History Main / LovelyAngels

* ''Series/NikkiAndNora'', 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 [[HoYay lesbian couple]].
* ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'', which has garnered ''Series/NikkiAndNora'' comparisons for having [[HoYay Les Yay]] subtext in spades.

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, LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine, and BifauxnenAndLadette. They're usually not romantically involved with each other and generally are JustFriends. Subtext regarding otherwise may be present, though.

* In ''Webcomic/DangerZoneOne'' Reena and Madison are officers with the Pallad City Police Department. Both have been paired up, despite being [[TheyFightCrime polar opposites.]]

* ''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; it's because ''they're '''that''' different and they can '''still''' dance like that''.

* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire''. Kurumu 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''.

* ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'': TropeNamers Kei and Yuri are a female team of detectives-for-hire.

* Literature/NancyDrew, Bess Marvin and George Fayne.

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

** Kara Zor-El and Barbara Gordon during the Silver Age. They first teamed up in ''World's Finest 169'' and they quickly became best friends and an excellent crime-fighting duo.

* ''Fanfic/{{Wonderful}}'': [[TheCape Taylor]] with [[AntiHero Sophia]] or with [[BashBrothers Emma]] when they fight together. In chapter 13, Taylor and Emma teamed up to save their squad from a tank.

* ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'': {{Trope Namer}}s Kei and Yuri are a female team of detectives-for-hire.

* 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]], [[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. [[WordOfGay Paul Dini says it was.]]

* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' has Gamora and Angela, who hit it off after they beat the tar out of each other in their first encounter. They enjoy going on missions together, and generally have each other's backs. There's a bit of a LesYay vibe as well.
* During the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age of Comics]] Franchise/WonderWoman, a magical Amazon Princess, almost always teamed up with ComicBook/EttaCandy, a prankster BadassNormal {{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.

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

* ''Series/NikkiAndNora'', 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 ''Series/NikkiAndNora'' comparisons for having LesYay subtext in spades.
* While not the main characters of ''Series/DoctorWho'', Vastra and Jenny [[HeroOfAnotherStory count]], given that they're [[InterspeciesRomance interspecies]] lesbian detectives who fight crime in [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian London]]. Eventually, though, [[SixthRanger Strax]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the Sontaran]] joins the group, turning the situation into TwoGirlsAndAGuy.

* Bayonetta and Jeanne from ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' go from being rivals to being this by the end of the game, with both women willing to go through hell and high water for each other. Hell, in ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'', Bayonetta goes on an out-and-out ''OrpheanRescue'' after one of her demons goes rogue and Jeanne is DraggedOffToHell.

** As do Taffy, Dee Dee and Brenda of ''WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels.''

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* ''ComicBook/{{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]]).

** In ''[[ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth DC]] [[ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth Rebirth]]'' crossover ''ComicBook/EscapeFromThePhantomZone'', Kara and Barbara renew their friendship as battling a particularly sadistic Kryptonian MadScientist.

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

* ComicBook/{{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]]).
* The {{Manhwa}} ''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}'' (translated as ''ID_Entity'') features a pair of IdolSinger minor characters actually ''called'' The Lovely Angels.

** In ''[[ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth DC]] [[ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth Rebirth]]'' crossover "Escape from the Phantom Zone", Kara and Barbara renew their friendship as battling a particularly sadistic Kryptonian MadScientist.

** There was also Quint and Megane, prior to their entire unit sans Megane getting killed by Jail's forces.

* ''[[Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan Tsukikage Ran]]'' is a show chronicling the adventures of a pair of young, attractive, asskicking female vagabonds wandering feudal Japan together. Meow is a cheerful Chinese martial artist looking for merriment and goodwill, while Ran is a snarky dark-haired {{Ronin}} going wherever she can find good sake. Much of the show's humour comes from the two distinct personalities clashing and how they deal with the situations that arise each episode.

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire''. Kurumu 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''.

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

%%* ''Manga/GunsmithCats''

* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest's'' Natsumi and Miyuki are two police officers who are a pair.

* ''Anime/PokemonHeroes'' has a rare [[DarkActionGirl villainous example]] in Annie and Oakley, a sister team that combines TomboyAndGirlyGirl and FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling character dynamics.

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' and ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}'':

* Comicbook/{{New 52}}:
** ComicBook/{{Huntress}} and ComicBook/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?
** Kara and Terra fought together in Power Girl's book. Usually Kara fights at the forefront as Terra handles group control and attacks from afar with her geokinesis.

* The category is [[TropeNamers named after]] the official codename of Kei and Yuri, who are this trope, in ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''.

* '' Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Both Amy Santigo and Rosa Diaz are [[ActionGirl competent female cops]] and often team up. They started to call themself "the Sleuth Sisters" in Season 5.

* The category is [[TropeNamers named after]] the official codename of Kei and Yuri, who are this trope, in ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''.

* The Dirty Pair (see {{Anime}}, above) were inspired by the 1970s tag team wrestlers "The Beauty Pair"

* The Italian comic series ''LegsWeaver'' has such a team of the titular character and her sidekick May. The lesbian relationship is overt this time.

* ''Anime/{{Noir}}'' and its second SpiritualSuccessor by the same studio, ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja''. The first successor, ''Anime/{{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).

* ''Anime/MichikoToHatchin'' has some of this, despite the age difference between the leads.

* ''Machine Girl''.

* ''Film/OutrageousFortune''.