History Main / LovelyAngels

** 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 very much 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.
* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'' takes this to the logical extreme with Panty and Stocking being literal angels... except they're [[GoodIsNotNice not too]] [[PunchClockHero angelic]] [[{{Jerkass}} personality-wise]].

** GenerationXerox kicks in somewhat. Teana and Subaru from ''[=StrikerS=]'' are very much 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.

* This trope is spoofed in the webseries [[ThreeWay 3Way]], with ''Ladycops'', an homage to creator Nancylee Myatt's unaired show ''[[NikkiAndNora Nikki & Nora]]''. The characters in ''Ladycops'' are played by the same actresses from the ''[[NikkiAndNora Nikki & Nora]]'' pilot.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' invokes this PowerTrio version of this trope.

* While not the main characters of ''Series/DoctorWho'', Vastra and Jenny count, given that they're [[InterspeciesRomance interspecies]] lesbian detectives who fight crime in [[VictorianBritain Victorian London]]. Yeah, it's as awesome as it sounds. Eventually, though, [[SixthRanger Strax]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the Sontaran]] joins the group, turning the situation into TwoGirlsAndAGuy.

* While not the main characters of ''Series/DoctorWho'', Vastra and Jenny (an [[InterspeciesRomance interspecies]] lesbian couple) count; in fact, they might have been the original Franchise/SherlockHolmes and John Watson (if so, Creator/ArthurConanDoyle presumably rewrote them as male human HeterosexualLifePartners [[ValuesDissonance to make their story more accessible to his Victorian audience]]). Eventually, though, [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Strax]] joins the group, turning the situation into TwoGirlsAndAGuy.

''"Well, it's kind of like JamesBond. But instead of Bond, there are these two women..."''

* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' started with a team of BlackCanary and Oracle. Later, {{Huntress}} joined the team as well. Recently, it has become a full AmazonBrigade.

* {{Huntress}} and PowerGirl have this dynamic in the Comicbook/{{New 52}} series ''Worlds' Finest''. Which is a throwback to their original team-ups on pre-Crisis Earth-2. [[spoiler: Batman's daughter, Superman's female cousin]] -- what could be more obvious than that they'd become a team?

* ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'', which has garnered ''Series/NikkiAndNora' comparisons for having LesYay subtext in spades.

* ''[[NikkiAndNora Nikki & Nora]]'', which despite only having an unaired pilot, has garnered a fanbase. The show was going to be about police partners in New Orleans who were also a closeted [[LesYay lesbian couple]].
* ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'', which has garnered NikkiAndNora comparisons despite being a lot less text-y, has this trope in spades.

* {{Whiteout}}, before [[ExecutiveMeddling the changes]] made to the movie, starred US Marshal Carrie Stetko and pal solving murders down in Antarctica. Unfortunately, TheMovie (For various ridiculous reasons) felt that two female leads was a bad choice for a film, and made one of them a man (And not even one of the already existing men from the comics, but a [[CanonForeigner completely new creation]]).

* Averted in the film adaptation of ''{{Whiteout}}'', as ExecutiveMeddling decreed that people wouldn't go to see a movie with two female leads. Which means {{Yuri Fan}}s are going to miss out on some LesYay.

** ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' even named their girl-power episode "The [[DomedHometown Dome]] Dolls".

* ''Anime/KiddyGrade'', a SpiritualSuccessor of sorts to the above. And, consequently, ''Anime/{{Kiddy Girl-and}}''.

* ''Series/CharliesAngels'' upped the ante by including a [[PowerTrio third girl]]. So did ''Series/SheSpies'', which some consider to be a ''Series/CharliesAngels'' knock-off. Ditto for the AnimatedSeries ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''.

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* ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'''s "Twin Cam Angels," Jasmine and Umeko, become this in some episodes (complete with their own special end title.)

More than two LovelyAngels eventually become known as an AmazonBrigade. Everything else of the above stays the same.

* The category is [[TropeNamer named after]] the official codename of Kei and Yuri, the ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''.
* ''Anime/KiddyGrade'', a SpiritualSuccessor of sorts to the above.
** And, consequently, ''Anime/{{Kiddy Girl-and}}''.

