|
<!DOCTYPE html>
{{trope}}
<html class="client-nojs" lang="en" dir="ltr">
[[File:WallEEve 9140.jpg|link=WALL-E|frame]]
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8"/>
{{quote|"''Strange extremes meet in love's pathway.''"|''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (novel)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]''}}
<title>Login required - All The Tropes</title>
<script>document.documentElement.className = document.documentElement.className.replace( /(^|\s)client-nojs(\s|$)/, "$1client-js$2" );</script>
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.
<script>(window.RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgCanonicalNamespace":"Special","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":"Badtitle","wgNamespaceNumber":-1,"wgPageName":"Special:Badtitle","wgTitle":"Badtitle","wgCurRevisionId":0,"wgRevisionId":0,"wgArticleId":0,"wgIsArticle":false,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":[],"wgBreakFrames":true,"wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy","wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgMonthNamesShort":["","Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"],"wgRelevantPageName":"Special:Badtitle","wgRelevantArticleId":0,"wgRequestId":"d2cccb3dab59bf246109a712","wgIsProbablyEditable":false,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":false,"wgBetaFeaturesFeatures":[],"wgWikiEditorEnabledModules":[],"wgCategoryTreePageCategoryOptions":"{\"mode\":0,\"hideprefix\":20,\"showcount\":true,\"namespaces\":false}","wgCollapsibleVectorEnabledModules":{"collapsiblenav":true,"experiments":true},"wgMetrolookEnabledModules":{"collapsiblenav":true},"wgPreferredVariant":"en","wgMFExpandAllSectionsUserOption":true,"wgMFEnableFontChanger":true,"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":false,"nearby":false,"watchlist":false,"tagline":false},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":false,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsShouldSendModuleToUser":true,"wgPopupsConflictsWithNavPopupGadget":false,"wgRelatedArticles":null,"wgRelatedArticlesUseCirrusSearch":false,"wgRelatedArticlesOnlyUseCirrusSearch":false,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en","usePageImages":true,"usePageDescriptions":false},"wgNoticeProject":"open","wgCentralNoticeCookiesToDelete":[],"wgCentralNoticeCategoriesUsingLegacy":["Fundraising","fundraising"],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false,"wgVisualEditorToolbarScrollOffset":0,"wgVisualEditorUnsupportedEditParams":["undo","undoafter","veswitched"],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":false});mw.loader.state({"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.site.styles":"ready","ext.gadget.NoSmallFonts":"ready","site.styles":"ready","noscript":"ready","user.styles":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"ready","user.tokens":"loading","ext.socialprofile.responsive":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","mediawiki.legacy.shared":"ready","mediawiki.legacy.commonPrint":"ready","mediawiki.sectionAnchor":"ready","mediawiki.skinning.interface":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.site":"ready"});mw.loader.implement("user.tokens@0phoura",function($,jQuery,require,module){/*@nomin*/mw.user.tokens.set({"editToken":"+\\","patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"});
});mw.loader.load(["site","mediawiki.page.startup","mediawiki.user","mediawiki.hidpi","mediawiki.page.ready","mediawiki.searchSuggest","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","ext.collapsiblevector.collapsibleNav","ext.eventLogging.subscriber","ext.gadget.ATTSiteCode","ext.gadget.Altredirects","ext.gadget.purgetab","ext.gadget.Auto_Complete","ext.gadget.HotLicense","ext.gadget.Edittools","ext.hideSection","ext.popups","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","skins.vector.js"]);});</script>
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]].
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=ext.socialprofile.responsive%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cmediawiki.legacy.commonPrint%2Cshared%7Cmediawiki.sectionAnchor%7Cmediawiki.skinning.interface%7Cskins.vector.styles&only=styles&skin=vector"/>
<script async="" src="/w/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&skin=vector"></script>
It is all but guaranteed that the characters’ differences will cause more friction than harmony between them. That’s what gives the [[Odd Couple]] its fuel for [[Slap Slap Kiss]], [[Will They or Won't They?]], and [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]] situations. Bickering and mushiness in one package. What’s not to like?
<meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""/>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=ext.gadget.NoSmallFonts&only=styles&skin=vector"/>
The [[Odd Friendship]] also has elements of this, but tends to focus on how the differences make them see each other, and maybe the world, through new eyes. Perhaps the serious one is [[Not So Above It All]], or the [[Shrinking Violet]] has an inner strength she never knew she had. A [[Moe Couplet]] also does something similar to this, focusing on how each half of the couplet brings out the other's endearing or nurturing traits.
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector"/>
<meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.31.1"/>
'''Opposites Attract''' has become so widespread in [[Buddy Cop Show|buddy cop shows]], in the form of Serious White Guy meets Loud Black Guy, that it branched off into [[Salt and Pepper|its own subtrope]].
<meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow"/>
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png"/>
About the biggest challenge in creating a day-and-night dynamic is to keep the ''attract'' and ''repel'' cases relatively balanced. When the pendulum swings too far toward the ''repel'' side and the characters seem more interested in torturing each other than helping out, it’s no longer cute to watch; it’s just [[The Masochism Tango|masochistic]]. The key (both in fiction and in [[Real Life]]) is to watch the pair's goals. If they want the same thing but use completely different methods to achieve it, it's '''Opposites Attract'''. If they want ''different'' things entirely, it's a divorce waiting to happen.
