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* Turkey and Nippers in Herman Melville's short story ''Bartleby the Scrivener''. |
* Turkey and Nippers in Herman Melville's short story ''Bartleby the Scrivener''. |
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* Nobby Nobbs and Fred Colon frequently fulfill this role in ''[[Discworld]]'' City Watch stories. |
* Nobby Nobbs and Fred Colon frequently fulfill this role in ''[[Discworld]]'' City Watch stories. |
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** Not to mention their various international counterparts |
** Not to mention their various international counterparts; every locale has an ethnic equivalent of Fred and Nobby. |
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*** Lampshaded in ''[[ |
*** Lampshaded in ''[[Jingo]]'' |
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* Inspectors Lestrade and Gregson in ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''. Good enough coppers in their own way but naturally can't compare with the Great Detective. |
* Inspectors Lestrade and Gregson in ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]''. Good enough coppers in their own way but naturally can't compare with the Great Detective. |
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** 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.]] |
** 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.]] |
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