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* ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' originally just had the Stag-based Pinsir, and didn't get its Type C until Heracross was created in Generation 2 (which also added Ledyba/Ledian).

* ''NinpuuSentaiHurricanger'' has the one of the strongest examples of Type A in recent history, with the Denkosekka Gouraiger. The Gouraigers are comprised of the crimson red Kabuto Raiger and navy blue Kuwaga Raiger, who are also brothers whose entire motifs, changers, personal weapons and mecha revolve around the Kabuto/Kuwaga pair.

* ''B-Robo Kabutack'' had the Type A pair of Kabutack and Kuwajiro (with Tentorina, a ladybug-based female, thrown in)

* ''{{Juukou B-Fighter}}'' and ''{{B-Fighter Kabuto}}'' each have a Type A with Blue Beet+G-Stag and B-Fighter Kabuto+B-Fighter Kuwga, the latter pair of which are a contrasting gold and silver compared to the former's blue and green. Their mecha, the Beet Machines/Neo Beet Machines have this too. Both teams also have a ladybug-based female member.

* ''NinpuuSentaiHurricanger'' has the one of the strongest examples of Type A in recent history, with the Gouraigers, the crimson red [=KabutoRaiger=] and navy blue [=KuwagaRaiger=], who are also brothers whose entire motifs, changers, personal weapons and mecha revolve around the Kabuto/Kuwaga pair.

* ''KamenRiderKabuto'' has the red rider Kabuto, and the blue rider Gatack, who start out as Type B, but eventually become Type A, who are probably the best-known example of this trope.
** Before them came ''KamenRiderBlade'' with Blade and Garren. Their source Undeads and their Category kings are both these very beetles.

* By extension of the ''{{Pokémon}}'' video games, we have the Type C pair of Heracross and Pinsir.

* By extension of the ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' video games, we have the Type C pair of Heracross and Pinsir.
* Type A in OnePiece during the Thriller Bark arc. Usop uses two different large slingshots named Kabuto and Kuwagata.

* Another villainous Type A example occurs in ''KamenRiderFaiz''.

Related is the Beetle ''Sister'', the Tentomushi (Ladybug, a.k.a. Lady Beetle). Whenever beetles form a PowerTrio, you can expect TheChick to be a Ladybug. Alternately, a third male compatriot (albeit outside the beetle family) may be based on the Batta (Grasshopper), mostly due to visual interest since that insect is longer and thinner than the beetles.

Related is the Beetle ''Sister'', the Tentomushi (Ladybug, a.k.a. Lady Beetle). Whenever beetles form a PowerTrio, you can expect TheChick to be a Ladybug.

* ''{{Zoids}}'' features the beetle-type Zoids Saicurtis (a red Kabutomushi) and the Double Sworder, (a blue Kuwagatamushi). Both apppear in Zoids: Chaotic Century, however, the Saicurtis only appears in the manga, while the Double Sworder only appears in the anime, though the Saicurtis was mentioned by name in the anime.

* ''NinpuuSentaiHurricanger'' has the one of the strongest examples of Type A in recent history, with the Gouraigers, the crimson red Kabutoraiger and navy blue Kuwagaraiger, who are also brothers whose entire motifs, changers, personal weapons and mecha revolve around the Kabuto/Kuwaga pair.

** Before them came ''KamenRiderBlade'' with Blade and Garren. Their source undeads and their Category kings are both these very beetles.

* ''KamenRiderOOO'' has a villainous Type A in the Kabuto and Kuwagata Yummies, which formed when a single Yummy split in two.
** Also averted in that there are Core Medal versions of the Kuwagata Medal but not of the Kabuto Medal.

[[BeetleManiac Japan loves bugs]], and they're everywhere. Not only is bug-catching one of the oldest pastimes in the country, but much of their pop culture includes or is influenced by them.

* Type B in OnePiece during the Thriller Bark arc. Usop uses two different large slingshots named Kabuto and Kuwagata.

Japan loves bugs, and they're everywhere. Not only is bug-catching one of the oldest pastimes in the country, but much of their pop culture includes or is influenced by them.

A SubTrope of BeetleMania

* ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' originally just had the Stag-based Pinsir, and didn't get its Type C until Heracross was created in Generation 2.

* ''KamenRiderKabuto'' has the red rider Kabuto, and the blue rider Gatack, who start out as Type B, but eventually become Type A, who are probably the best-known exaample of this trope.

Related is the Beetle ''Sister'', the Tentoumushi (Ladybug, a.k.a. Lady Beetle). Whenever beetles form a PowerTrio, you can expect TheChick to be a Ladybug.

* One of the most powerful enemies faced by stag beetle-based [[KamenRiderKuuga]] is a rhinoceros beetle-based Grongi, Go Gadoru Ba. Leader of the most powerful of the Grongi tribes (though not the leader of the Grongi as a whole himself), Gadoru was one of three [[EvilCounterpart Evil Counterparts]] (the other two based on a grasshopper and a stag beetle) to Kuuga, and who was able to change between different forms corresponding to Kuuga's forms. Interestingly, even as Gadoru was the second most powerful Grongi in the series, the leader of the Grongi was the aforementioned stag beetle-based Grongi leader, N Daguba Zeba.

* ''{{Juukou B-Fighter}}'' and ''{{B-Fighter Kabuto}}'' each have a Type A with Blue Beet+G-Stag and B-Fighter Kabuto+B-Fighter Kuwga, the latter pair of which are a contrasting gold and silver compared to the former's blue and green. Their mecha, the Beet Machines/Neo Beet Machines have this too.

* ''B-Robo Kabutack'' had the Type A pair of Kabutack and Kuwajiro