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* ''Series/Route66'': Tod and Buz. Sometimes VitriolicBestBuds, but they travel together everywhere, clearly care for each other, and they have a joint bank account.
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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E86KickTheCan Kick the Can]]", Charles Whitley and Ben Conroy, both residents of the Sunnyvale Rest Home, have been friends for almost their entire lives.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E86KickTheCan "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E21KickTheCan Kick the Can]]", Charles Whitley and Ben Conroy, both residents of the Sunnyvale Rest Home, have been friends for almost their entire lives.
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* ''Series/ReadyOrNot'': This show ran on Busy and Amanda being best friends and incredibly close. Busy has several older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become extremely close and basically grow up together. The finale shows a flashback when they met as small girls, Amanda crying and Busy helping her out.

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* ''Series/ReadyOrNot'': ''Series/ReadyOrNot1993'': This show ran on Busy and Amanda being best friends and incredibly close. Busy has several older brothers and Amanda is an only child, so they become extremely close and basically grow up together. The finale shows a flashback when they met as small girls, Amanda crying and Busy helping her out.
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%% * ''Series/Emmerdale'': Paddy and Marlon, whose friendship of almost 30 years has survived Marlon’s girlfriend Rhona dumping him because she had feelings for Paddy, continuing to date Paddy while pregnant with Marlon’s child, and ultimately marrying both of them at different points. It’s remarked on more than once that, with both having disastrous romantic records (having accumulated nine marriages between them), Paddy’s and Marlon’s friendship is by far and away the most successful relationship either of them have ever had.
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** Rimmer and Lister could be considered ''involuntary'' Heterosexual Life Partners; there's simply no-one else for them to talk to. They live (well, in Rimmer's case, ''exist'') in a mile-long abandoned spaceship, but still sleep in their old crew bunks in the same room. The episode "Blue" plays with this trope: Lister finds himself inexplicably missing Rimmer and keeps reflecting on all the good times they had [[ButtMonkey (most of them at Rimmer's expense)]]. After this culminates in an [[HomoeroticDream infamous dream]], Kryten takes it upon himself to remind Lister [[StatusQuoIsGod what he really thinks of Rimmer -- that he's a massive jerk]].

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** Rimmer and Lister could be considered ''involuntary'' Heterosexual Life Partners; there's simply no-one else for them to talk to. They live (well, in Rimmer's case, ''exist'') in a mile-long abandoned spaceship, but still sleep in their old crew bunks in the same room. The episode "Blue" plays with this trope: Lister finds himself inexplicably missing Rimmer and keeps reflecting on all the good times they had [[ButtMonkey (most of them at Rimmer's expense)]]. After this culminates in an [[HomoeroticDream infamous dream]], dream, Kryten takes it upon himself to remind Lister [[StatusQuoIsGod what he really thinks of Rimmer -- that he's a massive jerk]].
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Homoerotic Dream has been renamed to Awkwardly Gay Dream and requires explicit statement of sexuality as per TRS.


* ''Series/NipTuck'': Sean and Christian have been best friends and colleagues since college, and Christian is godfather to Sean's children. The show does actually explore the possibility of Christian having repressed homosexual feelings for Sean when he starts having [[HomoeroticDream dreams about them being lovers]], but they both conclude it doesn't really mean anything.

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* ''Series/NipTuck'': Sean and Christian have been best friends and colleagues since college, and Christian is godfather to Sean's children. The show does actually explore the possibility of Christian having repressed homosexual feelings for Sean when he starts having [[HomoeroticDream [[AwkwardlyGayDream dreams about them being lovers]], but they both conclude it doesn't really mean anything.
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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Detectives Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito from NY PD are super close, to the point where they have the same lottery numbers ("That way we both win and it's not awkward"). {{Lampshaded}} in "The Double Down":

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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'': Detectives Kevin Ryan and Javier Esposito from NY PD are super close, to the point where they have the same lottery numbers ("That way we both win and it's not awkward"). {{Lampshaded}} in "The Double Down":
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* ''Series/SOKOPotsdam'': Well, Luna is technically bi, but Sophie has a husband and young son. They've been best friends to the point of regularly sleeping over at each other's houses for decades, but despite occasional moments of seeming HomoeroticSubtext there's never any movement towards them becoming a couple.
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* ''Series/NipTuck'': Sean and Christian have been best friends and colleagues since college, and Christian is godfather to Sean's children. The show does explore the possibility of Christian having repressed homosexual feelings for Sean when he starts having [[HomoeroticDream dreams about them being lovers]], but they both conclude it doesn't really mean anything.

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* ''Series/NipTuck'': Sean and Christian have been best friends and colleagues since college, and Christian is godfather to Sean's children. The show does actually explore the possibility of Christian having repressed homosexual feelings for Sean when he starts having [[HomoeroticDream dreams about them being lovers]], but they both conclude it doesn't really mean anything.
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** Lily and Robin have both declared the other their best friend and clearly stay very good friends in thirty years. Lily is actually Robin's only female friend, since she can't stand other women. Although it's been hinted a lot that Lily has a crush on Robin.

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** Lily and Robin have both declared the other their best friend and clearly stay very good friends in thirty years. Lily is actually Robin's only female friend, since she can't stand other women. Although it's been hinted a lot that Lily has a crush on Robin. Its heavily implied that The Mother, [[spoiler:Tracy]], also forms this relationship with Lily.
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** Potter and Klinger in the later seasons. Though there is supposed to be a clear superior/subordinate relationship according to army regulations, they are frequently seen playing ball and drinking together. More impressive in that when Klinger took over for Radar he was initially disliked by Colonel Potter.
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** Jake and Charles hang out a lot and frequently talk about how much they think alike. On some occasions they do profess their heterosexuality, just in case anyone is watching.
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I put the "Muppets Tonight" and "Sesame Street" examples in the "Puppet Shows" folder, which I just made.


* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': ''Series/MuppetsTonight'': Pepe the Prawn and Seymour the elephant. They were stage partners and did almost everything together. Though while Pepe went on to star in more muppety stuff, Seymour was put on a bus.
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%% ** Gonzo and Rizzo the Rat especially in ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'' and ''Film/MuppetsFromSpace''.



* ''Series/SesameStreet'': Bert and Ernie are friends and roommates, and many a joke has been made about this one. WordOfGod says that Bert & Ernie were originally conceived to be brothers, but the show's creators saw more storyline potential with them as an ''Odd Couple'' pairing.
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* ''Series/YouMeHer'': Izzy and Nina are very close, in spite of their [[VitriolicBestBuds faux vitriol to each other]]. They confide in and give each other comfort whenever it's needed, acting very much like a [[PseudoRomanticFriendship romantic couple at times]] (as Izzy's bisexual, they could be even more mistaken as such). Even when both have serious romantic relationships with other people, their own friendship remains like this.
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* ''Series/TheMakanaiCookingForTheMaikoHouse'': Kiyo and Sumire are childhood friends with a pure, sisterly devotion to each other. Their relationship is likened to a long-married couple.

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