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The precarious couple effect is more specific than what this trope describes. (Quiet men and gregarious women selecting for each other despite the likelihood of long-term compatibility issues.)


In psychology, this is known as the [[https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/are-we-born-racist/201205/the-precarious-couple-effect "precarious couple."]]
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Rated M For Manly is about works, not characters; chained sinkholes


* Matthias of ''Literature/AWorldLessVisible'' is a [[TheBear an]] [[RatedMForManly alpha]] [[TheBigBadWolf werewolf]] with some [[UnstoppableRage minor anger management issues]]. His boyfriend, Daniel, is a skinny [[CampGay twink]] and EmpathicHealer who tends to [[NonActionGuy throw up around violence]].

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* Matthias of ''Literature/AWorldLessVisible'' is a [[TheBear an]] [[RatedMForManly alpha]] [[TheBigBadWolf an alpha werewolf]] with some [[UnstoppableRage minor anger management issues]]. His boyfriend, Daniel, is a skinny [[CampGay twink]] and EmpathicHealer who tends to [[NonActionGuy throw up around violence]].
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* Lua and Ladd from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' may have fit this trope, with Lua, by the end, almost getting up the courage to suggest that maybe she doesn't ''want'' to [[MadLove die by his hand.]]

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* Lua and Ladd from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' may have fit this trope, with Lua, by the end, almost getting up the courage to suggest that maybe she doesn't ''want'' to [[MadLove die by his hand.]]



* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' has a variation of this with NiceGuy Kokuto and SociopathicHero Shiki. In one case taken to its logical extreme when Shiki once puts a knife to his throat and threatens to kill him. Eventually, it works out when she lets him be her MoralityPet.

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* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' has a variation of this with NiceGuy Kokuto and SociopathicHero Shiki. In one case taken to its logical extreme when Shiki once puts a knife to his throat and threatens to kill him. Eventually, it works out when she lets him be her MoralityPet.



* Flipped around all over the place with ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''. Ryuuji has the FaceOfAThug, so much so that on the way to class one morning, two guys gave him their wallets, pleading for their lives. He's actually a very nice guy, as well as a major NeatFreak. Contrast with Taiga, who's a short, very cute girl... and known around school as the "[[TinyTyrannicalGirl Palmtop Tiger]]" for her angry demeanor and occasional violent outbursts (she punches out Ryuuji when he accidentally bumps into her).

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* Flipped around all over the place with ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}''.''Literature/{{Toradora}}''. Ryuuji has the FaceOfAThug, so much so that on the way to class one morning, two guys gave him their wallets, pleading for their lives. He's actually a very nice guy, as well as a major NeatFreak. Contrast with Taiga, who's a short, very cute girl... and known around school as the "[[TinyTyrannicalGirl Palmtop Tiger]]" for her angry demeanor and occasional violent outbursts (she punches out Ryuuji when he accidentally bumps into her).
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The inversion of AllGirlsWantBadBoys and AllAmazonsWantHercules, Pitbull Dates Puppy is when someone who's tough and NotGoodWithPeople enters a relationship with TheWoobie, NonActionGuy, TheHeart, or the ExtremeDoormat -- often by force, though it is possible for one or the other to naturally fall in love with each other.

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The inversion of AllGirlsWantBadBoys and AllAmazonsWantHercules, Pitbull Dates Puppy is when someone who's tough and NotGoodWithPeople enters a relationship with TheWoobie, NonActionGuy, TheHeart, or the ExtremeDoormat -- often by force, though it is possible for one or the other to naturally fall in love with each other.
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* Yuri and Alice in ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts''. He's a rude, crude brawler with a bunch of demons fused to his soul, and she's a sweet, gentle WhiteMagicianGirl exorcist. It takes them a very long time to admit it, but they're pretty head-over-heels for each other.

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* Yuri and Alice in ''VideoGame/ShadowHearts''.''VideoGame/ShadowHearts1''. He's a rude, crude brawler with a bunch of demons fused to his soul, and she's a sweet, gentle WhiteMagicianGirl exorcist. It takes them a very long time to admit it, but they're pretty head-over-heels for each other.
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* In ''Series/TheLastOfUs2023'', Tough CrazySurvivalist Bill ends up in a long-term relationship with the more gentle Frank.

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