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{{trope}}
{{cleanup|Character who are ''not'' examples of "the mundane [[Greek Chorus]]" need to be moved to more appropriate pages. (If all that can be said about them is that they're in the background, that's [[People Sit on Chairs]] - every story has extras in the background.)}}
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{{quote|'''Sam''': Ed, Larry-- this is Lisa Sherborne from ''Vanity Fair''.
'''Lisa''': Which one's Ed, which one's Larry?
'''Ed and Larry (simultaneously)''': [[Lampshade Hanging|Doesn't matter]].
|''[[The West Wing]]''}}
'''Those Two Guys''' are two characters, usually in a school setting, who usually if not always serve as 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. began.
Some pairs become involved in the plot less and less as the series progresses, especially [[Cerebus Syndrome|if the plot becomes more serious]]. Given what usually happens to people involved in the plot, it's probably for the best. However, it's not uncommon for Those Two Guys to also become [[Ensemble Darkhorse|popular and even iconic characters]] in the series.
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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]].
'''Note: The "offering commentary" part is important! This is not just a generic list of two background/side characters.'''
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Kyon's two friends Taniguchi and Kunikida from ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]''. One's tall and [[Casanova Wannabe|lecherous]], the other's baby-faced and [[Nice Guy|timid]]. Taniguchi wound up being a sort of [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] after getting a few good scenes (and an [[Image Song]] CD for the second season), while poor Kunikida is just kinda ''there''.
** Kunikida does have
*** Taniguchi eventually underwent a ''massive'' amount of [[Memetic Mutation]], much of which his voice actor [[Minoru Shiraishi]] referenced while playing himself in ''[[Lucky Star]]''.
*** Taniguchi actually serves a significant function in the novels and the
*** [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Koizumi eventually ends up as the lead in the school play. The production? ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]''.
*
* ''[[Ranma ½]]'' has two sets of these: Ranma's friends Hiroshi and Daisuke, and Akane's friends Yuka and Sayuri. They're also basically the only people without overly complicated [[Meaningful Name
** Technically, Akane has four female friends gravitating around her, both in the anime and the manga. Yuka and Sayuri are just the most prominent -- [[Fanon|semi-fanonical]] names for the other two: Asami and Hiroko. They
* Komatsu and Hatta from ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'' are a standard indistinguishable perverted pair of best friends of the main character Ky?suke.
* Keigo and Mizuiro from ''[[Bleach]]''. At one point it looked like a subversion was coming up in the pipeline, as the local [[Trickster Mentor]] Urahara mysteriously told them that it was time for them to get involved near the beginning of one arc... but no sign of this appeared, other than
** Keigo is a strange case, as while he isn't directly involved with Ichigo or the Soul Society, he is actually able to see spirits and has interacted with certain Soul Reapers.
** Earlier in the series, Orihime and Tatsuki filled these roles, although Tatsuki got into the supporting cast, and Orihime is now a regular, in fact she's the whole [[Damsel in Distress|motivation for the Hueco Mundo arc]].
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** 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 ''[[
* ''[[Jubei-chan]]'' has two sets of these, of both
* In ''[[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.
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* Kouta and Haruhiko from ''[[Nyan Koi]]''. The latter is an otaku who regularly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the harem elements going on around Junpei.
* Touji and Kensuke from ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Deconstructed (natch, this ''is'' Eva we're talking about) in that Touji suffers a severe injury from getting involved in Shinji's lifestyle, and Kensuke harbors extreme jealousy towards Shinji; both emotionally abandon him for these reasons by the end of the series. {{spoiler|And because Tokyo 3 gets evacuated and they have to move away.}}
** Along with [[Class Representative]] Hikari, they're often the comic relief trio in spin-offs, sequels,
* Misao and Ayano from ''[[Lucky Star]]''. At one point, Misao even bemoans that she and Ayano are essentially part of the background, completed with them suddenly turning into watercolor still versions of themselves.
