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Trilogy

A trilogy is a set of three works of art, usually literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
, film

Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, or video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three individual works.

Most trilogies are works of fiction

Fiction

Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
involving the same characters or setting, such as The Deptford Trilogy
The Deptford Trilogy

The Deptford Trilogy is a set of three related novels by Canada novelist Robertson Davies....
of novel

Novel

File:2009 stapelweise Neuerscheinungen im Buchladen.JPGA novel is today a long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern Romance and in the tradition of the novella....
s by Robertson Davies

Robertson Davies

William Robertson Davies, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Literature was a Canada novelist, theatre, criticism, journalism, and professor....
or The Godfather
The Godfather

The Godfather is an Cinema of the United States crime film film based on the The Godfather by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne, who was not credited....
films of Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning United States film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, publisher and Hotel manager....
. Others are connected only by theme: for example, each film of Krzysztof Kieslowski

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Krzysztof Kieslowski , was an influential Academy Awards-nominated Poland film film director and screenwriter, known internationally for his film cycles The Decalogue and Three Colors....
's Three Colors
Three Colors

Three Colours is the collective title of three films directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, two made in France and one primarily in Poland: Trois couleurs: Bleu , Trzy kolory: Bialy , and Trois couleurs: Rouge ....
trilogy explores one of the political ideals of the French Republic (liberty, equality, fraternity

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Libert?, ?galit?, fraternit?, French language for "Liberty, Social equality, :wikt:fraternity ", is the national motto of France, and is a typical example of a tripartite motto....
) and each novel in Paul Auster

Paul Auster

Paul Benjamin Auster is a Brooklyn-based author known for works blending absurdism and crime fiction, such as The New York Trilogy , Moon Palace and Brooklyn Follies ....
's The New York Trilogy
The New York Trilogy

The New York Trilogy is a series of novels by Paul Auster. Originally published sequentially as City of Glass , Ghosts and The Locked Room , it has since been collected into a single volume....
uses formats from detective fiction

Detective fiction

Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction in which a detective , either professional or amateur, investigate a crime, usually murder. Detective fiction is the most popular form of both mystery fiction and hardboiled crime fiction....
to explore existential

Existentialism

Existentialism is a term that has been applied to the work of a number of nineteenth and twentieth century philosophers who, despite profound doctrinal differences, took the human subject — not merely the thinking subject, but the acting, feeling, living human individual and his or her conditions of existence — as a starting point...
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A trilogy is a set of three works of art, usually literature

Literature

Film

Fiction

Novel

Robertson Davies

Francis Ford Coppola

Krzysztof Kieslowski

Liberté, égalité, fraternité

Paul Auster

Detective fiction

Existentialism

The Nova Trilogy

The Nova Trilogy, The Nova Epic or The Cut-up Trilogy is a name commonly given by critics to a series of three experimental prose novels by William S....
" of novels by William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs II was an United States novelist, essayist, social critic, Painting and spoken word performer.Much of Burroughs's work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life....
, each written using Brion Gysin

Brion Gysin

Brion Gysin was a Painting, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.He is best known for his discovery of the cut-up technique used by William S....
’s cut-up technique

Cut-up technique

The cut-up technique is an aleatory literary technique or literary genre in which a Writing is cut up at random and rearranged to create a new text....
.

Trilogies — and series in general — are common in science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
and fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
because of the artistic importance of complex ideas and the commercial importance of brand names.

Occasionally, the term is applied to music, such as the Berlin Trilogy

Berlin Trilogy

The Berlin Trilogy is a series of David Bowie albums recorded in collaboration with Brian Eno in the 1970s. The three albums are Low , "Heroes" and Lodger ....
of David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
, linked together by their musical sound and lyrical themes, and the fact that part of them was recorded in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
.

A trilogy is different from a triptych

Triptych

A triptych is a work of art which is divided into three sections, or three Wood carving panels which are hinged together and folded. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works; the diptych has two panels....
, which is three related or connected paintings that are created at one time and designed to be viewed as a single work.

Ancient trilogies

Trilogies date back to ancient times.

In the Dionysia

Dionysia

The Dionysia was a large religious festival in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus, the central event of which was the performance of tragedy and, since 487 BC, Greek comedy....
festivals of ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
, for example, trilogies of plays were performed followed by a fourth satyr play

Satyr play

Satyr plays were an Ancient Greece form of tragicomedy, similar to the modern-day burlesque style. They always featured a chorus of satyrs and were based in Greek mythology and contained themes of, among other things, drinking, overt sexuality , pranks and general merriment....
. The Oresteia
The Oresteia

The Oresteia is a trilogy of Theatre of ancient Greece tragedy written by Aeschylus which concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus....
is the only surviving trilogy of these ancient Greek plays, originally performed at the festival in Athens

Athens

Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....
in 458 BC. The three Theban plays, or Oedipus

Oedipus

Oedipus was a Greek mythology monarch of Thebes, Greece. He fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family....
cycle, by Sophocles

Sophocles

Sophocles was the second of the three classical Greece tragedy whose work has survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus and earlier than those of Euripides....
, originating in 5th century BC, is not a true example of a trilogy because the plays were written at separate times and with different themes/purposes.

