# Most devoted, fictional friends **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661 "2013-06-10T21:43:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [June 11, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/41 "2013-06-11T15:32:43Z")
Bert and Ernie (from _Sesame Street_, not _It’s A Wonderful Life_) They both seem to annoy the fuck out of each other and have wildly different personalities, but they stay buddies no matter what. Very sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/42 "2013-06-11T15:33:50Z")
Hornblower and Bush from the Horatio Hornblower novels. Sharpe and Harper from the Sharpe series. Both are examples of fictional military superiors/subordinates who are also loyal friends who would die for each other (though Hornblower wouldn’t actually _say_ as much. 😉 ). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/43 "2013-06-11T15:37:21Z")
Rick Blaine and Sam… and maybe Rick and Insp. Renault, by the end of the movie. Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Dr. Bashir and Miles O’Brien. Sheldon and Leonard, however much each annoys the other. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/44 "2013-06-11T15:43:04Z")
Lenny and George. George: …well, we ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody cares. Lennie: But not us, George, because I… see, I got you to look after me, but you got me to look after you. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/45 "2013-06-11T15:53:03Z")
The classic example from Greek mythology is [Damon and Pythias](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damon_and_pythias). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/46 "2013-06-11T18:42:34Z")
Thelma and Louise Cagney and Lacey Laverne and Shirley Starsky and Hutch ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/47 "2013-06-11T18:51:23Z")
Shawn and Gus ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/48 "2013-06-11T18:56:11Z")
It’s closer to a Frodo-and-Sam relationship than a partnership of equals, but: Taran Wanderer and Gurgi from the Chronicles of Prydain While Gurgi quickly latches onto Taran and repeatedly expresses his loyalty, it takes a while for Taran to recognize that he himself owes Gurgi the same unshakable commitment. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/49 "2013-06-11T19:08:10Z")
Dean and Cas? Although, I haven’t watched the last half of this season so…maybe things changed? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/50 "2013-06-11T19:11:46Z")
Wallace and Gromit ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/51 "2013-06-11T19:20:17Z")
See the TVTropes page on [Heterosexual Life Partners](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HeterosexualLifePartners); or (when the best-friends are of opposite sexes but still not romantically involved) [Platonic Life Partners](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlatonicLifePartners). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/52 "2013-06-11T19:21:09Z")
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/53 "2013-06-11T19:40:10Z")
Darby and Joan ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/54 "2013-06-11T19:58:26Z")
Hal Jordan and Barry Allen Daria Morgendorffer and Jane Lane ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/55 "2013-06-11T19:59:33Z")
Jake Sisko and Nog ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/56 "2013-06-11T20:01:57Z")
The entire main cast of One Piece. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/57 "2013-06-11T20:26:03Z")
Spongebob and Squidward. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/58 "2013-06-11T20:32:07Z")
Elvis: > [@](#): > > Spongebob and Squidward. Is that meant as a joke? Squidward HATES Spongebob. Occasionally, he’ll feel guilty about treating him badly, but he’s certainly not a “devoted friend.” Johnny Storm and Peter Parker. ---
**Author:** ![Werekoala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@Werekoala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Werekoala)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/59 "2013-06-11T20:36:01Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Kirk & Spock And McCoy (to both, and vice-versa) ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661/60 "2013-06-11T20:50:01Z")
Bugs & Daffy (I kid, I kid 😃 ) Chandler & Joey. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-devoted-fictional-friends/660661.md?page=4)