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{{quote|''"Jessie is a friend, you know he's always been a good friend of mine
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Suuuure. Then the plot happens.
Inevitably, the main character, often [[The Messiah]], gets pitted against the other guy, who is the [[Rival Turned Evil]]. Usually [[Because Destiny Says So]]. The girl, who usually owns [[MacGuffin|the Amulet Of Extreme Plot Significance]], gets [[
Whether [[Triang Relations|romance is in the equation]] varies; sometimes the girl is the sister of one of the guys, though usually [[Not Blood Siblings|not by blood]]. Expect a lot of [[Boys Love]] [[Fanfic]] based on tenuous [[Ho Yay]]/[[Foe Yay]] between the two males, most of which applies [[Die for Our Ship]] to the girl.
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* Kamui, Fuuma and Kotori from ''[[X 1999]]''.
* Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke from ''[[Naruto]]'', of course. In fact, all the genin teams in Naruto [[Geodesic Cast|follow the same gender configuration]], though only Team 7 really follows this trope's thematic elements to T.
* ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～|Triangle Heart 3]]'' plays with it: the brooding, angsty one is the hero, and the cheery, determined one is another girl. (Probably for the sake of [[
* Reversed in ''[[Tekkaman Blade]] 2''. The main team of new Tekkamen are Two Girls (Yumi and Natasha) and One Guy (David).
** And... double reversed, I guess, with the pilots of their support craft. They even line up on opposite-gender pairs - Goliate with Natasha, Hayato with Yumi, and Anita with David.
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** And, in the show proper, Spike, Jet and Faye form the core trio of the Bebop's crew.
* Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki from ''[[Fruits Basket]]''.
* Haji, Saya, and Solomon from ''[[Blood
* Momo Hinamori, Renji Abarai and Izuru Kira in ''[[Bleach]]'', though without the romance elements. Unusually for this trope, {{spoiler|the ''girl'' is the one pitted against the guys, when she's under the manipulations coming of her love interest and boss, [[Big Bad]] Aizen}}.
* ''[[Penguin Revolution]]'' gleefully monkeywrenches the trope around after [[Sweet Polly Oliver|Yukari]] moves in with [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Ryo]] and his adoptive brother [[
* Isamu, Myung and Guld from ''[[Macross Plus]]'': we learn during the flashbacks that {{spoiler|they grew up together and were good friends... until Guld became jealous of Isamu's relationship with Myung and tried to rape her.}}
* Chiaki, Kousuke, and Makoto from ''[[The Girl Who Leapt Through Time]]''. Both boys show interest in Makoto, Makoto tries to understand what she feels for both boys especially when other girls start making their move, and things become even more complicated due to Makoto's time-leaping habits.
* Several scenes in ''[[Gankutsuou]]'' hint that Edmond, Mercedes and Fernand had this kind of relationship before {{spoiler|Fernand decided Edmond needed to [[Die for Our Ship|disappear]] quickly}}.
* Cordelia, Curio and Francisco in ''[[Romeo X Juliet]]''.
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' have four versions; An adult version (Hank Hercules, Sergei Smirnov and Sergei's wife Holly), a familial one (the Trinity siblings), [[The Ace
* Used sorta at the beginning of ''[[Project ARMS]]'', when it's Ryo, Hayato, and Katsumi. Except that {{spoiler|Hayato kidnaps Katsumi before he becomes Ryo's friend and has no romantic interest in her - he just wanted her as bait and politely lets her leave when Ryo shows up}}. And then not too long after, {{spoiler|Katsumi is taken out of the picture and another guy and girl (Takeshi and Kei) enter}}.
* Mikado Ryugamine, Masaomi Kida, and Anri Sonohara in ''[[Durarara!!]]'' of course. {{spoiler|Of course, said trio turn out to be the leaders of Dollars, leader of the Yellow Scarves, and holder of the original Saika (which also has a [[Hive Mind]] with its [[The Virus|children]]) respectively, also known as the gangs who are at each others throats.}}
* Akiyuki, Furuichi, and Haru in ''[[Xam'd: Lost Memories]]''.
