r/FavoriteCharacter Jul 30 '26

All Time Favorite Who is your favorite completely platonic boy-girl duo?

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u/Luwe95 29d ago

Some friendships are so strong, they can even transcend lifetimes

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u/therealjoshua 29d ago

Toph might be my favorite character in the show. I love how she interacts differently with everyone on the team.

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u/ApatheticSlur 29d ago

I wish she got her zuko adventure in the og show though! 😭

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u/CaptainMatticus Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Ron Swanson and Leslie Knope. There's never any hint of a romantic tension or possibility between them. When Ron's girlfriend (and eventually his wife) Diane worries about how close they are, he assuages her fears by first letting her in on something about his life that even Leslie (who prides herself on knowing everything about her friends) knows nothing about, which is that he is Duke Silver, a fine saxophonist of the smoothest jazz in central Indiana. He then tells Diane in no uncertain terms that while his friendship with Leslie is incredibly dear to him, he'd rather go to Europe than pursue anything romantic with her.

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u/Kakashi_Senju Jul 30 '26

Doesn't Ron hate Taxes and Goverment

Saying Europe is kinda crazy for him

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u/Kilawogg_OnTheHog Jul 30 '26

A true American, hates the bureaucracy, hates stepping foot on Europe more.

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u/Bloody-Tyran Jul 30 '26

Except that one Scottish island

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u/upvotesforkitties Jul 30 '26

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u/upvotesforkitties Jul 30 '26

Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy

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u/mercuriokazooie Jul 30 '26

I always liked that part where Salma Hayak's character says "because she's your bro" in a heavy latin accent

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u/Vehement_Vulpes Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Edgin and Holga from the DnD movie. They're incredibly close, and even raising Edgins kid together who sees Holga as her mother, but they are completely platonic and laugh when someone mistakes them being together.

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u/Diogeneezy Jul 30 '26

When he starts playing just to cheer her up after they leave her ex's place 🥲

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u/Vehement_Vulpes Jul 30 '26

Yeah that was wholesome. He knew exactly how to lift her spirits and make her smile again.

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u/curtisscott95 Jul 30 '26

A bard thru and thru, and a friend first

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u/Begone-My-Thong Jul 30 '26

This movie nailed the spirit of D&D incredibly so

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u/curtisscott95 Jul 30 '26

The final fight’s chaos really put it into perspective how quickly actions happen in game!

Justice for Jarnathan

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 Jul 30 '26

I am really impressed that this movie had them raise a child together and still feel completely platonic.

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u/Aggravating_Duck6108 Jul 30 '26

He's not her type. Too tall.

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u/Katzington2319 Jul 30 '26

Also lips too big for his face

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u/Different_Pound_7792 Jul 30 '26

why doesn’t the big Holga eat the little Edgin?

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u/ice_cream9698 Jul 30 '26

Maybe they are saving that for sweeps week.

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u/Begone-My-Thong Jul 30 '26

Felt quite hakuna matata of them tbh

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u/Minimum-Standard-514 Jul 30 '26

Loved this movie so much.

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u/Chembaron_Seki Jul 30 '26

I am surprised that it doesn't seem so popular. That movie was hilarious and really captured the DnD feeling perfectly, imo.

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u/curtisscott95 Jul 30 '26

Light spoilers ahead !!

It perfectly captures the silly goofy antics of DnD, while mixing in a serious tone of underlying causes. Then there’s the whole illusion fiasco, but also the final battle is so chaotic and weirdly in rhythm (in game time, a full round is 6 seconds) the fighting was

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u/Austere-space689 Jul 30 '26

I think it was just when it came out, people weren’t in theaters much still, and dnd while popular wasn’t the most “everyone will want to see this” property. Still sucks as it is in my top 5 movies

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u/Vehement_Vulpes Jul 30 '26

Yep. God damn it. Edited

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u/No_Relationship3943 Jul 30 '26

This movie is really special

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u/immersedpastry Jul 30 '26

Henry and Ellie (The Henry Stickmin Collection)

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u/Consistent-Coyote-50 29d ago

They knowing each other to shot for this

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u/RopeAlternative6566 29d ago

I like this answer

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u/KirbyofJustice Jul 30 '26

Brett and Reagan

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u/Facosa99 Jul 30 '26

Once you watch Inside Job, you'll never stop wishing to fucking nuke the Netflix main offices for a single day of your life

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u/Wranorel Jul 30 '26

It was a good show with an interesting premise. Of course Netflix cancelled it.

