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* [[Miracle Girls]] fits the name so well that it might have been the trope namer. Mikage and Tomomi are identical twins (albeit with different hairstyles), who need to be in physical contact to teleport.

* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' originally played with this trope by suggesting while Chibi-Usa's powers are mostly useless, using them with Usagi's similar ones results in something powerful. In the fourth season, this was taken further when they couldn't even transform or deliver a finishing attack without being together. Many fans cite this as a detriment to Usagi's role as the show's star, but also a plot device to handwave Chibi-Usa's increased screentime pushing out the main cast. Unlike ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]'' and ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]'', the noticeable age difference in the two made for some acrobatics to make sure the two [[Must Have Lots of Free Time|just happened to be together at the time]].

** Also in ''Sailor Moon'', Cyprine and Ptilol's strongest power requires the two to work together: one of them absorbs any incoming magical attacks, the other reflects them. Naturally, the Senshi defeat them by tricking them into separating.

*** A more traditional example is Nefertimon and Pegasusmon, who have an attack that requires both of them.

** ''[[Digimon Xros Wars|Xros Wars]]'' vacillates between this and [[Fusion Dance]]: some DigiXros combinations transform one character into a new form for the other to wield, such as Dorulumon turning into a cannon for Shoutmon to aim and fire.

* Viola and Cesario from ''[[Kiddy Grade]]''. Cesario's ability, "Driver", does nothing by itself, while Viola's power, "Calamity", can manipulate matter at the atomic level, but requires "Driver" as its energy source. (Tweedledee and Tweedledum also have an ability (Windstorm) that they can coordinate with each other, and in the last episode of season 1, {{spoiler|Eclair acts as a power source for Lumiere's Puppet ability}}.

* Time travelers in ''[[Natsu no Arashi]]!'' depend on being close to each other to jump through time. As Arashi points out on her second trip, without someone else, she has no way to return to the present.

* The twins from ''[[Heroic Age]]'' were two of the strongest human telekinetics but they could only use their powers when together, though not necessarily in contact. {{spoiler|Whether the limitation still existed after the departure of the Silver Tribe or due to force of habit they still joined hands to use their powers even after receiving a massive power boost.}}

* Campachino and Brindo from a ''[[One Piece]]'' filler arc. They use an ability called Combination Play, in which they [[Selective Magnetism|magnetically attract and repel each other]] and say that they can do it because of their "[[Power of Love|brotherly love]]".

** When {{spoiler|Andrea was resurrected (it didn't last), Andreas flayed the skin off his arm to give to her.}} Because they're [[Creepy Twins|creepy]].

* Hawk and Dove in the [[DC Universe]].

* One of the earliest examples (from the 1940s) of this was [[DC Comics]]' superhero duo ''TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite'', who had to touch their rings together (they had "positive" and "negative" charges) in order to activate their powers (superstrength and energy projection.)

* The comic book series ''Capes'' features a duo of [[Punch Clock Hero|Punch Clock Heroes]], Ed and Marshall, who can't be more than thirty feet away one one another or they'll weaken. [[Punny Name|Claire Voyant]] [[Twin Threesome Fantasy|immediately sees]] the [[Power Perversion Potential]]. In the end, Marshall dies but the power still holds, forcing Ed to carry around Marshall's urn all the time.

* In ''Mindstar Rising" (the sci-fi mystery novel by Peter F. Hamilton) the psi-boosted protagonist and his pre-cognitive partner are successfully ambushed when twin psychics are used to create a null-zone where their powers won't work.

* In ''Son of [[Spellsinger]]'', Jon-Tom's son and Mudge's kids have to perform together as a band to gain the full benefits of spellsinging magic. They're a trio, not a duo, but same idea.

* In the young adult fantasy series ''[[Twitches]]'' main characters Camryn and Alex are powerful twin witches separated at birth whose powers become super-strong when they work together.

== Live Action TV ==

* Shotaro Hidari and Phillip from ''[[Kamen Rider Double]]'' have to transform at the same time to form the titular Rider. The psychic connection powers of their [[Transformation Trinket]] let them easily do this even from across town, but if Phillip is unconscious, being chased, or just has something better to do, then Shotaro is screwed.

** In addition, if it's ''Phillip'' who's in trouble, he can't transform unless he contacts Shotaro and has him put on the Double Driver.

== Video Games ==

*** As an Augment, Twincast allows the final party to raise all their HP caps, buff physical and magic attack power, and cast a devastating White Magic spell. The same flaws still apply, so your mileage may vary, but it's Rosa's only other magic offense besides Holy.

* In ''[[Spyro]] 2: Ripto's Rage/Gateway to Glimmer'', in Scorch, the exiting cutscene shows siblings (twins? They don't say) Handel and Greta surrounded by armed soldiers in a castle. As the bad guys approach, Handel and Greta slowly move their hands together and when they join hands, their eyes turn red and they cast some sort of spell that knocks their enemies off the castle.

** As of Black and White, these abilities are no longer exclusive, plus/plus and minus/minus pairs still boost and can potentially be used to greater effect with the new Triple and Rotational battles. This is still a problem though, as none of the 3 new users are very good, and are fairly redundant with each other.

* In ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Baseball]]'', Ashley and Sidney Webber play much better when they are on the same team. They become the best pitchers in the game.

* ''Killroy & Tina'' has the two main characters share super powers as long as they're within five kilometers of each other. They also suffer from [[Synchronization]]; if one dies, both die.

* Dimitri and Alina Tokamak of [[Dresden Codak]] have superpowers activated by contact based around physics.

== Web Original ==

== Western Animation ==

** Sadly the writers were either unable or forbidden to come up with [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|actual, useful applications for their powers]]. Their counterparts from the Superfriends comics of the time were much better with their powers.

** Watch Thunder and Lightning make it rain. You know. Literally. However, each is individually powered as well.

* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'': Jetfire and Jetstorm combine to make "Safeguard".

** In fact all [[Combining Mecha]] have a bit of this, in that they're devastating in a [[Five-Man Band]], but nothing to write home about individually.

* Parodied on one episode of ''[[Camp Lazlo]]''. When Chip and Skip, the dung beetles, join hands and shout "Scum twin powers, activate!" they can call all the grime in camp to the area.

* ''[[The Twins of Destiny]]'' was a French production in which the main characters, Jules and Julie, would hold hands and say "We call upon the (number) Power of the Seven Powers..." and then fill that last part in with whatever they needed the power to do.

* Despite being sentient themselves, the [[Humongous Mecha]] in ''[[Robotix]]'' could only activate their [[Transforming Mecha|transforming powers]] when they had human pilots.

== Real Life ==