The Original Trio (also known as Legacy Trio and The Originals) is a group represented by the original First Woodsboro Murders (1996) survivors, consisting of the main characters of the Scream franchise — Sidney Prescott, Gale Weathers and Dewey Riley.
Originally being apart, their paths first crossed during the first Woodsboro massacre started by Billy Loomis and Stu Macher.
After surviving the event, the three later joined together as an informal team, becoming near and dear to each other. Their paths crossed at each new massacre thereafter, making them an unstoppable team. Thanks to their different qualities and cohesion, they managed to survive 4 series of murders together.
History
Scream
The Woodsboro Murders (1996)
In September 1995, following the brutal murder of 44-year old houswife Maureen Prescott at night in her home of 34 Elm Street in the small Northern California town of Woodsboro, who is unfortunately found by her traumatized 16 year old daughter, Sidney Prescott, of whom sees a figure wearing a coat but whose turned around, whom she suspects to be her mother's lover, Cotton Weary. Following the overnight turn of the murder becoming sensationalized and the trial for Cotton, in which Sidney testified against him became national, a then 34 year old Top Story investigative journalist and reporter, Gale Weathers comes to Woodsboro alongside other media press, to report on the case following having left New York City due to Maureen's case being the "hottest court case", according to Gale to Sidney later on. Going further to gain an opportunity, she would interview and sympathize with Cotton, who claimed innocence in the murder, and who then would write her debut novel, Wrongly Accused: The Maureen Prescott Story (1995), which is by the time of the events of the murder spree occuring on the near anniversary of the first a year later, released.
In September 1996, following the brutal murders of Woodsboro High School seniors, 17 year old Casey Becker and 18 year old Steven Orth by Ghostface (name for killer in Father Death costume) at night at the former's house, a now 17-year old Sidney Prescott finds herself to be reliving the haunting memory of her mother's anniversary of her death nearing due to the murders, whose widowed father, Neil Prescott, is out of town due to work. The very next day at school in the morning, Sidney is told the news as she is looking around by her best friend, Tatum Riley. Outside the school there's shown to be many news vans and media press reporting on the murders, with Gale herself being among them standing out in a bright green jacket suit and skirt. As the Woodsboro Police Department, led then by Sheriff Burke, interrogate the entire students of Woodsboro High, as cooperated by then Principal Arthur Himbry, Sidney is then called out of her English class by Mrs. Tate, as Sidney heads to the principal's office, of whom she's met by, as well as greeting the then 25 year old Deputy, Dewey Riley, who is Tatum's older brother, and a friend to Sidney, due to Dewey working the case of Sidney's mother's murder, of which everyone in town has known now.
As Sidney hangs out with the Gang consisting of Sidney's boyfriend, Billy Loomis, Tatum, as well as her boyfriend Stu Macher, and horror expert, Randy Meeks, she has a conversation as to how someone can gut someone, as they speak on the murders and the interrogation by the Fountain. Following Sidney's near attack by Ghostface at her home that night, Gale, alongside her cameraman, Kenny Brown, follow Sidney to the Woodsboro Police Department to which Gale gets the idea, due to the police not allowing press inside, to head to the back to where arguably, the Trio would all be for the first time. After Sidney's interrogation ended with her placing her boyfriend Billy in jail for the night, due to suspecting him after he came to her aid following him dropping a cellular phone, Sidney, alongside Tatum are told to wait as Dewey went to get a car in the alleyway, to which Gale, followed by Kenny and behind them other media reporters, followed with cameras to get a comment or statement from Sidney. Tatum tried to defend Sidney by saying she's not taking questions. Sidney, although visibly upset, forces a smile and reassures Tatum calmly as she tells Gale how she's just doing her job, to which Gale agrees. Sidney then asks Gale about her book, to which Gale replies it would be out later in the year, as Sidney sarcastically, states she'll look for it, as she turns around as Dewey pulls up, as Gale states to Sidney eagerly that she'll send her a copy, before an upset Sidney turns around and punches Gale across her face, taking her back into the arm of her cameraman, much to Gale's shocked face at an angry, teary Sidney before pulled away by Dewey as he, Sidney, and Tatum leave as Sidney stays with Tatum's family for the night, due to her father's absence and suspecting of.
Gale meets Sidney.
Dewey and Gale.
Dewey reunites with Sidney.
Together again.
Beaten but not broken.
Sidney and Gale avenge Dewey's death.
Notes
David Arquette, Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox played their roles together over the course of 5 movies.
- They are one of the few groups of survivors of the horror franchises and slashers that have managed to appear in five films in the series.
- However, the trio was destined to break up after the tragic death of Dewey Riley following the reboot of the franchise from Radio Silence.
- The trend about old characters returning to new franchise movies and their subsequent deaths was also mocked in Scream (2022), which makes meta comments about Disney's Star Wars sequel trilogy, where the focus shifts to new characters, Han Solo dying, and Luke and Leia in the later sequels.
- Scream VI was the first film in the franchise without the trio - Neve Campbell and David Arquette did not return to their roles (however, their characters are referenced throughout the film). Gale Weathers, played by Courteney Cox, was the only character to appear in all of the franchise's current films.
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