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13	She's (usually) a human. He's anything else. Together, they work to achieve common goals.
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15	She's often a mage, summoner, warrior, adventurer, detective or just an unfortunate average girl who got mixed up in an unusual situation. She will most likely be a human, but can be anything human-adjacent (for example, she might be an elf mage who entered a [[DealWithTheDevil pact with a demon]] in a universe that has elves and humans living side-by-side.). Often times she's a skilled fighter, or at least capable of protecting herself, but it's also possible that she never had to fight anyone in her life. If she's not that good in a fight, she still often has other skills she can utilize, like intelligence, street smarts, charisma or empathy.
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17	He's most commonly a demon, ghost, beast or other supernatural creature like a vampire, but sci-fi works might feature an android, an AI or an alien. It's possible that he [[WasOnceAMan used to be human]], but isn't anymore due to different circumstances. He also needs to be sapient - something like a female handler with a male AttackAnimal isn't this trope. He doesn't need to be strictly a man, but needs to have a masculine presentation (like an android who has a masculine voice and name). It's worth noting that "monster" is used here in the broad way meaning "other", and has nothing to do with the "monster's" appearance (which can range from clearly inhuman to near-indistinguishable, like in case of a ghost or a highly-realistic android) or personality/behavior (from an aggresive berserker to a proper gentleman).
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19	Together, they work with each other to achieve some kind of a goal, noble or otherwise. This can be anything from winning combat tournaments, adventuring, solving mysteries, planning to take over the world or protecting it, to something as mundane as running the local inn, travelling with their wares or conning people out of spare change. Their dynamic can range from anything between PlatonicLifePartners to SnarkToSnarkCombat (or both at once) to even TeethClenchedTeamwork, they just can't be openly antagonistic and working against each other. Their partnership might be due to a deep bond between them, a strictly business relationship of convenience or unfortunate circumstances bringing them together, with the two trying to find a way to get out of their situation. Sometimes they might openly be in a romantic relationship, but platonic partnerships (often with heavy doses of ShipTease) are more common. They usually see each other as even, and the matter of their differences doesn't really come up that often (though it's possible she thinks that FreakyIsCool).
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21	Their skillsets and abilities often complement each other, allowing them to achieve things that would be impossible if they were by themselves: A ghost can't interact with the physical world, but he can give her advice, phase through walls or possess others. She might [[WillingChanneler channel a demon]] for a strength boost in hand-to-hand combat or spells. A beast might protect her from physical threats, while she handles the diplomacy or is the brains of the operation.
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23	Most of these duos work on the basis of contrast - women tend to be associated with [[WomenAreDelicate gentleness]] and [[MenAreStrongWomenArePretty beauty]], so pairing up a human woman with a non-human man, who often looks or behaves abnormally is interesting visually and/or dynamic-wise. In most modern works, she tends to be just as capable as he is, or at least has a different skillset she can use to not leave her completely helpless if he's not around. It's worth mentioning that while in most cases the "monster" will be the more physically stronger and imposing, this isn't a rule. An example like a human woman bodyguarding a frail, male alien also fits under this trope (though these examples are few and far between).
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25	The most important part of this trope is just how different the two are on a basic, biological level; a pair made up of a human woman and a male demon will pretty much always qualify, but a pair made up of a human woman and en elf man is highly situational and depends on how (if at all) elves are inherently different from humans in this universe. Cyborgs are a similar situation- while a pair consisting of a human woman and a masculine-presenting android fits this trope, a pair consisting of a human woman and a male cyborg isn't inherently this trope (especially if he leans more into his human side). How their paticular species is seen in-universe might be a clue in more debatable examples (if he's considered an "anomaly" or "other", while she's the "standard", they qualify).
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27	Often overlaps with ActionDuo, AdventureDuo, BattleCouple (if the relationship between them is romantic), FemaleFlatfootAndSnarkyGuy, HugeGuyTinyGirl, InterspeciesFriendship, OddCouple, OddFriendship, OppositesAttract, SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl, TalkerAndDoer, WillingChanneler.
