A look at how triplets are (badly) portrayed in media

[@jenniferdaniels701]

Being 'the smart one' or 'the artsy one' or 'the athletic one' is common for any sibling, or even in groups of friends.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Very true, I think I did acknowledge that in the video - but as we were all growing up at the same time we certainly got compared to each other more and I think that encouraged people to pigeonhole us even more than usual. But that’s just my opinion :)

[@allieoneal2033]

Yeah, I had the same thought. That's bound to happen in any sibling group.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

Yeah, my two younger siblings and I were very close in age (not multiple births) and were often compared this way too. It was definitely worse when we were younger and often together, though.

[@faerie5926]

I mean sorta? But what about siblings/friends that don't follow that? Like my sister has always been the "art sibling" despite both of us doing art for about the same time and being on the same level-

[@Thebeezzkneezz.]

​​@@faerie5926well me and my sister have both been intrested in art, i had much more passion for it than she did, im the younger sibling, i was "better" at it than her and im considered the artsy one even tho she also paints/ makes braclettes But i sculpt, paint, draw, sew, crochet, animate ect. Even if you are also into art, your sister might be the one that's better at it and thats why shes considered the artsy one Just cuz you think youre on the same art level... Dosnt mean other people think the same

[@QueenCloveroftheice]

I think we can forgive the Powerpuff Girls for not having much screen time apart from one another since they’re in kindergarten and I’m pretty sure kids that age irl don’t spend much time apart lol

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Haha true! Parents especially will probably want to keep all their kids together where they can see them haha

[@jocelynecupcake]

at least they had different personalities, though. You know, I don't usually stick up for powerpuff girls but it is cool that they have different hair colors and different personalities

[@Victoria-_]

True

[@spritenado6983]

They're also a superhero team, so it makes sense that they spend a lot of time together, fighting crime and what not

[@jackofhearts5542]

The powerpuff girls are a good example of triplets, I think the only issue with them is they still fall into the stereotype categories of one being the leader, one being the tomboy, and one being the cute/ditzy one.

[@Briar_rosaline]

9:35 labeling one triplet as 'the pretty one' is a vile thing to say to children

[@cheyblake2475]

Ouch

[@blameitoncapitalism]

the "smart one" hurts so bad as well, it's arguably worst

[@tommasolarghetti]

I'm not a twin but I have an older brother and my mum used to say that I'm prettier than him in front of him, "I always said you were the pretty one" that is crazy to say, I've always hated it even tho I'm the pretty one

[@SaiyanElf]

It also sucks being told you're the "pretty one" in a group of college aged friends where the other friends are "the artist", "the writer", and "the encyclopedia." They actually thought it was a compliment but I felt they were telling me I had no talent or skills.

[@Cecona]

@@SaiyanElfthat really sucks, but I think it may have been more you had a more visible trait to latch onto and they never bothered to learn what your skills were

[@Tuatara94]

Dipper and Mabel are a perfect representation of twins, and the Stans are too. I think that gravity falls did a great job with twin representation. Edit: holy frickerfracker this blew up

[@maem7462]

If I remember correctly I think Alex Hirsch is a twin with his sister. The characters had inspiration from his actual life

[@isaac5010]

​@@maem7462Yes, he is. I remember an interview that was aired on Disney channel in which he talked about how Mabel was based of his twin sister. They are actually very similar physically in real life.

[@Tuatara94]

Yup! He did it from experience.

[@shinyagumon7015]

Alex Hirsch actually based Dipper and Mabel on himself and his twin Sister Ariel, so makes sense he nows how to write twins. What I like is how he protrays their strong sibling bonds with the two Stans being an example of how these can fall apart as you get older.

[@little1133]

Yeah, Alex is a twin so

[@Truffle474]

I'm soooo glad that the Encanto triplets all have separate powers and not just some stupid power related to their siblings 😭😭

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Omg so true we dodged a huge bullet there 😅😅

[@bearstarpresents2264]

Wondertwin powers, activate!

[@tarniabook3076]

You could say their powers are kinda related, given they're based on the concepts of past, present and future, but the other two groups of siblings get the same kind of "matching" powers. Pepa's children fit in a "see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil" trio, and Julieta's in a "beauty, brawn, brains" trio.

[@Laticia1990]

@@tarniabook3076 you could say that Julieta was the sibling that had to be the healer and caretaker. She may be the oldest triplet. Pepa wasn't allowed to be emotional, and was always told to hold her emotions in. And Bruno was always blamed for problems, the scapegoat child. It can reflect real roles that siblings can take on, but it's not all the SAME role.

[@nitzan3782]

​@@Laticia1990exactly. The Madrigal Triplets feel like siblings spaced apart and not like the way triplets are usually portrayed.

[@stellasdoesstuff]

In the show Friends, Phoebe is a surrogate for her brother, Frank Jr., and gives birth to his triplets. The triplets show up a few times thoughout the series. One of the episodes, when the triplets have grown into kids, Frank Jr. visits Phoebe and is clearly stressed and overwhelmed by having three kids, and tells Pheobe she has to take one of them. Three is too much. So, Phoebe asks which one he'd want her to take, and goes one by one through them. Each time, Frank is like, "no, not that one, they're special in this specific way, I can't give up that one." Idk, I think it's nice that they showed how difficult it is to raise triplets but also showed how Frank Jr still loves all three kids and wouldn't get rid of any of them. They're not main characters so we don't see much of them, but the bit we do see is good I think

[@AtarahDerek]

You need to watch DuckTales 2017. I think you'll like how HD&L are portrayed. Huey is set up as the "smart" one, but it's later revealed he's actually the studious one. Dewey and Louie are both very good at thinking on their feet, and Louie is an absolute chessmaster. Dewey is the "jock" triplet, being the most impulsive one with the biggest lust for adventure. He wants to stand out the most among his brothers. Louie is the lazy one who goes for a dollar like a puppy goes for a slipper. He's a grifter. He grows very close to Goldie O'Gilt, Scrooge's old flame.

[@artperson7617]

God I love that show, I wish it got more attention

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Absolutely watching this next, thank you so much 😃😄🦆

[@amarylily]

YES!!!!!!!! YESSSSS!!!!!!!!! Highly highly recommend on so many levels!!!

[@TheYarnStop]

I was just watching it today! Love it ❤

[@pepitocovid-91]

THE 2017 REBOOT IS JUST AMAZING, I HEAVILY RECOMMEND IT!!!

[@j.pnewcomer1069]

My aunt and uncle had a set of twin boys, followed by a set of triplet girls 8 years later. They did seem to experience quite a bit of multiples stereotyping as kids but eventually they broke out of it, with each of them finding their own interests and styles. Example: My aunt would purchase the same outfits for each set of kids, but each kid had different assigned colors, so everyone knew which kid was which. Unsurprisingly those colors did not end up being each kid's favorite color. The twins were assigned red and blue until they were old enough to pick out clothes they liked. The boy assigned with red actually really likes green and wore a lot of neon colors and sports wear in high school. The boy assigned to Blue turned out to really likes black and red (he's like a super-muscled guy who's into heavy metal music) but doesn't go into a full alternative-style since his job requires him to not have piercings/chains/loose clothing/long hair. The triplets were assigned Orange, Green and Purple, but I've since forgotten who was assigned to each color. Now they wear different styles(and colors) They're also going to a technical school and each study different subjects: one is studying Childcare+education, another Animal Health(to become a Vet technician) and the other Graphic Design.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Interesting, thank you so much for sharing! The colour association is interesting - I don’t think me and my sisters were ever given colours but tbf we look different enough to easily tell us apart. We would certainly have to wear the same clothes though!

[@AtarahDerek]

If I had multiples I would assign each a grouping of colors until they were old enough to completely dress themselves. One baby might be warm colors, another might be cool colors. And it wouldn't surprise me if they decided to switch colors, since they'd be more used to seeing the other sibling's colors more than their own and might think they'd look better in their sibling's colors.

[@misstressfoxtail05]

My sister and I aren't twins but we were born a year apart and people often mistook us for twins. When we were growing up my mom dressed us the same and we each had a color assigned to us as well. My sister was pink and I was yellow. My sister did wind up having pinks and purples as her favorite colors but I like greens and reds more than yellow.

[@RevanEde]

​@@misstressfoxtail05 we had three under three, not triplets. The reason they all had often the same clothes with different colours assigned, was for simplicity. Made shopping easier. Made it easier to find each child's clothes in a hurry. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY: stopped the fighting. As soon as they were able to communicate it they would start to fight about clothes and cry if they had to wear something different from one of their siblings. 😅 🤷🏻 Just from a parent's perspective. The reason was never that we didn't see each as their own person (and I assume it would have been the same if they were triplets, but who knows. 🤷🏻). Just practical reasons if you're outnumbered by your young children. 😂 Make things as smooth as possible.

[@aylenpons6682]

​@@SavannahPhillipss I like the color code idea. But I would NEVER buy the exactly same thing to twins, triples or wtv I may got jist for the joke unless they activelly ask for it or it's mandatory for smt. Even it may be cheaper sometimes. I never, not even as a child like when parents forced that thing. And assumed it was a cartons and anime only thing until I saw it ocationally in real life. Just got the feeling that couldn't fell completelly natural for the kids and I wasn't wrong when reserched the psicological effects of crap like that (despite some particular cases ofc) But apart of rationally thinking it's a bad idea... I may despite it on more personal level cose Im a sole child, my mother too and my father was the middle kid more used to have his own space n kinda forgotten from time to time. Maybe thags makes us three really apreciate the idea of individuallity and looking for goals not forced by your family or social pressure.

