'''Basic Trope''': A trio consists of an [[TheMcCoy emotional and instinctual character]], an [[TheSpock impassionately logical character]], and a [[TheKirk third, balanced character]] who keeps the two conflicting ideals in check.
* '''Straight''': The emotional and instinctual [[{{Keet}} Liam]], the coldly logical [[TheSmartGuy Sam]], and the balanced [[TheLeader Jake]] work together as a team.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Liam is emotional to the point of lunacy, Sam is virtually a robot, and Jake is a very stereotypical everyman.
** [[GoodAngelBadAngel Liam and Sam are personifications of Jake's actual id and superego]].
* '''Downplayed''': Liam has a slight tendency to follow his heart and Sam his head.
* '''Justified''': Liam and Sam are too rigid in their mentalities to be effective; they need Jake's ability to see both sides of an issue.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Liam, Sam and Jake appear to constitute a FreudianTrio, but Liam has some rational HiddenDepths, and Sam some emotional ones, destroying the model...
** Jake turns out to be just as emotional/logical as Liam/Sam, wrecking the dynamic.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...although it turns out that the FreudianTrio model does apply anyway, just played less straight that usual.
* '''Parodied''': ''Literally'' every trio acts according to this model.
* '''Zig Zagged''': Everybody tends to take up other tendencies.
* '''Averted''': Liam, Sam and Jake have no FreudianTrio tendencies.
* '''Enforced''': [[AnAesop Middle road aesop]].[[note]]Let's hope it doesn't devolve into the GoldenMeanFallacy.[[/note]]
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, has anyone noticed that Liam acts emotional, Sam logical, and Jake is the middle ground between them?"
* '''Invoked''': The emotional Liam, logical Sam, and balanced Jake decide to make a trio including themselves.
* '''Exploited''': The BigBad lures Liam into a trap to lure Sam in as well. Jake is the only one who doesn't fall for it.
* '''Defied''': The trio decides to stop acting according to this model.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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