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Two guys who are often [[Heterosexual Life Partners]], and usually embody the [[Fat and Skinny]] trope. That's just the start of the bundle of tropes these two embody.
This trope describes a pair of guys who always fight together, are best friends forever, and have a very obvious hierarchy: The little guy is always in charge, and if it overlaps with [[Brains and Brawn]], the little guy is almost always the Brains. The big guy plays the [[Dumb Muscle]] role, but there's a catch, and this is
The Little guy is usually listed first, since he's the leader, and they are always listed together, as if they are one entity. In fact, some episodes may center on the fact that they can't live without each other. Although these guys are seen most often in kid's shows, they are also played seriously.
See also [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]], [[Those Two Guys]], [[Those Two Bad Guys]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Samurai Deeper Kyo]]'': the first people he kills are a giant with a [[Drop the Hammer|comically oversized hammer]] and a midget nicknamed "Wind".
* ''[[Baccano
* The Butler Zakenna from ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure]]''. The tall one even has a long [[Forehead of Doom]] to emphasize his height!
* Edward Elric (the little guy, but [[Berserk Button|don't tell him I said that]]) and Alphonse Elric (the big guy) from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. Notably, Alphonse is only big due to [[Animated Armor|extenuating circumstances]] and they are both quite consistently smart.
* Vegeta and Nappa from ''[[
* Gian and Suneo from ''[[Doraemon]]''. Though the leader role usually belong to Gian, since Suneo is scared shitless of him.
* [[Tsundere|Meryl Strife]] and [[The Ditz|Millie Thompson]] from ''[[Trigun]]'' are rare female examples.
* Waver Velvet and Rider from [[Fate
* The protagonists of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Edward and his [[Cursed With Awesome]] brother Alphonse. [[Genius Bruiser| Not that Alphonse isn't as smart as Edward]], nor is [[Bash Brothers| Edward any less able to kick ass than Alphonse]].
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* [[Asterix]] (little guy) and Obelix (big guy).
* Messrs. Shlubb (big guy) and Klump (little guy) from ''[[Sin City]]''. ''Not'' a case of [[Brains and Brawn]]; both are pretty dumb.
* ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police]]''. Possible inversion, since Sam is the [[Big Guy]] but still the voice of reason holding Max (the Little Guy) back from indulging in "unnecessary violence" (loosely defined, since both Sam and Max are quite fond of solving problems with violence and gunplay).
* Franky and ''[[
* [[Newspaper Comic]] ''Jumpstart'' has a big guy who has nearly a dozen other big guy brothers, one of whom is in the NFL. Their highly intimidating (single!) father is ''at least'' 200 pounds lighter and one head smaller.
* Hercules and Amadeus Cho from ''[[The Incredible Hercules]]''.
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* Gwizdo and Lian Chu from ''[[Dragon Hunters]]''.
* [[Star Wars|C3-P0 and R2-D2]].
* [[The Princess Bride (
== [[Literature]] ==
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* Lousewort and Sneezewort, the [[Punch Clock Villain]] duo in ''[[Redwall|The Long Patrol]]''.
* In Dougal Dixon's ''Man After Man'', some of the large, yeti-like tundra-dwellers evolve a partnership with small, nimble forest omnivores. The clever little omnivores scout out terrain and catch small game for their lumbering partners, and the tundra-dwellers carry their smaller companions across vast distances, hugging them close so they're kept warm by their big friends' thick fur.
* Locke and Jean in the [[Gentleman Bastard Sequence]] Sequence, though Jean is a [[Genius Bruiser]] and has just as important a role as Locke in the brains area of their operation.
* Inverted in [[The Dark Tower]] by the Hitler Brothers. The bigger brother, "George" is the brains compared to "Lennie" who is impatient and fairly stupid.
* Mack and his friend/bossman Eddie Lui in the [[Emberverse]]. Also John Hordle and Alleyne Loring.
* Vandemar and Croup, "the fox and the wolf", from [[Neverwhere]].
* Sergeant Hanks and Inspector Sussworth from ''[[The Borribles]]''
* ''[[The Muppet Show]]''; Sweetums, one of the largest Muppets, has an [[Odd Friendship]] with Kermit's nephew Robin, one of the smallest.
* Recurring villains Dr. Miguelito Loveless and Voltaire in the first season of ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]'' are in the "overlaps with [[Brains and Brawn]]" subgroup.
== Music ==
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== [[Pro Wrestling]] ==
* This trope is used frequently in the Tag Team circuit, Notable examples being Rikishi and Scotty 2 Hotty, Chris Jericho and The Big Show, The British Bulldogs, and Spike Dudley and Balls Mahoney.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
* Big Chuck and Li'l John, who hosted movies on TV in Cleveland, OH.▼
* Terence Hill and Budd Spencer.▼
* Stand up comedians [[Patton Oswalt]](5'7'') and Brian Posehn(6'6'') joke that they look like something out of a horror movie when they're seen walking together. ▼
== [[Theatre]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[
* In ''[[Arcanum]]'', half-ogres are employed by gnomes as bodyguards (this becomes a plot point later on).
* ''[[Drakengard]]'': Seere (a six-year-old) and Golem (Who's so big his attacks come from the sky)
* Kimahri and Yuna in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]''. Less noticeable now, but Kimahri is over seven feet tall (still short for his race) and probably wasn't much shorter when he traveled with Yuna when she was a child. Also, when summoning Ifrit, she sits on his shoulder for a second, then gives him orders.
