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{{quote|''"I gotcha back, you watch my front."''|'''[[Samuel L Jackson|Gin Rummy]]''', ''[[The Boondocks]]''}}▼
{{quote|''"I gotcha back, you watch my front."''
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Think about your closest friends. If you know them well enough, you also know their strengths and weaknesses. You know how they think, how they react, how they tick. You trust them to know the same about you, too. You might even trust them enough to let them fix your car--[[Drives Like Crazy|but not drive it. Hell would freeze over before you let them drive it.]]
In action oriented stories, two characters who are friends will work with each other during combat. Often this will present the image of [[Back
But no matter what, they will fight in tandem. They will watch each other's back. There is something genuinely satisfying about watching the heroes take out a room full of bad guys by working together. This isn't always limited to merely two people, as often the [[Five
Characters who tend to do this are [[The Hero]] and [[The Lancer]], while [[The Big Guy]] can alternate between any of them. [[The Smart Guy]] takes down the [[Elite Mook
It is not uncommon in certain stories to have two separate badasses who come together, spend some time trying to kill each other only to eventually turn their skills onto the hapless enemy [[Enemy Mine|who happens to piss them both off.]]
If the "brothers" are actually [[Blood Brothers|related by blood]], it's a [[Sibling Team]]. A combative inversion is [[Fearful Symmetry]]. In a fantasy setting, they might be a [[Sword and Sorcerer]]. Not to be confused with the [[Super Smash Bros.|Smash Brothers]] who are, well, [[Exactly What It Says
Compare [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] and [[Ryu and Ken]].
The name comes from the world of sports, where it refers to a pair of great players who end up on the same team. The first use of the term was in baseball, where Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire formed a dangerous duo for the late-1980s-early-1990s Oakland A's. It has since spread to other players and sports.
{{examples|Examples}}▼
== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Berserk]]'' has a few moments like this in later arcs, with Guts smashing headlong into the [[Monster of the Week]] while Serpico leaps around taking care of the [[Mooks]].
* While they're not really close friends, one episode of [[Bleach]] had Chad and Uryu facing off against two foes. Originally, they were getting beat up hard. That is, until Uryu opted to switch opponets with Chad, seeing Chad's [[Mighty Glacier|slow but strong]] style better on Uryu's opponet, and Uryu [[Fragile Speedster|weak but fast]] style on Chad's.
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* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'': Gohan and Krillin are the best of friends and greatest examples of bash brothers (though, ironically, Krillin is close friends with Gohan's father and is more of an extended uncle to Gohan). After the seven year time skip, the next generation of warriors [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Goten and Trunks]] are the newest set of bash brothers to the show.
** Burter and Jeice are implied to be this, being the only members of the Ginyu Force who fight together rather than one-on-one. Unfortunately for them, their only on-screen fight is against Goku, who's way out of their league.
** [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Goku and Vegeta]] play with this, but mostly in the movies and especially the Majin Buu saga.
* In ''[[
** The Benizakura Arc has Gintoki and <s>Zura</s> Katsura in a [[Back
* Kira and Athrun from ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' do this several times, coordinating their attacks and defenses to the point of near-telepathy.
** From the second season of [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]], Setsuna F. Seiei (Gundam 00) and {{spoiler|Saji Crossroads}} (0-Raiser). When they dock together, their mechas form the 00 Raiser, dubbed by fans as the [[Fan Nickname|Double Bro Raiser]].
* From ''[[Harlem Beat]]'', we have Naruse-Sawamura duo both in their streetball and highschool team.
* In ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' it was said that two members of the Genei Ryodan (Uvogin and Nobunaga Hazama) had this kind of relationship. They were at their strongest when they fought large groups of enemies together, though Uvogin would never admit it.
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* Subverted in ''[[Naruto]]''. It looks like Naruto and Sasuke are building into this, but then Sasuke pulled a [[Face Heel Turn]].
