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* ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'': He's a cat who talks like Archie from "Duffy's Tavern." He's a mouse with a malocclusion. They're Snooper and Blabber. And they fight crime...if the price is right.

* ''Series/{{Life}}'': He's an EccentricMillionaire who spent twelve years in prison. She's an ex-junkie with a [[ActionGirl kick-ass attitude]]. They Fight Crime!

* ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'': He's a middle-aged journalist and chick magnet. She's a twentysomething bisexual ass-kicking computer genius who may have Asperger's syndrome. They Fight Crime!

* ''{{Literature/Vampirocracy}}'': He's a HunterOfMonsters turned PI with the ability to sense vampires. He's a werewolf detective working for the vampire government. They fight supernatural crime!

* ''Series/{{Hawkeye2021}}'': He's a former government agent and one of the two best archers in the world. She's a daughter of a CEO of a security company and the other of the two best archers in the world. They don't just fight crime, they fight ComicBook/TheKingpin of Crime!

* ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'': He's an ex-Air Force combat specialist with a high-tech wing suit. He's the former partner of ComicBooks/CaptainAmerica who was brainwashed into being a Russian assassin and is now dealing with his shady past. They fight crime. [[TeethClenchedTeamwork And the urge to kick each other's teeth in.]]

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. He's a {{Megane}} with a [[{{Otaku}} passion for anime,]] a tragic past, poor people skills, and one of the finest scientific minds of his generation! He's a cloned DeadpanSnarker SuperSoldier who likes cardboard boxes, smoking, sneaking, and dog racing! They Fight Giant Robots!

* ''Series/BloodTies:'' She's a Canadian former police detective who is slowly losing her sight. He's a vampire. They Fight Crime!

* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. One is a casually-dressed ex-Drug Squad copper in jeans and an afro, the other is a dark, brooding ex-mercenary and SAS operative in a suit. They Fight Crime, (and because ITV were trying to one-up ''The Sweeney'') Espionage and Acts Of Terror.

* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' referenced this trope during the Glitz Pit challenge. When Mario converses with a Spike Top at one point in the rankings, he talks about distinctive features, his being his spike and Mario's being his BadassMustache. "Spikey Joe and Mustache: Together, they fight crime! That'd make for a killer TV show!"

* ''ComicBook/AngelAndTheApe:'' She's a gorgeous [[GreatDetective super-sleuth]] who speaks six languages and [[ActionGirl knows karate]]. He's a comic book artist who [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys happens to be a talking gorilla]]. They Fight 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/ACureForLove'': He's the world's [[GreatDetective greatest detective]]. He's the world's most prolific SerialKiller with [[EasyAmnesia amnesia]]. They Fight Crime!

* ''FanFic/CitiesInDust'': He's a HardboiledDetective. She's a crazy alien [[HangingJudge legislacerator]]. They fight crime!

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* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': One's a street-smart FBI agent. One's a socially-inept forensic anthropologist. They Fight Crime!
-->'''Booth''': "Look, I'll do my street thing, you do your lab thing, alright? Together, we catch bad guys."

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'': He's an elementary school student who is assisted by his A.I. program [[spoiler: (older brother)]] in a world where almost everything is connected to a network. They Fight Crime!

--->'''Megaman''': They fight netcrime.

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* ''Webcomic/{{Chirault}}:'' He's a demon employed as a demon hunter! She's a CatGirl who's accidentally been shrunk to a few inches tall! They fight demons!

* In ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'', Mink [[Main/ImagineSpot imagines]] [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1403.php Jeremiah and Abyss to solve mysteries]].

* Played for laughs (while quoting ''Film/{{Arthur 1981}}'', ''Film/LethalWeapon2'', and ''Film/FieldOfDreams'') in the Abridged series ''WebVideo/NonePiece''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsy_2kbqAg]]:
-->'''Shanks''': I am an alcoholic millionaire playboy, who is on the brink of an arranged marriage to a wealthy single woman.
-->'''Luffy''': I am a young Iowa corn farmer with an Oscar winning wife, and paranoid delusional tendencies.
-->'''Shanks''': And together we fight illegal narcotics and crime lords in the mean starts of LA.
-->'''Luffy'''(Coming out of flashback): [[MemeticMutation DAMMIT AUTOCORRECT!]]

-->"He's an ungodly Amish farmboy searching for his wife's true killer. She's a [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot disco-crazy belly-dancing stripper who dreams of becoming Elvis]]. They fight crime!"
-->"He's a short-sighted alcoholic vampire hunter with a passion for fast cars. She's a manipulative African-American Valkyrie on the trail of a serial killer. They fight crime!"
-->"He's a benighted crooked firefighter plagued by the memory of his family's brutal murder. She's a supernatural gypsy research scientist who hides her beauty behind a pair of thick-framed spectacles. They fight crime!"
-->"He's a time-tossed bohemian waffle chef with a robot buddy named Sparky. She's an artistic mutant museum curator who hides her beauty behind a pair of thick-framed spectacles. They fight crime!"
-->"He's an otherworldly shark-wrestling librarian in a wheelchair. She's a disco-crazy mute mechanic from aristocratic European stock. They fight crime!"
-->"He's an otherworldly one-eyed master criminal from the 'hood. She's a mistrustful tempestuous socialite living homeless in New York's sewers. They fight crime!"
-->"He's a fast talking gay dog-catcher haunted by memories of 'Nam. She's an elegant goth vampire looking for love in all the wrong places. They fight crime!"
-->"He's a [[TotallyRadical deeply religious skateboarding librarian]] haunted by memories of 'Nam. She's a brilliant Bolivian single mother with a knack for trouble. They fight crime!"
** A similar generator can be found [[http://paulm.com/toys/they_fight_crime.html here]].