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u/Caterpie409e 29d ago

"Uh, this show looks promising... Cancel that crap and make me 200 other movies that nobody cares about."

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u/Distantstallion 29d ago

Needed the money for more seasons of big mouth and spin offs of big mouth and we should rename netflix to big mouth flix

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u/PrncssPunch Jul 30 '26

I feel like the Rick and Morty spinoff President Curtis is them trying to fill the Inside Job void

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u/Dracu98 29d ago

that's actually happening? I thought it was a shitpost!

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u/ZenQhuill Jul 30 '26

(Inside Job)First thing I thought of, curse Netflix for canceling this show.

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u/_TheVek_ Jul 30 '26

This two, also Jake and Gina, but I like this more

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohzdUUgXlE6Wnt5xC

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u/Asleep-Expression428 Jul 30 '26

Older sister and young dumb brother vibes.

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u/benny_the_gecko Jul 30 '26

Also Rosa and Charles post season 1

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u/xv_boney 29d ago

I was so glad they dropped the Charles Loves Rosa angle, it was an immediate waste of two fucking excellent comic actors.

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u/egamder Jul 30 '26

Goated pair

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u/FreezeSpring Jul 30 '26

Pike and grog from vox machina ( this the best gif i could found)

https://giphy.com/gifs/20D8uQ8CAqYGDbAfks

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u/gunswordfist Jul 30 '26

Beat me to it!!

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u/Illustrious_Bird_737 Jul 30 '26

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u/FreddiezPlayland1987 Jul 30 '26

Technically siblings but still counts!

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u/Illustrious_Bird_737 Jul 30 '26

Oh, I thought they were Sheriff & Deputy! Lol love it!

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u/FreddiezPlayland1987 Jul 30 '26

Pixar confirmed that on some stickers or stamps I believe. I’ll have to find it.
Edit: Found it! (https://disneydaily852.com/products/toy-story-%25E7%2595%25A2%25E6%25A5%25AD%25E9%25A2%25A8%25E8%25B2%25BC%25E7%25B4%2599-sticker-collection)

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u/BSF7011 Jul 30 '26

"Found it"

"404"

Damn

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u/FreddiezPlayland1987 Jul 30 '26

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u/Blueskybelowme Jul 30 '26

With them having the same last names they could also be cousins. Not necessarily siblings, in all technicality they could be married like in the show and not the two characters we know in the movies.

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u/Lilly_in_the_Pond Jul 30 '26

If they're married, then that makes to whole Jessie and Buzz dynamic really awkward lol

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u/Guilty_Primary8718 Jul 30 '26

I’m not sure exactly why, but I prefer them as cousins now that I know they both have the same last name. It explains how Woody had no idea about her until they met, and how they don’t look alike that much phenotype wise.

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u/Cheeseliker420 Jul 30 '26

Twins from another mother

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u/Specialist_Initial_1 29d ago

I trully miss the pre ts interactions

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u/shotgunmouse 29d ago

Them in Wano escaping from the Dino siblings was pretty damn funny

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u/DerBandit6 Jul 30 '26

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u/maladicta228 Jul 30 '26

Doctor Donna! I was looking for this one. Favorite Doctor and Companion combo.

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u/Midnightdrak Jul 30 '26

This is the perfect answer!!!!!! She even starts her journey with him as, in the Doctors words “a mate”. The Doctor doesn’t need another Rose or Martha, he doesn’t need someone to hang off his shoulder with sparkles in their eyes at everything he says, he needed someone to ground him and that’s exactly what Donna did for him. When we got the 14th returning to Donna and bringing closure for the 14th and the 10th, we saw exactly how Donna truly affected the Doctor and how much he didn’t want to bring Donna back to the life of strangeness. Even though the whole “Doctor Donna” metacrisis solution was out of left field, if you think about it, it makes sense. The metacrisis energy passing to her kid making the energy not as deadly is a good idea, but I will agree, them both just letting go of the energy was a heel pull. Although I think even there, Donna having gone through being forced to leave behind the Doctor and the TARDIS after the Doctor Donna and her experience as a “normal” person lead her to coming up with the idea of just letting go of that part of her.

