Wikipairs

Becoming famous as part of a duo is hilarious, especially when the duo is composed of parties who apparently don’t warrant individual attention. As testament to just who is and is not famous or enough outside of their esteemed twosomes, let’s take a look at what Wikipedia has to say about the matter. I’ve arranged the following duos into three groups:

Wikipairs: Tandems of exactly two nouns that share a collective Wikipedia entry whose individual members are not featured in their own pages.
Examples: Patty & Selma Bouvier, Mutt & Jeff, Woodward & Lothrop, Bill & Ted, Sigfried & Roy, Bebop & Rocksteady

Individies: Tandems of exactly two nouns that share a collective Wikipedia entry and whose individual members are also featured in their own pages.
Examples: Bert/Ernie, Lenny/Carl, Loggins/Messina, Corned Beef/Cabbage (collectively listed as New England Boiled Dinner)

Half-Breeds: The rarest of rare; tandems of exactly two nouns that share a collective Wikipedia entry and only one of whom is also featured in its own page.
Examples: Flotsam & Jetsam (Flotsam)

The most important discovery of this exercise actually has nothing to do with Wikipedia’s content, but in fact, a lack thereof, as it has been discovered that one of Rake Blog’s highest rated duos of all time, incestuous homosexual lovers Akbar & Jeff, of Matt Groening’s Life is Hell, are without either individual or collective Wikipedia entries. Lava Sauce, Marion Black and now Akbar & Jeff; am I the only one disappointed with the free encyclopedia’s lack of omniscience?