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[[File:test21232_9544.jpg|link=Love Hina|frame|[[Remember the New Guy?|Remember them!]] Or don't, they don't matter much.]]
 
 
{{quote|'''Sam''': Ed, Larry-- this is Lisa Sherborne from ''Vanity Fair''.<br />
'''Lisa''': Which one's Ed, which one's Larry?<br />
'''Ed and Larry (simultaneously)''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Doesn't matter]].|''[[The West Wing (TV)|The West Wing]]''}}
 
Two characters, usually in a school setting, to be the mundane [[Greek Chorus]]. They may or may not be [[Deadpan Snarker|snarky]] and unlike the [[Greek Chorus]], they don't [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|break the fourth wall]] very often (if at all). They're completely ordinary... and no, we don't mean as in the [[Ordinary High School Student]], or the [[Badass Normal]]. They're ''[[Muggles|ordinary]]''. Often the [[Muggle Best Friend|best friends]] of the main character (who ''is'' an [[Ordinary High School Student]]) before all the weirdness with aliens, robots, magic, demons, harems, etc.
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*** We also have the other two girls in Orihime, Chizuru and Tatsuki's group of friends, Mahana and Michiru.
** Don't forget Kiyone and Sentaro, Captain Ukitake's co-lieutenants. Loyal, enthusiastic (Kiyone fangirls 'her' captain), not entirely competent.
* Umanosuke Tsuchida and [[The Fat Guy With the Big Lips And Pimply Nose|Kazuhiko Amagasaki]] from ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]!''
* 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-Teacher School|teachers]]. They even have similar names: ''Yuka'' looks like ''Yuka''ri, and ''Mi''ruchi looks like ''Mi''namo, a.k.a. Nyamo.
** 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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** Heck, don't forget their official label, "Haikei (Background) Combination."
* Moe and Miwa, Ichigo's friends from ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'', whose names aren't [[They Just Didn't Care|even revealed for several episodes.]]
* ''[[Corrector Yui (Anime)|Corrector Yui]]'' has both female (Reiko and Akiko) and male (Ichitaro and Hideto) examples of this trope.
* Ryouko and Kyouko from ''[[Kaitou Saint Tail]]''.
* Each of the Knights in ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' has her own backup duo, with whom she becomes more and more estranged.
* Alisa and Suzuka from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Alisa had a much bigger role in the ''[[Triangle Heart 3 Sweet～sweet Songssongs Foreverforever～|Triangle Heart]]'' universe, but she was jaded, traumatized and undead, though her current incarnation keeps insisting on involvement in the action.
** Subverted in ViVid. Rio and Corona start the series looking like [[Generation Xerox|Vivio's versions]] of Suzuka and Arisa, but then we find out {{spoiler|that they're both mages, and pretty damn good ones too}}.
* Colin and Mary in ''[[Soukou no Strain]]'' looked completely set up for this role... until they died in the first episode.
* Honda/Tristan and Otogi/Duke in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fit this role later on in the series. In the original manga, Jounouchi/Joey and Honda were 'those two guys' who still got to do something cool and useful once and a while, but as Jonouchi became one of the main secondary characters in the duel monsters arcs, Honda was demoted to being a cheerleader for the most part. He often ends up together with Otogi during the scenes that don't focus on ancient Egyptian prophecies and children's card games.
** We have also Insector Haga (Weevil) and Dinosaur Ryuusaki (Rex), who started as kinda-villains then faded into has-been background characters. However, when it comes to ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', they are about as normal as anyone ever is.
* Asuka's friends Junko and Momoe in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]''. Their main purpose seems to be falling madly in love with every handsome dude in the school (especially Manjyome, Fubuki, and Edo).
* Duck/Ahiru's two friends [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|Pique and Lilie]] in ''[[Princess Tutu]]''.
* Digiko's two [[Otaku]] from ''[[Di Gi Charat]]'' are essentially this... except that they're saddled with the unfortunate but memorable collective nickname "Bukimi" (literally "Creepy" or "Eerie").
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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.
** In the anime, we also had Usagi and Naru's classmates Yumiko and Kuri. They stick around for some episodes of the first series and then disappear.
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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-Man Band]].
* 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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* Shiratori's three art school classmates in ''[[Mahoraba]]'', two girls and one guy, are so ordinary they don't even get [[No Name Given|get named]] until the final chapter. One of the Drama CDs revolves around trying to find their names.
* [[Osamu Tezuka]] had the same two guys in nearly ever manga he did, a pair named Tic Lamune and Tucker Calpis who were deliberately designed to resemble [[Abbott and Costello]]. Tamao, Ken and Shibugaki, the boys from ''[[Astro Boy]]'''s class, also fit the bill.
* In the ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' anime, no less than five girls from the [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] fit into this category. Three of them -- Hanabishi Miki, Segawa Izumi, and Asakaze Risa -- are more regular in anime appearances and are very rarely found apart. Aika and Chiharu appear much less in the anime and they [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade]] this in one episode.
** In the first season, it's mostly because Aika and Chiharu hadn't yet even been introduced officially.
** Chiharu has gotten a much improved role more recently and Aika has been given foreshadowing for becoming much more important, the trio don't even seem to be [[The Slacker|interested]] in gaining any more focus.
