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4* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''
5** Beauty: Thea (From a billionaire socialite family and runs a night club)
6** Brains: Felicity (Genius hacker and case of NerdsAreSexy)
7** Brawn: Sara/Laurel (The resident ActionGirl)
8* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' (As of Season 4)
9** Bernadette - Beauty; cute, lovable and pretty.
10** Amy - Brains; stoic BrainyBrunette, TVGenius.
11** Penny - Brawn; strong, capable of handling herself on a physical level.
12* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'':
13** Gina - Beauty. She's the most feminine and cares a great deal about her looks.
14** Amy - Brains. She's highly intelligent and is enthusiastically nerdy about police work.
15** Rosa - Brawn. She's an intimidating badass who is the quickest to resort to violence.
16* ''Series/CharliesAngels'', particularly in the first season
17** Sabrina - Brains; usually acted as leader, put the clues together, and solved the crime.
18** Jill - Brawn; Somewhat surprisingly since the opening showed Kelly doing Judo, it was Jill who was portrayed as the athlete of the three.
19** Kelly - Beauty; Insomuch as they were all pretty much this, she was portrayed as the classic beauty.
20* ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''
21** The original trio:
22*** Brains - Prue, the capable, level headed leader
23*** Brawn - Piper, who is all fun and mellow [[BewareTheNiceOnes until she starts blowing things up]]
24*** Beauty - Phoebe, the flirtatious Phoebe
25** Season 4-onward
26*** Brains - Piper, taking over Prue's position as the 'new' leader/oldest sister of the team.
27*** Brawn - Phoebe, though this had more to do with physical training due to her being the weakest magically.
28*** Beauty - Paige, with the ability to change her appearance partially aided by her Whitelighter lineage.
29* ''Series/{{Chucky}}''
30** Brawn: Jake. Zackary Arthur put on a considerable amount of muscle by the third season. Even before then, he managed to kill Chucky with his bare hands, remarking “I've been doing push ups lately!"
31** Brains: Devon. His knowledge of true crime comes in handy.
32** Beauty: Lexy. Uses her looks to her advantage in season three, such as charming the President's teenage son into letting them inside the White House.
33* ''Series/{{Community}}''
34** Beauty: Britta (though she thinks she's Brains)
35** Brains: Annie (overachiever and actually wants to learn stuff)
36** Brawn: Shirley (MamaBear extraordinaire)
37* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' has the Crawley sisters.
38** Beauty - Mary TheCharmer, though she later regrets having nothing else to offer.
39** Brawn - Sybil learns to work. Her personality also hardens.
40** Brains - Edith becomes a master organizer since she's not as pretty or strong as her sisters.
41* ''{{Series/Firefly}}'': Lots of overlap:
42** Brains: River and Kaylee are both smart and trade off. River isn’t always lucid, but is formidable when she is. Kaylee is the mechanical genius.
43** Brawn: Zoe, the strong, tough, warrior woman former career soldier. But River can also double as brawn when in WaifFu mode.
44** Beauty: Inara, the beautiful, graceful companion. Sometimes Kaylee, too, as she’s often seen as the heart of the group.
45* ''Series/{{Friends}}''
46** Rachel - Beauty; attractive, trendy, fashionable.
47** Monica - Brains; level-headed, the one with most common sense.
48** Phoebe - Brawn; the badass who lived on the street, implied to be a capable fighter.
49* ''Series/GilligansIsland'':
50** Beauty - Ginger, the glamorous movie star who loves to flirt with men.
51** Brains - Mrs. Howell, the wisest and most formally educated of the women.
52** Brawn - Mary Ann, the farm girl who is the only one who does any real physical work.
53* ''Series/GenseishinJustiriser'': The main female characters each fill one role.
54** Beauty - Mio, a cute and refined [[TheOjou upper-class Japanese woman]].
55** Brains - Yuka / Riser Kageri, an intelligent and responsible high school student.
56** Brawn - Reika, Mio's BadassNormal bodyguard.