** Ino-Shikamaru-Chouji is a better fit. They've been best friends for so long (since before they became ninjas), Chouji is able to pick up Shikamaru's strategies and prepare well before anyone else, Shikamaru knows just how to set up Ino's powers, and likewise Ino knows how to cover Chouji's weak points. By the time of the 4th Ninja World War, the trio's practically invincible.
** The Ino-Shika-Cho trio even extends into their family. It's actually a tradition for three of the current generation to be put into a team together with a Sarutobi as their sensei.
** And more recently, Kinkaku and Ginkaku. The two {{spoiler|dead}} shinobi who {{spoiler|'''survived being eaten by the Kyuubi for two weeks!'''}}
* In ''[[
** And as of chapter 572 we've had {{spoiler|Luffy and Ace.}}
** The entirety of the Straw Hat Pirates are very capable at working together against foes. This aspect was heavily portrayed during the events at Thriller Bark and the Sabaody Archipelago.
* ''[[Ranma
** Perhaps to highlight their [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]], Ranma and Akane keep swinging between playing this straight and averting it. While they played it perfectly straight in the Martial Arts Figure Skating story, most if not all of their subsequent 'team battles' had them getting in each other's way and forgetting to pay attention to their enemies to squabble with each other (often over the fact Akane is [[Overshadowed
* Kenshin and Sanosuke from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''.
* Played straight in Soul Eater with the Resonance or Chain Resonance Links, you want evidence? Watch episode 36.
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* Vash and Wolfwood in ''[[Trigun]]''.
** As some wag put it on the Trigun page, they're ''[[Fan Nickname|'Bashu']]'' Brothers.
** In their case their fighting styles are relatively similar, although Wolfwood does have such things as a small missile launcher at his disposal, but they have a [[Wide
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' had two pairs: The Paradox Brothers from the Duelist Kingdom arc and Lumis/Umbra from the Battle City arc. Joey and Yugi are this in their various tag team duels (heck, even their Dark Magician and Flame Swordsman show signs of it); a major problem in the Lumis/Umbra duel is Yugi and Kaiba's inability to pull this trope off.
* Yusuke and Kuwabara from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' were a more heroic version.
** This following upon several years of Kuwabara incessantly returning to challenge Yusuke to fights and getting his clock soundly cleaned. Yusuke has been known to do this with other members of his team, as well. Once very briefly with Hiei.
* Sena and Monta from ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' are the best (respectively) runningback and wide receiver in Japan, best friends, and the keys to Deimon's offensive power. Needless to say, some of the Devilbat's best plays involve the two working together.
** Of course, there are also the Ha-Ha Brothers who show signs of this, though they're a triple package. The moves they used in their first game, and continue to use, sink the "bash" part rather well. A more conventional example would be Tetsuma and The Kid of the Wild Gunmen, showing how epic their teamwork was in their first appearance.
** Similar examples would be Taka and Yamato of the Teikoku Alexanders (another runningback/reciever duo), and the lethal three way combo of Takami (quarterback), Shin (linebacker/runningback), and Sakuraba (reciever) of the Ojou White Knights. The last three are especially interesting as Sakuraba and Shin, and Sakuraba and Takami are Bash Brothers by themselves; when their plays begin to intersect it simply becomes ''more'' of a problem for the other team. For a literal example, there's the [[Sibling Team]] of [[Jerk Jock|Agon]] and [[The Unfavourite|Unsui]] of the Shinryuuji Nagas.
** Despite being the leaders on the opposite spectrum for talent, Agon and Hiruma are an effective combination. Agon who runs on pure reaction is complemented by Hiruma who runs on pure mental ability. Despite their hatred for each other, they work extremely well together.
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* In ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', Kenshiro and Rei, while rescuing Airi and Mamiya from the Fang Clan, have some seriously [[Badass]] action sequences together. Raiga and Fuga, the [[Sibling Team]] gatekeepers of the Cassandra Prison who pull a glorious [[Heel Face Turn]] and subsequent [[Heroic Sacrifice]], also qualify.
