History ThoseTwoGuys / LiveActionTV

* Ryan and Esposito from ''Series/{{Castle}}'' fit very well, along with being possible [[EnsembleDarkHorse darkhorses]].

* Brian and Kurt from the British TV series ''Series/{{Teachers}}'' fit this trope almost exactly. Brian is the tall jock P.E teacher and Kurt is the short IT teacher. They could also be labeled as HeterosexualLifePartners.

* The lift girls on ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' {{Justified}} in that there were two lifts present.

* Creator/AntAndDec in everything they've ever been in, from their screen debut as PJ and Duncan in ''Series/GrangeHill'' to their children's TV presenter gig to ''I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!'' They even appeared together on ''Radio/DesertIslandDiscs'', which the BBC has ''never'' let anyone else do before or since. If you see them on TV, Ant is always the one on the left. Always.

* Korean dramas like to feature those ''three'' guys, usually with names and a generic personality frameset: the gossipy one, the play-by-the-rules one, and the ButtMonkey.

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* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' has Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons, with a rare ''canon'' portmanteau name of "[=FitzSimmons=]". And they're those two lab techs, which counts as its own trope by now.
** Simmons has had two episodes about her "solo adventures" so far, and this trope doesn't apply so well anymore.

* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
** In the Season 2 finale, Vir and Lennier are shown discussing their respective bosses' antics, secret agendas, clandestine meetings and unexpected character changes and commiserating over them and it is implied it is a weekly ritual.
** We get two maintenance workers in a Season 5 episode with no clue what is going on as the station comes under attack by an unknown alien race.
** There's Franklin and Marcus who are pretty important to the story, but still fulfilling a secondary story function to the main characters and sometimes comment on the events of the main story.
** Marcus and Ivanova occasionally veer into this territory, although their characters are very distinct, and [[spoiler: Marcus's feelings for Ivanova complicate things.]]

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Scorpion_(TV_series) Black Scorpion]]'' had Slugger & Specs.

* Jesse's stoner pals Badger and Skinny Pete have been described as the "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern" of ''Series/BreakingBad'', which is pretty fitting for a show often likened to the work of Shakespeare. Interestingly, they only become this trope from Season 3 onwards, after the death of [[spoiler:their other friend Combo]].

* ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'':
** It always seems to have a pair that last a few years, which usually means they'll be nerdy and/or [[CasanovaWannabe wannabe players]].
** JT and Toby were it for Seasons 1-6 until JT was killed, then Danny and Derek for Seasons 6-7 until Danny outgrew Derek and matured, and now recently Connor and Wesley have settled into Degrassi's Those Two Guys mantle, which had people shuffling in and out of that spot since Season 8.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Pyp and Grenn. Pyp is a steward in the Nights Watch, Grenn is a ranger in the Nights Watch, they joined and trained at the same time as Jon Snow, and are close friends with Jon and Sam. Dolorus Edd is added into the mix in Season 2, as a brother of the Nights Watch who is close to this group.
** Viserion and Rhaegal are rarely seen apart and given very little in the way of focus, contrasting with Drogon.

** Interestingly enough, Donnie Most auditioned for the role of Potsie, but the creators liked his performance and created the character of Ralph for him.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
** Hiro and Ando were this in season 1 whenever Hiro wasn't contributing to the plot.
** Season 2 had the twins Maya and Alejandro until the latter [[spoiler: was killed by Sylar]].

** Subverted in ''Series/{{Ashes to Ashes|2008}}'', wherein they become main characters and when in the finale it is revealed that [[spoiler:Ray and Chris are also from the real world.]]

** Charlie and Hurley in the first two seasons or so, whose stories were largely separate from the core mysteries of the show and would sometimes be shown asking, "What's going on?" to the main characters and commenting sarcastically on, "There goes Jack and Kate off into the jungle again, up to who knows what?"

* ''Series/MadMen'' has Ken Cosgrove, Harry Crane and Paul Kinsey as Those Three Guys for Series One.
** CharacterisationMarchesOn by Series 2. Paul becomes a {{Bourgeois Bohemian}}; Ken becomes a more obvious CasanovaWannabe before becoming the HappilyMarried token NiceGuy in the office; Harry TookALevelInJerkass.

