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eroock
Since: Sep, 2012
26th Feb, 2019 08:24:35 AM
You could always fall back on Teeth-Clenched Teamwork.
Unsung
Since: Jun, 2016
26th Feb, 2019 12:23:08 PM
Enemy Mine. Not sure if there's a more specific subtrope offhand.
A police officer or otherwise straight character is forced to team up with a criminal in order to fight some greater threat. I.e. aliens or a foreign power blow up a jail, and the only people who are powerful enough to fight them are a cop and a former prisoner, who team up to fight the invaders.
I thought this was what Chained Heat is, but the description implies that that's only about them being literally chained together.
Boxed Crook is related but my understanding is that implies a power dynamic where the crook is released specifically to solve a particular crime and is threatened with imprisonment/punishment if he doesn't cooperate.