Pair the Smart Ones: Difference between revisions

'''The Boss''': Come on, Pierce; don't go talking like that.<br />

'''[[Genius Bruiser|Oleg]]''': No, he's right. Were [[Playful Hacker|Kinzie]] here, I would pour out my heart.<br />

'''Oleg''': It is rare that I find an intellectual equal.|''[[Saints Row the Third]]''}}

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Digimon Savers]]'': Nanami tries to invoke this and tempt Touma into a [[Face Heel Turn]], but he doesn't bite.

** There is, however, a point in which Miyoshi ''thinks'' this is happening, when she discovers a copy of Iwase's book with a letter from Iwase to Takagi (which he didn't know about). She then thinks of how Iwase is smarter and more talented in other regards than she is, and becomes very depressed until things are cleared up.

* {{spoiler|Benny and Greenback Jane}} in [[Black Lagoon]].

* In the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'' novel ''[[Death Star]]'', we learn that part of the reason why Grand Moff Tarkin loves Admiral Daala is that he's always wanted someone smart and ruthless and efficient enough to keep apace with him. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Whether or not]] [[Informed Ability|this is actually shown in the books.]]

* In [[Larry Niven]]'s ''Known Space'' stories, the Earth is so overpopulated that in order to have children at all, one has to be extraordinarily talented (high intelligence, good teeth, superior eyesight, cancer resistance, etc). A very few Einstein-level geniuses get Unlimited Breeding Licenses that basically allow them to have all the kids they want.

* In ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'' (and its sequels) Mr. and Mrs. Murray are both extremely intelligent scientists in different fields. Local gossips suggested this meant [[Child Prodigy|Charles Wallace]] was retarded before he started talking.

* ''[[Dollhouse]]'': Topher and Bennett, with their [[Dating Catwoman]] and [[Slap Slap Kiss]]. {{spoiler|And then Bennett is hit with the [[Heel Face Door Slam]] and [[Boom! Headshot!|shot in the head]].}}

* Subverted in ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]'': it would seem things are going that way for Cookie/Evelyn, but they end up with different people.

* Cooper Pillot and Patty Scoggins in ''[[The Naked Brothers Band]]''. Though they still call each other by their last names, they stand as a bastion of stability amidst the show's romantic chaos.

* ''[[Boy Meets World]]'': Minkus ''thought'' this would happen during his one-season stint. However, Topanga was destined for Cory, instead.

** Played straight with {{spoiler|Daisy and Sweets}} considering one is smart enough to {{spoiler|be one of Bones' grad students, who are all supposed to be highly intelligent}} and the other {{spoiler|was already working as an FBI profiler/psychologist and has multiple doctorates, and won a fulbright and a Rhodes, all before he was 23}}. Still, with the number of geniuses on that show, it was fairly inevitable that this trope would have to happen at least once over the course of the show.

** Subverted on an early episode. Bones' old professor comes back and they slide into their previous relationship... which ends remarkably poorly. In general, Bones is a fairly good at averting this trope, considering the number of geniuses in the lab. Between Brennan, Jack, Zach, and [[Your Mileage May Vary|Cam]], not to mention all the interns, there have been surprisingly few hookups between geniuses.

* ''[[Noah's Arc]]'': College professor Chance paired with clever, strategic businessman Eddie.

* ''[[Firefly]]'' has the [[The Medic|genius doctor]] Simon and the [[Wrench Wench|genius mechanic]] Kaylee. Though [[Will They or Won't They?|they won't]]... until [[The Movie]], that is (the epilogue of the movie, no less).

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World]]'' hints at the possible pairing of teacher Raine Sage and intelligent businessman Regal Bryant from the previous game. Subverted when it turns out the "love letter" from one to the other turns out to be {{spoiler|theories about Emil's true nature}}.

* Three of the paths in [[Katawa Shoujo]] have the [[Bookworm]] male lead, Hisao Nakai, being paired up with very booksmart girls:

** Lilly Satou: She wants to be a [[Cool Teacher]] and is [[Class Representative]] for her class, meaning she has the highest scores there.

** Subverted with Gilgamesh Wulfenbach and Agatha Heterodyne. They looked like they were going this way, and then things got -- complicated. It would have been so much simpler if Agatha hadn't been a Heterodyne. Not that Gil isn't smitten, and Agatha isn't interested, but circumstances have interfered.

*** That said, they're the Alpha Couple of the story, despite not being a couple. {{spoiler|There is evidence they will be together in the future.}} This is frequently [[Lampshading|lampshaded]] by everyone (including her ''[[Genius Loci|castle]]'') commenting on how well they would fit together, much to their annoyance.

* For a while in ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', [[Mad Scientist]] Riff was dating occasional-mad-tinkerer Sasha. It wasn't a huge part of her character, but she ''was'' able to build her own Dimensional Flux Agitator.

== Web Original ==

{{quote| And you lived nerdily ever after, I get the picture.}}