* The title characters of ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' become this once Kotetsu/Wild Tiger successfully wins Barnaby/"Bunny"'s trust in him.
* In [[
* In the manga of [[Fullmetal Alchemist]], Alex Luis Armstrong and Sig Curtis (who befriended each other through [[Pec Flex]]) work together to curb stomp [[The Brute|Sloth]] in a scene that is [[Rated "M" for Manly]].
** This is after Alex and his older sister Olivier got through a very long period of wearing him down; Sig only came in at the end, and the Armstrong team was pretty damn impressive in its own right.
** Ed and Al obviously do this, too. They have a lot of practice fighting together.
** When Ed and Ling or Ed and Greelin are working together, they generally produce shades of this even when not actively engaged in combat. With lots of bickering.
* Pretty much every [[The Hero]] and [[The Lancer]] duo in a given ''[[
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[
** Much less frequently, you get really ''astounding'' sequences with large chunks of the "Bat Family" (Batman, [[Batgirl]], Robin, [[Nightwing]], and a few more minor ones) fighting side by side.
*** Also, our page image...Bats with [[Superman]].
**** Averted, lampshaded, then played straight by these two, actually, in the ''World's Finest'' maxiseries; the first time they meet with the explicit purpose of working together, they're at a function as Bruce and Clark when the guest of honor, a world-famous plastic surgeon is kidnapped. They split up and both go after the kidnapper, which so spooks the hostage that he runs out into the street and gets himself killed. When they compare notes they both observe that this happened because they ''didn't'' work together. The rest of the series is about their annual meetings to honor their failure and learn to work together until they're working as a well-oiled machine.
* [[Modesty Blaise (
* In the [[X-Men]], Colossus and Wolverine have the "[[Fastball Special]]" (sometimes [[Calling Your Attacks|called for]] with "Hey bub..two words"), which basically involves Colossus throwing Wolverine at an opponent. Other characters inside and outside of Marvel have occasionally borrowed the move. Basically any combo of a character with [[Super Strength]] and one with an [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]] or six can do this.
** Likewise, Wolverine and Nightcrawler. Also, Nightcrawler and Colossus. In addition, Nightcraweler, Wolverine and Colossus. In the ''extremely'' rare occasions that they're seeing eye to eye, Cyclops and Wolverine can manage to do this, though they're far more [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]].
* [[Mandrake the Magician]] and Lothar.
* ''[[Watchmen (
* Marvel also has [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire|Luke Cage]] and [[Immortal Iron Fist|Iron Fist]].
** [[Salt and Pepper|Power Man and Iron Fist]] are perhaps one of Marvel's best examples of this trope in action: Luke is a [[Made of Iron]] [[Boisterous Bruiser]] and Danny is [[Weak but Skilled]] with some elements of [[Lightning Bruiser]]. Ever since they were paired up for roughly two decades worth of comics they were ALWAYS seen together, until Luke got picked as one of Brian Bendis' favorite characters and appeared more often without him. The duo was reunited when Danny joined the [[
* [[
** And their shared enemies the Enforcers featured Ox and Fancy Dan, who would often tag team enemies with their astounding strength and martial arts skills, respectively. Later additions Hammer Harrison and Snake Marston would do much the same.
** For that matter, Spidey and Johnny Storm.
* Marvel's original Bash Brothers, [[Captain America (comics)]] and Bucky.
* In [[Pre Crisis]] days, [[Superman]] could do this with [[Supergirl]]. Or with [[Krypto the Superdog|Krypto,]] for that matter.
* [[Green Arrow]] and [[
** Also [[
* [[Quantum and Woody]]
* Marvel's Zapata Brothers are Mexican wrestlers, so it's only to be expected that they have an array of team-up moves. They also enjoy high-fiving during melees and switching out as if they were in a tag team match.
