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3* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'':
4** Beauty - Caitlin, a GirlyGirl who is obsessed with both boys and fashion.
5** Brains - Jen, an AcademicAthlete who often acts as the TeamMom within the group.
6** Brawn - Nikki, a no-nonsense {{Tomboy}} who's unafraid to speak her mind.
7* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfDonkeyOllie'' - God forbid but... The three brothers of Ollie.
8** Isa: Brains
9** Esau: Brawn
10** Jeremy: Beauty
11* ''Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' - The Chipettes
12** Brittany - Beauty (the prettiest one of the group, and the oldest of the group)
13** Jeannette - Brains (the most intelligent of the group)
14** Eleanor- Brawn (surprisingly [[{{Acrofatic}} athletic given her weight]])
15* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'':
16** Among the Calamity Girls:
17*** Sasha is brawn. She's the most controlling of the three, and joins Toad Tower, the villainous warrior faction of Amphibia, becoming a skilled sword fighter.
18*** Marcy is brains. [[spoiler: She's the most intelligent of the three, and landed in Newtopia, a place that contains multiple riddles, puzzles, and a large library. She becomes the strategist for King Andrias's army.]]
19*** Anne is beauty. She has good social skills, a high sense of morals, and is empathetic.
20** Among King Andrias's [[StandardRoyalCourt counsel]]:
21*** Marcy is still brains.
22*** Lady Olivia is beauty. She is a kind chancellor who wears a beautiful flowing dress.
23*** General Yunan is brawn. She is a strong boisterous warrior, commander of the newt army, and [[spoiler:a ButchLesbian]].
24* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
25** The Warner Siblings
26*** Yakko -- Brains; The quick-witted leader. Even called himself the "smarty-pants" in an episode of the reboot.
27*** Wakko -- Brawn; The most destructive one, and the most likely to use a mallet.
28*** Dot -- Beauty; The "cute" one.
29** The three main "antagonists" of the Warners.
30*** Dr. Scrathansniff -- Brains; The brainy psychiatrist.
31*** Ralph the Guard -- Brawn; The DumbMuscle security guard.
32*** Hello Nurse -- Beauty; The HospitalHottie.
33* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}''
34** [[Characters/ArcaneVi Vi]], a masculine, athletic tomboy, representing Brawn
35** [[Characters/ArcaneJinx Jinx]], a GadgeteerGenius, representing Brains
36** Caitlyn, a [[StatuesqueStunner tall]], traditionally feminine woman, representing Beauty
37* ''WesternAnimation/AudreyAndFriends'':
38** Audrey - Brains
39** Meena - Brawn
40** Constance - Beauty
41* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
42** The ladies of Team Avatar Suki (Beauty), Katara (Brains) and Toph (Brawn):
43*** Suki is a SheFu practitioner weilding fans as weapons, is openly flirtatious with Sokka and [[BareMidriffsAreFeminine her main outfit outside of her usual battle attire is the most revealing out of the three.]]
44*** Katara acts as the [[TeamMom surrogate mother]] of Team Avatar who is self-educated on Waterbending (with a brief exception of being Paaku's pupil) and healing and can come up with clever solutions to various problems.
45*** Toph has the most aggressive combat style thanks to her earthbending and metalbending skills and is always [[{{Determinator}} determined to get things done no matter the cost.]]
46** The team referred to by fans as Ozai's Angels has Ty Lee (Beauty), Azula (Brains), and Mai (Brawn):
47*** Ty Lee is their most feminine member, having a bubbly personality, is acrobatic, can act as TheTease at times and serves as their MsFanservice.
48*** Azula is the Fire Nations most skilled bender, the leader of the group who commands respect at all times, and makes tactics and strategies that not even the higher ranked soldiers can accomplish (Ba Sing Se invasion being a notable example)
49*** Mai is the most blunt member of the group, and is able to keep up with almost every powerful opponent while keeping her emotions suppressed most of the time.
50* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman'':
51** Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine - Brains (The Inventor and Engineer)
52** Kathleen Duquesne - Beauty (The Rich Love Interest)
53** Sonia Alcana - Brawn (The Grizzled Detective)
54* ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'':
55** RichBitch Bianca Dupree, and SouthernBelle Tara Belle, are the Beauty group.
56** [[PassionateSportsGirl Fitness Guru]] Nikki Darling, and Cowgirl Blaze Summers, are the Brawn group.
57** TheAce Larke Tanner, and BrainyBrunette Shanelle Spencer, are the Brains group.
58* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo''
59** Patsy - Beauty; the chirpy and adventurous leader of the group
60** Nina - Brains; the shy and nerdy one
61** Gretchen - Brawn; the ill-tempered tomboy
62* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels'':
63** Taffy: brains (de facto leader, who comes up with brilliant ideas)
64** Didi: brawn (perfectly athletic, with an attitude to match)
65** Brenda: beauty (let's just say she's kinda wussy compared to the others)
66* ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'' - Carmilla's three subordinates on the Council of Sisters:
67** Lenore, the [[TheFace charismatic]] and [[AffablyEvil deceptively]] [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon adorable]] [[{{Ambadassador}} diplomat]]: Beauty
68** Morana, TheStrategist who turns Carmilla's big ideas into workable schemes: Brains
69** Striga, the [[TheBrute physical powerhouse]] and [[FourStarBadass war leader]]: Brawn
70* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' Our main protagonists in Sector V
71** Numbuhs 1, 2 and 5 - Brains: The former is the leader of the team, the next is the 2 by 4 technology specialist, and the latter is the second-in-command.
72** Numbuh 3 - Beauty: Loves cute and adorable things like Rainbow Monkeys and is the most innocent of the group.
73** Numbuh 4 - Brawn: Is the main tough guy of the group.
74* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' - Danny's Crushes
75** Sam: Brains; she is often the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]] in the group of friends.
76** Valerie: Brawn; she has a side job as a ghost hunter.
77** Paulina: Beauty; she's the girl who seems to really only be considered "popular" because of her looks.
78* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' - the main three females
79** Patti: Brains
80** Bebe: Beauty
81** Connie: Brawn (as seen in "Doug Throws a Party")
82%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxbusters''
83%%** Jeffries: Beauty
84%%** Sims: Brains
85%%** Ransome: Brawn
86* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''
87** Mabel: Beauty (The emotionally connected leader of the trio)
88** Candy: Brains (Highly intellectual and unafraid to express new ideas)
89** Grenda: Brawn (The physically imposing muscle of the group)
90* ''WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms'' - The Misfits, minus Pizzazz:
91** Jetta: Brains; A crafty con artist.
92** Roxy: Brawn; Book dumb, but tougher than nails.
93** Stormer: Beauty; Most sensitive, and emotional member of the group.
94* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'':
95** Heloise: Brains (smartest girl in Miseryville and the MadScientist)
96** Jez: Beauty (RichBitch and dating the ruler of Miseryville for [[GoldDigger his riches]])
97** Saffi: Brawn (FieryRedhead and can break statues with her bare hands)
98* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' gives us two sets among the adult neighbors:
99** The wives: Peggy (thinks she’s brains but is actually brawn), Nancy (beauty), Mihn (brains).
100** RareMaleExample with the guys sans Hank: Bill (brawn), Boomhauer (beauty), Dale (brains).
101* ''WesternAnimation/LadyLovelyLocks'':
102** Lady: Beauty (Seen by many as the most gorgeous person in the whole land)
103** Maiden Fair Hair: [[BrainyBrunette Brains]] (Wise beyond her years)
104** Maiden Curly Crown: Brawn (possibly the most athletic of the three main girls)
105* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise - [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments6Series The Mid Six-Twos]], the three experiments who are considered to be among [[Characters/LiloAndStitchMajorCharacters the franchise's major characters]]. All three of them share traits of each, but they still fit best into the following roles:
106** Angel (X-624) -- Beauty; the only female of the trio, she is the considered the most attractive experiment and has a beautiful singing voice. She has shown some strength and cunning, but she isn't known for those traits.
107** Reuben (X-625) -- Brains; he is the only one of the trio who can speak English fluently, is very knowledgeable about [[SatiatingSandwich sandwiches]] and experiments before his time, and uses his intelligence to make some snarky quips and [[BrilliantButLazy to avoid doing work whenever possible]]. If he wasn't so lazy, he could also be a Brawn like his immediate successor...
108** [[Characters/LiloAndStitchTheTitularDuo Stitch (X-626)]] -- Brawn; although cute and fluffy and also very cunning, he uses his SuperStrength and durability the most out of the three and is the most proactive fighter. He is also the most temperamental.