In ancient India

History of India

The known history of India begins with the Indus Valley Civilization, which spread and flourished in the north-western part of the Indian subcontinent, from c....
, an example of an early trilogy includes the epic

Indian epic poetry

Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent. Originally composed in Sanskrit and translated thereafter into Kannada, Tamil language and Hindi, it includes some of the oldest epic poetry ever created and some works form the basis of Hindu scripture....
Mahabharata
Mahabharata

The is one of the two major Sanskrit Indian epic poetrys of History of India, the other being the '. The epic is part of the Hindu itihasa , and forms an important part of Hindu mythology....
, which originally consisted of three portions. Vyasa

Vyasa

Vyasa is a central and revered figure in the majority of Hinduism traditions. He is also sometimes called Veda Vyasa , or Krishna Dvaipayana ....
's original core portion of the epic was the Jaya. Vaisampayana

Vaisampayana

Vaisampayana or Vaisampayana a character in the Mahabharata, one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. He was a celebrated History of India sage who was the original teacher of the Black Yajurveda....
's Bharata expanded on the story, with Vyasa's Jaya embedded within it. Ugrasrava eventually composed the Mahabharata, with both Vyasa's Jaya and Vaisampayana's Bharata embedded within the epic.

Adding works to an existing trilogy

Creators of trilogies may later add more works. In such a case, the original three works may or may not keep the title "trilogy."

Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
's epic series of operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen
Der Ring des Nibelungen

Der Ring des Nibelungen is a literature cycle of four epic poetry music dramas by the Germany composer Richard Wagner. The operas are based loosely on characters from the Sagas and the Nibelungenlied....
, is sometimes referred to as a trilogy even though it consists of four works: Das Rheingold
Das Rheingold

Das Rheingold is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen , by Richard Wagner. Das Rheingold was originally written as an introduction to the 3 part Ring, however most people usually regard the 4 parts as equals....
, Die Walküre
Die Walküre

Die Walk?re is the second of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen , by Richard Wagner. It is the source of the famous piece Ride of the Valkyries....
, Siegfried
Siegfried

Siegfried is a German language male given name, meaning "victory peace".Siegfried may also refer to:*Siegfried , an opera by Richard Wagner...
, and Götterdämmerung
Götterdämmerung

is the last of the four operas that make up Der Ring des Nibelungen , by Richard Wagner. It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the Ring....
. The first work, Das Rheingold, is more correctly considered a prelude despite the fact that it is longer than most operas. After this prelude, which sets up the story, the trilogy begins with Die Walküre. Performances of The Ring are usually billed as three nights plus a prelude.

By contrast, The Foundation Series

The Foundation Series

The Foundation Series is an epic science fiction series by Isaac Asimov which covers a span of about 500 years. It consists of seven volumes that are closely linked to each other, although they can be read separately....
by Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov , was a Russian-born United States author and professor of biochemistry, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books....
originally consisted of Foundation
Foundation (novel)

Foundation is the first book in Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy . Foundation is a collection of five short stories, which were first published together as a book by Gnome Press in 1951....
, Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire

Foundation and Empire is a novel written by Isaac Asimov that was published by Gnome Press in 1952. It is the second book published in the Foundation Series, and the fourth in the in-universe chronology....
and Second Foundation
Second Foundation

Second Foundation is the third novel published of the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov, and the fifth in the in-universe chronology. It was first published in 1953 by Gnome Press....
and was considered a trilogy. Asimov wrote several more Foundation books and retroactively incorporated

Retcon

Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction. The change is informally referred to as a "retcon", and producing a retcon is called "retconning"....
many of his other works into the continuity

Continuity (fiction)

In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, plot , objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer. It is of relevance to several mass media....
of the series. Despite this, the first three books are still considered a trilogy because they contain a story that is self-contained. Further complicating the matter, the Foundation series was originally eight short stories and novelettes written for science fiction magazines; its division into three books is more or less incidental.

The first three novels in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a Comic science fiction series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon....
series were dubbed a trilogy, and even after he extended the series to five novels, author Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

Douglas Noel Adams was an England author, dramatist and musician. He is best known as the author of the The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series....
, for humorous effect, continued to dub it a trilogy. He even called Mostly Harmless
Mostly Harmless

For the catch phrase, see Notable phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyMostly Harmless is a novel by Douglas Adams and the fifth book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series....
"the fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named trilogy."