[@HBoyle]

Regarding the Powerpuff girls; They are five. Yes they fight crime, but are five, so it makes sense that they are always together. Also, the opening sequence shows that yes, they are triplets. They just weren't born, but created by the professor, like a batch of cookies 😊

[@Miracle12348]

Cookies😂

[@Littlepup93]

"Don't worry, Professor, I was an accident too!"

[@SomeGaymerNerd]

the powerpuff girls are 100% triplets, they were all made on the same day with the same ingredients in the same exact place, AND HAVE THE SAME DAD. how would that _not_ make them triplets?? (not trying to be mean btw;;;;)

[@alyssumowo]

I think it's just something that a lot of people don't really think about until it's brought to their attention.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

The thing that made me confused was remember that they were made out of ‘sugar, spice and all things nice’ - for some reason I thought each girl was made out of just one of those things, so bubbles was just sugar, buttercup was just spice etc. it’s been a while since I’ve seen the show 😅😅

[@faustina9328]

That's referencing a nursery rhyme, but I guess it would make sense for them to be made out of different things since they all were very different from each other. ​@SavannahPhillipss

[@adiazrue5776]

​@@SavannahPhillipssthey call each other sisters and born on the same day. How is that not a triplet 😂😂😂

[@myhlosic]

​@@adiazrue5776 She explains here confusion, it's quite a natural assumption

[@eldupont3095]

The "bimbettes" are called "Silly Girls" in the script for the stage version of Beauty and the Beast. And it's weird but I never thought of the original animated trio as triplets. I always read them as friends that happened to all be blonde and have similar tastes lol i guess because even as a kid i thought it would make more sense for friends to all swoon over the same man than sisters

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Loool “Silly Girls” they’ve been done so dirty justice for the silly girls 😆 and yeah so true!!

[@jocelynecupcake]

The funny thing is, the "bimbettes" look just like Belle with what blonde hair and red lipstick. Like, they have the same sexualized exaggerated and everything. The fact that they have blonde hair made them "bimbos" and I don't like that either. I like the terms "silly girls" and "village lasses" better

[@helixsol7171]

​@@jocelynecupcake What movie are you watching? They don't look like Belle at all, even in the same art style. I literally just checked and you're dead wrong.

[@jocelynecupcake]

@@helixsol7171 i never saw the movie but they looked like her in the pictures of the 2D version

[@helixsol7171]

@@jocelynecupcake Then you must be face blind to 2D drawings because the "Bimbettes" and Belle look nothing alike even with the same art style

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

The Ogre triplets don't have their own personalities because they're newborns. Donkey's quadruplets definitely do have distinctive personalities, even if they are just 'the one who looks different', 'the one who's a girl' or 'the one who can spit fire'.

[@44zeex]

I think Ducktales 2017 did it well.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

I’ll have to watch it, thanks for pointing it out :)

[@44zeex]

@@SavannahPhillipss oh you're going to love it. Everything you said normal triplets do, the boys do the same in the reboot

[@brandibastian4193]

She literally just googled triplets and I don't think she even bothered to watch any of the shows that had triplets on she might have watched some of the movies but yeah she didn't have a clue that Huey Dewey and Louie had anything different about them except the color of their shirts and back in the day when they weren't main characters they wouldn't have in the modern DuckTales they are the main characters therefore they have more personality

[@cutelilscrafty]

4:20 I'm not a twin or triplet, but I do have two friends who are twins, and both AFAB (one identifies as female, but the other identifies as nonbinary), and they've both complained about the twin sexualization from people they've dated.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Glad to know it’s not just me! Mad isn’t it 🙃 thank you for sharing!

[@NMoore-tw7yh]

I’m a twin, and this is something that bothers me so much. When I was in middle school, a boy sitting next to be in class needled me about sharing a certain type of toy with my sister. He got the entire class into it( though they didn’t actually know the context of the insults) and they bombarded me until I cried and had a panic attack. It’s so nauseating when people do this because we’re siblings. It makes me sick that I’m actually some peoples fetish.

[@cjdragonessheart316]

Twin here! (Fraternal) me and my sister really suffered growing up because we were always paired up together and compared which really damaged our relationship, especially when we both had adhd and I had autism and when I was having a meltdown they would just dump me on my sister to handle instead of actually handling it themselves like an actual adult should. I know I ended up building my personality and interests around being the opposite of my sister; she liked that colour? I LIKE THE OPPOSITE. She wants a girl toy? I WANT THE BOY TOY. Even without that, we really are total opposites of each other in terms of tastes and interests. Seeing twins in media always be inseparable and have such a good relationship in media always annoyed me and made me jealous, and now I just hope the media i consume doesn't have twins or at least the twins are a boy and girl so they're not carbon copies of each other.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Oh my goddd that’s so relatable 😭 and I bet the first question people ask when they find out you’re a twin is ‘are you identical?’ 😅😂 I mean I’d probs ask the same but it gets old! 😅

[@Existant_one]

this made me think of gravity falls since the main characters are twins of the opposite gender who are wildly different from each other. they were also written after the creator's own experiences of having a twin sister.

[@yourshoulderdevil5229]

​@@Existant_one That's what I was thinking. The (younger) Pines twins are very different while still being close.

[@aska2349]

I'm not a triplet, not even a twin but i honestly think that Huey, Dewey, and Louie got a really good representation in the remake of Duck Tales! I belive it was from 2018?? One of the best remakes there is and ever was. Besies that i was watching the video with thoughts like; "Why does it exist? Its so balantly obvious that everyones their own person!" but then I reflected a little bit more and came to the onclusion that it is geniually sad that this in fact has to be stated to so many ppl. In elementary I had friends who were twins and judging by the things ppl said to them I can only imagine beind a triplet is even worse in comparasion. This was a great video showcasing that and I hope many more ppl will see it and reflect on the matter! Take care! ^^

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Thank you so much for your comment! I haven’t seen the duck tales remake - I’ll have to watch it and make another video giving an update evaluation, haha ☺️ and yes! One thing I remember that really sucked was when kids at school would give everyone in the class a Christmas card, but me and my sisters would just get one between us addressed to ‘the triplets’. Stuff like that!

[@silverdemonwolf426]

​@@SavannahPhillipss Yes, in the remake the triplets are all given very distinct personalities, interests, and strengths and weaknesses. They also object to being lumped together as just triplets, even though they do love their brothers very much.

[@chemicalwolfgames3405]

@@SavannahPhillipssYeah, you absolutely should. DuckTales 2017. If you have Disney+, you should be able to find it there

[@LenaFerrari]

​@@SavannahPhillipss my sister had a friend who had a twin sister and their own mother treated them as a package. They moved to a different country and their mother send cards from both of them to the friends of each with their joined email account, so friends could follow up. I'm proud to say, even as a child, I made sure to differentiate the two, bc I could tell how much they cared for it. They hated being mistaken for each other

[@zipperooni]

@@SavannahPhillipssyou should, it’s a really good show i wholeheartedly recommended it not only for how huey, dewey, and louie are portrayed but also it’s generally an amazing show

[@monicascholes7138]

I'm an identical twin, growing up people were really enthusiastic about the fact that we enjoyed dressing alike because apparently it's very strange for twins to get along as well as we do... I don't know if it's just confirmation bias or what but I guess the impression people get with twins is that they tend to hate each other. My twin was my best friend all my life, and it wasn't until adulthood that we started to develop different fashion senses and such. Though our personalities were always pretty different. My twin is more of a tomboy and likes more technical subjects and taking on challenges, while I have always been the more girly creative one who just likes to make things and create art. I'm also pretty much obsessed with dinosaurs, it's like my autistic special interest, whereas my twin is more into single-player video games, especially JRPGs. We are about to actually split up for the first time in our lives really soon at the age of 29. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with our bunk bed now that one of the bunks will be empty. But yeah we always got the questions about being psychic or finishing each other's sentences, or which one of us is the evil one. I never really found it annoying like others might have, it always seemed like good fun to me, especially if we played along. One question I frequently got asked was "If I hit one of you, will the other feel it?" and I always responded with "No, but you will."