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29	Compare AGirlAndHerX and SymbioticPossession. Contrast DemonicPossession, which is usually done without consent and with malicious intent. Sometimes related to YouSexyBeast. If they're in a romantic relationship, but don't work together, that's BeastAndBeauty (a specific dynamic) or InterspeciesRomance (more broad category). DeathAndTheMaiden is a popular visual motif that portrays the personification of death with a young woman.
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33	!!Examples:
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37	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
38	%% * ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': This trope is invoked, when a female tamer is partnered to a male Digimon, such as [[Anime/{{DigimonTamers}} Jeri and Leomon]] or [[Anime/{{DigimonGhostGame}} Ruli and Angoramon]].
39	* The title character of ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' is Integra Hellsing (granddaughter of [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Abraham Van Helsing]]), who runs an organization responsible for defending Britain from monsters, despite being only about 23 (she was a very late child and the leadership was bequeathed on her by her dying father). Her right-hand man is Alucard, a super-vampire bordering on EldritchAbomination, and they have a LadyAndKnight motif going on.
40	* ''Anime/KillLaKill'': Senketsu is a living SailorFuku uniform called a Kamui, who bonds with the lead character Ryuko Matoi, giving her fantastic abilities, though at the cost of some of her blood to use.
41	* ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'': Neuro is a demon who literally devours mysteries. He comes to Earth after eating all the mysteries of hell and ropes an otherwise normal schoolgirl, Yako, into helping him be posing as a detective so he doesn't draw attention to himself. Over time, Yako develops a sense of empathy that Neuro lacks due to being a demon.
42	* The AnimatedAdaptation of ''Radio/PokemonTheBirthOfMewtwo'' focuses on the sapient, human-made pokemon, [[AnimalisticAbomination Mewtwo]] and a clone of a human daughter of one of the scientists who died in a car crash, [[AstroClone Ambertwo]]. Ambertwo and Mewtwo communicate through telepathy while their bodies are slowly growing in vats, and become friends, with Ambertwo teaching Mewtwo about the world. [[spoiler:Sadly, Ambertwo proves faulty and dies, leaving Mewtwo grieving and aggresive.]]
43	* ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' features the titular Porco, a middle-aged, stout man with the head of a pig, teaming up with Fio, a sweet young woman who serves as the mechanic and designer of his plane.
44	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Despite being a [[AGodAmI reincarnated goddess]], [[HeartbrokenBadass Minako Aino/Sailor Venus]] is a relatively normal high school girl. Her mentor, [[GenderBlenderName Artemis]], is a sapient white cat from outer space.
45	* ''Anime/SpiritedAway'': A human girl named Chihiro befriends and works with Haku, a NatureSpirit who can turn into a [[DragonsAreDivine dragon]]. Haku [[MysteriousProtector looks out for Chihiro]] while she works to get her parents back, and in exchange, she [[spoiler:breaks the curse [[CainAndAbel Yubaba and Zeniba]] placed on him.]]
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48	[[folder:Comic Books]]
49	* ''ComicBook/AngelAndTheApe'': Super-sleuth Angel O'Day and her sidekick, Sam Simeon, a talking gorilla.
50	* ''ComicBook/{{BRZRKR}}'': The immortal [[SemiDivine half-god half-human]] [[OneLetterName B]] works with Diana, a human researcher trying to find a way to cure B's CompleteImmortality in exchange for his work for the US military (who also employ Diana).
51	* ''ComicBook/ExcaliburMarvelComics'': Early in the "Cross Time Caper" arc, the team finds themselves helping a young prince rescue a fair maiden from a hideous ogre while on a version of England based around medieval fantasy. Later it's discovered that this was actually a set-up, with the maiden hoping to become the prince's betrothed by having him rescue her. The ogre? Actually her rather posh butler who was playing the role at her request because he'd do anything to help his mistress.
