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** Mary Pickfood and Phineas Finicky are constantly pursuing {{GetRichQuickScheme}}s, with Finicky coming up with the plans and Mary trying to talk him into taking the money they have and running away with it.

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%%* Gin and Vodka from ''Manga/CaseClosed''

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':

** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' has Parado, the Bugster executive who does most of the planning, and Graphite, who eagerly executes Parado's plans.

** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' has [[BatOutOfHell Night Rogue]] and [[SnakesAreSinister Blood Stalk]] of [[NebulousEvilOrganization Faust]]. Night Rogue is Thea NoNonsenseNemesis concerned with eliminating Build as soon as possible while Blood Stalk would seemingly rather mess around with the heroes rather than get anything done. Naturally, this leads to a great deal of [[TeethClenchedTeamwork friction]] between though. However, as the series goes on these roles are gradually inverted. Night Rogue goes mad after obtaining more power while Blood Stalk turns out to actually be carrying out a much more long term plan that requires making the Kamen Riders [[INeedYouStronger more powerful]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' has [[BigBad Horobi]] and [[TheDragon Jin]] of [[FarEastAsianTerrorists MetsubouJinrai.net]]. Horobi is the cold mastermind who plans the group's activities while Jin is the field operative who carries out their attacks.

* ''Literature/FateZero'' has the master Uryuu Ryuunosuke and his Servant Bluebeard. Both are {{Serial Killer}}s and take great pleasure in admiring each other's handiwork. Bluebeard is marginally more goal-oriented in that he (technically) is in it for the Grail, while Uryuu is an outsider who got roped into the Grail War by accident and merely takes all the pleasure he can out of making everyone near him suffer alongside his supernatural Cthulhu-summoning new best friend.

* ''LightNovel/FateZero'' has the master Uryuu Ryuunosuke and his Servant Bluebeard. Both are {{Serial Killer}}s and take great pleasure in admiring each other's handiwork. Bluebeard is marginally more goal-oriented in that he (technically) is in it for the Grail, while Uryuu is an outsider who got roped into the Grail War by accident and merely takes all the pleasure he can out of making everyone near him suffer alongside his supernatural Cthulhu-summoning new best friend.

* In ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'', Crimson Denizens of Bal Masque usually work in pairs -- a Wanderer (a fighter) and a Jaeger (a scout); such as [[TheBrute Ribesal]] and [[MindControl Pirsoyn]].

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* In Creator/DCComics, when ComicBook/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheJoker team up (as happens often enough), they practically define this pairing.

This is a common pairing of bad guys constructed along the same lines as a FreudianTrio, except for one important factor: they left out the reasonable character. In the classic TheDragon pairing, for example, the Evil Overlord is very Superego-ish, wanting the maximum amount of rule and control, and the Dragon, who basically just wants to fight, is very Id-ish. The lesson being that without the moderation of the Ego, things can get really out of hand.

* Vegeta and Nappa in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' are an odd variation where the Superego is replaced by an Ego, as while Nappa is a PsychopathicManchild and CloudCuckoolander, Vegeta, although he's the one planning everything and is generally the StraightMan to Nappa's antics, has [[EnragedByIdiocy too]] [[HairTriggerTemper many]] [[AxCrazy anger]] [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex issues]] to fully qualify as a Superego.

* Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear in Disney's ''Film/SongOfTheSouth''. Fox is more concerned with catching Br'er Rabbit ''his'' way, while Bear just wants to "knock his head clean off", making them easy prey for [[TheTrickster Br'er Rabbit]].

* In {{Literature/Neverwhere}}, both BBC series and novel, Mr. Croup and Mr. Vandemar. At one point, Mr Croup places his hand against a wall and [[FiveFingerFillet throws several razor blades at it, landing in the spaces in between his fingers]]. Mr Vandemar [[ComicallyMissingThePoint is unimpressed with the fact that he missed all of them]].

* Logos and Ormi, [[TheDragon the co-dragons]] to [=LeBlanc=] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2'', with special emphasis put on the aspect of them being nearly complete opposites of each other. Logos is tall while Ormi is short, [[FatAndSkinny Logos is skinny while Ormi is fat]], Logos is one of the smartest villains in the series to date while Ormi is one of the dumbest, Logos has a calm and collected personality while Ormi is impulsive and easily excited, Logos speaks in a low monotone and rarely raises his voice while Ormi's usual tone is screaming at the top of his lungs, Logos uses a pair of ranged weapons in battle while Ormi uses a single melee weapon, Logos favors a battle strategy of [[DamageOverTime inflicting multiple status ailments to slowly wear down his enemy]] while Ormi favors a strategy of [[AttackAttackAttack overwhelming his enemy with brute force]]. About the only things they have in common are their fanatical loyalty to [=LeBlanc=] and their willingness to do everything in their power to ensure that her plans succeed.
* Gareth and Berkana of ''VideoGame/MegaManXtreme2''.
* Prometheus and Pandora from ''VideoGame/MegaManZX Advent''.
* In ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' there is (in order) Darth Revan and Darth Malak, Darth Malak and Admiral Karath, Darth Malak and [[spoiler: Bastila]], and finally (in the Dark Side ending), [[spoiler: Darth Revan and Darth Bastila]].
* The combination of Emperor Gestahl and Kefka in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' show that things can ''really'' get out of hand when [[spoiler:the Id murders the Superego.]]
* [[spoiler:Gilgamesh and Kotomine Kirei]] from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. [[spoiler:Gilgamesh]] wants to conquer the world so he can rule over it [[spoiler:like he did in ancient Mesopotamia]], while [[spoiler:Kirei]] just wants to inflict the maximum amount of suffering and death that he can upon humanity for [[ForTheEvulz his own amusement]]. These would seem mutually exclusive, but 'luckily' [[spoiler:Gil]] has decided that the majority of humanity isn't worthy to be ruled over and has no problem with wiping out most of the 'mongrels'.
** The prequel ''Fate/zero'' has the master Uryuu Ryuunosuke and his Servant Bluebeard. Both are {{Serial Killer}}s and take great pleasure in admiring each other's handiwork. Bluebeard is marginally more goal-oriented in that he (technically) is in it for the Grail, while Uryuu is an outsider who got roped into the Grail War by accident and merely takes all the pleasure he can out of making everyone near him suffer alongside his supernatural Cthulhu-summoning new best friend.