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== Film (Live Action) ==
* The 2009 ''[[Star Trek (
* In ''X-Men Origins:'' ''[[Wolverine]]'', Logan and his brother do this for the first fifteen minutes of the movie. The opening sequence is a [[Badass]] [[Montage]] through [[The American Civil War]], [[WW 1]], [[WW 2]] and [[The Vietnam War]]!
* Any cooperative combat in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' prequels, especially between Masters and their Padawans. Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon against Darth Maul in Episode 1 are the best example. It is because of the same thing with Obi-Wan and Anakin in Episode 3 that turned their climactic duel into a sort of [[Fearful Symmetry]].
* Probably the best moment of ''[[Spider-Man (
* Fulton Reed and Dean Portman in ''D2: The Mighty Ducks'' were explicitly called "the Bash Brothers." Also affectionately called "Enforcers."
** An enforcer is actually an unofficial role on an ice hockey team, not a title. Their job is to play dirty and violent.
* Aragorn and Gimli did a fine example of this in ''[[The Lord of the Rings|The Two Towers]]''. Needing to give a gate some time to be repaired, Aragorn and Gimli did a flying leap onto the ramp and proceeded to fight off an entire legion of Uruk-hai. One of best sequences of many impressive ones in the trilogy.
* One of the tag teams in ''Nacho Libre'' did a lot of this (also incorporating high-fives and the like), apparently being twin brothers.
* One of the central motifs of [[Heroic Bloodshed]] movies like ''A Better Tomorrow'', ''The Killer'' and ''Hard Boiled'' is two characters, usually [[Blood Brothers]] as well as Bash Brothers, doing this.
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* In ''[[The Chronicles of Riddick]]'', Riddick and Kyra are a rare opposite sex version of this, once they stop fighting each other. The Crematoria sequence showcases it nicely.
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' had this in various sequences, but the most pure form was when Will was trying to free Jack from the noose and they raced to the castle edge. Subverted in that they taken down plenty of soldiers between the two of them, but sheer numbers and guns outweighed their ability to finish their job.
* ''[[
* In ''[[Iron Man (
* The central premise of just about any [[Buddy Cop]] movie. Riggs and Murtaugh, Lee and Carter, [[Tango and Cash]] et al.
* And of course the literal brothers in the [[Boondock Saints]] Connor and Murphy [[Mac Mannus]].
* In ''[[The
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* JR Ward's ''[[Black Dagger Brotherhood]]'' is literally a group of vampires not related by blood who nevertheless live and fight together against the [[Big Bad|Omega]] and the [[Mooks|Lessening Society]].
* [[Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser]].
* Drizzt Do'Urden and Artemis Entreri can operate like this, much to their mutual displeasure.
** They're both highly skilled dual-wielders who independently developed extremely similar fighting styles...And it took them about five minutes of conversation for each to recognize the other as what he could have been. Both don't like what they see in the other person, especially when compared to what they see as their strong points. However, if they ''must'' cooperate, they slaughter entire groups of who they're against. Often fighting back-to-back and continually moving, and with one setting up an opening for the other to exploit a second later, and it's mentioned that they move so much in sync that it's tough to tell who's who or who's doing what.
* Caramon and Raistlin in the [[Dragonlance]] series.
* Rodrigo Belmonte and Ammar ibn Khairan in [[Guy Gavriel Kay]]'s ''The Lions of Al Rassan'' literally fight back to back at one point, taking out some mooks to prove their awesomeness. Later, they're forced to fight one another as the champions of [[Expy
* [[Older Than Feudalism]]: Great Ajax and his half-brother Teucer in ''[[
* In ''[[Inheritance Cycle
** A more consistent example is [[The Hero|Eragon]] and [[The Lancer|Arya]]. It's even explicitly stated that they're the other's perfect shield mate.
* [[Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson]] are a classic case. Just check out the "Awesome" page for the series and note the examples falling under "Holmes & Watson".