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico"/>
<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/opensearch_desc.php" title="All The Tropes (en)"/>
If you add a third-party mediator for balance, you get a [[Power Trio]].
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="https://allthetropes.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"/>
<link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"/>
Contrast [[Birds of a Feather]].
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="All The Tropes Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"/>
----
<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.miraheze.org"/>
Popular '''Opposites Attract''' dynamics:
<!--[if lt IE 9]><script src="/w/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=html5shiv&only=scripts&skin=vector&sync=1"></script><![endif]-->
* [[The Hero]] + [[The Lancer]] (see [[Five-Man Band]] entry)
</head>
* [[Troubled but Cute]] boy + [[The Ingenue|sweet, innocent]] girl
<body class="mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns--1 ns-special mw-special-Badtitle page-Special_Badtitle rootpage-Special_Badtitle skin-vector action-view"> <div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div>
* [[Odd Couple]]
<div id="mw-head-base" class="noprint"></div>
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]
<div id="content" class="mw-body" role="main">
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]
<a id="top"></a>
* [[Ordinary High School Student]] + [[Extraordinarily Empowered Girl]]
<div id="siteNotice" class="mw-body-content"><!-- CentralNotice --></div><div class="mw-indicators mw-body-content">
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] [[Onee-Sama]] + [[Moe Moe]] [[Dojikko]]
</div>
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]
<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Login required</h1> <div id="bodyContent" class="mw-body-content">
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]] + [[The Quiet One]]
<div id="contentSub"></div>
* [[Magical Girlfriend]] + [[Ridiculously Average Guy]]
<div id="jump-to-nav" class="mw-jump">
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]
Jump to: <a href="#mw-head">navigation</a>, <a href="#p-search">search</a>
* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]
</div>
* [[Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl]]
<div id="mw-content-text">Please <a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Opposites+Attract&returntoquery=action%3Draw" title="Special:UserLogin">log in</a> to view other pages.<p id="mw-returnto">Return to <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a>.</p>
* [[All Work vs. All Play]]
<noscript><img src="https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" title="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;" /></noscript></div> <div class="printfooter">
* [[Pitbull Dates Puppy]]
Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:Badtitle">https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:Badtitle{{Dead link}}</a>" </div>
* [[Improbable Species Compatibility]]
<div id="catlinks" class="catlinks catlinks-allhidden" data-mw="interface"></div> <div class="visualClear"></div>
* [[Uptight Loves Wild]]
</div>
* [[Uptown Girl]]
</div>
<div id="mw-navigation">
{{examples}}
<h2>Navigation menu</h2>
<div id="mw-head">
'''IMPORTANT''': Please, no [[Shipping|ships]], just [[Canon]] portrayal of attraction. If you see an example that hasn't been portrayed in canon as this type of attraction (or hasn't been portrayed in canon ''at all''), please delete it. This also means examples will tend to be spoilery, so read on at your own risk.
<div id="p-personal" role="navigation" class="" aria-labelledby="p-personal-label">
<h3 id="p-personal-label">Personal tools</h3>
== Anime and Manga ==
<ul>
* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl|Genki, ditzy, ignorant Usagi is with cool, calm, intelligent Mamoru]] in ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
<li id="pt-login-private"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Opposites+Attract&returntoquery=action%3Draw" title="You need to log in to use this wiki [o]" accesskey="o">Log in</a></li> </ul>
* Shikamaru and Temari from [[Naruto]]; he's lazy, calm and prone to doubting himself, she's an aggressive [[Action Girl]] (this one is not quite official, but alluded to very heavily). Also Hinata is attracted to Naruto even though she's a stuttering [[Shrinking Violet]] with nil self-confidence and he's a loud, overly-optimistic [[Idiot Hero]]. Minato and Kushina, the former being very a nice and polite man and the latter being a hot-blooded tomboy. Averted in Naruto's attraction to Sakura; while their abilities as ninja are in stark contrast, her over-the-top [[Tsundere]] temperament often exceeds even his.
</div>
* The [[Official Couple]] of ''[[Monkey High]]'' - Haruna is [[The Ojou]] and used to dealing with high-class folks (her father is a now-disgraced politician), while Macharu is [[The Fool]] and very much from working-class roots (his parents run a grocery store).
<div id="left-navigation">
* In ''[[Kanamemo]]'', no chance is spared to show the loving bond between sparkly Yume and quiet Yuuki.
<div id="p-namespaces" role="navigation" class="vectorTabs" aria-labelledby="p-namespaces-label">
* [[Will They or Won't They?|Revy and Rock]] of ''[[Black Lagoon]]''. She's an [[Axe Crazy]] [[Broken Bird]] and [[Trigger Happy]] [[Nietzsche Wannabe]], among other things. He's a [[Non-Action Guy]], a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] (he ''never'' gets completely disillusioned, and he has every right to), and he's the closest a series this [[Sliding Scale of Cynicism Versus Idealism|cynical]] will allow to [[The Messiah]]. The [[UST|sparks]] [[Slap Slap Kiss|flying]] could power a medium-sized country.