* [[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Xykon and Redcloak]], inverted in that BigBad Xykon is the id, while Redcloak, TheDragon, represents the superego.
** Also serves as a {{Deconstruction}} of the typical set-up: in the prequel StartOfDarkness, ''Redcloak'' is the leader. Xykon usurps him [[MagnificentBastard spectacularly]].

* Maerril and Rowasu of ''Webcomic/{{Juathuur}}''.

* Dick Dastardly and Muttley from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' and ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines''. Dick Dastardly is the cunning mastermind who hatches evil plans, Muttley is his long-suffering CanineCompanion who often gets all the blame for his master's failure.

* Maximus and Minimus in ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty''.
* The Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend by season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''.
** A bit different in that, while the Monarch certainly fits the 'id' profile, Dr. Mrs. The Monarch is actually competent and reasonable in her own right, rarely given over to histrionics, in other words, a very well-composed 'ego'.
* Dr. Drakken and Shego from ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' are a variation. Their actions and roles fit the pattern, as he's a MadScientist who wants to TakeOverTheWorld, while she's TheDragon content to do the stealing and fighting with teen heroines. However, their temperaments reverse the usual template in that Shego is the calm cold one while Drakken is the one who tends to shout and throw tantrums.
* Flint Marko[=/=]The Sandman and Alex O'Hirn[=/=]Rhino in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''. Marko is the Superego, concerned only with getting his "Big Score" and completely defying things such as revenge and grudges, while O'Hirn is the Id who mindlessly rushes into fights and problems without thinking things through.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' The Shocker and The Rhino briefly form a team like this, with Shocker as the cold, controlled one, and Rhino as the aggressive lout.
* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'':
** The Cleaners, two V.I.L.E. agents that act as enforcers. Their day-to-day jobs are as the school's janitors but they're the ones sent to extract and take out targets.
** There's also the graduates La Chèvre and El Topo, a duo that never goes on missions without each other (barring "The Chasing Paper Caper" where only La Chèvre appears) that respectively strike high and low.
** Season 3 gives us two more graduates, Spinkick and Flytrap. They specifically majored in a class dedicated to teaching them how to catch Carmen Sandiego, and they always fight together.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has the two {{bounty hunter}}s hired to track down Toph: Xin Fu (the ArrogantKungFuGuy who runs the ProfessionalWrestling–style competitive [[DishingOutDirt earthbending]] ring where Toph competed) and Master Yu (Toph's coolly analytical earthbending tutor).

** In ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Goku Black and Future Zamasu are the primary villains of the Future Trunks Saga, working together to destroy all the mortals in the multiverse. Black is more the muscle and brute of the duo, who wants to gain power to the point of passing up immortality so he doesn't get rusty. Zamasu is the thinker and planner, wanting Black to take his time fighting Goku to maximize his growth instead of outright killing him, but he lacks all the on-screen accomplishments that makes Black so effective. Despite this, they are both AxCrazy.

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* ''Franchise/DragonBall''

* Most of the Akatsuki partners in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' are constructed along these lines, with one partner being cold and focused, and the other a raving lunatic. Examples include [[MasterOfIllusion Itachi]] (a [[TheStoic Stoic]] who [[TheQuietOne barely talks]]) and [[{{BFS}} Kisame]] (AffablyEvil BloodKnight), [[ReligionOfEvil Hidan]] (DumbMuscle TalkativeLoon) and [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Kakuzu]] (GeniusBruiser and TheStrategist), and [[BreakTheCutie Sasori]] (icy PeoplePuppets collector) and [[FauxAffablyEvil Deidara]] (AxCrazy MadBomber). Pain and Konan avoid this; Zetsu, despite not technically having a partner himself, interestingly, does not, suffering from a split personality that gives him one calm half and one crazy one.

* ''Film/PanicRoom'': According to Burnham, he and Junior were ''supposed'' to be this; Junior had the plan to steal the bearer bonds from his grandfather's safe room while Burnham actually knows how to get in; this is also an inversion of the usual personality dynamics since the leader Junior is much dumber than Burnham, who is more of a follower but has the necessary technical expertise. However, Junior also hired PsychoForHire Raoul, making it a TerribleTrio.