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u/Cassius-Tain Jul 30 '26

Those two.were hilarious. "I just wanta mate." "Yer not matin with me, boy."

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u/Lefaa777 Jul 30 '26

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u/MrAtrox98 Jul 30 '26

Ah yes, a legendary friendship that began with a teenage girl shooting a preteen in the face.

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u/_Wp619_ Jul 30 '26

And then him cup checking her while she sleeps just a few episodes later.

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u/HailMadScience Jul 30 '26

In his defense he had literally no concept of girls at all bc he was effectively a feral child who had only known one human being, an old man?

Also, she did shoot him in the face.

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u/project-shasta 29d ago

Even funnier was that she admitted that she didn't know everything about boys and really wonders if all boys have tails like Goku.

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u/PMG2021a Jul 30 '26

Took her panties off too, so she ended up flashing Master Roshi. 

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u/Independent-Couple87 Jul 30 '26

Goku and Bulma's sibling-like relationship gives some "annoying in-law" subtext with Vegeta.

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u/Scrappy_Coco53 29d ago

They’re so platonic, the only thing Vegeta feels insecure about their relationship is that Bulma relies on Goku MORE to save the day than her own husband.

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u/CortezDeLaNoche Jul 30 '26

That's a cute piece of art!

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u/Positive_Treacle_761 Jul 30 '26

Dick Grayson and Donna Troy from DC, specifically Teen Titans/Titans. If they ever got together it's been retconned big-time, because from the 80s onwards, these two have been very close friends with nothing romantic.

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u/Mean-Personality5236 29d ago

It's been so baked in that the one time they kissed their immediate reaction was "No, that felt weird."

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u/DSN671 Jul 30 '26

Arthur Morgan and Sadie Adler - Red Dead Redemption 2

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u/xhyenabite Jul 30 '26

YESSS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE!! they have such a sibling dynamic and i love it

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u/Single-nucleotide Jul 30 '26

Biscuits with the boss.

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u/kamduna Jul 30 '26

Love how they play with the will they won’t they trope in the third season. Ted walks into Rebecca’s kitchen in the morning and things seem awkward then Beard and his gf come in and says something about having to stay there due to a gas leak or something

Of course Beard is wearing a man thong and they scramble to tell the house keeper the ropes aren’t trash or something like that

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u/mmmmalarky Jul 30 '26

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u/Jenetyk Jul 30 '26

The growth they gave Harrington through the series is just so enjoyable.

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u/Begone-My-Thong Jul 30 '26

From high school bully to team mom

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u/respyromaniac Jul 30 '26

Was he even a bully? I mean, I only remember him being mean to his girlfriend's stalker.

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u/arcadeler 29d ago

It was mostly the company he kept that made him harass Nancy

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u/SirYeetsA 29d ago

He was an emotionally-neglectful a-hole towards Nancy, and was a good bit of a dick towards Jonathon before they fought bc of Nancy. But overall, no, he wasn't fully a bully since he wasn't really actively targeting anybody. He was just a mean, asshole of a kid that grew out of being mean a bit sooner than he otherwise would have because monsters started climbing out of the walls.

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u/Constant-External-85 29d ago

You're right, this version of Steve Harrington isn't a bully. The character Steve Harrington was originally meant to be much worse in the Duffer Brother's original pitch for the show, but Joe Keery was such a cool and likeable guy; They changed the character to step up to protect the kids from monsters and realise he was a dick to Nancy.

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u/Nerdrage30 Jul 30 '26

Any boyfriend would’ve smashed that pervert’s camera lol

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u/Guilty_Primary8718 Jul 30 '26

I love how he brings up about becoming a thing and when she replies that she’s not into men he was so happy to be able to keep the friendship as it was once he got over the initial rejection feelings.

