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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' has Simba and Nala become this during the final battle when they kill several of Scar's hyenas by shoving several of them off the ledge of Pride Rock

* ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}''

* The Parrs from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. In the prologue, they almost miss their own wedding because they were fighting crime. However, they don't actually team up on-screen until the climax - the closest they get for most of the movie is Elastagirl punching out the mugger Mr. Incredible was holding (from about twenty feet away).

Compare AdventureDuo, BashBrothers, SiblingTeam, CombinationAttack, and FireForgedFriends for other, not necessarily romantic forms of this trope. See also BadassMindsThinkAlike. If they're criminals, they're an OutlawCouple. If they are royalty who do this as one of their jobs, they are also a RulingCouple. If they're villains, they live in UnholyMatrimony. If she's (in most cases) a human and he's not, they could be the MonsterAndTheMaiden. Aversion of MyGirlBackHome.

* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' has Millie and Moxxie (currently above at the image), a pair of happily married assassins. A villainous example (well, [[HeroAntagonist MORE villainous]]) is Martha and Ralphie, although Martha does sleep around.

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* ''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.

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

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'': The film has two of them. The first is Emmet and Lucy, who work perfectly together to get out of danger and defeat enemies. There's also Batman and Queen Watevra Wa'Nabi, who prove to be such in the final climax of the film when she transforms into a battleship that Batman pilots.

* ''WesternAnimation/MulanII'': Mulan and Shang are engaged in the sequel and fight off bandits.
* ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' gave us Kayley and Garrett. Their wedding doubles as a dual knighting ceremony.
* The Parrs from ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. In the prologue, they almost miss their own wedding because they were fighting crime. However, they don't actually team up on-screen until the climax - the closest they get for most of the movie is Elastagirl punching out the mugger Mr. Incredible was holding (from about twenty feet away).
* ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' makes Shrek and Fiona one because the latter is a RebelLeader in this timeline.
%%%%* April and Casey Jones in the 2007 ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}'' movie, due to her having taken multiple levels in badass.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'': Grandma and Grandpa Longneck. Whenever their grandson is in danger, they come charging in full-force.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'': Bernard and Bianca make a living out of beating down bad guys. He's about to propose to her in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder Down Under]]'' before another adventure interrupts him.

* WesternAnimation/PussInBoots and Kitty Softpaws; a pair of thieves that frequently flirt while on assignment.
* Manolo and Maria in ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', when they both fight Chakal together. Heck, they even do a fastball attack, on him after doing the "romantic twirl-around" thing.
* Marianne and [[spoiler:the Bog King]] from ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'' - both of them hold their own in the first fight scene they share, but it's when they team up to defeat Marianne's [[spoiler:ex-fiancé]] that they truly show that together they're a force to be reckoned with. [[spoiler:The Bog King]] is naturally terrifying given what kind of creature he is, but Marianne shows that she can be just as ferocious and threatening.

* 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.
** Their relationship is touted as being a significant factor in Hiccup's leadership by the time of ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld''. In particular, Astrid is invaluable to him during the raids at the beginning of the movie and the attack on the Warlords' armada at the end.
* Miles and Gwen invoke this in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' during the FinalBattle, enough for adult Spidey [[ShipperOnDeck to call them "adorable"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'': All the sisters get their moment to shine in the climactic fight to take back the kingdom, but Genevieve and Derek get the highlight when they have to fend off the duchess's AnimatedArmor.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSteamEnginesOfOz'', lions Magnus and Lucila are mates (and, according to their dialogue, he chose her because she was the only female willing to stand up to him) who hunt and fight and together. Fighting side-by-side (or back-to-back) they cut a swathe through the Tin Man's army.
* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'': Calhoun and Felix given that both of them are heroes and undertake a SaveTheWorld mission together. The latter's even shown in the credits shooting Cy-Bugs with his wife.

%%%%* ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' has Carey/Killian, and later [[spoiler: Barry/Lup]]. (Zero- Context: Entry is just names)

%%* Dan and Mitzi [=McNinja=] of ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.

* ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'' Any agent pair that gets in a relationship will become this by default.

This is the kind of couple where bullets figure prominently in the story of their romance. Where "war buddy" and "significant other" are synonyms. If you harm either one of them, the [[CrusadingWidow survivor]] ''[[CrusadingWidower will]]'' [[CrusadingWidower kill]] [[ItsPersonal you]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge as surely as the sun rises]]. Their mere presence increases the chance of a BackToBackBadasses scene to nearly 100%. They may also [[CasualDangerDialogue bicker]] or [[FlirtingUnderFire flirt]] in the middle of a fight, much to the confusion or consternation of their opponents. They tend to be [[OfficialCouple extremely resistant to breakup]] since their bond [[FireForgedFriends was forged in combat]], so if they're married, they're HappilyMarried. In fantasy settings, they'll probably manifest as SwordAndSorcerer. If they have gone all the way, expect them to engage in a lot of GladToBeAliveSex. It's also possible they may [[PreClimaxClimax get it on before the fighting]]. Add a kid or two for a BadassFamily with a MamaBear and a PapaWolf.

