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{{quote|'''Agent J''': ''[pointing at Agent K]'' Old and busted.
'''Agent J''': ''[pointing at himself]'' New hotness.
|''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]] 2''}}
A constellation of two cops or detectives, an older one and a younger one. Inevitably, the older one becomes some kind of father figure to the other. In addition to that, they are often presented as very different from each other, which may or may not result in conflict between them. Maybe the older one is experienced while the younger one is new to the job. Maybe the younger one is emotional and short-tempered while the older one is more like [[The Stoic]]. Maybe the younger one is idealistic while the older one tends more towards cynicism. Maybe it's a case of [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]. Maybe the older one is a [[Agent Scully|rationalist]] while the younger one tends towards more intuitive methods of investigation - or maybe the other way round. If they appear in a crime or mystery setting (and they are very unlikely to be seen elsewhere), expect them to be the main characters. Also, expect at least one of them to be personally involved in the case in one way or the other.
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** Played straight since season two of ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit|Law & Order: SVU]]'' with Munch and Fin—Though one could argue they're both seasoned veterans, Munch is noticeably older, and has probably been on the force longer.
* ''[[Twin Peaks]]'': Windom Earle and Dale Cooper ''might'' have been this in the times before Earle's insanity.
* Done so often on British TV that it's probably easier to list the British cop shows which ''don'
** ''[[Dalziel and
** ''[[Inspector Morse]]'' - featuring Morse and DS Lewis
** ''[[Lewis]] (aka Inspector Lewis)'' - featuring Lewis from the aforementioned show, [[Master Apprentice Chain|now promoted to DI and partnered with DS Hathaway]] (Has led to speculation that in another 20 years, there will be a new show entitled "Hathaway"/"Inspector Hathaway")
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