* The sequel of the remake of [[Clash of the Titans]] had the brother gods Zeus and Hades against the [[Legions of Hell]] at full power.
== [[Live
* [[Gender Flip
* ''[[Life On Mars]]''- Sam Tyler and Gene Hunt have been known to achieve this on occasion.
** On occasion? Tandem desk-leaping & sychronized punching.
* ''[[
** Face and Murdock especially seem to be this. They have a very effective tag-team fighting style.
* The ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' episode "Midway." A horde of Wraith decide to storm Earth, and slaughter most of Midway station staff. Who's gonna stop 'em? [[One
* It's always a treat to watch the four team members of [[Stargate SG
* Hercules and Iolaus from ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''
** [[Xena: Warrior Princess]] and Gabrielle sometimes, though they usually fight separately against the same enemy, not in tandem.
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' featured an [[Imagine Spot]] where J.D. visualized [[Black Best Friend|Turk]] and [[Anything That Moves|The Todd]] going up against kung-fu-fighting surgeons. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzzHuTah_u4 The two made a formidable team]... until the betrayal five.
* Both shown and averted in the ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* [[Kamen Rider (TV series)|Riders 1 and 2]] of ''[[Kamen Rider]]'', Kamen Rider Kabuto and Gatack from [[Kamen Rider Kabuto]], Kamen Rider Double and Kamen Rider Accel, at least eventually and [[Kamen Rider Decade]] and that episode's Rider-of-the-week.
** And now we have [[Kamen Rider OOO]] and Kamen Rider Birth.
*** And now ''[[
** Nearly any Kamen Rider and his associated Secondary Rider would count. And interesting example, also from [[Kamen Rider OOO]] is Kamen Rider Birth and Kamen Rider Birth Prototype.
* [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Jason and Tommy]], c'mon.
* ''[[
* ''[[Rome]]'' Pullo and Vorenus they start off with an [[Odd Friendship]] then turn into this, I guess killing over a hundred people side by side and [[The Gump|changing history]] together will do that to you.
* On ''[[
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'''s Sam and Dean Winchester. Raised to fight monsters, we watch them fight monsters. A lot of mutual back-watching.
** Bonus points for being actual brothers. Starring in a show that could be alt-titled 'Brotherhood: ([[Break the Cutie]] with [[Sealed Evil in
** Minus points for a very low incidence of acrobatics. It's all grim and 'realistic.'
* Michael and KITT from ''[[Knight Rider]]'' manage to pull this off even though they're a man and a car.
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== Other ==
* The [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]] video, ''[[Haloid]]''.
** Even more in Haloid's spiritual sequel, ''[[Dead Fantasy]]'', most notably with Ayane/Kasumi and Yuna/Rikku, but really all the characters did this constantly.
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== Professional Wrestling ==
* Every pro wrestling tag team ever, but some tandems exemplify the big guy/little guy dichotomy particularly well: [[Batista]] and [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.]] (at least until Batista's [[Face Heel Turn]]), Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty, and Jesse and Festus to name a few.
* [[Edge]] and [[Christian]], they don't exemplify big guy-little guy so well, but they do have the camraderie down to an art, Truth in Televison on that I guess...
== Tabletop Games ==
* [[Dungeons
** And how! My friend and I use this to our advantage ever since our induction into D&D- he will almost always play some direct damage fighter type, and I always went with a rogue or some sort of specially built fighter. Throw in our other buddy who always played a spellcaster, and our trio was unbeatable.
* ''[[Magic:
* ''[[Star Wars Miniatures]]'' has some pairs of characters who have Synergy (combat bonuses) or Rapport (cost discounts) when used together. There is also a tournament format called "Dynamic Duo", in which players select only two characters for their squad, who must together cost exactly 100 points.