57%%* ''Series/{{Glee}}''-the unholy trinity
58%%** Quinn- Beauty
59%%** Santana- Brains
60%%** Brittany- Brawn
61%%** All three of them could easily qualify for the ''Beauty'' category, but Quinn's is lampshaded thrice as much as the others and played up the most.
62* ''Series/TheGoldenGirls''
63** Blanche - Beauty; the aristocratic, southern belle.
64** Dorothy - Brains; the street smart, schoolteacher.
65** Rose - Brawn; the athletic farmer’s daughter.
66* ''Series/H2OJustAddWater''
67** Season 1-2
68*** Cleo - Beauty: Naïve, feminine, shy.
69*** Emma - Brains: Responsible, perfectionist, ControlFreak.
70*** Rikki - Brawn: Rebellious, sarcastic tomboy.
71** Season 3
72*** Bella - Beauty: Bubbly, naïve, BeautifulSingingVoice.
73*** Cleo - Brains: She takes over Lewis's role as the team's scientist after his mid-season departure.
74*** Rikki - Brawn: No change.
75** ''Series/MakoMermaidsAnH2OAdventure''
76*** Sirena is the Beauty in the first two seasons, what with her kindness and her BeautifulSingingVoice. This role somehow falls to Ondina by default in the third season, because Mimmi and Weilan fit Brains and Brawn much better than Beauty.
77*** Brawn is spread out over three characters; Nixie in the first season, Ondina, in the second, and Weilan in the third. Nixie and Ondina are both impulsive, paranoid, and quick to abuse their powers, but Weilan has actual combat experience.
78*** Lyla is the Brains of the first season, though her practical experience is limited. Mimmi takes over the Brains from season two onwards, as she's BookSmart, the fastest learner, and is the best at brewing potions.
79* ''Series/KamenRiderGotchard'' has this for the [[CoDragons Three Dark Sisters]].
80** Beauty - Lachesis, as the most conventionally attractive and FemmeFatale of the three.
81** Brains - Atropos, as the apparent leader and planner of the three.
82** Brawn - Clotho, as the BloodKnight who prefers to get up close and personal.
83* ''Series/LastManStanding'' - Mike and Vanessa's daughters.
84** Beauty - Mandy, the middle daughter, TheFashionista and ProudBeauty with a HiddenHeartOfGold.
85** Brains - Kristin, the eldest, who despite her teen pregnancy has worked hard to achieve a management position and is very well-read and intelligent.
86** Brawn - Eve, the youngest, Mike's {{tomboy}} who has always dreamed of and worked toward a military career.
87%%* ''Series/TheNanny'' (The Sheffield household)
88%%** Fran Fine - Beauty
89%%** [[WiseBeyondTheirYears Gracie Sheffield]] - Brains
90%%** Maggie Sheffield - Brawn
91* ''Series/OrphanBlack''
92** The main three clones.
93*** Beauty - Alison, a neat and uptight soccer mom.
94*** Brains - Cosima, a {{nerd|sAreSexy}}y science student.
95*** Brawn - Sarah, a tough, abrasive former hustler.
96** The three main prominent additional Clone Club members.
97*** Beauty - Krystal, a [[ActionFashionista fashionable]] ValleyGirl.
98*** Brains - M.K., a brilliant but elusive hacker.
99*** Brawn - Helena, {{Tykebomb}} ActionGirl.
100* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
101** ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'':
102*** Beauty- Karone (2nd Pink Ranger): ReformedCriminal MsFanservice and a FriendToAllChildren.
103*** Brains- Kendrix (1st Pink Ranger): Science officer of Terra Venture.
104*** Brawn- Maya (Yellow Ranger): A jungle girl and NatureHero.
105** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'':
106*** Beauty- Dana: The Captain's CombatMedic daughter.
107*** Brains- Ms Fairweather: The head of R&D at Lightspeed Rescue, who built the weapons, Zords and morphers.
108*** Brawn- Kelsey: An extreme sports enthusiast and tomboy.
109** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'':
110*** Beauty- Princess Shayla: The Rangers' mentor who often acts as the TeamMom
111*** Brains- Alyssa: A collage student, training to be a teacher, often seen reading books.
112*** Brawn- Taylor: The most expereince ranger in the current group as well as a trained military officer.
113** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'':
114*** Beauty- Sydney: A materialistic LovableAlphaBitch.
115*** Brains- Kat: SPD's head scientist.
116*** Brawn- Z: A sassy former delinquent who JumpedAtTheCall.
117** ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'':
118*** Beauty- Madison: The nicest ranger and somthing of a ShrinkingViolet.
119*** Brains- Udona: The team's mentor and a veteran of the Great War, very wise and experienced.
120*** Brawn- Vida: The most aggressive ranger (including the boys).
121* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' (seasons 5-7)
122** Morgan - Beauty; shallow, attractive and popular.
123** Sabrina - Brains; book smart, aspiring journalist.
124** Roxie - Brawn; very strong and tough.
125%%* ''Series/TheSecretCircle''
126%%** Cassie - Beauty
127%%** Diana - Brains
128%%** Faye - Brawn
129* ''Series/{{Smallville}}''
130** Lana Lang - Beauty (comes to hate being the DamselInDistress)
131** Chloe Sullivan - Brains (TVGenius)
132** ComicBook/LoisLane - Brawn (MilitaryBrat)
133* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
134** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' (first season)
135*** Counselor Deanna Troi - Beauty (shrink)
136*** Dr. Beverly Crusher - Brains (infirmary leader)
137*** Lt. Tasha Yar - Brawn (head of security... [[VasquezAlwaysDies no wonder she didn't last]])
138** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': The three regular females from the series.
139*** Jadzia Dax - Brains. Capt. Sisko's closest colleague and confidante.
140*** Kira Nerys - Brawn. Former resistance fighter.
141*** [[TheNthDoctor Ezri Dax]] - Beauty. A NaiveNewcomer during the final season.
142* ''Series/StepByStep''
143** Dana- Brains; smart, academic, sarcastic.
144** Karen- Beauty; beautiful, vain and ditzy.
145** Al- Brawn; sporty and tomboyish.
146* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' used a mixed-gender example, as it themed the ''Cagayan'' and ''Kaôh Rōng'' seasons after the dynamic; each with a tribe of strong people, a tribe of smart people, and a tribe of pretty people. "Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty" was even a tagline for the seasons. A straighter example would be in ''Kaoh Rong'', with the trio of Cydney, Aubry, and Michele:
147** Beauty - Michele Fitzgerald, a pretty bartender from the Beauty Tribe
148** Brains - Aubry Bracco, a smart social media marketer from the Brains Tribe
149** Brawn - Cydney Gillon, a beefy bodybuilder from the Brawn Tribe
150* ''Series/TeenWolf''
151** Beauty - Erica, the FemmeFatale who's not ashamed to use her looks and sexuality to get stuff done
152** Brains - Lydia, the brilliant and sarcastic TeenGenius.
153** Brawn - Allison, the ActionGirl who's a skilled archer who won't hesitate to kick your ass.
154* ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (excluding [[spoiler:Ahsoka Tano]])
155** Beauty - Fennec Shand, the shrewd, reliable Assassin. Who later becomes [[TheDragon The Dragon]] to [[spoiler:Boba Fett]].
156** Brains - Bo-Katan, the tactical, experienced fallen warrior. Who leads what's left of the mainland Mandalorians.
157** Brawn - Cara Dune, the tanky ActionGirl with the [[MoreDakka biggest gun]]. Who once served the Republic, until she found work with the New Republic.
158* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries''
159** Elena - Beauty; the beautiful, desirable one.
160** Bonnie - Brains; HypercompetentSidekick.
161** Caroline - Brawn; strongest ActionGirl, capable fighter.
162* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'':
163** Beauty - Cat, adorable and dresses the most stereotypically girly of the group.
164** Brains - Tori, often the voice of reason in the group.
165** Brawn - Jade, easily the toughest girl of the group.

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