# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/21 "2016-05-25T14:16:31Z")
Lois Lane to his Superman ---
**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, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/22 "2016-05-25T14:20:50Z")
Diana Berry to her Anne Shirley [Anne of Green Gables - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Green_Gables) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/23 "2016-05-25T16:23:50Z")
“He’s Watson to Your Sherlock” Actually the immediate thought which came to mind on reading the title was James Boswell to Samuel Johnson as Watson was Sherlock’s biographer (and Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson was published in 1791) ---
**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/24 "2016-05-25T22:19:50Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > And if there’s any male support : female primary, that would be awesome. His Boots to her Dora? His Toto to her Dorothy? (I checked if there was a ‘human only’ criterion ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/25 "2016-05-25T22:45:10Z")
Rhoda to her Mary. ---
**Author:** ![fjs1fs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fjs1fs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fjs1fs)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/26 "2016-05-26T16:07:18Z")
Bonnie to her Clyde ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/27 "2016-05-26T16:14:51Z")
Bernice to her Luann ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/28 "2016-05-26T16:35:04Z")
Fist that popped into mind was: Shirley to her Laverne ---
**Author:** ![Kiber](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiber/32/317_2.png) [@Kiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiber)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/29 "2016-05-26T18:28:18Z")
A second for Rhoda to her Mary. Also - Moneypenny to his Bond. or Bond to her M. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/30 "2016-05-26T19:03:37Z")
Betty to her Veronica- although not so supportive of each other Betty to her Wilma- maybe I liked “Ethel to her Lucy” above ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/31 "2016-05-26T19:10:11Z")
for male supporting female: Castle to her Beckett Seely (or Booth) to her Bones ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/32 "2016-05-26T19:12:18Z")
Ringo to his rest of the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/33 "2016-05-26T20:00:57Z")
Remington to her Laura. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/34 "2016-05-26T20:40:31Z")
Kenzi to her Bo More widely known: Whore of Babylon to the Antichrist Lilith to Adam ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/35 "2016-06-03T00:36:35Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > Prince Philip to QEII; Prince Albert to her Queen Victoria ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/36 "2016-06-03T01:52:56Z")
He’s Alexander Graham Bell’s Watson to your Sherlock Holmes’ Watson. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/37 "2016-06-03T05:06:38Z")
[She’s Jet Girl to your Tank Girl.](https://youtu.be/Sv_xVhoYVlU) ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/38 "2016-06-03T13:47:56Z")
Al Gore to Bill Clinton, Dan Quayle to George Bush (oh crap, you asked for women examples, never mind) ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620/39 "2016-06-03T15:51:48Z")
Jimmy Olsen to her supergirl. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hes-watson-to-your-sherlock-need-other-examples/755620.md?page=1)