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13->''"Well, I was hoping that our relationship would be a long and happy one, but I suppose I'm willing to settle for short and exciting."''
14-->-- '''Odo''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E02ShadowsAndSymbols Shadows and Symbols]]"
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16This is the kind of couple where bullets figure prominently in the story of their romance. Where "war buddy" and "significant other" are synonyms. If you harm either one of them, the [[CrusadingWidow survivor]] ''[[CrusadingWidow will]]'' [[CrusadingWidow kill]] [[ItsPersonal you]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge as surely as the sun rises]]. Their mere presence increases the chance of a BackToBackBadasses scene to nearly 100%. They may also [[CasualDangerDialogue bicker]] or [[FlirtingUnderFire flirt]] in the middle of a fight, much to the confusion or consternation of their opponents. They tend to be [[OfficialCouple extremely resistant to breakup]] since their bond [[FireForgedFriends was forged in combat]], so if they're married, they're HappilyMarried. In fantasy settings, they'll probably manifest as SwordAndSorcerer. If they have gone all the way, expect them to engage in a lot of GladToBeAliveSex. It's also possible they may [[PreClimaxClimax get it on before the fighting]]. Add a kid or two for a BadassFamily with a MamaBear and a PapaWolf.
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18In RealLife, it's also the same as above -- and often, they're officers or military. There are laws in some areas against this sort of thing if [[UnequalPairing one outranks the other]] to prevent the superior from [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil forcing the under-ranked into it]].
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20Compare AdventureDuo, BashBrothers, SiblingTeam, CombinationAttack, and FireForgedFriends for other, not necessarily romantic forms of this trope. See also BadassMindsThinkAlike. If they're criminals, they're an OutlawCouple. If they are royalty who do this as one of their jobs, they are also a RulingCouple. If they're villains, they live in UnholyMatrimony. If she's (in most cases) a human and he's not, they could be the MonsterAndTheMaiden. If it's a case of one person with ''multiple'' ass-kicking admirers, that's a BattleHarem. Aversion of MyGirlBackHome.
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22!!Example subpages:
23[[index]]
24* BattleCouple/AnimeAndManga
25* BattleCouple/ComicBooks
26* BattleCouple/FanWorks
27* [[BattleCouple/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
28* BattleCouple/{{Literature}}
29* BattleCouple/LiveActionTV
30* BattleCouple/VideoGames
31* BattleCouple/WesternAnimation
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34!!Other examples:
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36[[folder:Films — Animation]]
37* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': [[PapaWolf Pongo]] and [[MamaBear Perdy]] lay the hurting on the two thugs who plan to kill not only their puppies but the other 84 parentless puppies as well. Their treatment of the bad guys is SCARY. You do not mess with puppies and let their parents find out. It is clear these dogs will go through hell and back to save their puppies - all of them.
38* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'': All the sisters get their moment to shine in the climactic fight to take back the kingdom, but Genevieve and Derek get the highlight when they have to fend off the duchess's AnimatedArmor.
39* Manolo and Maria in ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', when they both fight Chakal together. They even do a fastball attack, on him after doing the "romantic twirl-around" thing.
40* ''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'':
41** Hiccup and Astrid couple up in the first movie, and they work together through the following movies and the spinoff series. It's a BrainsAndBrawn thing.
42** Their relationship is touted as being a significant factor in Hiccup's leadership by the time of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld''. In particular, Astrid is invaluable to him during the raids at the beginning of the movie and the attack on the Warlords' armada at the end.
43* The Parrs from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''. In the prologue, they almost miss their own wedding because they were fighting crime. However, they don't actually team up on-screen until the climax - the closest they get for most of the movie is Elastagirl punching out the mugger Mr. Incredible was holding (from about twenty feet away).
44* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'', Po and Tigress have become this, frequently fighting together and showing off {{Combination Attack}}s in the process.
45* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'': Grandma and Grandpa Longneck. Whenever their grandson is in danger, they come charging in full-force.
46* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'': The film has two of them. The first is Emmet and Lucy, who work perfectly together to get out of danger and defeat enemies. There's also Batman and Queen [[PunnyName Watevra Wa'Nabi]], who prove to be such in the final climax of the film when she transforms into a battleship that Batman pilots.
47* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' has Simba and Nala become this during the final battle when they kill several of Scar's hyenas by shoving several of them off the ledge of Pride Rock.
48* Simba's daughter Kiara and her eventual mate Kovu follow in their pawprints in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride''. They interrupt the fight between Simba and Zira and though they are working to stop the fighting, Kovu makes it clear that he won't let Zira hurt Kiara or Simba, and Kiara cuts off Zira's lunge at Simba after the rest of the outsiders have given up the fight and joined with Simba's side.
49* ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'': Mulan and Shang are engaged in the sequel and fight off bandits.
50* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' gave us Kayley and Garrett. Their wedding doubles as a dual knighting ceremony.
51* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'': Bernard and Bianca make a living out of beating down bad guys. He's about to propose to her in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder Down Under]]'' before another adventure interrupts him.
52* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'':
53** ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' makes Shrek and Fiona one because the latter is a RebelLeader in this timeline.
54** WesternAnimation/PussInBoots and Kitty Softpaws; a pair of thieves that frequently flirt while on assignment.
55* Miles and Gwen invoke this in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' during the FinalBattle, enough for adult Spidey [[ShipperOnDeck to call them "adorable"]].
56* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSteamEnginesOfOz'', lions Magnus and Lucila are mates (and, according to their dialogue, he chose her because she was the only female willing to stand up to him) who hunt and fight and together. Fighting side-by-side (or back-to-back) they cut a swathe through the Tin Man's army.
57* Marianne and [[spoiler:the Bog King]] from ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' - both of them hold their own in the first fight scene they share, but it's when they team up to defeat Marianne's [[spoiler:ex-fiancé]] that they truly show that together they're a force to be reckoned with. [[spoiler:The Bog King]] is naturally terrifying given what kind of creature he is, but Marianne shows that she can be just as ferocious and threatening.
58%%%%* April and Casey Jones in the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' movie, due to her having taken multiple levels in badass.
59* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Calhoun and Felix given that both of them are heroes and undertake a SaveTheWorld mission together. The latter's even shown in the credits shooting Cy-Bugs with his wife.
60* Not really an official couple, but ''{{WesternAnimation/Zootopia}}'''s Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde would have otherwise ''un''officially qualified as one, considering that they're up against [[spoiler:a corrupt mayor bent on turning them and their people against each other with a poison flower]]. Not to mention, the ShipTease at the end to reinforce their implied -- if not stated -- battle couple status:
61-->'''Nick Wilde:''' You know you love me.
62-->'''Judy Hopps:''' Do I know that...? Yes. Yes, I do.
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66* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'':
67** Carey and Killian are both incredibly talented fighters in the Bureau, and show of their teamwork skills in the GrandFinale as [[spoiler:the Hunger attacks the base.]]
68** Towards the end of the story, [[spoiler: Barry and Lup, who both take full advantage of their Lich powers to obliterate the Hunger's forces. They're so amazing at mowing them down that Taako, who was planning to join Lup in the fight, turns right back around with a "Looks like they can handle it."]]
69* ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'' has the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel. It takes a while to reach the point, but even after marriage they fight side by side and nothing will anger either one faster than threatening the life of the other. They each frequently note that their best chance at staying alive long enough to retire and raise their son is by sticking together.
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73* Al Szasz, Ada Ash, were billed the WorldsStrongestMan and Woman in the 1960s. And their opponents were often bears and alligators, which they would take turns wrestling rather than jumping at once...ironically their success against human {{tag team}}s was middling.
74* Wrestling/{{AAA}} had Xóchitl Hamada and Pentagón Black, typically against members of the Moreno family. AAA also sort of encourages this kind of thing with its "mixed" tag team division.
75* Tarzan Goto and Despina Montagas were this in Wrestling/{{FMW}}, due to [[GreenEyedMonster envy]] over Megumi Kudo's popularity eventually leading up to them trying to best her in matches, in fact leading to the first mixed tag team match in a Japanese promotion(Kudo teamed with Ricky Fuji for that one).
