Here are some of our favorite platonic power couples from movies and TV shows.
For proof, just watch hertrying to teach him French.
On their own, both characters proved their kick-ass capabilities.
Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler on ‘Parks and Recreation’; Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’; Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson in ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2’.Credit:Everett(3)
Together (and even without romantic entanglements), they could save the world.
He was aReagan-idolizing executive who wore a tux after six because he wasn’t “a farmer.”
She was aStar Wars-obsessed writer who relished her time with her night cheese.
Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson in ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’.Jaap Buitendijk
And yet, they were always there for one another.
Nothing cements the bonds of friendship like non-sexual nudity and seeing your pal at her lonely worst.
As the show went on, they were also each other’s adversaries and saviors.
Lucy Liu and Jonny Lee Miller on ‘Elementary’.Des Willie/CBS
Leslie’s hyperactive enthusiasm for improving Pawnee was guided by Ron’s steady, sage advice.
But, after a few adventures, he realizes he can’t make it without her.
Lexi kept Stefan on the right path, and he trusted her completely until her death.
Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow on ‘Friends’.NBC
Daisy Werthan & Hoke Colburn Driving Miss Daisy
We tease the ones we love.
Anyone who doesn’t appreciate this bond is as Daisy would say a g.d. fool.
From there, they became best buds while fighting the multiple demonic entities that have invaded Hawkins.
Jeremy Renner and Scarlett Johansson in ‘The Avengers’.Zade Rosenthal
Vada Sultenfuss & Thomas J. Sennett My Girl
Ah, the innocence of youth!
(Macaulay Culkin) is decidedly pre-sexual.
(They’re 11 years old!)
Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’.Warner Bros.
Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin on ‘30 Rock’.Ali Goldstein/NBC
Jason Sudeikis and Hannah Waddingham on ‘Ted Lasso’.Everett
Jon Hamm and Elisabeth Moss on ‘Mad Men’.AMC
Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman on ‘Parks and Recreation’.Chris Haston/NBC
Kristen Bell and Percy Daggs III on ‘Veronica Mars’.Cliff Lipson/UPN
Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) in ‘Finding Nemo’.Disney
Julia Roberts and Rupert Everett in ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’.Suzanne Tenner
Arielle Kebbel and Paul Wesley on ‘The Vampire Diaries’.Guy D’Alema/The CW
Keira Knightley and Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘The Imitation Game’.Jack English
Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman in ‘Driving Miss Daisy’.Warner Bros
Eli Wallach and Kate Winslet in ‘The Holiday’.Zade Rosenthal
Maya Hawke and Joe Keery on ‘Stranger Things’.Steve Dietl/Netflix
Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin in ‘My Girl’.Everett Collection
Sarah Jessica Parker and Willie Garson on ‘Sex and the City’.HBO
Ellen Pompeo and Justin Chambers on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Everett
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Catherine Keener in ‘Capote’.Attila Dory
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jerry Seinfeld on ‘Seinfeld’.NBC
Jack Haley, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, and Bert Lahr in ‘The Wizard of Oz’.Warner Bros
Josh Charles and Christine Baranski on ‘The Good Wife’.David M. Russell/CBS
Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson in ‘Lost in Translation’.Everett
