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Well, well, well.. look who's in "treble..".

Classic pun.
I know.

–Bumper and Donald during new Treblemakers initiation

The Treblemakers is an all-boy a cappella group at Barden University (based on "On the Rocks" an all-male a cappella group at the University of Oregon) in Atlanta, Georgia who has won the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella six times before they lost to the Barden Bellas.

It was shown that they won the Riff-Off, when the High Notes were disqualified when one of their members was shown stoned and both the Bellas and the BU Harmonics were disqualified for matching the word "it" (It Feels Like the First Time) to "it's" (No Diggity).

In the sequel they perform Lollipop to the freshmen at the school's new students orientation. In the Riff-Off 2, they were first cut off since Benji discontinued performing their song because he saw an 'angel' in his eyes (in fact it was actually his crush).

Their cheer is "1, 2, 3, swag!!"

They are also one of the four A Cappella groups at Barden University. The other three are the Barden Bellas, the High Notes and the BU Harmonics.

In the beginning of the movie, it shows 10 Treblemakers, although there are only 8 before Jesse, Benji and Kolio join. 2 of them were presumably seniors.


Name

Their name is a play on Troublemakers, representing the group's wacky personality. The name Treblemakers is a fairly obvious pun, and has been used for years by a fair number of real-life musical groups. In the world of Collegiate a cappella, "Treblemakers" exist at

  • Carnegie Mellon University (mixed-sex)
  • Boston University (mixed-sex)
  • Cal Tech (all-female)
  • NYU (mixed-sex)
  • University of Maryland (all-female)
  • Northwestern University (mixed-sex, East-Asian focus)
  • SUNY Binghamton (mixed-sex, alternative rock)
  • The College of New Jersey (all-female)
  • Drexel University (all-female)

"Treble" being a musical range is more suited to female than male voices, the film's use of the name for an all-male group is fairly exceptional

The Treblemakers

Former Members

Performed Songs

ICCA

2011 Finals

  • Rihanna's Don't Stop The Music

Regionals

  • Flo Rida's Right Round

2012 Finals

  • Cee Lo Green's Bright Lights Bigger City/B.o.B. & Rivers Cuomo's Magic

Treblemakers Riff-Off Songs

Riff-Off
  • Ladies of the 80's
    • Toni Basil's Mickey
  • Songs about sex
    • Salt-N-Pepa's Let's Talk About Sex
    • Foreigner's Feels Like The First Time
Riff-Off 2
  • Songs about Butts
    • Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back

Elsewhere

  • Dazz Band's Let it Whip
  • Lovin Spoonful's Do You Believe in Magic (mentioned)
  • Mika's Lollipop
  • Bruno Mars' Locked Out of Heaven (unaired performance)

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