History Main / ThoseTwoGuys

Their personalities usually [[OppositesAttract sharply]] contrast, e.g. [[RedOniBlueOni calm/hyper]], jock/geek, etc., or their appearances contrast, e.g. [[BigGuyLittleGuy short/tall]], [[FatAndSkinny thin/fat]]... When they don't, they will be exactly the same. They might even wear CoordinatedClothes. Their names are often esoteric (either too complex or too simple to stand out), plus their non-involvement with the plot usually results in them being called "Those Two Guys". Occasionally, we get a LowerDeckEpisode from their point of view. Expect to ask someone who they are after a few episodes.

* ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman'' has the mutants [[ComicBook/NewMutants Cannonball]] and ComicBook/{{Sunspot}}. The two best friends spent a lot of time on the sidelines making funny banter, were rarely seen without the other, and were shown in side-stories to deal with wackier missions while the rest of the Avengers handled the serious threats. This changed after the events of ''Time Runs Out'', when Sunspot stepped up as a leader of one of the splintered Avengers factions, with Cannonball leaving for space with his wife and child (though also still serving as Sunspot's right-hand man).

* ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'' has the mutants [[ComicBook/NewMutants Cannonball]] and ComicBook/{{Sunspot}}. The two best friends spent a lot of time on the sidelines making funny banter, were rarely seen without the other, and were shown in side-stories to deal with wackier missions while the rest of the Avengers handled the serious threats. This changed after the events of ''Time Runs Out'', when Sunspot stepped up as a leader of one of the splintered Avengers factions, with Cannonball leaving for space with his wife and child (though also still serving as Sunspot's right-hand man).

* A very early film example are "Charters and Caldicott" from ''Film/TheLadyVanishes'' (and a half dozen other movies of the early 40s) who spend their on screen time mostly obsessed with the current cricket scores.
** They have their very own adventure in Charters and Caldicott by Stella Bingham. The pair are still obsessed by cricket and go from lunch at their club to Caldicott's flat to settle a point in dispute with his 'Wisden' a Cricket reference work. They discover the body of a young woman on Caldicott's bedroom floor. Her purse identifies her as the daughter of an old friend. But then another young woman appears claiming to be the * real* daughter and that her father has been murdered — then it starts getting complicated.

* The shadow players in ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''. Two girls who are only ever seen together while performing shadow plays that metaphorically describe the theme or lesson of the day's episode. At first they are presented as a out of universe GreekChorus, but then the Black Rose Arc has Utena making snarky retorts to their story, and later on in the series the main characters attend one of their plays.

May overlap with OverlyPolitePals and CatchPhraseSpoutingDuo. Contrast BumblingHenchmenDuo, a pair of hilariously incompetent baddies.

May overlap with MisterXAndMisterY and CatchPhraseSpoutingDuo. Contrast BumblingHenchmenDuo, a pair of hilariously incompetent baddies.

* ''Series/{{Ramy}}'': Ramy's best friends Mo and Ahmed, whose roles mainly consist of following him around and offering commentary on his life, sometimes humorously.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Sergeant Frederick "Fred" Colon and Corporal Cecil Wormsborough St. John "Nobby" Nobbs of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch often perform this role on a routine basis in several books which are not focused on the Watch but do take place in the city. When the Watch is the focus they become somewhat more relevant to the plot than is usual for ThoseTwoGuys, but still evoke the trope in their interactions on a regular basis

* ''Literature/Discworld'': Sergeant Frederick "Fred" Colon and Corporal Cecil Wormsborough St. John "Nobby" Nobbs of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch often perform this role on a routine basis in several books which are not focused on the Watch but do take place in the city. When the Watch is the focus they become somewhat more relevant to the plot than is usual for ThoseTwoGuys, but still evoke the trope in their interactions on a regular basis

->'''Sam''': Ed, Larry—this is Lisa Sherborne from ''Vanity Fair''.\\
'''Lisa''': Which one's Ed, which one's Larry?\\
'''Ed and Larry (simultaneously)''': Doesn't matter.
-->-- ''Series/TheWestWing''

* Many of the Ernest films feature a duo. Two of the films and the Saturday morning series ''Hey Vern It's Ernest'' feature Chuck and Bobby (who, like Ernest, had originated in a series of commercials), and Bobby is later paired with different characters (Tom in ''Film/ErnestScaredStupid'' and Gerta in ''Ernest Goes to School''). Chuck is a fat guy who talks a lot while Bobby is a really skinny old guy who doesn't get much dialogue.
** Other Ernest films have somewhat similar duos. ''Film/ErnestGoesToCamp'' has cooks Jake (played by Gailard Sartain, who also played Chuck) and Eddie, who fill the big guy/little guy duo (but unlike Bobby, Eddie does talk a lot), while ''Film/ErnestRidesAgain'' has a pair of vaccum salesmen who finish each others sentences.

* In ''Literature/GrentsFall'', the Halifax brothers are almost always mentioned as a pair, not singly. [[spoiler:They even die in the same battle]]. In addition, Hereward Capell and Laurence Holles are Those Two Advisors [[spoiler:until Laurence Holles dies]].

* ''Series/TheKingLoves'':
** Won's bodyguards, Jin Gwan and Jang Ui. They're rarely seen apart and they follow Won almost everywhere.
** The two bumbling criminals who repeatedly cause trouble for the protagonists are a villainous example.