Sam:
A small band of pilgrims sought out a place in the New World where they could worship according to their own beliefs... and solve crimes. Toby:
Sam... Sam:
It'd be good.
Two very different characters are obliged to work together to solve a crime. The premise is very often expressed in
Trailers and pitches as "He's an X. She's a Y. Together, they fight crime!"… So much that it's almost become a
Stock Phrase. Expect lots of cultural clash humor arising both from different policing traditions and from general personal differences between the two characters. Sometimes the ante will be raised by making the crime-fighters from two groups that are actively antagonistic.
The story often (but not always) involves one character being on his own turf while
the other character is a visitor. If there is a sequel, the character who was on his home turf in the first story visiting the home turf of the other character.
Can be the premise of a Buddy Cop Show, although then there usually needs to be some reason for the other cop to continue hanging around beyond the pilot.
A subtrope of both
Wunza Plot and
Odd Couple.
Examples:
Anime and Manga
- The Big O: He's a rich negotiator with a Humongous Mecha, she's a robotic maid. They fight crime!
- Read Or Dream:: Three sisters: two love books and the youngest...doesn't. They fight crime!
- Cowboy Bebop: He's an ex-mafia martial artist/fighter pilot/bounty hunter. She's a hot 70-year-old cryogenically unfrozen amnesiac crack-shot waif perpetually on the run from astronomical gambling debts. They fight crime... INSPACE!
Comic Books
Film
Literature
Live Action TV
Video Games
Web Original
- See TheyFightCrime.org
to get a randomly generated ridiculous-sounding permutation of that phrase.
Western Animation
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