<h3 id="p-namespaces-label">Namespaces</h3>
* [[Ship Tease]] aside, it may as well be Zelgadis the cynical, weary, brooding chimera paired with Amelia the optomistic, innocent, and plucky princess from ''[[Slayers]]'', with hints of [[Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl]] peppered in there. In the novels, there is also the hot-headed, driven Luke with the snarky, calm Millina (in this case, this is [[All Love Is Unrequited]]).
<ul>
* Parodied in ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]''. The first episode plays romantic music when Nozomu first meets Kafuka, and text scrawls across the screen, "[[The Eeyore|A man who is negative about everything]]; [[The Pollyanna|a girl who is positive about everything]]; a meeting that never should have happened." This gets further parody in a later episode showing Nami's first meeting with Kiri, playing the same music and displaying the message "[[Delinquents|A girl who refuses to come to school]]; [[Hikikomori|a girl who refuses to leave school]]; a meeting that never should have happened."
<li id="ca-nstab-special" class="selected"><span><a href="/w/index.php?action=raw&title=Opposites+Attract" title="This is a special page, and it cannot be edited">Special page</a></span></li> </ul>
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'''s canon couple Haruhi and Tamaki. Haruhi is a [[Deadpan Snarker]], and generally calm and collected when it comes to most things. Tamaki on the other hand is a [[Keet]], exaggerated, and easily excitable. The series itself has a lot of [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] non-romantic pairs in it.
</div>
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' has [[The Stoic]] officer Chrono and his [[Victorious Childhood Friend]], the [[Genki Girl|bubbly]] [[Bridge Bunny]] Amy.
<div id="p-variants" role="navigation" class="vectorMenu emptyPortlet" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label">
* Considering they form a [[Manzai]] duo this is inherent to the eventual romantic relationship between Koganei and Amasawa of ''[[The Weatherman Is My Lover]]''.
<input type="checkbox" class="vectorMenuCheckbox" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label" />
* Early in ''[[Ah! My Goddess|Oh My Goddess!]]'' run, [[Unlikely Hero|Keiichi]] was a [[Chivalrous Pervert]] wondering [[What Does She See in Him?|what anyone would see in him]], and [[Magical Girlfriend|Belldandy]] was something of an [[The Ingenue|Ingenue]]. [[Characterization Marches On|Characterization Marched On]], and the two began develop some of the other's persona, so that after the "Lord of Terror" arc, and in the OVA, K1 became a [[Covert Pervert]], and Bell began pouring on the affection nice and thick, frequently expressing her love for Keiichi. About two years after [[The Movie]], sadly, the two were [[Flanderized]] to the point where [[Relationship Ceiling|he was afraid to make a move, and she rarely acknowledged their love]].
<h3 id="p-variants-label">
* While not officially a couple as of yet, Soul and Maka from ''[[Soul Eater]]'' are considered this. Maka is a [[Badass Bookworm]] who always follows the rules and feels the need to do everything right in order to get by. Soul, on the other hand, is a [[Deadpan Snarker]] who would rather do things his own way and tends to go against orders that anyone bothers to give him.
<span>Variants</span>
** Of course, this could be said about almost every Meister/Weapon team in the series.
</h3>
*** This troper begs to differ. Kid and Liz both can be hysterical and serious; Kid has major OCD and Liz is a mega scardy-cat. Liz can calm down and be serious when she needs to help Kid get his act together, and when not having a panic attack, Kid is deadly serious. Tsubaki and Black*Star are both generally serious, although Black*Star is [[Large Ham|loud and obnoxious]] about it. Stein and Marie definitely fit this trope, but neither Ox & Harvar, Kim & Jackie, Lord Death & Spirt, nor Kilik & Pot of Fire & Pot of Thunder fits this trope.
<div class="menu">
*** Ox is very emotionally driven as opposed to Harvar who is more logical and tries not to let his emotions affect him. Kim is a major bully who often bosses around others and likes things done her way, while Jackie is more subissive and simply does what she's told. Pot of Fire and Pot of Thunder are too young for anyone to say anything about them yet.
<ul>
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' has the [[Official Couple]] of [[Keet|cheerful]], [[The Ditz|ditzy]] Italy and [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|stern]], [[Germanic Depressives|serious-minded]] Germany.
</ul>
** Also Italy's [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Cool Big Sis]] Hungary and her ex-husband-but-still-love-interest, the straightlaced and even more stern than Germany Austria.
</div>
* Although the series thrives on '''not''' having an official couple, ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'''s attraction between Hinagiku and Hayate is all but blatent, every character that interacts with them at some level knows it exists. While it also fits the [[Birds of a Feather]] dynamic, both these characters went about dealing with it in very different ways, leaving them almost complete opposites with the same backstory.
</div>
** And to further things along, the third character with a similar backstory is being built up to build a [[Power Trio]] dynamic.