* Tuk and Mok in Kemono no Souja Erin qualify, although they do get a day in the limelight ep in episode 25.
* In a somewhat unorthodox example, Li Syaoran of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura (Manga)|Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' managed to be ''both'' the straight man in a Those Two Guys combo (his partner is Yamazaki), a major recurring character and the [[Love Interest]].
** And when Eriol appears, ''he'' takes Syaoran's role of the straight man in his duo with Yamazaki.
** Yamazaki and Chiharu, a male and female pair, fit into the more standard Those Two Guys roles, although they're much more memorable than most, specifically amongst Sakura and Syaoran's group of friends.
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* Izumo and Kotetsu from ''[[Naruto]]''. Up until their involvement in the fight against Hidan and Kakuzu, they were always the ninja Those Two Guys, even to the point of remaining unnamed in the manga through multiple character popularity polls.
** Additionally, Homura and Koharu, the two village elders, seem to be pretty inseparable. Although they work together as the only two members of the Konoha Council, which demands that they spend time together, they are never seen apart from one another. However, it is later revealed that {{spoiler|they, along with Danzo, orchestrated the Uchiha Clan massacre}}.
* Kazu and Onigiri from ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]''.
** Least at the start of the series, they're upgraded to main characters later on. On the female end, Emily and Yayoi who are generally Team Kogarasumaru's cheerleaders and sometimes backup memebers.
* The three old men from ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''.
* The two girls in Amu's class in ''[[Shugo Chara]]''. One wears glasses and the other, who is later revealed to be named Manami, wears her hair in two buns.
* ''[[Toradora (Light Novel)|Toradora!]]'' has Noto and Haruta.
** Subverted: They become more significant later on.
* Yamanaka and Iwashima generally serve this role in ''[[Gash Bell]]'', although Iwashima's U.F.O. obsession often goes into weird places.
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** Also, Muro and Miyake from the soccer team periodically show up to be obnoxious and end up humiliated for their effort.
* ''[[Keroro Gunsou]]'' has Natsumi's classmates Yayoi and Satsuki, who actually come ''very'' close to discovering the Keronians' existence on several occasions.
* ''[[Kaze no Stigma (Light Novel)|Kaze no Stigma]]'' has Ayano's two friends Yukari and Nanase.
* Maria Ross and Denny Brosh seem headed this way at the beginning of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Mangamanga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', but then Ross gets unpredictably [[Put Onon a Bus|swept away by the plot]] and Denny is left to fend for himself as that one guy. He and Maria do remain as Those Two Guys in the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (Animeanime)|2003 anime]].
* ''[[Gokinjo Monogatari (Manga)|Gokinjo Monogatari]]'' has [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Pii-chan]] on Mikako's friends' side, and [[Delinquent|Jiro]] on Tsutomu's. They never get an important role because Pii-chan is apparently just an excuse for Yazawa to draw sweet lolita outfits due to [[Author Appeal]], and Jiro is always busy with his part-time jobs.
* Kitamoto and Nishimura from ''[[Natsume Yuujinchou]]''.
* That One Girl Ayu from ''[[Best Student Council (Anime)|Best Student Council]]'' is a big subversion. Hint: {{spoiler|There's two [[Sinister Silhouettes|silhouettes]] used to show the [[Cloak and Dagger|Covert Squad]] agents in the Opening. Examine the shape of the one on the left.}}
* Yoland and the other guy from ''Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny''.
* ''[[Kimi Nini Todoke]]'''s own Hirano and Endo tend to just stand around, occasionally commenting on the situation at hand. Other than that, though, they usually blend into the crowd, especially in the manga.
* Harvar and Ox from [[Soul Eater]], although this is a subversion in that the manga actually increases their roles alongside other pair Kim and Jackie, which formed a subplot for the recent arc. Though none of them possess the unusual qualities of Maka's team, they are more than capable meisters and Weapons, earning the two-star rank alongside the that group.
** Now they're all part of Spartoi and playing some role in tracking down Noah and Medusa. Cue rather awesome moment with Kirikou using ''four'' Weapons at once.
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* The ADs of ''[[The Weatherman Is My Lover]]'' qualify as this, and even get a brief [[Omake]] to themselves.
* The three girls that hang around Izumi Himuro in ''[[Princess Nine]].'' After Izumi joins the team they just vanish from the series. Names were given in the credits, but were never spoken.
* Masaru and Saiki in ''[[Tenshi Nini Narumon]]''.
* Daigo's high school friends in ''[[Virgin Love (Manga)|Virgin Love]]'', who show up to comment briefly on how Daigo's relationship with Kaoru is going, and then immediately get brushed off by Kaoru.
* In ''[[Baccano (Light Novel)|Baccano]]!'' we've got--
{{quote| '''Miria''': [[Catch Phrase|Hey, Isaac!]]<br />
'''Isaac''': [[Self-Demonstrating Article|Yeah, Miria?]]<br />
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** Erhm. Yes, well, [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|Isaac And Miria Unintentionally Spread Happiness Around Them.]]
** Even so, they fit the bill; being more like observers than major protagonists.
* Yuka Hanazawa and Ryouko Asuka from ''[[Beelzebub (Manga)|Beelzebub]]'' function as this originally. Though Yuka has gone on to become [[Ascended Extra|more prominent,]] leaving her former TTG spot to [[Remember the New Guy?|a never before mentioned]], purple haired Red Tail.