76* Wrestling/RingOfHonor (and JAPW for that matter) has a possible case Buff E and Mace Mendoza of the Christopher Street Connection. Confirmed cases? Steve Corino and Simply Luscious, Wrestling/{{Raven}} and Trinity, Wrestling/CMPunk and [[Wrestling/DaffneyUnger Lucy]], Wrestling/JimmyJacobs and The Lovely Lacey, Wrestling/MikeBennett and Wrestling/MariaKanellis, Michael Elgin and Wrestling/MsChif, BJ Whitmer and Kelly Klein...
77* It's not just a connection to Beyond Wrestling that makes Wrestling/{{CZW}} a frequent contributor to Wrestling/{{WSU}}'s [[TournamentArc Queen and King Of The Ring]], as the promotion seems to produce quite a few battle couples. Confirmed cases include Wrestling/ChristinaVonEerie and Masada who fought off Drew Gulak's Campaign, Cherry Bomb and Pepper Parks who ganged up on Greg Excellent, Nevaeh and Jake Christ, who were targeted by evil owner DJ Hyde...
78* Pro wrestling's hottest couple[[DramaticPause ...]]''ever'', Santana Garrett and Chasyn Rance of FOW (and many more Southern Championship, Believe, Belleview, etc).
79* Wrestling/MadManPondo and Crazy Mary Dobson were engaged while they were Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling's TagTeam Title holders.
80* Isao Kobayashi and Kyoko Kimura were not above working together as a tag team. Especially not if it provided an opportunity [[DotingParent to help or teach their daughter]], Hana.
81* The South Pacific Power Couple (TK Cooper and Dahlia Black) who have appeared in companies such as Wrestling/ProgressWrestling.
82* If Rance and Garrett are the hottest couple, then Lady Frost says she and Victor Benjamin The Savage Gentlemen are wrestling's coolest couple. While they have entered some tag team tournaments and thus do qualify for this trope, "Pretty Proper" ''prefer'' helping each other beat opponents [[CombatPragmatist in one on one matches]].
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85[[folder:Radio]]
86* ''Radio/GTARadio'': Princess Robot Bubblegum and Sword Boy are stated to be a couple, though it's stated that Sword Boy goes both ways, so not everyone thinks he's the best match for Bubblegum.
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89[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
90* In general, a lot of games have options to create love interests or to romance [=NPCs=], and unless you're planning on having the love interest [[MyGirlBackHome stay home]], they have to be combat-capable. ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' in particular has the ''Ceremony'' spell, where two married humanoids get a +2 bonus to AC and saving throws as long as they're within 30 feet of each other during the first 24 hours of their marriage.
91** ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' Second Edition brings us the Heartbond ritual, which allows for a Battle Polyamory. All members of the ritual, who must share genuine love, can actually sense each other's locations and tell if they're in a bad state. If the ritual is a big success, they can even transmit messages via their bond. No, you are not limited to two people in your Heartbond, but all members must be willing.
92* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has this as part of the mechanics; specifically, all Solars and Lunars are matched up in three hundred pairs called Bonds. The Bond is not necessarily romantic, it can just as easily be [[AdventureDuo platonic]]; in fact, most examples of it are. Nonetheless, the possibility is there - for one, the Exalted setting has very little prejudice against homosexual pairings, and for the other, Lunars are consummate shapeshifters.
93* Couples in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' occasionally share a creature card, with one example being [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=398453 Pia and Kiran Nalaar]]. They may not have shared their daughter's pyromancy, but they were still pretty good at making things go boom pre- DeathByOriginStory.
94* Ah, the sweet romance and UnholyMatrimony that is Vlad and Isabella von Carstein in ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' Vlad is one of the deadliest melee characters and a decent Wizard to boot, being a Vampire Lord. Isabella's no slouch as a Vampire Hero, though her role is to be a CombatMedic. They get a significant buff if they share a unit. Either goes into a frenzy if the other is killed.
95** In universe, when Vlad was killed, Isabella threw herself to her death, and in the End Times, a resurrected Vlad's love for Isabella let Vlad be coerced by the big players that ended up causing the [[spoiler:[[ApocalypseHow Class X destruction of the setting]]]].
96* ''TabletopGame/WeaponsOfTheGods'', the wuxia RPG based on the comic of the same name, has several sections on this trope as exemplified in Shen Zhou, both on setting lore and mechanical impacts of the relationship. The example couple given for the section "Husband and Wife" is Sun and Yin, who keep arguing about Sun's oath of compassion and Yin's reluctance to honor that oath as Sun's wife ''while surrounded by and fighting an enemy army all by themselves''.