</div>
* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'': {{spoiler|Kyo, a hot-headed, tough, no manners, always wants to fight boy, and Tohru, a girl who's very sweet and kind.}}
<div id="right-navigation">
* ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'': Energetic and outgoing Suzuna with [[Shrinking Violet]] Sena. More obviously, foul-mouthed [[Sociopathic Hero]] Hiruma with Mamori the [[Yamato Nadeshiko]].
<div id="p-views" role="navigation" class="vectorTabs emptyPortlet" aria-labelledby="p-views-label">
* ''[[Ai no Kusabi]]'' has this as a plot point of why the [[The Beautiful Elite|highest of the high]] would want to be with the [[Wrong Side of the Tracks|lowest of the low]].
<h3 id="p-views-label">Views</h3>
* In ''[[Stellvia of the Universe]]'', the aloof and stoic Akira eventually starts dating the laid-back [[Plucky Comic Relief]] Joey.
<ul>
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]] [[Colonel Kilgore]] Ramba Ral and quiet [[Lady of War]] Crowley Hamon in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam]]''. They're effectively a boyfriend/girlfriend varient on [[Brains and Brawn]].
</ul>
</div>
== Comic Books ==
<div id="p-cactions" role="navigation" class="vectorMenu emptyPortlet" aria-labelledby="p-cactions-label">
* When their relationship began, [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Starfire and Robin]] (later Nightwing) were this: Robin was reserved and methodical to Starfire's passionate impulsiveness. As the trope often works in real life, they began to influence each other so that each acquired a level of the other's personality, to the point that their breakup ultimately had Nightwing making an impassioned plea for Starfire to stay and Starfire making the reasoned, logical choice to leave.
<input type="checkbox" class="vectorMenuCheckbox" aria-labelledby="p-cactions-label" />
* [[Batman]] [[Dating Catwoman|and]] [[Catwoman]]: one is a stolid, no-nonsense upholder of the law, the other is a mischievous (but never malicious) lawbreaker. [[They Fight Crime]] (sometimes, when she's not causing it herself).
<h3 id="p-cactions-label"><span>More</span></h3>
* Cyclops and Phoenix of the [[X-Men]]. He's an emotionally withdrawn introvert [[Crazy Prepared|control freak]] and she's <s>fire and life incarnate</s> an outgoing [[Heroes Want Redheads|redhead]] who reads minds. He draws the attentions of at least two other hot and extrovert telepaths, which suggests there's something interesting going on behind that facade...
<div class="menu">
* ''[[Runaways]]'' paired quirky genius Gert with dumb jock Chase.
<ul>
* ''[[The Authority]]'' has gruff, brooding, cynical Midnighter [[Happily Married]] to kind, cheerful, optimistic Apollo. Even their costumes emphasise this trope: Apollo's is white with a gold sun emblem, while Midnighter's is black with a silver crescent moon.
</ul>
* ''[[Peanuts]]'' features Peppermint Patty and Marcy. Peppermint Patty is extroverted and athletic but [[Book Dumb]]. Marcie is introverted and intellectual and not at all into sports. They develop a symbiotic relationship, with Peppermint Patty protecting Marcie from bullies and Marcie helping Peppermint Patty with her studies.
</div>
* [[Superman|Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter]] and Lois Lane, determined and outgoing reporter.
</div>
<div id="p-search" role="search">
== Fan Works ==
<h3>
* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fanfic ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]'': Like in canon, Italy is the opposite of Japan. However, despite their opposite personalities, they have a lot in common too.
<label for="searchInput">Search</label>
{{quote|"You're so kind and warm inside that cold and calculating exterior of yours. Although it may not seem like it, we have quite a bit in common. It's nice how we can bond over literature, anime, manga, fencing, food, cats, art...and so much more. Despite not seeming like it, my heart beats fast around you." He gave a fond smile. "I can't help but love that about you Kiku."}}
</h3>
<form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform">
<div id="simpleSearch">
== Film ==
<input type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search All The Tropes" title="Search All The Tropes [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput"/><input type="hidden" value="Special:Search" name="title"/><input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search" title="Search the pages for this text" id="mw-searchButton" class="searchButton mw-fallbackSearchButton"/><input type="submit" name="go" value="Go" title="Go to a page with this exact name if it exists" id="searchButton" class="searchButton"/> </div>
* [[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".
</form>
* [[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]].
</div>
* [[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?|Roger and Jessica Rabbit]]. "He makes me laugh."
</div>
* Captain von Trapp and Maria in ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.
</div>
* ''[[The Great Race]]''. The Great Leslie - charming male chauvinist. Maggie DuBois - militant women's libber. How can they '''not''' fall in love?
<div id="mw-panel">
* ''[[Enchanted]]'': Giselle the cheery optimist, and Robert the sarcastic pessimist.
<div id="p-logo" role="banner"><a class="mw-wiki-logo" href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page"></a></div>
* ''[[Tangled]]'' gives us the jaded, worldly-wise thief and the spirited, innocent princess.
