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== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* Chemistry genius Walter White and amoral attorney Saul Goodman of ''[[Breaking Bad]]''. Walt makes the world's best meth; Saul hooks him up with a distributor and money laundering services. (Walt tried this earlier with [[Troubled but Cute]] Jesse Brinkman, but Jesse proved to be as bad at selling as he is at everything else...)
* This comes up a lot in murder-of-the-week [[Police ProceduralsProcedural]]s. The victim will be the one who made stuff (the doer), and the partner will by the one who made the company run (the talker). Or less often, vice-versa. Either way, the still-living partner will say that s/he doesn't know how the company will be able to survive without the dead partner (when the partner isn't the Perp).
* Hank and Evan Lawson in ''[[Royal Pains]]''. Hank is a great doctor, but isn't very willing to sell himself. Accountant Evan declares himself "CFO of HankMed," and handles the business and marketing side of Hank's concierge doctor services.
* Quark and his brother Rom in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. The relationship between the two is what causes Rom's son Nog to join Starfleet as he doesn't want to be left exploited and miserable like his father.
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