52	* Providing the current page image is ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'', showing Snow White and Bigby Wolf. She's human. He's the Big Bad Wolf, who gains lycanthropy to turn human. This a running theme, as many non-human fables attempt to get with human women. Notably, Goldilocks settles in with Boo Bear and later has a fling with Brock Blueheart the badger, who informs Bigby of the trend.
53	* ''ComicBook/HackSlash'': Cassie Hack is a BadassNormal ActionGirl who fights and kills [[SerialKillerKiller serial killers]]. Her partner, Vlad, is a superhumanly strong man who comes from a lineage of [[UnevenHybrid demon-human hybrids]].
54	* In the ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'' series ''ComicBook/NemesisTheWarlock'', the titular protagonist is a demonic, fire-breathing, magic-wielding alien BloodKnight who is fighting against a genocidal human empire intent on exterminating all aliens throughout the galaxy. His main companion is Purity Brown, a human ActionGirl who joined Nemesis's [[LaResistance resistance movement]] because said empire turns out to be just as oppressive towards its human subjects.
55	* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Rose Walker goes traveling to find her long-lost little brother and is accompanied by [[ShoutOut Gilbert]], [[Creator/GKChesterton a heavyset, eccentric older man]] who promises to protect her. This trope comes into play when Gilbert is revealed to be [[spoiler:Fiddler's Green, an escaped dream Morpheus has been seeking since the beginning of the story arc.]]
56	* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': Superman and Lois's relationship would qualify. He is a superpowered alien hero while she is a normal human journalist. Whether as a married couple or colleagues with feelings for each other, they use their respective abilities and resources to fight crime.
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59	[[folder:Fan Works]]
60	* ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAUs'':
61	** Downplayed in "What if Elfangor and Loren raised Tobias?". The Fangors are a pair of {{Badass Normal}}s fighting against the Yeerks independently of the Animorphs. Loren was always human, but Elfangor (who used to be an [[OurCentaursAreDifferent Andalite]]) {{Shapeshifter Mode Lock}}ed himself as one years ago.
62	** Inverted in "What if Tom was infested by a member of the Yeerk Peace Movement?", where Tom (a teenage boy) and Aftran (a Yeerk who [[NoBiologicalSex identifies as female]]) work together to help the Animorphs by overthrowing TheEmpire from within.
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66	* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'': The main characters of the movie are a human girl [[FluffyTamer Lilo]] and an alien named [[AdorableAbomination Stitch]]. While the intentions Lilo has towards Stitch are pure and clear from the start (she wants to befriend him with no ulterior motives), Stitch wants to use Lilo as a human shield to protect himself from his creator, who wants to capture him. [[spoiler:After spending more time with Lilo, Stitch comes to genuinely care for her and see her as a friend and family member.]]
67	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': The protagonist [[RebelliousPrincess Moana]] works with the [[DeityOfHumanOrigin demigod]] [[BrokenAce Maui]]. He starts off as a CynicalMentor to Moana, but they become real friends by the end of the story.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'': When [[SweetPollyOliver Mulan]] decides to join the Chinese army in place of her elderly father, the (ex) guardian spirit of her family, a small dragon named [[LargeHam Mushu]] decides to go with her. During her time in the army, Mushu does his best to make her into a hero to restore his place as Mulan's family proper guardian spirit.
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72	* Film/{{Gamera}} is a turtle-like {{Kaiju}}. In the Heisei Era trilogy, he has a psychic link with a human teenager named Asagi Kusanagi. Their relationship is described as being similar to a god and his priestess, with Asagi offering insights into Gamera's behavior and motivations, and interceding with him for his help. [[spoiler: Their psychic link is broken at the climax of the second movie, but Asagi still remains faithful to Gamera for the remainder of the trilogy]].