<div class="portal" role="navigation" id="p-navigation" aria-labelledby="p-navigation-label">
* ''[[WALL-E]]'' has [[The Woobie]] Wall-E and [[Action Girl]] EVE.
<h3 id="p-navigation-label">Navigation</h3>
<div class="body">
<ul>
== Literature ==
<li id="n-Home-Page"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page">Home Page</a></li><li id="n-ATT-Community-Portal"><a href="/wiki/All_The_Tropes:Community_Portal">ATT Community Portal</a></li><li id="n-recentchanges"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes in the wiki [r]" accesskey="r">Recent changes</a></li><li id="n-randompage"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Load a random page [x]" accesskey="x">Random page</a></li><li id="n-MediaWiki-Help"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents">MediaWiki Help</a></li><li id="n-Upload-file"><a href="/wiki/Special:Upload">Upload file</a></li> </ul>
* Ron and Hermione of ''[[Harry Potter]]'''s [[Power Trio]]: She's uptight, smart, logical and [[Crazy Prepared]], while he's more laid back, driven by emotion and acts on instinct.
</div>
* Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker in ''[[The Great Gatsby]]''. He [[Will Not Tell a Lie]]; she's a [[Consummate Liar]].
</div>
* [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]] and [[Expanded Universe|Mara Jade]]. Mara even ''says'' it, for crying out loud!
<div class="portal" role="navigation" id="p-Troper_Tools" aria-labelledby="p-Troper_Tools-label">
* Brainy ambitious women regularly find [[P. G. Wodehouse|PG Wodehouse]]'s [[Upper Class Twit]] [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Bertie Wooster]] romantically irresistible.
<h3 id="p-Troper_Tools-label">Troper Tools</h3>
* 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...]]
<div class="body">
* 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.
<ul>
* From the [[Wheel of Time]], Mat is a Farmboy turned [[Four-Star Badass]] raised in a [[Arcadia]], Tuon is a [[The Empire|Empress]] and Chessmaster who was raised in a [[Deadly Decadent Court]]. They're married.
<li id="n-User-Blogs"><a href="/wiki/Special:ArticlesHome">User Blogs</a></li><li id="n-Newest-Blog-Posts"><a href="/wiki/Special:ArticleLists">Newest Blog Posts</a></li><li id="n-Write-a-Blog-Post"><a href="/wiki/Special:CreateBlogPost">Write a Blog Post</a></li><li id="n-Follow-Your-Friends"><a href="/wiki/Special:UserActivity">Follow Your Friends</a></li><li id="n-See-Friends.2FFoes"><a href="/wiki/Special:ViewRelationshipRequests">See Friends/Foes</a></li><li id="n-View-Your-Messages"><a href="/wiki/Special:UserBoard">View Your Messages</a></li><li id="n-See-Your-Gifts"><a href="/wiki/Special:ViewGifts">See Your Gifts</a></li><li id="n-Gift-a-Friend"><a href="/wiki/Special:GiveGift">Gift a Friend</a></li> </ul>
* ''[[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]].
</div>
** Also, [[The Big Guy|Hamilton]] and [[Teen Genius|Sinead]] was hinted a bit in Book 10.
</div>
* Captains Carrot Ironfounderson and Angua von Uberwald in ''[[Discworld]]'' are on opposite ends of the [[Sliding Scale of Cynicism Versus Idealism]]. He inspires her to fight injustice, she reminds him not to set his expectations too high.
<div class="portal" role="navigation" id="p-Troping_Utilities" aria-labelledby="p-Troping_Utilities-label">
** Similarly, in ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]'', it's strongly suggested that [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] Twoflower's daughter Pretty Butterfly inherited her Rincewindian view of the world from her late mother.
<h3 id="p-Troping_Utilities-label">Troping Utilities</h3>
* ''[[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.
<div class="body">
* 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.
<ul>
* In [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm|Up Jim River]]'', Greystroke says that he and Bridget have this.
<li id="n-ATT-Page-Creator"><a href="/wiki/All_The_Tropes:ATT_Page_Creator">ATT Page Creator</a></li><li id="n-Trope-Workshop"><a href="/wiki/Category:Trope_Workshop">Trope Workshop</a></li><li id="n-ATT-Forums"><a href="/wiki/Special:WikiForum">ATT Forums</a></li><li id="n-ATT-Forums-.28old.29"><a href="/wiki/Forum:All_The_Tropes">ATT Forums (old)</a></li><li id="n-ATT-WebChat-.28IRC.29"><a href="/wiki/Special:WebChat">ATT WebChat (IRC)</a></li><li id="n-ATT-WebChat-.28onwiki.29"><a href="/wiki/Special:Chat">ATT WebChat (onwiki)</a></li><li id="n-Troper-Userboxes"><a href="/wiki/All_The_Tropes:Userboxes">Troper Userboxes</a></li><li id="n-Mechanics-of-Writing"><a href="/wiki/Mechanics_of_Writing">Mechanics of Writing</a></li> </ul>
</div>
</div>
== Live Action TV ==
<div class="portal" role="navigation" id="p-Troper_Social_Networks" aria-labelledby="p-Troper_Social_Networks-label">
* [[The Ace|Laid-back, jovial "Hawkeye" Pierce]] and [[Ice Queen|hard-nosed Margaret Houlihan]] in ''[[MASH the Series|M*A*S*H]]''.
