History BelligerentSexualTension / LiveActionTV

** Also [[MetaGuy Ziggy Grover]] and [[TheComicallySerious Dr. K]] from ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''. What makes it even funnier is that their actors (Milo Cawthorne and Creator/OliviaTennet) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Fs-Gk_Pyo have been dating]] in real life [[RomanceOnTheSet since the show ended]], eventually getting married in 2013 but separating a few years later.

* Rick Castle and Kate Beckett from ''Series/{{Castle}}'' scream this trope at the top of their lungs every episode. It progressed from secondary cast members noticing it, to suspects and witnesses who had ''never seen them before'' making comments, to eventually the two of them finally acknowledging the attraction, first to themselves and finally to each other. Amusingly, even with the RelationshipUpgrade their dynamic hasn't changed one bit. They constantly snark at, belittle, and annoy each other... and then tumble into bed.

* Luke and Reid from ''Series/AsTheWorldTurns''. They are constantly snarking at each other but everyone knows they will end up together. They got together before the show ended, but [[BuryYourGays only for a]] [[ShipSinking little while]].

* ''Series/TheNewsroom'': Will and Mac. They spend two full seasons bickering back and forth, with Will repeatedly [[KickTheDog punishing her]] for cheating on him back when they were together before the series. The attraction is still there for both of them, but they're both wounded and can't come to terms with it [[spoiler: until Will finally realizes that he's still in love with her, and he [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness fumbles]] around a marriage proposal. [[TheyDo She accepts]].]]

* Wendy and Hodges on ''Series/{{CSI}}''. The common theory is that at some point Wendy will have to either kiss Hodges or punch him. [[SlapSlapKiss Possibly both]]. [[spoiler: The former, it turned out.]]

* A subplot of one ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode involves Chief O'Brien being forced to work with a female Cardassian engineer. The two spend the entire episode bickering and sniping at each other. He interprets her apparent hostility as [[FantasticRacism typical Cardassian disdain for humans]]. ''She'' interprets his apparent hostility as O'Brien coming onto her, since apparently BST forms the basis of Cardassian courtship. They're both quite relieved when they realize the problem and [[SeductionProofMarriage he explains he's married]]. (The [[SlashFic Garak/Bashir slashers]] proceeded to have a lot of fun with the implications of Garak arguing with Bashir over literature.) It also goes a long way to explaining why Dukat never quite gave up pursuing Kira; from his perspective her snarky putdowns refusing his advances were giving him ''really'' mixed signals.

** Max is very belligerent with the party before hooking up with Lucas.
*** Max continues to mildly have it with Lucas in Season 3 and inspires some between Mike and Eleven as well.
*** Heck, Mike and Max have even more than any of the other kids given their constant arguing. It actually gets unexpectedly intense, especially in the third season.