History Main / StraightMan

* On the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', Rincewind and Sam Vimes seem to play the straight man [[OnlySaneMan for the entire world]].

* ''Literature/TheHungerGames'': Katniss Everdeen.
* The titular character of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' plays this role to the wacky denizens of Wonderland. Whether she's also the OnlySaneMan is debatable: [[spoiler:[[AllJustADream the entire story takes place in her subconsciousness]]]].

* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'': Agent Wisker often serves as one for the heroes. Meanwhile, on the villainous side of things, [[EnigmaticMinion Blankman]] often serves as this to the more quirky members of the Shadow Hand.

* Despite it producing being his silliest gimmick (up to that point), [[MaskedLuchador American Dragon as a literal American Dragon]], he still ended up being the straight one compared to Wrestling/{{C|hristopherDaniels}}urryman during their run as [[Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling IWGP]] Junior Heavyweight TagTeam Champions. Similarly Wrestling/BryanDanielson tried to go along with whatever [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick Paul London]] came up with in Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla, but Paul was just so left field Danielson would often have to slow him down just to make sense of him(usually resulting in something even weirder).

* [[PluckyComicRelief Neptune is usually the Wise Guy in the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series, but in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'', she's forced to be the straight man to [[CloudCuckoolander Plutia]] for a while, and she hates it. Eventually they get their eternally exasperated straight woman, [[{{Tsundere}} Noire]] back, and she is no less frustrated with having to deal with two wise guys. After they link up with [[TheQuietOne Blanc]], she tries to pass the straight man duties off to Blanc after the latter notes that they speak like a comedy routine, even using the term straight man, but Blanc turns her down, saying she prefers to be an audience member.

* Neptune is usually the WiseGuy in the ''/VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series, but in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaVictory'', she's forced to be the straight man to Plutia for a while, and she hates it. Eventually they get their eternally exasperated straight woman, [[{{Tsundere}} Noire]] back, and she is no less frustrated with having to deal with two wise guys. after they link up with Blanc, she tries to pass the straight man duties off to Blanc after the latter notes that they speak like a comedy routine, even using the term straight man, but Blanc turns her down, saying she prefers to be an audience member.

* Hovat in ''Fanfic/WereJerrySpringerNotCasablanca'' is a female example of this, and so is Gamora to a lesser extent

** ComicBook/LexLuthor is also the straight man when the [[VillainTeamUp villains team up]].

* Creator/JeffDunham to his puppets. Given that he is voicing the puppets, it is regularly {{lampshaded}} that he is being the straight man ''[[TalkingToHimself to himself]]''.

* The setup for ''LightNovel/EndoAndKobayashiLiveTheLatestOnTsundereVillainessLieselotte'' is basically, a commented LetsPlay session by the [[JapaneseSchoolClub Broadcasting Club]]. Endo, who spent most of his life on baseball but was forced to retire due to a CareerEndingInjury, has a background that is the furthest one can get from gaming. As a result, he's usually the person providing the layman's opinion on ''[[FictionalVideoGame Magikoi]]''.

* NewhartPhoneCall, as discussed, where a talented straight man can get laughs by letting the audience’s imagination fill in the other half of an offstage phone conversation.

* NewhartPhoneCall, as discussed, where a good straight man can get laughs by letting the a’s imagination fill in the other half of an offstage phone conversation.