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Beauty, Brains, and Brawn in Western Animation.


  • 6teen:
    • Beauty - Caitlin, a Girly Girl who is obsessed with both boys and fashion.
    • Brains - Jen, an Academic Athlete who often acts as the Team Mom within the group.
    • Brawn - Nikki, a no-nonsense Tomboy who's unafraid to speak her mind.
  • The Adventures of Donkey Ollie - God forbid but... The three brothers of Ollie.
    • Isa: Brains
    • Esau: Brawn
    • Jeremy: Beauty
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Chipettes
    • Brittany - Beauty (the prettiest one of the group, and the oldest of the group)
    • Jeannette - Brains (the most intelligent of the group)
    • Eleanor- Brawn (surprisingly athletic given her weight)
  • Amphibia:
    • Sasha is brawn. She's the most controlling of the three, and joins Toad Tower, the villainous warrior faction of Amphibia.
    • Marcy is brains. She's the most intelligent of the three, and landed in Newtopia, a place that contains multiple riddles, puzzles, and a large library.
    • Anne is beauty. She has good social skills, a high sense of morals, and is empathetic.
  • Animaniacs:
    • The Warner Siblings
      • Yakko — Brains; The quick-witted leader. Even called himself the "smarty-pants" in an episode of the reboot.
      • Wakko — Brawn; The most destructive one, and the most likely to use a mallet.
      • Dot — Beauty; The "cute" one.
    • The three main "antagonists" of the Warners.
      • Dr. Scrathansniff — Brains; The brainy psychiatrist.
      • Ralph the Guard — Brawn; The Dumb Muscle security guard.
      • Hello Nurse — Beauty; The Hospital Hottie.
  • Arcane
    • Vi, a masculine, athletic tomboy, representing Brawn
    • Jinx, a Gadgeteer Genius, representing Brains
    • Caitlyn, a tall, traditionally feminine woman, representing Beauty
  • Audrey and Friends:
    • Audrey - Brains
    • Meena - Brawn
    • Constance - Beauty
  • Avatar: The Last Airbender:
    • The ladies of Team Avatar Suki (Beauty), Katara (Brains) and Toph (Brawn):
    • The team referred to by fans as Ozai's Angels has Ty Lee (Beauty), Azula (Brains), and Mai (Brawn):
      • Ty Lee is their most feminine member, having a bubbly personality, is acrobatic, can act as The Tease at times and serves as their Ms. Fanservice.
      • 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)
      • 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.
  • Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman:
    • Roxanne "Rocky" Ballantine - Brains (The Inventor and Engineer)
    • Kathleen Duquesne - Beauty (The Rich Love Interest)
    • Sonia Alcana - Brawn (The Grizzled Detective)
  • Beverly Hills Teens:
  • Camp Lazlo
    • Patsy - Beauty; the chirpy and adventurous leader of the group
    • Nina - Brains; the shy and nerdy one
    • Gretchen - Brawn; the ill-tempered tomboy
  • Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels:
    • Taffy: brains (de facto leader, who comes up with brilliant ideas)
    • Didi: brawn (perfectly athletic, with an attitude to match)
    • Brenda: beauty (let's just say she's kinda wussy compared to the others)
  • Castlevania (2017) - Carmilla's three subordinates on the Council of Sisters:
  • Codename: Kids Next Door Our main protagonists in Sector V
    • 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.
    • Numbuh 3 - Beauty: Loves cute and adorable things like Rainbow Monkeys and is the most innocent of the group.
    • Numbuh 4 - Brawn: Is the main tough guy of the group.
  • Danny Phantom - Danny's Crushes
    • Sam: Brains; she is often the Only Sane Woman in the group of friends.
    • Valerie: Brawn; she has a side job as a ghost hunter.
    • Paulina: Beauty; she's the girl who seems to really only be considered "popular" because of her looks.
