History Main / SpeedSmartsAndStrength

->''"The world’s first bionic super humans, they’re stronger than us. Faster. Smarter."''

* Manga/OnePiece follows this dynamic within the Monster Trio, with Luffy being the Speed, Zoro is the Strength, and Sanji is the Smarts.

* ‘’Manga/OnePiece’’ follows this dynamic within the Monster Trio, with Luffy being the Speed, Zoro is the Strength, and Sanji is the Smarts.

* In ''LightNovel/LogHorizon'', the protagonist Shiroe is TheStrategist and brains, his BromanticFoil Naotsugu is TheTank and thus brawn, and their new friend Akatsuki is a {{Ninja}} and thus speed.

* In ''VideoGame/BluePortJSummerSkyPrelude'', the three girls you control will either start with or gain abilities based on this dynamic. Honomi's skill is dolphin kicking for faster swimming, Chie's skill is pushing heavy underwater blocks for puzzle-solving, and Kokono's skill is ItemCrafting. [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, Kokono also gains the ability to see invisible numbers scattered throughout the island, numbers that can be used on the final passcode in the game.]]

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Appears with the three main characters - Sonic the fastest, Tails the GadgeteerGenius and Knuckles the strongest. Made the core game mechanic of ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'', with "Flight" replacing "Smarts."

* The main PowerTrio of ''[[Anime/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven GO]]'' consists of: Tenma, whose speed is incorporated in most of his special techniques, Tsurugi, the hard-hitting Ace Striker, and Shindou, the strategic game maker.

* In ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'', the Trinity comprised of Barry Allen/The Flash as the resident [[SuperSpeed speedster]] who serves as Speed, Oliver Queen/Green Arrow who is the BadassNormal tactician who serves as Smarts, and Kara Danvers/Supergirl a FlyingBrick who serves as Strength.

* ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'': The original Young Justice team consisted of ComicBook/{{Impulse}} who is part of the ComicBook/{{Flash}} family and has SuperSpeed, [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin (Tim Drake)]] who is part of the Franchise/{{Batman}} family and exceptionally smart and [[ComicBook/Superboy1994 Superboy (Conner Kent)]], who is a clone of Franchise/{{Superman}} and thus super-strong. The three also formed a FreudianTrio as noted by Red Tornado in the very first issue of the series.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Appears with the three main characters - Sonic the fastest, Tails the GadgeteerGenius and Knuckles the strongest.

For a FightingSeries, the way characters fight can be rounded down to 3 general styles: One who fights with brute force (the Strength), one who fights by swift attacks and moving quickly (the Speed), and one who fights with his wits and intelligence (the Smarts).

* ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'': Sly is the agile thief, Bentley is the ''Main/GadgeteerGenius'', and Murray is the ''Main/BoisterousBruiser''.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Appears with the three main characters - Sonic the fastest, Tails the GadgeteerGenius and Knuckles the strongest.

Compare with FighterMageThief, which may overlap with this. Compare ForceAndFinesse, where Force represent Brawn while Finesse can mean either Speed or Brains. Compare also CombatDiplomacyStealth, where the three qualities of this trope are used in not just combat situations.

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* In ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'',
** there's the key players in Hakushuu Dinosaurs: Marco (the captain) as the brains, and his two trusted friends, Kisiragi (the speed; specializing in snatching the ball away and running) and Gaoh (the brawn; among the best linemen in Japan, often called a "dinosaur").

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has Ranma, Ryoga and Mousse. Ranma is the fastest of the group and usually wins his fights by avoiding their more dangerous attacks and getting in more hits than the other guy. Ryoga is the strongest of the group and usually wins his fights by soaking most of the damage and dealing out large scaled powerful techniques. Mousse is the smartest of the group and usually wins his fights by planning them out in advance and fighting dirty.