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Interesting! I’ve never heard of it being strange for twins to get along well, but I guess so many twins get so sick of being compared to the other that they unintentionally end up resenting the other sibling perhaps. It’s so cool you’re so different, I hope being apart goes smoothly for you 😊 I guess being an identical twin you get a lot more of the psychic/evil questions than us fraternals lol. The first question I’m always asked is ‘are you identical?’ And I’m tempted to say yes next time to see what the follow up questions might be 😂

[@wolftail2558]

I'm a twin too, although not identical. Me and my sister are besties- We have a lot of the same interests and obssessions, but we also have a lot of different aspects. Idk if it's a cultural thing from country to country, because people never asked us wich one was evil or if he read eachother's minds- But other people did ask "So that means your birthday is on the same day?" - "Do you wear similiar clothes?" - "Omg your voice looks exactly the same I can't reconize!!!" DUDE I find it so annoying when people refers to us as "The twins" or when they want to call out of me or my sister, they'd say "Hey twin girl see this-" Or "Twins, over here!" Three years into high school and some of my classmates didn't even bother to remember our names. Both me and my sister never interact with them- But still, I remembered all their names and they can't even call out to us as our own individuals? I feel like we are treated as one object rather than our own selves. My sister isn't me and I am not her. Period. I feel like they see us as those stereotypical twins we always see in media, that their whole personality is being twins -_- Heck, my aunt, who didn't see us since we were like FIVE remembered our names and could tell us apart easily. And we didn't even see her that much. Speaking of twins in media- Since I was a kid I've always been so annoyed how they were represented. Like for example- Twins in the Barbie Movies, they finished each others phrases and it made me annoyed. Me and sis tried copying that, but we soon realized. "This is so dumb. Who even talks like that???" But the sync is true though, lol. We often speak the same phrases unitentionally. Our thinking is very alike- Although by twin is a bit more grumpy and organized than I am. Sure she is a sweetheart, but she's so serious looking people tend out to talk to me a lot more. She's also more emotional than I am, yet tends to take the lead in a lot of things. She's also pretty girly and a horsegirl by heart. (She had a dinausor phase too!) I guess I am the twin who's stronger with most stuff, yet more lazy and less worried about life itself. Also the most outgoing one. I guess it makes sense, since I'm the eldest and I can be overprotective over my sister. I might be talking too much but yeah- I love seeing twins represented in midia, and I almost immediatly get attached to them as characters (Unless they are annoying and stereotypical.) But I also get a soft-spot for a duo of sibilings, like the Elric brothers from Fullmetal Alchesmist, the twins from the Story of Evil vocaloid- Or not even sibilings, like Barbie movies such as Princess and the pauper and Diamond castle (Barbie and her friend though, not the twin love interests. Ugh.), wich me and my sister pretended to be them all the time when we were little. Overall: Can relate to you, except than I'm way younger (18) and still have a lot to mature before I grow apart from my sister. We miss each other after one single hour apart, I swear 😭 We act like we haven't seen each other in ages.

[@janaekelis]

i think it's sweet, that you are going against the norm

[@animetwin6692]

I’m a twin too (identical) and I relate to your comment people would encourage us to dress differently “cuz we’re our own person”but we really enjoyed dressing the same and we had (and still do) same hobbies drawing, watching anime, playing jrpgs and reading manga we even cosplay together ^^ one hobby that’s similar is I like to knit and my twin likes to crochet We never separated yet (other then school/work) or never even had our own rooms>< (25) idk what other twins or triplets might think but I it’s fun having a twin ^^

[@marcellaacone7085]

Your answer is memorable. I adore it! 🙂 "If I hit one of you, will the other feel it?" "No, but YOU will." 45 minutes applause.

[@doodleplayer4014]

So, basically, you would prefer if they were treated as three separate characters instead of one character or as a unit, right? I'd say that's fair.

[@ShiroOokamitoko]

I actually hadn't taken the "bimbettes" from the original animated Beauty and the Beast to be triplets. I'd thought they were friends who were collaboratively competing for Gaston's affections, and the reason they looked so similar was that they were all trying their hardest to meet their agreed upon ideal of female beauty, in order to win Gaston over. So they look virtually identical because they have obsessed over physical beauty to the point of sacrificing their individual identities. On a different note, I think some of the problems brought up here are experienced by siblings in general. I remember growing up my sister and I were frequently compared and contrasted, and put into categories like "she's the one who's good with music" or "she's the bookish one," and we're more than a year apart in age. Some of our friends who also had close siblings were the same. Even our younger siblings though, who are 5 and 10 years younger, have had things pointed out like "your big sister [name] was just like that at your age" or "you all do this, it must be a family trait." I don't have any personal experience with twins or triplets, but from how much more frequently it happened with my closest sister than with my younger brother and baby sister I imagine it happens most frequently with actual multiples, so it stands out more. But you aren't alone!

[@wyverntail1811]

I thought the exact same thing too about the girls from beauty and the beast since I'd witness the same thing happening to other girls back in high school. At least I assumed that was the reason so many girls at my high school did their hair the same, dressed the same, wore the same makeup, etc.

[@Littlepup93]

Same, also the remark about parents not necessarily having time for you if you have a same age sibling. The way it was worded made it sound like if you had siblings of different ages, then that was somehow going to mean your parents have more time. I'd argue the opposite, especially if your siblings are staggered enough to be going to separate schools like mine are. When I was in junior high, my older brother was in high school and my youngest sibling was in elementary school. That's hard to juggle for a stay at home mom. At least when you're in the same school, the schedules for major events don't tend to conflict. However, it's way more likely for a parent to miss something big of yours because of a different aged sibling, whether it be other events, appointments, or any number of things. They are juggling multiple kids at wildly different developmental stages, and with each subsequent kid, they get more and more relaxed in their parenting because milestones are less novel.

[@EmmaThw]

The mom in Encanto is Julieta, I can only remember it by singing the song and getting to the "my dad married julieta" bit Also I think what you said about the powerpuff girls is interesting. Their creators probably didn't approach their designs as triplets, but then that's kind of the point you're making innit. They approached them as individuals, as should people both in fiction and in real life when it comes to multiples

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Haha yes that’s her name! And yes, that’s such a good point about the powerpuff girls. Thanks so much for commenting 😊

[@FBWSRD]

I'd like you take on the quagmire triplets from a series of unfortunate events, who were constantly mistaken for twins as one of them was missing/died

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Ooh interesting! I’ll check it out and feed back, thanks for the suggestion 😊

[@theanimekid7839]

It's on Netflix and is a really great show, but have some tissues nearby. The show is a real tear jerker and absolutely no one except the main trio is safe.

[@moonvelvet2058]

I second this!! I think it'd be really interesting to see

[@faustina9328]

​@@theanimekid7839 There's also the books that the show was based on.

[@h3tur]

i love that show!

[@giraffegirl1691]

This was video was really entertaining and well made. Thank you! I know my powerpuff girl lore. And I can assure you that 1) you have the right names and 2) they are undoubtedly triplets. One of the reason I love them so much is that those things you talked about at earlier in the video about how parenting triplets is hard and that trying to fit siblings into neat little boxes fosters unhealthy competition GET ADDRESSED! Like, there'a a whole episode where Blossom spontaneously develops a new power that the others don't have, and it really bothers Bubbles and Buttercup, especially when everyone starts giving Blossom extra attention for it. And their dad isn't really sure how to address it because he wants to encourage Blossom's talents but he doesn't want the other girls to feel left out. I'm going to argue that the reason they're always together in this show has a lot less to do with them being triplets and a lot more to do with them being around 6 years old and also a superhero team. Think of another show with a superhero team, and think about how much time you get to see the team away from each other. There's a lot of IMPLIED alone time, but not much is actually shown because that's not what the show is about. Now think about how much time you spent apart from your family when you were 6. Literally the only thing I can think of for me is school, and the powerpuff girls are all in the same class, so they don't get that outlet. They're as separate as they can reasonably be expected to be for that age. Blossom spends time alone reading. Bubbles runs off to play with animals by herself. Buttercup beats up bad guys on her own sometimes. They're just also only like 6. But in general yeah, we need more "multiple birth kids are separate people who spend plenty of time away from each other" in media. Not a multiple birth, but I know several and I usually meet them by becoming friends with one and meeting their siblings much much later.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Wow thank you so much for all this you’re bang on with everything! That’s really relatable actually, I was lucky growing up that me and my sisters had separate bedrooms so I at least had my own space, but otherwise I likely did spend a lot of time with them. Thanks so much for your great powerpuff girls knowledge and contributing it! Me and my sisters don’t see each other that often nowadays - I’m in Oxford, my one sister is still at home in Wolverhampton, and the other one is in New York 😅😎 I wonder what the powerpuff girls would do in the future? Haha

[@ThePrincessCH]

The "Bimbettes" don't get covered in mud. They just cry over Gaston, proposing to Belle.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

@@ThePrincessCH I feel like they did in the live action version?

[@ThePrincessCH]

@@SavannahPhillipss I haven't seen that, so I can't say.

[@nuotatorre8741]

​@@SavannahPhillipssYes if I remeber correctly it was only in the live action.

[@ariaphoenix2760]

@@SavannahPhillipssI think they make fun of Belle in the live action and that’s what the mud is for

[@komikbookgeek]

She did say it was in the LA one, no need to defend them

[@nathenewendzel7806]

Huey, Duey, and Louie had their characters updated to unique personalities in the Ducktales reboot, but in pretty much everything else, they are pretty much exactly as you described.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Haha yes I 100% need to watch the ducktales reboot, will have to cover it in my next vid :) thanks!

[@JiannaSandoval]

My husband has identical twin cousins, and people have asked them if they've ever done "thre3 somes" 🤢. You wouldn't ask any other sibling pair that or want that to be asked, so why do they feel its "okay" to ask twins???

[@darijasdiary5382]

I knew a set of fraternal twin girls in elementary school. I remember they wore the same stuff but the blonde twin would wear blue and the brunette would wear pink. They were younger than me so I didn't really know them but apparently according to people that did their mom would get mad at them if they didn't have the same opinion on literally everything just because they are twins. I felt so bad for them.

