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|''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]''}}
Strong relationships, in both TV and real life, thrive on how each member compensates for [[Foil|the other’s weaknesses with his/her own strengths]], and vice versa.
A [[Motor Mouth]] just isn’t as funny if he doesn’t have the [[Straight Man]] to torment. Similarly, only when a sweet, shy person is paired up with an equally jerkish one is their kindness and timidness [[Moe Moe|made all the more noticeable]].
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Contrast [[Birds of a Feather]].
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Popular '''Opposites Attract''' dynamics include:
* [[The Hero]] + [[The Lancer]] (see [[Five-Man Band]] entry)
* [[Troubled but Cute]] boy + [[The Ingenue|sweet, innocent]] girl
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== Film ==
* [[Odd Couple]] Steed and Mrs. Peel in ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers 1998]]'': he follows the rules, she doesn't. He admits that she's "just my type".
* [[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|Milo Thatch and Princess Kida]], she's the [[The Chief's Daughter|Native]] [[Tomboy Princess|Princess]] who is one [[Bare Your Midriff|P]][[She's Got Legs|r]][[Foot Focus|e]][[Dark-Skinned Blond|t]][[White-Haired Pretty Girl|t]][[Stripperiffic|y]] [[Freudian Slip|Gi]][[Hilarity Ensues|rl]]. Then there is [[Nerd Glasses|Mi]][[Adorkable|lo]] [[Moe Stare|Jam]][[Socially Awkward Hero|es]] [[Give Geeks a Chance|Tha]][[Michael J. Fox|tch]]....[[Geeky Turn On|'nuff said]]. It turns out they do have a surprising amount of things in common though. And they both agree that Atlantica should stay intact, though Milo technically isn’t a native.
* [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Roger and Jessica Rabbit]]. "He makes me laugh."
* Captain von Trapp and Maria in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.
* ''[[The Great Race]]''. The Great Leslie - charming male chauvinist. Maggie DuBois - militant women's libber. How can they '''not''' fall in love?
* ''[[Enchanted]]'': Both Giselle and Robert are kindred spirits (they’re both deeply compassionate), but Giselle is initially naive and Robert is initially cynical. Fortunately, they both learn from each other…so much so they ended up getting married.
* ''[[Tangled]]'' gives us the jaded, worldly-wise thief and the spirited, innocent princess.
* ''[[WALL-E]]'' has [[The Woobie]] Wall-E and [[Action Girl]] EVE. Both were built for a similar purpose, however. And they find out that they have surprising amount of things in common. Still, EVE is able to explain to Wall-E that they are in a bad situation when he assumes otherwise…and he finds himself agreeing.
== Literature ==
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* [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]] and [[Expanded Universe|Mara Jade]]. Mara even ''says'' it, for crying out loud!
* Brainy ambitious women regularly find [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s [[Upper Class Twit]] [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Bertie Wooster]] romantically irresistible.
* Kenneth Oppel's ''[[Airborn]]'' series has Matt Cruse, poor cabin boy, and Kate de Vries, rich wanna-be scientist... cue angsting about how they [[Star-Crossed Lovers|can never be together...]]
* This seems to be the driving force behind Zavahl's and Ailie's relationship in the [[Shadowleague]] books- he has the personality of a bad rainstorm, whereas she is never seen to frown.
* From
* ''[[The 39 Clues]]''. Ian is a [[Handsome Devil]], [[Upper Class Wit|mega-rich]], [[Evil Brit|an Evil Brit]], and a [[Momma's Boy]]. Amy is a [[Shrinking Violet]], [[Smart Girl|pretty smart]], poor, and [[Heartwarming Orphan|an orphan]]. She apparently always found him attractive, but [[I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me|when he actually started flirting with her]], it was, of course, [[I Was Only Pretending to Like You|a trick]]. And then came [[Unrequited Love Switcheroo|a whole new]] [[My Beloved Smother|set of complications]].
** Also, [[The Big Guy|Hamilton]] and [[Teen Genius|Sinead]] was hinted a bit in Book 10.
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
** Captains Carrot Ironfounderson and Angua von Uberwald
** Similarly, in ''[[
* ''[[In Death]]'': Eve has pointed out that Roarke and her have this between them, like in ''Divided In Death''. She is a cop who is crude, rude, not interested in money, believes in the law, and has morals that are basically black and white. He is a former thief who is suave, charming, has more money than you can imagine, believe more in his conscience than in the law, and his morals are very much grey. Fortunately, one thing they do have in common is that they both were raised by bad parents and had lousy childhoods.
* Enforced in the novel ''[[Youth in Sexual Ecstasy]]'', the [[Character Filibuster|sexual therapist]] actually says that for a couple to succeed in the long term, they must have opposite temperaments alongside with similar lifestyles and independent realization. The protagonist and his fiance agree on this being the case for them.
* In [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm|Up Jim River]]'', Greystroke says that he and Bridget have this.
== Live
* [[The Ace|Laid-back, jovial "Hawkeye" Pierce]] and [[Ice Queen|hard-nosed Margaret Houlihan]] in ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]''.
* Penny and Leonard on [[The Big Bang Theory]] are such an extreme example as to nearly defy belief. Leonard is chubby, bespectacled, hopeless nerd with a Ph.D in Physics and alarmingly subpar social skills (which suddenly appear impressive when compared with those of the people he hangs out with); Penny is an attractive aspiring actress who works as a waitress in the nearby Cheesecake Factory and never finished college. Lots of [[Lampshade Hanging]] on this one.
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* ''[[Moonlighting]]'', starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis. Maddie (Shepherd) is a chic, smart, former supermodel who's dead serious about running the business; David (Willis) is a glib, lighthearted, and pragmatic Private Investigator.
* The show ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'' revolves around this trope. Dharma is a free-spirited, tolerant, and ditzy flower child. While Greg is an upright, conservative, somewhat uptight lawyer. Despite the fact that they have virtually nothing in common they got married on their first date.
* ''[[iCarly]]'': [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] or [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] with the [[
* ''[[Bones]]'' has the coldly intelligent, scientific, atheist, hyper-rational titular character and her partner the FBI agent- religious, more emotional, more of a people person. Clearly they complement each other, but each also finds the other fascinating and attractive.
* [[Action Girl]]/[[Hot Amazon]] Zoe in ''[[Firefly]]'' is married to [[Non-Action Guy]]/[[Ace Pilot]] Wash.
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== Western Animation ==
* Robin and Starfire on ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''. Robin is the [[Badass Normal|serious]], [[The Determinator|determined]] [[The Captain|leader]], and Starfire is the [[The Chick|sensitive, sunny one]]. However, both are highly intelligent…Starfire happens to enjoy learning about Earth from Robin. And both are deeply compassionate. And while Robin has rescued Starfire in the past, she is far from ungrateful and has done the same.
* Rogue's attraction to Scott in ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', at least [[Power Incontinence|until you think about it for a while]]. But on the surface, he is [[The Stoic]] and she is [[The Snark Knight]].
* Silverbolt and Blackarachnia of ''[[Transformers]] [[Beast Wars]]'' fit this trope without Question: [[Femme Fatale]] and [[Knight in Shining Armor]].
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