# Help me think of famous “threesomes” that kids would understand. SFW only please. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 7, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024 "2018-01-07T03:07:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/81 "2018-01-10T09:22:15Z")
Onions, bell peppers and celery (May I suggest you use any term other than ‘threesome’ if you are trying to make this squeaky-clean and wholesome - trio, trinity, triumvirate etc) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/82 "2018-01-10T15:52:33Z")
Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/83 "2018-01-10T17:52:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Heck, I didn’t even hear of Benelux until I worked for a business newspaper in Europe (and I was all WTF is Benelux?). I was, what, 23 at the time? I’d wager most Americans, not just teens, haven’t heard of Benelux. Is it really that common a term here? I don’t think I’ve heard it since those years in the EU. I first came across it in _Bored of the Rings_, where Denethor’s stand-in had that name. _“Batty Benelux Burns!”_ screamed the headlines in Minas Troney. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/84 "2018-01-10T18:07:33Z")
Huh. Had to look up Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. Is this an older generational thing or did I just somehow miss it? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/85 "2018-01-10T18:27:56Z")
Paul, Apollos, and Cephas (1 Cor. 3:22) ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/86 "2018-01-10T20:00:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Huh. Had to look up Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. Is this an older generational thing or did I just somehow miss it? Didn’t have the purple dinosaur’s bedtime record, I take it? ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/87 "2018-01-10T20:01:35Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Huh. Had to look up Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. Is this an older generational thing or did I just somehow miss it? My grandmother used to read it to me. I’m 54. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/88 "2018-01-10T20:13:44Z")
Phineas, Ferb, and Perry. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/89 "2018-01-11T15:14:30Z")
Gandalf, Saruman, and Radagst. (I know, but they’re never named and never make an appearance) Cecil, Ed, and Slug ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/90 "2018-01-11T15:44:10Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Didn’t have the purple dinosaur’s bedtime record, I take it? This was Barney thing, too? But, no. I’m 42. Too old for purple dinosaur, and apparently not quite old enough for Wynken, Blynken, and Nod. (Damn, looking through this thread, there’s at least a dozen of these I don’t know, or I only know one or two of the three from. From the OP, Athos, Porthos, Aramis? I have no clue what those are. ETA: Ah, Three Musketeers, eh? Somehow, I never learned their names.) ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/91 "2018-01-11T16:07:29Z")
Nick Joe and Kevin (The Jonas Brothers) Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/92 "2018-01-11T16:27:11Z")
Dino Desi and Billy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/93 "2018-01-11T17:50:47Z")
Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor (or Hulk) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/94 "2018-01-11T17:53:58Z")
If they’re into Harry Potter, you could try: Imperio, Crucio, Avada Kedavra Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, Invisibility Cloak Quaffle, Bludger, Golden Snitch Galleon, Sickle, Knut ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/95 "2018-01-11T19:12:08Z")
> [@OldGuy](#): > > They’ve probably heard of the Three Musketeers, though they’d unlikely know them by name. Also through most of the book they are actually a foursome. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/96 "2018-01-11T20:47:48Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > They’re three MCs, and they’re on the go. Who shall inherit the earth? The meek shall I think I’m starting to peak now, Al ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/97 "2018-01-12T01:55:49Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > If they’re into Harry Potter, you could try: > > Imperio, Crucio, Avada Kedavra > Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, Invisibility Cloak > Quaffle, Bludger, Golden Snitch > Galleon, Sickle, Knut Aww, I thought I’d make it all the way through before somebody picked the Deadly Hallows! 😛 Milo, Melissa, and Zack (Milo Murphy’s Law) Sattler, Grant, and Malcolm (Jurassic Park) The Twelfth Doctor, Bill, and Nardole ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/98 "2018-01-12T07:19:41Z")
Dusty, Billy and Frank Earth, Wind and Fire, Istagram, SnapChat, and Twitter Buffy, Willow, and Xander Luke Leia and Han Cory, Shawn, and Topanga ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024/99 "2018-01-12T09:39:42Z")
Abraham, Martin, and John. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-think-of-famous-threesomes-that-kids-would-understand-sfw-only-please/806024.md?page=4)