73	** Irys and Ayana ''would'' count as Gamera's and Asagi's EvilCounterpart here, would it not be for Irys's AmbiguousGender.
74	* ''Film/RoboCop1987'': The titular [[ChromeChampion RoboCop]] is partnered up with a human police officer, [[BadassAdorable Anne Lewis]]. Anne was [=RoboCop's=] partner even before he became a cyborg and was just a normal, human cop named [[TheEveryman Alex J. Murphy]].
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77	[[folder:Literature]]
78	* ''Literature/TheCantervilleGhost'': The titular character was a lonely and grumpy Elizabethan ghost bound to his English family mansion by a curse. When an American family with young, rambunctious children moves in, he attempts to scare them out. The boys think it is a great adventure and play along with his tricks. The little girl, however, makes friends with Canterville, and assists him in solving the riddle of the curse.
79	* From ''Literature/TheExploitsOfEbenezum''/''Literature/TheWanderingsOfWuntvor'' we have "Damsel and Dragon", a terrible vaudeville act consisting of Hubert the Dragon and Alea, a damsel who was originally offered to him as as a human sacrifice. After Hubert has to leave on an extended absence, Alea forms "Giant and a Girl" with a formerly hostile fairy tale giant in a similar vein.
80	* One of the perspective characters in ''Literature/WingsOfFire Legends: Dragonslayer'', Wren, is a young girl who befriends an abandoned, sapient, male dragon who she names Sky. They travel the continent together for years, and learn each others' languages.
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84	* ''Series/BeautyAndTheBeast1987'': The leonine creature Vincent aids female Assistant District Attorney Catherine Chandler in her cases while the two deal with their attraction to each other.
85	** ''Series/BeautyAndTheBeast2012'': Catherine is a normal woman and NYPD detective. Her boyfriend Vincent is a SuperSoldier infused with animal DNA. Together they combat crimes and government conspiracies.
86	* ''Series/BloodTies2007'': The show focuses on a human private investigator named Vicki Nelson who enlists the aid of a vampire named Henry Vitzroy in her cases.
87	* Many seasons of ''Series/DoctorWho'' star a duo of the Doctor (a quasi-immortal, usually male HumanAlien) and his young, female, human companion.
88	* ''Series/ForeverKnight'': Nick Knight is an 800 year old vampire working as a police detective in hopes of regaining his mortality and atoning for the people he killed. Natalie Lambert is a coroner whose slab he wakes up on after seemingly dying. She's a partial resister and he can't hypnotize her into forgetting, but she sets out to help him become human again.
89	* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': The series pairs human LAPD detective Chloe Decker with the devil himself, Lucifer Morningstar, who helps her with cases as a "consultant".
90	* ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'' was a science-fiction series in the mid 2000s about a private group dedicated to protecting Abnormals, other creatures sharing Earth with us. Led by Creator/AmandaTapping as Helen Magnus, she worked with a team including TheBigGuy, who happened to be an intelligent Yeti.
91	* ''Series/Tracker2001'': Downplayed: Mel Porter thinks she's an ordinary woman when she gets pulled into helping an alien bounty hunter track down fugitives on Earth, though she later finds out she's actually part alien herself.
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95	* Music/DarkSarah: Sarah and the Dragon, previously an antagonist in ''The Puzzle'', collaborate in ''The Golden Moth'' to steal a [[TheSkyIsAnOcean flying ship]] so they can reach HeavenAbove, and several songs have a ShipTease aspect to them. [[spoiler:It ends badly: the Dragon betrays her to the gods when they reach heaven.]]
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98	[[folder:Video Games]]
99	* ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'': [[PlayerCharacter Jodie]] is bound to her GuardianEntity, Aiden, since birth. She's frequently frustrated with his overprotectiveness, but is ultimately [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther happy that she has him]]. [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, it's revealed that Aiden is actually [[TwoSiblingsInOne the spirit of Jodie's stillborn twin brother]].]]