* Furihata, Kawahara, and Fukuda from ''[[Kuroko no Basuke (Manga)|Kuroko no Basuke]]'', the three Seirin freshman who are almost always seen together, and rarely do much besides cheer for the team from the sidelines.
* [[Kirby Right Back At Ya]] has a few of these. The most notables ones are Tiff and Tuff as well as King Dedede and Escargoon. There's also Meta Knight's assistants Sword Knight and Blade Knight.
* Suzuki and Saito, Mashiro's two friends, in [[Bakuman｡ (Manga)|Bakuman｡]]. They fade remarkably quickly even for this trope, and only show up again at a reunion.
 
 
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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.
 
 
== Fan Works ==
* Sam and Naoko provide the human commentary in ''[[The Return (Fanficfanfic)|The Return]]'' it's even Lampshaded how everyone else seems to get turned into a succubus but they've hung around the main character for half a million words so far and are still human and un-kidnappedd. When Sunshine reveals she is a succubus, they just look at each other and the loser pays the winner with an "I told you so".
* In the Wrestling fanfiction TWE: The Next Generation "Rapid" Ricky Helix and Marcus Cross are just there to make Generation Now more threating. While Dax Din, Claymore Raters, Rena Myers, Nicholas Churchill and Zephyr Jones are more important to the whole story arch.
* In [[Glee]] fanfiction focusing on Blaine and/or Dalton, Wes and David (frequently called [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Wevid]] in-universe) often play this part.
* David Squall (Splashdown) and Edward Surge (Thunderhead) in ''[[Rise of the Galeforces (Fanfic)|Rise of the Galeforces]].''
* [[Naruto]], Sasuke and Kakashi in the first chapters of [[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons (Fanfic)|Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]], before they're killed off. {{spoiler|Naruto and Sasuke return as villains while Kakashi is a mostly useless sidekick to Ronan}}
 
 
== Films -- Animation ==
* Timon and Pumbaa from ''[[The Lion King]]''. They later got [[Recycled: Thethe Series|their own series]], and their own movie.
* Lumiere and Cogsworth from ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and Thethe Beast]]''.
* The moose Rutt and Tuke in ''[[Brother Bear]]''.
* Rasoul and 2/3 (can't remember the exact amount), Royal Guards from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]''.
* There were two loggers operating the leveler in ''[[Fern Gully]]'' that fit the trope.
* Snake and Robot from ''[[Toy Story]]''
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* According to [[Word of God]], Miguel and Tulio of ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'' are Those Two Guys recast as protagonists because the writers had seen so many memorable sidekicks upstage the boring heroes.
* Lafayette and Napoleon from ''[[The Aristocats]]''
* Jasper and Horace in [[101 Dalmatians (Disney)|One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]. This goes for the live action film too.
* Honest John the fox and Gideon the cat in ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]''.
* The rats Nick and Fetcher from ''[[Chicken Run (Animation)|Chicken Run]]''.
* Dinky the sparrow and Boomer the woodpecker from ''[[The Fox and The Hound (Disney)|The Fox and Thethe Hound]]''.
* Needleman and Smitty from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''.
 
 
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* The ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' series has two sets of these. One set are pirates (Pintel and Ragetti) who explain the convoluted plot to each other, and the other, less-used pair are a duo of Laurel and Hardy-inspired redcoats who are always debating things (Murtogg and Mullroy). Both pairs {{spoiler|end up on Barbossa's crew at the end of the third movie and will likely appear in the upcoming fourth movie.}}
** {{spoiler|Neither pair was in the fourth, which was a disappointment.}}
* ''[[Manos: theThe 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 Askewniverse|most Kevin Smith movies]].
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* And two characters based off them, the two brownies (no, they are little people, not chocolate) Franjeen and Rool in [[Willow]].
* Mariah Carey's woeful "star vehicle" ''[[Glitter]]'' has Louise and Roxanne.
* A very early film example are "Charters and Caldicott" from ''[[The Lady Vanishes (Film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'' (and a half dozen other movies of the early 40s) who spend their on screen time mostly obsessed with the current cricket scores.
** They have their very own adventure in ''Charters and Caldicott'' by Stella Bingham. The pair are ''still'' obsessed by cricket and go from lunch at their club to Caldicott's flat to settle a point in dispute with his 'Wisden' a Cricket reference work. They discover the body of a young woman on Caldicott's bedroom floor. Her purse identifies her as the daughter of an old friend. But then another young woman appears claiming to be the * real* daughter and that her father has been murdered - then it starts getting complicated.
* Brian Posehn and Patton Oswalt in ''[[Desperate But Not Serious]]'' appear several times, discussing which ''[[Star Wars]]'' characters are gay.
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* Max and Thor from the ''[[George of the Jungle]]'' movie.
* Andy and Andy from ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''.
* The two unnamed hearse drivers from ''[[Bubba HotepHo-Tep]]''.
* Despite going on to the spin off movie ''[[Harold and Kumar]], John Cho's role in ''[[American Pie]]'' was in Milf Guy #2, one of Those Two Guys with Milf Guy #1 (Justin Isfeld).
* 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 Thethe Mouse?|never seen again.]]
* Marty and Todd in ''[[Kick-Ass (Filmfilm)|Kick-Ass]]''.