** However, just like what happened with Taniguchi and Kunikida above, Misao has become an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] of sorts, even getting her own solo character song album. No such luck for Ayano, though.
*** Ayano now has an image song..But so does basically everyone else.
** 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]]'' 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,
* Alisa and Suzuka from ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]''. Alisa had a much bigger role in the ''[[Triangle Heart 3 ～sweet songs forever～|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
* 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
* 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]]''.
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* In ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', Takato's friends, [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Kazu/Kenta]], and Jeri/Juri. At least, at first. Instead of fading, they're brought into the mix eventually. (Now, Kazu/Kenta and Jeri each have a set of three friends who will fill that role.)
** ''[[Digimon Frontier]]'' has an example with Digimon: Bokomon and Neemon.
* 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
** Also, anytime Koga showed up, he would invariably be followed by his two lovable lieutenants, Ginta and
* Tamiya and Otaki, the heads of the Nekomi Tech Motor Club, from ''[[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]]''.
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** 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.
* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]''; Kuwabara's gang. Keiko also has two friends who hang out with her in the first story arc.
* [[Shrinking Violet|Sakuno Ryuzaki]], [[Shorttank|Tomoka Osakada]], [[The Scrappy|Satoshi Horio]], [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Kachiro Katou and Katsuo Mizuno]] in ''
** The Yamabuki doubles pair known simply as The Jimmies epitomizes this trope, not the least because "Jimmies" is a Japanese term for distinctively average people.
* Shinichi and Daijirou from ''[[This Ugly Yet Beautiful World]]''. A standard pair of perverts.
** Sakurako and Amika are [[Those Two Girls]]. They keep egging on the Takeru/Hikari/Mari [[Love Triangle]]. They also get a couple of [[Les Yay]] moments and an [[Accidental Kiss]] in [[Beach Episode|episode 7]].
* 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
** Though they do visit the
* Drake and Ted from ''[[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.
** They are more a plot-device than Those Two Guys. The series also has a straight example, namely Juri and Reika, Lain's only school acquaintances/friends apart from Arisu. Reika is outspoken, while Juri is kinda childish, for example suggesting that Arisu should date a boy for the sole reason that people wouldn't make rumours about her crush towards a teacher. Neither of the two ever learn about the massive, terrible phenomenon going on right under their noses, even when Juri was the one who first ''alluded'' to it in-series (she was seen crying her heart out after receiving an e-mail from Chisa Yomoda, who had just killed herself.. ''right'' after Chisa's death).
* Yayoi (short) and Lilie (tall) from ''[[Mai-Otome]]''.
* 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]]'' anime, no less than five girls from the [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]] fit into this category. Three of
** 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
* In a somewhat unorthodox example, Li Syaoran of ''[[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.
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** 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]]''.
** 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.
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* ''[[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]]'' has Ayano's two friends Yukari and Nanase.
* Maria Ross and Denny Brosh seem headed this way at the beginning of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', but then Ross gets unpredictably [[Put on 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 (anime)|2003 anime]].
* ''[[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]]''.
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* Yoland and the other guy from ''Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny''.
* ''[[Kimi ni 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.
* ''[[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
* 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.
* Bucky and Pauley Cracker from ''[[Kimba the White Lion]].''
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* Masaru and Saiki in ''[[Tenshi ni Narumon]]''.
* Daigo's high school friends in ''[[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!]]!'' we've got
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'''Isaac''': [[Self-Demonstrating Article|Yeah, Miria?]]
'''Miria''': [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|I found this page about Those Two Guys! Do we know anyone like that?]]
'''Isaac''': [[Genre Blind|Hmm? Can't say that I do!]] }}
** Erhm. Yes, well, [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|Isaac And Miria Unintentionally Spread Happiness Around Them.]]
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* Yuka Hanazawa and Ryouko Asuka from ''[[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]]'', the three Seirin freshman who are almost always seen together, and rarely do much besides cheer for the team from the sidelines.
* Suzuki and Saito, Mashiro's two friends, in ''[[Bakuman｡]]''. They fade remarkably quickly even for this trope, and only show up again at a reunion.
