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* The latest incarnation of the {{Voltron}} franchise, {{Voltron Force}} does this: Daniel is either white or Asian (or a mix of both), Vince is black, and Princess Larmina is white.
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* ''Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief'' has Percy (white guy), Annabeth (white girl) and gives Grover a RaceLift into a black guy.
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* Lampshaded by the Master in the third season of ''DoctorWho''. You have the Doctor (white male), Martha [[TwoferTokenMinority (black female)]], and Jack (bisexual male).

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* Lampshaded by the Master in the third season of ''DoctorWho''.''Series/DoctorWho''. You have the Doctor (white male), Martha [[TwoferTokenMinority (black female)]], and Jack (bisexual male).
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* ''The Day After Tomorrow'' has Sam (white guy), Laura (white girl love interest) and Brian (black guy). Though they get joined by another white guy (a downplayed RomanticFalseLead).

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* ''The Day After Tomorrow'' ''TheDayAfterTomorrow'' has Sam (white guy), Laura (white girl love interest) and Brian (black guy). Though they get joined by another white guy (a downplayed RomanticFalseLead).
* In ''DrNo'', JamesBond, Honey Ryder and Quarrel.
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* ''{{Pokemon}}'' has Ash, Misty and Brock though inverted as Ash and Brock are Asian while Misty is ([[AmbiguouslyBrown probably]]) white.


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* ''{{Pokemon}}'' has Ash, Misty and Brock though inverted as Ash and Brock are Asian while Misty is ([[AmbiguouslyBrown ([[Mukokuseki probably]]) white.

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* ''{{Pokemon}}'' has Ash, Misty and Brock though inverted as Ash is Asian while Misty is ([[AmbiguouslyBrown probably]]) white.
** Brock is also Asian.

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* ''{{Pokemon}}'' has Ash, Misty and Brock though inverted as Ash is and Brock are Asian while Misty is ([[AmbiguouslyBrown probably]]) white.
** Brock is also Asian.
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* ''Pokemon'' has Ash, Misty and Brock though inverted as Ash is Asian while Misty is white.

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* ''Pokemon'' ''{{Pokemon}}'' has Ash, Misty and Brock though inverted as Ash is Asian while Misty is ([[AmbiguouslyBrown probably]]) white.
** Brock is also Asian.
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* Parodied in [[http://www.fanboys-online.com/index.php?blog=40&comic=299 this]] '' [=F@NB0Y$=]'' strip.
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* Inverted example in TheFamousJettJackson, where the leader of the trio is a black male, with white male and mixed race female sidekicks.
* Lampshaded by the Master in the third season of DoctorWho. You have the Doctor (white male), Martha [[TwoferTokenMinority (black female)]], and Jack (bisexual male).
* Played with on the {{Nickelodeon}} series SupahNinjas, which features an Asian male lead, BlackBestFriend sidekick, and white female LoveInterest.

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* Inverted example in TheFamousJettJackson, ''TheFamousJettJackson'', where the leader of the trio is a black male, with white male and mixed race female sidekicks.
* Lampshaded by the Master in the third season of DoctorWho.''DoctorWho''. You have the Doctor (white male), Martha [[TwoferTokenMinority (black female)]], and Jack (bisexual male).
* Played with on the {{Nickelodeon}} series SupahNinjas, ''SupahNinjas'', which features an Asian male lead, BlackBestFriend sidekick, and white female LoveInterest.
* The original judge trio on ''AmericanIdol'': Simon (white male; bonus points for being a MeanBrit), Paula (white female), and Randy (black male).
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* Another gender flip and inversion with ''ThatsSoRaven'' with a black girl, black guy and white girl.


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* Gender flipped with LayCool and Kaval (Lay-Kav-Ool) since there's Michelle (white girl), Layla (mixed race) and Kaval (white guy).
* At the start of 2010 there was the random team of Matt Hardy (white guy), Maria Kanellis (white girl) and the Great Khali (Indian) for a few weeks.
* The APA had Bradshaw (white guy), Farooq (black guy) and sometimes Jacqueline (black woman).
* The Dudley Boyz (white guy and black guy) added Stacy Keibler (white girl) to their stable from 2001-2002
* MNM had a variation with two white guys and a Hispanic woman

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* ''Pokemon'' has Ash, Misty and Brock though inverted as Ash is Asian while Misty is white.




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* ''Pandorum'' has a variation with a French woman and an Asian man along with the white man. There are other characters but these three are the main ones.
* ''The Day After Tomorrow'' has Sam (white guy), Laura (white girl love interest) and Brian (black guy). Though they get joined by another white guy (a downplayed RomanticFalseLead).