* Darryll and Omar in ''The Return of [[Swamp Thing (Filmfilm)|Swamp Thing]]''.
* The two random chanting monks in [[Laurence Olivier]]'s [[Richard The Third]]. They're even credited at the end as 'Two Monks.'
* The Barrys in ''[[Club Paradise]]''.
* Soderberghs Movie [[Kafka]] has the two childishly stupid assistants, two twin brothers who keep fighting constantly and are cause of some of the best comically kafkaesk scenes of the film, like when they try to open the writing desk in Kafkas office or play around with the typewriters. It is later revealed that {{spoiler|they have been [[Evil All Along]].}}
* The two hillbillies that are seen watching the practices and the games in ''[[The Waterboy]]''.
* The two police officers in ''[[Friday (Filmfilm)|Friday After Next]]''.
* Harry and Animal from ''[[Stalag 17]]''; at one point they're referred to as the "Barrack Clowns".
* Privates Grogan and Baker in ''[[The Bridge Onon the River Kwai]]''.
* From [[ItsIt's aA Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]; Dingy Bell and Benjy Benjamin. Also, the two gas station attendants, Ray and Irwin.
* Domino and Little Dipper in ''[[101 Dalmatians (Disney)|102 Dalmatians]]''
* Val and Earl from ''[[Tremors]]'' manage to be this trope despite also being the unlikely heroes of the film
 
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* Samneric in ''[[Lord of the Flies]]''.
* Turkey and Nippers in Herman Melville's short story ''Bartleby the Scrivener''.
* Nobby Nobbs and Fred Colon frequently fulfill this role in ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' City Watch stories.
** Not to mention their various international counterparts... every locale has an ethnic equivalent of Fred & Nobby.
*** Lampshaded in ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Jingo|Jingo]]''
* Inspectors Lestrade and Gregson in ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''. Good enough coppers in their own way but naturally can't compare with the Great Detective.
** Only in the debut novel, ''A Study in Scarlet'', though. They never appear together after that, with Gregson largely fading into the background, while Lestrade attains enough prominence to [[Inspector Lestrade|get his own trope.]]
* ''[[Harry Potter (Literaturenovel)|Harry Potter]]'', having [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], has several of these: Fred and George, Crabbe and Goyle, Dean and Seamus, Lavender and Parvati, etc.
* The [[Wheel of Time]], having even more characters than Harry Potter, has remarkably few (given that everybody who shows up ever being significant), but Verin and Alanna could qualify for a bit. Until Verin's {{spoiler|revelation that she has been [[The Mole]] among the Black Ajah and her [[Heroic Sacrifice]] that lets her spill the beans to Egwene}}. Those two Accepted who always march Elayne and Egwene around when they are in trouble might also qualify.
** Talmanes and Nalasean
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* 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]].
* ''[[Don Quixote (Literature)|Don Quixote]]'': Pedro Pérez, the curate, and Maese Nicholas, the barber. Better known as "The curate and the barber", two guys from the same town as Don Quixote, who are fond of chivalry books, like Don Quixote. Unlike Don Quixote, they are completely ordinary (sane), and... well, you would not find any other personality trait in them. His personalities are exactly the same, their names are too simple to stand out ([[Meaningful Name|"Pedro Pérez"]] is the Spanish equivalent to "John Smith"), In the first part, they have a significant involvement with the plot, but in the second part, they only appear in the beginning and in the end of the novel (with only a mention of the curate in one intermediate chapter).
* Opera managers Richard and Moncharmin in ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''.
** This trope continues into the stage show with these two (in which their names are changed to Andre and Firmin). There isn't even consistency in casting; sometimes Andre is the short one, sometimes it's Firmin. Often an actor will play both roles during their run with the show, being cast as one essentially means you can play the other just as well.
*** Apparently the only person who can tell them apart is the Opera Ghost who addresses their notes accordingly.
* The buffoonish and arrogant homicide detectives Monoghan and Monroe in ''[[Eighty Seventh87th Precinct]]'' series by Ed McBain.
* Elaina ni Leonor and Kara ni Lain are Those Two [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] in [[Harald]]..
* In a way, Tomo and Walberg of [[George RRR. R. Martin]]'s Thousand Worlds, a pair of adventurers who visited many planets. They are almost always mentioned together when someone brings them up, and they are [[Memetic Badass|Memetic Badasses]] in-universe. Unfortunately they have yet to actually appear in a story.
* Bella's friends Mike, Jessica, Angela, and Eric in [[Twilight]]. Also the members of the wolfpack who aren't Jacob, Sam, Leah, and Seth.
* The main characters of ''[[The Other Guys]]'' are what happens when Those Two Guys manage to become the heroes after the actual heroes die.
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* Officers Michael Francis Murphy and Tony Bellows from the live action ''[[The Flash]]'' series.
* and [[wikipedia:Black Scorpion (TV series)|Black Scorpion]] had Slugger & Specs.
* ''[[The West Wing (TV)|The West Wing]]'''s Ed and Larry. Or Larry and Ed. They're in every meeting, advise the President on every issue and no one knows who the hell they are.
