Platonic Life-Partners in The DCU.
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Comic Books
Comic Books
- From Teen Titans, Dick Grayson (Robin/Nightwing), the Chick Magnet Magnetic Hero of the entire DC Universe and Donna Troy (Wonder Girl), who looks like a younger Wonder Woman, have never gotten together, due to being like brother and sister.
- Superman: Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, especially before the former married Clark Kent, although Jimmy is more like a baby brother than an equal to Lois.
- Superman and Wonder Woman are often portrayed as this, sometimes veering into Like Brother and Sister. Attempts to get them together outside "what if" stories tend to run into No Sparks.Clark: You know, there are still people who think that you and I—
Diana: Yes, I am aware. But friendships like ours do not sell magazines.
Clark: Just as well. They wouldn't understand.- The New 52 made a game attempt at it, but as of DC Rebirth it's officially been put to bed.
- Batman's villains Bane and Scandal Savage. They're incredibly close and very protective of one another, but have never considered being in an actual romantic relationship. Even if Scandal wasn't gay, than they still wouldn't consider it, as they view each other as basically being family (Bane views Scandal as something of a daughter-figure, while Scandal considers Bane the closest thing to a big brother or father that's she'll ever have). This part of their characters was examined quite a bit in Secret Six.
- Cassandra Cain and Tim Drake were this at first, but have since graduated to Brother–Sister Team after being adopted by Batman. They even lived together for a time in Bludhaven before being adopted.
Live-Action TV
Live-Action TV
- Arrowverse
- Arrow
- Oliver Queen and Tatsu Yamashiro. During his five years away from home, Tatsu was the only female companion Oliver did not develop romantic/sexual feelings for — mainly because Tatsu was already married to his other companion and close friend, his handler Maseo Yamashiro. After Oliver saves her life, they develop a close friendship to the point that Tatsu was willing to trust him with the life of her son, Akio. Even after they parted, their friendship endured — Tatsu was the one who save Oliver's life after his first duel with Ra's al Ghul, and when he called on her to help him end the League of Assassins plot to destroy Star(ling) City, she answered.
- John Diggle and Felicity Smoak are as close as family. Diggle is very protective of Felicity, and they are each other's sounding boards when it comes to their personal problems.
- The Flash (2014)
- Barry Allen and Caitlin Snow. While they have the occasional Ship Tease moment, their relationship is ultimately platonic and they have never shown a romantic interest in one another.
- Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow have been best friends since before the Particle Accelerator, a friendship that only grew when they were the only ones to stick around after the project "failed". Like Barry and Caitlin above, they share some Ship Tease, but no actual desire to get together.
- Barry Allen and Felicity Smoak are Birds of a Feather, and were genuinely fond of each other at one point, but settle as this in the end.
- Subverted with Barry Allen and Iris West. Iris thought they were this, only to have that image utterly shattered after Barry finally confessed to her that he'd been in love with her since they were kids. They try to make a go at being this again since Iris was with Eddie Thawne at the time, but it fails — mainly because it was becoming increasingly obvious to Iris that Barry's feelings were not unrequited.
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Sara Lance and Ray Palmer, who bond due to being from the same city but have no romantic feelings for one another.
- Sara Lance and Amaya Jiwe are Bash Sisters, but are not attracted to each other (mainly due to Incompatible Orientation).
- Supergirl (2015): By Season Two, Kara mutually breaks up with James and Winn's crush on her has petered out, so she becomes this with both men.
- Arrow
- Smallville: Clark and Chloe were initially good friends, but became much closer as the seasons went on and she played a far more active role in his journey to becoming Superman. By the later seasons, they are firmly Like Brother and Sister, view each other as family, and actively serve as Shippers on Deck for each other's relationships (Clark becomes a Shipper on Deck for Chimmy, and later Chlollie, and in both cases his Big Brother Instinct compels him to make sure everything was alright in Chloe's relationships, and Chloe becomes a Shipper on Deck for Clois, repeatedly hinting to Clark and Lois that she thinks they have relationship potential). They also develop a strong working relationship, with Chloe serving as Mission Control for the entire Justice League of America, and Clark working in the field as a superhero.
Western Animation
Western Animation
- Raven and Beast Boy from Teen Titans (2003) are supposed to come off as this, though it wound up looking a lot like more. Mainly due to the romantic on-and-off thing they had back in the DC Comics and that it was admitted that BB and Raven were written 'Like an Old Married Couple', in the show. They do become a couple in the Teen Titans Go! spin-off.
- Zeta and Ro from The Zeta Project are roadtrip orphan bros looking for their parents. One is a killer robot, but still.
