The excited state dynamics of two protonated tripepticles GWG and GYG has been investigated by pump/probe ferntosecond measurements on photofragments, to explore the behavior of pepticles where the terminal protonated amino group is not directly linked to the aromatic residue. The dynamics observed are short and surprisingly similar to the dynamics observed on the free protonated tryptophan and tyrosine aromatic amino acids. Specific photoftagments observed for protonated GWG are related to the formation of a radical species WG degrees(+) after cleavage of the C-alpha-N bond near the tryptophan residue.