* Petra Itta and Felsi Rollo of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury]]'' serve as gofers and [[Girl Posse]] for [[Prince Charmless|Guel]] when they're not trying to mock and belittle the heroine and their school's Earthborn students. Their names are even paired despite not being related (Felsi coming from "Felsic" rocks and "Petra" being Greek for rocks in general).
* ''[[Your Name]]'': Bespectacled Tsukasa and jockish Shinta, while not completely divorced from the events of the plot, otherwise fit the idea by commenting on the strangeness that starts to follow Taki after the swaps begin.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* For most of the '90s, [[Booster Gold]] and the [[Blue Beetle]] were Those Two Guys of [[The DCU]]. They practically never got up to anything important of their own, but often showed up in team books or other heroes' series, where they invariably got into trouble thanks to some [[Zany Scheme]] or another. This came to an end in the '00s, when DC remembered they were both heroes in their own rights, Beetle died heroically, and Booster went on to star in his own series again.
** This is because they're the characters most associated with the Keith Giffen era of the Justice League which occurred shortly after the characters were introduced to mainstream DC Continuity and which brought them to prominence. The light
* Sam and Twitch, NYPD homicide detectives, from the ''[[Spawn]]'' series. Sam Burke was a large and headstrong man, with a tendency for foul language. "Twitch" Williams, on the other hand, was thinner, bespectacled, and was usually the brains of the group.
* ''[[Bone]]''{{'}}s [[Memetic Mutation|Stupid Stupid Rat Creatures]].
* ''[[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]]'', of the "they look exactly the same"
* Journalist Ben Urich and editor Robbie Robertson in ''[[Spider-Man]]'' comics and spin-offs mostly serve as recurring employees for the Daily Bugle. The pair has occasionally graced the limelight as individuals such as when Urich realized Matt Murdock is [[Daredevil]] and was convinced not to publish it. Robertson is noted for being one of the earliest black characters in the main cast of a major comic.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Sam and Naoko provide the human commentary in ''[[The Return (fanfic)|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-kidnapped. 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]].''
* [[Naruto]], Sasuke and Kakashi in the first chapters of ''[[Naruto Veangance Revelaitons]]'', before they're killed off. {{spoiler|Naruto and Sasuke return as villains while Kakashi is a mostly useless sidekick to Ronan.}}
==
* Timon and Pumbaa from ''[[The Lion King]]''. They later got [[Recycled: the Series|their own series]], and their own movie.
* Lumiere and Cogsworth from ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''.
* The moose Rutt and Tuke in ''[[Brother Bear]]''.
* Rasoul and
* There were two loggers operating the leveler in ''[[Fern Gully]]'' that fit the trope.
* Snake and Robot from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''
* Ben and Lon from ''[[Pocahontas]]''.
* 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
* Honest John the fox and Gideon the cat in ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]''.
* The rats Nick and Fetcher from ''[[Chicken Run]]''.
* Dinky the sparrow and Boomer the woodpecker from ''[[The Fox and the Hound (film)]]''.
* Needleman and Smitty from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''.
* A rather perfect example in ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]''.
** Parodied with [[Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle|Harold and Kumar]]'s semitic duo, Rosenberg and Goldstein.
* 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 in Barbossa's crew at the end of the third movie.}}
** {{spoiler|Neither pair was in the fourth, which was a disappointment.}}
* ''[[Manos: The Hands
* ''[[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]].
** 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
** Somewhat subverted in that although the other ''characters'' consider Jay and Silent Bob to be random, unimportant guys, Kevin Smith fans loved them so much that they actually ''gained'' importance as the Askewniverse movies went on. Not only did they end up with their own movie (which could still fall under the trope) but in ''[[Dogma]]'' they are major characters without whom the <s>world</s> universe would have ended.
* ''[[Mean Girls]]'' has the the other two [[Girl Posse|Plastics]] [[
* ''[[Hannah Montana|Hannah Montana: The Movie]]'' has Rico and Oliver as two regular school guys helping out at Lily's party and not having any importance to the plot. In the TV series, it's not quite like that as Oliver in particular does have some central roles.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'': R2-D2 and C-3PO.
** Later (non-canon) comics reveal that practically any pair of Stormtroopers, Imperial guards, Clone troopers, Sandtroopers, no-name
* And the two characters who inspired them, Tahei and Matashichi from Akira Kurosawa's ''[[The Hidden Fortress]]''.
* And two more 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]]'' (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
* [[Brian Posehn]] and [[Patton Oswalt]] in ''[[Desperate But Not Serious]]'' appear several times, discussing which ''[[Star Wars]]'' characters are gay.
* In ''The Life and Death of Peter Sellers'', [[Spike Milligan]] and Harry Secombe ([[Peter Sellers]]' colleagues from ''[[The Goon Show]]'') pop up in a largely non-speaking capacity several times after the opening scene of a show recording, symbolizing Peter's disconnect with his old friends and his first great success out of his ambition to become a film actor, and his eventual alienation of virtually everyone he was ever close to. (Peter was actually quite close to these two guys throughout his life, but it's [[True Art Is Angsty|the kind of movie that's not interested in the good times]].)
*
* Max and Thor from the ''[[George of the Jungle]]'' movie.
* Andy and Andy from ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''.
* The two unnamed hearse drivers from ''[[Bubba Ho-Tep]]''.
* Despite going on to the spin off movie ''[[Harold
* The newspaper hounds from ''[[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 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]]''.
*
* The two hillbillies that are seen watching the practices and the games in ''[[The Waterboy]]''.
* The two police officers in ''[[Friday (film)|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 on the River Kwai]]''.
* From ''[[It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]
* Domino and Little Dipper in ''[[101 Dalmatians|102 Dalmatians]]''
* Val and Earl from ''[[Tremors]]'' manage to be this trope despite also being the unlikely heroes of the film.
* Gonzo and Rizzo the Rat in the later [[Muppet]] films.
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Tamora Pierce]] gives us lots of these in her ''[[Tortall Universe|Tortall]]'' books; there's Raoul and Gary in the ''Alanna'' series, Miri and Evan in the ''Immortals'' quartet, Merric and Seaver in the ''Protector of the Small'' sequence, and Aniki and Kora in the ''Provost's Dog'' trilogy.
* In ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', Legolas and Gimli are very much Those Two Guys, especially in relation to Aragorn. Merry and Pippin also qualify.
** Though less in ''The Return of the King'', where they are separated and get bigger roles as knights of Rohan and Gondor respectively.
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* Turkey and Nippers in Herman Melville's short story ''Bartleby the Scrivener''.
* Nobby Nobbs and Fred Colon frequently fulfill this role in ''[[Discworld]]'' City Watch stories.
** Not to mention their various international counterparts
*** Lampshaded in ''[[
* 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 (novel)|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
** Bain and Chiad
* From ''[[The Faerie Queene]]'', Braggadocchio and Trompart, mostly harmless nuisances who go around posing as a knight and his squire after Braggadocchio steals Guyon's horse.
* Some of ''[[Redwall]]'''s [[Punch Clock Villain
* In the very long 18th century Chinese novel ''[[The Story Of The Stone]]'', written by Cao Xueqin and Gao E, There are two minor characters who appear in the first two chapters. They are Jia Yu-cun, a tutor, and Leng Zi-xing, an antique dealer. They have a conversation over wine in a tavern, and the point of this conversation is to give a description of the Jia family and their situation to the reader.
* ''[[Ivanhoe]]'' opens on two Anglo-Saxons: Gurth, a swineherd, and Wamba, a jester. They playfully banter, making a linguistic observation in the style of [[Steven Wright]]. Wamba misdirects the local man of the cloth and a Knight Templar away from the home of Cedric, the local thane, in order to protect Cedric's daughter from unwanted advances. (They make it to the castle anyway, making for an uncomfortable dinner.)