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100* If lawyering counts as combat (which in ''Franchise/AceAttorney'', it [[MundaneMadeAwesome practically does]]), then [[spoiler: Mia Fey and Diego]] definitely slay together in the battlefield of law.
101* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'':
102** Saber and Shirou Emiya, a Master and Servant fighting in the Holy Grail War. [[spoiler:A BittersweetEnding ensues where [[StarCrossedLovers they can't be together]] because [[ButNowIMustGo Saber is being called back to her time]]... Unless one's playing the [[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]] version (Or a heavily patched PC version) that includes an epilogue after attaining 100% completion where, after a lifetime of [[IWillFindYou Shirou pursuing Saber]] and [[IWillWaitForYou Saber waiting for Shirou]], [[TogetherInDeath they attain a miracle and are truly reunited in Avalon]].]]
103** During the Unlimited Blade Works path, there is Rin and Shirou who have a classic SwordAndSorcery combo contrasting that of Caster and her master.
104** Caster and her Master [[spoiler:Souchirou Kuzuki]] form a villainous version of this. She does the high speed spellcasting, while her EmpoweredBadassNormal Master handles close-range physical combat and shields her.
105* Hiyoko and Yuuya, at the end of Yuuya's route in ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend''. Gradually over his route Hiyoko witnesses how shady and dangerous his life is, ignores his ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies, and they become a pair of spies fighting an "endless battle for justice behind the frail curtain of society".
106* ''VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim'': Konyyl is an assassin who works with her matesprit Azdaja, although their relationship is somewhat rocky due to disagreements about their work and/or relationship.
107* In ''[[VisualNovel/ShallWeDateNinjaShadow Shall We Date?: Ninja Shadow]]'', the PlayerCharacter Saori is an ActionSurvivor who upgrades to ActionGirl through the paths. Pretty much all the guys she can romance are excellent fighters, so towards the end of each path she and her beau will be this to one or another degree.
108* Depending on how you play ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', [[BadassNormal Shiki Tohno]] can play the trope straight with either Arcueid Brunestud (a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire who is ReallySevenHundredYearsOld) or Ciel (ChurchMilitant ActionGirl [[spoiler: and one of Roa's invernations, which makes her [[{{Immortality}} immortal]]]].)
109* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': After the release of ''Dawn of the golden witch'', it's safe to call [[spoiler:Battler and Beatrice]] one of the most straightforward examples of this to show up there. There's a pretty epic scene in which they shoot down [[spoiler:Erika]], pulling the trigger of the gun together.
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113%%* Dan and Mitzi [=McNinja=] of ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
114* ''Webcomic/{{AntiBunny}}'' has Mors and Knell who are also [[spoiler: Superhero Nailbat, and former supervillain Furi, who become a married pair of badasses]].
115%%* Mentl and Zona in ''Webcomic/TheChallengesOfZona''. Also Zona's parents Zonn and Ipola.
116* ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' has veteran spacers Ace and Freeda, [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/10/02/were-saved/ holding hands and kicking ass together]].
117* In ''Webcomic/CrimsonKnights'' [[spoiler:Erikr and Judoch]] become one in chapter 7.
118%%%%* In ''Webcomic/{{Doodze}}'', [[http://seguemediagroup.com/doodze/?p=935 the arrogant fighter is spoken for.]]
119* Ellen and Nanase from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', were both involved in the fight with the Omega Goo and both fought against Vlad during the battle at The Nest. Although they haven't been seen to fight any battles together since their RelationshipUpgrade, they have been featured fighting together in at least [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook.php?id=691 one]] sketchbook strip and they like to [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2012-12-24 play multiplayer video games]] where they fight side by side. Also, they might have had to fight some of the perpetrators of the {{Scooby Doo Hoax}}es that [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2013-04-30 they have foiled]]. As of the Family Tree story arc, they are fighting together.
120* ''Webcomic/{{Fans}}'' gives us Will and Shanna, and (in the Badass Threesome category), Rikk, Rumy and Ally.
121-->'''Rikk''': I've spent the last five years with two remarkable women. One of them is one of the toughest, cleverest fighters I've ever seen anywhere. [[BaitAndSwitchComparison The other is Rumiko Tanaka Oberf!]]
