Basic Trope: An ensemble consists of two girls and a guy.
- Straight: Trope City stars Alice, Bob, and Claire.
- Exaggerated: The Geodesic Cast consists entirely of Two Girls and a Guy setups.
- Downplayed: Alice, Bob, and Claire are occasionally joined by Diane and Emily.
- Justified:
- Alice, Bob, and Claire are siblings.
- Alice and Claire have that good a relation with their father Bob.
- Alice, Bob and Claire are best friends next door.
- Claire moves in with her cousin Alice, who is already dating Bob.
- Inverted: Two Guys and a Girl
- Subverted: Fred is posed as being a new major character, upsetting the balance.
- Double Subverted: He is swiftly Put on a Bus.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted:
- Enforced: The producers think this is standard sitcom format and enforce it on everything they make.
- Lampshaded: "Alice, Bob, and Claire, two girls and a guy, the way it should be."
- Invoked:
- Alice and Claire put out an ad seeking a male roommate.
- Alice and Bob put out an ad seeking a female roommate.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Ethan moves in with Alice, Bob, and Claire, making a Gender-Equal Ensemble.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
Back to Two Girls and a Guy.