** Lampshaded a couple of times when they are given the wrong folders, and when someone asks if they always walk around together
** Lampshaded another time when the pair are introduced to a new character and when they ask "which one is Ed and which is Larry?", Ed, Larry and Josh all respond "it doesn't matter"
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** As do Bodie and Poot, up until {{spoiler|Bodie's death at the end of the fourth season}}.
** Of course, being ''[[The Wire]]'', they are all an important part of the plot, in some way or another.
* ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'' had Steve and Scott until one of them died (no-one can remember which).
** Not entirely accurate, as they very rarely appeared and had few lines. More accurate would be, say, Charlie and Hurley in the first two seasons or so, whose stories were largely separate from the core mysteries of the show and would sometimes be shown asking, "What's going on?" to the main characters and commenting sarcastically on, "There goes Jack and Kate off into the jungle again, up to who knows what?" A retconned example would be Nikki and Paolo, who were apparently there all along observing events until they got involved in the main story and promptly died in the third season (due to fan dissatisfaction with these characters showing up from nowhere and them being expected to give a damn).
* ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' (first three seasons): Madeline and Louise. Later on replaced by Lucy and Olivia.
* ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' has an extended version with Blair's entourage: an Asian-American nerd, a (possibly Hispanic for some extent) Queen Bee wannabe, an African-American beautiful girl and ... well, the other one. For season three, it's done with Jenny's courtship.
** Isabel and Kati, particularly in the first season.
* Matt Rutherford (the black guy) and Mike Chang (the Asian guy) from ''[[Glee (TV)|Glee]]''.
** Only in the first season, though.
* Subverted in ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]'', with Grizz and Dotcom being anything but ordinary. They are, however, as close as "those two guys" can be for a man like Tracy.
* Ed and Harry from ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|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.
* The ''[[Doctor Who]]'' writer Robert Holmes was fond of having two minor characters in his serials whose main purpose was hanging around in the background being funny and commenting on the story, to the point that Whovians refer to Those Two Guys as the "Holmesian Double Act".
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* Ryan and Esposito from ''[[Castle]]'' fit very well, along with being possible [[Ensemble Darkhorse|darkhorses]].
* Amy's friends Madison and Lauren on ''[[The Secret Life of the American Teenager]]'' along with Ben's friends Alice and Henry.
* ''[[Life Withwith Derek]]'' has Sam and Ralph, depending on the episode.
* Brian and Kurt from the British TV series ''[[Teachers]]'' fit this trope almost exactly. Brian is the tall jock P.E teacher and Kurt is the short IT teacher. They could also be labeled as [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]
* Whichever two lab rats happen to feature in any particular episode of ''[[CSI (TV)|CSI]]'' (particularly Archie or Mandy)...their personalities are just, y'know, those two lab techs. Yet they've almost all been around, just conversing in the background for the majority of the show. Every dozen or so episodes they get thrown a bone and have an actual episode featuring them. So much so that Hodges and Wendy have been upgraded to main cast members.
* Korean dramas like to feature those ''three'' guys, usually with names and a generic personality frameset: the gossipy one, the play-by-the-rules one, and the [[Butt Monkey]].
* ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' always seems to have a pair that last a few years, which usually means they'll be nerdy and/or [[Casanova Wannabe|wannabe players]]. JT and Toby were it for Seasons 1-6 until JT was killed, then Danny and Derek for Seasons 6-7 until Danny outgrew Derek and matured, and now recently Connor and Wesley have settled into Degrassi's Those Two Guys mantle, which had people shuffling in and out of that spot since Season 8.
** Of course all of the above were preceded by Yick Yu and Arthur Kobalewscuy from [[Degrassi Junior High]] and [[Degrassi High]]
* ''[[Leverage (TV)|Leverage]]'' has FBI agents Taggart and McSweeten.
* [[Horatio Hornblower]] has Styles and Matthews, at least by the second series, both of whom have been under Horatio's command since the first episode and are the most prominent lower-deck characters.
* On ''[[Stargate Universe (TV)|Stargate Universe]]'', Brody and Volker wound up becoming this.
* In ''[[Sons of Guns (TV)|Sons of Guns]]'', several scenes with Joe and Charlie on technical projects wind up working out this way.
* In the ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' episode "He Could Be the One" Jackson and Rico appear as singing narrators who a variety of different styles of music. They are later joined by Jackson's girlfriend Siena in "I Will Always Remember You" (Who can actually sing). This made some wonder if Rico knew if Miley was Hannah.
* 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 series)|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 [[Everybody's Dead, Dave|everybody else dies?]]
* [[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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* The two guys from [[Fall Out Boy]] who aren't Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump.
* [[The Police]], AKA Sting and Those Two Guys.
* Perhaps the ur-example of music is Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard of [[Pearl Jam (Music)|Pearl Jam]]. They've been in at least four bands together and have always played this role.
* The three guys from [[Aerosmith (Music)|Aerosmith]] that aren't Steven Tyler or Joe Perry. They're even jokingly called the ''Less Interesting Three'' among the band and fanbase.
* An interesting case: [[Steely Dan]], in the early days, had as members Michael McDonald and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, who went on to become known for being in The [[Doobie Brothers]]. The two central members, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, who wrote pretty much everything, and ended up being the only members, became the [[Face of the Band]], and ''only known'' for [[Steely Dan]]. People actually forget sometimes McDonald and Baxter were in it, too.