* An interesting take on the idea is in Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''Series/{{Rome}}'', where Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo may be two of the main characters, but they are also playing a Rosencrantz-and-Guildenstern role where their stories, although important to them, are but a minor side-show compared to the unfolding civil war between Caesar and Pompey, which they observe and sometimes affect. This angle is lost in the second season, when their stories are largely separated from the bigger, more important characters, at least until the finale when they side with their patrons (Mark Antony and Octavian, respectively) once again.

** Herc and Carver occasionally fill this role. Being ''The Wire'', they are all an important part of the plot, in some way or another.
** Bodie and Poot, up until [[spoiler:Bodie's death at the end of the fourth season]].
** Chris Partlow and Snoop.

* ''Series/{{Veep}}'' made an unlikely friendship out of caustic asshole Jonah Ryan and poor, sweet Richard Splett. The two have nothing in common besides being idiots.

* Lem and Phil from ''Series/BetterOffTed''.
* ''Series/AlloAllo'': Cairstairs and Fairfax are those two British airmen in the same uniform, both are brunettes and both sport a moustache. They always wear the same generic outfit as a part of their escape plan. They share a CatchPhrase: "Hello!" "Hello!" They are practically undistinguishable.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** Pyp and Grenn. Pyp is a steward in the Nights Watch, Grenn is a ranger in the Nights Watch, they joined and trained at the same time as Jon Snow, and are close friends with Jon and Sam. Dolorus Edd is added into the mix in Season 2, as a brother of the Nights Watch who is close to this group.
** Viserion and Rhaegal are rarely seen apart and given very little in the way of focus, contrasting with Drogon.
* Mitch and Russell from ''Series/TruthBeTold'' are a rare example of ThoseTwoGuys as the main characters of a TV show.

* In ''Series/{{MASH}}'', there are Frank and Margaret in the first few seasons, whose status is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] on several occasions. They are easy to recognize once you know which major of the duo is a lady.
--> '''Officer:''' Which one is Burns and which is Houlihan?
--> '''Hawkeye:''' It doesn't matter. They're interchangeable.
* Bulk and Skull, the school bullies in ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers''. Unlike most sets of Those Two Guys, they remained constant characters in every season of the continuous plotline, cameoed in the first season after the continuous plotline, and even cameoed in the 10th anniversary ReunionShow.
** Spiritual successors of Bulk and Skull from ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' are Cassidy and Devin in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'', an AlphaBitch aspiring reporter and her cameraman; Victor and Monty in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', an egotistical jock and his nerdy sidekick; and Betty and Ben in ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'', a pair of bumbling sibling security guards.
** Lothor's nieces Marah and Kapri on ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' also qualify, despite being part of the bad guys' crew instead of in the Rangers' social circle. (Cassidy and Marah are even played by the same actress).
** Bulk himself returns in ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' in this role for the first time in more than a decade, though Skull's son takes his father's place in the onscreen duo. This role gives Bulk the most appearances of any character in the series with nine seasons (As a regular in the six Zordon Era seasons, with a couple appearances in ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', a cameo in ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', and as a regular again in ''Samurai''), having formerly been tied with his friend Skull and [[SixthRanger Tommy Oliver.]] [[spoiler:Though Skull appeared in the finale of ''Samurai'', making him tied with Bulk.]]

* Flaca and Maritza from ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''
* Frank and Cyril, from ''Series/SlingsAndArrows''.
* Craig and Eric from ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'' -- a RunningGag is everybody, especially Drake, always getting their names mixed up.

* ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Scorpion_(TV_series) Black Scorpion]]'' had Slugger & Specs.
* ''Series/TheWestWing'''s Ed and Larry. Or Larry and Ed. They're in every meeting, advise the President on every issue and no one knows who the hell they are. Lampshaded a couple of times when they are given the wrong folders, and when someone asks if they always walk around together, or the time when the pair are introduced to a new character and when they ask "which one is Ed and which is Larry?", Ed, Larry and Josh all respond "it doesn't matter".
* ''Series/MyParentsAreAliens'':
** They had Frankie and Pete for seven years. Frankie and Pete found out everything in Series 7 Episode 20 but then they had their memories erased. We were then subjected to the terrible Series 8.
** There was a kid called Mikey for the first three episodes,and occasionally a kid called Dave.
* Ray and Chris in ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'', with Ray particularly embodying the values we've thankfully left behind.
** Subverted in ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'' wherein they become main characters and when in the finale it is revealed that [[spoiler:Ray and Chris are also from the real world.]]
* ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' has Tom and Duncan; Conner's geeky college friends who aren't in on the secret. [[spoiler:Tom later contracts TheVirus from a dodo and dies, and when Duncan finally reappears again in season 4, he has become a paranoid and reclusive ConspiracyTheorist.]]
* ''Series/TheWire'':
** Herc and Carver occasionally fill this role. Being ''The Wire'', they are all an important part of the plot, in some way or another.
** Bodie and Poot, up until [[spoiler:Bodie's death at the end of the fourth season]].
** Chris Partlow and Snoop
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'':
** ''Lost'' had Steve and Scott until one of them died (no-one can remember which). They very rarely appeared and rarely had few lines.
** Charlie and Hurley in the first two seasons or so, whose stories were largely separate from the core mysteries of the show and would sometimes be shown asking, "What's going on?" to the main characters and commenting sarcastically on, "There goes Jack and Kate off into the jungle again, up to who knows what?"
** A retconned example would be Nikki and Paolo, who were apparently there all along observing events until they got involved in the main story and promptly died in the third season (due to fan dissatisfaction with these characters showing up from nowhere and them being expected to give a damn).

* Matt Rutherford (the black guy) and Mike Chang (the Asian guy) from ''Series/{{Glee}}''. Only in the first season, though.
* Subverted in ''Series/ThirtyRock'', with Grizz and Dotcom being anything but ordinary. They are, however, as close as "those two guys" can be for a man like Tracy.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** Ed and Harry Ghostfacers. They acquire a team later, but in their first appearance it's just them.
** Ed and Harry seem to consider Sam and Dean an example of this trope.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has an interesting relationship with this trope. The writer Robert Holmes was fond of having two minor characters in his serials whose main purpose was hanging around in the background being funny and commenting on the story, to the point that Whovians refer to Those Two Guys as the "Holmesian Double Act". When writers in the Whoniverse create characters like this, it's always done in reference to Holmes - particularly in Creator/EricSaward and Creator/StevenMoffat scripts.
** The iconic "double act" are Jago and Litefoot from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E6TheTalonsOfWengChiang The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]". Jago owns the theatre where Weng-Chiang is hidden and his agent plies his trade, and Litefoot is a police pathologist and the Doctor's de facto landlord for the story. Both important to the plot to the point that they are more important than the Doctor until the finale. In fact; Jago and Litefoot were [[EnsembleDarkhorse so popular]] they eventually got [[AudioPlay/JagoAndLitefoot their own series]].
** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E5TheRobotsOfDeath The Robots of Death]]" has Poul and D84, though it ends unhappily - Poul has a {{Phobia}}-induced [[FreakOut meltdown]] and D84 kills himself in a HeroicSacrifice to save the Doctor. This was partly a TakeThat at the book series the story [[WholePlotReference was referencing]].
** The ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS18E5WarriorsGate Warriors Gate]]" (not one of the Robert Holmes ones) has Royce and Aldo.
** Orcini and Bostock in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation of the Daleks]]".
** The trope gets parodied mercilessly in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]]", with the introduction of the "thin one" and the fat one"
--->'''Lorna:''' Don't you have names?
--->'''The Fat One:''' We're the Thin Fat Gay Married Anglican Marines. [[LampshadeHanging Why would we need names as well?]].
* The gate guards from ''Series/{{Kings}}'' seem poised to fulfill this role.
* ''Series/DueSouth'':
** Huey and Gardino.
** In the third season, it's Huey and Dewey.

