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Believe it or not, the [[Badass]] and [[Action Survivor]] are not so different that they can't share the spotlight in the same story together.
When both are paired they create an '''Action Duo''' similar to [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]] and [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]; only these two will be practically opposites in just about every possible trait, most notably combat skill. The [[Badass]] is of course [[Made of Iron]], skilled at brawling and shooting, and (though maybe [[Lethal Weapon
The plot usually requires the [[Badass]] either protect the [[Action Survivor]] as they try to escape a [[Closed Circle]], or with an [[Escort Mission]] with the Survivor as a [[Living MacGuffin]]. Occasionally, the Survivor takes up the role of [[Sidekick]] and "sells" [[The Smart Guy|his skills]] as useful to the [[Badass]] on his mission. They usually form a working partnership, even becoming friends.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==▼
* [[Badass Pacifist|Rock]] and [[Dark Action Girl|Revy]] from ''[[
▲== [[Anime]] ==
▲* [[Badass Pacifist|Rock]] and [[Dark Action Girl|Revy]] from ''[[Black Lagoon (Manga)|Black Lagoon]]''.
* [[Samurai|Hatsu]], [[Little Miss Badass|Anak]] and [[Action Survivor|Ship]] [[The Smart Guy|Leesoo]] from ''[[Tower of God]]'' form a three person version of this.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Yorick Brown and his bodyguard Agent 355 in ''[[Y:
* Jeb and Tommy from [[DC Comics]]' ''[[Star Raiders]]'' graphic novel, as appropriate for a band of [[Space Pirates]].
== [[Film]] ==
* Jack Traven and Annie Porter in ''[[
* John McClane and Matthew Farrell in ''[[Die Hard
* Tallahassee and Columbus in ''[[
* Beck and Travis Walker from ''[[The Rundown]]''
* [[Samuel L. Jackson|Neville Flynn]] and Sean Jones ([[Everybody Remembers the Stripper|you know, the two male leads]]) in ''[[Snakes
* Col. Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson have some elements of this in the original ''[[Stargate (
* Edward and Bella during the action sequences in the ''[[Twilight (
* Jimmy 'The Tulip' Tudeski and Nicholas 'Oz' Ozeransky, ''[[The Whole Nine Yards]]''
* John Mason and Stanley Goodspeed in ''[[The Rock (
* Roy Miller and June Havens, ''[[Knight and Day]]''
* Optimus Prime (or basically every other Autobot) and <s>SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM</s> Sam in the ''[[Transformers (
* In ''Real Men'' CIA agent James Belushi shanghais insurance agent John Ritter as a stand-in for an identical agent who was assassinated en route to communicate with aliens. They switch roles to some extent by the end of the film.
* Pedro and Nico from [[Rio]].
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Clear and Present Danger]]'' has [[
* In several of the ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'' novels, Miles Vorkosigan and his cousin Ivan Vorpatril make up this team: Miles does the stratetic thinking while Ivan is dragooned into helping him and doing the physical stuff which the brittle-boned Miles can't.
== [[Live
* Weirdly, the Doctor from ''[[
* Dillon and Ziggy from ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]''. Dillon is a gritty [[Made of Iron]] amnesiac much like Wolverine; Ziggy...hides behind a chair and makes shadow puppets. Not that the latter [[Chekhov's Skill|ends up being less important]] than the ability to bust heads...
== [[Video Games]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Rip and Teri]]''. Hero and Survivor, respectively.
* Riff ([[Action Hero]]) and Torg ([[Action Survivor]]) in ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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