And they were roommates! (Oh my god they were roommates!)
We’re celebrating one year of living together at Blueprint headquarters, and we’re going to do it with some of the best fictional roommates. Whether we actually relate to them or just enjoy their vibes, some of our favourite pieces of media happen to include some iconic roommate combinations.
Our only specifications for this line up is that they’re not a couple, they’re not family, and they’re not dorm mates – so without further ado, here’s the Blueprint’s run down of the best roommates in film and television:
Kurt & Rachel
Glee
If we’re talking the space alone, the Bushwick loft is the top of this list for us because… oh man, we’d have so much fun riding bikes around the unfurnished space and hosting Thanksgiving kikis with Sarah Jessica Parker. Though we begrudgingly acknowledge that the Kurt/ Rachel pairing is an inferior one to Kurt/ Mercedes, these two suited being young dreamers starting out in the Big Apple together well. We do, however, question how they were paying their bills on one small income with them eating takeout every day and gallivanting back to their hometown every few weeks to hang around their old high schools? God, they were such losers. We’d be way cooler making it as actors and writers in that space. Anyway, good roommates!
Annie, Gil & Brynn
Bridesmaids
While you might have to get used to cleaning up all those frozen peas on what we can only assume is a semi-regular occurrence, it wouldn’t be the worst thing to have two silly British roommates (wink wink). We could go and get stupid tattoos of Mexican drinking worms and fail to care for them properly, so it would be all fun and games until they read our diary, ask for unbalanced rent payments, and eventually just kick you out. On second thought, maybe not the greatest roommates to have, but we’d at least have some fun.
Rachel & Monica
Friends
Monica and Rachel seem like polar opposites at the beginning of their roommate era: Monica being the focused, driven organiser, and Rachel having little motivation and direction. But through the sheer power of shared proximity and their beautiful friendship, they start to help each other become the best possible versions of themselves. As for what they’re actually like as roommates, the anecdotes speak for themselves: Rachel leaves Monica love notes in the bathroom mirror condensation, Monica lives for keeping the apartment a home, occasionally they fight over who gets the last condom, and they host their friends pretty much constantly for dinners, games, and other fun.
Joey & Chandler
Friends
Cross over the hall from Monica and Rachel’s and there’s another great roommate example! One of them is a struggling actor with an urge to build furniture and jump on the bed, the other is a grown up business girly pessimist who holds down the front financially, and together, they binge watch their favourite television shows and play stupid games at home. All we’re missing are two recliner chairs, some farm animals and a foosball table and we’d be ready to step directly into the lives of the Bing/ Tribbiani residence.
Young Carl & Thick Kevin
The Boat That Rocked
Sweet Young Carl seems like the perfect person to pair with Thick Kevin and give him that chill yet grounded companion; and Kevin gives Carl some surprisingly good insight and support through a pivotal point in his life for a man who dresses up as the Easter bunny to celebrate Christmas. But, he also tries to hide under his sheets to catch Carl losing his virginity so… high highs and low lows. That’s rock n’ roll baby!
Lucy, Amanda & Nadine
The Broken Hearts Gallery
What we would give to live with these girls – once Lucy clears some space for us of course. Between the post-breakup comfort ritual that’s ready on hand and the non-subtle threatening of love interests, Amanda and Nadine ensure a fun yet nurturing environment between lifelong friends who care so deeply about each other. Sounds familiar.
Maggie & Dana
Just My Luck
If our contact wearing friend ever came to stay on our couch we would not be allowing her to put a contact plucked from the kitty litter directly into her eye, you best believe; though we do love the positivity and good vibes cultivated by these two friends in a teeny tiny New York apartment.
Xander & Spike
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Traditionally, roommates have their own beds and living spaces, but sometimes, the best ones have a bed and a chair a metre away from each other in one of their parent’s basement and make do, even if they are tied to the chair for a lot of the time and do on occasion have to resort to sharing laundry. A roommate duo for the ages, only slightly less iconic than the two of us. Slightly.
