# He's Watson to Your Sherlock (Need other examples) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620 "2016-05-25T02:33:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/1 "2016-05-25T02:33:53Z")
Specifically, I’m looking for examples that involve women. (Not “girls,” so let’s pre-emptively reject “She’s Dyna-Girl to her Electra-Woman.”) Hermoine to his Harry? That’s halfway there. There are better examples, though, right? ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/2 "2016-05-25T02:41:05Z")
Bertha Cool to his Donald Lam Felicity to his Oliver ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/3 "2016-05-25T02:49:13Z")
Abby to her Illana? [http://www.cc.com/shows/broad-city](http://www.cc.com/shows/broad-city) Themla to her Louise? Does it need to be a crime-fighting or genius duo? ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/4 "2016-05-25T02:50:01Z")
Thelma to her Louise? Patty to her Selma? Christina to her Nicole? Juliet to her Pauline? ETA: Ninja’d on one. I assume any female duo will work, otherwise I got nothin’ else. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/5 "2016-05-25T02:51:32Z")
Gabrielle to her Xena ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/6 "2016-05-25T02:52:20Z")
Ophelia to his Hamlet? Rogers to his Astaire? Hillary to his Bill? Myrna Loy to his William Powell? Yoko Ono to his John Lennon? Eve to his Adam? Rosemary Boxer to her Laura Thyme? (That was a fun TV show!) ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/7 "2016-05-25T05:17:30Z")
Ethel to her Lucy? ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/8 "2016-05-25T05:39:03Z")
Tommy to her Tuppence. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/9 "2016-05-25T06:06:42Z")
She’s the Eleanor to his Franklin She’s the Marie to his Pierre She’s La Malinche to his Hernan She’s the Pepper Potts to his Tony Stark She’s the Karla to his Paul Okay maybe that last one wasn’t a good combination. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/10 "2016-05-25T06:20:54Z")
Bess & George to her Nancy Or, if you prefer, Ned Nickerson to her Nancy Ariadne Oliver to his Poirot (I’m not really clear if you want both to be women, the sidekick to be a woman, or the main character to be a woman) Peel to his Steed Gabriel Webb to her Jennifer Mays Eames to his Goren Stabler to her Benson Cagney to her Lacey (or vice-versa) Isles to her Rizzoli ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/11 "2016-05-25T06:21:57Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > Gabrielle to her Xena This is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/12 "2016-05-25T10:20:30Z")
Willow to her Buffy; Nanny Ogg to her Granny Weatherwax; Anne Perkins to her Leslie Knope; Queen of Flowers to her Margery Tyrell; Kayleigh to her River Tam; Fairy Godmother to her Cinderella (a more lopsided arrangement); Susan to her Lucy ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/13 "2016-05-25T11:37:16Z")
Anna to her Elsa ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/14 "2016-05-25T13:10:16Z")
Some great picks! Does not need to be crime-fighting or superhero/fantasy – in fact, the more widely known the better. I love Willow to her Buffy, Susan to her Lucy (is that the right order?), and Nanny Ogg to her Granny Weatherwax, for example, but suspect that the audience that understands those references is a smaller one. And I was blank myself on La Malinche to his Hernan. Looking for a support role to primary type dynamic. Gabrielle to her Xena is great, but, again, limited to a certain cultural audience. And if there’s any male support : female primary, that would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/15 "2016-05-25T13:19:53Z")
Etta Candy to her Wonder Woman Mammy to her Scarlet Nell to her Hetty ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/16 "2016-05-25T13:29:55Z")
Man to her Woman Steve Trevor to her Wonder Woman Jimmy Olsen to her Super Girl (maybe not actually, but the implication works) Hoke to her Miss Daisy Sonny to her Cher Tom Arnold to her Roseanne Jarvis to her Agent Carter Toto to her Dorothy Flying Monkey to her Wicked Witch Ferdinand to her Imelda Jim to her Tammy Fae ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/17 "2016-05-25T13:35:35Z")
Anna to Elsa is excellent. > [@Bricker](#): > > Some great picks! Does not need to be crime-fighting or superhero/fantasy – in fact, the more widely known the better. I love Willow to her Buffy, Susan to her Lucy (is that the right order?), and Nanny Ogg to her Granny Weatherwax, for example, but suspect that the audience that understands those references is a smaller one. And I was blank myself on La Malinche to his Hernan. > > Looking for a support role to primary type dynamic. > > Gabrielle to her Xena is great, but, again, limited to a certain cultural audience. > > And if there’s any male support : female primary, that would be awesome. Susan and Lucy could go either way, but as Susan ultimately falls and deserts Narnia I put her in the subordinate role (although this may not be the image you want!) If you want Male \< Female then: Prince Philip to QEII; Mad Max to Imperator Furiosa; Jamie to Cersei. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/18 "2016-05-25T13:44:55Z")
How about Marcie to her Peppermint Patty? ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/19 "2016-05-25T13:44:56Z")
Marcie to her Peppermint Patty Eta Ninja-ed ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/20 "2016-05-25T13:50:00Z")
At the risk of falling foul of your common knowledge criterion: Roger Mortimer to her Isabella of France; Robert FitzHenry to her Queen Matilda; Rizzio to her Mary Queen of Scots (NB, that ended badly for Rizzio). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620.md?page=2)