# What fictional couple would you like to see on "The Amazing Race"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** reality-or-game-show\ **Created:** [November 8, 2023, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801 "2023-11-08T06:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/21 "2023-11-08T17:37:14Z")
Betts and Gunther from the “Luann” comic strip. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/22 "2023-11-08T19:33:10Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I can’t see Wolfe moving enough to win…but I _can_ see him figuring out how to win without ever leaving the brownstone. True, but he was able to move about when he went to Montenegro. But the puzzles would be child’s play. > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Nick and Nora Charles. Not enuf martini breaks. > [@Sitnam](#): > > **Phileas Fogg and Jean Passepartout** As long as we are not into his “Other log” world. That would be very bad. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/23 "2023-11-08T19:41:47Z")
Edith & Archie Bunker Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin Eowyn & Faramir (they deserve a nice vacation) Tyrion Lannister & Bronn ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/24 "2023-11-08T19:54:34Z")
Side discussion: Of all that have been mentioned so far, who would actually win? ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/25 "2023-11-08T19:59:19Z")
Al and Peg Bundy vs Ralph and Alice Kramden vs Tony and Carmela Soprano vs Niles and Maris Crane Phil sets them on the race and the couples immediately start arguing. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/26 "2023-11-08T20:04:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Side discussion: Of all that have been mentioned so far, who would actually win? Of my three choices- Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe. Alan Quatermain and **Ayesha** (Okay she is immortal, but not a meta human) Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood. Wolfe is gonna have issues with the food and all the running, but the puzzles with be NP. Likely loser. sadly. Alan Quatermain and **Ayesha** - modern issues would boggle them. Same for anyone else not from the 20th+ century. Indiana Jones and Marion Ravenwood real contenders. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/27 "2023-11-08T20:39:12Z")
Shaun & Ed from Shaun Of The Dead (or any of the Pegg/Frost buddy characters) Jim West and Artemus Gordon Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt (I think Ron Swanson would have better navigation/survival skills, but I doubt he’d be interested in competing) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/28 "2023-11-08T20:41:29Z")
Mulder and Scully ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/29 "2023-11-08T20:51:28Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > but I doubt he’d be interested in competing I think he’d love it. There are several episodes where there is a scavenger hunt, and he completely dominates - including a birthday present Leslie arranged, and then the one she set for him in Scotland. So I’ll vote for Ron Swanson and April Ludgate. She’ll be perfect for backstabbing. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/30 "2023-11-08T20:56:16Z")
Herman and Lily Munster. Of course, it’d be more fun if they didn’t win just to hear Herman bellow, “Darn, darn, darndarndarn!” ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/31 "2023-11-08T23:46:26Z")
I just want to say that if I were running CBS and you pitched this to me as a fictional series I would green light it in ten seconds. Also, Holmes and Moriarty. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/32 "2023-11-09T01:01:02Z")
Which ones? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/33 "2023-11-09T01:02:08Z")
Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/34 "2023-11-09T01:23:21Z")
Veronica and Keith Mars ---
**Author:** ![ZamboniAce1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f19dbf/32.png) [@ZamboniAce1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZamboniAce1000)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/35 "2023-11-09T01:24:53Z")
Buffy Summers & Riley Finn ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/36 "2023-11-09T02:30:59Z")
“Bones” Brennan and Sealy Booth. ---
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Tyler Durden and… Tyler Durden? ---
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Two of the brothers from _Malcolm in the Middle_. Not sure which two for sure, but I might lean toward Dewey and Francis. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/39 "2023-11-09T04:41:57Z")
Sam and Dean Winchester. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801/40 "2023-11-09T05:27:52Z")
> [@velomont](#): > > I would find Basil and Sybil Fawlty extremely funny on that. Awesome. I’d be upset when they have to cut away to the other teams [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fictional-couple-would-you-like-to-see-on-the-amazing-race/992801.md?page=3)