** Lord Sylas Briarwood and Lady Delilah Briarwood were HappilyMarried before they became UnholyMatrimony [[spoiler: Delilah started working for Vecna because Vecna revived Sylas for her]]. They're both quite powerful, and fittingly so considering they the arc villains of the Whitestone Arc.
** Vax'ildan and Keyleth of Vox Machina, a cunning rogue and powerful druid, respectively, have sort-of-but-not-really been this since Vax's LoveConfession during the Whitestone arc, but they don't really get "together". [[spoiler: Until the Chroma Conclave arc, that is.]]

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

This is the kind of couple where bullets figure prominently in the story of their romance. Where "war buddy" and "significant other" are synonyms. If you harm either one of them, the [[CrusadingWidow survivor]] ''[[CrusadingWidower will]]'' [[CrusadingWidower kill]] [[ItsPersonal you]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge as surely as the sun rises]]. Their mere presence increases the chance of a BackToBackBadasses scene to nearly 100%. They may also [[CasualDangerDialog bicker]] or [[FlirtingUnderFire flirt]] in the middle of a fight, much to the confusion or consternation of their opponents. They tend to be [[OfficialCouple extremely resistant to breakup]] since their bond [[FireForgedFriends was forged in combat]], so if they're married, they're HappilyMarried. In fantasy settings, they'll probably manifest as SwordAndSorcerer. If they have gone all the way, expect them to engage in a lot of GladToBeAliveSex. It's also possible they may [[PreClimaxClimax get it on before the fighting]]. Add a kid or two for a BadassFamily with a MamaBear and a PapaWolf.

* ''WesternAnimation/ShrekForeverAfter'' makes Shrek and Fiona one because the latter is a RebelLeader in this timeline,

* Simba’s daughter Kiara and her eventual mate Kovu follow in their pawprints in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2SimbasPride''. They interrupt the fight between Simba and Zira and though they are working to stop the fighting, Kovu makes it clear that he won’t let Zira hurt Kiara or Simba, and Kiara cuts off Zira’s lunge at Simba after the rest of the outsiders have given up the fight and joined with Simba’s side.

* Wrestling/RingOfHonor (and JAPW for that matter) has a possible case Buff E and Mace Mendoza of the Christopher Street Connection. Confirmed cases? Steve Corino and Simply Luscious, Wrestling/{{Raven}} and Trinity, Wrestling/CMPunk and [[Wrestling/DaffneyUnger Lucy]], Wrestling/JimmyJacobs and The Lovely Lacey, Wrestling/MikeBennet and Wrestling/MariaKanellis, Michael Elgin and Wrestling/MsChif, BJ Whitmer and Kelly Klein...

* Wrestling/RingOfHonor (and JAPW for that matter) has a possible case Buff E and Mace Mendoza of the Christopher Street Connection. Confirmed cases? Steve Corino and Simply Luscious, Wrestling/{{Raven}} and Trinity, Wrestling/CMPunk and [[Wrestling/DaffneyUnger Lucy]], Wrestling/JimmyJacobs and The Lovely Lacey, Mike Bennet and Wrestling/MariaKanellis, Michael Elgin and Wrestling/MsChif...

This is the kind of couple where bullets figure prominently in the story of their romance. Where "war buddy" and "significant other" are synonyms. If you harm either one of them, the [[CrusadingWidower survivor]] ''[[CrusadingWidower will]]'' [[CrusadingWidower kill]] [[ItsPersonal you]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge as surely as the sun rises]]. Their mere presence increases the chance of a BackToBackBadasses scene to nearly 100%. They may also [[CasualDangerDialog bicker]] or [[FlirtingUnderFire flirt]] in the middle of a fight, much to the confusion or consternation of their opponents. They tend to be [[OfficialCouple extremely resistant to breakup]] since their bond [[FireForgedFriends was forged in combat]], so if they're married, they're HappilyMarried. In fantasy settings, they'll probably manifest as SwordAndSorcerer. If they have gone all the way, expect them to engage in a lot of GladToBeAliveSex. It's also possible they may [[PreClimaxClimax get it on before the fighting]]. Add a kid or two for a BadassFamily with a MamaBear and a PapaWolf.

Compare AdventureDuo, BashBrothers, SiblingTeam, and FireForgedFriends for other, not necessarily romantic forms of this trope. See also BadassMindsThinkAlike. If they're criminals, they're an OutlawCouple. If they are royalty who do this as one of their jobs, they are also a RulingCouple. If they're villains, they live in UnholyMatrimony. If she's (in most cases) a human and he's not, they could be the MonsterAndTheMaiden. Aversion of MyGirlBackHome.

** Beau and Yasha, the human monk and aasimar barbarian of the Mighty Nein. Their first date includes a fight with some illusory ninjas at Beau’s specific request.

* Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there was a rush among people to get married while they still had the chance. [[https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-25-22/h_75e9d2f5d1275b84ffaa349efe40ceb6?hpt=ob_blogfooterold Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin]] joined the Territorial Defense Forces the very next day. Other couples have also joined up with defense forces, militias, or are already enlisted in the standing Ukrainian military and have pledged to fight together.

* ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'' has the Red Panda and the Flying Squirrel. It takes a while to reach the point, but even after marriage they fight side by side and nothing will anger either one faster than threatening the life of the other. They each frequently note that their best chance is staying alive long enough to retire and raise their son is by sticking together.