122%%* Bernadette and Maytag from ''Webcomic/{{Flipside}}''.
123* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has several:
124** Early on in the comic, even though we're not sure if they're an [[SlapSlapKiss 'official' official couple]] Gil and Agatha definitely make this work during the slaver wasps' invasion of Castle Wulfenbach.
125** Later on, given events in Castle Heterodyne, we have a battle ''threesome''. Agatha cares deeply for both Gil and Tarvek, and [[BelligerentSexualTension when they're not trying to kill each other]] they do actually get along fairly well with each other too.
126** Zeetha and BadassNormal [[spoiler:(or maybe not so normal)]] Airman Higgs have been this ever since [[DistractedByTheSexy hooking up]] in the middle of a war over mutual admiration of each other's fighting skills.
127%%* Winter and Otra as well as Officer Hipbone and Police Guy from ''Webcomic/{{Girly}}''.
128* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has several, mostly among the [[HumanoidAliens Trolls]].
129** RebelliousPrincess Feferi Peixes and PlayfulHacker Sollux Captor.
130** AdventurerArchaeologist Jake English and Dirk Strider.
131** While they're not shown ''in'' battle, "[S] Descend" implies this of [[AlcoholicParent Mom Lalonde]] and [[DotingParent Dad Egbert]]. Disregarding this, they are [[OfficialCouple definitely a couple]] and DEFINITELY good at battling.
132%%** [[StringyHairedGhostGirl Aradia Megido]] and [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength Equius Zahhak]] (Sollux and Aradia appear to have been a couple [[BackFromTheDead before she died]], but never ''in battle'').
133%%** [[PerpetualFrowner Karkat]] [[HairTriggerTemper Vantas]] and [[HandicappedBadass Terezi Pyrope]], who have massive amounts of [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]] despite never officially being together.
134%%** [[IneffectualLoner Davesprite]] and [[GenkiGirl Jade Harley]].
135%%* [[TheCaptain Milo]] and [[NumberTwo Jenny]] in ''Webcomic/TheZombieHunters''.
136%%* The title characters of Webcomic/AGirlAndHerFed.
137* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
138** Elan and Hailey from the Order are a general teamwork couple during their adventurer raids. After Elan literally TookALevelInBadass by becoming a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0390.html Dashing Swordsman]] they form a classic GuysSmashGirlsShoot dynamic.
139** Elan's EvilTwin Nale also forms one with Sabine, a combat Succubus. They once had a lover's quarrel during an EvilPlan because Nale feared that Sabine had a crush on Elan. She reassures him and they go back to committing evil together.
140** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0508.html Daigo and Kazumi]] are both soldiers in the Azure City army. They hooked up while defending the city from a hobogoblin invasion. Then Kazumi pulled way ahead of Daigo on the awesome scale when she turned into a PregnantBadass.
141* ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' has Julie and Lenny Magilligan, happily married and kicking ass with family and friends (Julie's sister Angelika, and her bitter friend Rocky).
142* Leo/Jason and Tigris/Kira from ''WebComic/{{Panthera}}''. They met by being the first two students to become elemental-powered panthers designed to fight a secret government project. They've had spats since Jason brought his little sister into the club, though.
143* [[FireIceDuo Melty Flame and Melty Frost]] in ''WebComic/SleeplessDomain'', to the point that when Undine considered asking to join them, she ''quickly'' realized that she would be a ThirdWheel. (According to an Interstial, Amahle and Carina were infatuated with each other as children, drifted apart, then reconnected when their powers awakened and they discovered that they were thematic partners.)
144* Torg and Zoe from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' have a Battle Couple moment in [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=990725 this]] strip. True, they're not actually a ''couple'', but Torg's crush on Zoe does develop not long after this storyline.
145* Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}} and Mecha Maid, both super heroes, are a lesbian example.
146* Night and Lady Liberty of ''Webcomic/{{Supermom}}'' routinely fight crime together. They have [[http://www.oursupermom.com/comic/our-super-mom-interlude-6-the-mission-9/ since married]] and their honeymoon consists of [[http://www.oursupermom.com/comic/our-super-mom-interlude-6-the-mission-12/ more crimefighting across the country]].
