History Main / MuggleBestFriend

* Partial example: Nathan from ''QueerAsFolk'' hangs out with his straight female best friend from school. She's pretty much the only straight person on the show.

* Orito from KoreWaZombieDesuKa.

* ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has surprisingly, the titular character Madoka herself. The series is a tug of war between [[WeaselMascot QB]] (for) and [[DarkMagicalGirl Homura]] (against) over whether she turns magical girl.

* In ''UltraManiac'', Nina Sakura, a [CuteWitch], transfers into a normal school in the human world, and meets Ayu, the one who would fit this trope. She befriends her (though at first, Ayu was annoyed by Nina), Ayu finds herself being the target of Nina's many (failed attempts) of helpful magic.

* In ''UltraManiac'', Nina Sakura, a [[CuteWitch]], transfers into a normal school in the human world, and meets Ayu, the one who would fit this trope. She befriends her (though at first, Ayu was annoyed by Nina), Ayu finds herself being the target of Nina's many (failed attempts) of helpful magic.

* ''UltraManiac'' Nina Sakura, a witch, transfers into a normal school in the human world, and meets Ayu. She befriends her (though at first, Ayu was annoyed by Nina), Ayu finds herself being the target of Nina's many (failed attempts) of helpful magic.

* April from ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' is a good example, and this is true of the AnimatedSeries as well.

* Mai of MaiHime has Chie and Aoi, [[ThoseTwoGuys two girls]] who are never aware of or involved in the Himes' conflicts.
* In {{Bleach}}, Mizuiro, Keigo and Tatsuki.

* Laura is the MuggleBestFriend to Kate in the Adventures of a Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series, and she's the self-titled {{Sidekick}} as well. Even after reading the first book, it's clear that [[spoiler: Kate's daughter Mindy will be the MuggleBestFriend to Kate's daughter Allie when Allie ends up trained to follow in Mom's footsteps]].

* Bella's friends Angela, Jessica, Mike, Eric, Ben (Angela's boyfriend), and Katie (Eric's girlfriend) in {{Twilight}}. The last two are cut from the films. Angela is the one Bella is closest to
* Clary's friend Simon in the Mortal Instruments series.

* Partial example: Nathan from QueerAsFolk hangs out with his straight female best friend from school. She's pretty much the only straight person on the show.

* Keely Teslow to Phil on {{Phil of the Future}}, though she quickly became the {{Love Interest}} as well.

* Gwen from series 1 ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' until she got her Lucky Girl powers and then began studying magic.

* ''CardCaptorSakura'' has Tomoyo.

* {{Superman}}'s pal Jimmy Olsen; subverted when he takes on the mantle of Elastic Lad. Or any one of the other hundred or so super-identities he's temporarily had over the years.

** Mary Jane fills the role in ''[[UltimateSpiderman Ultimate Spider-Man]]'', hovering between this and LoveInterest.
*** Mary Jane also could and can play both roles in the mainstream books as well, especially after she revealed she knew Peter's secret.

* Of course, Bucky Barnes and CaptainAmerica, back during the war.
** Does Bucky count? He was Cap's sidekick, after all.
*** The teen sidekicks so prevalent in the "Golden Age" were all intended to provide someone for the teenage readers to identify with. If the hero was superpowered but the sidekick wasn't - as was the case with the Golden Age Captain America and Bucky - you can legitimately say that the sidekick had elements of a MuggleBestFriend, especially if there wasn't a more obvious Muggle Best Friend around. The Golden Age Captain America had another supporting character in Betty/Betsy Ross though, who briefly also served as his second sidekick, the Golden Girl.

* Laura is the MuggleBestFriend to Kate in the Adventures of a Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series, and she's the self-titled {{Sidekick}} as well. Even after reading the first book, I can see that [[spoiler: Kate's daughter Mindy will be the MuggleBestFriend to Kate's daughter Allie when Allie ends up trained to follow in Mom's footsteps]].

* I seem to recall that RainbowBrite had a boy from Earth that she was friends with.

* Virtually every companion ever on ''Series/DoctorWho'', with the exceptions of fellow Time Lord Romana, [[spoiler: half- Time Lord]] River Song, time-traveling immortal [[Series/{{Torchwood}} Jack Harkness]] and girl with a crack in time inside her head Amy Pondg. Most of them are young (the exceptions being Adelaide, Donna and Donna's grandpa Wilfred) and human or humanoid, with no special powers. Even the aliens (Adric, Nyssa, Turlough) are fairly normal - they might be smart, but nothing beyond a BrainyBrunette or TheSmartGuy.

* Virtually every companion ever on ''Series/DoctorWho'', with the exceptions of fellow Time Lord Romana, [[spoiler: half- Time Lord]] River Song and time-traveling immortal [[{{Torchwood}} Jack Harkness]]. Most of them are young (the exceptions being Adelaide, Donna and Donna's grandpa Wilfred) and human or humanoid, with no special powers. Even the aliens (Adric, Nyssa, Turlough) are fairly normal - they might be smart, but nothing beyond a BrainyBrunette or TheSmartGuy.

* Virtually every companion ever on ''Series/DoctorWho'', with the exceptions of fellow Time Lord Romana, [[spoiler: half- Time Lord]] River Song and time-traveling immortal [[{{Torchwood}} Jack Harkness]]. Most of them are young (the exceptions being Adelaide, Donna and Donna's grandpa Wilfred), human or humanoid, with no special powers. Even the aliens (Adric, Nyssa, Turlough) are fairly normal - they might be smart, but nothing beyond a BrainyBrunette or TheSmartGuy.

* Virtually every companion ever on ''Series/DoctorWho'', with the exceptions of fellow Time Lord Romana, [[spoiler: half- Time Lord]] River Song and time-traveling immortal [[{{Torchwood}} Jack Harkness]]. Most of them are young (the exceptions being Adelaide, Donna and her grandpa Wilfred), human or humanoid, with no special powers. Even the aliens (Adric, Nyssa, Turlough) are fairly normal - they might be smart, but nothing beyond a BrainyBrunette or TheSmartGuy.

* Virtually every companion ever on ''Series/DoctorWho'', with the exceptions of fellow Time Lord Romana, [[spoiler: half- Time Lord]] River Song and time-traveling immortal [[{{Torchwood}} Jack Harkness]]. Most of them are young (the exceptions being New Who's Adelaide, Donna and her grandpa Wilfred), human or humanoid, with no special powers. Even the aliens (Adric, Nyssa, Turlough) are fairly normal - they might be smart, but nothing beyond a BrainyBrunette or TheSmartGuy.

** The Doctor's granddaughter Susan is basically this in her original stories, as she was created years before the Doctor was established as a Time Lord.

** Played straight with Hitomi, who serves as Madoka and Sayaka's friends. It's soon played straighter than most MagicalGirl shows would usually go and have her [[spoiler: [[SwissMessenger be one of the straws that break Sayaka's back and drive her to despair]]]].

* Gwen from series 1 ''[[BenTen Ben 10]]'' until she got her Lucky Girl powers and then began studying magic.

May cross over and into BadassNormal territory, but mainly {{Muggle Best Friend}}s are just ordinary people. Related to A Boy And His X, obviously. Especially when the X is super powered. More than one may team up to become ThoseTwoGuys.

** Claire has Zach who doesn't powers and later Gretchen before their RelationshipUpgrade

** And lastly Noah Bennet is could be this to The Haitian