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* Even the actual ''PowerRangers'' did this when it lacked a FiveManBand. Seasons [[PowerRangersNinjaStorm 11]], [[PowerRangersDinoThunder 12]], and [[PowerRangersJungleFury 16]] started with these setups (before the arrival of any {{Sixth Ranger}}s), while 11 mixed it up just slightly by having the minority male be the leader.
** Ninja Storm had the New Zealand version: White guy, Maori guy, white girl. Then they added another white guy and an Asian guy, and finished it up with one last Asian guy.

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* Even the actual ''PowerRangers'' did this when it lacked a FiveManBand. Seasons [[PowerRangersNinjaStorm 11]], [[PowerRangersDinoThunder 12]], and [[PowerRangersJungleFury 16]] started with these setups (before the arrival of any {{Sixth Ranger}}s), while 11 and 17 mixed it up just slightly by having the minority male be the leader.
** Ninja Storm had the New Zealand version: White guy, Maori guy, white girl. girl, Latino guy. Then they added another white guy and an Asian guy, and finished it up with one last Asian guy.guy.
**Dino Thunder: White guy, white girl, black guy. Then they added a Native American guy and finished it up with an Asian (Filipino).
**Jungle Fury: White guy, white girl, Asian guy. Then two more white guys.
**RPM: Black guy (leader), white guy, white girl. Then two more white guys and finished up with an Asian guy and girl.
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* Any time TheZetaProject has a group of three, it's either Zeta, Ro and Bucky (a robot, a tomboyish girl and a mixed race boy) or Lee, Rush and West (Chinese woman, black man and white man, with the white man being lowest ranking in their group). When not doing that, it's Lee, Bennett and West (Chinese woman, white man, white idiot man who makes them look awesome by comparison).
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* Played with on the {{Nickelodeon}} series SupahNinjas, which features an Asian male lead, BlackBestFriend sidekick, and white female LoveInterest.
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* ''Preacher'' has Custer, Tulip and the Irish vampire Cassidy.
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* The three main kids in ''{{Wishbone}}''.
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*** That is without a doubt the *least* Vietnamese person I have ever seen.
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* Lampshaded by the Master in the third season of DoctorWho. You have the Doctor (white male), Martha [[TokenTwoferMinority (black female)]], and Jack (bisexual male).

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* Lampshaded by the Master in the third season of DoctorWho. You have the Doctor (white male), Martha [[TokenTwoferMinority [[TwoferTokenMinority (black female)]], and Jack (bisexual male).
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* Lampshaded by the Master in the third season of DoctorWho. You have the Doctor (white male), Martha [[TokenTwofer (black female)]], and Jack (bisexual male).

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* Lampshaded by the Master in the third season of DoctorWho. You have the Doctor (white male), Martha [[TokenTwofer [[TokenTwoferMinority (black female)]], and Jack (bisexual male).
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* Lampshaded by the Master in the third season of DoctorWho. You have the Doctor (white male), Martha [[TokenTwofer (black female)]], and Jack (bisexual male).
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** I always thought Milo was explicitly Hawaiian
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* The original three ducklings on ''{{House}}'': White Girl (Cameron), Black Guy (Foreman), White Foreign Guy (Chase).

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* The original three ducklings on ''{{House}}'': White Girl (Cameron), Black Guy (Foreman), (Foreman) and White Foreign Guy (Chase).(Chase). Later we also get the White Bisexual Girl (Thirteen), Jewish Guy (Taub) and Adopted Indian Guy (Kutner)
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* Inverted example in TheFamousJettJackson, where the leader of the trio is a black male, with white male and mixed race female sidekicks.
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* ''SpaceSentinels'' was one of the earliest in WesternAnimation. One team member was Asian and the women was African-American.

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** The love interest was Latina, if that counts as white.
*** According to the US Census Bureau, [[http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf it does]], surprisingly enough.
**** There are white people in Latin America.
***** When I first saw the actress playing said character, I mistook her for Shannon Elizabeth. SoYeah.
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** According to the US Census Bureau, [[http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf it does]], surprisingly enough.
*** There are white people in Latin America.

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** *** According to the US Census Bureau, [[http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-1.pdf it does]], surprisingly enough.
*** **** There are white people in Latin America.America.
***** When I first saw the actress playing said character, I mistook her for Shannon Elizabeth. SoYeah.
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** Ninja Storm had the New Zealand version: White guy, Maori guy, white girl. Then they added another white guy and an Asian guy, and finished it up with one last Asian guy.
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** ''Alien Soldier'', which basically was ''Golden Axe'' [[RecycledINSPACE in a sci-fi setting]], had Gordon (male), Karla (female) and Scooter (robot).

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** ''Alien Soldier'', Storm'', which basically was ''Golden Axe'' [[RecycledINSPACE in a sci-fi setting]], had Gordon (male), Karla (female) and Scooter (robot).
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** ''Alien Soldier'', which basically was ''Golden Axe'' [[RecycledINSPACE in a sci-fi setting]], had Gordon (male), Karla (female) and Scooter (robot).

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