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* ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' has Revya, a {{Wide-Eyed Idealist}} HeroicMime who wants to save the world, and Gig, the HeroicSociopath OmnicidalManiac who lives inside the former's head and wants to wantonly destroy, corrupt and befoul everything and generally make the world a worse place because he thinks it's funny, but has to come along on the world-saving anyhow and generally snarks about all the plot points and characters.

* [[{{Series/Merlin}} Arthur and Merlin]]

* [[{{Series/Merlin}} Arthur and Merlin}}]]

* [[{{Series/Merlin Arthur and Merlin}}]]

* {{Series/Merlin Arthur and Merlin}}

* Pedro and Nico from {{Rio}}. bascally [[TheLionKing Timone and Pumbaa]] as Birds.

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* Inverted in ''{{Snatcher}}''. Gillian, the hero, is a HandsomeLech with an odd way of looking at the world, and Metal is a literal strait-laced snarky robot. However, most of the environmental observations are governed by Metal, and Gillian takes the helm in conversations where his oddness can really shine.
* Mario (hero) and Luigi (sidekick) in the {{Mario}} series when Luigi isn't simply a {{Palette Swap}} of his big brother or a "Player 2" option (for example: the VideoGame/{{Mario and Luigi}} games).

* Rayman (hero) and Globox (sidekick) in ''[[{{Rayman}} Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''.

* Rayman and Globox from The {{Rayman}} series and RaymanOrigins.

* In some {{Pokemon}} games, it appears that the player character of the [[DistaffCounterpart opposite gender]] from the PC you choose is your "rival". He/She is more of just a friend than a rival, though.

* {{House}} and Wilson.

* In Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance there is a villainous variant with Kaizoku who is the snarking and mostly serious fairy pirate and Shuu who is his odball kitsune companion in a human shape.

* In the freeware adventure game ''Ben There, Dan That!'' Ben is the more straightforward hero, while Dan is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who approaches RalphWiggum levels, but is [[GeniusDitz crazy good at video games]].

* Yet another subversion is that of {{Bonkers}}, where the lead character is well, a toon, whereas his partner and arguable sidekick Lucky Piquel is generally more level headed.

* Sakura and Kero from CardcaptorSakura.

* Neku and Beat in TheWorldEndsWithYou, Neku and Shiki to a lesser extent. Neku is always serious and sarcastic, while Beat is goofy, impulsive, and stubborn. Shiki tries to pretend to be always cheery, but it turns out that she's not exactly what she appears.

* The ''Game/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' games has Sam the sarcastic, literal hero, and Max, who's... er, [[HeroicSociopath Max]].

* [[{{Supernatural}} Sam and Dean Winchester]]. Played straight in Sam-centric episodes where the more serious Sam is TheHero and Dean is TheLancer. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in Dean-centric where the goofier (but very [[BreakTheCutie broken]]) Dean is TheHero and Sam is TheLancer.

[[folder: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a)]]

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!!!Voiced by: Osama Bin Laden (Afghanistanese), The Great Khali (English), The Slender man (scarynese), George W Bush (Engrish, stupidnese), David Bowie (Sexinese)

TEH (b)(a)(b)(a){GAR}33b!11!!1!one!
Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) cann0t bee st0pp3d!1!11!1!


::MY POME::
I hath come from a world that is very elastic,
shiny dung beetles like the eyes of a captain black and blue,
ride the TIGGER ride the TIGGER like a horse made of plastic,
All across the nation come a tidal wave red and like glue,
You has been treacherous to me in a way that is nostalgic,
So prepare to be put in a zoo


something associated with teh (b)(a)(b)(a)!1!!!