** Far more egregious is Denny Dias who was the band leader before Becker and Fagen joined.
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== Video Games ==
* The ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' video game series features repeated incarnations of Those Two Guys, invariably named Biggs and Wedge after two minor characters from ''[[Star Wars]]''.
** [[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|The Turks]] would also be a good example, Reno and Rude acting much like a comedy duo in [[The Movie]] ''Advent Children''.
*** Which is odd considering Reno's the one who [[Moral Dissonance|crushed Sector 7 and everyone in it]].
** Biggs and Wedge {{spoiler|''very'' temporarily,}} along with Jesse in [[Final Fantasy VII]].
*** Biggs and Wedge {{spoiler|''even more'' temporarily}} keeping an eye on Terra at the start of [[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]].
*** Also, Fujin and Raijin in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]''.
*** Zone and Watts of the Forest Owls.
**** ''[[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IX]]'', on the other hand...
***** Speaking of IX, Marcus, Cinna and Blank might qualify under this trope. ''Final Fantasy IX'' [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|IS popular by the way. Its fans just tend to be a lot less vocal about it.]]
**** ''Final Fantasy X'' also had a pair; Luzzu and Gatta. Biggs and Wedge are also appear in Blitzball as recruitable players with very good stats.
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* An especially weird example occurs in ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' where Donald and Goofy objectively fill this role as "normal" characters, despite technically being much more well-known than the Squeenix-born characters.
** Selphie fills the role to a T in the second game (Tidus and Wakka are only mentioned). She shows up to talk to Kairi and then... obscurity. Yeah.
** Lea and Isa play this role in ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep (Video Game)|Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep]]'', showing up once in Ven's story and then vanishing soon after. Amusing, considering the expanded roles both of them play in [[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories|the]] [[Video Game/Kingdom Hearts 358 Over 2 Days|later]] [[Kingdom Hearts II (Video Game)|games.]] [[Word of God]] says that this was due to [[Pandering to Thethe Base|fan demand.]]
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' will have two ordinary Social Knights/Cavaliers travel with the main lord of the game. They generally are not in charge, important, or in any way special. (The exceptions being Oscar from Fire Emblem 9, and Kent and Sain for Fire Emblem 7.) The pair were just chosen to protect the Prince/Princess when plot happened. They are always sharply contrasting, they have no late game dialog or importance, you could let them die at any point. They are a recurring theme for the series, one of the knights wears red, the other wears green. Generally, any dialog with one has the other in it as well (except for certain one-on-one dialogs that happen later on).
** ''Fire Emblem 9'' has Oscar and Kieran, who do not appear together when you first meet them. However Kieran has a not short dialog with Oscar showing them to be another example of this trope. Since Kieran is a self-obsessed duty bound [[Unknown Rival|ignored self-proclaimed rival]], and Oscar is a laid back lazy relaxed friendly guy who wonders what crawled up Kieran's backside.
*** 9 also features Janaff and Ulki, the Hawk King's retainers.
** There's an exception in ''[[Fire Emblem]] 7''; the "red cavalier" of the game, [[Officer and Aa Gentleman|Kent]], has [[Bodyguard Crush|romance-based supports]] with [[Tsundere]] female lead Lyndis. If they reach A support, [[Heroes Want Redheads|they'll get]] [[Official Couple|married]].
** ''Fire Emblem 10'' has [[Fragile Speedster|Edward]] and [[The Archer|Leonardo]], neither of which is a knight, but both members of [[La Résistance]] at the beginning of the game. True to trope, they quickly disappear from the plot, but with an interesting subversion: when everything is quickly going to hell for Micaiah and [[The Chains of Commanding|she's doubting her choices]], they appear for a quick scene that drives the point painfully home that the whole country, including her old friends, are trusting her to be always right.
** Sometimes we get Those Additional Two Guys, generally a pair of axe users: Ward and Lott in the 6th game, Bartre and Dorcas in the 7th.
* ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]'' has Lou and Bud, two minor characters who appear in chapter 1. Every time Bud says something, Lou slaps him. It's [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine|a form of Japanese Comedy]].
** That's because they're references to [[Abbotand Costello|Bud Abbot and Lou Costello]].
* Both ''[[Osu Tatakae Ouendan]]'' and ''[[Elite Beat Agents]]'' usually feature two team members that stays constant whenever the difficulty changes, except during the hardest difficulty (where everyone gets replaced by girls). They usually follow their current leader and not the one who did most actions (they did, but not as big as the leader, who also does most poses, especially the rivalry poses in ''Ouendan 2''). Their names:
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** ''Elite Beat Agents'': Agent Derek and Agent Morris.
** And even the girls have their version of this trope. There's Aoi Kanda and Anna Lindhurst (Ouendan red team), Honoka Kawai and Reika Minazuki (Ouendan blue team), Agent Missy and Agent Foxx (Elite Beat Agents)
* ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'' has [[The Professor]] & Assistant Scott, a pair of [[Super Robot]] otakus trying to make it in a [[Real Robot]] world. In the first two games they only play a part in optional sidequests, but in the third they are integrated into the main plot, joining the crew & even rebuilding KOS-MOS into her final form.
* Two Knights in ''Medieval 2 [[Total War]]'' will always go after your agent if he utterly screwed up. They will never kill him on screen though. Cue [[Yakety Sax]] here.
