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* RCs may consist of a new character who threatens to impede the established character's personality. New characters in MCs are usually nonthreatening and much more easily maintain the [[Status Quo Is God|Status Quo]].

 

 

In practice, only one of the characters really needs be designed like this, often a younger one whom the audience finds 'safe' and non-threatening. They are extremely popular in [[Yuri]] and [[Yaoi]] works, due to the natural maximization of [[Moe Moe]] in the audience, but it's also present in other genres (particularly slice of life works that [[No Hugging, No Kissing|lacks romance]]). The [[Wholesome Crossdresser]] (who is usually implicitly gay) has this relationship with [[Shoujo]] leads. In [[Shounen]], a (usually unattached) female co-lead has this relationship with the male lead if he gets his official girlfriend outside his circle of friends. Couplets are also common gimmicks in designing an [[Economy Cast]]. See also [[The Not Love Interest]].

 

* Sasami and [[Head Pet|Ryo-Ohki]] from ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''.

* [[Magnificent Bastard|Lelouch]] of ''[[Code Geass]]'' isn't exactly the most happy or stable person on the planet, [[Dark and Troubled Past|and for]] [[Crapsack World|good reason]], but you wouldn't know it from his interactions with either [[Girl Next Door|Shirley]] or [[Ill Girl|Nunnally]]. Either of the latter two bring out the softer and more light-hearted side out of the former, and are both inspirations behind the world he wants to create. [[Blithe Spirit|Euphemia]] has a similar effect on {{spoiler|the [[Death Seeker|suicidal]]}} [[Broken Ace|Suzaku]]. {{spoiler|Which makes it all the more tragic when said [[Moe]] counterparts are [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]] (with one exception, though the truth doesn't come out until it's too late), amongst other assorted [[Trauma Conga Line|mishaps]], pushing both Lelouch and Suzaku [[Despair Event Horizon|past the breaking point]]}}.

* Imriel and Alais in the [[Kushiel's Legacy]] series. From childhood on each of the cousins see each other as an actual person, not a product of their parentage. It gets to the point where Imriel's interactions with Alais are the most consistently happy moments in his life.

 

* ''[[iCarly]]'': Carly and Freddie. Pretty much everything they do as a couple is cute [[Up to Eleven|to the extreme]].

* Odo and Kira from ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', who tend to soften considerably when they're around each other and generally bring out each other's good sides.

* This was part of the logic for including Archie Kennedy as a recurring character in the ''[[Horatio Hornblower]]'' TV series. Horatio tends to keep a lot to himself, and having a more expressive friend of his own rank and age gives Horatio someone he can open up to in a way that he can't with his superior officers or subordinates, and Archie's sarcastic tendencies make a good contrast with Horatio's more serious demeanor. The fact that Archie is a [[Woobie]] also gives the normally stoic Horatio a chance to express his ''[[Kuudere|deredere]]'' side through his concern for his friend.

 

== Video Games ==

* [[Metal Gear Solid|Snake and Otacon,]] [[Ho Yay|although]] [[Ship Tease|the]] [[Fan-Preferred Couple|non-romantic]] [[Heterosexual Life Partners|aspect]] [[Has Two Mommies|is]] [[Word of God|debatable.]] Otacon [[Defrosting Ice Queen|warms Snake up]] and [[Morality Chain|restrains him from going over the edge,]] while Snake helped Otacon out of his shell and grounded him. The fact that all of their interactions from [[Metal Gear Solid]] 2 on are a barrel of cuteness hovering somewhere between [[Happily Married]] and [[Like an Old Married Couple]] doesn't hurt.

 

* In [[Homestuck]], this is the basic idea behind moirails.

 

* Roommates Tennyo and Generator in the [[Whateley Universe]]. Separately, they're a [[Person of Mass Destruction]] and a [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]. Together, they're like an older sister - younger sister pair.

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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