* ''Anime/ReadOrDie'', the original {{OVA}} version.
** They also had a third, male team member - he was just completely irrelevant to everything.

* ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' and its second SpiritualSuccessor by the same studio, ''ElCazadorDeLaBruja''. The first successor, ''{{Madlax}}'', avoids this by large margin despite having a similar setup (unless you ignore the monstrous gap in Madlax and Vanessa's skills and put them in the same league).
* ''[[KazemakaseTsukikageRan Tsukikage Ran]]''.
* ''TheSlayers'' had {{OVA}}s and [[TheMovie movies]] where Lina is adventuring teamed up with a VainSorceress Naga, in RedOniBlueOni contrast.

* The ''{{Mazinger}}'' series: ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' had Sayaka and Jun (even if it was for a short while). ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'' has Hikaru and Maria.

* ''FutariWaPrettyCure'' features Lovely Angel {{Magical Girl}}s, as does ''FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar''.
** For at least half a season each, ''HeartcatchPrecure'' and ''SuitePrettyCure'' fit this trope, too.

* ''SugarSugarRune''
* Anak and Androssi Zahard from TowerOfGod. Paired with VitriolicBestBuddies.
* ''NajicaBlitzTactics'' Yay for intentional LesYay!
* ''MichikoToHatchin'' has some of this, despite the age difference between the leads.
* Noriko and [[OneeSama Kazumi]] in ''Anime/GunBuster''.
** Nono and Lal'C in ''Anime/{{Diebuster}}''.
* ''{{Mnemosyne}}'' - romantically involved or not, the Moe LesYay is pretty brazen.
* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', with Nanoha and the newly-[[DefeatMeansFriendship befriended]] Fate. Others are solo fares (1st season) or feature [[strike:TheSquad]] {{Amazon Brigade}}s (''[=StrikerS=]'', ''[=ViVid=]'', ''Force'').

* TetragrammatonLabyrinth with Meg and Angela
* ''RosarioToVampire''. Kuruno Kurono: [[HornyDevils 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; it's because ''they're '''that''' different and they can '''still''' dance like that''.

* Page image features Misty Knight and Colleen Wing, from the second volume of ''Heroes For Hire''. The two of them happen to be ''[[MemeticBadass so badass]]'', even the ''[[SpiderMan Rhino]]'' is afraid of them.
** They are good friends and normally appear together, but the epitome of their Lovely Angels dynamic can be seen in ''Daughters Of TheDragon''.

* DC has had Poison Ivy and Comicbook/HarleyQuinn team up on occasion during the brief periods when the latter has gotten sick of the Joker. LesYay abounds (Generally played as close to being involved as possible while still ''just about'' maintaining plausable deniability. On at least one occasion they were actually shown sharing a bed). Currently they are starring, along with Catwoman, in ''GothamCitySirens'' as a trio of [[{{Fanservice}} attractive]], [[DarkActionGirl deadly]] 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.
*** [[WordOfGod Paul Dini says it was.]]

* {{Huntress}} and PowerGirl have this dynamic in the New 52 series ''Worlds' Finest''.
** Which is a throwback to their original team-ups on pre-Crisis Earth-2. [[spoiler: Batman's daughter, Superman's female cousin]] -- what could be more obvious than that they'd become a team?

* ''MissCongeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous'' features a TomboyAndGirlyGirl version.
* ''Machine Girl''

* OutrageousFortune
* Sara and Maria from ''{{Bandidas}}''

* MercedesLackey's {{Valdemar}} books have Tarma and Kethry, a swordswoman and a mage, traveling the country as a team of mercenaries. (Tarma is a celibate priestess and Kethry eventually marries, but their relationship outlasts her marriage when Kethry's husband eventually passes on).

* NancyDrew, Bess Marvin and George Fayne.
* In the [[{{Dragaera}} Vlad Taltos]] books, Norathar and Cawti, aka The Sword and Dagger of the Jhereg, were a two-woman assassin team, and for a long time they only had each other to rely on. After their lives changed radically, they continue to be the best of friends. In ''Tiassa'', the two briefly resume their old partnership, to the enjoyment of both.
* The light and dark sisters in Jane Yolen's ''Literature/GreatAltaSaga''. Every light sister calls up a dark sister to be her lifelong companion in battle.

