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chasemaddigan
Since: Oct, 2011
13th Oct, 2017 10:49:44 AM
This seems like a general Foil trope.
EDIT: There's also Wunza Plot, for a work can be described with "One's an X. One's a Y. They do Z".
Edited by chasemaddigan
MetaFour
MOD
Since: Jan, 2001
Freezer
Since: Jan, 2001
13th Oct, 2017 02:56:16 PM
Phineas and Ferb is Sibling Yin-Yang. The rest fall under Odd Couple.
My name is Freezer and my anti-drug is porn.
A story has two main characters as co-stars. Their personnalities contrast eachother. Here's a few examples: Ren & Stimpy(obviously), Phineas & Ferb, Rush Hour, Power Man & Iron Fist, Superman and Batman(when they get paired up in their own Superman/Batman comic series, anyway).
The two main characters in question will often have radically opposed personnalities and may or may not argue with eachother a lot. For exemple, one of the two may be cheery, optimist, laid-back or maybe all three at once, while the other is Cynical, gets angry easily, has a tragic backstory or all three at once.
Note: This does NOT work unless both characters in question are the main characters. If it's the main character who gets paired up with a secondary character/protagonist, then it doesn't work.
P.S.: If the trope does exist, is there an "evil" variant as well that applies to stories with two main antagonists? Just curious.
Edited by NVPOWER