History Main / StraightManAndWiseguy

* ''Series/PerfectStrangers'': Of course Balki (Wise Guy) and Larry (Straight Man) deserve to be listed here, [[CatchPhrase don't be ridiculous]].

* Many Plush Gaming episodes of ''WebOriginal/VesterAndFriends'' have different characters be the Straight Man and Wise Guy. With Link, Mario, Yellow Yoshi, Isabelle and Bowser Junior being examples of the Straight Man and Bowser, Woody, Toad, Wario and Eggman being examples of the Wise Guy.

* ''[[VideoGame/DotsHome Dot's Home]]'': Amos describes his dynamic with his friend Hank this way. According to him, he's the "funny guy" while Hank's the StraightMan, and the latter is [[Creator/AbbottAndCostello "the Abbott to [Amos'] Costello".]]

* ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'' is built entirely on this trope. The CrazyPrepared straight-laced serious Quantum is paired with the irreverent street-smart DeadpanSnarker Woody. And they're ''forced'' to stay paired up to prevent discorporating into pure energy, no matter how much they get on each other's nerves. Also doubles as an early inversion of SaltAndPepper.

* Creator/LaurelAndHardy: They mixed Straight Man and Wise Guy with slapstick physical comedy. In either case, Oliver Hardy (the fat one) was the straight man.

* Many Plush Gaming episodes of ''WebOriginal/VesterAndFriends'' have different characters be the Straight Man and Wise Guy. With Link, Mario, Yellow Yoshi, Isabelle and Bowser Junior being the Straight Man and Bowser, Woody, Toad, Wario and Eggman being the Wise Guy.

* Many Plush Gaming episodes of ''WebOriginal/VesterAndFriends'' have different characters be the Straight Man and Wise Guy. With Link,Mario,Yellow Yoshi,Isabelle and Bowser Junior being the Straight Man and Bowser,Woody,Toad,Wario and Eggman being the Wise Guy.

* In many Plush Gaming episodes of of ''WebOriginal/VesterAndFriends'' have different characters be the Straight Man and Wise Guy. With Link,Mario,Yellow Yoshi,Isabelle and Bowser Junior being the Straight Man and Bowser,Woody,Toad,Wario and Eggman being the Wise Guy.

* ''FanFic/WatchDogsSINsurrection'': [[LightNovel/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected Hachiman Hikigaya]] and [[LightNovel/{{Shimoneta}} Ayame Kajo]] respectively fit into these roles rather well. In the story, Hachiman is a [[TheCynic cynical]], [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] PlayfulHacker who throws shade at the public moral laws and how they affect Japan. Ayame, on the other hand, is a [[LoveableSexManiac perverted]], [[SirSwearsALot profanity-spewing]] [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters terrorist/freedom fighter]] who can't go one full minute without cracking a dirty joke. Despite the above quirks, their goals more or less align and agree to work together to take down the oppressive and counterproductive laws.

* Hot blooded [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Marty Mcfly]] and ingenious [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Dr. Emmett Brown]] in ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''.

* Creator/LaurelAndHardy: They mixed StraightManAndWiseGuy with slapstick physical comedy. In either case, Oliver Hardy (the fat one) was the straight man.

* ''Manga/ChocoMimi'': Choco is responsible and level-headed while Mimi is a little bit ditzy, prone to slacking off and daydreaming. One strip has their friend Mumu internally compare them to the [[Literature/TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts Ant and the Grasshopper fable]], casting Choco as the hardworking ant and Mimi as the lazy grasshopper.

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* Most of The Courier's companions in ''Machinima/CouriersMindRiseOfNewVegas'' are straight man compared to him to some degree, but [[TheStoic Boone]] is easily ''the'' Straight Man to his Wise Guy. Nowhere is there a bigger contrast in personalities than between the [[TheComicallySerious No-Nonsense]] veteran ColdSniper and the [[LargeHam loud]], {{boisterous|Bruiser}}, and [[AxCrazy cheerfully bloodthirsty]] mailman.

* In a meta sense, [[Wiki/TVTropes This Very Wiki]] is the Wise Guy to the Straight Man that is [[Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]]. They present the facts in a matter-of-fact manner, while we provide sarcasm and humorous commentary to go with those same facts.

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'':
** {{Idol singer}}s Callie and Marie play the parts of wise guy and straight man (respectively), both when they served as newscasters in the first game, and in their usual banter in the various story modes. Notably, they invert the usual of set-up and response format seen with this trope: jokester Callie often opens conversations with a bad joke or something ditzy, which straight woman Marie replies to with a snarky comment playing off it.

** Pearl and Marina use the same set-up and response format. Pearl serves as the wise gal who says something absurd or surprising, while Marina is the straight woman who follows it up with a teasing remark. Downplayed in that the duo have a more lighthearted dynamic that occasionally allows them to swap roles depending on what's been discussed thanks to Pearl being BookDumb, while Marina is a FishOutOfWater.

* ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles:'' ZigZagged; the first game of the series stars the duo of [[Characters/AITheSomniumFilesKanameDate Kaname Date]]--a distracable and [[{{Manchild}} childish]] BunnyEarsLawyer with a massive porn addiction--and his partner Aiba--a highly advanced ArtificialIntelligence with a [[TheSpock coolheaded]] and [[SnarkyNonHumanSidekick sarcastic]] attitude. While solving high-profile crimes, the two will snark, insult, and make terrible puns at each other to no end, Aiba's cold computer logic balancing out Date's impulsiveness and immaturity. While it's usually Date as the wise guy and Aiba as the straight man (not a man though), the two can switch the dynamic up depending on context (i.e. Aiba making terrible jokes and squeeing like a fangirl at insects, Date being laser focused on public safety and showing his detective chops).

* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': The entire series is set in a bizarre {{Cloudcuckooland}} city ruled by a AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil, and the main character Ryoko Matoi is the Straight Man the only person who thinks any of it is weird. Her best friend Mako Mankanshoku is someone who is considered a loony [[UpToEleven even by the standards of the series]] who manages to baffle everyone with her InsaneTrollLogic. The result is that she not only acts the Wise Guy to Ryoko's Straight Man, but also anybody else.

* ''Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart'': Part of Stewart's reformulation of the show from the Kilborn years is that, instead of the correspondents playing the Straight Man part to the antics of the subject, who are cast as oblivious Wise Guys, Stewart himself plays the Straight Man to the correspondents' antics. Most often, the correspondents take on the role of a StrawMan, UpToEleven version of whatever (usually conservative) political ideology or position the segment is meant to skewer. Creator/StephenColbert was successful enough at this that his conservative-pundit-Wise-Guy persona was spun off onto [[Series/TheColbertReport its own show]].

* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': Jerkish, calm-to-apathetic [[DoctorJerk Taiga]] is stuck with the bratty, overly cheerful [[MoralityPet Nico]]. His attempt at acting like proper [[PerpetualFrowner brooding]] TokenEvilTeammate are followed either by [[TastesLikeDiabetes her]] trolling him or trying to act tough herself. Both ways usually [[NotSoStoic ruin]] his efforts, much to his dismay.