* Reginald and Mr. Hall from ''Series/TheSingingDetective''.
* ''Series/{{Chuck}}'':
** Jeffrey and Lester. These two may also be considered a BetaCouple to HeterosexualLifePartners Chuck and Morgan. They have a rock duo called Jeffster, which is (unsurprisingly) terrible, or terribly ''awesome''. Also, while they can be Those Two Guys in some episodes, they have some more in-depth treatment. First of all, they aren't indistinguishable from each other. Second, they aren't clueless about the show's {{Masquerade}}: it's revealed near the end of Season 2 that they know more about the PowerTrio than anyone else, although they have still guessed wrong in a big way.
** One-off characters Matty and Scotty have many elements of Those Two Guys. They're two stereotypical mobsters who have almost identical personalities. One is somewhat heavier in build than the other, but otherwise unless you're paying attention it's hard to tell which is which. They ''are'' more central to the plot than is typical for this trope, but don't ''actually'' do all that much themselves and spend most of their on-camera time tagging along injecting PluckyComicRelief, and LeaningOnTheFourthWall about Chuck and Sarah's relationship. [[spoiler: [[EnsembleDarkHorse Many viewers and critics expressed disappointment]] when they were unceremoniously killed off at the end by the episode's BigBad.]]
* ''Series/BabylonFive'':
** In the Season 2 finale, Vir and Lennier are shown discussing their respective bosses' antics, secret agendas, clandestine meetings and unexpected character changes and commiserating over them and it is implied it is a weekly ritual.
** We get two maintenance workers in a Season 5 episode with no clue what is going on as the station comes under attack by an unknown alien race.
** There's Franklin and Marcus who are pretty important to the story, but still fulfilling a secondary story function to the main characters and sometimes comment on the events of the main story.
** Marcus and Ivanova occasionally veer into this territory, although their characters are very distinct, and [[spoiler: Marcus's feelings for Ivanova complicate things.]]
* In the new ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'', Dualla and Gaeta are occasionally shown talking about what is going on, but by the last two seasons that role has been taken up by Racetrack and Skulls, who frequently fly vital and extremely hazardous Raptor scouting missions without any idea what the overall mission objective is, and complain about it.
* Boomer and Jolly in the original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}''.
* An interesting take on the idea is in Creator/{{HBO}}'s ''Series/{{Rome}}'', where Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo may be two of the main characters, but they are also playing a Rosencrantz-and-Guildenstern role where their stories, although important to them, are but a minor side-show compared to the unfolding civil war between Caesar and Pompey, which they observe and sometimes affect. This angle is lost in the second season, when their stories are largely separated from the bigger, more important characters, at least until the finale when they side with their patrons (Mark Antony and Octavian, respectively) once again.
* Ryan and Esposito from ''Series/{{Castle}}'' fit very well, along with being possible [[EnsembleDarkHorse darkhorses]].
* Amy's friends Madison and Lauren on ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' along with Ben's friends Alice and Henry.

