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In [[Eastern RPG|Eastern RPGs]], 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 a 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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== 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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* ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'': 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 a 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.
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* ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' has hero Crono, his childhood friend Lucca, and stranger Marle.
* ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]'' has childhood friends Vyse and Aika, joined by newcomer [[Mysterious Waif]] Fina.
* ''[[Wild
* ''[[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 with an "S"|Aeris(th)]].
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[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]]'' 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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