109* The three original princesses in ''WesternAnimation/LoliRock'', who even have [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead the right hair colors to boot]]:
110** Iris, who's color-coded pink and uses magic generated by love - Beauty
111** Talia, a BadassBookworm who prefers to analyze things before rushing into a fight - Brains
112** Auriana - by contrast, she prefers to rush into a fight and play with the enemy - Brawn
113* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'':
114** Lori, Leni, Lola, and Lily (beauties)
115** Luan, Lucy and Lisa (brains)
116** Lynn, Lana and Luna (brawns)
117** The SpinOff series ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'' has Carlota (beauty), Sid (brains) and Ronnie Anne (brawn).
118* ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus'':
119** The Frizzle Fragments from ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain'':
120*** Beauty - The Friz: Fiona Frizzle's "wacky, goofy, silly side" who drives the Magic School Banana.
121*** Brains - Frizzle: Fiona Frizzle's reliable teacher side who drives the Magic School Apple.
122*** Brawn - Fiona: Fiona Frizzle's daredevil side who drives the Magic School Compass.
123** The female students from both series:
124*** Beauty - Keesha: GirlyGirl who takes ballet classes.
125*** Brains - Dorothy Ann: CuteBookworm and MsExposition.
126*** Brawn - Wanda: Boisterous and athletic tomboy, sometimes OneOfTheBoys.
127* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'':
128** Agent J - Beauty: He often boasts about having good looks, occasionally tries to flirt with women, and his catchphrase is "I make this look good."
129** Agent K - Brawn: The most experienced of the three, often having access to advanced gadgets and very high-tech weaponry. He also became a stone superhuman in one episode.
130** Agent L - Brains: She often works in the lab, is the most analytical of the three, and often makes antidotes to poisons and gadgets to counter an alien menace, such as the Sonic Nullifier to dissempower Auduzi.
131* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Most of Marinette's friends.
132** Beauty: Chloe, Marinette, Mylene and Rose
133** Brains: Alya, Kagami and Sabrina
134** Brawn: Alix and Juleka
135* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
136** Among the [[FanNickname Mane Six]]:
137*** Fluttershy & Rarity - Beauty. Both represent inner and outer beauty, being the [[GirlyGirl girly girls]].
138*** Pinkie Pie & Twilight Sparkle - Brains. Pinkie Pie representing [[GeniusDitz eccentric genius]] (since she's very often curious about things), while Twilight is more [[TheSmartGuy academic smarts]].
139*** Applejack & Rainbow Dash - Brawns. The {{Tomboy}} pair representing [[MightyGlacier hard-earned strength]] and [[FragileSpeedster competitive speed]]. They even have a [[FireForgedFriendship Fire Forged Friendship]] despite their differences.
140** The Cutie Mark Crusaders
141*** Sweetie Belle - Beauty. She takes after her sister in fashion and has a stunning singing voice.
142*** Apple Bloom - Brains. She has a certain skill involving carpentry and she devises many of their plans.
143*** Scootaloo - Brawns. A skateboarder that idolizes [[BoisterousBruiser Rainbow Dash]].
144** The Princesses (not including Twilight)
145*** Princess Cadance - Beauty; the Princess of Love, with more of the feminine traits than the others, and a fantastic singing voice.
146*** Princess Celestia - Brains; politically-savvy, and an excellent manager of others (especially as seen in "Horse Play")
147*** Princess Luna - Brawn; loud, strong, direct, and a lot more hooves-on when it comes to helping others than either of her counterparts.
148** Twilight's Former Rivals
149*** [[ConMan Trixie]] - Beauty. Prideful, egotistical yet surprisingly caring towards the few close to her.
150*** Sunset Shimmer - Brawn. Punkish, Rebellious who initially played TheBully.
151*** [[EvilCounterpart Starlight Glimmer]] - Brains. Studious, Manipulative.
152* ''WesternAnimation/NatureCat'': Nature cat and his friends share this trope:
153* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
154** Blossom - Brains; "commander and leader"
155** Bubbles - Beauty; "the joy and the laughter"
156** Buttercup - Brawn; "the toughest fighter"
157* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': The Horde's TerribleTrio of Force Captains, who are the villains most commonly faced by the heroes during seasons 2 and 3.
158** Beauty - [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerCatra Catra]], the seductive, socially manipulative leader of the group
159** Brawn - Scorpia, a strong BoisterousBruiser
160** Brains - [[spoiler:[[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerEntrapta Entrapta]], the group's GadgeteerGenius]]
161* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has the Simpson women: Marge is feminine and nurturing (beauty), Lisa has Genius level IQ (brains), and although an infant, Maggie has a thing for guns, mallets, and power drills (brawn).
162* ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM''
163** Beauty- Sally: Leader of the Freedom Fighters, often complimented on her beauty by several admirers and gives out a SmoochOfVictory regularly.
164** Brains- Nicole: Being a sentient computer program, this is easy to miss, however, her wealth of information and the advise she gives is invaluable for all of Sally's plans.
165** Brawn- Bunny: A cyborg with super strength and martial arts skills.
166* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
167** The main Crystal Gems (minus Steven):
168*** Garnet: Brains (the leader and the most mature and intelligent one of the group)
169*** Pearl: Beauty (most feminine of the group and very emotional)
170*** Amethyst: Brawn (the most tomboyish and aggressive of the group)
171** The "Homeworld Gem" trio introduced in "The Return":
172*** Peridot: Brains (a tech-savvy genius)
173*** Lapis Lazuli: Beauty (a graceful Gem with emotional issues)
174*** Jasper: Brawn (an enormous, brutish and violent gem)
175*** In "Change Your Mind", Peridot and Lapis form a new trio, with Bismuth replacing Jasper as the Brawn.
176** The three Diamonds:
177*** White Diamond: Beauty (a perfectionist and the vain ''de facto'' leader of Homeworld)
178*** Blue Diamond: Brains (a very ladylike, intelligent and emotional Gem)
179*** Yellow Diamond: Brawn (a fiery-tempered military general)
180* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''
181** Starfire: Beauty; bright and bubbly personality. More than one episode focused on her appearance or relationship issues.
182** Raven: Brains; often reading and has the magical know-how.
183** Terra: Brawn; gritty, hands-on and hard hitting because of her super power.
184* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', as in the three female Steam Team members from Season 22 onwards.
185** Emily - Beauty. She has a very elegant physique and design.
186** Nia - Brains. She tends to come up with ideas and is never afraid to speak her mind.
187** Rebecca - Brawn. The largest and physically strongest engine of the three.
188* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'':
189** Fifi: Beauty, a flirtatious pretty skunk with [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench a French accent]].
190** Shirley: Brains, a very smart [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} if eccentric]] loon with psychic powers.
191** Babs: Brawn, a hot-blooded and energetic RascallyRabbit.
192* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''
193** ''Island'' has its trio of female friends
194*** Gwen -- Brains; she's snarky, intelligent, and frequently the OnlySaneMan, but takes a while to open up to others.
195*** Leshawna -- Brawn; she's sassy, strong, and can get physical on those who throw her or her friend's attitude.
196*** Bridgette -- Beauty; she's calm, compassionate, and prefers to avoid unnecessary violence or confrontation.
197** ''Pahkitew Island'' has the girls from team Pimâpotew Kinosewak:
198*** The {{Polar Opposite Twin|s}} cheerleaders Amy and Sammy[[MaliciousMisnaming /Samey]] (Beauty)
199*** The quiet brainiac and secretly EvilGenius Scarlett (Brains)
200*** The very tall and physically capable AwesomeAussie Jasmine (Brawn).
201* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'':
202** Sam - Brains. A straight-A student, unofficial {{leader}} of the team, and comes up with the [[ThePlan most strategies for fighting the bad guys]] and when the girls have to escape near-death situations.
203** Alex - Brawn. A bit of a tomboy who's the most athletic of the team and loves sports.
204** Clover - Beauty. A ValleyGirl who is easily the most boy crazy of the group. The show also gave a pragmatic reason to have a Beauty, since she is good with disguises (though this becomes a moot point in later seasons where the girls just use holograms.) That said, she has enough Brawn and Brains traits to sub in for either of the above whenever they're otherwise unable to act.
205* ''WesternAnimation/{{Vampirina}}'':
206** Vampirina Hauntley -- Beauty; She is the most popular kid in school, and has {{Cute Little Fangs}}.
207** Bridget -- Brains; She is smart but gets nervous at times, she is also talented at poetry.
208** Poppy -- Brawn; She is a bit of a tomboy but also has girly streak
209*** Sometimes on rare occasions, Vampirina is the brawn when it comes to being a tomboy vampire and Poppy being a girly girl wearing pink.
210* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''
211** Kitty Pryde: Beauty; the most girly of the X-men.
212** Jean Grey: Brains; honor student in this verse.
213** Rogue: Brawn; TouchOfDeath by skin contact works wonders in a fist fight.

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