* I once jumped off a plane without a parachute and fell on mount everest and exploded, but did not flinch. I quickly regenerated and jumped off the mountain while wearing a pink dress doing ballet and I landed on my head. This time only my head exploded but I quickly replaced it with a rock and ran into the ocean and wrestled with sharks all night long. After causing the extinction of the sharks I had also had my arms bitten off but I replaced those with shark heads and declared war on the world. Every country with nuclear weapons dropped a atom bomb on me but I shrugged them all off and used my shark hands to do a forbidden technique and dropped the moon on the earth which caused it to be knocked off balance and crash into the sun which caused a super nova so big it created a blackhole so large which sucked the entire universe but my rock/head. Now all alone my rock/head floats in space but I did not flinch and went to sleep forever. The End.


'''Associated tropes:'''
* AttemptedRape: One time teh (b)(a)(b)(a) looked at it's reflection and thought it was sexy so it tore teh reflection out of teh mirror and attempted to raep it but instead it ate teh reflection because teh (b)(a)(b)(a) did not have lunch that day and was vely hungly
* TheBerserker: averted teh (b)(a)(b)(a) is never mad but can still berserk
* BADASS: U KNOW IT
* DisneyDeath: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) threw Walt Disney off a cliff and to this day it is unknown if he is dead or alive
* FourIsDeath: and so is five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten,eleven..........
* HealingFactor: heals so fast that it r unpossible to woundify
* HighPressureBlood
* HolyHalo: has a holy parallelogram instead of a circle thingie
* LivingWeapon
* MeaningfulName: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) has an meaningfilled name
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) is powered on aborted fetuses.
* RestrainingBolt: there is a bolt in it's head that is preventing it from killing everything.
* SlasherSmile: Even when not smiling
* SuperPrototype: of humanity
* UnstoppableRage
* YourSizeMayVary: size varies from 0 to infinity.
* The End of the World as U Know It: What happen if u angur teh (b)(a)(b)(a)

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[[folder: Mai-Chan's Wonderfully Incredible Awesometastic Life]]

Recommended for children aged 12 and below This is the most light hearted and sweetest thing I have ever read. This manga truly lets us know that what kind of beautiful kindness humans are capable of. Waita Uziga is now my role model and I will try my best to be like the good characters in this good manga. The best character is probably the president of America, he was kind enough to have sex with a new born(Not many people are capable of this kind of kindness "BABY FUCK, BABY FUCK!!!!! IT'SSS AWWRIGHTTT!!!~~~~~" It's AWWRIGHTTT alright) and then give it teh best death evur!11!1! Death by being blended by a blender!!11!!1(I WANT TO DIE LIKE THAT) Unfortunately for him no good deed goes unpunished and he died for YOUR sins. Also the tile should be renamed to the "Mai-Chan's Wonderfully Incredible Awesometastic Life". OH Mai-chan how I envy you!!!!!!!I guess she kind of deserved the death she had at the end. It was like heaven on earth and killing her was Kaede's worst and only sin!!!!!!I cant beleive Kaede did that!She was such a kind and gentle soul who would never think of doing any evul(Maybe it was teh trauma of being one eyed). Anyway if your looking to be a nicer person take tips from this beautiful work!!!
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[[folder: Fate Stay the fuck away!!!]]