[@Tea-KW]

What's funny about you comparing twins/triplets/quadruplets to single birth siblings is that it reminds me also how common in general it is for parents to have siblings dress very similar. My younger brother is 13 months and 5 days younger than me. Our entire childhood involved people buying us identical toys, identical clothes, etc. If one of us got something the other got the exact same thing. We did not look related, to a point where classmates thought we were a lesbian couple because we hung out 24/7. The entire situation drove me BONKERS. I love my brother, but I'm so glad I finally feel like an individual without him around all the time lol

[@SavannahPhillipss]

The lesbian couple when you’re siblings nooooo 😭😂😂 and yeah that’s so true! I get that it’s probably more efficient and convenient for the parents but cmon 🥲

[@nathenewendzel7806]

News flash. No human being can fit in a neat little metaphoric box.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Looool literally

[@jennamathews7506]

Have you heard of the Chipettes? They don’t get a ton of screentime in the movies, but in the 80s Alvin and the Chipmunks show and the 2015 reboot their different personalities really shine. On the surface, it seems like they each mirror one of the chipmunks, but they really only have a little in common with them and are still pretty different. Unfortunately, as is common with girl characters, the Chipettes were a little sexualized in the 80s (most notably in the movie based on the 80s cartoon) The 2015 reboot averts this though! (But I still think Eleanor deserved more screentime) Also the Chipmunks do get reduced to “the troublemaker” and “the cute one” and “the smart one” in the movies, but the TV series gives them a LOT more depth.

[@nadjakari1752]

I had never realized that they were triplets. Due to their height in the 80s movie, I thought they were just siblings. The same for the chipettes.

[@jennamathews7506]

@@nadjakari1752 Ohhh! Yeah I can see how you’d make that mistake. The boys are confirmed triplets and so are the girls in the 80s. The 2015 show is less clear about that or their backstory in general. They might still be triplets, but they have chosen to celebrate separate birthdays because of plot convenience.

[@therearenocowshere]

I genuinely didn't think the Gaston groupies were even supposed to be sisters lol I thought they were the like 'other girls' that Belle was different than 😂

[@ceres090]

I'm not a triplet, but my mother, sister, and I all looking strikingly similar. I've had an uncomfortable amount of men tell me they want to "collect the set" as soon as they realized this.

[@AwesomeYena]

Eugh...

[@ShonaReneeMcAfee-McGee]

Power, puff girl fact. Yes they are triplets. They were always meant to be triplets the professor when he named them, he thought about blossoms name. He thought about bubbles name, but he named Buttercup just to a b name with blossom and bubbles didn’t think about her personality like the others. That’s why her name is Buttercup. This is confirmed in the episode. I’m pretty sure Buttercup is the least favorite as a professor. Looks like he pay attention more to bubbles and blossom as well. But most people don’t know their triplets cause how different they are from each other which that’s the point they’re supposed to show triplets are different each other. Also, I think buttercup is not only the tough one, but I hopeless romantic. She was the first one who fell in love.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Thank you for your powerpuff girls knowledge hehe 😄 and yeah so true! People don’t think of them as triplets because they’re so different. I think that’s a good thing!

[@sissysovereign1294]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that Professor seemed to favor Blossom and Bubbles more. Despite them being triplets who were made at the exact same time, Buttercup really reads as the middle child who is just....there..while Blossom acts like the oldest and Bubbles the youngest .

[@F0XY5O1]

Twin here! The amount of one dimensional portrayal of twins (and other pairs of same day siblings like triplets) have ALWAYS made me irritated. I grew up being compared to my twin all the time, while also being under the assumption that I’m just like them. We had the same clothes, same hair, same friends, same toys, same EVERYTHING. As we grew older we molded into more of our own people but, the idea that we were inseparable or two of one whole made things REALLY hard for me and damn did the shows and movies I watch not make it ANY easier. As of now, as an adult, I struggle with independence, identity issues, and severe imposter syndrome. Twins are people with their own identity and future. We just happen to be born on the same day. And failure to properly communicate that, has deeper consequences than you might think

[@13ellamy]

There’s actually been studies done about family resources (physical objects like toys and books, monetary resources, and finite resources such as parental time and attention) and you’re 100% right that kids who are really close in age have less resources than kids who are further apart in age. A family with three kids all 4 years apart is going to have a very different draw on resources than a family with 3 kids only 1 year apart, despite having the same number of children - and it can/does result in negative consequences for the kids. An article that talks about this: “The Educational Benefit of Being Spaced Out” Brian Powell and Lala Carr Steelman

[@MelodyBasutro]

As a triplet, I cannot stress how much I despise when people call me "triplet" or call me and my sisters "the triplets" instead of taking time to at least learn our names or what sets me apart from my siblings and vice versa. Everyone says we look alike (we do all have names that begin with the M, thick hair, and all wear glasses so I'll let that slide a little bit) but we all have different clothes styles and personalities. Once I heard some girls saying we should get name tags with our names on them lol. But I'm my own person, and that's something I really hope other people start realizing more. Thank goodness my sone of my friends can tell us apart with ease! This video helped me feel I'm not alone so thanks so much for this:)

[@MeMe-ds4pg]

I HATED how they treated Buttercup in the show! Professor utonium gave the other two well thought out names based on their personalities but when it came to Buttercup, he just gave her one that matched the others! All of the towns people treat her like she's a mindless, loss, wild bull too! They always cheer for and trust blossom and bubbles but not her 😭

[@sandragerard4532]

I think her name came from the quote "Muscle up, buttercup"

[@ollieno971]

@@sandragerard4532the term is toughen up buttercup

[@EvelynnEndgame]

I had no idea! That's surprising considering there were probably some B names that would have suited her better. Like Briar, maybe? It's still a nature name but more in tune with her personality perhaps.

[@EvelynnEndgame]

@@sandragerard4532 If that's true then that's a very obscure, weird reference. "Cheer up, buttercup" is also a thing I think so I associate buttercups more with a sunny demeanor more than a tough one.

[@axelf9947]

As a triplet who was never especially close with either of my siblings, it always upset me a little to see triplets n twins constantly portrayed as inseparable and nothing but in media… kinda made me feel like i was doing something wrong lol.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Omg yes me too! I’m the same, glad to know there’s someone else at there who feels the same way!

[@Jennifer-fl8tv]

You should look at This is Us. The show is about the lives of the Big 3 - which consist of the 2 surviving triplets and their same age adoptive sibling and they are raised as triplets. You see them at all stages of life (and they have very different lives) and a lot of the conflict in the series is because of the personality differences and differing life experiences between the siblings.

[@CalliopePony]

While I agree that the Bimbettes aren't good representation for triplets, I don't think the movie treats them badly. Nothing bad happens to them, no one is mean to them, and they're never portrayed especially negatively except for having questionable taste in men. In fact, they're a pretty good representation of the town as a whole. All the people there value conformity and are easily taken in by Gaston's fake charms. Also, I would tell you to watch the 2017 Ducktales reboot, but I'm sure many people have already done so. It's a great watch!

[@christiantwist3360]

Yeah I thought they just represented general women, showing how everyone except belle was enthralled by Gaston

[@EvelynnEndgame]

For me it's not just the fact that they have questionable taste in men, it's the weirdness of them all being in love with the same guy. But at least they don't show any animosity/rivalry towards each other. It's sad when siblings fight over the same love interest and it comes between them. So I do think you're right, the portrayal could have been a lot more negative.

[@itsvale6371]

@@EvelynnEndgame They literally just put them there to show women except Belle are in love and wish Gaston, in my opinion they shouldnt be include here, their just extras

[@rekkariley652]

I think one of the major reasons behind sets of multiples always being shown as hanging out together, especially when young, is whether they have siblings or playmates of similar age. If the family only has the one set of siblings (the multiples), or their siblings have a significant age gap, then it’s pretty natural for the multiples to play with each other all the time because they essentially have no one else to play with. You tend to see it a lot less in situations where the multiples go to a busy school everyday or live in a neighborhood with a lot of children of similar age range, because they have a lot more options outside their own siblings. Similar clothes, or even the same clothes, has historically been down to economics and ease of getting ready in the morning: it’s a lot cheaper and easier to buy multiples of the same outfit than to buy (or make) entirely different wardrobes for each triplet/twin, and easily interchangeable wardrobes means you don’t have to worry as much about grabbing the wrong item when you’re trying to wrangle two or more energetic toddlers in the morning.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Interesting, thanks for your input! I didn’t play with my sisters that often growing up - because we were so different! Agree it defo depends on the environment :-) And yes defo there are historical reasons for wearing the same clothes, and practical reasons too - but when you’re a multiple and a child it definitely feels like a lack of consideration to your personality and preferences (fairly or unfairly to the poor parent(s)!)

[@rekkariley652]

@@SavannahPhillipss Yeah, I think the clothing issue falls under the “Parents are People” category, where both perspectives are pretty much equally correct. The child is valid for feeling a bit overlooked, and the parent is also valid for feeling overwhelmed.

[@kaitlinowens2714]

I Disney’s defense with the triplets from Brave they toddlers and princes so they are very likely to be together a lot because they are going have things like lessons together and it’s very unlikely they will interact with other kids often. Also with them being toddlers they are going to have similar personalities at first but as they get older they develop more separate personalities.

