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* ''Asian Cop: High Voltage'': Featuring a hotheaded Hong Kong cop (Creator/DonnieYen) working with his Philippine partner (Edu Manzano)

It should be noted that this is generally not truth in television, for the practical reason that since police departments often have a lot of territory to patrol and a finite number of officers to do it with, jobs that can be handled by a single officer usually are.

* ''Series/GoldenBoy''

* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''

* ''Series/{{Llanargollen}}'' follows the detective pursuits of clumsy man Prys ar Frys, and his female DetectiveAnimal friend Ceri, both of them being [[OddCouple complete opposites from each other]], as they attempt to crack any case that occurs in their village. The show has a more lighthearted feel than usual, as it is a PreschoolShow after all.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Llanargollen}}'' follows the detective pursuits of clumsy man Prys ar Frys, and his female DetectiveAnimal friend Ceri, both of them being [[OddCouple complete opposites from each other]], as they attempt to crack any case that occurs in their village. The show has a more lighthearted feel than usual, as it is a PreschoolShow after all.

* ''Manga/{{FAKE}}'' takes the trope one further; its OddCouple, [[CowboyCop Dee]] and [[TeamMom Ryo]], are a couple in [[BoysLove more than one sense]].
* ''Manga/InoHeadGargoyle'' has policeman Saejima and his partner Okita, who's soon replaced by Saejima's old friend Kamata. The focus is mainly on Saejima though.

* ''Anime/{{Samurai Flamenco}}'', which is often compared to ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', is a {{Sentai}} show combined with a Buddy Cop show. The main characters consist of a down to earth cop and an unreasonably optimistic "super hero", with a supporting cast of a [[MagicalGirl Magical Girl squad]] and a color coded Sentai squad.

* ''Literature/CopCraft'', about a detective and an alternate world knight solving cases.

* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' partners Cuddy, a dwarf, and Detritus, a troll. Of course, Literature/{{Discworld}} being a [[TheoryOfNarrativeCausality narrative universe]], they eventually become best friends. [[spoiler:The trope is subverted when Cuddy is killed suddenly. Detritus has gone on to become arguably the fourth most powerful cop in the city, behind Angua, Carrot, and Vimes]].
* Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Robot Novels'' are an early novel example version of the trope. Gregory Powell and Mike Donovan are field specialists for U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men, and are employed mainly on testing new or experimental robots in practical situations -- either on planets or space stations. They regularly get into complex and potentially dangerous situations when trying to solve robot issues in the field. The issues typically involve the [[ThreeLawsCompliant Three Laws of Robotics]].
* A subplot of Creator/TadWilliams' ''Literature/{{Otherland}}'' features Australian detectives Calliope Skouros and her partner Stan as they investigate a long-unsolved murder believed to be the work of a SerialKiller named John Wulgaru, who ends up being the series' BigBad. The subplot uses all the standard Buddy Cop tropes and spends a fair bit of time [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] them.

* Since this trope is so universically recognized, [[Literature/TheMirage Matt Ruff]] needs only 9 words for an epic in-universe (fictive cop show) gag: "Shafiq: He's Sunni. Hassan: He's Shia. They fight crime."
* ''Literature/DarkSacredNight'': In this novel author Creator/MichaelConnelly teams up his long-time protagonist Detective Literature/HarryBosch and his new protagonist Renee Ballard. Bosch and Ballard recognize each other as kindred spirts and agree to work cases together.

Buddy cop shows often give a good deal of focus to the emotional lives and relationship of the two MainCharacters. Because of this, two tropes that this genre is strongly associated with are TheNotLoveInterest (where the plot focuses on the initial development of their relationship, typical of movies), and HeterosexualLifePartners or PlatonicLifePartners (where the plot focuses on a pre-existing relationship, typical of TV series and movie sequels). The buddies are often an OddCouple, occasionally [[SaltAndPepper one black and one white]]. In terms of personality, they tend to follow a distinct formula-one is a straight-laced stickler for protocol, the other is an unpredictable loose cannon. One ByTheBookCop, one CowboyCop. You get it. The primary thing keeping them together -- before CharacterDevelopment -- is that together, they fight crime. And they do it very, very well.

* ''Film/{{Dragnet}}'' (1987)

* ''Film/FortyEightHrs'' and its sequel, ''Film/Another48Hrs''. The first film is often considered the UrExample of the genre, though there are similar precursors.

* ''Film/WildWildWest'' paired Jim West (an actual CowboyCop, played by Will Smith) and Artemus Gordon (a BunglingInventor and MasterOfDisguise, played by Kevin Kline) to act as a duo to stop a villain from overthrowing the U.S. Government.

* ''Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased''

->''"Every police force in the US always contains two officers who are direct polar opposites, but are forced to work together, before eventually getting on quite well."''
-->-- [[http://www.avforums.com/threads/the-hollywood-rule-book.32262 "Hollywood Rule Book,"]] Vanity Fair

* Parodied on ''Series/MadTV'' with the "Seven Buddy Cops" sketch, which is a massive crossover starring Creator/NickNolte, Creator/EddieMurphy, Creator/ChrisTucker, Creator/JackieChan, Creator/OwenWilson, Creator/TommyLeeJones, and Creator/WillSmith giving shout outs to all the buddy cop movies they starred in while trying to solve the case of the dead prostitutes on the orders of DaChief. Even Creator/MelGibson and Creator/DannyGlover (aka ''Film/LethalWeapon'''s Murtaugh and Riggs) make a cameo.

* The relationship between Batou and Togusa in ''Anime/GhostInTheShell 2: Innocence'' takes on elements of this.

* ''Film/OsmosisJones''. The titular cop is a rebellious and hot-blooded CowboyCop. Drixenol (Drix) is a somewhat sheltered but well-meaning ByTheBookCop. Together, they fight germs.

Buddy cop shows often give a good deal of focus to the emotional lives and relationship of the two MainCharacters. Because of this, two tropes that this genre is strongly associated with are TheNotLoveInterest (where the plot focuses on the initial development of their relationship, typical of movies), and HeterosexualLifePartners or PlatonicLifePartners (where the plot focuses on a pre-existing relationship, typical of TV series and movie sequels). The buddies are often an OddCouple, occasionally [[SaltAndPepper one black and one white]]. In terms of personality, they tend to follow a distinct formula-one is a straight-laced stickler for protocol, the other is an unpredictable loose cannon. One ByTheBookCop, one CowboyCop. You get it. The primary thing keeping them together -- before CharacterDevelopment -- is that together, TheyFightCrime. And they do it very, very well.

* ''Film/OsmosisJones''. The titular cop is a rebellious and hot-blooded CowboyCop. Drixenol (Drix) is a somewhat sheltered but well-meaning ByTheBookCop. [[TheyFightCrime Together, they fight germs]].

* ''{{Series/Beforeigners}}'', he's a single dad with a secret drug problem, she's a Norse sheldmaiden, and together, TheyFightCrime

* ''Film/FortyEightHours'' and its sequel. The first film is often considered the UrExample of the genre, though there are similar precursors.