* Huey and Rostam in ''[[Treasure of the Rudras]]''. {{spoiler|They die early on in Sion's scenario; their bodies however are controlled by Surlent when he dies several days after the incident and goes out to reclaim his own body.}}
* ''[[Persona 4]]'' features Kou Ichijo and Daisuke Nagase, a.k.a. The Fellow Athletes..
* Hanako and Taro in ''[[Disgaea]] 2'' and Asuka and Lillian in ''[[Disgaea]] 3''. Taro and Hanako lampshade it in the final chapters when, noticing that the game is now [[Shoo Out the Clowns|Shooing Out The Clowns]], realize that they are thoroughly lacking in serious motivations (Taro, for example, is tagging along because he thinks Rozalin is hot) and proceed to make some up on the spot.
* Xzar and Montaron from ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate]]'' are supposedly foreign spies, but this vaguely promising premise is not followed up on at all. Xzar in particular is such a useless character that players have been known to kill him deliberately to make room for someone more interesting. Their purpose seems to be simply to bulk out the party until you meet some of the better characters, and it's assumed in the sequel that you ditched them at a fairly early opportunity.
** Unless, of course, you're evil, in which case you hang onto them and ditch Khalid and Jaheira. Coincidentally, they also happen to have pressing business in Nashkel, so if you're not interested in picking up Khaleid and Jaheira, you will get the breadcrumb.
* Corporals Mike and Anton of the Washington National Guard in ''[[World in Conflict]]'' make it all the way from the attack on Seattle, through the nuclear blast in Cascade Falls, then back to the liberation of Seattle. They don't play ''ANY'' role in the story at all but their reunion after getting separated in Cascade Falls just has to make you shed [[Manly Tears]].
* [[Mini Game|Tin Pin Slammer]] fans Shuto "Shooter" Dan and Itaru "Yammer" Yokoyamada as well as ganguro couple Sato and Nao from [[The World Ends With You (Video Game)|The World Ends With You]].
* Scott and Mark, the "Two Guys from Andromeda" in the ''[[Space Quest]]'' games, were [[Author Avatar|Author Avatars]] of series creators Scott Murphy and Mark Crowe.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Asric and Jadaar]] in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.
* Gabriella Daniels and Kenneth Donnelly in ''[[Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 2]]'', though it's actually "Male and Female Crewmen". They play the trope extremely straight, though. Every time you're down in engineering to speak to Tali, the two have one of their endless banters, that include many of the games best jokes.
** In ''[[Mass Effect 3 (Video Game)|Mass Effect 3]]'' there are two privates that are always commenting about your missions.
* Smart Guard and Dumb Guard are arguably this in the ''[[Thief]]'' series.
* From the [[Brothers in Arms]] series you have Allen and Garnett. It's even mentioned that most people refer to their two names as all one word, and that they're never seen apart. {{spoiler|They even die together.}}
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== Visual Novels ==
* In ''[[Fate Stay Night|Fate/Staystay Nightnight]]'', Shirou also only has one (Issei), while Rin, who narrates the prologue, has ''three'' (the track team).
* Tomita and Okamura from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Nini]]''. Those two kids who like Satoko and Rika. The fandom largely ignores them, for [[Fan-Preferred Couple|obvious reasons]].
* [[Princess Waltz]] is fairly unique among [[Visual Novel|Visual Novels]] by actually providing character models for the random classmates, most of which are Those Two Guys. Most notable are Nodoka (Cute and Perky) and Kazuko (Talkative and Loud). {{spoiler|In a twist, one of the even more minor Those Two Guys turns out to be the [[Secret Identity]] of a fairly major character.}}
* [[Spirited Competitor|Shizune]] [[Club Stub|and]] [[Large Ham|Misha]] of ''[[Katawa Shoujo (Visual Novel)|Katawa Shoujo]]'' become this in nearly every route but their own, frequently pestering Hisao to do work for the Student Council or [[Shipper Onon Deck|commenting on his love life]].
* In ''[[Tsukihime (Visual Novel)|Tsukihime]]'', there is only "That One Guy" (Arihiko, who has this going on with Shiki, the main character, before Shiki becomes an [[Ordinary High School Student]]), though his role is exactly as in the trope.
** Arihiko is further unusual in that he's surprisingly well-developed for a supposedly minor character. He even gets his own [[Day in The Limelight]] story in ''Kagetsu Tohya''.
* Gakuto and Moro in ''[[Maji Dede Watashi Nini Koi Shinasai (Visual Novel)!|Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai]]'' fit this role to a tee, though they occasionally do get some time to shine.
** Gakuto in the Kawikami War during Momoyo's route takes on an entire enemy battalion by himself.
 
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* Mr. Bland and Señor Having a Little Trouble from ''[[Homestar Runner]]''. They both entered the Strongest Man in the World Contest... and only lasted a couple of seconds. They only have ''one line each''. Strong Bad jokingly explained their lack of appearances because they were crushed by a falling concession stand. Most of their appearances are in the cartoons poking fun at the creators' old drawing style.
** Coach Z and Bubs or Strong Mad and The Cheat (or as Strong Bad calls them, "the two guys") probably qualify.
* The elderly couple in ''[[Fairy Foxes (Web Animation)|Fairy Foxes]]''. Also, musical Fairy Foxes Yazzi and Jazzi.
