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* The ''Film/LethalWeapon'' series pairs Roger Murtaugh, a black ByTheBookCop who's a family man, and Martin Riggs, a crazy, widowed and suicidal white CowboyCop. Murtaugh becomes progressively less uptight with each film and Riggs loses his suicidal tendencies, gains friends and finds love again (though he's still a Cowboy Cop).

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': One's a playboy socialite who was trapped on an island for five years, returning to fix the mistakes of his father and save his city. The other's his bodyguard, a former Marine looking for a way to help the world and fight for a worthwhile cause. They Fight Crime, corruption, the occasional assassin, [[Series/Arrowverse then it gets kind of weird]].

* ''Series/{{Campion}}''. He's a disinherited member of the aristocracy. He's a former burglar turned valet. They fight crime!

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. He's an InsufferableGenius with [[NominalHero sociopathic tendencies]] and a habit of [[NightmareFetishist leaving human body parts around the kitchen]]. He's a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] invalided CombatMedic who [[InHarmsWay wants back in on the action]]. They Fight Crime!

* ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'': one's an ex-con turned race car driver. The other's a retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge. With their prototype sports car [[CoolCar "Coyote X"]]. They fight crime!

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': One's a playboy socialite who was trapped on an island for five years, returning to fix the mistakes of his father and save his city. The other's his bodyguard, a former Marine looking for a way to help the world and fight for a worthwhile cause. They Fight Crime, corruption, and the occasional assassin!

* ''Series/{{Grantchester}}: one's a typical grizzled police officer; the other's a vicar. They Fight Crime.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': The ''Stardust Crusaders'' arc could be summed up as "An old Englishman, his half-Japanese delinquent grandson, another Japanese schoolboy with absurdly pink hair, an Egyptian fortune teller, a womanizing French bodybuilder, and a sentient Boston Terrier head to Egypt. Together, they fight a zombie vampire who's stolen the body of the grandfather of the Englishman along with dozens of his magical minions." '''This is a 100% accurate depiction of the story.'''

* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'': She's a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed rabbit cop ready to change the world. He's a shifty, sly bushy-tailed fox con artist with a heart of gold under his cynical exterior. She brings him around and, by the end of the movie, [[spoiler: he's a cop too]] and they really do fight crime.

* In ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'', there is a book about ventriloquism which, although only needed for one puzzle, can be used on numerous objects and characters with amusing results. Using it on the head of a donkey costume in the local theater results in, ''"Hi. I'm Frank. I'm a talking donkey. I fight crime."''

* Parodied in the commentary to ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', where Creator/PeterJackson comments about creating a SpinOff involving [[PlantPerson Treebeard]] fighting crime.
-->"He solves crimes........very slowly."

* Parodied in the commentary to ''Film/LordOfTheRings'', where Creator/PeterJackson comments about creating a SpinOff involving [[PlantPerson Treebeard]] fighting crime.

* ''Series/{{Lucifer 2016}}'': She's a former actress turned cop; he's literally the Devil. They Fight Crime!

* ''Series/{{Lucifer}}'': She's a former actress turned cop; he's literally the Devil. They Fight Crime!

* They're furry...they're funny...they're housebroken! ''WesternAnimation/{{Spacecats}}''! [[note]]From 1991, one of the last NBC traditional Saturday morning cartoon shows, from the creator of ''Series/{{ALF}}'' and Marvel Studios [[/note]] They fight crime!

* They're furry... they're funny... they're housebroken! ''WesternAnimation/{{Spacecats}}''! They fight crime!

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'': He's an age-regressed Sherlockian super-sleuth and she's his unwitting girlfriend/baby-sitter. They Solve Crime!

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* In FanFic/{{Cenotaph}} Purity and [[GuileHero Skitter]] team up to fight the ABB. On one hand a flying Blaster, [[TheAtoner ex-Nazi]] single mother. On the other, a ruthlessly intelligent, highly resourceful teenage high school student and [[spoiler: newly-minted orphan]] with dreams of being a hero. Together, they fight crime!

* ''FanFic/CitiesInDust'': He's a hard-boiled detective. She's a crazy alien legislacerator. They fight crime!

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* ''Series/{{Voyagers}}'': One's a kid from the 80s. The other's a girl-crazy former pirate. They save history from... um... something...

* ''TheLateShow'': He's an aging, antisocial gumshoe! She's a quirky hippy! She starts out as his client, but eventually they fight crime!

* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' has done this a few times with [[PlatonicLifePartners Merlin and Guinevere]], notably "[[Recap/MerlinS02E07TheWitchfinder The Witchfinder]]", "[[Recap/MerlinS03E03GoblinsGold Goblin's Gold]]", and "[[Recap/MerlinS04E08Lamia Lamia]]." She's an unassuming handmaiden. He's a long-suffering manservant. Together, they fight frameup-artists, goblins, and man-eating octopus monsters.