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* ''Film/ExtraordinaryMeasures'': Dr. Robert Stonehill is the doer as the InsufferableGenius who is developing the cure for Pompe disease; John Crowley is the talker as the CEO of a company he created to cure said disease. Since the movie was BasedOnATrueStory, this crosses over to RealLife, except that Stonehill was the CompositeCharacter of several researchers.

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* From The ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'', Mark Vorkosigan, the business genius and Dr. Enrique Borgos the Escobarran scientist who was going to be sent to prison for his debts (he didn't really understanding how selling stocks works). Together they are trying to market "butter bugs" which produce a nutritious and fairly inexhaustible supply of "bug butter".

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* Webcomic/OHumanStar: Brendan Pinsky and Alastair Sterling. Alastair is a repulsive genius and Brendan is a charismatic front man.

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* Apparently this is how [[BlowYouAway Kanako]] and [[DishingOutDirt Suwako]] the two goddesses of the Moriya Shrine from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' work. Kanako is the one doing all the planning, strategy, and advertising to gather faith, while Suwako is the one doing the heavy work.

* ''ExtraordinaryMeasures'': Dr. Robert Stonehill is the doer as the InsufferableGenius who is developing the cure for Pompe disease; John Crowley is the talker as the CEO of a company he created to cure said disease. Since the movie was BasedOnATrueStory, this crosses over to RealLife, except that Stonehill was the CompositeCharacter of several researchers.

* Phineas and Ferb from "WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb".

* Lian-Chu and Gwizdo from ''DragonHunters''.

* Similarly, in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' DLC ''Dragonborn'', a treasure hunter named Ralis Sedarys offers you a partnership to excavate the Kolbjorn Barrow for the ancient relics contained within. You provide the funding ([[CashGate a total of 11.000 gold in four chunks]]) and the muscle whenever the miners run into the draugr, while he manages the dig day-to-day and [[WeHaveReserves hires more miners and mercenaries to replace the losses]]. [[spoiler:In the end, however, you discover that Ralis had been mind-controlled by an undead Dragon Priest buried in the barrow since before you first met him and had quite possibly been sacrificing the miners to him with his own hands.]]

* Similarly, in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' DLC ''Dragonborn'', a treasure hunter named Ralis Sedarys offers you a partnership to excavate the Kolbjorn Barrow for the ancient relics contained within. You provide the funding ([[CashGate a total of 11.000 gold in four chunks]]) and the muscle whenever the miners run into the draugr, while he manages the dig day-to-day and [[WeHaveReserves hires more miners and mercenaries to replace the losses]].

* DeviantArt, by jark (Scott Jarkoff) and spyed (Angelo Sotira). Sadly, this time it [[http://jark.deviantart.com/art/Things-That-Make-You-Go-Hmm-21117999 didn't]] [[http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/6182638/ end]] [[http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=522855 well]].

* Quark and his brother Rom in ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. The relationship between the two is what causes Rom's son Nog to join Starfleet as he doesn't want to be left exploited and miserable like his father.

* ''{{Ratatouille}}''. A rat who can cook but can't be understood by humans teams up with a human who can't cook. Played with in that the human isn't really a very competent Talker either, saying things like "Appetite is coming and he's going to have a big ego!", but the rat needed ''anyone'' who could get him into a kitchen because he couldn't on his own.

* Chemistry genius Walter White and amoral attorney Saul Goodman of ''BreakingBad''. Walt makes the world's best meth; Saul hooks him up with a distributor and money laundering services. (Walt tried this earlier with TroubledButCute Jesse Pinkman, but Jesse proved to be as bad at selling as he is at everything else...)

A variety of two-person ensemble where one person has technical or artistic expertise but lacks social and commercial skills to advertise them, while the other, though lacking geeky know-how, has a silver tongue and a keen profit sense. They are partners who bicker a lot (especially about the Doer's habit of "DoingItForTheArt") but grudgingly acknowledge needing each other.

* Pete White (Talker) and Bill Quizboy (the one who actually does the work) of TheVentureBrothers.

* PennAndTeller have built their entire careers out of this, exaggerated to the point that Teller never talks on stage.

* Master smith Wade and merchant Herren from ''DragonAge: Origins''.

* Chemistry genius Walter White and amoral attorney Saul Goodman of ''BreakingBad''. Walt makes the world's best meth; Saul hooks him up with a distributor and money laundering services. (Walt tried this earlier with TroubledButCute Jesse Brinkman, but Jesse proved to be as bad at selling as he is at everything else...)

* Quark and his brother Rom in ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. The relationship between the two is what causes Rom's son Nog to join Starfleet as he doesn't want to be left exploited and miserable like his father.

* From The ''VorkosiganSaga'', Mark Vorkosigan, the business genius and Dr. Enrique Borgos the Escobarran scientist who was going to be sent to prison for his debts (he didn't really understanding how selling stocks works). Together they are trying to market "butter bugs" which produce a nutritious and fairly inexhaustible supply of "bug butter".

* Pete White (Talker) and Bill Quizboy (the one who actually does the work) of TheVentureBrothers.

* ''{{Ratatouille}}''. A rat who can cook but can't be understood by humans teams up with a human who can't cook.

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* Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, founders of Apple. Not quite as clear-cut as the description might imply (they both had technical skills), but basically, Wozniak was the doer -- plenty of technical knowledge but little interest in marketing -- while Jobs was the talker -- he had the vision and the ability to market the new company.
* DeviantArt, by jark (Scott Jarkoff) and spyed (Angelo Sotira). Sadly, this time it [[http://jark.deviantart.com/art/Things-That-Make-You-Go-Hmm-21117999 didn't]] [[http://justthorne.deviantart.com/journal/6182638/ end]] [[http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=522855 well]].
* Pete White (Talker) and Bill Quizboy (the one who actually does the work) of TheVentureBrothers.