100	* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'': One of the game's iconic enemies are the [[LightningBruiser Big Daddies]], hulking suits of armor who protect [[CreepyChild Little Sisters]], human girls who are tasked with collecting [[{{Unobtanium}} [=ADAM=]]].
101	* ''VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries'': [[PlayerCharacter Rosangela Blackwell]] works with the ghost of a tailor, [[SpiritAdvisor Joey Mallone]].
102	* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': A female/feminine [[PlayerCharacter V]] and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Johnny Silverhand]]. She's a human mercenary, while he's a VirtualGhost. He can't interact with the world directly, but he can give V advice and encouragement. Their partnership starts off through an accident, and they [[TeethClenchedTeamwork don't really get along for a long time]], but they can grow closer together if the player so desires, and even [[spoiler:give their lives for each other]].
103	* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'': [[BareFistedMonk Donovan Baine]] is a {{Dhampyr}} (half human, half vampire) and travels with a human girl (though one who has psychic powers) named [[EmotionlessGirl Anita]]. Donovan looks after Anita and wants to help her with the trauma she got from being shunned by other humans due to her psychic powers.
104	* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'':
105	** The ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' novel has Dante teaming up with a human woman named Beryl. She is actually a prototype of the aforementioned Lady, being a female devil hunter with a {{BFG}} and a father who becomes a demon.
106	** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening'': A variation with Dante and Lady. The former is half-demon while the latter is fully human. Both are on the heroic side but are antagonistic towards each other for most of the story due to Lady's prejudice towards demons. The climax shows them fighting demons side by side after both undergo CharacterDevelopment and come to see each other as allies if not friends.
107	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'':
108	** A female [[PlayerCharacter Dovahkiin]] that belongs to one of the "men" races ([[MagicKnight Breton]], [[BoringButPractical Imperial]], [[HornyVikings Nord]] or [[ArabianNightsDays Redguard]]) can recruit the [[CatFolk Khajit]] Kharjo or the [[LizardFolk Argonian]] Derkeethus as her follower. Likewise, a male Khajiit or Argonian Dovahkiin can recruit one of many female followers that belong to "men" races, like [[DeadpanSnarker Lydia]] or [[BloodKnight Mjoll the Lioness]].
109	*** Special mention should go to a female "men" Dovahkiin who recruits [[DumbMuscle Farkas]] or his twin brother [[TheCynic Vilkas]]. While both of them appear to be normal Nords, the [[PrivateMilitaryContractor Companions]] faction storyline reveals that [[spoiler:the brothers are actually werewolves, like all high-ranking members of the guild.]]
110	** A female non-beast Dovahkiin can arguably have this dynamic with Paarthurnax, the leader of the Greybeards, who is [[spoiler:a dragon]]. They have to work together at least to an extent to resolve the main plot.
111	* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''
112	** ''VideoGame/Fallout3'': A female [[PlayerCharacter Lone Wanderer]] can recruit a supermutant [[GeniusBruiser Fawkes]], a ghoul [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Charon]] or a Mr Gutsy robot [[DrillSergeantNasty Sergeant RL-3]] as her companion.
113	** ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'': A female [[PlayerCharacter Courier Six]] can travel with a ghoul [[CoolOldGuy Raul Alfonso Tejada]]. The ''Dead Money'' [=DLC=] adds another ghoul companion, [[BadassInANiceSuit Dean Domino]] and a supermutant, [[SplitPersonality Dog/God]].
114	** ''VideoGame/Fallout4'': Female [[PlayerCharacter Sole Survivor]] can travel with a robot named [[BattleButler Codsworth]], a ghoul named [[TheCasanova Hancock]], a [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy supermutant]] named [[DumbMuscle Strong]], or synths [[CulturedBadass Nick Valentine]], [[SuperSoldier X6-88]] or [[spoiler:[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Paladin Danse]].]]