<h3 id="p-Troper_Social_Networks-label">Troper Social Networks</h3>
* 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.
<div class="body">
{{quote|'''Leonard''': Are you even listening to me?
<ul>
'''Sheldon''': Yes. "Blah blah, hopeless Penny delusion, blah blah." }}
<li id="n-ATT-Twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/ATTropes" rel="nofollow">ATT Twitter</a></li><li id="n-ATT-subreddit"><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/AllTheTropes/" rel="nofollow">ATT subreddit</a></li> </ul>
* [[Badass]] [[Action Girl]] Aeryn Sun of ''[[Farscape]]'', for some reason, finds herself falling for [[Plucky Comic Relief]] who alternates between [[The Kirk]] and [[The McCoy]] in the form of John Crichton. Though he's pretty well helpless in a real battle, she does end up training him up almost to [[Badass Bookworm]] levels. And while she does thaw a bit from her [[Ice Queen]] demeanor, he just gets more and more extroverted as he slowly goes crazier.
</div>
* ''Microsoap'' used and deconstructed it. As the kids describe it, "It was a case of Opposites Attract. Then it was a case of [[Opposites Drive Each Other Crazy]]".
</div>
* [[X Files|Mulder and Scully]]: Skeptical, scientifically oriented [[Fiery Redhead|redheaded]] Catholic meets agnostic UFO/supernatural enthusiast. [[True Love Is Exceptional|And it works]].
<div class="portal" role="navigation" id="p-tb" aria-labelledby="p-tb-label">
* Ultra-conservative [[Family Ties|Alex P. Keaton]] finds himself attracted to women who are the ideological opposite of him - while his best friend, Skippy, is the intellectual opposite of him.
<h3 id="p-tb-label">Tools</h3>
* [[Degrassi]] has done this for just about every pairing and friendship it can. It'd be faster to list the exceptions.
<div class="body">
* ''[[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.
<ul>
* 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.
<li id="t-specialpages"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q">Special pages</a></li><li id="t-print"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Badtitle&action=raw&printable=yes" rel="alternate" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p">Printable version</a></li><li id="t-urlshortener"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fallthetropes.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DSpecial%3ABadtitle%26action%3Draw">Get shortened URL</a></li> </ul>
* ''[[iCarly]]'': [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] or [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] with the [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male|Sam/Fredde]] arc depending on what aspect you look at. The subversion is they are complete and total opposites that become physically attracted to each other but eventually break up when the actual relationship fails. They are unable to find any common ground in their interests and actually end up sabotaging them for each other when they try being involved in each other's activities. It ends up being one of the main causes of their break up. The inversion is Sam wants someone abnormal like her, and Freddie wants someone more normal like him, so that while they did have an Opposites Attract vibe, it's not what they need in a partner, making it clear that in their case they are attracted by similarity not opposition.
</div>
* ''[[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.
</div>
* [[Action Girl]]/ [[Hot Amazon]] Zoe in [[Firefly]] is married to [[Non-Action Guy]]/ [[Ace Pilot]] Wash.
</div>
* [[CSI: NY]] City boy Danny Messer and country girl wife Lindsay "Montana" Messer. (she's still tough in her own right, though.)
</div>
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] Arthur and [[Shrinking Violet]] ([[Beware the Nice Ones|except when she's sufficiently ticked-off]]) Guinevere from ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''. Also noteworthy was their difference in class status, with him being a prince and she being a servant.
<div id="footer" role="contentinfo">
* ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'': Who'd have thought a liberal feminist vegetarian community college professor {{spoiler|would be hot for the carnivorous libertarian man's-man Ron Swanson}}?
<ul id="footer-places">
* [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] is built on this. [[Alpha Bitch|Cordelia]] and [[The Generic Guy|Xander,]] [[Cute Witch|Willow]] and [[The Stoic|Oz,]] [[Dark Action Girl|Faith]] and [[The Heart|Xander,]] [[British Stuffiness|Giles]] and [[Cool Old Lady|Jenny,]] [[Parental Substitute|Giles]] and [[Your Mom|Joyce,]] [[Ho Yay|Buffy and Faith,]] [[Did They or Didn't They?|Faith and Angel,]] [[Took a Level in Badass|Willow]] and [[The Woobie|Tara,]] [[Foe Yay|Buffy and Spike,]] [[Nice Guy|William]] and [[Crazy Awesome|Drusilia,]] [[Anything That Moves|Faith]] and [[Reasonable Authority Figure|Wood,]] and there's likely several others unmentioned.
<li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="//meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy" class="extiw" title="m:Privacy Policy">Privacy policy</a></li>
<li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/All_The_Tropes:About" title="All The Tropes:About">About All The Tropes</a></li>
== Music ==
<li id="footer-places-disclaimer"><a href="/wiki/All_The_Tropes:General_disclaimer" title="All The Tropes:General disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li>
* ''You Lost My Memory'' by [[Skyclad]]. This romance doesn't end well, but is described as sort of awesome anyway.
