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<p>A trilogy is a set of three distinct works that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or as three individual works. They are commonly found in <a href="/facts/Literature/CmUDxokU">literature</a>, <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">film</a>, and <a href="/facts/Video_game/vmTdNASJ">video games</a>. Three-part works that are considered components of a larger work also exist, such as the <a href="/facts/Triptych/aGenx0qc">triptych</a> or the three-movement <a href="/facts/Sonata/zrtl0cRC">sonata</a>, but they are not commonly referred to with the term "trilogy". </p><p>Most trilogies are works of <a href="/facts/Fiction/p1AY3Xp4">fiction</a> involving the same characters or setting, such as <i><a href="/facts/The_Deptford_Trilogy/6sWWGxfX">The Deptford Trilogy</a></i> of novels by <a href="/facts/Robertson_Davies/7prJEQKW">Robertson Davies</a>, <i><a href="/facts/The_Apu_Trilogy/9xUL3W9v">The Apu Trilogy</a></i> of films by <a href="/facts/Satyajit_Ray/abnSNsWF">Satyajit Ray</a>, and <a href="/facts/The_Kingdom_(miniseries)/n45btW2A"><i>The Kingdom Trilogy</i></a> of television miniseries from 1994 to 2022 by <a href="/facts/Lars_von_Trier/NelulKJ1">Lars von Trier</a>. Other fiction trilogies are connected only by theme: for example, each film of <a href="/facts/Krzysztof_Kie%25C5%259Blowski/ASePzsYs">Krzysztof Kieślowski</a>'s <a href="/facts/Three_Colours_trilogy/pb8xH1mA">Three Colours trilogy</a> explores one of the political ideals of the <a href="/facts/French_Republic/CxIeIKM3">French Republic</a> (<a href="/facts/Libert%25C3%25A9%2c_%25C3%25A9galit%25C3%25A9%2c_fraternit%25C3%25A9/xUTQ25WL">liberty, equality, fraternity</a>). Trilogies can also be connected in less obvious ways, such as <i><a href="/facts/The_Nova_Trilogy/kyfGdVwb">The Nova Trilogy</a></i> of novels by <a href="/facts/William_S._Burroughs/h3YPCA0a">William S. Burroughs</a>, each written using <a href="/facts/Cut-up_technique/55k4wkkS">cut-up technique</a>. </p><p>The term is seldom applied outside media. One example is the "<a href="/facts/Tribal_sovereignty_in_the_United_States/EMzCGstk">Marshall Trilogy</a>", a common term for three rulings written by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice <a href="/facts/John_Marshall/y8nNxJuo">John Marshall</a> from 1823 to 1832 concerning the legal status of Native Americans under U.S. law. </p><p>Trilogies—and series in general—are common in <a href="/facts/Speculative_fiction/j9dUbo0d">speculative fiction</a>. </p>