** 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-Paper-Scissors|complementary]] [[Elemental Powers]], with one being fire and the other one water. I can't even remember which has fire and which has water. They have a brief romantic fling with a more typical set of Those Two Guys, incidentally.
* 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]]'': Pedro Pérez, the curate, and Maese Nicholas, the barber. Better known as "
* 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 ''[[87th Precinct]]'' series by Ed McBain.
* Elaina ni Leonor and Kara ni Lain are Those Two [[Action Girl
* In a way, Tomo and Walberg of [[George R. 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
* 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.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Bulk and Skull, the school bullies in ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''.
** Unlike most sets of Those Two Guys, they remained constant characters in every season of the continuous plotline, cameoed in the first season after the continuous plotline, and even cameoed in the 10th anniversary [[Reunion Show]].
** Their spiritual successors are Cassidy and Devin in ''[[Power Rangers Dino Thunder]]'', an aspiring reporter and her cameraman.
** Along with Lother's nieces Marah and Kapri on ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]''. (Cassidy and Marah are even played by the same actress).
** Bulk himself returns in ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'' in this role for the first time in more than a decade, though Skull's son takes his father's place in the onscreen duo.
* Frank and Cyril, from ''[[Slings and Arrows]]''.
* Craig and Eric from ''[[Drake and Josh]]''
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* Officers Michael Francis Murphy and Tony Bellows from the live action ''[[The Flash]]'' series.
* and ''[[
* ''[[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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* Ray and Chris in ''[[Life On Mars]]'', with Ray particularly embodying the values we've thankfully left behind.
* ''[[Primeval]]'' has Tom and Duncan; Conner's geeky college friends who aren't in on the secret. {{spoiler|Tom later contracts [[The Virus]] from a dodo and dies, and when Duncan finally reappears again in season 4, he has become a paranoid and reclusive [[Conspiracy Theorist]].}}
* ''[[The Wire]]''{{'}}s Herc and Carver occasionally fill this role.
** 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.
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** Isabel and Kati, particularly in the first season.
* Matt Rutherford (the black guy) and Mike Chang (the Asian guy) from ''[[Glee]]''.
** Only in the first season, though.
* Subverted in ''[[30
* 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.
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** Except the Holmesian Double Act is very rarely minor characters. The iconic "double act" are Jago and Lightfoot from Talons of Weng-Chiang. Jago owns the theatre where Weng-Chiang is hidden and his agent plies his trade, and Lightfoot is a police pathologist and the Doctor's de facto landlord for the story. Both important to the plot to the point that they are more important then the Doctor until the finale.
** The trope gets parodied mercilessly in the revived series episode ''A Good Man Goes To War'', with the introduction of the 'fat, thin, gay, married, Anglican marines.' Who don't just have no names, but [[Lampshade Hanging|don't even need them]].
** And the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S18
* The gate guards from ''[[Kings]]'' seem poised to fulfill this role.
* Huey and Gardino on ''[[Due South]]''.
** In the third season, it's Huey and Dewey.
* Lenny and Squiggy from ''[[Laverne and Shirley]]''.
* Reginald and Mr. Hall from ''[[The Singing Detective]]''.
* Jeffrey and Lester from ''[[Chuck]]''. These two may also be considered a [[Beta Couple]] to [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] Chuck and Morgan. They have a rock duo called Jeffster, which is (unsurprisingly) terrible.
** Terribly ''awesome''. Also, while they can be Those Two Guys in some episodes, they seem different from a lot of examples on this page in a lot of ways. First of all, they aren't indistinguishable from each other. Second, they aren't clueless about the show's [[Masquerade]]: it's revealed near the end of Season 2 that they know more about the [[Power Trio]] than anyone else, although they have still guessed wrong in a big way.