Gilgamesh and King Aurthur would make such a wonderful couple

It's not good if you want to get aroused, you'll become asexual if see it's horrible and disgusting sex scenes and you wont be able to eat food again evur! so just turn the sex scenes off or if you want that this is not the game for you and if you do get aroused tear your genitals off and eat them because there's something very wrong with you. Poor king Aurthur was turned into a slutty girl so he could have sex with a perverted hero wannabe lozer who's sadly immortal and doesn't pay for his stupid decisions and comes back to life for more stupidity. Stupid Shirou(whatever his name is) also calls poor Kirie who just wants to destroy the world evul! and doesn't call Medusa and Medea(Both of whom are actually evul! in real mythology and not perverted nasulogy) evul! even though they kill people for mana but there not really evul cause then shirou would have trouble fantasizing having sex with them. Medea even put poor king Aurthur in a dress and got aroused by it the evul lesbian!(Kirie never did any thing like that to anyone). Gilgamesh is supposed to be a douche so thats alright but he wants to rape poor king Aurthur! Thats just crazy!! also the Assassins that are Arabic have been turned evul and suck the most among all servants (even in fate zero assassin sucks) and want to become immortal for no reason. The only good thing is that there is a lot of raep(I like raep!!) but horribly they present raep AS A BAD THING!!!!! Sakura that stupid bitch who gets to have her hair and eyes dyed purple and have her body violated by sexy worms and her evul brother Shinji(Who is Shinji Ikari again another person turned evul for no reason, okay so he did masturbate over a coma state girl once but I don't think evun he would go as far as to raep a worm filled girl "ewww") she enjoys teh best life evur(I'd do any thing to switch paces with her) but all this is not enough for her and she wants the lozer Shirou too and in one path she doesn't get him so she kills her poor loving grandfather and brother who gave her such a wonderful life although if you get the true ending for her path she redeems herself by letting her sister experience the same joy she felt all those years and in the end raeps and cannibalizes the stupid Shirou. Only because of this heartwarming yet awesome(Even more awesome then Mai-Chan's Daily Life) ending I give this game a 20/10.
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YOU CANT BAN ME [smile]

Fast Eddie is a faggot and a fisherman

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[[caption-width:350:Fast Eddie in his youth about to raep a fish or shove it up his ass(I don't know what he means by "Proceeding to pleasure himself with this fish").]]

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A specific Hero/Lancer pair common to adventure games. TheHero tends to be fairly serious, at least for what world they're in. They usually retain a [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic sense of humour]] and are quite literal-minded. TheLancer, on the other hand, is weird. They might be neurotic, borderline psychotic (or they are psychotic), naive, [[CowardlySidekick cowardly]], lecherous, treacherous, whatever. They might occasionally act serious when the plot demands, but in gameplay they're an oddball.

The reason for this is so that when TheHero points something out, TheLancer will make a comment about it which is funny, helping the player to remember the clue.