115	*** In the "Far Harbor" [=DLC=], Sole Survivor and the synth Nick Valentine work together to solve the case of a missing girl.
116	* Midna (and Zelda, to a lesser extent) and Link in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess''. Midna is a Twili, a member of a race from the Realm of Twilight, who is proficient in Twili Shadow Magic and very much knows more than she lets on. Link spends quite a bit of time as a Hylian, but the dynamic is more apparent when Link is in his [[ForcedTransformation wolf form]], as Midna rides around on his back, gives him orders, and generally corrals him around Hyrule to recover the Fused Shadows for her own ends. Following a near-death experience and a good helping of CharacterDevelopment, it becomes much closer to a partnership between them, with a heaping dose of ShipTease as well.
117	* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': {{Downplayed}} with Lamb and Wolf, the Kindred. The two are a pair of spiritual entities representing death across Runeterra. Lamb is an anthropomorphic female... well, ''[[ADogNamedDog lamb]]'' in contrast to the much more animalistic male Wolf.
118	* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'': [[PlayerCharacter Juliet]] is a zombie slayer who wants to defeat the [[MusicalAssassin Dark Purveyors]], find her family and get out of her zombie-infected town. She's accompanied by her boyfriend [[ButtMonkey Nick]], who's just a severed head (who she decapitated herself to stop the infection from spreading) she has attached to her skirt. Nick can still [[DisabledSnarker talk]], briefly take over headless zombies to help Juliet with heavy lifting and be used as a projectile, but it's Juliet who has to handle most of the fighting and legwork herself.
119	* ''VideoGame/MurderedSoulSuspect'': [[HardboiledDetective Ronan O'Connor]] comes back from the dead as a ghost, and starts a partnership with a teenage medium [[IJustWantToBeNormal Joy Foster]]. She's trying to help him find his murderer and together they're trying to find Joy's MissingMom.
120	* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
121	** [[{{Outlaw}} Ashe]] can summon her robot companion, [[BattleButler [=B.O.B=]]] as her ultimate, who acts as a stationary turret and a temporary seventh team member. Outside of gameplay, [=B.O.B=] serves Ashe as her bodyguard and butler.
122	** [[GentleGiant Winston]] is a hyper intelligent gorilla, who is sometimes deployed on field missions with fellow Overwatch members. He technically creates this kind of setup with any female Overwatch member he's fighting alongside with at the moment, but in-lore he seems to be the closest with [[AcePilot Tracer]] and [[BadassAdorable Mei]].
123	* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'':
124	** [[MafiaPrincess Fillia]] is currently a host to a sentient parasite named [[TheSymbiote Samson]]. Samson is attached to the back of her head, which makes him look like [[PrehensileHair her hair]], with which he can grab and hit opponents with. Fillia isn't that good of a fighter, so it's mostly Samson doing all the legwork for her, in exchange for Fillia's body supporting his own.
125	*** Samson also formed this kind of a duo with his old host, a woman named Delilah.
126	** [[LadyOfWar Squigly]] and her parasite [[NonHumanUndead Leviathan]] are a more sophisticated and harmonious equivalent. Leviathan is devoted to Squigly, especially since his old host was actually Squigly's father. Their moves are more like a dance, compared to Samson's more dominant and brutal fighting style, where Fillia is mostly dragged around by him.
127	** To a lesser extent than Fillia and Squigly, we have [[CuteAndPsycho Peacock]] and her parasite, the tiny bird-like [[TheNapoleon Avery]]. Unlike Fillia and Squigly, whose bodies are literally merged with their respective parasites, Avery's body is separate from Peacock's, and he functions more like an AssistCharacter that appears in some of her attacks. [[AnvilOnHead Andy Anvil]], another one of Peacock's assists, also qualifies.
128	* ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheFracturedButWhole'': [[GothGirlsKnowMagic Henrietta]] can summon [[FlamingDevil Satan himself]] for her ultimate move.