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Ed, Al and Winry]]. Granted, they're not together ''all'' the time, but anyway...
* The Australian movie ''[[BMX Bandits]]'' with a 15 year old Nicole Kidman as the girl.
* Mugen, Jin, and Fuu from [[Samurai Champloo]]. Mugen and Jin are always at each other's throats, and Fuu is pretty much at the center of the whole plot. She frequently gets kidnapped, and one of the guys always saves her. Because of this, many shippers see them as an excellent example of [[
* ''[[Pokémon]]'' usually has Ash traveling with another guy and girl.
* (Arguably) Luffy, Zoro, and Nami from ''[[One Piece]]''.
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* ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' is made out of this trope (well, this and Flashbacks). Salim and Jamal are brothers. Otherwise, this trope is played dead straight, with Latika in the remaining role.
* In the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' trilogy, Luke, Han and Leia. In the prequels, Anakin, Obi-Wan and Padmé [[Generation Xerox|fill exactly the same roles]].
* [[Irishman and a Jew|Brian, Jacob,]] and [[She
* ''[[The Green Hornet (film)|The Green Hornet]]'' sets up Britt Reid, Kato and Lenore Case as this instead of the [[Power Trio]] you'd expect in most hero movies. Not only do the [[Ho Yay]] and [[Cock Fight]] take place, but Lenore has been unwittingly ''planning the Green Hornet's every move'' by handing Britt her analyses of his ''modus operandi''.
* In ''[[The Return of Hanuman]]'', Minku only had two friend: Munni and Daddu, until Maruti joins in...
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* The original example of this trope is probably [[Charles Dickens]]' ''A Tale of Two Cities''.
** Or [[King Arthur|Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere]]...
** Goethe's ''The Sorrows of Young Werther'' is another influential work based on this trope. Werther grows up with Charlotte and is a close friend of Albert. Albert marries Charlotte; Werther [[Wangst
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione in ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Although {{spoiler|Harry actually has no romantic interest in Hermione, though that doesn't stop Ron from fulfilling his part of the trope}}.
** Also works with Harry, Ron, and Ginny.
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* Later ''[[Smallville]]'' seasons with Clark, Lana, and Lex.
** Early seasons had Clark, Pete, & Chloe.
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* Done with extreme subtley in ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'' between Allan-a-Dale, Will Scarlett and Djaq; in which both men use their feelings for Djaq as a way to galvanise Robin into action after she's been captured, and which afterwards was barely ever dwelt on again except in body language and passing comments.
** Used again, far less successfully in Season Three between Much, Allan and Kate. Failed because Much and Allan had to suddenly become BFF after spending the first two seasons all but hating each other, Much completely forget about his previous [[Love Interest]], the actors had more chemistry with each other than either of them did with the actress, and Kate was a rather pathetic [[Shallow Love Interest]] anyway. And then she hooked up with Robin, and the entire [[Love Triangle]] [[Aborted Arc|was forgotten entirely]].
* In ''[[Two Guys, a Girl And A Pizza Place]]'', this is... well... very oddly averted when ALL THREE ([[Deadpool|Ryan Reynolds]], Richard Ruccolo, and [[Monk|Traylor Howard]]) end up being paired off with OTHER people (Ryan with co-worker, Richard with [[Saved by the Bell|Tiffany Thiesen]], and Traylor with [[Firefly|Nathan]] [[Castle|Fillion]]). Very...interesting to say the least.
* On the Nickelodeon series ''[[The Troop]]'', with Jake, Felix, and Hayley.
* Henrik, Glenn and Mira from ''[[Vintergatan]]''. Henrik and Glenn always thought the other was the object of Mira's affections, and thus tried harder
* Dawson, Joey and Pacey in ''[[Dawson's Creek]]''.