147* The author won't tell whether [[PunnyName Guinea and Pig]], the vigilante duo from ''Webcomic/TryingHuman'' have an InterspeciesRomance or a platonic, but close, InterspeciesFriendship, but they're definitely the most important persons in each other's lives [[spoiler: and have a child together, whom they're raising and obviously love, even though none of them actually asked for the PlayingWithSyringes that resulted in the baby]].
148%%%%* ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': Jack and Tomie.
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152* ''WebVideo/AscensionAcademy'' has many examples of this trope. Cadets are broken into six squads and there is a battle couple in three of the six:
153** [[spoiler:Chipz and Vevina are the battle couple of Ignis Squad ever since they became a couple after the Desert Mission.]]
154** [[spoiler:Rex and Misty are the battle couple of Gallant Squad since shortly into the Second Year.]]
155** [[spoiler:Stark and Flora became the battle couple of Crystal Thorn Squad late into the Second Year.]]
156* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': Linkara and Iron Liz have beaten up {{Mooks}} together.
157* ''WebVideo/BelkinusNecrohunt'': Luna's partner Scorpio, when the party encounters him in the mountains, is a mercenary that's just as capable of fighting against a pack of worgs as the rest of the party. [[spoiler: Luna officially proposes to him with a ring in Session 13.]]
158%%* Almost all couples in ''Literature/ChaosFighters'' are battle couples. This is even lampshaded in ''Route of Earth'' and ''Chemical Siege''.
159* ''Webvideo/CriticalRole''
160** Lord Sylas and Lady Delilah Briarwood were HappilyMarried before they became UnholyMatrimony when [[spoiler: Delilah started working for Vecna because Vecna revived Sylas for her]]. They're both quite powerful, and fittingly so considering they are the villains of the Whitestone Arc [[spoiler:and ultimately lieutenants of the BigBad himself]].
161** Vax'ildan and Keyleth of Vox Machina, a cunning rogue and powerful druid, respectively, are sort-of-but-not-really this since Vax's LoveConfession during the Whitestone arc, [[spoiler: and then properly get together during the Chroma Conclave arc.]]
162** Percy and Vex of Vox Machina also qualify, both of them powerful ranged combatants who [[spoiler:eventually become the Lord and Lady of Whitestone]]. While the improvisational nature of the show precludes this being intentional, their relationship acts as a notable foil to that of the Briarwoods', and as the Dalen's Closet one-shot reveals, [[spoiler:they later become [[ActionMom Action]] [[ActionDad Parents]]]].
163** Beau and Yasha, the human monk and aasimar barbarian of the Mighty Nein. Their first date includes a fight with some illusory ninjas at Beau's specific request.
164* Roleplay/DCNation is fond of this trope, and sometimes dovetails it with BadassFamily. Sand and Merlynne (and, previously, Merlynne and Caleb); Green Shield and Franchise/GreenLantern Travis Grey; Changeling/Beastboy and Fauna...
165* Suggested for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' players in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtxbPebvv4 Basically, Paladin]]. Made even funnier because the healer shown in the video is actually his IRL wife's character.
166-->'''Larryzaur''': You can't just go out dungeoning with a healer. You need to establish a relationship first -- and ''no'', that doesn't mean [[LeeroyJenkins pulling the entire dungeon]], ''in [[StanceSystem Sword Oath]]'', with no buffs. You should probably try some other things. You know, like, ask your healer out, take your healer on a nice date, '''''marry''''' your healer. (Royalty-free love song plays over a Ceremony of Eternal Bonding) That'll get 'em.
167* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' has Millie and Moxxie, a pair of happily married assassins. A villainous example (well, [[HeroAntagonist MORE villainous]]) is Martha and Ralphie, although Martha does sleep around.
168* ''Literature/AMorePersonalUnion'' has [[spoiler:Winifred Shakespeare]] and Geoffrey de Bourbon. Their son ends up being raised at his paternal grand-uncle's estate, while mom and dad go globetrotting on their mercenary business.
169* ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'': Some pairs of agents are in an active romantic relationship with each other and continue protecting the multiverse from the effects of bad fanfiction together.
170* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
171** Church and Tex; it's clear they both still feelings for each other no matter how many insults they toss back and forth. Probably more feelings from Church than Tex as her emotions seems to have taken a beating during her time as a Freelancer paired with a psychotic AxCrazy AI. Later seasons reveal it's more a case of her emotions taking a beating during her time as [[spoiler:an AI paired with a psychotic AxCrazy AI]]. Just to be pedantic.
172** Season 10 gives us a straighter example in [[spoiler:the Insurrectionist Leader and CT, who give Tex and Carolina a good fight (even though CT was mortally wounded by Tex)]].
173* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler:Bumbleby has its debut battle as an OfficialCouple in the seventh episode of Volume 9; Blake and Yang fight a series of Jabberwalkers together, doing {{Combination Attack}}s in perfect, nonverbal coordination.]]
174* The [[Creator/FrederatorStudios Cartoon Hangover]] short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Siiov36YXs Story War]]'' has Goblin and Fairy, who track down and fight Medusa and Gremlin side by side. When Goblin gets turned to stone by Medusa, Fairy brings him back with a kiss, prompting a declaration of ThePowerOfLove from Goblin.
175%%* In ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' we have Jay & Sabella.
176* Literature/WhateleyUniverse examples: the superheroes the Mystic Six were three Battle Couples, until Cirque died. The other two couples are still together, although nominally retired. Then there's Pendragon and Gloriana, the leaders of the Future Superheroes of America at the school. It is also mentioned in passing that the Winter Session special topics course "Powers Integration[[note]]a course for learning to combine two different sets of powers effectively[[/note]]" is often considered the 'cheap date class', because couples who are looking to be heroes (or villains) together when they graduate often take it as a way to practice (and stay close) together. It is also mentioned that a breakup in the middle of the course can make things rather sticky, though Pendragon and Gloriana seem to have done fine in it...
177* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'':
178** Skitter and Grue, whose powers (he generates darkness, she can use her insect control to tell where objects and people are in his darkness) work together to make them a terrifying combination.
179** Later, there's [[RoboShip Dragon and Defiant,]] [[spoiler:the ArtificialIntelligence that is]] the world's premier [[GadgeteerGenius Tinker]] and her [[spoiler:cyborg]] Tinker boyfriend.
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183* In ancient Greece, Plato wrote about this sort of thing in ''Literature/{{Symposium}}''. Below is one example of the trope in action.
184** During its hegemony in the 4th century BC, the Greek city-state of Thebes had an elite unit called the Sacred Band consisting of 150 soldiers, each paired with his adolescent gay lover. After the battle in which he defeated them, [[WorthyOpponent Philip II of Macedon raised a monument in their honour and admonished "no one to speak ill of these heroes"]].
185%%* French resistants Lucie and Raymond Aubrac.
186* Italian [[TheStrategist strategist]] Giuseppe Garibaldi and his [[ActionGirl wife]] Anita Garibaldi fought in three wars and had four kids together.
187* Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (the two kingdoms that formed what is now Spain). Married at 17 despite the opposition of Isabella's brother and king, then went on to win a civil war, finish the Reconquista, fund Columbus's voyages to the Americas, and secure Spanish dominance over Italy and the western Mediterranean.
188* In his book ''The Greatest Battle'' (on the Battle for Moscow in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII) Andrew Nagorski interviewed two former members of an NKVD special forces unit who were ordered to go UndercoverAsLovers (in the belief that a married couple would draw less attention) who, despite their initial awkwardness, ended up getting married for real.
189* Ivan and Aleksandra Boiko, driver and commander respectively of the [[MightyGlacier IS-2 heavy tank]] ''[[ICallItVera Kolyma]]'' of the 48th independent Guards heavy armour regiment, were married before they got to drive the tank ''they had paid for''.
190* King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. When someone suggested that the princesses should be evacuated to Canada, the Queen said: "The children cannot go without me. I cannot go without the King. [[BadassBoast And the King will never leave his country."]]
191* William Hays and his wife Mary Ludwig, also known as "Molly Pitcher", who took her husband's place at a gun when he fell.
