History Main / LovelyAngels

* ''SOKO Potsdam'', one of many [[SpinOff spin-offs]] of the [[LongRunners long-running]] German {{police procedural}} show ''SOKO 5113'', has as its group of main characters a "special commission"[[note]]or "Sonderkommission" in German, which is what "SOKO" is an abbreviation of[[/note]] of police officers tasked with investigating murders and other serious crimes. Its English-translated version was [[CompletelyDifferentTitle renamed]] ''Luna and Sophie'' after two female detectives in this group, whom the show [[CharacterFocus focuses on]] initially. The show's [[https://www.zdf-studios.com/en/program-catalog/international/drama/series/crime-suspense/soko-potsdam official synopsis]] plays up[[note]]"While Luna is strong-willed and thinks on her feet, she can be a little naïve. Although more mature, Sophie’s reflectiveness can be a weakness in situations that demand decisive action."[[/note]] the "contrasting personalities" aspect of this trope.

* ''Literature/DirtyPair'': TropeNamers Kei and Yuri are a female team of detectives-for-hire. While "Lovely Angels" is their official code name, they're more often known as the "Dirty Pair" for all the destruction they cause in their wake, much to their frustration.

* The eponymous duo from ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'' were inspired by the 1970s tag team wrestlers "The Beauty Pair".

* ''Webcomic/StarMares'' splits up its unwieldy cast into two-pony teams starting in volume 2: [[TheSpock Wind Whistler]] and [[TheAce Moontear]], [[ActionGirl Cookiecutter]] and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Spring Clean]], and [[ChronicHeroSyndrome Gracenote]] and [[ShrinkingViolet Maple Leaf]]. Bonus points for a cameo appearance from the actual [[LightNovel/DirtyPair Lovely Angels]].

* ''Literature/DirtyPair'': TropeNamers Kei and Yuri are a female team of detectives-for-hire. While "Lovely Angels" is their official code name, they're more often known as the "Dirty Pair" for all the destruction they cause in their wake, much to their frustration. Pretty much every GirlsWithGuns or bickering best friend female pairs in anime and manga are at least partial {{Homage}}s to them.

* ''Literature/DirtyPair'': TropeNamers Kei and Yuri are a female team of detectives-for-hire. While "Lovely Angels" is their official code name, they're more often known as the Dirty Pair for all the destruction they cause in their wake, much to their frustration.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' had {{O|riginalVideoAnimation}}VAs and [[TheMovie movies]] where Lina is adventuring teamed up with a VainSorceress Naga, in RedOniBlueOni contrast.

* DC has had ComicBook/PoisonIvy and ComicBook/HarleyQuinn team up on occasion during the brief periods when the latter has gotten sick of ComicBook/TheJoker. On at least one occasion they were actually shown sharing a bed). They starred, along with ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, in ''Comicbook/GothamCitySirens'' as a trio of [[{{Fanservice}} attractive]], {{d|arkActionGirl}}eadly women on the town in Gotham. And then there was that exchange where Harley informed Batgirl that Ivy had given her some kind of treatment so they could "play" together. More than one fan has taken this as outright confirmation of a canon relationship. [[WordOfGay Paul Dini says it was.]]

* During the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age of Comics]] Franchise/WonderWoman, a magical Amazon Princess, almost always teamed up with ComicBook/EttaCandy, a prankster BadassNormal [[TheLadette Ladette]], for fighting Nazis, gangsters and alien menaces. Sometimes they were joined by members of Etta's Holliday Girls or ComicBook/SteveTrevor but Di and Etta made a solid team of two very contrasting ladies. In the modern age, Diana frequently teams up with her fellow Amazon, ComicBook/{{Artemis}}, either of the [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Wonder Girls]] or other female superheroes like ComicBook/PowerGirl and ComicBook/BlackCanary.

* ''Fanfic/SOE2LoneHeirOfKrypton'': In this crossover Asuka and Rei piloted giant robots and fought giant alien monsters together... and in their secret identities of ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' and ''Comicbook/WonderGirl'' -respectively- they fought some super-villains together, like the Parasite. It was in that battle in which they cooperated and fought back-to-back where Asuka gained a newfound respect by Wonder Girl.

* ''FanFic/{{Atonement}}'': Tether and Vista. After training together for a while they become a very effective combat unit.

* Despite their [[FurAgainstFang differences]], Angua and Sally of the City Watch appear to be on their way to this trope in the Literature/{{Discworld}} books.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Imperishable Night'' has the option of playing as four teams of these: [[{{Miko}} Reimu]] and [[RealityWarper Yukari]], [[CuteWitch Marisa]] and [[MarionetteMaster Alice]], [[NinjaMaid Sakuya]] and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Remilia]], and [[BattleButler Youmu]] and [[CuteGhostGirl Yuyuko]].

