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* ''Literature/ThePerfectRun'': This turns out to be the secret behind [[spoiler:[[PsychoSerum the Psycho condition]]]]. Yes, ''really''. When the heroes get a translator set up, they discover that [[spoiler:the elixirs that make up a Psycho's powers are ''constantly arguing'', both trying to reshape the body according to the first wish they received, and based on their interpretation via their color. This is why their powers are constantly fluctuating, which drives them insane]]. Fixing the problem is basically as simple as a third person coming in and saying "why don't you just get a divorce?"
-->'''The Panda:''' The Panda... The Panda is having a tough family flashback.\\
'''Len:''' Me too.\\
'''Ryan:''' ''[thinking]'' Hanlon's razor. Never attribute to malice, what can be explained by incompetence.

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* Crackerjack and Quarrel of ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' have been with each other so long that they're effectively married, even though they've never been exclusive to the other and have broken up (and gotten back together) dozens of times.
* ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' gives us the Two Stupid Rat Creatures, Smelly and Stinky. Pretty much every time they appear they spend most of their panel time bickering with each other like idiots. The fact that one of them is hopelessly determined to eat a quiche doesn't help.

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* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': Crackerjack and Quarrel of ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' have been with each other so long that they're effectively married, even though they've never been exclusive to the other and have broken up (and gotten back together) dozens of times.
* ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'' gives us the ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'': ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan, throughout almost all of their [[HeterosexualLifePartners friendship]].
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Two Stupid Rat Creatures, Smelly and Stinky. Pretty much every time they appear they spend most of their panel time bickering with each other like idiots. The fact that one of them is hopelessly determined to eat a quiche doesn't help.



* ComicBook/BoosterGold used the phrase (in #36 of his ongoing title) to describe his own relationship with ComicBook/BlueBeetle (Ted Kord), after Vril Dox II assumed they were lovers. (This was rather a broad-minded assumption on Vril's part, but only because [[spoiler:Ted had been transformed into a chipmunk at the time]]).
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan, throughout almost all of their [[HeterosexualLifePartners friendship]].
** [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Wiccan and Hulkling's]] relationship often smacks more than a little of this. Of course, [[OfficialCouple there is a reason for that...]]
* On a totally different note, Creator/LewisTrondheim's ''ComicBook/KaputAndZosky''.
* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and [[ComicBook/XMen Nightcrawler]] act as a married couple and parents, sometimes for Kitty and Piotr (with Dad-Wolverine being hard when Piotr hurts Kitty or wishing that his "daughter" remains on the team)

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* ComicBook/BoosterGold ''ComicBook/BoosterGold'': Booster used the phrase (in #36 of his ongoing title) to describe his own relationship with ComicBook/BlueBeetle (Ted Kord), after Vril Dox II assumed they were lovers. (This was rather a broad-minded assumption on Vril's part, but only because [[spoiler:Ted had been transformed into a chipmunk at the time]]).
*%% ''ComicBook/KaputAndZosky''
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/IronMan, throughout almost all of their [[HeterosexualLifePartners friendship]].
** [[ComicBook/YoungAvengers Wiccan and Hulkling's]] relationship often smacks more than a little of this. Of course, [[OfficialCouple there is a reason for that...]]
* On a totally different note, Creator/LewisTrondheim's ''ComicBook/KaputAndZosky''.
* ''Franchise/XMen'':
''ComicBook/XMen'':
** ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and [[ComicBook/XMen Nightcrawler]] ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} act as a married couple and parents, sometimes for Kitty and Piotr (with Dad-Wolverine being hard when Piotr hurts Kitty or wishing that his "daughter" remains on the team)



* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': in "Better Luck Next Time," Grim's cursed cuckoo clock sends Billy and Mandy through time. In one scenario, they're in the future where they come across their senior citizen selves. Mandy still belittles Billy, even saying the same things present Mandy is saying at the same time.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': in In ''ComicBook/CartoonNetworkBlockParty'' #45, "Better Luck Next Time," Time", Grim's cursed cuckoo clock sends Billy and Mandy through time. In one scenario, they're in the future where they come across their senior citizen selves. Mandy still belittles Billy, even saying the same things present Mandy is saying at the same time.time.
* ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'': Wiccan and Hulkling's relationship often smacks more than a little of this. Of course, [[OfficialCouple there is a reason for that...]]
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* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'': This is how [[HopelessSuitor Lisbeth]] realizes Kirito and Asuna are practically an OfficialCouple, despite Asuna [[HeIsNotMyBoyfriend denying it]] moments later.
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* Crackerjack and Quarrel of ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' have been with each other so long that they're effectively married, even though they've never been exclusive to the other and have broken up (and gotten back together) dozens of times.
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* In ''Literature/TheFountainhead'', sculptor Steven Mallory carves a naked statue of female lead Dominique Francon. Steve never touches her, and there's never anything romantic or sexual between them, but the intimate nature of the process leads to them developing a particularly close friendship, where they feel as comfortable with each other as people who have been married for decades.

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