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Their personalities usually sharply contrast, e.g. calm/hyper, jock/geek, etc., or their appearances contrast, e.g. short/tall, [[Fat and Skinny|thin/fat]].... When they don't, they will be exactly the same. Their names are often esoteric (either too complex or too simple to stand out), plus their non-involvement with the plot usually results in them being called "Those Two Guys".
Occasionally, we get a [[Lower Deck Episode]] from their point of view. Expect to ask someone [[Who Is This Guy Again?]] after a few episodes.
Compare the [[Beta Couple]], [[Heterosexual Life Partners]], [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]], [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]], [[Statler and Waldorf]] and [[The Dividual]]. This trope may sometimes overlap with [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] trope (though that trope isn't always exclusive to the Those Two Guys trope). Despite the similar name, [[Those Two Bad Guys]] have ''very'' different personalities from Those Two Guys... even if they ''are'' bad guys. If there's only one of these guys in a romance-based series, he's likely a [[Bromantic Foil]]. Also associated to members of a musical group who are not the [[Face of the Band]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* Chie and Aoi from ''[[Mai-HiME]]'' are female examples.
* ''[[Jubei-chan]]'' has two sets of these, of both sexes -- Maruyama Shoko & Sachi Toyama are Those Two Girls for Jiyu, and Kozaru & Ozaru are Those Two Guys for Ban.
* In ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'', Chiyo's two friends, Miruchi and Yuka, from before she was sent up several grades, looked like miniature versions of the two main female [[Two
** There was also a That One Girl in the class: Chihiro, who had a grand total of ''one'' memorable scene. When another ordinary student was needed, it was usually Kaorin.
** There were also Two ''Guys'' who had speaking roles in the first episode and then were barely ever seen again. Only one was given a name (Masaaki Ohyama). The other's main attribute was looking like a male version of Nyamo.
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* In ''[[Inuyasha]]'', Kagome's friends from school (Yuka, Eri, and Ayumi in the anime and [[No Name Given|unnamed]] in the manga) who try to help Kagome sort out her romantic entanglements -- blissfully thinking she's dating a [[Delinquents|delinquent]] when in fact she's hanging out with a half-dog-demon.
** Also, anytime Koga showed up, he would invariably be followed by his two lovable lieutenants, Ginta and Hakkaku -- or, in one memorable instance, ''preceded'' by them, as they hunted down Inu-Yasha as the only person they could think of who could beat some sense into their packleader while Koga was being [[Mind Control|mind-controlled]] by [[Big Bad]] [[Magnificent Bastard]] Naraku.
* Tamiya and Otaki, the heads of the Nekomi Tech Motor Club, from ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]''; in a mild subversion of the trope, both of these characters actually manage to take the spotlight from time to time in the manga, though this is less true in the anime series.
* Suzuki and Sato, the heads of the Photography Club, from ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi (Manga)|Ai Yori Aoshi]]''.
* Naru Osaka and Umino Gurio from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', Usagi's classmates. Featuring quite prominently in the first season, they become less and less important over the course of the series and have disappeared by the last season. It's even worse in the manga, where they disappear almost immediately: as soon as Ami appears, they're gone.
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* Hilariously [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''[[Happy Lesson]]'', where Those Two Guys introduce themselves and are listed in the credits as Student B and Student C, complete with romaji letters showing which one's which on their forehead. They primarily spend time harassing the class president, who they swear is the leader of their trio (hence 'B' and 'C').
** Though they do visit the gravesite of "Student A".
* Drake and Ted from ''[[FAKE (Manga)|FAKE]]''. Subverted in ''FAKE II'' with their promotion to the [[Five
* Poor Rivalz from ''[[Code Geass]]'' is That One Guy, who goes out of his way to try and do something cool and noble in the season finale... and fails. The Japanese fans [[Fan Nickname|nicknamed]] him "Air", an effective description of how relevant the poor guy actually is to the main plot.
* Taro, Myu-myu and the other guy from ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'', often seen hanging out at the Cyberia or somewhere like that; Taro does gets some protagonism though, telling Lain what the Psyche processor is for, and then having a one-scene affair with her.