The six Star Wars
Star Wars

Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
films are generally separated into two trilogies; the "original trilogy" (the three films released between 1977 and 1983) and the "prequel trilogy" (the three films released between 1999 and 2005, which take place before the original three films).

Unofficial or mistaken trilogies

Sometimes a trio of works is known as a trilogy because of its creator. For example, before Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, Film producer, cinematographer and actor. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an independent film filmmaker whose films used nonlinear and aestheticization of violence....
's fourth film

Kill Bill

Kill Bill is the fourth film by writer-Film director Quentin Tarantino. Originally conceived as one film, it was released in two separate volumes due to its running time of approximately four hours....
was released, his films Reservoir Dogs
Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs is the 1992 in film directorial debut film of director and writer Quentin Tarantino. It portrays what happens before and after a botched jewel Robbery, but not the heist itself....
, Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction (film)

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 in film United States crime film by director Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclecticism dialogue, irony Black comedy, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic and popular culture references....
, and Jackie Brown
Jackie Brown (film)

Jackie Brown is a 1997 in film crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Pam Grier, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Samuel L....
were sometimes referred to as "the Quentin Tarantino trilogy", although the stories of the three films hardly interconnected. In a similar vein, Hitchcock's Rear Window
Rear Window

Rear Window is a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by John Michael Hayes, based on Cornell Woolrich's short story It Had to Be Murder....
(1954), Vertigo
Vertigo (film)

Vertigo is a psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak and featuring Barbara Bel Geddes and Tom Helmore....
(1958) and Psycho
Psycho (1960 film)

Psycho is an Cinema of the United States Thriller /thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from the screenplay by Joseph Stefano. It is based on the Psycho by Robert Bloch, which was in turn inspired by the crimes of Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein....
(1960) are widely considered as his trilogy about voyeurism

Voyeurism

In clinical psychology, voyeurism is the sexual interest in or practice of spying on people engaged in intimate behaviors, such as undressing, sexual activity, or other activity usually considered to be of a private nature....
.

Three works with similar themes from a creator may later come to be known as a trilogy, especially if produced one after the other. The Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. Forbes magazine places Spielberg's net worth at $3.1 billion....
films A.I.: Artificial Intelligence
A.I. (film)

A.I. Artificial Intelligence is a 2001 science fiction film directed, produced and co-written by Steven Spielberg. Based on the short story Super-Toys Last All Summer Long, the film stars Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor, Jude Law, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas and William Hurt....
, Minority Report
Minority Report (film)

Minority Report is a 2002 in film science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story The Minority Report and it is one of several Philip K....
, and Catch Me If You Can
Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can is a 2002 comedy-drama crime film loosely based on the life of Frank Abagnale, who, before his 19th birthday, successfully confidence trick millions of United States dollar by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor and Louisiana prosecutor....
are unofficially known as "the running man trilogy," because each featured a main character escaping a pursuer. Terry Gilliam

Terry Gilliam

Terrence Vance Gilliam is an American-born British writer, filmmaker, animator and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Gilliam is also known for directing several well-regarded films including Brazil , Twelve Monkeys , and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ....
has dubbed his films Time Bandits
Time Bandits

Time Bandits is a 1981 in film fantasy film, produced and directed by Terry Gilliam.Gilliam wrote the screenplay with fellow Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin, who appears with Shelley Duvall in the small, recurring roles of Vincent and Pansy....
, Brazil
Brazil (film)

Brazil is a 1985 dystopian feature film directed by Terry Gilliam. It was written by Gilliam, Charles McKeown, and Tom Stoppard and stars Jonathan Pryce....
and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is a 1988 in film film directed by Terry Gilliam, starring John Neville , Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Uma Thurman, and Robin Williams....
as "The Imagination Trilogy", in that each movie has to do with the imagination of humans in the three stages of life; child, man, elder man. Another example is the Dollars Trilogy

Dollars Trilogy

The Dollars Trilogy , also known as The Man with No Name Trilogy, refers to the three Italian cinema Spaghetti Westerns starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Sergio Leone:...
by Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone was an Italy film director, Film producer and screenwriter most famous for his spaghetti westerns....
; no continuity between the three movies was intended by Leone, but American marketers advertised the Clint Eastwood character in each film as being the same "Man with No Name

Man with No Name

The Man with No Name is a stock character in American Old West films, but the term usually applies specifically to the character played by United States actor Clint Eastwood in what is often called Dollars Trilogy directed by Sergio Leone....
".