* In the third season of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'' a lot more emphasis is placed on Gwen joining what was previously the [[Heterosexual Life Partner
* Beautifully subverted in ''[[Community]]'', when best friends Abed and Troy find themselves both pining over the same librarian. Rather than risk their friendship over rivalry, their response is to approach the girl at the same time, politely explain the situation to her, and then ask her out on a mutual date so that she can decide.
* Kevin, Paul and Winnie in [[The Wonder Years]].
* Some seasons of ''[[Power Rangers]]''/''[[Super Sentai]]'' use this trope for the core team.
* The second half of series 5 and almost all of series 6 (except for River Song episodes) of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' featured the Doctor, Amy and Rory. Naturally, this trope gets even more complicated when time travel is involved: the Doctor first met Amy when she was a kid, then went straight to meeting Amy and Rory as adults thanks to landing twelve years off his target. He doesn't find out they're engaged until after Amy has already had a few adventures with him ''and'' tried to have [["Glad to Be Alive" Sex]], at which point he basically abducts Rory and starts [[Shipper on Deck|shipping]] them. It works.
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* Shiki's backstory fits this perfectly in ''[[Tsukihime]]'', with {{spoiler|a "[[Not Blood Siblings|sister]]" Akiha and her real brother SHIKI}} as the other guy and [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' messes with this trope a bit. When the team first comes together, it's two guys and a girl. But then Faris joins, and it's three guys and a girl. But then it turns out that Faris is a [[Reverse Trap|girl]], and it's two guys and two girls. And then, after a spoileriffic event, it becomes ''three'' girls and the token guy.
* Caim, Inuart, and Furiae in ''[[Drakengard]]''. The tension is initially over the fact that Caim is much better at protecting Furiae than Inuart, her betrothed, is, but it evolves as the game progresses into a [[
* In the ''[[Warcraft]]'' backstory, the [[Different As Night and Day|brothers]] [[The Messiah|Malfurion]] and [[Cain and Abel|Illidan]] Stormrage and [[Lady of War|Tyrande]]. Played more or less straight, even to the point where Tyrande is kidnapped and the feuding brothers have to [[Strange Bedfellows|work together to save her]].
* Some depictions of Mario, Luigi and Peach from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' put them like this.
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** Alternately, Stocke, Rosch and Sonja. In one [[Sidequest]], {{spoiler|when Stocke confronts Rosch about his feelings, Sonja overhears and runs off. If Stocke goes to comfort her, it's a [[Bad End]]. If Stocke pushes Rosch to chase after her, though, the two hook up.}}
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* ''[[Project 0]]'' seems to be starting off this way{{verify}}
* Ben Winchester, Jodie Beretta and Eric Remington in ''[[Loserz]]'', though there is no attraction between them.
* [[Juathuur]] has at least three examples of this trope. However, it is somewhat unusual as one of the girls is the main character, and there is no rivalry at all between her squad-mates.
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* [[Two Guys and Guy]], which [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the trope by naming the girl [[Tomboyish Name|"Guy"]].
* Elliot, Tedd ([[Bishonen|despite what he looks like and his tendency to transform into a female]]), and Sarah in the beginning of [[El Goonish Shive]] before the plot kicks off.
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** Sentinel, Optimus and Elita-1 used to be one of these in ''[[Transformers Animated]]''. Then Elita {{spoiler|got [[Transformation Trauma|turned into a technoorganic spider]], took on a [[Femme Fatale]] persona and joined the Decepticons}}, Optimus became an Elite Guard washout and was put on a space bridge repair crew, and Sentinel became a [[Jerkass]]. Well, bigger [[Jerkass]].
* Vlad, Jack, and Maddie in ''[[Danny Phantom]]''.
** And of course, [[Official Couple|Danny, Sam]], and [[
* Like ''[[Harry Potter]]'' above, Verne, Gus and Cassie from ''[[Ultimate Book of Spells]]'' are this to a T.
* This is present, to some degree, in ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'': Peter, Gwen, and Harry have apparently been best buddies since at least the seventh grade. However, this trope goes into effect when Harry and Gwen begin dating, despite Gwen's greater interest in Peter, who at the time was dating Liz Allan.
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