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* ''[[One Piece]]'' has these in [[Loads and Loads of Characters|spades]]! On the Marines' side, it's usually Smoker and Tashigi or Hina with Django and Fullbody but most notably Coby and Helmeppo.** The Impel Down/Whitebeard War sagas gave us the Newkamas, several of which appear as distinctive background characters, such as a guy dressed as a reindeer and another wearing a bunny cowl.
** Played straight with Yosaku and Johnny also probably the earliest example of this trope in the series. They're two of Zoro's old bounty hunting friends, and the most they accomplish is by lending Zoro their swords for his fight with Hatchan.
* ''[[Mahoromatic]]'' has Kawahara and Hamadi who, in the first season, exist mostly to procure and share porn with Suguru. In the second season, Hamadi goes beyond simple Two-Guys-hood when he develops a crush on [[Dojikko|Minawa]]. Kawahara still mostly stays in the background. {{spoiler|In the manga [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|epilogue]], Hamadi is shown to have married Minawa while [[Pair the Spares|Kawahara is with Miyuki]]}}.
* Subverted in ''[[Durarara]]'', where it turns out Those Two [[Otaku]] are just as involved in the [[Mob War|Mob Wars]] as everyone else is. Also, {{spoiler|they're [[Torture Technician|Torture Technicians]]}}
* The two unnamed guys from Tokyo in ''[[Initial D]]'' who drive a Nissan Silvia S15. The fat guy who drives the car uses a technique called "SUPER ULTRA LATE BRAKING!!!" which only ends up screwing over his chance of victory.
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* In ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!'' we've got--
{{quote| '''Miria''': [[Catch Phrase|Hey, Isaac!]]<br />
'''Isaac''': [[Self
'''Miria''': [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|I found this page about Those Two Guys! Do we know anyone like that?]]<br />
'''Isaac''': [[Genre Blind|Hmm? Can't say that I do!]] }}
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* [[Frank]] has the Jerry Chickens, a group of chicken like creatures whose bodies are based on different geometric shapes.
* Metropolis police officers Maggie Sawyer and Dan Turpin from ''[[Superman]]'' probably qualify.
* Officers Thomson and Thompson from ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)]]'', of the "they look exactly the same" variety--except that one of them has a slightly curly mustache, while the other one's mustache is straight.
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== Films -- Animation ==
* Timon and Pumbaa from ''[[The Lion King]]''. They later got [[Recycled:
* Lumiere and Cogsworth from ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and The Beast]]''.
* The moose Rutt and Tuke in ''[[Brother Bear]]''.
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* ''[[Manos the Hands of Fate|Manos: The Hand of Fate]]'' has those two teenagers who are sitting in a car making out with each other. They have no relevance to the plot in any way. It also has a pair of policemen, whose presence at least makes sense, even if they are just as meaningless.
* ''[[Robin Hood Prince of Thieves]]'' has the two guys who first argue over which is left and which is right, then try to rob Marian and Sarah in the woods.
* Jay and Silent Bob in [[The View
** Additionally, Steve-Dave and Walt "The Fanboy" Flanagan fit this role from time to time as well, though obviously not to the same extent as Jay and Bob.
*** As Askewniverse movies tend to be extremely dialogue driven, ''any'' Two Guys can be up-graded and down-graded into a greek chorus.
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* The newspaper hounds from ''[[Max Keebles Big Move|Max Keeble's Big Move]]''.
* Mia's maids in the second ''[[The Princess Diaries]]'' movie. One of the few funny bits in the movie is when Lilly lampshades this by calling them Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. And then Lenny and Squiggy.
* Jenny's friends Hattie and Tina in ''[[An Education]].'' They hang on every detail of her unfolding love story, but either they dump her or she dumps them about midway through the plot, and they're [[What Happened to The Mouse?|never seen again.]]
* Marty and Todd in ''[[Kick-Ass (Film)|Kick-Ass]]''.
* Darryll and Omar in ''The Return of [[Swamp Thing (Film)|Swamp Thing]]''.
