buddy
adjective
: featuring a friendship or partnership between the two main usually male characters
a buddy movie
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There may never be another buddy comedy pair with chemistry like John Cho and Kal Penn.
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Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
Blockbuster adopts that formula but also adapts it; through Percy, in particular, Blockbuster becomes not just a workplace comedy but also a family comedy and a buddy comedy.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2022
Post-apocalyptic survival meets the anxious buddy humor of Humpday in Biosphere, a mysterious and hilarious pic that really can’t be discussed much without saying things a prospective viewer would be better off not hearing.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2022
It’s a buddy movie where the buddies can also go their separate ways.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022
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Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
Blockbuster adopts that formula but also adapts it; through Percy, in particular, Blockbuster becomes not just a workplace comedy but also a family comedy and a buddy comedy.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2022
Post-apocalyptic survival meets the anxious buddy humor of Humpday in Biosphere, a mysterious and hilarious pic that really can’t be discussed much without saying things a prospective viewer would be better off not hearing.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2022
It’s a buddy movie where the buddies can also go their separate ways.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022
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“Buddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buddy. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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