History PlayingWith / HeterosexualLifePartners

** [[GenkiGirl Hannah]] is the cheerful tomboy and her nerdy girl [[{{Meganekko}} Millie]] are intensely close best friends who do everything together.

** [[RatedMForManly Gabriel]] and [[TheStoic Eddie]] are intensely close best friends who do everything together.
** [[GenkiGirl Hannah]] and [[{{Meganekko}} Millie]] are intensely close best friends who do everything together.

** Andy and Bob are intensely close best friends who do everything together.
** Alice and Barbara are intensely close best friends who do everything together.
* '''Exaggerated''': Andy and Bob are inseparable, live together, work together, go on holiday together and, except for the sex, are to all intents and purposes a married couple.
* '''Downplayed''': Andy and Bob are best friends and do many things together, but not everything.

** Andy and Bob have known each other since childhood.
** Andy and Bob have known each other since before then.

** Andy and Bob are a romantic couple who are [[HideYourLesbians never seen]] [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay together]].
** Andy and Bob (or Alice and Barbara) are actually gay and are intensely close best friends who do everything together... but aren't dating.
* '''Gender Inverted''': Alice and Bob are LikeBrotherAndSister or PlatonicLifePartners.

** Andy and Bob are keeping up the pretense of their close friendship but in actuality can't stand each other.
** Andy and Bob turn out to actually be [[RelationshipReveal in a romantic relationship]].

** Everyone -- including the woman that they would be interested in dating -- [[MistakenForGay assumes that Andy and Bob are gay, much to their frustration]].

** Andy and Bob are a homoromantic couple.
** Andy and Bob are friends, but not exceptionally close ones.

-->'''Bob''': You know, I honestly can't imagine my life without Andy being around.
* '''Invoked''': Andy is subjected to a StalkerWithACrush and to get her to leave explains that he and Bob do everything together, including making him a third wheel on a date and never having him leave their company.

* '''Defied''': Andy and Bob realize that the only reason they have remained close friends is because they don't spend all their time together.

* '''Deconstructed''': Andy and Bob's close friendship is horribly co-dependent and somewhat unhealthy, and has a deleterious effect on any other friendship or relationship they might hope to construct, particularly of a romantic nature.
* '''Reconstructed''': Andy and Bob's close friendship has been the one constant rock that either has had to rely on throughout the struggles, hardship and pain that has characterized their lives up to that point.

** Andy is emotionally abusive towards Bob, but Bob remains his friend anyway, because they've been friends for so long Bob can't function without Andy.
** Andy's wife hates Bob, and Andy leaves her rather than break off his friendship with Bob.

** Andy and Bob are a romantic couple who are [[HideYourGays never seen]] [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay together]].

** [[SlashFic Just showing the fan reaction would be enough]].

** Andy and Bob are a romantic couple who are [[HideYourGays never seen]] [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay together.]]

** Everyone -- including the woman that they would be interested in dating -- [[MistakenForGay assumes that Andy and Bob are gay, much to their frustration.]]
** [[SlashFic Just showing the fan reaction would be enough.]]

* '''Lampshaded''': Bob: "You know, I honestly can't imagine my life without Andy being around."

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Andy and Bob are sometimes dating and sometimes friends.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': Andy and Bob constantly start and stop dating.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Andy and Bob start and stop dating constantly.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Andy and Bob starts and stops dating near constantly.

%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

* '''Zig Zagged''': Andy and Bob constantly starts and stopping dating.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

* '''Averted''': Andy and Bob are friends, but not exceptionally close ones.

* '''Gender Inverted''': Alice and Bob are LikeBrotherAndSister' or PlatonicLifePartners.

** Alice and Bob are LikeBrotherAndSister or PlatonicLifePartners.

** Alice and Bob are PlatonicLifePartners.

** Alice and Barbara. are intensely close best friends who do everything together.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Andy and Bob (or Alice and Barbara) are actually gay and are intensely close best friends who do everything together.

** Or, the same with Alice and Barbara.

** Andy and Bob have known each other since before than.

** Or, we are assured that Alice and Bob are gay/lesbian, but they are intensely close best friends who do everything together.

** Andy and Bob are keeping up the pretense of their close friendship, but in actuality can't stand each other.
** Or, Andy and Bob get a RelationshipReveal...turns out they ''were'' together.

* '''Deconstructed''': Andy and Bob's close friendship is horribly co-dependent and somewhat unhealthy, and has a deleterious effect on any other friendship or relationship they might hope to construct, particularly of a romantic nature.
* '''Reconstructed''': Andy and Bob's close friendship has been the one constant rock that either has had to rely on throughout the struggles, hardship and pain that has characterized their lives up to that point.

* '''PlayedForDrama''':
** Andy is emotionally abusive towards Bob, but Bob remains his friend anyway, because they've been friends for so long Bob can't function without Andy.
** Andy's wife hates Bob, and Andy leaves her rather than break off his friendship with Bob.

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* '''Straight''': Andy and Bob are intensely close best friends who do everything together.

* '''Justified''': Andy and Bob have known each other since childhood.

* '''Inverted''': Andy and Bob are a romantic couple who are [[HideYourGays never seen]] [[HaveIMentionedIAmGay together.]]

* '''Subverted''': Andy and Bob are keeping up the pretense of their close friendship, but in actuality can't stand each other.

* '''Doubly Subverted''': Over the course of the story, however, they eventually build bridges and become close friends.

* '''Parodied''': Everyone -- including the woman that they would be interested in dating -- [[MistakenForGay assumes that Andy and Bob are gay, much to their frustration.]]

* '''PlayedForDrama''': Andy is emotionally abusive towards Bob, but Bob remains his friend anyway, because they've been friends for so long Bob can't function without Andy.

* '''Parodied''': Everyone -- including the woman that they would be interested in dating -- assumes that Andy and Bob are [[HoYay gay]], much to their frustration.

'''Basic Trope''': Two heterosexual friends have a very close relationship.

** Or, Andy and Bob get a RelationshipTextUpgrade...turns out they ''were'' together.