MacDonald Hall has a similar dynamic, but tuned a bit differently: Boots evaluates the situation and identifies a problem but isn't brave enough to do anything about it; Bruno makes overly elaborate schemes to solve the problem but lacks the impulse control to follow the scheme through properly, and he relies too much on Boots having the same audacity that Bruno has.
The half-finished scheme leaves Boots in an even worse situation than before; they fight about whose fault it is, and the fight creates more chaos which changes the situation so they can see an actually achievable solution; ena…