* ''SOKO Potsdam'', one of many [[SpinOff spin-offs]] of the [[LongRunners long-running]] German {{police procedural}} show ''SOKO 5113'', has as its group of main characters a "special commission"[[note]]or "Sonderkommission" in German, which is what "SOKO" is an abbreviation of[[/note]] of police officers tasked with investigating murders and other serious crimes. had its English-translated version [[CompletelyDifferentTitle renamed]] ''Luna and Sophie'' after two female detectives in this group, whom the show [[CharacterFocus focuses on]] initially. The show's [[https://www.zdf-studios.com/en/program-catalog/international/drama/series/crime-suspense/soko-potsdam official synopsis]] plays up[[note]]"While Luna is strong-willed and thinks on her feet, she can be a little naïve. Although more mature, Sophie’s reflectiveness can be a weakness in situations that demand decisive action."[[/note]] the "contrasting personalities" aspect of this trope.

* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire''. Kurumu Kurono: [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] with GagBoobs, FemmeFatalons the size of your average assassination knife, wings, a tail, and need it come to that, [[TheVamp seductive supernatural powers]]. Mizore Shirayuki: [[AnIcePerson abominable snowgirl]] who can hurl icy shuriken at you, cut you open herself with claws of ice, and freeze you heel-to-hair if you've so much as a drop of liquid on you (and sometimes even without). It's not called the [[CombinationAttack Black and White Duet]] because of their skin tone (both have pale-ish skin); it's because ''they're '''that''' different and they can '''still''' dance like that''.

** Mary Read & Anne Bonney are a pair of Servants that share a single Spirit Origin and therefore are summoned as a duo and are almost inseparable. This pirate duo will always fight together and die together and their Noble Phantasm is a combination attack. The two also frequently flirt with their Master (especially Anne) and are very into the idea of a threesome. They also hate the same type of men. While the two have basically the same likes and dislikes, the two are differentiated by their appearance and personalities: Mary is short, flat and a {{Bokukko}} and {{Tomboy}} whereas Anne is a StatuesqueStunner with GagBoobs and acts very feminine.

** In the "Saber Wars II" event, Space Ishtar and Calamity Jane have this dynamic, being a pair of space bounty hunters that aren't so dissimilar to the ''Dirty Pair'' above. Unusual for this trope, they are joined by TheProtagonist and Mysterious Heroine X in the second chapter of the story and the team stays as a quartet for the rest of it, with the bounty hunter duo and X-san [[AmazonBrigade forming a trio]] of {{Action Girl}}s. That said, the team is made of two different parties that share a common goal, and the story focuses more on [=SpIshtar=] and Jane due to them being new Servants that haven't been seen before.

** Mary Read & Anne Bonney are a pair of Servants that share a single Spirit Origin and therefore are summoned as a duo and are almost inseparable. This pirate duo will always fight together and die together and their Noble Phantasm is a combination attack. The two also frequently flirt with their Master (especially Anne) and are very into the idea of a threesome. They also hate the same type of men.

** Mysterious Heroine X (simply X-san) and Mysterious Heroine X Alter (simply Ecchan) used to be this trope when they were still in their academy, but they eventually went separate ways after Ecchan recovered her memories.

** There's Nanoha and the newly-[[DefeatMeansFriendship befriended]] Fate during ''A's''. Others are solo fares (1st season) or feature {{Amazon Brigade}}s (''[=StrikerS=]'', ''[=ViVid=]'', ''Force''). Nanoha and Fate have, in-universe, [[GenerationXerox inspired several examples of similar pairings]], complete with both [[BashBrothers action duo dynamics]] and LesYay. Teana and Subaru from ''[=StrikerS=]'' are this trope when operating by themselves. Vivio and Einhart of ''[=ViVid=]'' are nearly certain to go in their footsteps as well, once they grow up.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Imperishable Night'' has the option of playing as four teams of these: [[{{Miko}} Reimu]] and [[RealityWarper Yukari]], [[CuteWitch Marisa]] and [[MarionetteMaster Alice]], [[NinjaMaid Sakuya]] and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Remilia]], and [[BattleButler Youmu]] and [[CuteGhostGirl Yuyuko]].
* ''VideoGame/FearEffect'' with Hana Tsu-Vachel and Rain Qin, who are the TomboyAndGirlyGirl, respectively. There is a strong implication that they are lovers, and other sources indicate that both of them are attracted to men as well.
* Crystal and Madison in the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis game ''Trouble Shooter''.
* Chun-Li and Cammy White have a scene like this in the intro for ''Super VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'', then fully embrace the trope in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterXTekken''. They're preceeded by Juni and Juli in ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha''.
* Claire Redfield and Moira Burton end up becoming this in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilRevelations2''.
* Asuka and Hitomi Kaga, the pilots of the [[UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 PC Engine]] ShootEmUp ''Burning Angels''. They wear identical {{Stripperiffic}} outfits.

* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirls}}'' sees the batgirls Stephanie Brown and Cassandra Cain team up to fight crime, under the watchful eye of Barbara Gordon as Oracle.