One of the most popular "trilogies" of fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
books, The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is an Epic poetry high fantasy novel written by Philology J.R.R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's earlier, less complex children's fantasy novel The Hobbit , but eventually developed into a much larger work....
by J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, Order of the British Empire was an English people English literature, poetry, Philology, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion....
, is not a trilogy, though it is often referred to as such. Tolkien regarded it as a single work and divided it into a prologue, six books, and five appendices. Because of post-World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
paper

Paper

Paper is thin material mainly used for writing upon, printing upon or packaging. It is produced by pressing together moist fibers, typically cellulose pulp derived from wood, rags or grasses, and drying them into flexible sheets....
shortages, it was originally published in three volumes. It is still most commonly sold as three volumes, but has also been published in one-volume and seven-volume editions (six books and the appendices).

Occasionally, more than three works are planned but never finished. The Gormenghast fantasy trilogy is a trilogy by default, as author Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Laurence Peake was an England Modernist literature, artist, poet and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books....
planned to write more novels set in that fictional world until his health failed.

In contrast, some works that were originally intended to be trilogies have been reclassified due to subsequent additions. Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini

Christopher Paolini is an American writer. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and an as yet untitled Book 4 ....
changed the name of his "The Inheritance Trilogy" to The Inheritance Cycle, having announced that he would be writing a fourth book. However, Star Wars
Star Wars

Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
is an example of how the three original works may be regarded as a trilogy and the later works as separate.

In some cases, a work is retroactively named a trilogy instead of having been designed as such by the authors, particularly if it is a story arc

Story arc

A story arc is an extended or continuing narrative in episode storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and in some cases, films....
of a continuously running series such a comic book or television show. This might be due to a vaguely recurring or coincidental theme in each installment. One example is issues 48, 49, and 50 of the original Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four

The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted in The Fantastic Four #1 , which helped to usher in a new naturalism in the mass media....
comic book which are notable for introducing the characters of Galactus

Galactus

Galactus is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist and co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appearance in Fantastic Four #48 , the first part of a three-issue story later known as "The Galactus Trilogy."...
and Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer

The Silver Surfer is a Marvel Comics superhero created by Jack Kirby. The character first appearance in Fantastic Four #48 , the first of a three-issue arc fans and historians call "The Galactus Trilogy"....
. These are now commonly known as the Galactus Trilogy although the term wasn't used in the original issues. In the modern era of home video

Home video

Home video is a blanket term used for pre-recorded media that is either sold or hired for home entertainment. The term originates from the VHS/Betamax era but has carried over into the current DVD/Blu-ray Disc age....
, story arcs from a long running television series might be packaged as a trilogy boxset even if they weren't explicitly presented as such in the original broadcast. The so-called E-Space Trilogy of Doctor Who
Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box....
includes the stories Full Circle
Full Circle

Full Circle may refer to:Mathematics* Full circle, the same as a Turn , a unit of plane angle, equal to 360? or 2p radiansMusic...
, State of Decay
State of Decay

State of Decay is a list of Doctor Who serials in the United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from November 22 to 13 December 1980....
, and Warriors Gate. Other than being consecutive stories set in E-Space, the three stories are self contained. The same marketing tactic was done for the three following stories, The Keeper of Traken
The Keeper of Traken

The Keeper of Traken is a list of Doctor Who serials in the United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 31 to February 21, 1981....
, Logopolis
Logopolis

Logopolis is a list of Doctor Who serials in the United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from February 28 to March 21, 1981....
, and Castrovalva
Castrovalva

Castrovalva is a list of Doctor Who serials in the United Kingdom science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from January 4 to January 12, 1982...
, this time the connecting theme being The return of The Master

The Master

The Master may refer to:*Fictional works entitled The Master include:**The Master , a novel by Colm T?ib?n**The Master , a 1980s television series starring Lee Van Cleef...
.

Famous trilogies

Novels

The Barrytown Trilogy
The Barrytown Trilogy

The Barrytown Trilogy consists of the first three novels by Ireland writer Roddy Doyle and is first published as a trilogy in 1992. All of the three novels have been adapted into successful movies....
(1987-1991) by Roddy Doyle
Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. Several of his books have been made into successful films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991 in film....
The Border trilogy (1992-1998) by Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy, born Charles McCarthy , is an United States novelist and playwright. He has written ten novels in the Southern Gothic, Western fiction, and Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction genres, and has also written plays and screenplays....
The Bourne Trilogy
Bourne Trilogy

The Bourne Trilogy refers to:* the original three Jason Bourne novels by Robert Ludlum** The Bourne Identity ** The Bourne Supremacy ...
(1980-1990) by Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum

Robert Ludlum was an United States author of 25 Thriller novels. There are more than 290 million copies of his books in print, and they have been translated into 32 languages....
The Cairo Trilogy
Cairo Trilogy

The Cairo Trilogy is a trilogy of novels written by Egyptians novelist and Nobel Prize in literature winner Naguib Mahfouz.The three novels are, in order:...
(1956-1958) by Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz

Naguib Mahfouz was an Egyptians novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature, along with Tawfiq el-Hakim, to explore themes of existentialism....
The Condor Trilogy
Condor Trilogy

The Condor Trilogy is a trilogy of three wuxia fiction novels by Jinyong. The trilogy began with the decline of Jin Dynasty, 1115-1234 and Song Dynasty and the rise of Mongolian Empire....
(1957-61) by Jinyong
Jinyong

Louis Cha, Grand Bauhinia Medal, Order of the British Empire , known with his pen name Jin Yong is one of the most influential modern Chinese language novelists....
The Deptford Trilogy
The Deptford Trilogy

The Deptford Trilogy is a set of three related novels by Canada novelist Robertson Davies....
, The Cornish Trilogy
The Cornish Trilogy

The Cornish Trilogy is three related novels by Canada novel, theatre, criticism, journalism, and professor Robertson Davies.The trilogy consists of The Rebel Angels , What's Bred in the Bone , and The Lyre of Orpheus ....
, The Salterton Trilogy
The Salterton Trilogy

The Salterton Trilogy consists of the first three novels by Canada novelist Robertson Davies: Tempest-Tost , Leaven of Malice , and A Mixture of Frailties ....
by Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies

William Robertson Davies, Order of Canada, Royal Society of Canada, Royal Society of Literature was a Canada novelist, theatre, criticism, journalism, and professor....
The Foundation Trilogy (1950-1953) by Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov , was a Russian-born United States author and professor of biochemistry, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books....
The Gormenghast trilogy (1950-1962) by Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Laurence Peake was an England Modernist literature, artist, poet and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the Gormenghast books....
His Dark Materials
His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy literature by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights , The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass ....
(1995 - 2000) trilogy by Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman

Philip Pullman Order of the British Empire is an England novelist. He is the best-selling author of His Dark Materials , and a number of other books....
The Malayan trilogy (1956-1959) by Anthony Burgess
Anthony Burgess

John Burgess Wilson was an England author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic.His Utopian and dystopian fiction satire A Clockwork Orange, widely considered to be his magnum opus, is by far his most famous novel, and was adapted into a famous, if highly controversial, A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick....
The Mars trilogy
Mars trilogy

The Mars trilogy is a series of award-winning science fiction novels by Kim Stanley Robinson, chronicling the settlement and Terraforming of Mars through the intensely personal and detailed viewpoints of a wide variety of characters spanning almost two centuries....
(1992-96) by Kim Stanley Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson is an United States science fiction writer, probably best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy.His work delves into ecological and sociological themes regularly, and many of his novels appear to be the direct result of his own scientific fascinations, such as the 15 years of research and lifelong fascination with M...
The New York Trilogy
The New York Trilogy

The New York Trilogy is a series of novels by Paul Auster. Originally published sequentially as City of Glass , Ghosts and The Locked Room , it has since been collected into a single volume....
(1985-86) by Paul Auster
Paul Auster

Paul Benjamin Auster is a Brooklyn-based author known for works blending absurdism and crime fiction, such as The New York Trilogy , Moon Palace and Brooklyn Follies ....
The Nova Trilogy
The Nova Trilogy

The Nova Trilogy, The Nova Epic or The Cut-up Trilogy is a name commonly given by critics to a series of three experimental prose novels by William S....
(1961-64) by William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs II was an United States novelist, essayist, social critic, Painting and spoken word performer.Much of Burroughs's work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict, a condition that marked the last fifty years of his life....
The Regeneration trilogy (1990-1995) by Pat Barker
Pat Barker

Pat Barker is an England writer and historian. She published her first novel, Union Street , in 1982 and has since won critical acclaim for her World War I series, the Regeneration trilogy, a fictionalised account of the wartime experiences of the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, the psychiatry W....
the Sprawl trilogy (1984-88) by William Gibson
William Gibson

William Gibson is an American-Canadian science fiction author.William Gibson may also refer to:*William Gibson , English Catholic martyr...
The Sword of Honour
Sword of Honour

The Sword of Honour trilogy by Evelyn Waugh is his look at the Second World War. It consists of three novels, Men at Arms , Officers and Gentlemen and Unconditional Surrender , which loosely parallel his war time experiences....
(1952-1968) trilogy by Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh

Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was a United Kingdom writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Satire novels as Decline and Fall, Vile Bodies, Scoop , A Handful of Dust, and The Loved One, as well as for serious works, such as Brideshead Revisited and the Sword of Honour trilogy that clearly manifest his Catho...
To the Ends of the Earth
To the Ends of the Earth

To the Ends of the Earth is a trilogy of novels by William Golding, consisting of Rites of Passage , Close Quarters , and Fire down Below ....
(1980-1989) trilogy by William Golding
William Golding

Sir William Gerald Golding was a United Kingdom novelist, poet and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate best known for his novel Lord of the Flies....
The U.S.A. trilogy
U.S.A. trilogy

The U.S.A. Trilogy is the major work of American writer John Dos Passos, comprising the novels The 42nd Parallel , 1919, also known as Nineteen Nineteen , and The Big Money ....
(1930-36) by John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos

John Roderigo Dos Passos was an American novelist and artist....
The VALIS trilogy
VALIS trilogy

In February and March 1974, science fiction author Philip K. Dick experienced a series of visions and other inexplicable perceptual and cognitive phenomena....
(1978-81) by Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick

Philip Kindred Dick was an United States science fiction novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysics themes in novels dominated by monopoly corporations, Authoritarianism, and altered states of consciousness....
Icewind Dale Trilogy (1988-1990) and The Dark Elf Trilogy
The Dark Elf Trilogy

The Dark Elf Trilogy is a prequel to the Icewind Dale Trilogy by R. A. Salvatore. Drizzt Do'Urden, a Drow , or dark elf, was originally written as a supporting character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy to Wulfgar the Barbarian ....
(1990-1991) by R. A. Salvatore

Movies

The Apu Trilogy from (1955 to 1959) Directed by Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray

Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali people filmmaker. Ray is regarded as one of the greatest Auteur theory of 20th century Film. Born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali people family prominent in the world of arts and letters, Ray studied at Presidency College, Calcutta and at the Visva-Bharati University....
Back to the Future
Back to the Future trilogy

Back to the Future is a comedy science fiction film trilogy written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis, directed by Zemeckis, and distributed by Universal Pictures....
(1985 to 1990) Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Robert Zemeckis

Robert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future trilogy films as well as the live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit , though in t...
Dollars trilogy
Dollars Trilogy

The Dollars Trilogy , also known as The Man with No Name Trilogy, refers to the three Italian cinema Spaghetti Westerns starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Sergio Leone:...
(1964 to 1966) Directed by Sergio Leone
Sergio Leone

Sergio Leone was an Italy film director, Film producer and screenwriter most famous for his spaghetti westerns....
The Godfather Trilogy
Godfather Trilogy

The Godfather Trilogy is a trilogy of three critically-acclaimed films directed by Francis Ford Coppola about the Mafia:* The Godfather * The Godfather Part II ...
(1972 to 1990) Directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola is a five-time Academy Award-winning United States film director, Film producer and screenwriter. Away from showbusiness, Coppola is also a vintner, publisher and Hotel manager....
Indian Gangster Trilogy
Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma , born April 7, 1962, is an Cinema of India Film director, writer and film producer. Varma has directed, written and produced films across multiple genres—psychological thrillers, Indian mafia, politician-criminal nexus, and Musical film—and in multiple languages—Telugu language and Hindi....
(1998 to 2005) Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Ram Gopal Varma

Ram Gopal Varma , born April 7, 1962, is an Cinema of India Film director, writer and film producer. Varma has directed, written and produced films across multiple genres—psychological thrillers, Indian mafia, politician-criminal nexus, and Musical film—and in multiple languages—Telugu language and Hindi....
Infernal Affairs
Infernal Affairs

Infernal Affairs is a Hong Kong films of 2002 Cinema of Hong Kong crime film-Thriller directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates the crime gang, and a Mole secretly working for the same gang....
trilogy (2002 to 2003) Directed by Andrew Lau
Andrew Lau

Andrew Lau Wai-Keung is a Hong Kong film director, Film producer, cinematographer, presenter and actor.He most famously worked with Ringo Lam on City on Fire and Wong Kar-wai on Chungking Express as cinematographer and has directed Wong Jing-produced sex exploitation movie Naked Killer 2 and the immensely popular Triad soci...
and Alan Mak
Alan Mak

Alan Mak Siu-Fai , born on 1 January 1965 in Hong Kong, is a writer, Film director, actor and Film producer....
Mad Max
Mad Max

Mad Max is a Australian films of the 1970s Cinema of Australia apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction action film thriller film directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Byron Kennedy....
(1979 to 1985) Directed by George Miller
George Miller

George Miller may refer to:in the arts:*George Miller , Australian film and television screenwriter, film director and producer *George T....
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three live action fantasy epic films: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ....
(2001 to 2003) Directed by Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson

Peter Robert Jackson, New Zealand Order of Merit is a three-time Academy Award-winning New Zealand filmmaker, film producer and screenwriter, best known for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy trilogy adapted from the The Lord of the Rings by J....
Mexico Trilogy
Mexico Trilogy

The Mexico Trilogy or Mariachi Trilogy is a series of films: El Mariachi, Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico, all written, produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez, beginning in 1992 in film and ending in 2003 in film and distributed by Columbia Pictures which tell the continuing story of the movies' main ch...
from (1992 to 2003) Directed by Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez

Robert Anthony Rodriguez is an United States filmmaker, screenwriter, film producer, cinematographer, Film editing#Film_editor and musician. He is perhaps best known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent film and major film studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards....
Scream trilogy (1996-2000) Directed by Wes Craven
Wes Craven

Wesley Earl Craven is an United States film director and screenwriter, perhaps best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed A Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character and as the director of the Scream ....
. A fourth film has been announced for 2010
The original Star Wars trilogy
Star Wars

Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
(1977 to 1983) Written by George Lucas
George Lucas

George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an Academy Award-nominated United States film director, film producer, screenwriter and chairman of Lucasfilm Ltd. He is best known for being the creator of the Epic film Sci-Fi franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones....
The prequel Star Wars trilogy
Star Wars

Star Wars is an epic film space opera Media franchise initially conceived by George Lucas. The first film in the franchise was simply titled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, but later had the subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope added to distinguish it from its sequels and prequels....
(1999-2005) Written by George Lucas
George Lucas

George Walton Lucas, Jr. is an Academy Award-nominated United States film director, film producer, screenwriter and chairman of Lucasfilm Ltd. He is best known for being the creator of the Epic film Sci-Fi franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist-adventurer character Indiana Jones....
Bourne trilogy
Bourne Trilogy

The Bourne Trilogy refers to:* the original three Jason Bourne novels by Robert Ludlum** The Bourne Identity ** The Bourne Supremacy ...
(2002 to 2007) based on the books by Robert Ludlum
Robert Ludlum

Robert Ludlum was an United States author of 25 Thriller novels. There are more than 290 million copies of his books in print, and they have been translated into 32 languages....
. A fourth film is in the works.
Trilogy (2003) by Lucas Belvaux
Lucas Belvaux

Lucas Belvaux is a Belgium actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre....
: Cavale
Cavale

Cavale is a Lucas Belvaux with his own script and starred by him.This is the first instalment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a thriller followed by Un couple ?patant, a comedy and Apr?s la vie, a melodrama....
, Un couple épatant
Un couple épatant

Un couple ?patant is a Lucas Belvaux with his own script.This is the second installment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a comedy preceded by Cavale, a thriller and followed by Apr?s la vie, a melodrama....
and Après la vie
Après la vie

Apr?s la vie is a Lucas Belvaux with his own script.This is the final installment of a series Trilogy, which constitutes a melodrama preceded by Cavale, a thriller and Un couple ?patant, a comedy....
.

Video games

The Prince of Persia
Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia is a platform game, originally developed by Jordan Mechner in 1989 in video gaming for the Apple II, that was widely seen as a great leap forward in the quality of animation seen in Video game....
(2003-2005) trilogy, produced on the PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a History of video game consoles video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation of video game consoles....
, Xbox
Xbox

The Xbox is a History of video games video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2 and Nintendo's GameCube....
, and Nintendo GameCube
Nintendo GameCube

The , is Nintendo's fourth home video game console and is part of the History of video game consoles . It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 and predecessor to Nintendo's Wii....
The Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog series

Sonic the Hedgehog is a Media franchise of video games released by Sega starring and named after its mascot character, Sonic the Hedgehog . The series began in 1991 in video gaming with the release of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Mega Drive, in addition to an Sonic the Hedgehog for the Master System and Game Gear formats....
(1991-94) trilogy, produced on Sega Genesis
The Super Mario Bros (1985-1990) trilogy, produced on Nintendo Entertainment System
Nintendo Entertainment System

The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia in . In most of Asia, including Japan , the Philippines, China, Vietnam and Singapore, it was released as the ....
The Jak and Daxter
Jak and Daxter

Jak and Daxter is a List of video game franchises originally developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation 2. Currently, five games in the series have been released, with Jak as the primary playable character in all except Daxter for the PSP....
(2001-2004) trilogy, produced on PlayStation 2
PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a History of video game consoles video game console manufactured by Sony. The successor to the PlayStation, and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3, the PlayStation 2 forms part of the PlayStation of video game consoles....
.
The Xenosaga
Xenosaga

is primarily a series of science fiction video games developed by Monolith Soft and published by Namco. Xenosaga's main story is in the form of a trilogy of PlayStation 2 video games....
(2002-2006) trilogy, produced on PlayStation 2.
The Sly Cooper
Sly Cooper