<li id="footer-places-termsofservice"><a href="//meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="m:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a></li>
{{quote|The Brownian-Motion within this love potion,
<li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="https://allthetropes.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Badtitle&action=raw&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile{{Dead link}}" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li>
ensures our opinions are always dividing. }}
</ul>
* The [[Paula Abdul]] song "Opposites Attract" is basically all about this trope. And the music video involves her singing it as a duet with an [[Roger Rabbit Effect|animated rapping cat]]...
<ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint">
* The song also called "Opposites Attract" by Juris.
<li id="footer-copyrightico">
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img src="https://meta.miraheze.org/w/resources/assets/licenses/cc-by-sa.png" alt="Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)" width="88" height="31"/></a> </li>
== [[Video Games]] ==
<li id="footer-poweredbyico">
* [[BioWare]] has a tendency to create somewhat psychotic mad people (usually women) who can be most successfully romanced by a nicer player character.
<a href="//www.mediawiki.org/"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_88x31.png" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" srcset="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_132x47.png 1.5x, /w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki_176x62.png 2x" width="88" height="31"/></a><a href="https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/"><img src="https://static.miraheze.org/metawiki/7/7e/Powered_by_Miraheze.png" alt="Miraheze Wiki Hosting" width="88" height="31"/></a> </li>
** [[Ax Crazy|Jack]] in [[Mass Effect 2]] is impulsive, impatient, anger-driven, and generally insane; the Paragon romance arc involves calmly and patiently listening to her issues and generally being nice.
</ul>
** [[Black Magician Girl|Morrigan]] in [[Dragon Age]] is a survivalist in the extreme who believes love is a weakness; she does, however, approve of some of the Warden's behavior that is rather contrary to her stated doctrine.
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
** [[Cowboy Cop|Garrus]] in [[Mass Effect 2]] has trouble with the rules, but is just as likely to fall for Female!Shepard if she calls him out on it and points out that the rules are there for good reasons as if she goes along with his ends justify the means ideas.
</div>
** Bastila in [[Knights of the Old Republic]] is attracted to the male player character no matter what, so if you are a silly rule-bending sort or an [[Ax Crazy]] maniac your very straight-laced and overly serious companion will still fall for you.
<!-- Matomo -->
* In [[Fire Emblem Elibe]] we have Fiora (serious, motherly Pegasus Knight) and Sain ([[Chivalrous Pervert]] who mouths off to authority). And if you max out their supports, they get married.
<script type="text/javascript">
** also Fiora's [[Tsundere]] and [[Hot-Blooded]] middle sister Farina and Sain's partner Kent. Yup, they can get hitched at A support level too. They even hang a huge lampshade on this:
var _paq = _paq || [];
{{quote|'''Farina:''' “This is probably someone else's doing... Like Marcus, or Oswin... You know, Merlinus might try something like this, too...”
_paq.push(["trackPageView"]);
'''Kent:''' “I don't think it is a conspiracy... I mean, what would anyone have to gain from making us fight together?” }}
_paq.push(["enableLinkTracking"]);
* The Forerunners Didact and Librarian from [[Halo]]. The Librarian is a [[Friend to All Living Things]] whose favorite species was humanity. The Didact is a [[Four-Star Badass]] in a society of pacifists, who was responsible for destroying humanity's empire and sending us back to earth as cavemen. Everyone lampshades how odd this match is; however, they both love each other fiercely.
(function() {
{{quote|Bornstellar: Your relationship with the Lifeshaper does not seem ideal
var u = "https://matomo.miraheze.org/";
Didact: You don't know the half of it. }}
var globalId = 1;
_paq.push(["setTrackerUrl", u + "piwik.php"]);
_paq.push(['setDocumentTitle', "allthetropeswiki" + " - " + "Special:Badtitle"]);
== Web Comics ==
_paq.push(["setSiteId", "2"]);
* [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in [[Slightly Damned]]. The main pairing is {{spoiler|Kieri, a [[Making a Splash|water-elemental]] [[Our Angels Are Different|angel]], and Buwaro, a [[Playing with Fire|fire]] [[Our Demons Are Different|demon]]. Seems like a perfect setup for this trope...but in terms of personality, they're really very similar.}}
_paq.push(["setCustomVariable", 1, "userType", "Anonymous", "visit"]);
* In [[Dubious Company]], Walter is an [[Gadgeteer Genius|Educated]], [[Straight Man and Wise Guy|Goofy]], [[Sky Pirate]] [[Winged Humanoid|Bird Man]]. Tiren is a [[Blood Knight|Hardened]], [[Straight Man|Straight-laced]], [[Ninja]] [[Catgirl]]. [[Cool vs. Awesome|Clearly]], the crew [[Everyone Can See It|knows]] they were made for each other. Except [[Failed a Spot Check|Mary]], who insists that Tiren has eyes for Elator.
if ( globalId ) {
* [[Homestuck]]: [[Manipulative Bastard|Vriska Serket]] and [[Wheelchair Woobie|Tavros Nitram]], as well as Vriska and [[The Hero|John]].
