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* In ''Series/MyBabysittersAVampire''; Ethan, Benny, and Sarah have the main plot in the movie while Rory and Erica get less focus, and this format is often followed in the series, with Ethan, Benny, and Sarah often being in the episode's A-Plot while Rory and Erica will often appear in barely two scenes, with Erica even being the only main cast member to not be in every episode (as she's missing from The Brewed and Three Geeks And A Demon, although this might boil down to Kate Todd being absent from filming)

** The initial release of ''VideoGame/SonicMania'' featured the series' iconic PowerTrio of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles as playable characters, with [[VideoGame/SegaSonicTheHedgehog Mighty the Armadillo and Ray the Flying Squirrel]] (the long-forgotten members of Sonic's initial PowerTrio) joing in the ''Plus'' update.

** There is also a group of OlympusMons called the Legendary Titans, a group of Legendary Pokemon introduced in Generation III. In ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', the trio are composed of Regirock, Regice and Registeel. However, in the ''Crown Tundra'' DLC of ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', they added Regidrago and Regieleki.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'''s first season: the Team begins with Comicbook/{{Robin}}, [[FragileSpeedster Kid Flash]] and [[MakingASplash Aqualad]], experienced sidekicks who already know each other. The three rescue ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and are later joined by [[SuperPowerLottery Miss Martian]] and {{Ar|cherArchetype}}temis, making a case of Three Plus Three. However, it's the newcomers who wind up getting more focus and CharacterDevelopment by the time the season ends.

** ''[[Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger]]'': The team starts with Ryusoul Red, Blue and Pink before [[SiblingTeam Ryusoul Green and Black]] join them a few episodes later. The show later introduces a Sixth Ranger in Ryusoul Gold.

** Before ''Power Rangers'', [[OlderThanTheyThink this practice was done first]] in the 1988 ''Super Sentai'' series ''[[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Liveman]]'', where the original heroes of Red Falcon, Yellow Lion and Blue Dolphin were joined by Black Bison and Green Sai (Rhino) in Episode 30. The [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad Volt]] follow a similar arrangement, starting out with three executives (Kemp, Mazenda and Obular) and losing one (Obular) while at the same time gaining three more (Ashura, then Guildos and Butchy at different points) for a total of five.

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* ''VideoGame/Pikmin3'' has new cast members [[TheSmartGuy Alph]], Brittany, and [[TheBigGuy Charlie]] joined by returning characters [[spoiler:[[TheHero Olimar]] and [[TheLancer Louie]]]].

* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' starts with [[TheHero Aang]], [[TheSmartGuy Sokka]] and Katara, and later picks up [[TheBigGuy Toph]] and [[spoiler:[[TheLancer Zuko]]]] to complete the band. Suki joins the main cast as a full member near the end.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' starts out with [[TheHero Korra]] meeting [[BigFun Bolin]] and [[TheStoic Mako]], with Mako's girlfriend [[UptownGirl Asami]] joining later. {{Old Master}}s [[TeamDad Tenzin]] and [[DaChief Lin]] make it a full force of six.

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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Top:''' The three original Dino Thunder Rangers.\\

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDragoon'' starts off with a ThreeAmigos PowerTrio before adding two more midway through the first disc of the game to form a FiveManBand.

* The first ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' story introduced Archie, Betty and Jughead, with [[RichBitch Veronica]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Reggie]] added a few months later. They grew into a FiveManBand, but the first three still have their ThreeAmigos bond after all this time.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSunDarkDawn'': The initial party members are Matthew, Tyrell, and Karis (the children of the previous game's cast Isaac, Garett and Ivan), who like their fathers are Venus, Mars and Jupiter-aligned Adepts respectively. Later your party is joined by Rief (Mia's son) and relatively shortly after by Amiti (strongly implied to be the son of [[spoiler:the BigBad Alex]]), both Mercury Adepts. This arrangement continues for quite some time until you meet the other three party members, Sveta, Eoleo and Himi.

* In the classic ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' games on Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, the playable characters consisted of Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles 'Tails' Prower, and Knuckles the Echidna, who became a Power Trio by the end of ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''. They were the only characters to be playable in any of the side-scrolling platforming installments released in the 90's, with the exception of ''VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix''. In the ''[[VideoGame/SonicAdvanceTrilogy Sonic Advance]]'' trilogy, all three were playable again, this time alongside Amy Rose (making her playable side-scrolling platforming debut after being playable in the ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 games]]) and Cream the Rabbit (who debuted in ''Sonic Advance 2'').

* ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'' has [[FreudianTrio Yuri, Wolfram and Conrad]], who have a much closer bond and spend more time together than with the other members of the FiveManBand. When the FiveManBand breaks up, the most often configuration is the trio going off on a mini-adventure, while Gwendal and Gunter man the castle.

[[caption-width-right:350:'''Top:'''The three original Dino Thunder Rangers.\\
'''Bottom:'''The three with the Black And White members.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:The three Dino Thunder Rangers,Plus The Black And White members.]]

* In ''Manga/{{Gals}}'', Ran's main group of friends consist of herself, Miyu and Aya as the primary trio and ThoseTwoGuys Rie and Satsuki who occasionally join in their antics. This is played with in the sense that Rie and Satsuki are actually Ran's older friends who got pushed into the background when Miyu and Aya join the group, meaning that, chronologically, Aya and Miyu would be the plus two to Ran, Rie and Satsuki's original trio.

* In ''Manga/{{Gals}}'', Ran's main group of friends consist of herself, Miyu and Aya as the primary trio and ThoseTwoGuys Rie and Satsuki who occasionally join in their antics. This is played with in the sense that Rie and Satsuki are actually Ran's older friends who got pushed into the background when Miyu and Aya join the group due to the fact that their personalities are borderline identical to Ran's (although slightly less wild), and thus providing less interesting dynamics to bounce off of her.