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* In ''Videogame/DefenseOfTheAncients'', the characters are grouped based on one of the three stats they're focusing on: Strength, Intelligence or Agility.
* ''Videogame/FateGrandOrder'': The 3 attack card types go like this - Quick are weak but speedy attacks that drop a lot of CriticalHit stars (which are required for scoring crits), Arts are controlled, medium-powered attacks that help charge the [[LimitBreak Noble Phantasm]] gauge, and Buster attacks are strong attacks that deal high raw damage but only drop few critical stars and do not fill the NP gauge at all. Thusly, characters who focus on Quick attacks (especially Assassin-class) are the speedy attacker types, those who focus on Arts attacks (especially Caster-class) are brainy/skilled types, and those who focus on Buster attacks (especially Berserker-class) are brawny/brutish types.
* ''Videogame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'': The three protagonists play like this - Ventus relies on high speed movements and moving around the enemy attacks, Aqua is the intelligent mage that attacks with wide area magic, and Terra conquers oppositions with his sheer strength.
* ''Videogame/MegaManX2'': The X-Hunters are a TerribleTrio consisting of Serges, the smart professor-like robot, Agile the lean speedy robot, and Violen, the huge, strong robot.

* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'', Humpty Dumpty's DreamTeam for the Cloud Castle heist consists of himself (brains), Puss (brawn), and Kitty (skill). Technically, both Kitty and Puss are great fighters but Kitty is consistently shown to be a tick faster.

For a FightingSeries, the way characters fight can be rounded down to 3 general styles: One who fights with brute force (the Brawn), one who fights by swift attacks and moving quickly (the Speed), and one who fights with his wits and intelligence (the Brains).

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* ''Manga/Eyeshield21'':
** There's the key players in Hakushuu Dinosaurs: Marco (the captain) as the brains, and his two trusted friends, Kisiragi (the speed; specializing in snatching the ball away and running) and Gaoh (the brawn; among the best linemen in Japan, often called a "dinosaur").

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has Ranma, Ryōga and Mousse. Ranma is the fastest of the group and usually wins his fights by avoiding their more dangerous attacks and getting in more hits than the other guy. Ryōga is the strongest of the group and usually wins his fights by soaking most of the damage and dealing out large scaled powerful techniques. Mousse is the smartest of the group and usually wins his fights by planning them out in advance and fighting dirty.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'', Humpty Dumpty's DreamTeam for the Cloud Castle heist consists of himself (brains), Puss (brawn), and Kitty (skill). Technically, both Kitty and Puss are great fighters but Kitty is consistently shown to be a tick faster.

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* ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'': Wiploc is the fast one who adapts to Earth culture quickest and has most disregard for the consequences. Zeebo is the strong one, who is capable of doing all manner of feats of acrobatics. Mac is the smart one. He commands their ship, and is the one with the best pickup of English.
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* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue:'' Among the "3 Stooges of Torifune", Noel emphasizes speedy attacks and unpredictability, Tsubaki the book smart uses her special tome "Izayoi" to store power, and Makoto uses her sheer strength to deliver hard punches.

* In ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'', the characters are grouped based on one of the three stats they're focusing on: Strength, Intelligence or Agility.
* In the ''Bloodmoon'' expansion of ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', the FinalBoss will ask the player which of these qualities they would favour the most, then assumes a different form based on their response.
* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'': The 3 attack card types go like this - Quick are weak but speedy attacks that drop a lot of CriticalHit stars (which are required for scoring crits), Arts are controlled, medium-powered attacks that help charge the [[LimitBreak Noble Phantasm]] gauge, and Buster attacks are strong attacks that deal high raw damage but only drop few critical stars and do not fill the NP gauge at all. Thusly, characters who focus on Quick attacks (especially Assassin-class) are the speedy attacker types, those who focus on Arts attacks (especially Caster-class) are brainy/skilled types, and those who focus on Buster attacks (especially Berserker-class) are brawny/brutish types.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'': The three protagonists play like this - Ventus relies on high speed movements and moving around the enemy attacks, Aqua is the intelligent mage that attacks with wide area magic, and Terra conquers oppositions with his sheer strength.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'': The X-Hunters are a TerribleTrio consisting of Serges, the smart professor-like robot, Agile the lean speedy robot, and Violen, the huge, strong robot.

* ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'': The game uses three stats for its heroes, which increase damage if it's the main one: Strength (increases health and regeneration), Agility (increases armor and attack speed), and Intelligence (increases mana and regeneration). They don't affect the damage of the heroes' spells, but most custom maps do so in order to increase their usefulness. While only one of the four factions (the Horde) has all three types, the expansion allows the hiring of mercenary heroes to round it out.

