aboard by Charles Darwin in 1835, as documented in his book, The Voyage of the Beagle. They were named Tom, Dick, and Harry. It was later discovered that "Harry" was female, so she was renamed "Harriet" and lived in captivity in Australia until her death in 2006, aged 175 years. In The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses, Robert Louis Stevenson refers to a general muster as calling up Dick, Tom, and Harry. In the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun, the three lead male characters were called Tommy, Dick and Harry. In 1948, the Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate premiered on Broadway, featuring the song Tom, Dick, or Harry. The three escape tunnels used by allied POWs in the famous Stalag Luft III escape were named "Tom, Dick, and Harry" by the POWs. This nomenclature was carried over to the film The Great Escape, which portrayed the event. In 1942, Merrie Melodies released The Dover Boys, which starred the protagonists "Tom, Dick, and Larry", a play on the term. See also Notes and references Placeholder names English phrases 17th-century neologisms Anonymity pseudonyms