History Main / TheThreeFacesOfAdam

** Daniel [=LaRusso=] is the Hunter: A teenage boy who had just moved to Los Angeles and is looking to take down his bullies.

* ''Film/Gladiator'': [[RetiredBadass Maximus]] (The Lord) is a battle-hardened General, who was ready to retire from military service and return to his family in peace. [[TheBigBad Commodus]] (The Hunter) however took all that away from him, murdering his father, Marcus Aurelius just to usurp his position as Emperor. [[TheMentor Proximo]] (The Prophet) purchases Maximus as his Gladiator, he revives the general's fighting spirit to become a champion and win the adoration of the crowd.

* Greek Pantheon: Poseidon (The Hunter), Zeus (The Lord), and Hades (The Prophet). Oddly, this has little to do with their (admittedly more or less irrelevant) relative ages; Zeus is traditionally the youngest son of Kronos and Rhea, Poseidon the second, and Hades oldest. (Also, Zeus is arguably the oldest in terms of experience, inasmuch as he avoided being swallowed by Kronos after he was born and therefore had experiences growing up.)

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' 3 to 5 have this in the reverse order: [[VideoGame/Persona5 Ren Amamiya]] as the Hunter, [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu Narukami]] as the Lord and [[VideoGame/Persona3 Makoto Yuki]] as the Prophet.

** In Genesis, we have Joseph (Hunter), Jacob (Lord), and Isaac (Prophet). For bonus points, they're literally three generations of the same family.

** And in a meta sense, the books of Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes represent the life and corresponding outlook of the author (presumably King Solomon) at these three respective stages.[[note]]Solomon is traditionally linked to Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. While most the Psalms are attributed to David--Solomon's father--two are traditionally attributed to Solomon. Of course, modern scholarship is skeptical of all these traditional attributions, but on the other hand the difference in outlooks between the three books is clear.[[/note]]

* In the [[Literature/{{Brotherband}} Brotherband Chronicles]], Hal (the youngest and the protagonist) is the Hunter, Thorn (older and wiser, and Hal's mentor) is the Lord, and Erak, as the [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Oberjarl]] and sort-of mentor to the others, is the Lord.

%%** Alternatively, there is Ozai (Hunter), Zuko (Lord), and Iroh (Prophet) [[spoiler:especially after Zuko leaves his father and joins the Gaang.]]

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[[caption-width-right:300: The Three Ages of Man (''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_Prudence The Allegory of Prudence]]'', [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titian Titian]], [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance c. 1550–1565]]).]]

* ‘’Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman’’: [[KidHero Jinpei]] is the Hunter, seeking to prove himself, [[TheLeader Ken Washio]] is the Lord, who must deal anything that threatens the world and [[TheProfessor Dr. Kozaburo Nambu]] is the Prophet known for his wisdom.

* In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' Tim ends up the Hunter to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce]] and ComicBook/RasAlGhul’s Prophet & Lord respectively.

* The three lead singers of ''Music/IronMaiden'' over the years, interestingly enough following the correct order. Paul Di’Anno is The Hunter, Bruce Dickinson is The Lord, and Blaze Bayley is The Prophet.

** Daniel [=LaRusso=] is the Hunter: A teenage boy who had just moved to Los Angeles who is looking to take down his bullies.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Buzz or tomboy Jessie is the Hunter (Buzz is a [[WrongGenreSavvy confused]] hunter who doesn't think he needs to prove anything; Jessie's self-worth was pretty much shattered by being abandoned; ironically she's a FriendToAllLivingThings), Woody is the Lord (in all three films he's worried about his status as Andy's favorite and leader of Andy's toys), and Stinky Pete is the Prophet (physically the oldest and very, ''very'' concerned about his legacy, or lack thereof, which gave him value).
** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'': Ken is the Hunter (''constantly'' needing to prove himself in spite of his lot in life as [[CampStraight a male toy designed for girls]]), and Lotso is The Lord/Prophet (eldest toy in the place, [[spoiler:maintains stability through fear and intimidation of newer toys]]).

** Daniel LaRusso is the Hunter: A teenage boy who had just moved to Los Angeles who is looking to take down his bullies.

** Their main and most prominent enemy, Shredder/Oroku Saki, represents the Lord: He is the EvilOverlord and leader of The Foot Clan where his main goal is to wreak havoc and take down the the Turtles.

** The titular turtle characters represent the Hunters: They are all eager, determined teenagers who are destined to master the art of ninjitsu.
** Their main enemy, Shredder/Oroku Saki, represents the Lord: He is the EvilOverlord and leader of The Foot Clan where his main goal is to wreak havoc and take down the the Turtles.

** The turtles' sensei, Master Splinter, represents the Prophet: He is an OldMaster with a DarkAndTroubledPast who took the turtles in as his [[HappilyAdopted sons]], training them to become ninjas and usually gives them lectures on how to improve themselves.

* In [[TarotMotifs The Tarot]] Chariot corresponds to Hunter, Justice corresponds to Lord, and Hermit corresponds to Prophet. It even still fits when you interpret the Major Arcana as a version of TheHerosJourney: Chariot, Justice, and Hermit are the three final cards of the masculine half of the Journey.

* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'': Ezio Auditore takes on a different one of these with of his games. ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' has him as the Hunter (racing across Italy for revenge), ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' has him as the Lord (raising a group of Assassins and bringing the Renaissance to Rome), and ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations'' has him showing heavy shades of the Prophet (embarking on a spiritual pilgrimage to Masyaf and, along the way, serving as a distinguished Mentor to the Istanbul Assassins[[note]]even though the order-building gameplay is almost identical to ''Brotherhood'', Yusuf is the head of the local branch in the narrative, thus serving as the Lord to Ezio's Prophet[[/note]]).

* In ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' Tim ends up the Hunter to [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce]] and ComicBook/RasAlGhul’s Prophet & Lord.

* Various Christians see Christ's roles as Priest, Prophet, and King, his "threefold office" as Wiki/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threefold_Office explains]]. And believe that through baptism they (of both sexes) share those offices, in prayer, witness, and service (among other variations) respectively.

* Although ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonCrystal'' has a full party of six Pokemon, the current story arc is focused around these three:
** [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian Brian]] the Pidgeot as the Hunter, trying to emerge from the shadow of [[LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonRed Bird]] Jesus.

** Espeon as the Prophet, redeeming his predecessor Flareon's role as the False Prophet of ''LetsPlay/TwitchPlaysPokemonRed''.

-->-- '''Tim Rogers''', ''WebVideo/ActionButton'' review of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''

* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'', due to its [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters HUGE cast]], has MANY of these. Listing them all would be ''suicidal'', so here are the most blatant examples: