History Main / BattleCouple

** Saber and Shirou Emiya, a Master and Servant fighting in the Holy Grail War. [[spoiler:A BittersweetEnding ensues where [[StarCrossedLovers they can't be together]] because [[ButNowIMustGo Saber is being called back to her time]]... Unless one's playing the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]] version (Or a heavily patched PC version) that includes an epilogue after attaining 100% completion where, after a lifetime of [[IWillFindYou Shirou pursuing Saber]] and [[IWillWaitForYou Saber waiting for Shirou]], [[TogetherInDeath they attain a miracle and are truly reunited in Avalon]].]]

* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' has this as part of the mechanics; specifically, all Solars and Lunars are matched up in three hundred pairs called Bonds. The Bond is not necessarily romantic, it can just as easily be [[AdventureDuo platonic]]; in fact, most examples of it are. Nonetheless, the possibility is there - for one, the Exalted setting has very little prejudice against homosexual pairings, and for the other, Lunars are consummate shapeshifters.
* Couples in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' occasionally share a creature card, with one example being [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=398453 Pia and Kiran Nalaar]]. They may not have shared their daughter's pyromancy, but they were still pretty good at making things go boom pre- DeathByOriginStory.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': After the release of ''Dawn of the golden witch'', it's safe to call [[spoiler:Battler and Beatrice]] one of the most straightforward examples of this to show up there. There's a pretty epic scene in which they shoot down [[spoiler:Erika]], pulling the trigger of the gun together.
* Depending on how you play ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'', [[BadassNormal Shiki Tohno]] can play the trope straight with either Arcueid Brunestud (a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire who is ReallySevenHundredYearsOld) or Ciel (ChurchMilitant ActionGirl [[spoiler: and one of Roa's invernations, which makes her [[{{Immortality}} immortal]]]].)

* Ellen and Nanase from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', were both involved in the fight with the Omega Goo and both fought against Vlad during the battle at The Nest. Although they haven't been seen to fight any battles together since their RelationshipUpgrade, they have been featured fighting together in at least [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook.php?id=691 one]] sketchbook strip and they like to [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2012-12-24 play multiplayer video games]] where they fight side by side. Also, they might have had to fight some of the perpetrators of the {{Scooby Doo Hoax}}es that [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2013-04-30 they have foiled]].
** As of the Family Tree story arc, they are fighting together.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
** Elan and Hailey from the Order are a general teamwork couple during their adventurer raids. After Elan literally TookALevelInBadass by becoming a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0390.html Dashing Swordsman]] they form a classic GuysSmashGirlsShoot dynamic.
** Elan's EvilTwin Nale also forms one with Sabine, a combat Succubus. They once had a lover's quarrel during an EvilPlan because Nale feared that Sabine had a crush on Elan. She reassures him and they go back to committing evil together.
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0508.html Daigo and Kazumi]] are both soldiers in the Azure City army. They hooked up while defending the city from a hobogoblin invasion. Then Kazumi pulled way ahead of Daigo on the awesome scale when she turned into a PregnantBadass.
* Leo/Jason and Tigris/Kira from ''WebComic/{{Panthera}}''. They met by being the first two students to become elemental-powered panthers designed to fight a secret government project. They've had spats since Jason brought his little sister into the club, though.
* Torg and Zoe from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' have a Battle Couple moment in [[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=990725 this]] strip. True, they're not actually a ''couple'', but Torg's crush on Zoe does develop not long after this storyline.

%%%%* In ''Webcomic/{{Doodze}}'', [[http://seguemediagroup.com/doodze/?p=935 the arrogant fighter is spoken for.]]
* Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}} and Mecha Maid, both super heroes, are a lesbian example.
* ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' has veteran spacers Ace and Freeda, [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2011/10/02/were-saved/ holding hands and kicking ass together]].
* Night and Lady Liberty of ''Webcomic/{{Supermom}}'' routinely fight crime together. They have [[http://www.oursupermom.com/comic/our-super-mom-interlude-6-the-mission-9/ since married]] and their honeymoon consists of [[http://www.oursupermom.com/comic/our-super-mom-interlude-6-the-mission-12/ more crimefighting across the country]].

