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** 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 Half]]''. 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 (Manga)|FAKE]]'': Ryo towards Dee which he will deny.
 
 
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== Fan Fic ==
* The popular, [[Fanon|not-quite-canon]]-[[Ship Tease|but-hinted-at]] pairing of Sasha Nein and Milla Vodello in ''[[Psychonauts (Video Game)|Psychonauts]].'' They're long-time partners, and are without a doubt close ''friends,'' if not in love (though Milla definitely has feeling for Sasha). Sasha's the uptight one (of course; he's [[Germanic Depressives|German]]) and Milla's the wild party girl.
 
 
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* Juno and Bleeker from ''[[Juno]]''
* Enid and Seymore from ''[[Ghost World]]''
* Lisa, Wyatt, and Gary from ''[[Weird Science (Filmfilm)|Weird Science]]''
* ''[[Stacy Attack Of The Schoolgirl Zombies]]'' - A teen girl, Eiko, gets a reclusive [[Dirty Old Man|middle-aged]] puppeteer, Shibukawa, to promise to "[[Future Slang|repeat kill]]" her when she becomes a [[Zombie Apocalypse|zombie]]. She's in the [[Coming of Age|final stage]] of becoming a [[Our Zombies Are Different|zombie]], a stage called, "[[Unusual Euphemism|Near Death Happiness]]" <ref>"Death" used to mean "Orgasm" hundreds of years ago</ref> which is a [[Menstrual Menace|period]] of [[Stepford Smiler|manic giddiness]], as per usual with all girls [[Dangerous Sixteenth Birthday|around the age of 16]], and she'll soon start [[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|glowing]] due to the [[Newspeak|B.T.P.]] or "[[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|Butterfly Twinkle Powder]]." Can [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl|she help]] him [[All That Glitters|learn]] to [[Put the Laughter In Slaughter|laugh again]] in this crazy, mixed-up [[Crapsack World|world]] that's [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|symbolic]] for [[Lost Aesop|lost innocence]]? {{spoiler|Of course, once he [[The Reveal|finally]] opens up that [[An Asskicking Christmas|gift]] she [[Relationship Upgrade|gave]] him and finds a [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]] inside!}}
* ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for Aa Day]]'' is an odd case: while they are not romantically entangled, the relationship between wild American Delysia Lafosse and stiff British governess Miss Pettigrew follows this trope pretty closely, with each learning something from the other.
* ''[[Notting Hill]]'' - William Thacker ([[Hugh Grant]]) is an unsuccessful Notting Hill bookstore owner who is depressed that his wife has dumped him. But all that will change when Anna Scott ([[Julia Roberts]]), the world's most beautiful woman and best-liked actress, enters his shop and changes his life with her glamorous Hollywood ways.
* ''[[What's Up, Doc?]]'': Once [[Barbra Streisand|Judy Maxwell]] sets her eye on Howard Bannister (Ryan O'Neal), not even his impending marriage to the controlling Eunice Burns (Madeline Kahn) is going to stand in her way. And as much as he protests, this crazy adventure is just the thing he needs to make him start thinking over the things he ''really'' wants (Eunice is not among them).
* ''[[Yes-Man]]'' is a very obvious example of this. The stuffy Jim Carrey gets the wild Zooey Deschanel when he finally decides to start saying yes to things.
* This is pretty much the entire plot of ''[[The African Queen]]''.
* In ''[[Friday the 13th (Filmfilm)|Friday the 13 th]] Part 6.'' Everyone thinks that Tommy is crazy, but he's very sane and stuffy and goal-oriented. His love interest, Megan, is very wild. Megan cracks wise, disobeys her father, breaks Tommy out of prison at gun point, crams his face into her lap for a police chase... um, balances her chair on two legs, and is very lucky to have hooked up with the [[Final Girl|Final Guy]] for a 50/50 chance of survival.
* ''[[A Single Man]]''
* ''[[CharliesCharlie's Angels]]'' - Natalie & Pete
* Uncle Frank definitely helps [[Housewife|Julia]] come out of her shell in ''[[Hellraiser (Film)|Hellraiser]].''
* ''[[Enchanted]]'': Stuffy, cynical divorce lawyer Robert meets literal fairytale princess Giselle.
* ''[[Ondine]]'' - Syracuse is a cynical, reclusive, recovering-alcoholic fisherman who one day brings up a [[Our Mermaids Are Different|selky]] named Ondine {{spoiler|Romanian drug mule}} in his fishing net. She brings luck and can grant wishes. Can Ondine help Syracuse learn to live, love, and trust? {{spoiler|Yes. They get married.}}.
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* Loretta Chase loves this trope: ''Mr. Impossible'' (Rupert is the wild one, Daphne is the nerd), ''Lord Perfect'' and ''Last Night's Scandal'' (Olivia is the wild one, Peregrine/Lisle is less so). Benedict and Bathsheba from ''Lord Perfect'' seem to be set up to be this trope, except that Bathsheba isn't nearly as wild as her daughter/the rest of her relatives are.
* At the end of the [[Dragaera|Khaavren]] trilogy, it is revealed that [[Blood Knight|Tazendra]] has been in love with [[Blue Oni|Aerich]] all along, and it seems to be mutual.
* Subverted HARD in [[Effi Briest (Literature)|Effi Briest]] where the relationship between the Prussian official Geert von Instetten and the titular "Daughter of the Air" just plain doesn't work out because of their conflicting personalities - In the end, she ends up cheating on him with a more exciting, [[The Casanova|womanizing officer]], and despite of the fact that [[All Love Is Unrequited|he still loves her]], he sees no choice but to divorce her because his honor code says so. To be fair, him being twice her age and their marriage being [[Arranged Marriage|arranged]] didn't help in the slightest.
 
