History Characters / HarryPotterTheTrio

** Hermione, even with being a StaticCharacter, does undergo some subtle development. She starts off as a bossy, insecure, neurotic, rule-abiding little girl, best exemplified by equating being expelled from school with ''being killed''. By the 5th book, she will now do as much rule breaking if it's to help her friends, family, and the wizarding world.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: After the fourth movie, where Emma's bushy brown hair got highlighted so much it became blonde. Ron is the redhead and Harry is the brunette.

[[center: [-[[Characters/HarryPotter Main Character Index]] | '''The Trio''' | [[Characters/HarryPotterHarryJamesPotter Harry James Potter]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterRonBiliusWeasley Ron Bilius Weasley]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHermioneJeanGranger Hermione Jean Granger]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHogwartsStudents Hogwarts Students]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterGryffindor Gryffindor]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterSlytherin Slytherin]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterRavenclaw Ravenclaw]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHufflepuff Hufflepuff]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHogwartsStaff Hogwarts Staff]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterAlbusDumbledore Albus Dumbledore]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterSeverusSnape Severus Snape]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterMinistryOfMagic Ministry of Magic]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterOrderOfThePhoenixMembers Order of the Phoenix Members]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterDeathEaters Death Eaters]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterLordVoldemort Lord Voldemort]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterMuggles Muggles]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterMagicalBeings Magical Beings]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterAnimalsAndPets Animals and Pets]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/FantasticBeasts Fantastic Beasts]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery Hogwarts Mystery]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterOtherCanon Other Canon]]]]-]

[[TheHero Harry Potter]], [[TheLancer Ron Weasley]], and [[TheSmartGuy Hermione Granger]], the three main characters. They became [[FireForgedFriends friends]] in the first book and, over the course of the series, they have endured and suffered more than most people do, but they have only become closer over the years. They spend more time together than they do with anyone else, and whenever there is a problem, they always try to solve it together.

* [[Characters/HarryPotterHarryJamesPotter Harry James Potter]] -- The titular protagonist who is thrust into the Wizarding world, facing many conflicts throughout the story.
* [[Characters/HarryPotterRonBiliusWeasley Ron Bilius Weasley]] -- The first friend Harry meets in the Wizarding World, and the youngest son of the Weasley Family.
* [[Characters/HarryPotterHermioneJeanGranger Hermione Jean Granger]] -- A Muggle-born witch prodigy who becomes Harry's other best friend.

** Also with the three others Hogwarts houses except Gryffindor (as lampshaded for Harry and Hermione in the books at least): Harry is cunnning and haves similarities with Voldemort fitting Slytherin , Hermione is book-smart and studious as a Ravenclaw and Ron is loyal and light-hearted as a Hufflepuff.

** According to JKR, Harry became the best duelist in his circle of friends during his Third Year. Probably graduated to "best student duelist in the school" a year later, as [[DeadlyGame the Triwizard Tournament]] pushed him into successfully learning several combat spells far beyond his expected level. All in all, Harry goes from bullied and timid kid to a pretty reasonable all round badass by book 4 at the latest. You could argue he takes a further one of these in the final book, going to his death calmly, then just as calmly offering the man who killed his parents and a lot of his friends [[LastSecondChance a chance at redemption]], admittedly almost certain that he wouldn't take it.

* VagabondBuddies: Become this in Book 7 when they search for the horcruxes.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: WordOfGod confirmed around the time of the fourth book that Harry views Ron and Hermione as his adopted brother and sister, something Harry reiterates occasionally. It causes [[spoiler:some tension with Ron due to his own romantic feelings in Hermione in ''Deathly Hallows'' until Harry and Ron have a very intense argument about it.]]

** Also, pre-''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'', the three had, according to WordOfGod, the three different wand cores offered at Ollivanders: Harry has phoenix feather, Ron has a unicorn tail hair, and Hermione has a dragon heartstring.

** [[WordOfGod According to JKR]], Harry became the best duelist in his circle of friends during his Third Year. Probably graduated to "best student duelist in the school" a year later, as [[DeadlyGame the Triwizard Tournament]] pushed him into successfully learning several combat spells far beyond his expected level. All in all, Harry goes from bullied and timid kid to a pretty reasonable all round badass by book 4 at the latest. You could argue he takes a further one of these in the final book, going to his death calmly, then just as calmly offering the man who killed his parents and a lot of his friends [[LastSecondChance a chance at redemption]], admittedly almost certain that he wouldn't take it.

