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* In ''[[Growlanser]]: Wayfarer of Time'' the protagonist, Crevaniel, travels with a quirky, fairy-like familiar.

** And when Franziska von Karma, the very serious, whip-happy prosecutor, tags along with you in the third game, her general misunderstanding of American/Japanese culture and many things outside her area of expertise lead to much the same effect as if she was Maya.

** And it's taken pretty much to the extreme with ultra-sarcastic, refined Edgeworth and his sidekick Gumshoe, who's like [[Futurama|Doctor Zoidberg]] without the lobster.

* [[Neverwinter Nights 2]] has the (hopefully) more levelheaded player character and Khelgar, the psychotic dwarf.

** Though the game has many possibilities, especially adding in Mask of the Betrayer. You can play the silly one with Elanee, Casavir, Safiya, Kaelyn, or Okku as the serious sidekick; or you can play the serious member of the pair with Bishop, Khelgar, Neeshka, or Gann as the sillier sidekick.

** A similar situation can occur with the player and the Handmaiden in the sequel.

* [[Jade Empire]] has the potential for the player to be quite silly, with Silk Fox constantly reminding him/her of the seriousness of the situation. Black Whirlwind and that other guy who is with him when you first encounter them in the forest count too.

* The best example in [[Dragon Age 2]] is inverted, with Silly!Hawke as the lead and Aveline as [[The Lancer]].

** Aveline is the best at playing the [[Straight Man]] without even knowing it. Varric can do it too, but [[Genre Savvy|he knows it]]. For the rest you're going to have to [[Only Sane Man|step up for sanity]] sooner or later.

** Deconstructed in ''Sam and Max Season 3 Episode 4: Beyond The Alley Of The Dolls'', when the Sam clones were made because Sam is 'the perfect straight man', meaning they could be easily controlled by a Funny Guy.

** Depending on how you play the game the [[Player Character]] can have this relationship with several of the party members. Including his/her love interest.

* Inverted in ''[[Snatcher]]''. Gillian, the hero, is a [[Handsome Lech]] with an odd way of looking at the world, and Metal is a literal strait-laced snarky robot. However, most of the environmental observations are governed by Metal, and Gillian takes the helm in conversations where his oddness can really shine.

* Banjo (hero) and Kazooie (sidekick) in the ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]'' series.

* Jak (hero) and Daxter (sidekick) in the ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' series.

* Villain Example: [[Straight Man]] Kakuzu and [[Ax Crazy]] Hidan in ''Naruto''.

* Miss Bianca (hero) and Bernard (sidekick) in ''[[The Rescuers]]''.

* [[Grim Fandango]] stars Manny Calavera, a driven, lovestruck [[Grim Reaper]], and his sidekick Glottis, an eight-foot-tall gearhead demon with a gambling problem and a weakness for nitroglycerin martinis.

* ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]'' has Revya, a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] [[Heroic Mime]] who wants to save the world, and Gig, the [[Heroic Sociopath]] [[Omnicidal Maniac]] who lives inside the former's head and wants to wantonly destroy, corrupt and befoul everything and generally make the world a worse place because he thinks it's funny, but has to come along on the world-saving anyhow and generally snarks about all the plot points and characters.

** This dynamic is a bit different {{spoiler|in the Demon Path, in which ''both'' Revya and Gig are [[Omnicidal Maniac|Omnicidal Maniacs]] and get on like a house on fire... Or a pair of insane maniacs who like setting fire to houses. And trees. And people. And everything else.}}

* Havok and Polaris, from the first volume of ''[[X-Factor (Comic Book)|X-Factor]]''. Havok [[Wangst|wrings his hands so much]] over the responsibility of leadership that Polaris has to gently remind him to not be so much like his brother [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Cyclops]]. Polaris has deep-seated insecurities that crop up occasionally, so they have been known to swap roles.

* [[Ratchet and Clank]] also inverts this, with main character Ratchet being fun-loving and whimsy, and sidekick Clank being serious and out to save the galaxy.

** Xykon is mostly just bored, inability to sleep and can only spend so many hours working on artifacts, pose him with the problem of how to spend those remaining hours. Up until Xykon gets ticked off when {{spoiler|Redcloak loses Xykon's [[Soul Jar]] when V attacked}}. Xykon then proceeds to become more serious.

* In the freeware adventure game ''Ben There, Dan That!'' Ben is the more straightforward hero, while Dan is a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] but is [[Genius Ditz|crazy good at video games]].

* [[Keen Eddie]] has Eddie and Monty

* [[Truth in Television]]. Josiah and Elanor Creasy [[Happily Married]] [[The Captain|captain]] and [[The Smart Guy|navigator]] of the clipper Flying Cloud.

* Sir Samuel and Lady Florence Baker who explored the Nile together.

* Pedro and Nico from [[Rio]]. bascally [[The Lion King|Timone and Pumbaa]] as Birds.

* Rudy and Penny from [[Chalk Zone]].

* [[Phineas and Ferb]].