Like SaltAndPepper, but without the racial element. Often confused with BattleCouple, which is entirely different. Usually.
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!!Examples:
* ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' has Phoenix Wright (sarcastic, literal hero) and Maya Fey (happy-go-lucky oddball). Eventually he encounters Pearl who is less odd, but only because she's a little girl - her personality is equally upbeat, but more bolshy than Maya. And Maya's SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, Ema, is even more happy-go-lucky and even more naive.
** And when Franziska von Karma, the very serious, whip-happy prosecutor, tags along with you in the third game, her general misunderstanding of American/Japanese culture and many things outside her area of expertise lead to much the same effect as if she was Maya.
** And it's taken pretty much to the extreme with ultra-sarcastic, refined Edgeworth and his sidekick Gumshoe, who's like [[{{Futurama}} Doctor Zoidberg]] without the lobster.
*** Edgeworth gets Multiple sidekicks throughout his own game. Gumshoe and Franziska are the only returning characters to fill this role while the most prominent of the new characters is Kay Faraday, a self proclaimed Great Thief. 2 different stewardess take the role as well during the second case as you are on a plane mid-flight. There's also [[spoiler: 13 year old Franziska and new cop Gumshoe who are paired with Edgeworth during a flashback case while he still strived for perfection leading to a slightly diffrent feeling then their present day selves. Also Franziska is the butt of many short jokes during this time]]
*** Although this relationship is inverted in ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney'', where Ema is now [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute substituting]] for Gumshoe, and shows open disdain for new prosecuting attorney Klavier, who she describes repeatedly as a "glimmerous fop".
*** Apollo does get Trucy, though.
** "[[DirtyCommunists Bolshy]]"?
* NeverwinterNights2 has the (hopefully) more levelheaded player character and Khelgar, the psychotic dwarf.
** Though the game has many possibilities, especially adding in Mask of the Betrayer. You can play the silly one with Elanee, Casavir, Safiya, Kaelyn, or Okku as the serious sidekick; or you can play the serious member of the pair with Bishop, Khelgar, Neeshka, or Gann as the sillier sidekick.
* Depending upon how you play it, the player character can be the silly one with Bastila as the overly serious counterpart in ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic''.
** A similar situation can occur with the player and the Handmaiden in the sequel.
* JadeEmpire has the potential for the player to be quite silly, with Silk Fox constantly reminding him/her of the seriousness of the situation. Black Whirlwind and that other guy who is with him when you first encounter them in the forest count too.
* DragonAge is set up so that the Warden is usually going to be the OnlySaneMan while everyone else in your party, including [[DeadpanSnarker Alistair]] and [[BlackMagicianGirl Morrigan]] who both come closest to playing TheLancer, are at least slightly mad.
* The best example in DragonAge2 is inverted, with Silly!Hawke as the lead and Aveline as TheLancer.
** Aveline is the best at playing the StraightMan without even knowing it. Varric can do it too, but [[GenreSavvy he knows it]]. For the rest you're going to have to [[OnlySaneMan step up for sanity]] sooner or later.
* The ''Game/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' games has Sam the sarcastic, literal hero, and Max, who's... er, [[HeroicSociopath Max]].
** Deconstructed in ''Sam and Max Season 3 Episode 4: Beyond The Alley Of The Dolls'', when the Sam clones were made because Sam is 'the perfect straight man', meaning they could be easily controlled by a Funny Guy.
* ''{{Baldurs Gate}}'' has Jaheira the wise fighter-druid, and Khalid her neurotic husband. Or Khalid the gentle and cautious fighter and Jaheira his overly wilful wife. Make of that what you will. They're both just slightly weird.
** Depending on how you play the game the {{Player Character}} can have this relationship with several of the party members. Including his/her love interest.
* Inverted in ''{{Snatcher}}''. Gillian, the hero, is a HandsomeLech with an odd way of looking at the world, and Metal is a literal strait-laced snarky robot. However, most of the environmental observations are governed by Metal, and Gillian takes the helm in conversations where his oddness can really shine.
* Mario (hero) and Luigi (sidekick) in the {{Mario}} series when Luigi isn't simply a {{Palette Swap}} of his big brother or a "Player 2" option (for example: the VideoGame/{{Mario and Luigi}} games).
* Banjo (hero) and Kazooie (sidekick) in the ''{{Banjo-Kazooie}}'' series.
* Rayman (hero) and Globox (sidekick) in ''[[{{Rayman}} Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''.
* Jak (hero) and Daxter (sidekick) in the ''JakAndDaxter'' series.
* Villain Example: StraightMan Kakuzu and AxCrazy Hidan in ''Naruto''.
* Miss Bianca (hero) and Bernard (sidekick) in ''TheRescuers''.
* GrimFandango stars Manny Calavera, a driven, lovestruck GrimReaper, and his sidekick Glottis, an eight-foot-tall gearhead demon with a gambling problem and a weakness for nitroglycerin martinis.