  • Doug - the main three females
    • Patti: Brains
    • Bebe: Beauty
    • Connie: Brawn (as seen in "Doug Throws a Party")
  • Gravity Falls
    • Mabel: Beauty (The emotionally connected leader of the trio)
    • Candy: Brains (Highly intellectual and unafraid to express new ideas)
    • Grenda: Brawn (The physically imposing muscle of the group)
  • Jem and the Holograms - The Misfits, minus Pizzazz:
    • Jetta: Brains; A crafty con artist.
    • Roxy: Brawn; Book dumb, but tougher than nails.
    • Stormer: Beauty; Most sensitive, and emotional member of the group.
  • Jimmy Two-Shoes:
  • King of the Hill gives us two sets among the adult neighbors:
    • The wives: Peggy (thinks she’s brains but is actually brawn), Nancy (beauty), Mihn (brains).
    • Rare Male Example with the guys sans Hank: Bill (brawn), Boomhauer (beauty), Dale (brains).
  • Lady Lovely Locks:
    • Lady: Beauty (Seen by many as the most gorgeous person in the whole land)
    • Maiden Fair Hair: Brains (Wise beyond her years)
    • Maiden Curly Crown: Brawn (possibly the most athletic of the three main girls)
  • Lilo & Stitch franchise - The Mid Six-Twos, the three experiments who are considered to be among the franchise's major characters. All three of them share traits of each, but they still fit best into the following roles:
    • 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.
    • Reuben (X-625) — Brains; he is the only one of the trio who can speak English fluently, is very knowledgeable about sandwiches and experiments before his time, and uses his intelligence to make some snarky quips and to avoid doing work whenever possible. If he wasn't so lazy, he could also be a Brawn like his immediate successor...
    • Stitch (X-626) — Brawn; although cute and fluffy and also very cunning, he uses his Super-Strength and durability the most out of the three and is the most proactive fighter. He is also the most temperamental.
  • The three original princesses in LoliRock, who even have the right hair colors to boot:
    • Iris, who's color-coded pink and uses magic generated by love - Beauty
    • Talia, a Badass Bookworm who prefers to analyze things before rushing into a fight - Brains
    • Auriana - by contrast, she prefers to rush into a fight and play with the enemy - Brawn
  • The Loud House:
    • Lori, Leni, Lola, and Lily (beauties)
    • Luan, Lucy and Lisa (brains)
    • Lynn, Lana and Luna (brawns)
    • The Spin-Off series The Casagrandes has Carlota (beauty), Sid (brains) and Ronnie Anne (brawn).
  • The Magic School Bus:
    • The Frizzle Fragments from The Magic School Bus Rides Again:
      • Beauty - The Friz: Fiona Frizzle's "wacky, goofy, silly side" who drives the Magic School Banana.
      • Brains - Frizzle: Fiona Frizzle's reliable teacher side who drives the Magic School Apple.
      • Brawn - Fiona: Fiona Frizzle's daredevil side who drives the Magic School Compass.
    • The female students from both series:
  • Men in Black: The Series:
    • 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."
    • 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.
    • 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.
  • Miraculous Ladybug: Most of Marinette's friends.
    • Beauty: Chloe, Marinette, Mylene and Rose
    • Brains: Alya, Kagami and Sabrina
    • Brawn: Alix and Juleka
  • My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic:
    • Among the Mane Six:
    • The Cutie Mark Crusaders
      • Sweetie Belle - Beauty. She takes after her sister in fashion and has a stunning singing voice.
      • Apple Bloom - Brains. She has a certain skill involving carpentry and she devises many of their plans.
      • Scootaloo - Brawns. A skateboarder that idolizes Rainbow Dash.
    • The Princesses (not including Twilight)
      • Princess Cadance - Beauty; the Princess of Love, with more of the feminine traits than the others, and a fantastic singing voice.
      • Princess Celestia - Brains; politically-savvy, and an excellent manager of others (especially as seen in "Horse Play")
      • Princess Luna - Brawn; loud, strong, direct, and a lot more hooves-on when it comes to helping others than either of her counterparts.