* The ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series makes use of this in combination with FighterMageThief. While each class can {{Stat Grind|ing}} all of their abilities and skills to the maximum level for that game, each class has one main stat that gets focused on, and is easier to level up, than the others. For the Fighter and Paladin it's Strength, the Thief has Agility, and the Magic User has Intelligence. This is also reflected in the gameplay for the solution to many puzzles: The Fighter primarily uses brute force and feats of strength, the Thief relies on his speed and agility, and the Magic User a clever application of spells, (for example to break into the Brigand Fortress in the first game, the Fighter simply bashes the door down, the Thief climbs over the wall, and the Magic User casts a spell) with many of the solutions set specifically based on class.

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!Examples

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* In ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'',
** there's the key players in Hakushuu Dinosaurs: Marco (the captain) as the brains, and his two trusted friends, Kisiragi (the speed; specializing in snatching the ball away and running) and Gaoh (the brawn; among the best linemen in Japan, often called a "dinosaur").

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' has Ranma, Ryoga and Mousse. Ranma is the fastest of the group and usually wins his fights by avoiding their more dangerous attacks and getting in more hits than the other guy. Ryoga is the strongest of the group and usually wins his fights by soaking most of the damage and dealing out large scaled powerful techniques. Mousse is the smartest of the group and usually wins his fights by planning them out in advance and fighting dirty.

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* ''Film/EarthGirlsAreEasy'': Wiploc is the fast one who adapts to Earth culture quickest and has most disregard for the consequences. Zeebo is the strong one, who is capable of doing all manner of feats of acrobatics. Mac is the smart one. He commands their ship, and is the one with the best pickup of English.

* ''Videogame/BlazBlue:'' Among the "3 Stooges of Torifune", Noel emphasizes speedy attacks and unpredictability, Tsubaki the book smart uses her special tome "Izayoi" to store power, and Makoto uses her sheer strength to deliver hard punches.

* In ''Videogame/DefenseOfTheAncients'', the characters are grouped based on one of the three stats they're focusing on: Strength, Intelligence or Agility.
* In the ''Bloodmoon'' expansion of ''Videogame/TheElderScrollsIIIMorrowind'', the FinalBoss will ask the player which of these qualities they would favour the most, then assumes a different form based on their response.
* ''Videogame/FateGrandOrder'': The 3 attack card types go like this - Quick are weak but speedy attacks that drop a lot of CriticalHit stars (which are required for scoring crits), Arts are controlled, medium-powered attacks that help charge the [[LimitBreak Noble Phantasm]] gauge, and Buster attacks are strong attacks that deal high raw damage but only drop few critical stars and do not fill the NP gauge at all. Thusly, characters who focus on Quick attacks (especially Assassin-class) are the speedy attacker types, those who focus on Arts attacks (especially Caster-class) are brainy/skilled types, and those who focus on Buster attacks (especially Berserker-class) are brawny/brutish types.
* ''Videogame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'': The three protagonists play like this - Ventus relies on high speed movements and moving around the enemy attacks, Aqua is the intelligent mage that attacks with wide area magic, and Terra conquers oppositions with his sheer strength.
* ''Videogame/MegaManX2'': The X-Hunters are a TerribleTrio consisting of Serges, the smart professor-like robot, Agile the lean speedy robot, and Violen, the huge, strong robot.

* ''Videogame/WarcraftIII'': The game uses three stats for its heroes, which increase damage if it's the main one: Strength (increases health and regeneration), Agility (increases armor and attack speed), and Intelligence (increases mana and regeneration). They don't affect the damage of the heroes' spells, but most custom maps do so in order to increase their usefulness. While only one of the four factions (the Horde) has all three types, the expansion allows the hiring of mercenary heroes to round it out.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'', Humpty Dumpty's DreamTeam for the Cloud Castle heist consists of himself (brains), Puss (brawn), and Kitty (skill). Technically, both Kitty and Puss are great fighters but Kitty is consistently shown to be a tick faster.

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