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** [[HumanoidAbomination The Tracker]] and [[spoiler:[[MysteriousWatcher Nimue]]]] both have vastly different goals, but are willing to work together to destroy the Oni.

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** [[HumanoidAbomination The Tracker]] and [[spoiler:[[MysteriousWatcher Nimue]]]] both have vastly different goals, goals but are willing to work together to destroy the Oni.



* Happens all the time across all faction and races in ''Fanfic/TheNewAgeOfMonsters''
** In a particular notable instance, Gigan's appearance in chapter 10 turns what was about to be a three way brawl between Finè, Jishin-Mushi and the united forces of SONG, Eva-00 and Striker Eureka into a [[CurbStompBattle Curb-Stomp Battle]] with it on the receiving side after every single faction changes priorities and targets him instead.

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* Happens all the time across all faction factions and races in ''Fanfic/TheNewAgeOfMonsters''
** In a particular particularly notable instance, Gigan's appearance in chapter 10 turns what was about to be a three way three-way brawl between Finè, Jishin-Mushi Jishin-Mushi, and the united forces of SONG, Eva-00 Eva-00, and Striker Eureka into a [[CurbStompBattle Curb-Stomp Battle]] CurbStompBattle with it on the receiving side after every single faction changes priorities and targets him instead.



* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': The alien organism in the "Mission" arc is so that dangerous that [[spoiler:by Maggie Walsh's order, a captured Collective agent]] cooperates with the SRI to contain it. After all, if the Earth gets [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 completely depopulated]], everyone loses.

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* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': The alien organism in the "Mission" arc is so that dangerous that [[spoiler:by Maggie Walsh's order, a captured Collective agent]] cooperates with the SRI to contain it. After all, if the Earth gets [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 completely depopulated]], everyone loses.



** Nothing less than an overwhelmingly bad situation could possibly force [[spoiler:the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 gods'']] to work together. We're talking a reluctant agnostic/atheist turned God-Emperor of Man, the Four Ruinous Powers (who are sufficiently powerful that the ''only'' reason they haven't taken over the world is because they A) ''HATE'' each other, B) like it just the way it is, and C) already have...), Gork & Mork (the deities of a bunch of genetically engineered fungal bio-weapons), and the Eldar Pantheon (and let's not talk about everything they got up to with each other!).

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** Nothing less than an overwhelmingly bad situation could possibly force [[spoiler:the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 gods'']] to work together. We're talking a reluctant agnostic/atheist turned God-Emperor of Man, the Four Ruinous Powers (who are sufficiently powerful that the ''only'' reason they haven't taken over the world is because that they A) ''HATE'' each other, B) like it just the way it is, and C) already have...), Gork & Mork (the deities of a bunch of genetically engineered fungal bio-weapons), and the Eldar Pantheon (and let's not talk about everything they got up to with each other!).



* In ''FanFic/AThingOfVikings'', despite wanting to wipe each other out, various Eirish and Viking Kings work together in a cooridinated attack on Berk and its territories. They make it clear to each other that once they defeat Berk things amoung them will go back to buisness as usual.

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* In ''FanFic/AThingOfVikings'', despite wanting to wipe each other out, various Eirish and Viking Kings work together in a cooridinated coordinated attack on Berk and its territories. They make it clear to each other that once they defeat Berk Berk, things amoung among them will go back to buisness business as usual.



*** In Episode 11, Tenn and Skoodge briefly put aside the fact that they're on rival teams in order to work together against Invader Larb, who both of them despise.

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*** In Episode 11, Tenn and Skoodge briefly put aside the fact that they're on rival teams in order to work together against Invader Larb, who whom both of them despise.



* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12049888/1/The-True-Villain The True Villain]]'', Papillion akumatizes a man with the promise to help get back his "products" in exchange for taking the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses. He soon realizes that his new akuma is actually a human trafficker who kidnaps Marinette and plans to capture Adrien to sell them both. Horrified at the discovery, Papillion reaches out to Chat Noir to work together to defeat the traffickers and rescue Marinette.

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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12049888/1/The-True-Villain The True Villain]]'', Papillion akumatizes a man with the promise to help get back his "products" in exchange for taking the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses. He soon realizes that his new akuma is actually a human trafficker who kidnaps Marinette and plans to capture Adrien to sell them both. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Horrified at the discovery, discovery]], Papillion reaches out to Chat Noir to work together to defeat the traffickers and rescue Marinette.



* FanFic/MortalKombatKhronicles has Chow (Lui Kang's brother) and Kojin (Earth's fire god) find the Kollector, while infiltrating the Kytinn hive on Shang Tsung's now-abandoned island, hiding out and stranded in the depths of the island. Despite their opposing allegiances, he agrees to help them in their quest, and they part on surprisingly good terms.