* Warhammer40000 has a few unit combinations that compliment each others' skills very effectively. Scout Bikers and Terminators in a Space Marine army, for instance; the Scouts have teleport homers that patch up the Terminators' lack of mobility by dropping them on the enemy on a spot that moves very quickly, the Terminators make up for the Scouts' lack of durability and close combat prowess, everyone wins. Except for the poor Tau on the other side of the field that just got a new orifice to defecate through.
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* Any co-op game gives players the option for this, from ''[[Resident Evil]]'' to ''[[Kirby]]''.
** [[Mario Kart|Mario Kart: Double Dash!!]] is built on doing this in a racing game. Each kart has two racers: a driver and a support. They function as one when one person is playing, but if two players decide to go co-op on one kart, racing ability is expanded with one player driving, both players mashing the control stick to acheive miniturbos, the first player passing items he gets back to the second player who focuses on using them and can also punch left and right to move the kart a little in those directions to dodge things, attack other players and steal items.
* The multiplayer campaign options of the ''[[Gears of War]]'' series features a storyline that kept the main character Marcus with his buddy Dom. A big part of the gameplay involves you yelling at your co-op buddy to cover you while you move forward.
** Likewise ''[[Halo]] 3'' has the Arbiter fighting next to Master Chief for much of the game in single player, and all of the game in co-op. You can even include a pair of unique, though undeveloped Elite characters online and play four person co-op. This is an improvement over ''Halo 2'' when the game has [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|no in-universe reason]] why a second Spartan accompanies you on the campaign.
*** Also from Halo, the [[Giant Mook|Hunters]] always come in pairs. In most of the games, they are identically equipped and colored. ''ODST'' changes this, one Hunter has the standard blue armor and [[Wave Motion Gun|fuel rod cannon]] that they had in ''Halo 3'', while the other has gold armor and has an explosive fuel rod gun like all Hunters had in ''Combat Evolved''.
* [[Devil May Cry|Dante and Vergil]] against Arkham. They even say "Jackpot" at the same time.
* As [[
* [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario and Luigi]] do this for pretty much every Bros. move in the ''[[Mario
** And when you start doing [[Game Breaker|the]] [[Awesome but Practical|Advanced]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|moves...]]
** AND in [[
* ''Sacrifice'' has the Hachimen, even though it's not a fighting game, they're exactly the same thing.
* ''[[Prince of Persia]]: The Two Thrones'' in the [[Ring of Fire]] battle against The Bash Brothers incarnate. To beat them, you have to anticipate that they'll help each other when one is in trouble.
* [[Super Smash Brothers|Popo and Nana, the Ice Climbers]].
* Double and especially Triple Techs from the [[Chrono Trigger
* ''[[Army of Two]]'' plays this to the letter.
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has a few of these as bosses, forcing the players to defeat two enemies working together, effectively turning them into one meta-boss encounter. The Eredar Twins in Sunwell Plateau and more memorably the Twin Emperors of Ahn'Qiraj are boss encounters with two powerful enemies, the battle commonly known as the Bug Trio of Ahn'Qiraj, as the name implies, pits three enemies against the players, the final battle of the Death Knight wing of Naxxramas is against the Four Horsemen-Sir Zeliek, Thane Korthazz, Lady Blameux, and Baron Rivendare (who replaced Highlord Mograine), and from the Crimson Halls of Icecrown Citadel, the Blood Prince Council (super upgraded and revived versions of Blood-Princes Valanar, Taldaram, and Keleseth).
** Cataclysm's Blackwing Descent raid instance has you fighting the reanimated Nefarian after he also brings his sister Onyxia back to life. Just to drive the point home, they attack twice as fast by just being in close proximity to eachother.
* One of the attract cinemas for ''[[Tekken]] 5'' shows Kazuya and Heihachi battling an army of Jack cyborgs, until Kazuya throws an exhausted Heihachi their way to secure his escape.
* Billy and Jimmy Lee from ''[[
* [[Sonic the Hedgehog
** During ''[[
** Sonic & Tails are back to their Bash Brother antics in [[Sonic the Hedgehog 4
* Some sections of ''Half-Life 2'' and ''Episode 2'' and nearly ''all'' of ''HL2: Episode 1'' have Gordon and Alyx working in tandem.
