History Quotes / RuleofThree

-->-- '''Theater/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'''

->'''Bismuth:''' Hey, it's a pleasure doing [[Main/Pun Bismuth]] with you.\\

There were three in the family\\
That's a magic number."''
--> ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'', Three Is A Magic Number

->"Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried,\\
As he landed his crew with care;\\
Supporting each man on the top of the tide\\
By a finger entwined in his hair.

->"Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:\\
That alone should encourage the crew.\\
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:\\
What I tell you three times is true."
-->-- Creator/LewisCarroll, ''The Hunting Of The Snark''.

-->-- [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/teneral-e-1/#comments Commenters]] discussing this trope as it applies to ''{{Literature/Worm}}''

-> ''"What is it with threes? Eidolon controls three powers, Valkyrie controls three “warriors,” that Endbringer copied three capes. There are [[spoiler: three Triumvirates.]] The first with Alexandria, Eidolon, and Legend. The new one with Legend, Chevalier, and Valkyrie. And one that was hinted at with Riley, Nilbog, and Valkyrie. Taylor had three different names; Skitter, Weaver, and Khepri. There are three entities in the story. I don’t know, maybe its a coincidence.
--> There was even a ‘three’ at the very beginning–Emma, Sophia, and Madison."''\\
-- [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/teneral-e-1/#comments Commenters]] '''snickle''' and '''Caladium''' discussing this trope as it applies to ''{{Literature/Worm}}''

-> The Rule of three is... one of those 'laws' about the Planes, about everything tending to happen in threes... or everything's composed of three parts, or there's always three choices, and so on and so forth.

-->--''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max: Moai Better Blues]]''

-> Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three!

->Genies don't grant just two wishes, nobody talks about the two Musketeers, and you never hear anyone say "second time's the charm."
-->--The announcer [[SelfDemonstratingArticle gives three examples]] of the RuleOfThree in action, from a Hyundai car commercial

->Stories are like ''Charlie's Angels''! They should come in ''threes''!
-->--Disco Stu, ''Simpsons Comics'' #175

->Three is a sacred number. There are three Fates, three Furies, three Olympian sons of Kronos. It is a good strong number that stands against many dangers.
-->-- Chiron, ''PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''

->One time is happenstance, two times is coincidence, three times is intentional.

->They took my dressing room, my parking space, even my writers so I don't have a funny third item!
-->-- ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Krusty the Clown]]''

->[[LampshadeHanging RULE OF THREE, ASSHOLE, NOT FOUR!]]
-->-- '''Franchise/{{Batman}}''', ''[[WesternAnimation/RobotChicken after getting his back broken by Bane again.]]''

->'''Amy''': So that was the year of the slow invasion. When the Earth got cubed and the Doctor came to stay. It was also when we realized something the Shakri never understood. What 'cubed' actually means. The Power of Three.
-->-- '''Series/DoctorWho''', "The Power Of Three"

->[[LampshadeHanging I'll bet there's even a third one]].

-> What is it with threes? Eidolon controls three powers, Valkyrie controls three “warriors,” that Endbringer copied three capes. There are [[spoiler: three Triumvirates.]] The first with Alexandria, Eidolon, and Legend. The new one with Legend, Chevalier, and Valkyrie. And one that was hinted at with Riley, Nilbog, and Valkyrie. Taylor had three different names; Skitter, Weaver, and Khepri. There are three entities in the story. I don’t know, maybe its a coincidence.
--> There was even a ‘three’ at the very beginning–Emma, Sophia, and Madison.\\

->''A man and a woman had a little baby\\

That's a magic number.
-->'''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock''', ''Three Is A Magic Number''

-> What is it with threes? Eidolon controls three powers, Valkyrie controls three “warriors,” that Endbringer copied three capes. The are [[spoiler: three Triumvirates.]] The first with Alexandria, Eidolon, and Legend. The new one with Legend, Chevalier, and Valkyrie. And one that was hinted at with Riley, Nilbog, and Valkyrie. Taylor had three different names; Skitter, Weaver, and Khepri. There are three entities in the story. I don’t know, maybe its a coincidence.

-->-- '''Morte''', ''[[PlanescapeTorment Torment]]''

-->--''SamAndMax: Moai Better Blues''

->[[LampshadeHanging I'll bet there's even a third one]]

--> There was even a ‘three’ at the very beginning–Emma, Sophia, and Madison.
-->-- [[http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/teneral-e-1/#comments Commenters]] '''snickle''' and '''Caladium''' discussing this trope as it applies to ''{{Literature/Worm}}''

-->[[SchoolhouseRock]], ''Three Is A Magic Number''

-->-- LewisCarroll, ''The Hunting Of The Snark''.

->"I'll bet there's even a third one"

-->-- ''[[TheSimpsons Krusty the Clown]]''

-->-- '''{{Franchise/Batman}}''', ''[[WesternAnimation/RobotChicken after getting his back broken by Bane again.]]''

-->-- '''DoctorWho''', "The Power Of Three"

-> The Rule of three is... one of those 'laws' about the Planes, about everything tending to happen in threes... or everything's composed of three parts, or there's always three choices, and so on and so forth.

-->-- '''The Old Man from Scene 24''', ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''

What I tell you three times is true."