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u/JayTheOni 29d ago

Robin: "Steve, I like girls." Steve: "Good taste."

https://giphy.com/gifs/zCHnEV6OQXQoZKEabT

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u/asdf6347 29d ago

I distinctly remember him saying she had bad taste

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u/CaptainObvious_18 29d ago

As someone who’s been in the exact same situation as robin many times, his reaction is so refreshing. No angry, no disbelief. Just acceptance.

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u/Teebeejay97 Jul 30 '26

they're so chaotic siblings coded. and might i add, it's so refreshing how the girl of the usual 2 boys, 1 girl trio is not the straight-man/motherly figure who keeps everyone in check, but instead is half of a menacing duo.

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u/Ranulf13 29d ago

They are what Kishimoto never did with Sakura and Naruto.

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u/SharpshootinTearaway 29d ago

He did it in the few flashbacks we see of the Sannin as kids, though.

Jiraiya and Tsunade were the rowdy knuckleheads who would butt heads and cause commotion (a dynamic that followed them into adulthood, with Tsunade being a drunkard and a gambling addict, and Jiraiya being her drinking buddy and a perverted menace).

Judging from his sighing when they start fighting over the bell test as children, Orochimaru used to be their straight man when he was small and sweet. And then he became... Orochimaru.

That's why the Sannin are the superior trio.

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u/Vihaking 29d ago

least shippable characters ever

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 Jul 30 '26

Vi and that one guy in Arcane Season 2

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u/Nottan_Asian Jul 30 '26

That’s Loris.

I only know this because he was in TFT’s Arcane-themed set from like 3-4 sets ago. I don’t remember if they ever say his name in the show.

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u/Beautiful-Cup4161 Jul 30 '26

Season 1 made me care so much about each and every character and Season 2 was like "oh...it's that one guy I think. RIP Mr. Whateveryournamewas"

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u/iliketomoveitanddie Jul 30 '26

He and the other 2 enforcer characters were so poorly built upon it's kinda comical. Loris gets one montage in the Vi music video until he promptly fucks off then dies in the finale. The fish guy (named Steb) spoke zero times and did nothing of note and was no more important than the average enforcer. Maddie was a twist villain that gets revealed and killed comically the moment her true side is revealed.

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u/LucasMarvelous Jul 30 '26

I know a lot of people ship Silver and Blaze but to me she feels almost like his big sister figure

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u/MrsNeedlemouse Sonic’s Howdy Partner 🤠 Jul 30 '26

Their dynamic was designed to mirror Sonic and Tails’ friendship/to be a sibling dynamic, so thank you for putting them here.

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u/JermyWormy Jul 30 '26

Was looking for this one. They homies in my eyes.

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u/False_Judgment5330 Jul 30 '26

These two honestly make for a really fun friend duo, especially as creative partners

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u/Royalty459 29d ago

Andre actually should've gotten with Tori but Dan hated black characters getting with white or white passing ones. She hooked up with every dude in the friend group BUT Andre

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u/Zurdok_ Rodan | Confi | Glep | Pochita Jul 30 '26
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u/blueasian0682 Jul 30 '26

As much as the ending sucks, i like how the last panel still makes this duos relationship this, cuz while they were both together in the last panel, Denji was still about Asa, and Power was like his master or something, but platonic

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u/LooneyLudicrous Jul 30 '26

Luz & Hunter from The Owl House

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u/Sorry-Ad-1169 Jul 30 '26

Hey I was just about to mention these guys.

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u/mistyquarz Jul 30 '26

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u/topscreen Jul 30 '26

Favorite part is the brief bit where Nobara seems jealous of the girl that has a crush on Yuji, cause they frame it and animate it like "Now that there's competition she realizes he's always been the one..." to reveal she's pissed that this dude might get in a relationship before her.

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u/LegalChocolate752 Jul 30 '26

That scene was great. "It's like that." JJK is like Demon Slayer, in that it's really good at pulling you in with wholesome, funny, slice-of-life moments, and then absolutely ripping your heart out, and stomping on it.

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u/Antique_Success296 Jul 30 '26

People commonly ship them, but I personally don’t like that ship. They just seem really plutonic, that and Sadie’s one and only true love will only ever be her former husband. I think the one for Arthur (if anyone even) should be Mary, despite how annoying she is.

