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For American media, this may be [http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=cop_movie more common] in [[Film|the movies]] (''Lethal Weapon'', ''[[Die Hard]] 1 2 AND 3'') than on TV as television shows often seem more segregated.
See also [[Black Best Friend]]. For [[Bonus Points]] an instance of this trope may implement [[Opposites Theme Naming]].
Has nothing to do with [[Salt-N-Pepa|that all-female rap group from the 1990s]], or [[A Little Snow Fairy Sugar|the supporting characters from that anime]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* The [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] series ''[[Blood
** However, despite his personality, Lewis tends to be [[Crazy Prepared|on top of things]] and surprisingly competent.
** This also features a potential inversion/subversion with the reserved and serious (black) James and the flamboyant and affectionate (white) Nathan. Both are Diva's Chevaliers, but they never actually work together in battle. Still, if all the touching and flirting is anything to go by, Nathan certainly wants them to be an [[Odd Couple]].
*** ''[[Blood: The Last Vampire]]'', the [[Alternate Continuity]] predecessor of ''[[Blood
* ''[[Bleach]]'' gives us Urahara and Yoruichi, which play this trope straight and invert it. When it comes to their everyday personalities, Yoruichi is a vivacious [[The Tease|flirtatious]] pepper while Urahara is a hard-to-read [[Trickster Mentor|trickster]] salt. However, when it comes to mentoring [[The Hero|Ichigo]], Urahara is ''batshit insane'' white pepper of a [[Sink or Swim Mentor]], while Yoruichi is a calm and controlled black salt whose tests, while equally dangerous, are a lot less wacky.
* November 11 and April in ''[[Darker than Black]]'' are, respectively, a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|cool]], collected, and [[Badass in a Nice Suit|impeccably-dressed]] [[The Charmer|charmer]] currently gracing the [[Phenotype Stereotype]] page and an easygoing black [[Bottle Fairy]] who dresses like a party girl and <s> dyes her hair bright blue</s> has naturally [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|bright blue hair]]. They're antagonists, though.
== Comic Books ==
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== Fan
* In ''[[Keepers of the Elements]]'', there are two notable subversions. With Travis and Milah, Travis is the straight-laced, by the book one and Milah is is the more outgoing, risk-taking one. The other subversion is that of Nasira and Hasim, Nasira being the straight-laced one and Hasim is the fun loving one, who while he doesn't go against the rules, is certainly more flexible when it comes to them.
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* Occasionally Jack Carter and Henry Deacon on ''[[Eureka]]'' sometimes Allison fills in the pepper. His defacto pairing with Jo Lupo also gives us a Cafe con Leche.
* White Chris Stevens and his black half-brother Bernard on ''[[Northern Exposure]]''. The hook being that they are pretty much ''exactly'' the same guy, right down to being born on the same day. One episode even revolves around Bernard beginning a relationship with one of Chris's ex-lovers - and she can't detect any difference between them in bed.
* ''[[Homicide: Life
* ''[[Third Watch]]''. Officers Davis and Sully. Also an example of a Vet/Rookie pair.
* Inverted by the supporting pair of Guerrero & Winston in ''[[Human Target]]''. Winston's the black retired cop, Guerrero's the white semi-retired criminal. Also opposites in size, since Chi McBride is about a foot taller and a good bit wider than Jackie Earle Haley.
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* The mercifully short-lived sitcom ''[[Listen Up]]!'' played this trope painfully straight with Jason Alexander as an uptight white television presenter (complete with wife and daughter who didn't respect him) and Malcolm-Jamal Warner as his too-hip-for-words black sports star co-host.
** This was actually based on a real pairing. Alexander's character was based on New York-based sportswriter Tony Kornheiser (who the show's concept happened to be based on) while Warner's character was based on Chicago-based sportswriter Michael Wilbon. The two actual persons have had a show together on ESPN (''Pardon the Interruption'') for nearly a decade.
* ''[[
* Degrassi had JT and Liberty. JT, the white one in the pairing, was humorous, relaxed, and not very smart. Liberty was a teen genius, didn't have a sense of humour, and was always worrying. They end up falling in love.
** Also there is the friendship of Jimmy, the cool guy who can rap, dance, and play basketball, with the Spinner who's tough but can't dance because he's white. It's averted with Hazle who tries to be just like Paige.
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== Professional Wrestling ==
* In [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]], The World's Greatest Tag Team. A subversion in that Shelton Benjamin (the black one) is the relatively straight one (though he's still an insufferable self-centered ass), and Charlie Haas (the white one) is a veritable [[Jive Turkey]] (to quote Rory, one of the Highlanders, "I didn't know Charlie Haas was black!").
** When they were working for [[Kurt Angle]], however, their personalities were pretty much interchangeable.
* The A.P.A., Bradshaw and Farooq are probably wrestlings most most famous example. Bradshaw is the fun loving [[Boisterous Bruiser]] from Texas and Farooq is the non nonsense [[Scary Black Man]] from Georgia. When they are not beating people up, they are most likely seen in the back [[The Alcoholic|drinking beer]] and playing poker.
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* Since 2009, President [[Barack Obama]] and Vice President Joe Biden.
* Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin, the (white) starting quarterback and (black) top wide receiver for the 1992 Dallas Cowboys football team. Aikman liked country music and beer, while Irvin was into hip-hop and marijuana (plus a few other things probably best left unmentioned here!). But they had a real rapport both on and off the field, inspiring Aikman to quote the lyrics to Paula Abdul's then-popular song "Opposites Attract" to explain their relationship.
* [[The Brigadier|Brigadier General]]
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