* PowerTrio: They are a trio of friends and the stars of the franchise.

* ThreeAmigos: They've been friends since they were 11.

* BadassCrew: Every book they take on things that would be considered challenging to experienced wizards, and survive all of them, starting with a troll in the first book, and ending with the FinalBattle in the seventh. Harry is accomplished at Defense Against the Dark Arts, quick on the draw, and more than capable of holding his own against more experienced wizards, Ron is a CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, and Hermione is a BadassBookworm.

* ChromaticArrangement: In the movies the trio each have their own specific colors: Harry is blue, Ron is red, and Hermione is pink.
* ColorCodedCharacters: Specifically in the films, each of them had their own scheme color when not in their Hogwarts uniform: Harry (blue), Ron (orange), and Hermione (pink).

* {{Adorkable}}:
** Harry at eleven years old in the first film, with his small stature, glasses, baggy clothes and requisite British accent.
** Ron has red hair, is awkwardly tall and oblivious to love. He is Harry's loyal companion and sidekick.
** Hermione, a bushy-haired, [[{{Bookworm}} bookworm]], who in the first book stutters approximately a third of everything she says.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Downplayed, as all three are kind and heroic individuals, but Harry, being a compassionate, warmhearted AllLovingHero, is hands-down the nicest one of the group, [[BewareTheNiceOnes though he is still able to stand up to meaner characters whenever he doesn't want to put up with their crap]]. Ron is prone to easily losing his temper and can get [[CrazyJealousGuy violently jealous]], [[BerserkButton especially if anyone other than him does anything romantic with Hermione]], though he does become [[TookALevelInKindness more and more sensitive]] as the series goes on. Hermione, while having moments of being [[AcademicAlphaBitch bossy and somewhat vain about how smart she is]], is still a pretty level-headed and well-meaning person and does know when to be kind and who to be kind to if ever they need it.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Harry, being a compassionate, warmhearted AllLovingHero, is hands-down the nicest one of the group, [[BewareTheNiceOnes though he is still able to stand up to meaner characters whenever he doesn't want to put up with their crap]]. Ron is prone to easily losing his temper and can get [[CrazyJealousGuy violently jealous]], [[BerserkButton especially if anyone other than him does anything romantic with Hermione]], though he does become [[TookALevelInKindness more and more sensitive]] as the series goes on. Hermione, while having moments of being [[AcademicAlphaBitch bossy and somewhat vain about how smart she is]], is still a pretty level-headed and well-meaning person and does know when to be kind and who to be kind to if ever they need it.

[[center: [-[[Characters/HarryPotter Main Character Index]] | '''The Trio''' | [[Characters/HarryPotterHarryJamesPotter Harry James Potter]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterRonBiliusWeasley Ron Bilius Weasley]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHermioneJeanGranger Hermione Jean Granger]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHogwartsStudents Hogwarts Students]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterGryffindor Gryffindor]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterSlytherin Slytherin]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterRavenclaw Ravenclaw]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHufflepuff Hufflepuff]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHogwartsTeachers Hogwarts Teachers]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterAlbusDumbledore Albus Dumbledore]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterSeverusSnape Severus Snape]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterMinistryOfMagic Ministry of Magic]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterOrderOfThePhoenixMembers Order of the Phoenix Members]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterDeathEaters Death Eaters]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterLordVoldemort Lord Voldemort]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterMuggles Muggles]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterMagicalBeings Magical Beings]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterAnimalsAndPets Animals and Pets]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/FantasticBeasts Fantastic Beasts]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery Hogwarts Mystery]] | [[Characters/HarryPotterOtherCanon Other Canon]]]]-]

* BeautyBrainAndBrawn: ChickMagnet Harry, InsufferableGenius Hermione and HotBlooded Ron fit this trope.

* [[Characters/HarryPotterHarryJamesPotter Harry James Potter]] -- The titular protagonist who is thrust into the Wizarding world, facing many conflicts throughout his time.

* [[Characters/HarryPotterHermioneJeanGranger Hermione Jean Granger]] -- Another friend Harry would befriend, a muggle-born witch protege.