 
== Live Action Television ==
* Both major couples in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''.
** Worf and Jadzia: he's a stuffy [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]], she's a Trill with several hundred years' worth of memories who does whatever she can to avoid boredom.
{{quote| "Worf. My love. Let me make this very clear: I do not want to spend ''my'' honeymoon climbing, hiking, sweating, bleeding or suffering in any way."<br />
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"Room service. I wanna be pampered. I want a staff to cater to our every whim - I wanna be ''embarrassed'' by the size of our room." }}
** Odo and Kira: he's a policeman so uptight he can't stand people moving the things in his room an inch out of place, she's a [[Fiery Redhead]] ex-guerrilla fighter with little respect for any rules but her own.
* ''[[Queer Asas Folk]]''
* ''[[The L Word]]''
* ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'' as parodied on ''[[Family Guy]]'' as seen [http://i53.tinypic.com/dmv7kw.jpg here]
* ''[[Firefly (TV)|Firefly]]:'' Simon loves Kaylee because she has bright eyes and is the only female he knows who isn't married or professional or closely related. But he has to take care of his mei-mei. Sorry Kaylee.
* An episode of ''[[Cupid (TV)|Cupid]]'' revolved around this. The title character had to hook the stuffy guy up with an untamed woman, despite their differences.
* ''[[Life Withwith Derek]]'': Casey (stuffy) and Derek (untamed), as a result of a [[Relationship Writing Fumble]].
** The same goes for Alex (untamed) and Justin (stuffy), of ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''.
* ''[[Power Rangers RPM]]'': As of the episode "If Venjix Won", this is Dr. K and Ziggy.
* ''[[Flying Blind]],'' a short-lived series from 1992, explored the difficulties faced by self-conscious and repressed Neil in dealing with the erotic antics of liberated Alicia.
* Lisa, Wyatt, and Gary from ''[[Weird Science (TV series)|Weird Science]]''.
* [[Kissing Cousins]] George Michael and Maeby in ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]''. George Michael was mostly a timid, dutiful son while Maeby was something of an independent delinquent.
* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' messes around slightly with [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Alex and Gene]]; at first it seems that Alex ([[Brainy Brunette|sophisticated, intelligent]] [[Married to Thethe Job|career woman]]) is obviously the uptight one to Gene's [[Gene Hunt Interrogation Technique|fist-happy,]] racist, sexist, [[Catch Phrase|armed bastard]] of a guy. But then Alex goes and [[All Women Are Lustful|throws herself]] at [[Really Gets Around|every guy she meets]] whilst [[Lady Drunk|getting frequently smashed]], and it's Gene who [[My Girl Is Not a Slut|pulls her up on it.]]
* ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' - Penny moves into an apartment next door to two brilliant but socially awkward physicists and shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.
* '' "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' - [[Angel]] is moody, broody, and [[Gypsy Curse|cursed by the Roma]]. Can Buffy help [[Incredibly Lame Pun|raise his spirits]] and break the curse? Yes. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Epicly]].
* 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 [[I CarlyICarly]].
* 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 (TV)|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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* ''[[Guys and Dolls]]''
* ''[[Rent]]'' - Maureen and Joanne
* ''[[Barefoot in The Park (Theatre)|Barefoot in Thethe Park]]''
 
 
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