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* FanFic/MortalKombatKhronicles has Chow (Lui Kang's brother) and Kojin (Earth's fire god) find the Kollector, Kollector while infiltrating the Kytinn hive on Shang Tsung's now-abandoned island, hiding out and stranded in the depths of the island. Despite their opposing allegiances, he agrees to help them in their quest, and they part on surprisingly good terms.
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** At the end of Chapter 18, [[spoiler: after Tak's alliance with Lex breaks down, Zim offers that they work together against him, as he's now an enemy to them both]].

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** At the end of Chapter 18, [[spoiler: after Tak's alliance with Lex breaks down, Zim offers that they work together against him, as he's now an enemy to them both]].both. The Membrane faction ends up getting in on this alliance as well in Chapter 19 when they ask for help against [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Aldrich Coathanger]], leading to an arrangement wherein the three teams' resources are divided up to take out both enemies simultaneously]].
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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5097524/1/Good-Old-Day Good Old Day]]'', when [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter]] learns about his deal with Mephisto and the loss of the daughter he and Mary Jane would have had, he not only calls in his old favour from Loki to help undo it, but as the other heroes band together to help Spider-Man, when Doctor Doom learns that the Cabal is helping Mephisto, he immediately turns on his fellow villains to oppose Mephisto's efforts due to Doom still being angry at Mephisto's treatment of his mother's spirit (also noting that he owes Spider-Man a favour for thwarting a past assassination attempt).
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10572177 Tony Stark is Not a Supervillain]]'', the rogue Avengers try to handle a hostage situation in Israel, despite having no knowledge of the actual situation, only for both the hostage takers ''and'' the hostages to team up against them due to a common "an objection to Rogers and his brand of stupidity". Loki and Dr. Doom find the idea hilarious.

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* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5097524/1/Good-Old-Day Good Old Day]]'', when [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter]] learns about his deal with Mephisto and the loss of the daughter he and Mary Jane would have had, he not only calls goes so far as to call in his old favour from Loki to help undo it, it. Mephisto attempts to oppose this effort by contacting Norman Osborn for assistance, but as after Osborn rallies the other forces of the Cabal against the heroes band together to help aiding Spider-Man, when Doctor Doom learns that the Cabal is helping Mephisto, he immediately turns on his fellow villains to oppose Mephisto's efforts due to Doom still being angry at Mephisto's treatment of his mother's spirit (also noting that he owes Spider-Man a favour for thwarting a past assassination attempt).
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10572177 Tony Stark is Not a Supervillain]]'', the rogue Avengers try to handle a hostage situation in Israel, despite having no knowledge of the actual situation, only for both the hostage takers ''and'' the hostages to team up against them due to a common "an objection "objection to Rogers and his brand of stupidity". Loki and Dr. Doom find the idea hilarious.

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* ''Fanfic/InvaderZimABadThingNeverEnds'': In Chapter 15, after [=MiMi=], Minimoose and the Minion Trio are transported to a deserted island in a teleporter accident, Zim and Tak reluctantly team up to find them before [[KnightOfCerebus Lex]] does -- Tak wants [=MiMi=] back, knows how to find her, and doesn't trust Lex to retrieve her (despite their [[VillainTeamUp alliance]]), but needs a ship to travel to the island, while Zim has a ship and wants to retrieve Minimoose ([[BadBoss he's ambivalent about his other minions]]), but doesn't know how to find him. So, the two call a temporary truce until they can get to the island and locate their respective robots.