[@SandDollarDragonfly-rw5ze]

Toddlers actually have very distinct personalities from each other - you can tell aspects of a baby's character even at 5 months, whether they're chill or dramatic, their likes and dislikes & interests with things in their baby worlds (mobiles and toys that some kids couldn't care less about even when they've got the motor skills to play with them but other kids are obsessed with). So definitely by the princes ages you'd see some differences in personality.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Hmm I’m really bad at guessing the age of kids, but I wonder what age the boys are meant to be? As babies me and my sisters were still pretty different, and we hit milestones at different times too. Thanks for commenting 😊

[@kaitlinowens2714]

Good point

[@nomashichin]

Hi Savannah! Twin here. I see where you're coming. We faced quite a bit of name calling growing up from other kids simply because we were twins. Like you said, sometimes twins are seen as different and quirky. I used to get those vibes a lot from people. So True, we are our Own person! I hope this video goes viral so more people can see how twins feel about these things. I like how each of the Ninja Turtles are unique in their own way. Just goes to show that it CAN be done. More of these videos would be fantastic. All the best!

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Wow how interesting! I remember when I was little I got a role in our school play I really wanted - one of the witches in MacBeth. But after some other kids made fun of me and compared me and my sisters to the witches I lost confidence and dropped out. Mad isn’t it? Anyway I’m so glad you feel the same 😊 I like the ninja turtles analogy, haha 😃

[@nomashichin]

Awe man. That's mad for sure! Any twin out there that's faced these kinds of challenges will appreciate you speaking about it. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work!

[@SavannahPhillipss]

@@nomashichin thank you ☺️☺️❤️❤️

[@nomashichin]

@@SavannahPhillipss 👍😊

[@Funhaus_Fr34k]

I am a triplet myself! Honestly I kinda agree with this, I especially hate when all of the three are basically identical to each other. Honestly I kinda wish there was more tripets in media in general, & I definetly think ur missing out on Ducktales 2017, they are some good examples of triplets I've seen in awhile, & even have their own friends & regularly have plotlines seperate from their siblings thruout the show. Very glad someone is touching upon this subject tbh as it definetly deserves a mention

[@crystaljones1998]

Thanks! As an aspiring writer, I’m so happy to hear more authentic information about this!

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Thank you so much, glad I could help!! :)

[@EvelynnEndgame]

I am SO GLAD I stumbled across your video because this is actually a topic I've been thinking about a lot these past few months. (I'm a writer who likes analyzing patterns and tropes and things in media.) Below I’ve compiled a list of all the triplets you mentioned, plus a few more. Fergus, Farkle, and Felicia (Shrek 3) - two boys and one girl Stephen, Westley, and Sonia (Parks and Recreation) - two boys and one girl Claudette, Laurette, and Paulette (Beauty and the Beast) - identical girls Harris, Hubert, and Hamish (Brave) - identical boys Huey, Dewey, and Louie (Duck Tales) - bird boys Alvin, Simon, and Theodore - chipmunk boys Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles (Power Puff Girls) - artificial Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno (Encanto) - two girls and one boy The triplets in Boss Baby who are never named!!! Billy, Debbie, and Julie (Proud Family) - one boy and two girls Lyndsay, Lisa, and Leela (It Takes Two) - identical girls Janessa, Kathleen, and Lacey (Barbie) - fraternal girls Bucky, Spike, and Quillo (Over the Hedge) - porcupines Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail (Peter Rabbit) - bunny girls Carla, Bia, and Tiago (Rio 2) - birds Ella, Billie, and Louie (Trumpet of the Swan) - two girls and one boy Libby, Buck, and Arlo (The Good Dinosaur) - one girl and two boys

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Thank you so much for this, and the extra examples are really helpful! I’ll take a look at them ☺️☺️

[@catdragon2584]

Also the Buffet triplets in Friends (Frank Jr Jr, Leslie, and Chandler, a boy and two girls, fraternal), although they don’t really get a ton of screen time TBF

[@Kalani_Saiko]

The Boss Baby triplets names are Fred, Rick and Frederick (terrible)

[@bluezebra8675309]

Manic, Sonic, and Sonia (Sonic underground)- two boys and one girl (hedgehogs)

[@coalopalatticus6964]

When I saw this video I thought of Cilan, Chilli, and Cress from Pokemon Black and White(both the anime and the games). In the anime we get more Cilan fleshing out cause he followed Ash on his journey, but in Black 2 and White 2 we find out they stopped being gym leaders, and I think in Masters Ex it's explained as they were like one trainer in 3 bodies or something like that(I'm not as versed in Ex).

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

"I'm my own person, not a couple's prize." Okay, sure, but a ton of stories end in the hero having a child. It's not specifically a triplet thing to say, it's a human thing.

[@LambentLight00]

When you mentioned the sexualization of twins, triplets etc i thought of the quintessential quintuplets series, as much as I like it there’s definitely some sexualization of them, but they do all have their own interests and look different (although they looked the same as young kids)

[@Miracle12348]

As a triplet, growing up I didn’t deal with being put in category’s because me and my sisters look so different that everyone thought that we were just really close friends or something. Because one of us has Afro blonde hair, freckles she’s pale and she’s a tomboy, one of us has brown hair, she’s a bit tan,Dutch eyes she’s the only one of us who wears makeup but she doesn’t wear dresses and me with blackish brownish hair, Ive been told I’m girly because I don’t wear pants ever, and we all have different face shapes. Same noses same eye color (brown) but that’s it. We don’t look like siblings, we look like friends, we tell people we are triplets they think we are joking, one time a girl thought we joking about being triplets for a year. So technically we are tomboy, girly, and pretty. But no one has ever put us in categories sooo, maybe it’s different in the U.S then the UK but yeah. Being a triplet is fine, I guess? I was technically born with forever friends so yay.

[@814912]

Have you ever read the Jacqueline Wilson book The Butterfly Club? You might have been too old for it by the time it came out as it's a children's book, but it's about three girls who are triplets and all have different personalities and friend groups etc. And I'm not a triplet myself so I can't judge, but I always thought they seem quite well depicted!

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Hi, no I haven’t! I’ve actually never heard of it which is mad to me as I love Jacqueline Wilson so much! I’ll definitely buy and read it now - thanks so much for the recommendation!

[@ansleyzigzag]

Just to parrot the comments, watch Ducktales (2017)!! It's such a great show, and it does a great job of individually characterizing Huey, Dewey, and Louie who have been essentially one character for the longest time!

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Yessss I 100% need to if I have taken anything away from this video it is that I need to watch it! I’ll have to feed back on my next video 😃

[@XxXNightcoreQueenXxXV2]

It depends on what version you're watching of Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Some versions are written with them as being different from each other. However, I wonder what your take on Webby (April), May, and June from DuckTales 2017 would be regarding this.

[@andreadag]

idk what other people thought of them but i hated may & june from the moment they were introduced

[@ThePrincessCH]

@XxXNightcoreQueenXxXV2 I'm not an expert, but I wouldn't gauge their version of April, May, and June as triplets because the last two were created more recently from one of Webby's feather and artificially aged, while Webby grew up naturally.

[@XxXNightcoreQueenXxXV2]

@@ThePrincessCH That's ture. I'm just thinking purly technial for that version DNA vise they be like identical triplests. though there is older version them where they are triples. That's why i counted them.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

I’ll check it out, thank you so much! Ducktales is next on my watch list 😁😁

[@TheCanderemy]

I ddont really think I could judge April, May, and June since they never got enough screentime and we never got to know them well (besides Webby)

[@carischumann6300]

I didn't know that the Chipmunks are triplets they are different heights so I always assumed one was older.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Lol yeah it’s hard to accurately determine the age of an animated chipmunk 😅😆

[@captainstroon1555]

Comparing Huey, Dewey, and Louie from the old Donald Duck sketches to them in the new DuckTales is like night and day. In ye olden show, they often even speak at the same time, acting more like a single three bodied hivemind character than siblings. In the 2017 show, they each are fully fledged characters in their own right. Even their designs reflect this divide. While the old ones were just recolors of each other, the new designs are easy to tell apart.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Thank you for this! I am learning from the comments that the ducktales reboot is an absolute must watch 😁🦆

[@fennecishere]

Someone else already mentioned this but Ducktales 2017 does a LOT better at differentiating the Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Most times it doesn't even come up that they're specifically triplets, they're treated like normal siblings. An episode that comes to mind is one where Dewey comes up with an "only child day" where he and his brothers each pretend to be only children for a day (Although Huey actually kinda hates the idea, he's kinda forced to go with it). They all have they're own personalities that aren't reduced to a single attribute and they often times get episodes all to themselves without their brothers. It also really shows how stressful it is raising triplets, especially for poor Donald who had to raise them from birth (hatching) completely alone since his sister, well I won't spoil it but basically she was out of the picture when they still eggs. He's insanely overprotective (for good reason) and really tries his best with all three of them, although I think Dewey kinda gets the least amount of attention like you mentioned, which kinda explains his acting out. The show is so so good and I definitely recommend it! If you watch it I'd love to hear your thoughts of the portrayal!