* In ''[[Banjo
* Any [[Combination Attack]] in a [[Super Robot Wars]] game that's not featuring a [[Battle Couple]] is usually between Bash Brothers. A standout example is Elzam Von Branstein(''TROMBE!!'') and Sanger Zonvolt(''The Sword that Smites/Cleaves Evil!!!'').
* By the end of ''[[Call of Duty]]: [[Modern Warfare]] 2'', [[Field Promotion|Captain]] "Soap" MacTavish and {{spoiler|Captain Price}} are this.
** {{spoiler|Yuri takes Soap's place in the later missions of [[Modern Warfare]] 3 after Soap dies. Though, to a lesser extent.}}
* In Vile's story mode in ''[[
* Where to start with [[Final Fantasy IX]]?
** You get four neatly-labelled ones, with the four-way split of your [[Five
** Double Bash Brothers moment for the win, when Zorn and Thorn decide to mess with Eiko and Mog.
** There's an implied Bash Brothers relationship between Blank and Zidane, but because Blank isn't one of your main characters, it never really appears.
* Alex and Ryan in ''[[
* Sora and Riku in ''[[
** Also most of the main Final Fantasy gang, both during the Coliseum tournaments and the battle of Hollow Bastion. Cloud and <s> Squall</s>Leon get special mention in a [[Back
{{quote|
'''Cloud''': Well... Might be tough if one more shows up.
'''Squall Leonhart''': Hm. Then that'll have to be the one *I* take care of.
'''Cloud''': What, you're fighting too? }}
** [[Donald Duck]] and Goofy. They had been partners years before they even met Sora, and they still have use of their bond, now that creatures of pure evil, led by a bunch of maniacs, are attacking.
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* <s>[[Dub Name Change|Paul and Vince]]</s>, Ralf Jones and Clark Still from ''Ikari Warriors'' and ''[[King of Fighters]]''
* In ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'', Gan Ning and Ling Tong evolve from mortal enemies into a grudging version of this. Perhaps most notably at the battle of Shi Ting in DW6, where if you kill one half of the pair the other will become enraged and go into hyper mode. Even before that, they were featured in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqq0jp6O91g opening] to ''Xtreme Legends.''
* The fight's a bit more metaphorical in ''[[
* Donkey and Diddy Kong in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', Diddy and Dixie Kong in ''Diddy's Kong Quest'', and Dixie and Kiddy Kong in ''Dixie Kong's Double Trouble''.
* CJ and Sweet in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]], Tommy Vercetti and Lance Vance in [[Grand Theft Auto Vice City]]. {{spoiler|The latter didn't work out so well in the end}}.
* ''[[
** [[Fragile Speedster|The Scout]] grew up with Seven older brothers who would roam Boston and get in fights. His speed training was for getting to the fights before they ended.
* In regards to ''[[
* Schwarz and Jude in ''[[Agarest Senki 2]]'' to the point they even have a [[Combination Attack|Finish Strike]] together.
* Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', acknowledged in-universe in the third game.
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== Webcomics ==
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* Torg and Riff from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' do this during the "Dangerous Days" arc, though only after they get done shooting and yelling at ''each other'' first.
* It's hinted that [[Megatokyo|Piro and Largo]] do this in some online games, such as the ''Endgames'' MMORPG.
* Invoked in [[
* Steve of ''[[Coga Suro]]'' is delighted both times he gets to invoke this trope- once in the future with his older self [citing the need for a double-Steve combo move] and again in the sequel with his son.
* The titular heroes of ''[[Nip and Tuck]]'' are implied to be this, especially [https://web.archive.org/web/20120528125751/http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00258.html here.]