Sly Cooper is the main protagonist of the Sly Cooper as the main character and hero of three platform games developed by Sucker Punch Productions for the Sony PlayStation 2....
(2003-2005) trilogy, produced on PlayStation 2.
The Gex
Gex

Gex or GEX may refer to:* Gex , a video game series about a gecko with a passion for TV** Gex , the original game that started the franchise...
(1995 - 1999) triology, produced on the 3DO,Playstation, and Nintendo 64
The Donkey Kong Country trilogy, produced on Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES is a History of video game consoles video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993....
(SNES), then on the Game Boy Advance
Game Boy Advance

The is a 32-bit Handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo; resembling Sega's 8-bit Game Gear. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color....
.
The Kirby's Dream Land trilogy, two produced for the Game Boy
Game Boy

The is an 8-bit handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on , in North America in August , and in Europe in ....
and one for the SNES.
2D Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat (series)

Mortal Kombat is a best-selling series of fighting games created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. Mortal Kombat began as a series of arcade games, which were picked up by Acclaim Entertainment for the video game console versions....
trilogy, originally on arcade and then released to home consoles.
NES Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy

is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and owned by Square Enix that includes video games, motion pictures, and other merchandise. The series began in 1987 as an Final Fantasy console role-playing game video game developer by Square Co., spawning a video game series that became the central focus of the franchise....
trilogy, originally produced on the NES/Famicom and then remade on later consoles and handhelds.
SNES Final Fantasy trilogy, originally produced on the Super NES/Super Famicom and then ported to or remade for later consoles and handhelds.
Ultima is sometimes considered "Trilogy of Trilogies" Ultimas I-III are the "Age of Darkness", Ultimas IV-VI are the "Age of Enlightenment", and Ultimas VII-IX are the "Age of Armageddon".
The Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime

title = Metroid Prime| image = | caption = North American box art| developer = Retro Studios| publisher = Nintendo| composer = Kenji Yamamoto , Kouichi Kyuma...
trilogy, for the Nintendo GameCube and the Wii
Wii

The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo. As a History of video game consoles console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3....
.
The Halo trilogy, from the Xbox to the Xbox 360
Xbox 360

The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the History of video game consoles of video game consoles....
The The Legend of Spyro trilogy for the PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3

The PlayStation 3 is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment, and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation ....
, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Wii and Xbox 360.
The Phoenix Wright trilogy for the Nintendo DS
The Destroy All Humans!
Destroy All Humans! (series)

Destroy All Humans! is a video game franchise developed by Pandemic Studios, Locomotive Games, THQ#Studios, and published by THQ. The two main protagonists are voiced by J....
Trilogy for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Xbox 360. A non-canon spin off game was released for the Wii.
The Mario & Luigi
Mario & Luigi

'Mario & Luigi' may refer to:*Mario and Luigi are video game characters created by Nintendo.* ...
trilogy, the first game being on the GBA, and the second and third being on the Nintendo DS.
The Paper Mario
Paper Mario

Paper Mario, known in Japan as is a console role-playing game video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64....
trilogy on the Nintendo 64, GameCube and Wii.

Music

Tha Carter
Tha Carter

Tha Carter is a 2004 hip hop album by United States rapper Lil Wayne. The bulk of the album was produced by Cash Money Records's former in-house producer, Mannie Fresh....
(2004 to 2008) Album by Rapper Lil Wayne
Lil Wayne

Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. , better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an United States Rapping. Formerly a member of the rap group the Hot Boys, he joined the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager....
.
The Berlin Trilogy (1977-1979) series of albums by David Bowie
David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and Arrangement. Active in five decades of rock music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s....
.
Dark Trilogy (1982,1989,2000) The albums Pornography
Pornography

Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer. It is to a certain extent similar to erotica, which is the use of sexually arousing imagery....
,Disintegration
Disintegration

Disintegration is the eighth studio album by English alternative rock band The Cure, released in May 1989 by Fiction Records. The record marks a return to the introspective and gloomy gothic rock style the band had established in the early 1980s....
, and Bloodflowers
Bloodflowers

Bloodflowers is the eleventh album by England band The Cure, released in 2000 in music. The album is seen as a somber return to form by critics and fans alike....
by The Cure
The Cure

The Cure are an English Rock music band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member....

Trilogy

Ancient trilogies

Adding works to an existing trilogy

Unofficial or mistaken trilogies

Famous trilogies

Novels

Movies

Video games

Music

See also