* WebVideo/{{Unskippable}}, in the episode on ''[[VideoGame/Onimusha3DemonSiege Onimusha 3]]'': "One's a Frenchman. One's a samurai. They're cops."
* [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] [[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC and]] ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}: [[AxCrazy He's a psychopath]]. He's also a psychopath. Together, they fight crime!
** Intended as a one off joke but [[MemeticMutation "because our theme song became a minor internet meme"]] [[{{Defictionalization}} it's become a real]] {{Buddy Cop|Show}} segment on the [[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC It Just Some Random Guy]] Website/YouTube channel.
-->'''Rorschach:''' [[GoodCopBadCop "How the hell did I end up being the good cop?"]]

** "HE'S An Inquisitor held back from promotion due to his radical ideas of fairness, equitability, and investigating before Exterminating! HE'S a two-legged biological killing machine which consumes men to gain their skills! Together THEY FIGHT HERESY."
* ''WebAnimation/ShadowstonePark'': He's a paraplegic cat who can see ghosts! He's a pelican with great abs! They solve murders!
* ''WebAnimation/{{Blamimation}}'': He's a Renaissance trout! He's a modern-day hawk! They fight crime! But only above water...

* {{Conversed|Trope}} on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', with a two headed goat.
-->'''Homer''': One of you ate tin cans, one of you ate health food. How you solved crimes, I'll never know.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': He's an old, bitter ex-vigilante. He's a young, reckless ex-con. They fight crime.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "The Once and Future Thing". He's Franchise/{{Batman}}. He's [[MyFutureSelfAndMe Batman]]. They fight crime.
-->'''Comicbook/{{Static}}''': Wow, Batman playing good cop.
-->'''[[Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart]]''': Everything's relative.
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' has paired [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah]] with Series/DoctorPhil and Creator/BruceWillis with a pair of pants.

* The basic premise of ''Manga/CodeNameWaSailorV'': She's a [[PhysicalGod godess]] reincarnated as a cute middle schooler, he's a talking cat from outer space, together they fight against [[EvilInc Dark Agency]].

* [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Power Man]] and [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]]: Luke Cage is an indestructible badass from Harlem. Danny Rand is a martial arts master CEO. They Fight Crime!

* Played for laughs (while quoting ''Film/{{Arthur}}'', ''Film/LethalWeapon2'', and ''Film/FieldOfDreams'') in the Abridged series ''WebVideo/NonePiece''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmsy_2kbqAg]]:

* ''Series/Beforeigners'': Cavemen, Victorians and Vikings have been displaced in time to Oslo, and he's a police detective who doesn't like them, while she's a Viking shield-maiden turned detective. They Fight Crime, and explore this setting!

* ''Series/TheXFiles'': [[AgentMulder He's a misunderstood crackpot]]. [[AgentScully She's a skeptical pathologist]]. They Fight Crime! (And Aliens!)

* The [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW Power Ponies]]: six super-powered ponies (and their completely ordinary sidekick) with personalities clash so badly that they can barely stand living together in their superhero headquarters. They fight crime! And when they aren't fighting crime, they're fighting each other.

*** TheJudge actually lampshades Edgeworth teaming up with Gumshoe, saying that he could team up with a bailiff to fight crime.

* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': He's a [[BadassAdorable badass]] [[FunnyAnimal fluffy]] alien [[MrFixit repairman]] with lots of [[{{BFG}} huge guns]]! He's a [[TheSmartGuy clever]], [[RobotBuddy cutesy little robot]]! Together, They Fight Crime... [[AC:[[RecycledInSpace In SPACE]]]]!

* Comicbook/{{Cable}} is a telekinetic cyborg soldier from the future with a messiah complex. SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} is an insane mercenary who's in love with Bea Arthur and chimichangas (and Comicbook/SquirrelGirl). They Fight Crime! Or cause it, it shifts.

* [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Rorschach]] [[WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC and]] SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}: [[AxCrazy He's a psychopath]]. He's also a psychopath. Together, they fight crime!

Can be the premise of [[BuddyCopShow any film that has policemen as the main characters]]. Of course they fight crime. Although then there usually needs to be some reason for the other cop to continue hanging around beyond the pilot.

* ''Series/{{Grantchester}}: One's a typical grizzled police officer; the other's a vicar. They Fight Crime.
* ''Series/{{Lucifer 2016}}'': She's a former actress turned cop; he's the literal Devil who absconded from Hell to run a nightclub. They Fight Crime!

* ''Series/TheAvengers'': He's a suave English gentleman spy. She's an ActionGirl MsFanservice with a preference for catsuits. They Fight Crime, espionage, and unnatural weirdness.