Doctor (main), Rose (friend), Mickey (stranger).
** Rose (main), Mickey ([ex-boy]friend), Doctor (stranger).
* ''[[H 2 OH₂O: Just Add Water]]'' has an all girl set-up for both main trios. Season 1-2 trio has Emma and Cleo as a set-up friendship, joined by new girl Rikki. Season 3 has the set-up restarted with Cleo and Rikki's friendship stabilized by two seasons, and Bella fills out the newcomer role.
* ''[[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]]'' has Casey ([[Rookie Red Ranger]]), Theo, and Lily (friends).
 
 
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'' has hero Crono, his childhood friend Lucca, and stranger Marle.
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia (Video Game)|Skies of Arcadia]]'' has childhood friends Vyse and Aika, joined by newcomer [[Mysterious Waif]] Fina.
* ''[[Wild Arms 5 (Video Game)|Wild ArmsARMs 5]]'' has Dean and his friend Rebecca meet [[Mysterious Waif]] Avril.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' has this dynamic twice in your earliest parties. Childhood friends Cloud and Tifa are joined by stranger Barret and, later, [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|Aeris(th)]].
* ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'' has a variation where the hero is the stranger, with Yuna, Waka, and Lulu filling in for the friends.
** In the sequel, Yuna and Rikku are the friends, with Paine as the stranger.
* ''[[Disgaea]]'' has our "hero" Laharl and his childhood friend... er, vassal, Etna. When they are joined by Flonne the main plot kicks off.
** ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'': "[[Designated Hero|hero]]" Mao, "[[Unknown Rival|childhood friend]]" Rasberyl, and [[Butt Monkey|stranger]] Almaz. Of course, being a ''Disgaea'' game, the roles are played with and parodied at every opportunity.
* ''[[Soul Nomad]]'': Hero Revya, childhood friend Danette, and stranger Gig.
* ''[[Legend of Dragoon]]'' switches this up with a guy from out of nowhere and the childhood friend being the [[Mysterious Waif]]. This holds until Rose joins the party, which results in the trope played fully straight with the previous guy from out of nowhere being an extra.
* ''[[Golden Sun (Video Game)|Golden Sun]]: The Lost Age'' has Felix, the hero; Jenna, his sister; and Sheba, the girl from nowhere. ([[Mysterious Waif|Literally.]])
* A variation in ''[[Mass Effect 1|Mass Effect]]'', where Shepard and Kaidan had already been serving on the same ship for some time, run into Ashley very early in the game and bring her into the ''[[Cool Ship|Normandy]]''.
* In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', your first party members upon reaching Kirkwall are your siblings and Aveline, the latter of whom you met while fleeing Lothering.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': The main trio for Book 1 consists of Aang (stranger) alongside Katara and Sokka (sister and brother). As with Buffy, the stranger is the main character, though we're introduced to the siblings a few minutes before him.
** Aang is the ''titular'' character, but Katara just barely edges out the rest of the [[True Companions]] for the protagonist slot for at least the first season. (By season two we have a split storyline with Zuko as beta protagonist and Aang steps into his 'lead' shoes a little more, as do the others. Katara still leads the pack, though, as original viewpoint character.)
* ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'' follows suit - new Avatar Korra quickly teams up with pro-bending siblings Mako and Bolin.
* ''[[Megas XLR]]'', with all of its anime tropes being parodied, plays this one rather straight. It begins with Coop and his [[Hetero Life Mate]] Jamie, who are soon joined by Kiva, [[Only Sane Man|considerably more intelligent]] supersoldier future chick.
 
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