192* While the eighteenth century military was male-dominated this was an unofficial institution of eighteenth century armed forces. {{Camp follower}}s, while they did include prostitutes, also included the wives of servicemen (in the Royal Navy prostitutes were more likely in port; after all their profession didn't pay enough to go to sea to practice it). Officially they were disliked by officers but they would often look the other way and service wives could provide [[TheMedic useful services]]. In the British Army it was customary to cast lots for which of the soldier's wives would go with their husbands on campaign. In the Royal Navy when the [[DrillSergeantNasty chief]] came through to wake up sailors he would shout, "show a leg". If it was hairy the chief would roust the leg's possessor out of bed, and if it wasn't the leg's owner was assumed to be female.
193* Robert Guiscard, Norman king of Sicily and his wife, Sichelgaita, the Lombard queen of Apulia. They won against the Byzantine army of Alexios Komnenos in Durrazzo 1081, commanding the Norman army together. [[spoiler:At one time the Normans were repulsed and about to rout. Sichelgaita rode ahead the army, undressing herself and yelling naked: "Are you men or maidens? Follow me!"]] Anna Komnena, the Byzantine historian, compared Sichelgaita "like the Amazons of the old".
194%%* Sir Thomas and Lady Katherine Cochrane, a British Battle Couple in the early nineteenth century.
195* Common enough among Scythians to the point of being a possible origin of the Amazons; the women rode, fought alongside and even [[{{Bifauxnen}} dressed]] like their husbands and [[TogetherInDeath were buried together in the same graves.]]
196* Same-sex relations weren't accepted in Japan of old unless they were this trope, and they still had to be discreet about it.
197* A common downplayed version was when the women were expected to [[MinoredInAsskicking Minor In Asskicking]] while the men were on campaign. This was known in Japan where women from samurai families trained to protect their homes, families, honor and [[UnusualEuphemism exclusivity]] with the ''Naginata'' ([[NaginatasAreFeminine a polearm sort of like a halberd]]). In Europe, noblewomen were sometimes in charge of castles and acted as [[TheConsigliere chief of staff]] during a campaign; though that is closer to RulingCouple it had military aspects. Viking women regularly owned axes, which were both a peaceful and warlike tool. As American folklore remembers, frontierswomen could, in a pinch, handle a rifle if their cabin was attacked.
198* When a city was under attack, historically, it was common for everyone to fight. Yes, that means [[OldSoldier absolutely]] [[ChildSoldiers everybody]].[[note]]When mass murder, mass rape, and pillage were the consequences of losing, it was a strong motivator.[[/note]] Married couples fighting together in some capacity was a common sight. This is one reason sieges were so disliked.
199* ''UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat'' [[ReallyGetsAround had numerous consorts,]] some of which would help fight along side him (Thaïs being the best known example).
200* Waidstill and Martha Sharp are a downplayed example, while they never did any actual fighting, they risked their lives multiple times to help people escape from Nazi Germany, and were even give a reward/title by Israel for their work.
201%%* Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there was a rush among people to get married while they still had the chance. [[https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-25-22/h_75e9d2f5d1275b84ffaa349efe40ceb6?hpt=ob_blogfooterold Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin]] joined the Territorial Defense Forces the very next day. Other couples have also joined up with defense forces, militias, or are already enlisted in the standing Ukrainian military and have pledged to fight together.%%
202* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2hI9K2EFlY This]] cop couple who happened to be eating in the right place at the right time during a robbery.
203* General Nguyễn Chích and his wife Nguyễn Thị Bành (no prior relation) met because she pulled a SweetPollyOliver to join the Vietnamese resistance against the Chinese Ming and curbstomped his best soldiers at hand-to-hand via Waif-Fu, impressing him enough to allow her to join. When she was cornered into revealing her identity, he kept her in the militia because he admired her spirit and skill [[AmazonChaser (read: had fallen head over heels)]]. They eventually married and she became his second-in-command. Together, they joined the larger Lam Sơn resistance, trained an army of messenger pigeons (which came in handy when the resistance was besieged for a long time), and she once staged a daring rescue of her husband and his soldiers in the dead of night when they were surrounded by Ming forces. (The Ming ran away from her and her mere 60 men because they thought it was a two-pronged attack.) They stuck together through thick and thin, even when Nguyễn Chích was stripped of his post in the new Later Lê dynasty because the Emperor had descended into paranoia and suspected the founding fathers of treason, and when he was eventually reinstated by the new Emperor who had taken over from his deceased father. It's not known when she died, but he lived to the ripe old age of 67.
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