Butch and Sundance

Famous bandit pair

Butch and Sundance refers to a pair of close companions, especially partners in crime or mischief, alluding to the outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

The phrase evokes loyalty, camaraderie, and shared recklessness: Those two are like Butch and Sundance—always getting into trouble together.

The 1969 film cemented their names as shorthand for any inseparable duo.

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Categories
  • historical friendships
Opposites
lawfulness

Butch and Sundancelawmen

Official crime fighters

sheriffs · Texas Rangers · bounty hunters · deputies · marshals

cultural mythologization

Butch and SundanceJesse James

Infamous frontier bandit

Billy the Kid · Black Bart · murderers · thugs · villains

partnership dynamics

Butch and SundanceLewis and Clark

Early 1800s expedition leaders

Batman and Robin · Holmes and Watson · lone wolves

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG