History Main / VagabondBuddies

They often will have to compete for the affections of one local girl who assists them in their escapades.

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%%%* Though they were actually brothers, Garth and Hub were this in their younger days in ''Film/SecondHandLions''.

%%%* Griffen and Molly from the webcomic [[http://www.dicebox.net/ Dicebox]].

%%%* Griffen and Molly from the webcomic [[http://www.dicebox.net/ Dicebox]] .

%%* Creator/{{Terrytoons}} would use WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle as this frequently. In the mid 60s they had Duckwood (a one-shot character from ''Deputy Dawg'') and his pal Donkey Otie as this.

* Naturally, given that it's styled after the ''Film/RoadTo'' movies listed above, ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' had Miguel and Tulio. They have ''lots'' of comedic shenanigans traveling to El Dorado and [[AndTheAdventureContinues and more places]], including competing over Chilo.

%%* Vladimir and Estragon in ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot''.

* [[{{Ronin}} Ran]] and [[ForGreatJustice Meow]] from ''Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan'' are constantly traveling, and sometimes together. Money is a frequent problem because [[LadyDrunk Ran keeps drinking all of it.]]

** The First Doctor and Vicki would have this kind of dynamic, especially in their historicals - usually, Ian and Barbara would get into trouble, and the Doctor and Vicki would attempt to resolve that trouble through the Doctor excessively meddling in a CrazyAwesome way, with Vicki helping him out with StereoFibbing and the occasional spot of theft. This dynamic proved so popular that later Doctor/companion duos became more common (as opposed to the rotating [[CastCalculus quartet]] of Hartnell) and tended to be of the "Doctor and cheery supporter" mold rather than "Doctor and {{Foil}}" - notably the Second Doctor and Jamie, the Third Doctor and Jo, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane, the Eighth Doctor and Grace, the Ninth/Tenth Doctor and Rose, and so on.

Two funny guys who travel around the world (often in the HollywoodAtlas version), and though often at odds with each other are [[HeterosexualLifePartners ultimately inseparable]]. They take on various odd jobs, {{Short Con}}s and capers, often to pay off their debts. They can go flat broke even quicker.

* George and Lenny from ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen'' are the TropeCodifier examples, being two hobos that follow the train tracks looking for work. Many works after were either inspired by or parodying them.

%%%* The Creator/LaurelAndHardy films.

%%%* Many ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' shorts follow this formula.

%%%* George and Lenny from ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''.

%%%* George and Junior from [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons Tex Avery's MGM shorts]] are this, though with a lot more animosity, chiefly from George to Junior.

%%%* WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa from ''Disney/TheLionKing'', especially on their SpinOff series.

%%%* Creator/HannaBarbera had ''WesternAnimation/LippyTheLionAndHardyHarHar'' (the latter being a lugubrious hyena) in 1962. Thirteen years later, they would create Lippy and Hardy expies WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe and Beegle Beagle.

* [[{{Ronin}} Ran]] and [[ForGreatJustice Meow]] from ''Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan'' are female versions of this.

* The Creator/LaurelAndHardy films.
* Though they were actually brothers, Garth and Hub were this in their younger days in ''Film/SecondHandLions''.
* Many ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' shorts follow this formula.

* George and Lenny from ''Literature/OfMiceAndMen''.
* Creator/GustaveFlaubert gave us ''Bouvard et Pécuchet'' who are more or less this.

* Troy and Abed from ''Series/{{Community}}''
* Sam and Dean from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
* Kelly Robinson and Alexander Scott from ''Series/{{I Spy}}''

** The First Doctor and Vicki would have this kind of dynamic, especially in their historicals - usually, Ian and Barbara would get into trouble, and the Doctor and Vicki would attempt to resolve that trouble through the Doctor excessively meddling in a CrazyAwesome way, with Vicki helping him out with StereoFibbing and the occasional spot of theft. This dynamic proved so popular that later Doctor/companion duos became more common (as opposed to the rotating [[CastCalculus quartet]] of Hartnell) and tended to be of the "Doctor and cheery supporter" mould rather than "Doctor and {{Foil}}" - notably the Second Doctor and Jamie, the Third Doctor and Jo, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane, the Eighth Doctor and Grace, the Ninth/Tenth Doctor and Rose, and so on.
** Vorg and Shirna in "Carnival of Monsters".

* "Con" Kidder and "Kid" Conner in ''The Red Mill''.
* Vladimir and Estragon in ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot''.
* Wilson and Addison Mizner in ''Road Show'' have elements of this mixed with {{Bromance}}.

* Griffen and Molly from the webcomic [[http://www.dicebox.net/ Dicebox]] are a prime example of this trope.
* The Webcomic/LaughOutLoudCats have shades of this.

* Naturally, given that it's styled after the ''Film/RoadTo'' movies listed above, ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' had Miguel and Tulio.
* George and Junior from [[WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons Tex Avery's MGM shorts]] are this, though with a lot more animosity, chiefly from George to Junior.
* Creator/HannaBarbera had ''WesternAnimation/LippyTheLionAndHardyHarHar'' (the latter being a lugubrious hyena) in 1962. Thirteen years later, they would create Lippy and Hardy expies WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe and Beegle Beagle.
* Creator/{{Terrytoons}} would use WesternAnimation/HeckleAndJeckle as this frequently. In the mid 60s they had Duckwood (a one-shot character from ''Deputy Dawg'') and his pal Donkey Otie as this.
* WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy were often depicted this way, depending on the episode.

* Baloo and Louie on some episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', again homages to the ''Road To...'' pictures.
* WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa from ''Disney/TheLionKing'', especially on their SpinOff series.

* [[{{Ronin}} Ran]] and [[LittleBitBeastly Meow]] from ''Anime/KazemakaseTsukikageRan'' are female versions of this.

* Though they were actually brothers, Garth and Hub were this in their younger days in ''SecondHandLions''.

-->--'''[[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Oliver Hardy to Stan Laurel]]'''

* George and Junior from [[TexAveryMGMCartoons Tex Avery's MGM shorts]] are this, though with a lot more animosity, chiefly from George to Junior.

* [[{{Ronin}} Ran]] and [[LittleBitBeastly Meow]] from ''KazemakaseTsukikageRan'' are female versions of this.

* In ''Series/DoctorWho'', the First Doctor and Vicki would have this kind of dynamic, especially in their historicals - usually, Ian and Barbara would get into trouble, and the Doctor and Vicki would attempt to resolve that trouble through the Doctor excessively meddling in a CrazyAwesome way, with Vicki helping him out with StereoFibbing and the occasional spot of theft. This dynamic proved so popular that later Doctor/companion duos became more common (as opposed to the rotating [[CastCalculus quartet]] of Hartnell) and tended to be of the "Doctor and cheery supporter" mould rather than "Doctor and {{Foil}}" - notably the Second Doctor and Jamie, the Third Doctor and Jo, the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane, the Eighth Doctor and Grace, the Ninth/Tenth Doctor and Rose, and so on.

* Creator/HannaBarbera had Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har (a lugubrious hyena) in 1962. Thirteen years later, they would create Lippy and Hardy expies WesternAnimation/TheGreatGrapeApe and Beegle Beagle.

* Flaubert gave us ''Bouvard et Pécuchet'' who are more or less this.

* The ''Franchise/{{Road to}}'' movies with Creator/BobHope and Music/BingCrosby (and Dorothy Lamour as the love interest) are the TropeCodifier.

* Naturally, given that it's styled after the ''Franchise/RoadTo'' movies listed above, ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' had Miguel and Tulio.