* ''XenaWarriorPrincess'', although the {{Subtext}} eventually surfaced, sorta.

* ''CharliesAngels'' upped the ante by including a [[PowerTrio third girl]].
** So did ''SheSpies'', which some consider to be a ''CharliesAngels'' knock-off.
*** Ditto for the AnimatedSeries ''TotallySpies''.

* Ichiko and Ritsuko in ''MadanSenkiRyukendo''. They mostly served as comic relief, but got a few DayInTheLimelight moments - including one episode that involved one of the pair falling in love with a member of the show's QuirkyMinibossSquad.

* ''RizzoliAndIsles'', which has garnered NikkiAndNora comparisons despite being a lot less text-y, has this trope in spades.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Imperishable Night'' has the option of playing as four teams of LovelyAngels: [[{{Miko}} Reimu]] and [[RealityWarper Yukari]], [[CuteWitch Marisa]] and [[MarionetteMaster Alice]], [[NinjaMaid Sakuya]] and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Remilia]], and [[BattleButler Youmu]] and [[CuteGhostGirl Yuyuko]].
* ''FearEffect'' with Hana Tsu-Vachel and Rain Qin, who are the TomboyAndGirlyGirl, respectively. There is a strong implication that they are lovers, and others sources indicate that both of them are attracted to men as well.

* 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.

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* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest''

* Noriko and [[OneeSama Kazumi]] in ''Anime/{{Gunbuster}}''.

* Page image features Misty Knight and Colleen Wing, from the second volume of ''Heroes For Hire''. The two of them happen to be ''[[MemeticBadass so badass]]'', even the ''Rhino'' is afraid of them.

* ''MazingerZ'' and ''GreatMazinger'' had Sayaka and Jun (even if it was for a short while). ''UFORoboGrendizer'' has Hikaru and Maria.

* ''TokusouSentaiDekaranger'''s "Twin Cam Angels," Jasmine and Umeko, become this in some episodes (complete with their own special end title.)

* Averted in the film adaptation of ''{{Whiteout}}'', as ExecutiveMeddling decreed that people wouldn't go to see a movie with two female leads. Which means {{Yuri Fanboy}}s are going to miss out on some LesYay.

For some reason, female [[BuddyCopShow buddy-shows]] are rather widespread, especially in {{anime}}. This trope refers to adventure series starring two rather competent women with [[TheyFightCrime contrasting personalities]] -- compare with BettyAndVeronica, RedOniBlueOni, TomboyAndGirlyGirl, and BifauxnenAndLadette. [[HeterosexualLifePartners They're not usually]] [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship romantically involved with each other]] and generally JustFriends. In recent years, however, it has become difficult to avoid this [[FreudWasRight implication]], and a few shows keep enough {{subtext}} to placate [[YuriFanboy such fans]] or outright [[MoeCouplet encourage it]].

Compare JustPartners where it's a man and a woman who work together.

* Page image features Misty Knight and Colleen Wing, from the second volume of ''HeroesForHire''. The two of them happen to be ''[[MemeticBadass so badass]]'', even the ''Rhino'' is afraid of them.
** They are good friends and normally appear together, but the epitome of their Lovely Angels dynamic can be seen in ''DaughterOfTheDragon''.
* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'' started with a team of Black Canary and Oracle. Later, Huntress joined the team as well. Recently, it has become a full AmazonBrigade.
* DC has had Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn team up on occasion during the brief periods when the latter has gotten sick of the Joker. LesYay abounds (Generally played as close to being involved as possible while still ''just about'' maintaining plausable deniability. On at least one occasion they were actually shown sharing a bed). Currently they are starring, along with Catwoman, in ''GothamCitySirens'' as a trio of [[{{Fanservice}} attractive]], [[DarkActionGirl deadly]] women on the town in Gotham.

*** And it ain't SlashGoggles ''before'' he said it. The quote is "She gave me a special shot once so we can play and I won't get sick at all." It is... highly unlikely that they meant playing checkers or badminton.