_paq.push(['addTracker', u + "piwik.php", globalId]);
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'': Hannelore's parents - her father is a goofy [[Mad Scientist]], and her mother is a calculating, dispassionate supervillain.
}
* ''[[L's Empire|Ls Empire]]'' has Carnation and Pix who are pure evil and pure good respectively.
var d=document, g=d.createElement("script"), s=d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; g.type="text/javascript";
g.defer=true; g.async=true; g.src=u+"piwik.js"; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);
})();
== Web Original ==
</script>
* Mille and Iriana of ''[[Ilivais X]]''. Iriana is a [[Broken Bird]] [[Creepy Child]] who acts like an [[Emotionless Girl]] to avoid her Drive Core pushing her towards being a hyper [[Love Freak]], and is highly logical and cynical, yet becomes surprisingly impassioned and devoted when those she cares about are in danger. Mille is {{spoiler|essentially a blank slate Phonos Weapon in the form of}} a cheerful, lively, and outgoing [[Ethical Slut]] who's a little on the ditzy side and erratically emotional, but [[Berserk Button|take Iriana from her]] and she becomes dark and sullen. They couldn't be more opposite, and they couldn't be crazier about each other.
<!-- End Matomo Code -->
<!-- Matomo Image Tracker -->
<noscript><p><img src="https://matomo.miraheze.org/piwik.php?idsite=2&rec=1&action_name=Special:Badtitle" style="border:0;" alt="" /></p></noscript>
== Western Animation ==
<!-- End Matomo --><script>(window.RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgBackendResponseTime":153,"wgHostname":"mw3"});});</script>
* 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]].
</body>
* 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]].
</html>
* Silverbolt and Blackarachnia of ''[[Transformers]] [[Beast Wars]]'' fit this trope without Question: [[Femme Fatale]] and [[Knight in Shining Armor]].
* Miss Information and Mr. Smartypants on ''[[Histeria!]]'': The [[Dumb Blonde]] and [[The Smart Guy]].
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' and Ron Stoppable {{spoiler|Who do eventually hook up}}. The first one is a popular overachiever, the second one is a unpopular underachiever.
* [[Exaggerated]] in ''[[Kids Next Door]]'' with Kuki Sanban (Numbuh 3) and Wallabee Beatles (Numbuh 4). He's an [[Hair-Trigger Temper|abrasive]] [[Blood Knight]] with an extreme aversion to everything cutesy and sugary, while she's an [[The Pollyanna|upbeat]] and [[The Cutie|extremely sweet]] Japanese girl with an obsession for stuffed animals. In the series [[Distant Finale]] {{spoiler|they get married}}.
** The finale confirms another pairing with {{spoiler|Hoagie Gilligan (Numbuh 2) and Abigail Lincoln (Numbuh 5). He's a [[Gadgeteer Genius]] [[Non Action Guy]] who likes to make [[Incredibly Lame Pun|awful jokes]], she's a [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] [[Action Girl]] who serves as the voice of reason; making them an inverted [[Salt and Pepper]] couple. They got married too.}}
== Real Life ==
* [http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=busting-the-myth-that-opposites-att-10-08-31 Actual science] tends to show that the best predictor of compatibility is in fact similar background, interests, and attitudes. A likely reason is that we tend to only ''notice'' the ways a couple are different (since it's not that surprising when two partners are alike), at which point we feel the need to form a theory to explain why all the couples we see are so different (when they are, in fact, [[Not So Different]]). The grain of truth in it is that a partner who's exactly like you ''in every way'' would probably cause all sorts of problems, so we do seek our opposites, after a fashion—just not our ''total'' opposites.
* SPC Kate Norley, an activist representing Vets For Freedom, a group whose "mission is to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in [Iraq and Afghanistan]," and ''still'' an occasional guest commentator on [[Fox News]], while attending the 2008 RNC convention to ''show her support for John McCain'', as part of a campaign that earned her praise from right-wing bloggers up to and including [[Michelle Malkin]], apparently fell in love with one of the correspondents there. They're now engaged, and they expect to marry sometime 2011. His name? ''[[The Daily Show|John Oliver]]''.
* Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. For example, Roger Ebert ''hated'' [[Mars Attacks!]] because Tim Burton "seemed to like the aliens more than the humans" (paraphrasing); Gene Siskel loved it for the exact same reason. Even in watching old At the Movies episodes, you can tell that Siskel is more carefree and cheery, while Roger Ebert is ever-sarcastic and snarky.
** The biggest case of this is perhaps their disparate views on ''[[Blue Velvet]]''. Ebert notoriously hated it and found the scene with Isabella Rosselini standing naked on [[Kyle Mac Lachlan]]'s lawn to be misogynstic, while Gene Siskel loved it and compared it to ''[[Psycho]]''.
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Foil]]
[[Category:Love Tropes]]
[[Category:Characterization Tropes]]
[[Category:Duo Tropes]]
[[Category:Stock Aesops]]
[[Category:Friendship Tropes]]
[[Category:Romance Novel Plots]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
|