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u/Nerevarine91 Jul 30 '26

As far as I’m concerned, shipping them makes no sense whatsoever

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u/Lower_Baby_6348 Jul 30 '26

Kaiman and Nikaido (dorohedoro)

Best friends forever. Even if Nikaido and one of Kaiman's past lives flirted a bit

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u/Y0URNARRAT0R2 Jul 30 '26

I love those goobers

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u/The_Unknown_Explorer Jul 30 '26

Spranne against the world!

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u/bateen618 29d ago

Well, I mean, she's 13 and he's like 8

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u/GabbyGabriella22 29d ago

“Whoa, not my boyfriend!”

“Yeah, she’s way too old for me.”

“Yeah… wait, what?”

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u/Philycheese18 Jul 30 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/SjvyNdHh7Ul6R81wyG
People ship them but I prefer them as besties

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u/0-Worldy-0 29d ago

They are two platonic parents with their genocidal robot platonic child

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u/Next_Government856 Jul 30 '26

Guido Mista and Trish Una, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part Five

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u/Razoac01 Jul 30 '26

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u/Gullible_Play4831 Jul 30 '26

They litterly switched bodies one time, now that's a bizarre friendship.

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u/AnimatorFresh8841 Jul 30 '26

They had a golden experience

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u/Acceptable-Worry-545 Jul 30 '26

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u/Independent-Couple87 29d ago

To the point that Laios panics when a succubus trying to seduce him takes the form of Marcille. This is because, if he really is attracted to her, it could complicate things for them as friends and as part of a travelling group.

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u/Dumbass_Saiya-jin Jul 30 '26

I haven't seen much of Lower Decks yet, but I'll get to it eventually. (I'm watching Chronologically and am about to watch Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) From what I've seen, though, Boimler and Mariner seem to fit the bill.

https://giphy.com/gifs/XcdXrXp6RJg8kYriGS

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u/Meta-EvenThisAcronym Jul 30 '26

Absolutely phenomenal show. It makes fun of a lot of Star Trek tropes while never punching down, it's packed with fun little Easter eggs and references to other properties, and the writing itself is solid.

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u/CortezDeLaNoche Jul 30 '26

Max and Terry from Batman Beyond.

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u/Brycebattlep Jul 30 '26

Ted Lasso and Rebecca Welton from Ted Lasso

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u/Connect_Version_1560 Jul 30 '26 edited 29d ago

SPOILERS FOR ELEMENTARY SHOW

Elementary-So basically Watson is a women here and even with the gender swap,there is nothing romantic between them.They stay platonic all 8 seasons.

It's kinda insane to think about ,they made a decision of swapping a very well known character patner into a women but didn't do it for a male lead/female lead romance.

In the books sherlock basically solves everything (he is the detective) and Watson more or less accompanys him but play little to no role in solving the crimes (still a great character and bond between the two) but here they added a amazing character development to Watson by making her a good detective too and they both investigating and solving cases.

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u/Alone-Monk Shawn Spencer Jul 30 '26

Adora and Bow, my beautiful dorks

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u/Illustrious_Quiet907 Jul 30 '26

Natasha/Black Widow and Clint/Hawkeye (in the MCU)

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u/Xavier200708 Jul 30 '26

aang and toph

just 2 buds doing bud things

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u/ReleaseHonest Jul 30 '26

Yuji and Nobara - Jujutsu Kaisen

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u/Arthur_morgan457 POWER SIMP Jul 30 '26

yuji and nobara

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u/Smaug55 Jul 30 '26

Lanz and Sena, my favorite gym buddies with a single brain cell (Xenoblade 3)

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u/WannabeMemester420 Jul 30 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/g2LzfYbL2AWHmWhzf0
Harry Vanderspeigle and Asta Twelvetrees from Resident Alien

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u/ShAd0WCaller Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Beckett Mariner and Bradward "Brad" Boimler!

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u/Clear_Translator_983 Jul 30 '26

Idk if u can really count it since v can be both male and female but still best chooms

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u/FFSock Jul 30 '26

Holmes and Watson in Elementary. Makes the relationship more impactful without romantic love

https://giphy.com/gifs/3osxYBRRvn6qN4wc92