* Mal and Zoe of ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' somewhat invert this, where Zoe is the cool, levelheaded and serious one, while Mal is the somewhat weird one despite being the lead character.
* The same thing is done in ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', where Aeryn is so in control that she's only ever out of control for one or two ''scenes'' in the entire series, and John starts out spooked by all the alien life and gets progressively crazier as it progresses. Also a BattleCouple.
* {{House}} and Wilson.
* ''SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters'' has Revya, a {{Wide-Eyed Idealist}} HeroicMime who wants to save the world, and Gig, the HeroicSociopath OmnicidalManiac who lives inside the former's head and wants to wantonly destroy, corrupt and befoul everything and generally make the world a worse place because he thinks it's funny, but has to come along on the world-saving anyhow and generally snarks about all the plot points and characters.
** This dynamic is a bit different [[spoiler:in the Demon Path, in which ''both'' Revya and Gig are {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s and get on like a house on fire... Or a pair of insane maniacs who like setting fire to houses. And trees. And people. And everything else.]]
* [[TangledFamilyTree Cable]] and {{Deadpool}}, with a heaping (and frequently {{Lampshaded}}) side order of HoYay.
* Havok and Polaris, from the first volume of ''Comicbook/{{X-Factor}}''. Havok [[{{Wangst}} wrings his hands so much]] over the responsibility of leadership that Polaris has to gently remind him to not be so much like his brother [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} Cyclops]]. Polaris has deep-seated insecurities that crop up occasionally, so they have been known to swap roles.
* RatchetAndClank also inverts this, with main character Ratchet being fun-loving and whimsy, and sidekick Clank being serious and out to save the galaxy.
* In some {{Pokemon}} games, it appears that the player character of the [[DistaffCounterpart opposite gender]] from the PC you choose is your "rival". He/She is more of just a friend than a rival, though.
* [[{{Supernatural}} Sam and Dean Winchester]]. Played straight in Sam-centric episodes where the more serious Sam is TheHero and Dean is TheLancer. [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in Dean-centric where the goofier (but very [[BreakTheCutie broken]]) Dean is TheHero and Sam is TheLancer.
* Neku and Beat in TheWorldEndsWithYou, Neku and Shiki to a lesser extent. Neku is always serious and sarcastic, while Beat is goofy, impulsive, and stubborn. Shiki tries to pretend to be always cheery, but it turns out that she's not exactly what she appears.
* Yet another subversion is that of {{Bonkers}}, where the lead character is well, a toon, whereas his partner and arguable sidekick Lucky Piquel is generally more level headed.
* Chip and Dale, in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' more than anything, though sometimes in the cartoon shorts they first appeared in.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' provides us with Roy and Elan (at times, V, Durkon and occasionally Haley play the serious role, while Belkar also plays the goofy role). Also provides us with the villainous subversion: Xykon is the main villain, and just likes to goof around, while Redcloak is the serious one who makes all the plans and preparations. Strangely, the "goofy" one is the more powerful one.
** Xykon is mostly just bored, inability to sleep and can only spend so many hours working on artifacts, pose him with the problem of how to spend those remaining hours. Up until Xykon gets ticked off when [[spoiler: Redcloak loses Xykon's SoulJar when V attacked]]. Xykon then proceeds to become more serious.
* In the freeware adventure game ''Ben There, Dan That!'' Ben is the more straightforward hero, while Dan is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who approaches RalphWiggum levels, but is [[GeniusDitz crazy good at video games]].
* The title characters from ''TriangleAndRobert.''
* The ''Legend of Spyro'' trilogy pairs the eponymous character up with [[PluckyComicRelief Sparx the dragonfly]], who compensates for being TheLoad in combat by having wisecracks for every situation.
** This behavior pattern makes it a CrowningMomentOfAwesome when Sparx [[spoiler: actually K.O.'s one of the more annoying bad guys with a single punch (granted said antagonist wasn't much bigger than Sparx himself, but it was still a cathartic moment).]]
* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' provides us with [[IdiotHero Fighter]] who is a CloudCuckooLander with a ''very'' literal take on things (metaphors don't exist for him), and [[PsychoForHire Black Mage]] who is... ''all'' of TheLancer traits listed at the top of this page.
* KeenEddie has Eddie and Monty
* TruthInTelevision. Josiah and Elanor Creasy HappilyMarried [[TheCaptain captain]] and [[TheSmartGuy navigator]] of the clipper Flying Cloud.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' gives us [[TheHero Finn]] and [[BrilliantButLazy Jake]].
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* Mal and Zoe of ''{{Firefly}}'' somewhat invert this, where Zoe is the cool, levelheaded and serious one, while Mal is the somewhat weird one despite being the lead character.