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* ActionSurvivor: While all the boys survive harrowing moments, Pete has arguably survived some ''really'' rough stuff. Not only did he survive two distinct plane crashes (and one involved him getting thrown from the plane upon the crash), he also survived several hostage situations, been kidnapped for an extended period of time on several different occasions. He has been left to bake alive in a car trunk, was shoved off a hotel balcony into a pool, fell off a cliff and garbage chute and barely managed to hang on, had his arm sliced open falling down an elevator shaft, was [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] by a machine that induces [[MindRape horrible feelings and sensations]] and ultimately, had to he resuscitated after he went into cardiac arrest via electrocution. On a meta level, he actually died from a gunshot wound in one of the drafts (which he avoided when the author reversed it).

* ClearMyName: A mixture of this and ClearTheirName, Pete has had several plotlines about him surrounding this. In ''Der rote Rächer'', he, Juptier, and Bob were accused of arson, in ''Skateboardfieber'' he was confused for an international spy and was even arrested by the secret service, and in ''Teufelsklippe'', he was accused of murder. He also falsely confessed to robbing a jewelry store after he had gotten hypnotized in ''Im Haus des Henkers''.

* DistressedDude: He's had his fair share of getting kidnapped and held hostage. The entire story of 'Die späte Rache' is centered around a man trying to exact revenge on him and imprisoning him for several days, ''Totensinel'' has him assaulted and accidentally sent to an island needing Jupiter and Bob to rescue him, and he is kidnapped again in ''Im Bann des Drachen'' prompting rescue. He needed to be resusicated after going into cardiac arrest in ''Der Meister des Todes'' was also legitimiately [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] by the Colorphonic in ''Phonophobia'', which effectively MindRape-d him (though his memories of the incident also got wiped).

* ClearMyName: Pete has had several plotlines about him surrounding this. In ''Der rote Rächer'', he, Juptier, and Bob were accused of arson, in ''Skateboardfieber'' he was confused for an international spy and was even arrested by the secret service, and in ''Teufelsklippe'', he was accused of murder.

* FearlessFool: Shows shades of this, especially when it comes to solving mysteries. Sometimes Jupiter will just go too far in attempt to attain information to solve the mystery, which often puts himself and his friends in trouble, whether legally or physically. Notably, he goes way too far during ''Schwarze Madonna'', despite even ''Bob'' telling him it's too dangerous, and gets arrested for breaking and entering.

* MirrorCharacter: He is the Sherlock Holmes to Victor Hugenay's Professor Moriaty. Both are very similar in a lot of ways: intelligent, great at mysteries, both are strategists, and would rather fight with words than violence; the only difference is that Hugenay is master thief.

* RedOniBlueOni: He is the blue to Pete's red, though they sometimes swap colors when a mystery is involved and Peter get spooked. Jupiter becomes far more determined and more willing to break the rules than Peter is, who only likes to stay by the rules or out of it entirely.
* SadisticChoice: Mr. Grey proposes a scenario where both Pete and Bob was in danger and he could only save one of them. Jupe initially refuses to decide that, but he ultimately decides to save Pete (though this later backfired as the person who was chosen was the one who was supposed to play a chess gambit).

** In German it's "''Wir übernehmen jeden Fall''", which roughly translates to "We take on any case"

* {{Slogans}}: Their slogan is "''We Investigate Anything''". In German it's "''Wir übernehmen jeden Fall''", which roughly translates to "We take on any case". In ''Im Bann des Drachen'', their slogan was translated to "''我们援手一切家件''", which means "We help everyone".

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Originally just a puzzle club, the Three Investigators is now an amateur detective agency based in Rocky Beach, a coastal town in California. They make it their mission to solve all sorts of mysteries at any cost, using just their unstoppable teamwork.

'''The Three Investigators''' | [[Characters/TheThreeInvestigatorsOriginalSeries Original Series]] -] ]]]]

This page details the three main protagonists from Literature/TheThreeInvestigators.