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{{quote|'''Benjamin Oliver:''' So, what do you think?
'''Noah Vanderhoff:''' I think it's two chimps on a Davenport in a basement.
|''Wayne's World''}}
'''Two Gamers on a Couch''' is an archetype of the [[Web Comics]] medium. Many of the most popular webcomics (and the people who read and write them) have an interest in [[Video Games]], and the two gamers on the couch, playing games and shooting the breeze about whatever crosses their minds, is the purest expression of this fanbase/author background.
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Love interests as stand-ins for the authors' actual wives or girlfriends (assuming that the author has spoken to a girl in his life) are common as are actual [[Author Avatar]]s who appear in one-off strips and comment on production or [[Contemplate Our Navels|philosophical nonsense]].
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* ''[[Penny Arcade]]:'' The flagship '''Two Gamers on a Couch''' series. Gabe and Tycho (who switch between crazy and sane depending on the plot) are the gamers. This series is the most politically active, making massive amounts of cash from their comic and related projects; they run a gaming expo and a children's charity on the back of the comic. They publish
** Recently{{when}}, ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' has been trying to cut out the couch altogether and avoid talking heads by having Gabe and Tycho have their game-related conversations while performing some irrelevant [[Funny Background Event]], like picking pumpkins with their kids, eating lunch, [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/2/9/ emerging from hideous cocoons], [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|carrying out a dead body wrapped in a carpet, or sitting on prison bunks]].
* ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'': Wacky guy Ethan and straight man Lucas are roommates. Zeke the Xbot is their wacky [[Robot Buddy]] who wants to [[Kill All Humans]]. Lilah is the down-to-earth [[Gamer Chick|gamer girlfriend]] of Ethan. Hilarity Ensues.
* ''[[Garnet and Gure]]'' features [[Gamer Chick|Garnet]], a buffoonish latter-day gamer and Gure, a painfully emotionless old-schooler.
* ''[[Brawl in the Family]]'': King Dedede discusses the flaws of Super Smash Bros Brawl to Kirby, who's happily playing the game on the couch. Lampshaded [[Fridge Logic]], [http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1638 how King Dedede is complaining about the game where he made his first SSB debut.
** Comic 357 [http://brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/2011/08/22/357-bowling/ "Bowling"] features Kirby, Diddy Kong, and Adeleine playing Wii Bowling on a couch.
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* ''[[Rob and Elliot]]:'' Elliot is the sane/normal school teacher, Rob is the wacky and over-the-top drama queen. Of course, Elliot is only sane in relation to Rob; one arc revolved around his being [[Not So Above It All]] when trying to find a new roommate. Doctor Doom(sday) is their megalomaniac next door neighbour, who frequently gets in trouble with the [[Justice League]].
** More like two guys sharing an apartment, as gaming doesn't actually factor into it, but otherwise it fits the trope.
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* ''[[Suzixemma]]'': Sort of an inversion, as the protagonists are girls and they don't just play videogames. And they have yet to actually sit on their couch... but it's the same basic principle.
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', the NP stories are starting to show shades of this.
* [[Gorillaz]]' short ''Game of Death'' has 2D and Murdoc playing a fighting game, with Noodle and Russell as their respective characters.
* ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff (Webcomic)|Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]'' is ostensibly this, as it started life as a direct parody of a generic '''Two Gamers on a Couch''' comic posted on the ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]'' forums. In practice, while the theme is still definitely there ([[Stylistic Suck|as far as anyone can tell]]), it's not quite as focused on gaming - only a small number of episodes make reference to playing games, and the only time Bro and Jeff are actually seen on a couch playing games quickly descends into... [[I Banged Your Mom|something else]].
* ''[http://slapappverb.tumblr.com/ Slapdash Application of Verbiage]'''s Jennings is [http://slapappverb.tumblr.com/post/9625836584/number-14-wiiuhiishiiit-we-are-not-a eager to avoid this.]
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