I was watching What's new, Scooby Doo? this morning and and one of the show's popular rock groups The Hex Girls (Thorn, Dusk and Luna) were featured in the episode The Vampire Strikes Back:
This made me reflect back to other movies and TV shows, and I noticed that triplets of characters seem to be very popular:
- Powerpuff Girls (Bubbles, Blossom and Buttercup)
- Ed, Edd and Eddy (Themselves and The Kanker Sisters)
- Hocus Pocus (The Sanderson Sisters)
- Harry Potter (Harry, Ron and Hermione)
- The Hangover (Phil, Alan and Stu)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy, Willow and Zander)
- Charmed (Phoebe, Piper and Prue)
- Charlie's Angels (Sabrina, Jill and Kelly)
- Three Musketeers (Athos, Porthos and Aramis)
Even older shows featured triplets of characters, so it's nothing new:
- The Three Stooges (Curly, Larry and Moe)
- Golden Girls (Rose, Dorothy and Blanche)
Why are triplets of characters so popular in movies and TV shows?