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In Chapter 15, after [=MiMi=], Minimoose and the Minion Trio are transported to a deserted island in a teleporter accident, Zim and Tak reluctantly team up to find them before [[KnightOfCerebus Lex]] does -- Tak wants [=MiMi=] back, knows how to find her, and doesn't trust Lex to retrieve her (despite their [[VillainTeamUp alliance]]), but needs a ship to travel to the island, while Zim has a ship and wants to retrieve Minimoose ([[BadBoss he's ambivalent about his other minions]]), but doesn't know how to find him. So, the two call a temporary truce until they can get to the island and locate their respective robots.robots.
** At the end of Chapter 18, [[spoiler: after Tak's alliance with Lex breaks down, Zim offers that they work together against him, as he's now an enemy to them both]].
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* ''Fanfic/MetalGearGreen'': To combat Outer Heaven and the MSF, Madam President offers all the weapons, equipment and whatnot to the African Warlords in exchange for slaughtering all of the MSF and Outer Heaven. This often devolves into EnemyCivilWar at times as their needs differ from one another, but as Madam President knows, the warlords will have to work together, or they will die.
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* ''Fanfic/WhereWeDontBelong'': [[spoiler: X and Y have formed one with Ontos]], who had previously directly opposed them as both [[spoiler:[[GodWasMyCopilot A]] and [[EvilVersusOblivion Alpha]], to ensure that Aionios can exist once more]]. That said, the alliance is TeethClenchedTeamwork at best: [[spoiler:Ontos]] makes it clear to them that if it weren't for the [[OutsideContextProblem extraordinary circumstances]], they would have [[spoiler:erased the two Moebius immediately, X and Y are only cooperating with their self-proclaimed creator to fulfill their own agenda of bringing Z back, and ultimately they have very different reasons to want Aionios to exist again.]]
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** According to a beat cop on Coruscant, some of the really nasty stuff in the lower levels is so bad that the gangs and police will work together to take them out.
* Fanfic/TarkinsFist: Prior to the outbreak of hostilities with the Empire, the North American Union and the Union of South American Nations were mutually hostile nations locked in a small Cold War after an inconclusive three year shooting war. In order to beat the Empire Jonathan Harris, President of the NAU, is willing to make Hugo Chavez II, President of the USAN, his Vice President and de facto co-President of the new anti-Imperial global government being put together; the Confederacy of Earth Nations.

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** According to a beat cop on Coruscant, some of the really nasty stuff in the lower levels is so bad that the gangs and police will work together to take them out.
out. By the time of [[Fanfic/DarthVaderShatteredGalaxy the sequel]], the security forces are openly pardoning every criminal organization that is willing to work with them to fight the lower level monsters that are being drawn to the surface by the lingering effects of [[spoiler: Sidious' Force Storm]].
* Fanfic/TarkinsFist: ''Fanfic/TarkinsFist'': Prior to the outbreak of hostilities with the Empire, the North American Union and the Union of South American Nations were mutually hostile nations locked in a small Cold War after an inconclusive three year shooting war. In order to beat the Empire Jonathan Harris, President of the NAU, is willing to make Hugo Chavez II, President of the USAN, his Vice President and de facto co-President of the new anti-Imperial global government being put together; the Confederacy of Earth Nations.
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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami can't persuade the surface races that she became a Keeper by accident and is still loyal to the forces of Good. But she does manage to present a strong image of PragmaticVillainy, which leads to working with them several times against greater threats such as [[spoiler:Crowned Death's giant underwater temple]].
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* ZigZagged in ''Fanfic/CatRa''. Shadow Weaver tries to invoke this with The Rebellon when she escapes to Bright Moon at the start of the third season. When she first appears to Catra, the magicat just tries to kill her on the grounds that the woman was the cause of her abusive childhood. She stops when Shadow Weaver is finally able to get a word in and explain why sought out her out... only for Catra to become amused at the thought that she's the sorceress' last resort before redoubling her efforts. Ultimately, she's stopped from carrying out the deed by the others, and once Catra calms down the next day, everyone begins to earnestly accept whatever intel and advice Shadow Weaver has.
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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': Monster X and the Sirens are forced to team up when Enjin shows up and tries to kill them all.

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* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'': ''Fanfic/TheBridgeMLP'': Monster X and the Sirens are forced to team up when Enjin shows up and tries to kill them all.



* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': Neither Gendo nor SEELE can stand each other but they're working together until all Angels are defeated.
-->Their investigations had uncovered that there was some kind of friction between SEELE and their point man at Central. As far as Kaji had understood and explained it, the goals of SEELE and Gendo meshed well until some undetermined point in the future, at which point… things would probably happen.\\

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* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeelingCrazy88'': Neither Gendo nor SEELE can stand each other other, but they're working together until all Angels are defeated.
-->Their investigations had uncovered that there was some kind of friction between SEELE and their point man at Central. As far as Kaji had understood and explained it, the goals of SEELE and Gendo meshed well until some undetermined point in the future, at which point… point... things would probably happen.\\

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* Fanfic/TarkinsFist: Prior to the outbreak of hostilities with the Empire, the North American Union and the Union of South American Nations were mutually hostile nations locked in a small Cold War after an inconclusive three year shooting war. In order to beat the Empire Jonathan Harris, President of the NAU, is willing to make Hugo Chavez II, President of the USAN, his Vice President and de facto co-President of the new anti-Imperial global government being put together; the Confederacy of Earth Nations.
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*** In Episode 13, since the NightmareWeaver's MentalWorld can only be escaped if everyone it's trapped is broken free of their nightmares, the three teams reluctantly work together to fight it.

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