* Brian and Kurt from the British TV series ''Series/{{Teachers}}'' fit this trope almost exactly. Brian is the tall jock P.E teacher and Kurt is the short IT teacher. They could also be labeled as HeterosexualLifePartners.
* Whichever two lab rats happen to feature in any particular episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (particularly Archie or Mandy)... their personalities are just, y'know, those two lab techs. Yet they've almost all been around, just conversing in the background for the majority of the show. Every dozen or so episodes they get thrown a bone and have an actual episode featuring them. So much so that Hodges and Wendy have been upgraded to main cast members.
* Korean dramas like to feature those ''three'' guys, usually with names and a generic personality frameset: the gossipy one, the play-by-the-rules one, and the ButtMonkey.
* Yick Yu and Arthur Kobalewscuy from ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' and ''Series/DegrassiHigh''.
* ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'':
** It always seems to have a pair that last a few years, which usually means they'll be nerdy and/or [[CasanovaWannabe wannabe players]].
** JT and Toby were it for Seasons 1-6 until JT was killed, then Danny and Derek for Seasons 6-7 until Danny outgrew Derek and matured, and now recently Connor and Wesley have settled into Degrassi's Those Two Guys mantle, which had people shuffling in and out of that spot since Season 8.
* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' has FBI agents Taggart and [=McSweeten=].
* ''Series/HoratioHornblower'' has sailors Styles and Matthews gradually transform into this. In the first series, they play a part in Horatio's CharacterDevelopment while he's a midshipman and new lieutenant, learning how to command; Matthews in particular is an experienced sailor who respectfully gives the boy some much-needed guidance. In the second series they're the only returning belowdcks characters[[note]]the other sailors in Horatio's division presumably still on the Indy[[/note]] but still provide a window into the discipline problems with the crew. In the third series they don't have much plot significance at all, apart from Styles doing time as the Surly Seaman of the Week.
* On ''Series/StargateUniverse'', Brody and Volker wound up becoming this.
* In ''Series/SonsOfGuns'', several scenes with Joe and Charlie on technical projects wind up working out this way.
* Jackson and Rico in a couple of episodes of ''Series/HannahMontana'', where the frenemy duo is paired as singing third-person narrators.
* Kenan and Kel on ''Series/AllThat''; they even have JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf imitations. They got their own spinoff.
* Drake and Josh on ''Series/TheAmandaShow'' They did too.
* Laura Hall and Linda Taylor on ''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway''. They are musicians who almost never speak but are still part of the main cast. Sometimes a [[RuleOfThree third female musician]] joins them.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
** Hiro and Ando were this in season 1 whenever Hiro wasn't contributing to the plot.
** Season 2 had the twins Maya and Alejandro until the latter [[spoiler: was killed by Sylar]].
* ''Series/RedDwarf'' is a show where Those Two Guys become the main characters. Who else would the camera follow after [[EverybodysDeadDave everybody else dies?]]
* Series/SportsNight has Chris and Will, and sometimes Dave. In the second season, as the supporting cast receded to the background somewhat, Kim and Elliot became this trope as well for a while.
* ''Series/{{Mad Men}}'' has Ken Cosgrove, Harry Crane and Paul Kinsey as Those Three Guys for Series One.

* ''The {{Muppet}}s'':

* [[Series/SwiftandShiftCouriers Swift and Shift Couriers]] has the twins, Mark and Mike Tanner.
* Ted's children in ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''.
* Chad and Roy, a pair of SWAT guys assigned to protect Chief Johnson after she got shot at in ''Series/TheCloser''. They appeared in only one episode but they were really funny.
* Arby and Lee in ''Series/{{Utopia}}''
* Jakes and Johnny on ''Series/{{Graceland}}''.
* The lift girls on ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' {{Justified}} in that there were two lifts present.
* Tony Webster and David Harris-Jones from Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin. Great! Super...
* Lloyd and Dabney in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.
* ''Series/AgentsOfShield'' has Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons, with a rare ''canon'' portmanteau name of "[=FitzSimmons=]". And they're those two lab techs, which counts as its own trope by now.
** Simmons has had two episodes about her "solo adventures" so far, and this trope doesn't apply so well anymore.
* Finn and Munch often played this role in ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''. They were nigh inseparable HeterosexualLifePartners. At least until Munch retired.
* Jesse's stoner pals Badger and Skinny Pete have been described as the "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern" of ''Series/BreakingBad'', which is pretty fitting for a show often likened to the work of Shakespeare. Interestingly, they only become this trope from Season 3 onwards, after the death of [[spoiler:their other friend Combo]].
** Huell and Kuby are another pair.
* Game show host Geoff Edwards had a tendency to do this on the shows he hosted- the other slot would be filled by an announcer or other crew member:
** Him and the security guard, Emile Autori from ''[[Series/TreasureHuntUS The New Treasure Hunt]]'', though it was nearly all one-sided on Geoff's part;
** Him and the stage manager/off screen judge, "Erik von Judge" (real name Erik Warner) from ''Series/PlayThePercentages'', who Geoff would frequently snark about;
** Him and announcer Kevin [=McMahon=] from ''Series/{{Starcade}}''; the two would frequently tease each other (like Kevin claiming that he was gonna beat Geoff's high score on ''VideoGame/{{Sinistar}}'');
** And finally, him and announcer Rod Charleboi on ''[[Series/ChainReaction The New Chain Reaction]]''; this pairing was actually required by law. To elaborate, that version was taped in Canada and rules required Canadian content, so Rod was given an on-camera role to meet the quota.
* Hitchcock and Scully from ''Series/BrooklynNineNine''.
* Rupert and Angus from ''Series/{{Outlander}}''.
* Creator/AntAndDec in everything they've ever been in, from their screen debut as PJ and Duncan in ''Series/GrangeHill'' to their children's TV presenter gig to ''I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!'' They even appeared together on ''Radio/DesertIslandDiscs'', which the BBC has ''never'' let anyone else do before or since. If you see them on TV, Ant is always the one on the left. Always.