%%%%* ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'': Jack and Tomie.

* In ''Webcomic/CrimsonKnights'' [[spoiler:Erikr and Judoch]] become one in chapter 7.

* ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'': Some pairs of agents are in an active romantic relationship with each other and continue protecting the multiverse from the effects of bad fanfiction together.

* Roleplay/DCNation is fond of this trope, and sometimes dovetails it with BadassFamily. Sand and Merlynne (and, previously, Merlynne and Caleb); Green Shield and Franchise/GreenLantern Travis Grey; Changeling/Beastboy and Fauna...

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
** Church and Tex; it's clear they both still feelings for each other no matter how many insults they toss back and forth. Probably more feelings from Church than Tex as her emotions seems to have taken a beating during her time as a Freelancer paired with a psychotic AxCrazy AI. Later seasons reveal it's more a case of her emotions taking a beating during her time as [[spoiler:an AI paired with a psychotic AxCrazy AI]]. Just to be pedantic.
** Season 10 gives us a straighter example in [[spoiler:the Insurrectionist Leader and CT, who give Tex and Carolina a good fight (even though CT was mortally wounded by Tex)]].
* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', [[spoiler:Bumbleby has its debut battle as an OfficialCouple in the seventh episode of Volume 9; Blake and Yang fight a series of Jabberwalkers together, doing {{Combination Attack}}s in perfect, nonverbal coordination.]]
%%* In ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' we have Jay & Sabella.

* Literature/WhateleyUniverse examples: the superheroes the Mystic Six were three Battle Couples, until Cirque died. The other two couples are still together, although nominally retired. Then there's Pendragon and Gloriana, the leaders of the Future Superheroes of America at the school.
** It is also mentioned in passing that the Winter Session special topics course "Powers Integration[[note]]a course for learning to combine two different sets of powers effectively[[/note]]" is often considered the 'cheap date class', because couples who are looking to be heroes (or villains) together when they graduate often take it as a way to practice (and stay close) together. It is also mentioned that a breakup in the middle of the course can make things rather sticky, though Pendragon and Gloriana seem to have done fine in it...
* The [[Creator/FrederatorStudios Cartoon Hangover]] short ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Siiov36YXs Story War]]'' has Goblin and Fairy, who track down and fight Medusa and Gremlin side by side. When Goblin gets turned to stone by Medusa, Fairy brings him back with a kiss, prompting a declaration of ThePowerOfLove from Goblin.
* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'':
** Skitter and Grue, whose powers (he generates darkness, she can use her insect control to tell where objects and people are in his darkness) work together to make them a terrifying combination.
** Later, there's [[RoboShip Dragon and Defiant,]] [[spoiler:the ArtificialIntelligence that is]] the world's premier [[GadgeteerGenius Tinker]] and her [[spoiler:cyborg]] Tinker boyfriend.

* Suggested for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' players in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtxbPebvv4 Basically, Paladin]].
-->'''Larryzaur''': You can't just go out dungeoning with a healer. You need to establish a relationship first -- and ''no'', that doesn't mean [[LeeroyJenkins pulling the entire dungeon]], ''in [[StanceSystem Sword Oath]]'', with no buffs. You should probably try some other things. You know, like, ask your healer out, take your healer on a nice date, '''''marry''''' your healer. (Royalty-free love song plays over a Ceremony of Eternal Bonding) That'll get 'em.
** Made even funnier because the healer shown in the video is actually his IRL wife's character.
* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' has Millie and Moxxie, a pair of happily married assassins. A villainous example (well, [[HeroAntagonist MORE villainous]]) is Martha and Ralphie, although Martha does sleep around.

[-[[caption-width-right:350:[[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer The couple that slays together, stays together.]]]]-]

-->-- '''Odo''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Shadows and Symbols"

* ''WebOriginal/AscensionAcademy'' has many examples of this trope. Cadets are broken into six squads and there is a battle couple in three of the six:

[-[[caption-width-right:350:The couple that slays together, stays together.]]-]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' movies, Hiccup and Astrid couple up in the first one, and they work together through the following movies and the spinoff series. It's a BrainsAndBrawn thing.