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* Bonnie and Clyde from ''Comicbook/LastManStanding'', although they're not really bad guys. And yes, that's their actual names. [[SarcasmMode Who would have ever suspected this to happen]]?

* Bonnie and Clyde from ''LastManStanding'', although they're not really bad guys. And yes, that's their actual names. [[SarcasmMode Who would have ever suspected this to happen]]?

* The original Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow of historical and cinematic fame, though Hollywood tends to romanticize them a bit. For those unfamiliar with the real life Bonnie and Clyde: the public did not like them because they tended to [[MoralEventHorizon kill people]] (police ''and'' civilians) just ForTheEvulz, but they ''did'' root for John Dillinger. The final showdown between Bonnie and Clyde and the ambush posse of Frank Hamer, Bob Alcorn, Ted Hinton, Prentiss Oakley and Sheriff Henderson Jordan was a CurbStompBattle that the posse won, due to them becoming [[CombatPragmatist Combat Pragmatists]] and deciding to ambush them with [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]]. To be fair, Bonnie and Clyde had killed nine police officers in several states. Given that kind of motivation, law enforcement types do not fool around. Meanwhile, in its entire period of existence, Dillinger's gang only killed four police officers.

Expect some BackToBackBadasses moments, as well as a selfish suicide if one partner dies. May result in sympathetic villains or even SympatheticMurderers, especially if their affection for each other is given the spotlight.

* Slightly subverted in the ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' episode "The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful". Zeke and Josephine Clench used to be a husband and wife team of bounty hunters, but they divorced sometime before the events of the episode, and seeing as ''he'' had a restraining order against ''her'', it was probably her fault. However, they called a truce in order to bring in Jack, [[spoiler: and almost managed it. They were beaten when Josephine double crossed Zeke after thinking Jack was helpless, which let Jack use a manuever to defeat her as well.]]

* Henricksen refers to ''{{Supernatural}}'''s Sam and Dean Winchester like this, despite that they are not lovers (and yes, I'm ignoring those Wincest shippers), though they do have an unusually strong brotherly bond.

* ''{{Agatha Christie}}'' used this trope several times, in stories such as [[spoiler:''{{Death on the Nile}}'', ''Evil Under the Sun'', ''{{The Mysterious Affair at Styles}}'', ''The Murder at the Vicarage'' and ''The Body in the Library''.]]

* ''{{Agatha Christie}}'' used this trope several times, in stories such as [[spoiler:''{{Death on the Nile}}'', ''Evil Under the Sun'', ''{{The Mysterious Affair at Styles}}'', ''{{The Murder at the Vicarage}}'' and ''{{The Body in the Library}}''.]]

Expect some BackToBackBadasses moments, as well as a selfish suicide if one partner dies. May result in sympathetic villains.

Two lovers who team up to do crime, usually violent crime and especially robbery, and are usually on the run from the law. Who is the brains of the outfit tends to vary from couple to couple. Sometimes the Bonnie of the pair is a FemmeFatale who leads the Clyde into the life of crime, but other times, the Clyde is the brains of the crew while the Bonnie tends more toward a "loose cannon" style of persona. It is common for many Bonnie and Clyde stories to end in tragedy, as the story of the original Bonnie and Clyde did.

* In ''{{Heroes}}'' when Sylar and Elle become a couple and decide to use their powers to "take what we want". Noah Bennette even calls them "Bonnie and Clyde".

* In ''DragonAgeII'', you and your love interest (if you have one) will go on the run together in the [[spoiler: [[MultipleEndings Mage ending]]]]. The trope is particularly strong if you romance pirate queen Isabella [[spoiler: or bomb-happy Anders]].

* ''LadyVengeance'' features a couple of reformed bank robbers now running an auto-repair shop, with the wife having met and became indebted to the titular character in prison.

* In the final episode of the first season of TenchiUniverse, Ryoko tries to become this with Tenchi. She kidnaps him in an effort to get him to be a bank robber with her.

* The original Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow of historical and cinematic fame, though Hollywood tends to romanticize them a bit. For those unfamiliar with the real life Bonnie and Clyde: the public did not like them because they tended to [[MoralEventHorizon kill people]] (police ''and'' civilians) just ForTheEvulz, but they ''did'' root for John Dillinger. The final showdown between Bonnie and Clyde and the ambush posse of Frank Hamer, Bob Alcorn, Ted Hinton, Prentiss Oakley and Sheriff Henderson Jordan was a CurbStompBattle that the posse won, due to them becoming [[CombatPragmatist Combat Pragmatists]] and deciding to ambush them with [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]]. To be fair, Bonnie and Clyde had killed nine police officers in several states. Given that kind of motivation, law enforcement types do not fool around.

* In the episode of ''{{Angel}}'' ''Heartthrob'' the titular hero faces the revenge of a vampire acquaintance after he kills his Bonny.

* ''{{Dollhouse}}'': [[spoiler: Apparently just before Alpha went crazy, he and Whiskey were imprinted as a Bonnie and Clyde couple.]]

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' has Spike and Drusilla, Angel (or Angelus) and Darla, Spike and Harmony and - in an alternate universe - Xander and Willow

* ''PussInBoots'' had Puss in Boots and Kitty Softpaws.

* The enemies of [[MarvelUniverse Spider-Man]] Aura and Override are super powered version of this.

* The original Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow of historical and cinematic fame, though Hollywood tends to romanticize them a bit. For those unfamiliar with the real life Bonnie and Clyde: the public did not like them because they tended to [[MoralEventHorizon kill people]] (police ''and'' civilians) just ForTheEvulz. The final showdown was a CurbStompBattle against them, due to the authorities becoming [[CombatPragmatist Combat Pragmatists]] and deciding to ambush them with [[MoreDakka automatic weapons]]. To be fair, Bonnie and Clyde had killed nine police officers in several states. Given that kind of motivation, law enforcement types do not fool around.

* ''Item 47'', a short film set in the MarvelCinematicUniverse, has Benny and Claire, who rob banks with a modified alien ray gun.

* Some say Jessie and James of ''{{Pokemon}}''. There have been many hints, some of which have been pointed out by [[ShipperOnDeck Meowth]], but they haven't gotten into a true relationship yet because they're both trapped in the mentality of immature schoolchildren. It's pretty clear from the aforementioned hints that there's attraction there, but neither is ready to admit it.

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* Arguably the first FilmNoir picture ever made, almost a decade before the style became prevalent, [[Creator/FritzLang Fritz Lang's]] ''YouOnlyLiveOnce'' also has the distinction of being the first OutlawCouple film. Loosely based on the real-life crime couple of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who had been gunned down by police only three years before ''You Only Live Once'' was released, the film is the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers--a career criminal, Eddie Taylor (Henry Fonda), and Joanna (Sylvia Sidney), the girl who loves him.

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* Kate and Sawyer on ''{{Lost}}'', pretty much. Also Sawyer and Cassidy.

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* Happens through the ''GrandTheftAuto'' series: in ''San Andreas'', Catalina and CJ have a short affair of this kind, after which she dumps CJ and ends up with Claude; [[AnachronicOrder later]], during the intro cut scene in ''GTA III'', she betrays Claude and shoots him in an alley.

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