* ''[[
* In [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the new ''
* An interesting take on the idea is in HBO's ''[[Rome]]'', where Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo may be two of the main characters, but they are also arguably playing a Rosencrantz-and-Guildenstern role where their stories, although important to them, are but a minor side-show compared to the unfolding civil war between Caesar and Pompey, which they observe and sometimes affect. This angle is arguably lost in the second season, when their stories are largely separated from the bigger, more important characters, at least until the finale when they side with their patrons (Mark Antony and Octavian, respectively) once again.
* 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 with 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]]'' (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]]'' 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]]'', Brody and Volker wound up becoming this.
* In ''[[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?
* 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]]'' 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]]''.
* [[Statler and Waldorf]] from ''[[The Muppet Show]]''.
* In the 2018 Korean series ''[[Memories of the Alhambra]]'', Park Seon-Ho and Choi Yang-ju back at J One in Korea, who also act as [[Mission Control]] for main character Yoo Jin-woo from time to time.
* Subverted by ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' (like so many other tropes), which set up Willow and Xander as its Those Two Guys, then promptly turned around and made them major members of the ensemble.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Peanuts]]''{{'}} Patty and Violet. They're the two generic girl characters from the early decades of the strip and enjoy tormenting Charlie Brown by, for example, telling him they're going to throw a party and not invite him. The two almost always appeared together, except sometimes when filling out crowd scenes or setting up punchlines for other characters. Their appearances decreased significantly in the 1970s, and by the 1980s, they had almost vanished. Not to be confused with ''Peppermint'' Patty and Marcie, who could almost qualify as Those Two Guys if they'd have less distinct personalities.
==
* The Force adept duo San Herrera and Nia Reston appeared in various modules and supplemental articles of ''[[Star Wars]]'' d20's ''[[Living Force]]'' campaign as allied NPCs. They serve to demonstrate that the players are ''not'' the only Heroes of Cularin (the title applied to all player characters in the campaign). Despite several close calls with death, some that could even be caused by the players in non-canon failures, the two survived the increasing violence of the system {{spoiler|till year five where they are killed and reanimated as zombies}}.
== [[Theatre]] ==
* This is [[Older Than Steam]], the original pair being Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from ''[[Hamlet]]''.
** The later [[POV Sequel]], ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]'', by [[Tom Stoppard]], subverts this.
** Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are also quasi-subverted in the trope-making story, as they are also unintentional evil minions. Hamlet [[Moral Dissonance|has them killed anyway]].
** These two go on to inspire and inform several [[Greek Chorus]] duos, most obviously Vladimir and Estragon (''[[Waiting for Godot]]''; but see below), more recently, Jay and Silent Bob (''The Askewniverse'' films) and even more recently and obviously, Rosenberg and Goldstein of the ''Harold
** Timon and Pumbaa of ''[[The Lion King]]'', who then get their own ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead''.
* Salarino and Solanio from ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' are similar, only with even less relevance to the plot. They also have so little individual personality that some actors refer to them as "the Salads".
* Cleomenes and Dion in ''[[The Winter's Tale]]''.
* ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' has Benvolio and Mercutio. Slightly off, though; both are somewhat relevant to the story.
* The smugglers in the opera ''Carmen'' are often played like this.
** Also Carmen's two friends, Mercedes and Frasquita.
* ''[[The Tempest]]'' features Trinculo and Stephano.
* Most productions of ''[[Macbeth]]'' often turn Ross and Lennox (or Lennox and Angus, if Ross retains his considerably large role) into this, often merging said characters with the minor lords like Caithness, Menteith, and the unnamed lord (from III.vi) in the process.
* Ping, Pang and Pong in the opera ''Turandot''.
* Colline and Schaunard in ''[[La Boheme]]''.
* ''The Love of the Nightingale'' has two soldiers who represent Tereus' men.
* Sebastian and Bisque in
* Vladimir and Estragon in ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' are ultimately a subversion of this trope,
== [[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|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]].
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**** ''[[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.
**** No mention of Zenero and Benero? (Their brother Genero isn't part of Tantalus)
** In ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', there are a pair of guards at Nalbina named Gibbs and Deweg.