* [[Evil Genius|Zexion]] and [[The Brute|Lexaeus]] from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''. They [[Playing
** [[Birth By Sleep|Before that,]] Ienzo had Even.
* [[Shorter Means Smarter|Maloof]] and [[Husky Russkie|Mikhail]] from ''[[
* [[Donkey Kong Country (video game)|Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong]].
** And before that, [[Donkey Kong|Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr.]]
** And when Diddy was kidnapped along with Donkey, Dixie was given her own big guy in Kiddy Kong.
* Pepperoni (a giant fairy) and Goto (who resides in a suit that is barely half of the main characters' height) from ''[[Mana
* ''Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II'' had bosses Gorc and Pic, a Dark Jedi pair consisting of a huge Gamorrean and a tiny Kowakian Monkey-Lizard.
* The Big Daddies in ''[[Bioshock]]'' are huge, lumbering mutations whose only goal is to protect the Little Sisters, who are small children.
* Interesting example is Cream and Cheese from the [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] franchise. Cream would be the Little Guy to almost anyone in the franchise (she's only six, after all), but she's big compared to her ever-present companion Cheese.
* In ''[[Tecmo Knight]]'', the eponymous Knight is a Little Guy with three Big Guy partners (only one at a time) Smokeman, Tiger, and Dragon.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' has this when the Medic and the Heavy work as a team, and most of the time, they should.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Pinky and The Brain]].
* Bobble and Clank from the ''[[Disney Fairies|TinkerBell]]'' movies.
*
** Pictured above, Mugsy (big guy) and Rocky (little guy)
* [[Spongebob SquarePants|Spongebob and Patrick]].▼
** The big, burly bulldog Marc Anthony and his tiny kitten friend Pussyfoot. A rare case where Marc Anthony is brains ''and'' brawn, as Pussyfoot is more like a naive and trusting child than a partner.
* [[Dragon Hunters|Gwizdo and Lian-Chu]].
* [[The Lion King|Timon and Puumba]]
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* [[Treasure Planet|John Silver and Jim Hawkins,]] subverted in that John is actually the more intelligent of the two while little Jim is the bruiser.
* Combined with square and round from [[Pixar]]:
** Woody and Buzz in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]''
** Slim and Francis in ''[[A
** Sully and Mike in ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''
** [[
** Carl and Russell in ''[[Up]]''
* The enormous gorilla [[Hanna-Barbera| Grape Ape]] is always found with his little canine pal Beegle Beagle. Also a case of [[Brains and Brawn]], Beegle being the Brains
* Noah and Owen from ''[[Total Drama Island (Animation)|Total Drama Island]]''▼
* Also from Hanna-Barbera, [[Yogi Bear]] and his sidekick Boo-Boo. While Yogi is [[Catch Phrase| "smarter than the average bear"]], Boo-Boo seems to have more common sense, often playing [[Straight Man]] to his friend.
* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Big and Little]], riding Gruesome Twosome in [[Wacky Races]].▼
* In ''[[Underdog]]'', the hero's [[Arch Enemy]] is the [[Mad Scientist]] Simon Bar Sinister, a nasty, green-skinned guy who appears to be only two feet tall. He has a huge, hulking henchman named Cad Lackey. Cad is actually a lot smarter than he looks, often pointing out flaws in his boss' plans.
** Also, in the show's ''Klondike Cat'' segments, the thief Savoir Faire (a mouse) has a sled dog accomplice named Malamutt who's a little over twice his size. Malamutt never speaks (except to grunt, whimper, or occasionally giggle) but clearly isn't dumb, as he can play the violin and piano.
▲* [[Exactly What It Says
* Yuzu and Nonki from ''[[Maryoku Yummy]]''.
* Mordecai and Rigby as well as Muscle Man and High Five Ghost from "Regular Show"
* [[Ren and Stimpy]] most of the time play this trope to a T.
* [[All Trolls Are Different| Blinky and Aaarrrgghh!!!]] from ''[[Trollhunters]]''. While Blinky is larger than a human, Aaarrrgghh!!! is still about twice as big as Blinky.
* Horace and Jasper, Cruella de Vil's henchmen in ''[[101 Dalmatians]]''. Horace is short, fat, and dumb; Jasper is tall, thin and dumb!
* ''[[The Transformers]]''
** Bumblebee is always the Little Guy when he's with another Autobot, and their human friends are the Little Guys whenever they work with ''any'' Autobot.
** Villain example, Soundwave is a Big Guy with ''several'' Little Guy Decepticons that transform into cassette tapes, like Ravage, Laserbeak, and Rumble.
** They went a little nuts with this in [[Transformers More Than Meets the Eye| late in Generation One]] when the Nebulan arc started, with many big Transformers having a pint-sized partner for some reason. The Headmasters were big guys with a little guy - the driver of the vehicle form for Autobots, the trainer of the monstrous form for Decepticons - who turned into the head of the big guy's robot form. With Target Masters, the little guy turned into the big guy's weapon. Power Masters were little guys who provided a special engine for the big guy that enabled said big guy to transform.
* Fievel and Tiger from ''[[An American Tail]]'', although Tiger is only a Big Guy when compared to the rest of the cast.
== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* Big Chuck and Li'l John, who hosted movies on TV in Cleveland, OH.
▲* Terence Hill and Budd Spencer.
▲* Stand up comedians [[Patton Oswalt]] (5'7
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