* Dawn and Stacey, the "Beatdown Biddies", [[spoiler:later the "Toxic Twins",]] from ''[[Series/GLOW2017 GLOW]]''.
* Mort Tubor and Bob Phillips in ''Series/KnotsLanding'' from Seasons Ten to Twelve. After Bob is Put on a Bus, Mort is on his own in Seasons Thirteen and Fourteen.
* Often in ''Series/BlakesSeven'' a pair of Federation soldiers or technicians would be shown discussing the local situation. This would provide a human (though [[PunchClockVillain not always humane]]) face to the GasMaskMooks which were the usual face of the Federation.

* ''{{Series/Kaamelott}}'': Many an episode is devoted to one of the usual duos pushing back the frontiers of human stupidity. Pretty much every character has been one of ThoseTwoGuys in a three-person conversation, with the result of driving the third character ([[OnlySaneMan usually Arthur]]) up the wall, but several pairs stand out:
** [[TheFool Perceval]] and [[FatIdiot Karadoc]] are forever finding new and stupid "martial arts" and trying to explain it to someone, or complaining about something to Arthur at three in the morning.
** Yvain and Gauvain (Arthur's brother-in-law and nephew) are essentially {{Dumbass Teenage Son}}s in their twenties, who cannot be convinced to leave their fantasy world and be competent for a change.
** In later seasons, Bohort (DirtyCoward and CampStraight) is often put in this role alongside Leodagan (LeeroyJenkins and JerkWithAHeartOfJerk) so they can present diametrically opposite viewpoints and equally unrealistic solutions.
** Leodagan and his wife Seli are both greedy, cynical, powermongering jerks trapped in AwfulWeddedLife. But woe betide anyone who disagrees with them because they are ruthlessly effective at comeback (given all the practice they have with each other).
** Roparzh and Guethenoc are a pair of rival peasants unique in that they spend more time trying to kill each other than leading peasant revolts, both of which end up destroying the kingdom's food stores.
* ''Series/{{Taken}}'': Howard Bowen and Marty Erickson, Owen Crawford's two closest lackeys, in "Beyond the Sky", "Jacob and Jesse" and "High Hopes". [[spoiler: After Crawford murders Bowen, Erickson appears in the next two episodes, "Acid Tests" and "Maintenance", on his own.]]
* Zito and Switek from ''Series/MiamiVice'' provide a certain amount of comic relief and even have the opposing body types with the tall and skinny Zito and the shorter and pudgier Switek.

** Spiritual successors of Bulk and Skull from ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' are Cassidy and Devin in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'', an aspiring reporter and her cameraman; Victor and Monty in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', an egotistical jock and his nerdy sidekick; and Betty and Ben in ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'', a pair of bumbling sibling security guards.

** Spiritual successors of Bulk and Skull from ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' are Cassidy and Devin in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'', an aspiring reporter and her cameraman; and later Victor and Monty in ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel'', an egotistical jock and his nerdy sidekick.
** Lothor's nieces Marah and Kapri on ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm''. (Cassidy and Marah are even played by the same actress).
** Bulk himself returns in ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' in this role for the first time in more than a decade, though Skull's son takes his father's place in the onscreen duo. This role gives Bulk the most appearances of any character in the series with nine seasons (As a regular in the six Zordon Era seasons, with a couple appearances in ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', a cameo in ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'', and as a regular again in ''Samurai''), having formerly been tied with his friend Skull and [[SixthRanger Tommy Oliver.]] [[spoiler: Though Skull is set to appear in the finale of ''Samurai'', which would tie him with Bulk.]]