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->Your football boots,\\

They laughed at me.

* In a ''very'' unusual setup for a RomanceNovel, Creator/NoraRoberts' ''Tears Of The Moon'' has as its romantic leads Shawn, a sensitive songwriter and pub cook, and Brenna, a feisty, tomboyish handywoman.

** Betty and Archie from the main ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' series at times have this dynamic, DependingOnTheWriter. When Archie's car breaks down, Betty fixes it. And there is even one comic where they try to enter a team surfing competition, but while Archie is strong enough to carry Betty, he and Betty slip up during practice. When all seems lost until they encounter a wave. Betty quickly recovers and Archie lands on her shoulders, and she keeps him up without a problem. They win the contest as a result.

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Luca}}'' with Giulia and Luca. Giulia is a FireyRedhead to Luca's ShrinkingViolet.

%%** Creator/JohnByrne [[AuthorAppeal loves this trope]], always matching a super-heroine with a waifish guy who serves her. Even managed to stick this trope in during his run of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987''.
%% ** In general, Franchise/WonderWoman's relationships with [[BadassNormal non-super powered]] men like [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor]] or even Franchise/{{Batman}}, scream this trope. Since Diana metaphorically "wears the pants" in each relationship, the best guys like them can do is ''hold her back'' and be a cautious moral guide when it comes to mankind, due to her belonging to a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}}. Though this only became apparent in later adaptations as the proud warrior aspect of her character is [[NewerThanTheyThink a relatively new]] and often controversial [[DarkerAndEdgier addition]] and she was more of a GirlyBruiser in previous continuities.

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* Philippe of Orléans, brother of Louis XIV, known as Monsieur, and his second wife Elisabeth-Charlotte of Bavaria, known as the Princesse Palatine and Madame, had this dynamic. Monsieur was by all accounts a CampGay, especially fond of precious clothes, jewels and sometimes full-on crossdressing, while Madame was a very large woman, extremely blunt, with manners sometimes compared to that of a Bavarian tavern maid. Their contemporaries wrote of this OddCouple in sometimes unkind terms. In spite of this or perhaps because of it, they had a fairly content marriage and several children.

* Downplayed but [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsRogue Rogue]] have shades of this, mostly because Gambit is only couple degrees higher than a BadassNormal being a swift thief with [[HavingABlast kinetic explosion ability]] while Rogue is an immensely strong PowerParasite FlyingBrick whose StoryBreakerPower puts her leagues above him, despite them being depicted as a BattleCouple. Personalty-wise, Gambit is cautious, tactical, and [[RealMenWearPink wears pink]] while Rogue is headstrong, tomboyish, and stubborn. Nationality also gives credence to this trope as from the French-center of New Orleans while Rogue is from Mississippi with her brash southern accent clashing with the Gambit's French tones. Rogue also often reverses the BridalCarry with Gambit. Ironically being with Gambit lets Rogue actually becomes more feminine and stops being such a ShrinkingViolet.

* [[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Harley Quinn]] [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]

* [[Characters/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyModern Peter Quill and Gamora]] (''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}''), [[ComicBook/AntMan Scott Lang]] and Hope Van Dyne (''Film/AntMan1''), and [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Michelle Jones]] (''Film/SpiderManHomecomingTrilogy'') from the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse all follow this dynamic to some extent. Quill, Scott, and Peter are not afraid to show emotions whereas Gamora, Hope, and Michelle are all more hardened to the point of being TheStoic. In all three pairings, the man is also less aggressive than the woman.

** In general, Franchise/WonderWoman's relationships with [[BadassNormal non-super powered]] men like [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Steve Trevor]] or even Franchise/{{Batman}}, scream this trope. Since Diana metaphorically "wears the pants" in each relationship, the best guys like them can do is ''hold her back'' and be a cautious moral guide when it comes to mankind, due to her belonging to a {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}}. Though this only became apparent in later adaptations as the proud warrior aspect of her character is [[NewerThanTheyThink a relatively new]] and often controversial [[DarkerAndEdgier addition]] and she was more of a GirlyBruiser in previous continuities.

* Subtly done in Winslow Homer's painting "A Temperance Meeting", which visually inverts traditional gender roles with its stern-faced, powerfully-built milkmaid and effeminate-looking, bashful farmhand.