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** 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]]'' 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 [[
* 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:
** ''Ouendan'': Atsushi Saitou and Ittetsu Suzuki (Red team), Tsufushi Moriyama and Kenshin Sugita (blue team).
** ''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]]'' has [[The Professor]]
* 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.}}
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** 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]]''.
* Scott and Mark, the "Two Guys from Andromeda" in the ''[[Space Quest]]'' games, were [[Author Avatar
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Asric and Jadaar]] in ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.
* Gabriella Daniels and Kenneth Donnelly in ''[[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]]'' 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.}}
* Though their appearance is brief, Griggs and Sheckley from ''[[Half-Life]] 2 Episode Two'' definitely qualify. Better yet, one of them is [[Adam Baldwin]].
* The two guys both marked as "Gossip" in ''[[Dragon Age]]'', who show up in every town and chat about rumors in the game, whatever quests you've already completed, and random stuff such as how one of them banged the other one's wife.
* News reporter Ribitta and her cameraman in ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]] 2'' always wind up in the areas the main character travels to and inevitably encounters newsworthy danger in. This is intended as a way to avoid the game being trapped in an [[Unwinnable]] state, since her news van can be used to access the [[Cyberspace|game's internet overworld]], but it doesn't do a good job of it due to the sheer number of events even her van can't be accessed during (For example: It doesn't help if she's right outside the literal dungeon the protagonist is trapped in).
=== Visual Novels ===
* In ''[[Fate/stay night]]'', 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 ni]]''. 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
* [[Spirited Competitor|Shizune]] [[Club Stub|and]] [[Large Ham|Misha]] of ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' become this in nearly every route but their own, frequently pestering Hisao to do work for the Student Council or [[Shipper on Deck|commenting on his love life]].
* In ''[[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 de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!
** Gakuto in the Kawikami War during Momoyo's route takes on an entire enemy battalion by himself.
== Web Animation ==
* ''[[Broken Saints]]'' has two villainous variations: [[Sociopathic Soldier
* 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.
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* [[Superman]] and [[Batman]] are this in the ''[[How It Should Have Ended]]'' videos. Most of their appearances are both of them sitting in a diner, sometimes with a third superhero.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* As proof that you can pull these guys from other categories, ''[[No Need for Bushido]]'' has the pair start out as part of a small group of bandits, the first moment of menace for the Heroine and the chance for the Hero to save the Heroine for the start of a [[Rescue Romance]] (or whatever). Then we think they're out of the story. Nope, they show up later, and their oblivious-to-obvious-clues nature pretty quickly becomes a running gag before they end up finding the party and starting to help them out.
* Xander and Max from ''[[The Wotch]]''.
* Bob and Elmer from ''[[Penny and Aggie]]''. Stan and Jack also fit the trope to some degree, especially in their earlier appearances.
* In ''[[Megatokyo]]'', Yuki's friends [[Deadpan Snarker|Mami]] and [[Genki Girl|Asako]].
* "The Lounge Guys" from ''[[You Say It First]]''
* The
* 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 V3]]'' 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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20100516084237/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]]
* 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.}}
* The unnamed roaches in ''[[The Order of the Stick]]
* Ben and Beth, Sam's two friends at school in ''[[Molten Blade]]''
* [http://sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/091020 Clyde and Blinky] from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''.
** [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/971019 Parodied in an early sci-fi pastiche], where Torg and Riff were Those Two Guys on a [[Star Trek|federation starship]] invaded by a [[Alien|flesh eating alien]].
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'''Torg''': Well, we're dimensional travelers with more interesting characterization! You are a shallow stereotype needing no development at all!
'''The Captain''': What is this? [[Genre Savvy|A sci-fi thriller or some goofy buddy movie]]?
''[[Wrong Genre Savvy|The Captain is devoured by the alien.]]''
'''Torg''': The defense rests! }}
* ''[[Drowtales]]'' 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]]'' 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.
* 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.
** [[Me's a Crowd|Eggs and Biscuits]] of the Felt as well.
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Greasy and Peeper, in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]''.