    • Twilight's Former Rivals
      • Trixie - Beauty. Prideful, egotistical yet surprisingly caring towards the few close to her.
      • Sunset Shimmer - Brawn. Punkish, Rebellious who initially played The Bully.
      • Starlight Glimmer - Brains. Studious, Manipulative.
  • Nature Cat: Nature cat and his friends share this trope:
  • The Powerpuff Girls:
    • Blossom - Brains; "commander and leader"
    • Bubbles - Beauty; "the joy and the laughter"
    • Buttercup - Brawn; "the toughest fighter"
  • She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: The Horde's Terrible Trio of Force Captains, who are the villains most commonly faced by the heroes during seasons 2 and 3.
  • The Simpsons 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).
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM)
    • Beauty- Sally: Leader of the Freedom Fighters, often complimented on her beauty by several admirers and gives out a Smooch of Victory regularly.
    • 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.
    • Brawn- Bunny: A cyborg with super strength and martial arts skills.
  • Steven Universe:
    • The main Crystal Gems (minus Steven):
      • Garnet: Brains (the leader and the most mature and intelligent one of the group)
      • Pearl: Beauty (most feminine of the group and very emotional)
      • Amethyst: Brawn (the most tomboyish and aggressive of the group)
    • The "Homeworld Gem" trio introduced in "The Return":
      • Peridot: Brains (a tech-savvy genius)
      • Lapis Lazuli: Beauty (a graceful Gem with emotional issues)
      • Jasper: Brawn (an enormous, brutish and violent gem)
      • In "Change Your Mind", Peridot and Lapis form a new trio, with Bismuth replacing Jasper as the Brawn.
    • The three Diamonds:
      • White Diamond: Beauty (a perfectionist and the vain de facto leader of Homeworld)
      • Blue Diamond: Brains (a very ladylike, intelligent and emotional Gem)
      • Yellow Diamond: Brawn (a fiery-tempered military general)
  • Teen Titans
    • Starfire: Beauty; bright and bubbly personality. More than one episode focused on her appearance or relationship issues.
    • Raven: Brains; often reading and has the magical know-how.
    • Terra: Brawn; gritty, hands-on and hard hitting because of her super power.
  • Thomas & Friends, as in the three female Steam Team members from Season 22 onwards.
    • Emily - Beauty. She has a very elegant physique and design.
    • Nia - Brains. She tends to come up with ideas and is never afraid to speak her mind.
    • Rebecca - Brawn. The largest and physically strongest engine of the three.
  • Tiny Toon Adventures:
  • Total Drama
    • Island has its trio of female friends
      • Gwen — Brains; she's snarky, intelligent, and frequently the Only Sane Man, but takes a while to open up to others.
      • Leshawna — Brawn; she's sassy, strong, and can get physical on those who throw her or her friend's attitude.
      • Bridgette — Beauty; she's calm, compassionate, and prefers to avoid unnecessary violence or confrontation.
    • Pahkitew Island has the girls from team Pimâpotew Kinosewak:
  • Totally Spies!:
    • Sam - Brains. A straight-A student, unofficial leader of the team, and comes up with the most strategies for fighting the bad guys and when the girls have to escape near-death situations.
    • Alex - Brawn. A bit of a tomboy who's the most athletic of the team and loves sports.
    • Clover - Beauty. A Valley Girl 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.
  • Vampirina:
    • Vampirina Hauntley — Beauty; She is the most popular kid in school, and has Cute Little Fangs.
    • Bridget — Brains; She is smart but gets nervous at times, she is also talented at poetry.
    • Poppy — Brawn; She is a bit of a tomboy but also has girly streak
      • Sometimes on rare occasions, Vampirina is the brawn when it comes to being a tomboy vampire and Poppy being a girly girl wearing pink.
  • X-Men: Evolution
    • Kitty Pryde: Beauty; the most girly of the X-men.
    • Jean Grey: Brains; honor student in this verse.
    • Rogue: Brawn; Touch of Death by skin contact works wonders in a fist fight.

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