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* ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' has [[Official Couple|Italy and Germany]]. Germany is a [[Germanic Depressives|strict, military-oriented]] neat freak who can fall into [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] at times. Italy is [[The Ditz|clueless]], [[Genki Guy|hyperactive]], and [[Lovable Coward|loves to surrender]]. The [[Ship Tease]] between them is overwhelming.
** One could argue that [[Fan-Preferred Couple|America and England]] fall under this too. Although England is not as uptight as you might expect, his usually staid demeanor contrasts with America's [[Large Ham|hamminess]] and [[Idiot Hero|lovable idiocy]].
* Ranma and Akane from ''[[Ranma One Half½]]''. It's referenced multiple times throughout the series... Such as one of the opening themes about Ranma and Akane being titled "Dont Make Me Wild Like You" and Ranma's name essentially meaning "wild horse." While (in the manga, at least) Ranma thrives on [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulation]], Akane often gets upset with his antics and reveals his identity when he doesn't want her to. He enjoys playing pranks on people, even when Akane gets mad at him for it. [[Shameless Fanservice Girl|He's]] also comfortable with being half-naked or nude around other people. Akane, on the other hand, will have none of that. She always tries to keep him covered up and maintains her own modesty at all times. True to the trope, Akane eventually becomes more relaxed about these traits and starts helping him out in his schemes and even starts coming up with some herself. (Strangely enough, although they're opposites in this sense, they're [[Birds of a Feather|alike in many other ways]].)
* ''[[FAKE]]'': Ryo towards Dee which he will deny.
 
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* Lee "Apollo" Adama and Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]''. And because they somehow also manage to be [[Like Brother and Sister]], this kind of puts them under the [[Sibling Yin-Yang]] trope as well.
* This is gender-flipped in ''[[Gossip Girl]]'', with Blair as an uptight, proper, virginal lady, and Chuck a hedonist who likes his hookers to come in twos. She makes him less wild and more responsible, and he makes her far more sexual and liberated.
* As of the episode 'iOMG', this trope could be in the offing for 'Seddie' (Sam and Freddie') in [[ICarlyiCarly]].
* Gender-flipped in ''[[Skins]]'' with Chris and Jal. Like the ''Gossip Girl'' example, Jal inspires Chris to work hard to get and keep a job, and Chris inspires Jal to let her hair down a little.
* ''[http://www.sitcomsonline.com/photopost/data/1460/medium/Free_Spirit_2.jpg Free Spirit]'' is a standard sitcom from [[The Eighties]] in which T.J. is a wise and reserved lawyer and wears sweater vests. Winnie is goofy and wacky and an immortal, magic-using [[Bewitched|witch]] with [[Eighties Hair|awesome hair]]. He has some kids [[Full House|but his wife is dead]]. She's the live-in nanny / [[Mr. Belvedere|housekeeper]]. Together, they spend 14 episodes making the audience wonder [[Will They or Won't They?]] ...before it was rightfully canceled.
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