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** While it would be an exaggeration to call those two main characters, they do get more characterization and some plot-relevant moments later in the book; Wamba even manages to {{spoiler|free his master Cedric from his jail cell in their enemies' castle}} virtually all by himself, by the simple expedient of a clever disguise.
* Bodger and Grift in JV Jones' ''Book of Words'' books are pretty much used for Rosencrantz-and-Guildenstern observational purposes for the whole trilogy, and occasionally have to do something important for the plot.
* The ''[[House of the Night]]'' series has a female version in 'the Twins', two of Zoey Redbird's friends, who aren't literal twins (in fact, one is the [[Token Ethnic Minority]]) but are very close friends to each other. They even have [[Elemental Rock
* Charlie and Fanwell, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni's two apprentices, in the ''No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'' novels.
* ''[[Of Mice and Men]]'' has a set as the main characters. In any other book, George and Lennie would be Those Two Guys, and [[The Ace|Slim]] would be [[The Hero]].
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* Matt Rutherford (the black guy) and Mike Chang (the Asian guy) from ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]''.
** Only in the first season, though.
* Subverted in ''[[
* Ed and Harry from ''[[Supernatural (TV)|Supernatural]]'''s Ghostfacers. They acquire a team later, but in their first appearance it's just them.
** Hilariously, they seem to consider Sam and Dean an example of this trope.
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* Kenan and Kel on ''[[All That]]''; they even have [[Statler and Waldorf]] imitations. They got their own spinoff.
* Drake and Josh on ''[[The Amanda Show]]'' They did too.
* Laura Hall and Linda Taylor on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]''. They are musicians who almost never speak but are still part of the main cast. Sometimes a [[Rule of Three|third female musician]] joins them.
* Hiro and Ando were this in season 1 of ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' whenever Hiro wasn't contributing to the plot.
** Season 2 had the twins Maya and Alejandro until the latter {{spoiler|was killed by Sylar}}.
* ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'' is arguably a show where Those Two Guys become the main characters. Who else would the camera follow after [[
* [[Sports Night]] has Chris and Will, and sometimes Dave. In the second season, as the supporting cast receded to the background somewhat, Kim and Elliot became this trope as well for a while.
* Ernie and Bert in ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
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* Tweaking the archetype a little ''[[Exiern]]'' has [[Punny Name|Neils and Bhors]], two eight-foot tall members of the king's [[Praetorian Guard]], as Those Two Guys.
* [[The Big Guy|Equius]] and [[The Heart|Nepeta]] from [[Homestuck]] are not really all ''that'' important, but they're almost never seen without at least mentioning the other, if not speaking to each other and adventurin' together. They're also [[Platonic Life Partners]] and have engaged in many a [[Heartwarming Moment]] in times where the story gets pretty dark.
** [[
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** Also Sam and Larry, the ''other'' two patrons at Moe's. You know, the trucker with glasses and the bald guy in the orange jacket who (a) isn't Homer, and (b) looks either really depressed (like "about-to-cry-over-his-miserable-life" depressed) or really drunk. [[Brother Chuck|They [Larry and Sam] were around in the early episodes, but were quickly replaced by Lenny and Carl]], so don't feel bad if you've been introduced to ''[[The Simpsons]]'' via the newer episodes and have never heard of either Larry or Sam.
** Eugene and Rusty (Springfield's "town perverts" from "Bart After Dark").
** The cops Eddie (the cop who looks like an [[Off
** Let's not forget Bart's school friends from the first two season, Richard and Lewis.
** As well as Rod and Todd Flanders, both who are the sons of Ned Flanders.
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* Yuzu and Nonki of ''[[Maryoku Yummy]]'', so much so that the official site has one profile for the both of them.
* Al and Moo Sleech from ''[[Doug]]''.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' introduces Snips and Snails, a pair of excitable boy unicorns, in the episode "Boast Busters". Two background ponies [[Fan Nickname|known to fans]] as Bon Bon and Lyra are often seen together in crowd shots.
* Craig and Clyde from ''[[South Park]]''.
** Token, too, as he's oftentimes seen with Clyde and Craig. Plus the things that make him stand out (being rich and being black) are purely superficial, and he is otherwise the most normal kid.
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