Scott & Wallace
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Scott and Wallace work as friends and roommates because their personal dramas don’t overlap, meaning one of them can always be level headed toward the other’s struggles. That’s rare! A personal favourite gag of ours in our home is to pretend to jump off/out of things at any given opportunity, so there will come a day where we can utilise Scott’s insane dive out of the window – and it’ll be hilarious.
Sara & Rebecca
The Roommate
Okay, we know we’re bending our own established rules here by including two dormmates, but the movie is literally called The Roommate, so we’re allowed this one. We’re not sure that we want our living situation to end up like Sara and Rebecca’s, filled with animal slaughter and a lot of nasty untenable roommate habits (such as the obsessive murder of anyone else in her life) but if Leighton Meester asked to move in, we’d have a hard time sending her away.
Thor & Darryl
Team Thor
Hands down, Marvel’s best shorts are the imaginings of where Thor was during the civil war between the Avengers seen in the third installment of the Captain America franchise. Thor’s Australian roommate Darryl is as normal as normal comes, so make him share a bathroom with the God of Thunder and hilarity will inevitably ensue.
Viago, Vladislav, Deacon & Peter
What We Do in the Shadows
There’s something so sweet about four undead guys coping with the modern day difficulties that impact being centuries old vampires sketching each other so they know what their OOTDs look like without the use of mirrors and bringing their most horrifying roommate breakfast in bed. Even if it is a live chicken, it’s the kind of consideration only the best roommates bring.
Peter, Jack & Michael
Three Men and a Baby
Sometimes you have to abandon your life responsibilities and personal life and move in with your bros to raise a baby. And also inexplicably solve a small crime in the middle there too somewhere? While we’re not looking to do either of those things anytime soon, it’s good to know that the hottest guys of the late eighties have proved that cohabiting and coparenting could be achieved with relative ease.
Manuela & Rosa
All About My Mother
Manuela was going through the worst time of her life, but when her young friend Rosa had nowhere else to turn, she took her in as if she were family and together they had a brief but beautiful time together under the same roof. They’re the most heartfelt pairing in this complex story and we think that’s a deserving spot on the roommates list.
Shaun, Ed & Pete
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun and Ed: perfect roommates. Shaun, Ed and Pete? Less so. Pete’s very much living with nightmare roommates who do not gel with his personality at all; providing an important lesson in selecting who you live with carefully. And the shower scene that has ensured Maddy will never leave a shower curtain drawn again in her life for fear of it concealing a hidden zombie has no impact in our place as we have a glass shower! Excellent!
Winslow & Thomas
The Lighthouse
Our city centre flat may not be a secluded lighthouse in New England, but both locations prove that sometimes, the girlies need to go a little stir crazy together. Who doesn’t love a good sea shanty sung between bonded roommates?
Frances, Lev, & Benji
Frances Ha
Oh to be holed up in a New York apartment with Adam Driver…it’s not exactly an ideal roommate situation considering Frances’ life is constantly falling apart (so true Frances) but their dynamic is so sweet while she’s able to afford the apartment. Either way, sign us up!
Sulley & Mike
Monster’s Inc
These two are actually such good roommates, you’ve got the slay successful big scary monster and the little guy who supports him – that’s so Jamie and Maddy coded. We’re not about to accidentally adopt a child, but a little pet named Boo would be adorable!
Max & Caroline
2 Broke Girls
Two slay bitches who work a service job in order to finance their dreams? We don’t quite resort to eating days old food and keeping things they find in the garbage (unless you’re counting the Tesco reduced section), but the rock-solid friendship patches up the dubious holes in their living situation. Plus Jennifer Coolidge just walking in and out of places? Sign us up!
Nathan, Caleb, & Ava
Ex Machina
Like, they’re not the best roommates (a lot of fighting and mind games) but they live in such a cool house and are doing some very progressive scientific experiments so we can let that slide. Plus, dance parties with Oscar Isaac? Gives it like ten extra points, that’s the dream.
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We’re so happy to be celebrating one year of living together in our gorgeous flat that’s so beautifully decorated with a meticulous blend of various tasteful pop culture memorabilia and plants. It’s been the best, and we can’t wait for more.
Give your roommate a hug on us today! It’s what most of the above listed people would want.
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