History Main / AllWorkVsAllPlay

* From ''WesternAnimationGravityFalls'', the Pines brothers. As they grew up from childhood, Ford became all work, and Stan remained all play. This drove a wedge between the twins to the point that Ford was willing to abandon Stan for an (admittedly serious) honest mistake. While Stan has become a little better about this in his adult years, Ford largely remains at his extreme. Averted with their nephew and niece, Dipper and Mabel Pines. While Dipper is the more serious, mature twin, he certainly knows when to loosen up and have fun, and Mabel is playful and fun-loving, but knows when to be serious. [[CaptainObvious They get along a lot better than their uncles.]]

* From ''GravityFalls'', the Pines brothers. As they grew up from childhood, Ford became all work, and Stan remained all play. This drove a wedge between the twins to the point that Ford was willing to abandon Stan for an (admittedly serious) honest mistake. While Stan has become a little better about this in his adult years, Ford largely remains at his extreme. Averted with their nephew and niece, Dipper and Mabel Pines. While Dipper is the more serious, mature twin, he certainly knows when to loosen up and have fun, and Mabel is playful and fun-loving, but knows when to be serious. [[CaptainObvious They get along a lot better than their uncles.]]

* From GravityFalls, The Pines brothers. As they grew up from childhood, Ford became all work, and Stan remained all play. This drove a wedge between the twins to the point that Ford was willing to abandon Stan for an (admittedly serious) honest mistake. While Stan has become a little better about this in his adult years, Ford remains at his extreme.

* Agon and Unsui of ''{{Eyeshield 21}}''. Though this seems to stem from what they were born with. Agon's incredibly talented and a quicker learner so he's never needed to work. Unsui is an average guy with an inferiority complex.

* Haruhi (work) and Tamaki (play) in ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', due to their social backgrounds. Really, Haruhi vs. the entire host club (minus Kyouya and arguably Mori) are this.

* ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': Tiana is All Work, Naveen is All Play.

-->--'''Maria Edgeworth''', Irish novelist

* Creator/CameronDiaz is the All-Play character to Toni Collette in ''InHerShoes''.

* ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Carlton is All Work and Will is All Play.
** Carlton lampshades this trope several times. In one episode he even compares himself and Will to TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts.
--> '''Carlton:''' "See, the grasshopper goofed off, while the ant worked hard storing up food for the winter. When the winter came, the ant had food, but the grasshopper starved to death. You know what the moral of the story is?"
--> '''Will:''' "Yep! Even if we were insects, I'd be bigger than you."

* Combined with TechnicianVsPerformer in ''[[{{Rush2013}} Rush]]''. James Hunt is a playboy, arriving at the track with last night's conquest on his arm and his eyes peeled for tonight's. Niki Lauda will have been there for several hours already, working on his car's setup. Unusually for this trope, the drivers' vastly different approaches work equally well.

* Siblings Taihei and Umaru are All Work and All Play respectively in ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''. This gets played with in a few chapters, however. In one case, Taihei takes some vacation time and, once all the chores are caught up on and Umaru isn't home from school yet, finds himself incredibly bored. Umaru skips school and stays home while Taihei goes to work, but soon feels guilty and goes to school after all.

* The UrExample is in one of the ''Literature/AesopsFables'', "TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts", though that one supports the Ant's philosophy (work first, because winter is coming).
* Norton Juster's children's book ''Literature/TheDotAndTheLine'', famously adapted into an animated short directed by Creator/ChuckJones.

* Haruhi (work) and Tamaki (play) in ''OuranHighSchoolHostClub'', due to their social backgrounds. Really, Haruhi vs. the entire host club (minus Kyouya) are this.

* Chip and Dale in ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''.

* ''TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'': Carlton is All Work and Will is All Play; Will is also an example of HardWorkHardlyWorks.

** Ironically subverted in one episode, where Joey is trying to write a script. Chandler advises him to chill out and have a break while Ross is insistent he keep to his work, leading to a massive feud concerning the other supposedly being unfair to him.

* In ''Film/{{Rush2013}}'', Niki Lauda (all work) vs James Hunt (all play).

* Norton Juster's children's book ''TheDotAndTheLine'', famously adapted into an animated short directed by Creator/ChuckJones.

* Norton Juster's children's book ''TheDotAndTheLine'', famously adapted into an animated short directed by ChuckJones.

* Liszt and Alice Kiriki in ''{{Ookami-san}}''. Due to the series' fairy tale theme, they're based on the UrExample below (List being the Grasshopper, and Alice being the Ant).

* Combined with TechnicianVsPerformer in ''{{Rush2013}} Rush]]''. James Hunt is a playboy, arriving at the track with last night's conquest on his arm and his eyes peeled for tonight's. Niki Lauda will have been there for several hours already, working on his car's setup. Unusually for this trope, the drivers' vastly different approaches work equally well.