* For
* Thalia Ruiz and Erasme in ''[[Greek Ninja]]''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Lenford "Lenny" Leonard and Carlton "Carl" Carlson from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|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.
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** The cops Eddie (the cop who looks like an [[Off-Model]] Mr. Burns) and Lou (the black cop with the Popeye arms) as well.
** 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.
* Officers Smitty and URL in ''[[Futurama]]''.
* Timmy's best friends Chester and A.J. on ''[[The Fairly
** Who, true to form, get their own ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead]]''-type episode.
** Also, Timmy's "back-up" friends, Sanjay and Elmer.
** Also the rich jerks, Tad and Chad.
* Pete White and Master Billy Quizboy from ''[[The Venture Bros]].'', who are also business partners and roommates in addition to being super-scientists. In fact, most of the series' characters are foils for one another; Doctor Venture and Brock, The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend, Hank and Dean, Watch and Ward, Monarch Henchmen 21 and 24, etc.
** In DVD commentaries, Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick point this trope out and confess that this is because whenever they're stuck or bored while writing they just make up two characters who are basically each other and goof around doing voices as them.
* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' has two pairs: the two [[School Newspaper Newshound
** And starting Season 3, Hiroki and Johnny also fit the mold.
* Flem and Earl from ''[[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]]''.
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* Baljeet and Buford from ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' have become this quite quickly, with an interesting [[Friendly Enemy]] dynamic as well.
** Major Monogram and Carl.
** Sometimes, in episodes that focus on Candace, Perry or Doofenshmirtz, Phineas
** Two guys that remain minor from beginning to end on the show are the nameless husband and wife. They're in several episodes for the sole purpose of the same [[Running Gag]]. The wife will say, "I can't believe you bought a [fill-in-the-blank product] [fill-in-the-blank product rental/selling place] that didn't have any [fill-in-the-blank products]. What, did you think [fill-in-the-blank products] would just fall from the sky?" Then, the [fill-in-the-blank product] will indeed fall from the sky, usually landing on top of the wife.
* Joey, Jeffy, and Jamie (had to look up their names) from ''[[Daria]]''. They pretty much exist just to remind us that Quinn is attractive when she doesn't have a [[Girl of the Week|Boy Of The Week]] around to do it instead.
** In fact, they're
** Arguably the
* The Badly Drawn Brothers from ''[[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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'''Chauncey:''' What's that, Edgar?
'''Edgar:''' A [unusual sight].
'''Chauncey:''' I don't know, Edgar. [punchline] }}
* ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' is an entire show dedicated to this trope.
* Jody, Ophelia, and Roger are often demoted to Those Three Guys in ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]''.
* Stan and Koji from ''[[Oban Star Racers]]''. They're mechanics, wisecrackers... and [[Heterosexual Life Partners|almost nothing else.]]
* ''[[
** One episode of ''[[
** Hack and Slash are ''not'' Those Two Guys; they're [[Minion with an F In Evil|Minions with an F In Evil]].
* Occasionally, [[Captain Obvious|Dooley]] and [[Jerkass|Clark]] in ''[[King of the Hill]]''.
* 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:
** Two background ponies [[Fan Nickname|known to fans]] as Bon Bon and Lyra are often seen together in crowd shots.{{context|reason=How are 'background ponies' an example of 'characters who usually if not always serve as the mundane Greek Chorus'?}}
* 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]]''.
* Jimmy and Jerry Gourd from ''[[Veggie Tales]]''.
** [[Funny Foreigner|Philippe and Jean-Claude, the French Peas]].
* Henry and June from ''[[
** 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 ''[[
* Whizzer and Dipstick in ''[[101 Dalmatians|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]''
* Larry and Steve from the first season of ''[[Rugrats]]''.
* Reggie and Bruno Bullnerd from ''[[
* Lucius and Samy from ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''.
* Howie and Octo from ''[[Almost Naked Animals]]''.
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'''[[Memetic Mutation|Both]]''': Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh! }}
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