->'''[=McGonagall=]''': "Why is it that whenever there's trouble, it's always you three?"

-->'''[=McGonagall=]:''' "Why is it, whenever something happens, it's always you three?"
-->'''Ron Weasley:''' "Believe me, professor, I've been asking myself that same question for six years."

** Hermione, Harry, and Ron represent wealth, the middle class, and poverty, respectively.

* InterclassFriendship: Harry is implied to be somewhere between very and obscenely rich. Ron is a member of the poorest family depicted in the novels. The issues of class are played down in that Harry was raised by muggles and more or less a Spear Counterpart to Cinderella in that he lived as a poor servant to a rich step-family but then gets pushed forth into celebrity-superhero-dom. The class issues don't become part of their dynamic until Book 4, where Harry casually admits that he forgot about missing Leprechaun gold, and has a trust-fund that provides him new robes and books, while Ron still has second-hand items passed down to him and mutters that if he got a sum of that much leprechaun gold he would certainly notice it missing.

* LikeBrotherAndSister: WordOfGod confirmed around the time of the fourth book that Harry views Ron and Hermione as his adopted brother and sister, something Harry reiterates occasionally. It causes [[spoiler:some tension with Ron due to his own romantic feelings in Hermione in ''Deathly Hallows'' until Harry lampshades this to Ron.]]

** Harry is the id when the going gets rough. He has "a saving people thing" as Hermione says in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', and is the most prone to impulsive and irrational behavior when the shit hits the fan. In casual situations, he is the ego; he's not messy, not tidy, eats normally, breaks rules for a good cause but will usually play it safe, has neither intuitive nor academic knowledge and usually relies on the other two to explain things.

** Superego: Hermione — Intelligent, respectful to authority, has proper 'manners'. Her 'know it all' quality can get on the other characters nerves.
** Id: Harry — He has "a saving people thing" as Hermione says in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
** Ego: Ron — Act as the 'middle' of the two when Harry wants to rush off to save somebody but Hermione wants them to take their time being as cautious as possible.
* Alternatively:
** Id: Ron — generally messy, eats at every opportunity to do so, is almost always the first one to advocate breaking a rule, good cause or not, has intuitive and social knowledge of the magical world gained by being a native but isn't up-to-snuff on how magic works on a scientific level.
** Superego: Hermione — likes organization and neatness, the one who most often refuses to eat if something perceived as more important is at play, is almost always the first one to advocate sticking to the rules or the established way of doing things, has academic and theoretical knowledge of the magical world gained by education and research but is ignorant of a lot of magical social conventions (i.e. house-elves, "giants are really all that bad, it's just wizard propaganda", the tales of Beedle the Bard).
** Ego: Harry -- not messy, not tidy, eats normally, breaks rules for a good cause but will usually play it safe, has neither intuitive nor academic knowledge and usually relies on the other two to explain things.

* {{Kid Hero}}es: Until they become full grown adults in the seventh book. {{Deconstructed}} since they were forced to deal with things that greatly interfered with their social life and has been very traumatic events for them, especially Harry.

%%* PowerTrio:

* NiceMeanAndInbetween: Harry, being a compassionate, warmhearted AllLovingHero, is hands-down the nicest one of the group, [[BewareTheNiceOnes though he is still able to stand up to meaner characters whenever he doesn't want to put up with their crap]]. Ron is prone to easily losing his temper and can get [[CrazyJealousGuy violently jealous]], [[BerserkButton especially if anyone other than him does anything romantic with Hermione]], though he does become [[TookALevelInKindness more and more sensitive]] as the series goes on. Hermione, while having moments of being [[AcademicAlphaBitch bossy and somewhat vain about how smart she is]], is still a pretty level-headed and well-meaning person and does know when to be kind and who to be kind to if ever they need it.

->'''[=McGonagall=]''': "Why is it that whenever there's trouble, it's always you three?!?"

* [[Characters/HarryPotterRonBiliusWeasley Ron Bilius Weasley]] -- The first friend Harry meets in the Wizarding World, and the youngest son of the Weasley Familyz
* [[Characters/HarryPotterHermioneJeanGranger Hermione Jean Granger]] -- Another friend Harry would befriend, a muggle born witch protege.