[@lynniewood]

I wasn't a twin/triplet, but i can relate to a tiny bit of the struggle. i have 5 siblings all 2 years apart and we all look extremely similar, basically the exact same face. we were constantly lumped together, called eachothers names, invited to things as a group, had group birthday parties most years, etc. I got called my sisters name during my damn graduation ceremony 😭 I remember feeling really upset constantly being refered to as the "smith" girls instead of my name, and i tried really really hard to do anything to stand out. Probably why i started dyeing my hair bright colors lol

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Omggg getting called the wrong name during GRADUATION I am so sorry 😭😭😭 and totally relate to just being lumped as one group! Me and my sisters all went hard on trying to be individual too. I also dye my hair 👩🏻‍🦰

[@idontneedachannelthanksyou7292]

Great video! I feel the same (though I’m not a twin or triplet) about being the happy ending for two characters. They feel like an afterthought, a simple ‘look they had trolleys, that must mean they’re happy!’ ugh

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Haha so true!!! Trolleys also make for good happy endings I guess 😉😂

[@terratanVT]

Huey, Dewey and Louie from the original cartoons were very much copies of each other, The 90s cartoon series Quack Pack started by giving them distinct personalities and aged them up to teenagers. Then Ducktales got rebooted in 2017 and they all got focused episodes about each of them individually about their own interests and passions. They became more of the focus than the adults in the reboot as well. You might want to check them up as they are very interesting in these shows. I also appreciate when twins and triplets are depicted with their own identities in media.

[@riabeweeb1018]

My grandma is an identical twin, she struggled with her identity for a long time. She was always labeled as the “dumb” twin growing up, and struggled with a ton of things you mentioned in your video! She actually wrote a book about finding her own identity away from her sister, I think the book is called “a part made whole” if anyone is interested!

[@CassidyBlitzus356]

I'm interested! Thanks for the name, I'll search for it, and I'm sorry your grandma had to go through that, is awful

[@delrodriguez9422]

This is personal friend anecdote Sarah was my friend in middle school and she was dating one of the Vega Triplets who were 3 identical triplets who were distinguished mostly by people through hair cut and mole placement by other students. Didnt find out until we became closer friends in highschool that they broke up not because they didn't like eachother but because her classmates would austrasize and effectively slut shame her for dating a triplet singular saying that clearly she just wanted all of them for herself. Still to this day I am baffled by the idiocies of those classmates

[@missmangayaoi]

I would HIGHLY HIGHLY suggest you watch 2017 Ducktales! The triplets are very individual, Dewey is the funny crazy one. Huey is the high stress book smart one, and Luey loves money and coming up with new businesses. They have many many episodes where they pair up with different characters, and everyones personalities have a different vibe to them, so every different pairing is interesting. They also have a day they call only child day. Where they all pretend they're only children and spend their day accordingly. Plus, David Tennant is the voice of Scrooge McDuck. So, bonus!

[@SavannahPhillipss]

The theme tune is a BOP this is 100% my next watch! It sounds great, thank you for the recommendation 😊 I’ll have to make a follow up video lol 🦆

[@kiaratoo]

I think I took physical damage when you lumped DuckTales with Alvin and the Chipmunks ha ha, I love that show. You make a really interesting point on the difference of how male v female triplets are depicted, and I like how you talked about all the other triplets and their depictions. Hope I see more of your content on my yt page! :)

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Haha sorry 😭 I have learned my lesson and will watch the ducktales reboot 😂 thank you so much for your support! ☺️

[@jennamathews7506]

I will agree Ducktales 2017 was WAAAY better written than Alvin and the Chipmunks, but AATC has more depth than the movies make it seem! I feel like the 2015 show gives the characters a lot of depth but the 80s cartoon also has great moments! The earlier seasons of the 80s play the boys as less unique, but the later seasons let each brother and sister have moments to shine.

[@XxEthernanoEmiko]

honestly siblings in most media is pretty awful. It almost always gives the impression that the writer has never had a sibling because of how bad the siblings are written in general. Especially sibling rivalries. One that comes to mind who are twins is Dante and vergil from the game Devil May Cry, fantastic relationship. They do fall into that 'the angry one' and 'the silly one' trope if you don't look close enough but over all they are very well written and have a realistic sibling dynamic considering they were apart for practically their entire life and then meet again in their early twenties-late teens they don't have that much of an issue fighting each other because they don't know each other I as a younger sibling just hate how in every work of media with siblings in general the siblings are categorized as creatures with either the same personality or falling into tropes. My older brother and I have a lot in common so I always think its dumb when siblings act completely different with so similar mannerisms or anything especially if they grow up together

[@ThePrincessCH]

Which shows showcase the best sibling dynamics in your opinion?

[@fanfight]

When I saw the image of the three girls from the Beauty and the Beast animated movie you put in the video my mind clicked right away and i thought "They have different hairstyles! The differences between every hairstyle is minimal but it's there,I thought they had the same indentical hairstyle!""

[@SavannahPhillipss]

They do don’t they! I guess that’s that strong individual streak coming out 🙃😂

[@nadjakari1752]

I also thought their eyes and cheekbones are actually slightly different. Some eyebrow expression too. But I was a too keen observant child, thought the artists behind them didn’t put lot of effort into trying to match them as I thought that’s what they wanted to do.

[@athenarocks7657]

I think I heard a while ago that the hairstyles are actually all based off of previous Disney princesses, which I think is cool. I know at least one of them has Ariel’s hair style.

[@lanfae9353]

I haven't watched more than the first episode, but my parents used to watch This Is Us a lot, and that features a family with triplets throughout the years. One of the original three babies died the same day it was born, and there was an abandoned baby in the hospital, so the parents adopted that baby and raised him alongside their biological kids as part of the set of triplets (though it's obvious he's adopted since the family is white and he's Black). I think the show ran into some controversy in later seasons, but if you like adult drama shows, it might be worth checking out

[@athenarocks7657]

I’ve only watched some of s1, but my mom watched all of it I think. I’m also a transracial adoptee (black into white family) and it has some great story lines related to that.

[@arielgalles2107]

If you want good triplet representation, then I recommend the DuckTales reboot. Unlike the original, the triplets have different clothes and distinct interests. They all have their own character arcs and grow in different ways throughout the series.

[@helixsol7171]

Alvin is the brash, confident one, Simon is the smart one, and Theodore is the the kind, innocent one who eats a lot. This is just the most basic things about them, there's a little more to them from all sorts of media, but this is how everyone knows them.

[@melonsodaproductions2838]

One of my favorite kids shows as a young kid was called ”The Triplets” (Original catalan title ”Les Tres Bessones”). I always thought it was very underrated. But despite triplets being main characters, I barely remembered their names and just referred to them as ”the blue one, the green one and the pink one” (what is it with cartoon triplets and the color scheme being blue, green and red/pink?). They all wore the same gray overalls with different colored shirts underneath, and had the same hairstyle and hair color. I just remembered that the green one liked to eat.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Hahaha the green one is relatable 👀 I’ll have to check it out! The colour scheme is so overdone though 🤔 I wonder which colour out of red, green and blue my assigned colour is 😅😂

[@DatSilverWolf17]

I'm not a twin or triplet, but ever since I was a kid I couldn't describe the discomfort and annoyance I felt with the need for media to have identical siblings do everything together, including all talking at the same time, wearing the same thing, working together as one person, divided-up slivers of one person, or one of them is an evil version of the other. The bottom line is that multiple-birth siblings share a womb, and I don't think I see much media shows that, where it's individual people born on presumably the same day. I think Encanto is the one thing that made me ultimately realize that glaring problem with other triplet characters in media, they exemplified the whole "individuals born on the same day but that's it" dynamic as opposed to those "they look alike so they dress the same and talk at the same time and do everything together" gimmicks. I see those dehumanizing gimmicks play into how actual multiple-birth children are treated in real life. I'll see parents dressing their kids the same or giving them the same haircuts (seriously... WHY would parents ever need to do that? Is it cute to brag about?). Lastly, can I just say that "this one is the smart one, and that one is the *pretty* one" is such a quintessential example of people objectifying girls as well as setting up unhealthy comparisons between siblings??? Girls get an early start at being objectified if someone says one girl is pretty, that ends up insinuating something for the others that aren't called that, and that's when the insecurities begin. Siblings as it is are already faced with unhealthy comparisons to each other no matter their age gap or gender, but that torture must be dialed ALL the way up for multiple-birth siblings.

[@itsvale6371]

i gotta say reading the comments sadly parents dressing their siblings the same way is a common thing, but ofc eventually twins grow up and get an own style but is realistic in a way for kids at least it is

[@zoey-oey-oeyd4020]

this isn't all that relevant but the san francisco giants (baseball team) have two pitchers who are identical twins named taylor and tyler rogers. they're actually fairly easy to tell apart when you're watching the game because taylor is left-handed and tyler pitches so side-arm that it's kind of upside-down (i genuinely cannot stress enough how not normal the way he pitches is). tyler is a better pitcher than taylor but taylor decided to come play for the giants after tyler had already been here for a while so i guess he doesn't mind. also apparently when they were in high school and college taylor was the hotshot and tyler didn't surpass him until he started pitching upside-down. so there's an example of actual real humans who are identical twins who do the same job for the same sports team (and as a consequence of that, wear the same clothes) and guess what? they're still very much their own people! and that's obvious even to fans who don't know them personally at all!