* [[Superman]] and [[Batman]] are this in the ''[[How It Should Have Ended (Web Animation)|How It Should Have Ended]]'' videos. Most of their appearances are both of them sitting in a diner, sometimes with a third superhero.
 
 
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* Spongebath and Emeril from ''Achewood''.
* ''[[Sexy Losers]]'' had Touro's two nameless friends, known only as "Sarcastic Friend" and "Swearing Friend". The Swearing Friend was enough of an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] that he started making slightly bigger appearances than just being Touro's foil.
* "The Comet and the Pirates" arc of ''[[Station V 3V3]]'' has "Those Two Frog-Fish Guys" who are obsessed with taking over things (the Station, an incoming comet, the coming-soon ski resort ...)
* ''[[Ansem Retort]]'' has [http://www.ansemretort.org/ansemretort/index.html?comic=324 Darth Maul and Marluxia] filling this role. Maul is lazy, offensive, violent, and as much of a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] as anyone can be without being retarded. Marluxia is the gayest [[Straight Man]] ever -- relatively speaking that is, considering that ''[[Ansem Retort]]'' takes place in Cloudcuckooland.
* Robbie and Jase in ''[[PvP]]''. {{spoiler|Until Robbie won the lottery and Jase moved in with his girlfriend. Even though Jase is living with Robbie again, their role has significantly changed.}}
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* [[Drow TalesDrowtales]] has Baliir and Kuso. They aren't normal by ''our'' standards, but by drow standards they're really ordinary guys. And they have the whole "contrasting" thing down to the letter.
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' has Nick and Shep. At least until [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20080403.html Shep leaves].
* Smic and Hannah in [http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com Jayden and Crusader] tend to be minor background characters... right up until the point they finish their massive death machine. Or make something explode.
* ''Girly'' has two sets: Team Fast and Chuy's two brothers.
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== Western Animation ==
* Lenford "Lenny" Leonard and Carlton "Carl" Carlson from ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]''.
** When the show spoofed ''[[Hamlet]]'', these two were even cast as <s>Rozencrantz and Guildenstern</s> Rosencarl and Guildenlenny. And then [[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead|they die]] five seconds after being named.
** 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.
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* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' has two pairs: the two [[School Newspaper Newshound|School Newspaper Newshounds]] Milly and Tamiya, and arguably Sissi's two cronies, Hervé and Nicolas.
** And starting Season 3, Hiroki and Johnny also fit the mold.
* Flem and Earl from ''[[Cow and Chicken (Animation)|Cow and Chicken]]''.
* Several such pairs exist in ''[[Transformers Animated]]'': Blitzwing and Lugnut, Bumblebee and Bulkhead, and Mixmaster and Scrapper, and Snarl and Swoop.
** In the ''Transformers'' comics, Rack'n'Ruin of the Wreckers, who were bonded together in a desperate attempt to save their lives. The fact that they basically have one name (and it's never specified which is which), ''and'' that they receive basically zero characterization even as a pair makes them a perfect example.
* Sheen and Carl from ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]''.
* Mr. Small and Mr. Nosy from ''[[The Mr. Men Show]]''.
* Brian and Stewie in ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' have played this role in episodes where they aren't the focus.
** Cleveland and Quagmire were this until Quagmire started getting his own episodes and Cleveland [[The Cleveland Show|got his own show]]
* Baljeet and Buford from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' have become this quite quickly, with an interesting [[Friendly Enemy]] dynamic as well.
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** In fact, they're SO Those Two Guys, Jamie is [[Running Gag|usually called something else]], only to fruitlessly repeat that his name is Jamie.
** Arguably the epynomous main character and her friend Jane form this pair, as many episodes just have them [[Deadpan Snarker|snarking]] at everyone else.
* The Badly Drawn Brothers from ''[[Avenger Penguins (Animation)|Avenger Penguins]]''.
* Slatislav and Dimitri from ''Count Duckula''.
* ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'' have Edgar and Chauncey, two guys who occasionally comment on the action.
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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.
* Jean and Paul, the two gay inmates from ''[[Superjail (Animation)|Superjail]]''.
* Jimmy and Jerry Gourd from [[Veggie Tales (Animation)|Veggie Tales]].
** [[Funny Foreigner|Philippe and Jean-Claude, the French Peas]].
* Henry and June from ''[[Ka Blam!]]''
** As well as Sniz and Fondue.
* The Diggers (Sam and Dave) from ''[[Recess]]''
** In the main six, T.J. and Vince are considered this.
* Mervis and Dunglap from [[Cat Dog]]. They also count as the two only sane guys.
* Whizzer and Dipstick in ''[[101 Dalmatians (Disney)|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]''
* Larry and Steve from the first season of ''[[Rugrats]]''.
* Reggie and Bruno Bullnerd from ''[[Chalk Zone]]''.
* Lucius and Samy from ''[[Jimmy Two -Shoes]]''.
* Howie and Octo from ''[[Almost Naked Animals]]''.
* Slip and Slide from ''[[Coconut FredsFred's Fruit Salad Island]]''.
* Chip and Skip from ''[[Camp Lazlo]]''.
* Rex and Starla from ''[[Napoleon Dynamite (Animationanimation)|Napoleon Dynamite]]''.
 
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