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Bill and Barry Heterodyne, oh so much.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Justice League]]'' would seclude a handful of characters together so they could take on bigger threats. The most common was [[
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''. In the 2007 TMNT movie, Splinter even said that when they work together and are in the right rhythm, they are unbeatable.
** Raphael from the 2003 cartoon is very dedicated to this trope. While all the Turtles cooperate in battle, he stands out as an especially reliable back-watcher. In nearly every fight, Raph will prevent an enemy from nailing one of his brothers from behind.
** ''[[Turtles Forever]]'' takes this to the apex with the '03 Turtles eventually fighting in tandem with the '87 Turtles, and the '03 style of straight ninja fighting is contrasted with the '87 slapstick style.
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' with Prowl and Captain Fanzone when they go to Dinobot Island and have to fight off a slew of mutated creatures. It was that episode that gave some viewers a lot of respect for Fanzone, because even though he didn't like them he was still willing to work with them.
** In-universe, this was probably part of why Fanzone started actually liking the Autobots, or at least tolerating them. In a later episode he even sided with them against {{spoiler|Powell.}}
** Another example is the big guy-little guy team of Bulkhead and Bumblebee. They've been close friends ever since attending Autobot Boot Camp together, and are usually seen watching each others' backs on and off the battlefield. The two have even developed their own variation on the Fastball Special utilizing Bulkhead's wrecking ball hands and Bumblebee's smaller stature.
* From ''[[
** The series pretty much makes Aang and Sokka to be this, as well as [[Unrelated Brothers]].
** "The Blue Spirit" had Aang and [[Secret Identity|Zuko]].
** "The Boiling Rock" had Sokka and {{spoiler|Zuko}}.
** {{spoiler|The Order of the White Lotus versus the entire Fire Nation army at Ba Sing Se.}}
** {{spoiler|Katara and Zuko}} in "The Southern Raiders. They are seen training [[Back
* Dr. Girlfriend's Moppets in ''[[
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' featured a fight with Jack and the Spartan King against an octopus-like machine in ''Jack and the 300''.
** Likewise Jack and the Scotsman.
* Memorably happened in one episode of ''[[
* In ''[[Teen Titans (
** Only once, though, during an [[Enemy Mine]]. Although it works so well because they know each other's styles so intimately and are [[Arc Words|similar]]--back in season one, they kept falling into [[Fearful Symmetry]].
** Also, Robin and Red X.
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** Cyborg and Beast Boy even have their own variant of the [[Fastball Special]].
** [[Battle Couple|Raven and Starfire, occasionally.]]
* A similar example in ''[[
* Luminara and Bariss Ofee in ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]''. Their lightsaber fight against the battle droids showed them to be perfectly synchronized.
** Other expanded universe material unveils that the two of them specifically learned to fight like this.
* The [[
* Though female, [[
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* Many hockey lines embody a three-brother party. One of many examples would be the "Crash Line" of the New Jersey Devils teams of the 90s and early 2000s. The Crash Line was comprised of [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Bobby Holik, Randy McKay, and Mike Peluso]]; the average weight of a Crash Line player was 215 pounds. Needless to say, the [[Meaningful Name|Crash Line]] was a dominating, physical and ultimately instrumental part to the Devils' championship success. They were extremely successful and provided the "grind line" defensive template that is used to this day.
* When they both played for the Oakland A's, Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco were nicknamed "The Bash Brothers" for their one-two punch when put together in the line-up.
* Military units in real life, particularly when performing CQB (Close Quarter Battle) maneuvers, such as rescuing hostages.
** Despite the common depiction of a [[Cold Sniper]] acting alone, dedicated snipers are always deployed with a spotter, someone who can confirm the kill because the actual sniper is too preoccupied with making the shot itself. They are also one to advise on which bullet to use and what modifications to make depending on the situation, as well as double-check the distance to the target.
** In fact, in many situations the spotter is the more experienced soldier, as the spotter's work is more complicated, which is saying something since doing the actual shooting isn't simple point-and-shoot to begin with.
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