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Ooh interesting real life example, thank you! True fans respect the players individuality and autonomy, like with the giants 😁😁

[@MintChoco-g4f]

Hi 👋 I have younger identical twin brothers (11 years old). I definitely think of them as similar since they’ve grown up together and played together both at school and at home but they do have their differences in personality. Ones more adventurous and loud while the other is quieter and enjoys quietly drawing especially when one is out at the shops with my mum (he’s still able to keep up with the other when he’s being loud). I don’t tend to see them like this unless I’m specifically talking about their personalities and art (I’m an artist myself) especially since it’s hard to reduce them down to one personality because they’re kinda one individual personality mixed with influences from the other. They do tend to share a lot of their stuff unless they want to be clear as to who owns what thing (especially if we bought two of that thing for each). Kinda surprisingly, despite being identical, they don’t really do the ‘swap clothes and pretend to be the other twin’ thing though they definitely have a bit of cheekiness in them (I’d say they tend to be more mischievous at school though they could be at home just to annoy me)

[@SavannahPhillipss]

That’s so thoughtful, thank you for sharing 😊 sometimes for brevity we do end up reducing people to just one or two traits, definitely. It’s great you acknowledge that though 😁

[@TheHarlequinHatter]

Huey Dewey and Louie have spent most of their existence as, more or less, a single character with three heads. They all have the same voice and personality. However, they have been expanded upon, and each have their own personalities in Quack Pack and Ducktales 2017. They were more or less teenage stereotypes in Quack Pack (The cool one, the smart one, and the athletic one respectively), but really work as well rounded individuals in Ducktales 2017. I feel like any animation fan should watch Ducktales 2017, but I think triplets looking for good representation might find it especially enjoyable.

[@mandyiaa]

There’s this show that focuses on these twins who start off exactly alike but by the end they’re completely different people. It’s a really nice show cause throughout the series we can actually see their own personalities shine through even when they’re pretending to be one person so by the end when they go their separate paths it really makes sense!

[@EvelynnEndgame]

That sounds neat, what show is it?

[@mandyiaa]

@@EvelynnEndgameit’s called migi and Dali and tbh it’s not for everyone😭 it gets a bit odd at times but if you don’t mind it then the show should be pretty enjoyable :)

[@EvelynnEndgame]

@@mandyiaa Awesome, thanks for the warning!

[@ThePrincessCH]

Have you seen Phil and Lil from "Rugrats" and "All Grown Up"? In the first series, they're basically the same, which I think works since they're supposed to be babies in that one, but in the second series, they showcase how they've grown from being a matched set.

[@sage.81]

In the Duck Tails reboot Huey, Dewey, and Louie actually have distinct personalities and spend a lot of time apart

[@elsiealexandracristinavene9196]

The power puff girls are little so his father is the one who clothe them so it is normal who is similar clothes and have them a single bed, and they don’t have other friends but when they get older, like teens sure they will get to do things alone change clothes do a different jobs etc. they are in preschool.

[@cyborgpuppyofficial]

This video is so good! I found this really interesting, and I liked hearing the perspective of a triplet for this trope. As a sibling, but not a Triplet, then I usually don't really like the triplet tropes and how it's handled most of the time, especially for women. Though I think I should tell you about a lesser known trio, the Sonic Underground triplets, Sonic, Sonia, and Manic. Despite their terrible names, then they're actually pretty different from each other. Since the show was made in the 90s, of course they have some flaws of being put together all the time, and having their tropes. But due to the story of Underground, where they need to learn how to get along as siblings, and also needing to find their mother. Then I personally can forgive them being together most of the time. I do like how the show attempts to define them more than "main character", "girl", and "bad boy" in some episodes. For example, there's an entire episode about Sonia and Manic feeling inferior compared to Sonic, since he gets a lot of attention for his powers. Sometimes there's solo episodes about the individual sibling from time to time. For example, I believe Manic is the youngest of the three, because there's a lot of episodes about him feeling unloved/forgotten. That's a very younger sibling thing to think as someone who grew up as a middle child and younger sibling at one point. There's also episodes about him finding his identity, and trying to feel different from his siblings (mainly his brother Sonic). Which I think also is probably a struggle triplets face, but I wouldn't know for sure. There's also a few episodes dedicated to Sonia, which on the surface, are about her swooning over guys. But most of the time, it ends in her not getting with the guy, and learning more about herself, or how to stand up for herself. Which honestly, for a show in the 90's that was pretty progressive. Of course she's still feminine, she loves shopping and makeup and other girly things. But she's still a badass fighter, she's the leader of her resistance, and she doesn't let people take advantage of her. They aren't perfect of course, I mostly think Sonic is bad, and suffers from the "Radical cool main character" triplet trope. They never give episodes to just Sonic, and they usually try to paint him as "in the right" because he's a main character. He can also come off as kind of a jerk, especially because we never see anything about him in solo episodes, and what his struggles might be as the popular and powerful sibling. But that's like the one thing wrong I can think of, otherwise in my opinion I think they did well. I wonder what you think about this, I thought I'd mention them since I'm a huge Sonic nerd. I'm sad that something like the comics have never tried to write siblings characters ever again for some reason. I hope you found this comment interesting. ^^

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Oh my goshhh Sonic Underground! I spent a lot of time on American cruise ships growing up as my parents worked on them, and I remember watching that show on the channels in the cabin! I remember being really confused because I thought Sonia and Amy were the same person, and I think because of that in my child brain I never focussed as much on the fact that they were triplets because I thought Sonia fancied Sonic, haha. I had totally forgot about sonic underground until I came to do this video, but I thought they might have been too niche to cover in this broad overview. This comment has made me realise I should defo include them in my next one 😄 and you’re bang on with your analysis there, it’s so relatable! Thanks for commenting ☺️

[@shyadri]

I understand your first hot take, while I am not a triplet, my mom had me and my siblings pretty quick so we were of similar age ranges. She told me that sometimes as a parent, you are going to have to focus all of your energy on one, which will automatically affect one's time with the others. The sibling who was sick, moving out, or in a crisis tended to be above the list of priorities over the kids who don't have the issues. Thinking back to my childhood, I don't really see much issues of this idea, although it could be a mix of us understanding it and us just getting lucky and not having a big crisis happening the same time as someone else. Although, if you are a parent and you realize one kid needs much more priority for a reason, please at least take time to explain the issue to the other kids and don't leave them in the dark. They won't have a full understanding of the situation, but it helps them better understand the situation at hand.

[@aShadeBolder]

my hot take is that this is just one more example of the thing where media demands a reason for characters to deviate from a perceived default. they're triplets because "hahaha, Shrek is overwhelmed by too many babies just like he feared, but look he's still happy. is't that wonderful character growth?" or that character is gay because it's a coming out story or whatever. yeah, it sucks. it feels alienating to the people who end up being the plot trope over and over, but also makes other people see trope-d out humans irl as more like that representation (it's probably part of the reason for the sexualisation you described, for example). I hadn't considered twins/triplets/higher multiples in this, but it absolutely makes sense.

[@Abestine0]

How do u expect babies to "be their own person" and have personalities

[@ughhgh5430]

Because they do have their own personalities?

[@Abestine0]

@@ughhgh5430 babies don’t really have personalities…

[@mggardiner4066]

@@Abestine0actually they do! For instance, a lot of the pop sci approach to attachment theory you see floating around is all about environment/upbringing which can play a role, but the actual science a lot was looking at babies and toddlers and why some behave differently from birth even. You can have babies that cry a lot, babies that have different schedules, ones that laugh more, etc.

[@samwallaceart288]

I've babysat my youngest brother, and I've babysat my newborn niece. Immediately, they are VERY different people. My brother was very closed-off from his surroundings and patient about noise; self-focused, sedentary, and preoccupied with his physical comfort. My baby niece is the total opposite; 110% tuned in to her surroundings, immediately retracts if you are in a bad mood, is extremely social and cognizant of others' attention; while she fusses when physically uncomfortable, she's far more disturbed when she heard someone talking but can't see them. My brother would cry if someone walks in the house and comes to greet him; my niece would cry if you walk in and DON'T greet her. My brother acted fearful when things don't go his way. My niece gets ANGRY, it's unmistakable. So yeah. Right out the gate, they're already opposite personalities. I was expecting more of the same, but within the first week it was clear, she's a Type-A, high functioning, militant little shit. Love that kid.

[@Lanai50]

Ducktales 2017 is one of my favorite shows that i got into as an adult 😂. Its so funny and doesnt take itself seriously and the triplets actually do have separate personalities and styles mannerisms despite still being identical. Plus different voice actors which is really cool as theyre able to protray the whole siblings dynamic very authentically! I highly recommend it to anyone

[@blossyossyossy]

I'm not a twin or a triplet and have never even lived with my siblings for reasons (age gaps) but I do have several OCs that are twins / triplets and this video unironically makes me feel better about them cause none of my triplet OCs look the same (as they were all based on the Powerpuff Girls to some extent) and my twin OCs absolutely hate each other. One triplet group has a great relationship all around, the other group has an average one, and the third group has one that has been falling apart for years and watching this video + reading the comments make me feel better about a lot of things; especially the sour relationships between several siblings.

[@bearstarpresents2264]

It might be my age, but I haven’t seen the Rugrats mentioned yet. The two would switch their hair bow and the parents couldn’t tell them apart even though they were a boy and girl. Never watched the sequel so I don’t know what happened to them as they got older.