129	* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'': A female [[PlayerCharacter Farmer]] can ask [[CuteMonster Krobus]], a [[LivingShadow shadow person]] to move in with her. Krobus will help around the farm in the same way a human spouse will, even willing to help raise Farmer's children if she has any from a previous relationship.
130	* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': KillerRobot Jack finds and befriends an orphaned human girl, Jane, untill Jack eventually gets blown up by a MadScientist. Jane, now an adult, dedicates her life to rebuilding Jack (and succeeds).
131	* ''VideoGame/ThemsFightinHerds'': [[BlackMagicianGirl Oleander]] entered a pact with a demon known as FHTNG (or [[EmbarrassingNickname Fred]]) to protect her home from the predator invasion. Fred is currently locked in a tome Oleander carries with her (and uses as an ImprovisedWeapon), but he can reach out from it to swipe his claws, or give some of his powers to Oleander. His plans regarding Oleander [[AmbiguouslyEvil aren't fully clear]], but for the time being he's fine with working with her.
132	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky The 3rd'': One of the stories in the dungeon is about an orphan girl named Mary befriending and riding a friendly small dragon.
133	* ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}'': [[PlayerCharacter Red]] fights using the Transistor, a {{BFS}} with the spirit of her boyfriend, [[NoNameGiven Mr. Nobody]] locked inside. He can't do anything by himself, but he offers Red company by talking to her and encouraging her during fights.
134	* ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'':
135	** ''VideoGame/TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings'': Seems to be the case with the elf Iorveth and the human leader of the Aedirnian resistance [[JeanneDArchetype Saskia]]. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted, when we find out that Saskia was actually a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragon taking a human form]].]]
136	** ''VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt'': In the ''Blood and Wine'' [=DLC=], the [[HunterOfMonsters witcher]] [[PlayerCharacter Geralt]] works with the duchess [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Anna Henrietta]] and later on with her sister, [[DarkActionGirl Sylvia Anna]].
137	* ''VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs'': Zig-zagged in case of [[TheBigBadWolf Bigby Wolf]] and [[BadassBureaucrat Snow White]]. While both of them are Fables, Snow White always looks like a regular human woman. Bigby owes his human form to an enchanted dagger he was stabbed with, and can transform back into a more monstrous wolf-like form at will (or when the situation calls for it). They work together to solve a mysterious murder of their neighbor and fellow Fable.
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141	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'': PerkyGoth's Lydia Deetz's best friend is Beetlejuice, who is described as "The Ghost With The Most", but acts more like a LiteralGenie. She is his MoralityChain and the only one who can keep him at all under control; he, in turn, is her adoring protector and considers it his mission to make her happy.
142	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': Eliza Maza is a human detective. She has the closest relationship with the Gargoyle leader Goliath, with whom she has some ShipTease while they fight crime together.
143	* ''WesternAnimation/TheHauntedWorldOfElSuperbeasto'': Suzi X is a bubbly, one-eyed super agent who fights crime and monsters in the city with her partner Murray The Robot (who also serves as Suzi's vehicles and has a huge crush on her).
144	* ''WesternAnimation/JaneAndTheDragon'' is about a peasant girl who lives and works in the royal palace and is best friends with the resident dragon. They help the king solve various problems in the realm.
145	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
146	** One of [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicTwilightSparkle Twilight Sparkle's]] closest friends is a dragon named [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicSpike Spike]]. Though it's downplayed, since Twilight actually hatched Spike when she was very young and been raising him since (likely with help from other ponies), so Spike seems to identify more with [[ChildOfTwoWorlds ponies, rather than dragons]]. Spike also serves as Twilight's assistant and is her means of contact with [[BadassTeacher Princess Celestia]].
147	** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]] manages to befriend the MadGod [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicDiscord Discord]]. She's pretty much his MoralityPet and the only character he cares about (except himself, of course).
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