[@PaperbackWriter92]

I’m 32 years old and not a twin but I can elaborate on the “Rugrats” spinoff because I was in that age group back in 2003, like 11-12 when “All Grown Up” first came out. I haven’t watched much of the sequel either but I do remember that the first episode (“Coup Deville”) was about Lil wanting to be her own person independent from Phil because she had grown tired of everyone treating them like a ‘we’ just because they’re twins.

[@Silly_Sulky_Seli]

I am sure you'll love the Ducktales 2017 version of Huey, Dewey and Louie they're exactly what you're looking for and it's an awesome show!!!!! each brother gets his own season even to get development, they're all their own characters and people can see them as "smart one, green one, ect" but they make it clear that's simply other's their ideas eventually they do a take on female triplets but it's kind of a messy case (they tried to do a twist on the "treat them ase clones" but because the show got cut short the female friend of who meets them didn't get enough time to progress the twist)

[@jacquelinewright868]

Another set of triplets under the 'happly ever after' how to train your dragon with toothless kids dart(the smart one), pouncer(the high energy one) and ruffrunner(the lazy one)

[@rebeccawiens4224]

I'd love to see more about other depictions of multiples in media.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Thank you so much Rebecca, I’ll be sure to look into it more and make another video 😃

[@iamverysorryforbeingstupid6673]

You should try watching this old Korean reality tv call The Return of Superman, it is about celebrity dads taking care of their children. They had twins and triplets on the show and recently there was an interview with the dad and the triplets years later after the show. I only watched it for the Song triplets Daehan, Minguk, and Manse as I love how the siblings dynamics and what outing they were going to do that episode but also how the dad, Song Il-kook, parents as like many reality tv there are cuts to his thoughts and I love how he talks about the different personalities he sees in his sons and what trait his sons got from him and his wife. Fun fact, their names means Long Live Korean lol and during the years after interview I think the dad mention he had a back up name plans just in case his sons were bullied for that as to Koreans it sounds weird as names. Which shows how thoughtful the dad is. Oh and there are crossover episodes with the twins.

[@randirielthebard]

I'm the older sibling of a set of twins whom people are often shocked to learn are twins, they're so vastly different in every way but gender

[@Brittanysplittany]

I’d love to hear you talk more about being a triplet! Like school stories, experiences, etc

[@nail-art-diversity]

What about the Quagmire triplets from A Series of Unfortunate Events?

[@goldenfish216]

What about Phil and lil?? I like how the show creators handled the twins --- At first in the series (the movies too i think) phil and lil where exactly the same but go on further lil wanted to separate from her brother (manly in all grown up! I think) ---- and there parents were like "you want to separate form your brother? Ok!" -- As a twin myself I love that they let lil be her own person without her brother! But for me i would not be myself without my twin sister :) --- Edit:did forget to mention that i do hate it when twins are shown to be creepy...its very rude and stereotypes i hate evan more >:(

[@XWierdThingsHappenX]

Pointing the ogre triplets are literal babies. Babies don’t really have much of a personality.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

V true, but my point wasn’t to evaluate their personalities but more their very existence as a quirky happy ending for the main characters which is a bit of an overdone trope imo!

[@aithanagloria3038]

Hello! Identical twin here. I'm so happy youtube recommended your video because I've been wondering why none talked about the HUGE problem of twin/tripplet representation on content media. Hearing you talk about your experience as a triplet really resonated with me even if our cases are kinda different (I do look almost exactly the same as my sister and we are very very close, even as adults) Thanks for sharing your opinion and I'm very interested in keep hearing your opinions in this theme, nice video. Peace ✌️

[@user-xsn5ozskwg]

Man, I hadn't even considered the sexualisation angle and how exhausting that must be. Thanks for making this video; I certainly didn't go looking for it but I'm glad to have heard a perspective on something I'd never given much thought.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Thank you!! 🫶

[@HISTORYmjGirl]

I'd like to know your opinions on "This Is us". Of the triplets (Kevin, Kate, and Randall), one brother is a semi celebrity, the sister struggles with her weight as well and her dream of becoming a singer, and the other brother dabbles in politics.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Ahh interesting, thank you for the recommendation. I’ll check it out so I can include them in a future video 😄

[@Dazzlefae]

I love This Is Us!!

[@Rozdlc]

Rugrats had a spin-off show called All Grown Up, which follows the babies in their teen years. In the original show, the twins Phil and Lil were inseparable and liked the same things (ex: mud and worms). But in the pilot of the spin-off, Lil decides that she wants to be more of her own person. She starts to like more girlie things and even asks to have her own room and hangs out with other people rather than with her brother and their old friends. Meanwhile, Phil is trying to cope with all the changes and having to accept his sister has new interests and wants time away from him. Thought it was pretty interesting.

[@user-js6ub2jr8f]

A writer here…thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts on your life. I have a couple of story ideas that have characters who are twins and you have given me some things to keep in mind as I develop them and the plot. Also a couple of older Disney movies I wonder if you have seen; The Parent Trap III & The Parent Trap Hawaiian Honeymoon? The original films of course focused on sisters separated by their divorced parents. The third and fourth ones have identical triplets. There is even a scene where the sisters talk about the annoyance of people assuming they think identical gifts are cute.

[@agarcia3986]

I didn’t realize Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno were triplets! I just thought they were regular old siblings

[@elaineb7065]

In the scenes where the grandmother is young, you see her holding three babies of similar size, therefore so close in age triplets is all they can be

[@cadence57b6]

The indicators are there. In the memory scenes during 'Dos Oruguitas,' Alma visually announces triplets to Pedro with three connected paper dolls. And in the finale song when Bruno is reintroduced to the family, Agustín sings "The triplets all reunite." The more you know! 😊🌈🌟

[@themoonlightknight]

What do you think about The Triplets by Roser Capdevila? It is a series of books for kids which later turned into an animated TV series in the 90's. The three girls are actually based off of the creator's actual triplets. Also, I'm asking because I'm not sure if the series is popular outside of Catalonia and Spain and I want to know what people think of catalan media :]

[@Sorrowsong0]

I think the reason Disney and so many other animation companies like triplets so much is because what they're really trying to pursue is a Three Musketeers trope, and being triplets is just a very convenient reason to put everybody together without much explanation in their backgrounds, because the intent is more about getting up to shenanigans or being comic relief. I think you have several good points in addition to this in that it would be good to see stories that are more explicitly about being a triplet and the interpersonal relationships that happen this way, instead of just being a novelty. In this setting there would not be a Three Muskteers trope necessarily, and it could develop or not depending on how the author wants to drive the story. In addition to that, the Three Musketeers trope is still quite fun on its own and it would be nice to see the trope acted out in a way that isn't so reliant on the group being siblings to start out with. I think creators have become so reliant on siblings that stereotypes have now developed around triples which you and others now have to suffer, and also it's become cliche for the trope as well. In other words it would be good to see stories that are actually about being a triplet without necessarily being automatically a Musketeer, and also it would be good to see stories about the Three Musketeer trope where the group isn't together just because they're siblings.

[@CandyThePuppy]

2:10 as the oldest of five, the final three being only two years apart: one, then later two twins, I can agree with this. It is a LOT of kids to have to take care of at once. Many of my earliest memories were just of me watching how tired my parents were and trying to help them starting at the age of 5-7. While it definitely had its bright side later on: we're all so close in age that it's easier for us to bond and become legitimate friends, I personally wouldn't recommend it to anyone simply because it indeed was very hard and there were times growing up that I felt neglected because of it.

[@SavannahPhillipss]

Thank you so much for your input! Yeah I defo think with really big families it ends up being inevitable that older kids will help to raise the younger kids which imo shouldn’t happen! But of course you’re right in that there can be upsides to it as well like later in life. But is it worth the caring responsibilities during those crucial childhood years? Probably not, I agree :)

[@therearenocowshere]

As the oldest of six, it's such a complicated relationship I have to being from a big family for this reason. Like. Idk I definitely don't want six kids for the reasons you said, I'd feel super guilty like I couldn't pour love and time and attention and opportunity into every one of them as much as they deserved. But I love my siblings so so much and wouldn't trade a single one of them for the world, and I also think they made my childhood better even if we didn't get that much parental attention or care. So I'm torn like maybe I would feel bad not giving my kids those relationships and dynamics too. Right now we have two under two and it's A LOT. But again wouldn't change it for the world because they'll always have one another. Guess we'll see if more kids seem right for our family in the future but definitely not now.

[@CandyThePuppy]

@@therearenocowshere Hahah! Awwe, two little ones? My brother and I are 18 months apart, so we grew up like twins. I'm so thankful for having him in my life especially, since he's always been my friend. Even when I was bullied at school and had a hard time making any friends, I always knew I had him to go back home to and play with. Definitely smart to raise two little ones so close together like that. I would probably do the same if I ever had kids. I wish you luck and that your kids grow up to be the best of friends!

[@sunlakestar2549]

I think one of the best representations of multiples in media is Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn. They all look different, act different, and while yes, they do things together, they have different friends and do different things and have different interests. They do kind of go back into that male triplet thing you were talking about but it was one of my favorite shows growing up especially because it shows the less positive part of having siblings just as much as the positive.