History Main / BestFriend

* Though they rarely act like it, Franchise/{{Naruto}} and Sasuke become best friends somewhere during the first story arc. This becomes a plot point after Sasuke's FaceHeelTurn. He fights Naruto as killing your best friend is one of the ways to unlock more of his hidden powers, but he ultimately spares him. The friendship is one-sided on Naruto's part for the next several years [[spoiler:but deep down, Sasuke still considers Naruto his bestie throughout.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'': The Flintstones and the Rubbles are an entire family of best friends. Fred and Barney were best friends who met best friends Wilma and Betty, paired off and got married, and moved next door to each other. As neighbors their pets Dino and Hoppy were de facto best friends. Fred and Wilma's daughter, Pebbles, and Barney and Betty's son, Bamm-Bamm, grew up together as best friends, but they started dating as teenagers and wound up getting married as adults, ultimately making their parents BestFriendsInLaw.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': [[Characters/HarleyQuinn2019TheCharacter Harley Quinn]] was Ivy's FirstFriend and they've been best friends since. [[spoiler: After a lot of [[IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship heartbreak]], they eventually have a RelationshipUgrade to girlfriends.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,'' [[Characters/TheSimpsonsBartSimpson Bart Simpson's]] default best friend and sidekick is Milhouse Van Houten, with whom he shares a close but [[ToxicFriendInfluence abrasive]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese relationship]]. In the episode "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore," Bart's sister Lisa becomes his new best friend when Milhouse [[StatusQuoIsGod temporarily]] moves out of town, while "The Haw-Hawwed Couple" sees him being forcibly adopted as a best friend by bully Nelson Muntz, only to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything two-time him with Milhouse]]. (By "The Debarted" Bart defines Nelson as his "[[BullyTurnedBuddy other best friend]].") It's also occasionally implied that even Milhouse is second to [[CanineCompanion Santa's Little Helper]].

** Traditionally, ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Batman}} are best buddies. Early ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest'' often depicted him enjoying leisure activities together like shooting hoops or going swimming. Post-''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', it was decided that their personalities were too incompatible to be good friends and they remained uneasy allies until the early '00s restored their friendship, with recent years cementing that they're far and away each other's closest friend, especially post-''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' merging the continuities of ComicBook/PostCrisis and ComicBook/New52.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': Link is Saria's closest friend; [[GreenEyedMonster much to Mido's chagrin.]] The narrative emphasises it by first having her give Link the Fairy Ocarina as a parting gift, when he first leaves Kokiri Forest. And later, she teach him her song while they're in the Sacred Grove, so he'll be able to [[{{telepathy}} communicate wlth her]] no matter how far they're apart. [[spoiler: Though they're eventually forced to part ways for good, after Saria awakens as a Sage, she hands him her Forest Medallion as a memento of their imperishable friendship]].

* Zuko becomes this to Aang towards the tail end of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' which carries into the sequel comics. By the time of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' seventy years later, Korra goes to Zuko for advice about what he'd do because he's the person that knew Aang best. Even though Lin who was noted to also be quite close to him is in the same location.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley was Ivy's FirstFriend and they've been best friends since. [[spoiler: After a lot of [[IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship heartbreak]], they eventually have a RelationshipUgrade to girlfriends.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,'' Bart's default best friend and sidekick is Milhouse Van Houten, with whom he shares a close but [[ToxicFriendInfluence abrasive]] [[WithFriendsLikeThese relationship]]. In the episode "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore," Bart's sister Lisa becomes his new best friend when Milhouse [[StatusQuoIsGod temporarily]] moves out of town, while "The Haw-Hawwed Couple" sees him being forcibly adopted as a best friend by bully Nelson Muntz, only to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything two-time him with Milhouse]]. (By "The Debarted" Bart defines Nelson as his "[[BullyTurnedBuddy other best friend]].") It's also occasionally implied that even Milhouse is second to [[CanineCompanion Santa's Little Helper]].

The best friend (also commonly referred as "the bro", "the bestie", "BFF" etc.) is TheProtagonist's closest non-romantic associate and [[TheConfidant confidante]] in the story. Very often, the two of them will be {{Foil}}s to each other, but they're just as likely to be BirdsOfAFeather. The best friend's importance to the plot can range anywhere from being a SatelliteCharacter, to part of the support cast, or even the {{Deuteragonist}}.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Ryan and Esposito are best friends with Esposito being the Best Man at Ryan's wedding. Almost borders on ThoseTwoGuys since they are rarely seen apart. Lanie is also Beckett's best friend and is not above calling her out mostly in regards to Kate's [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obvious feelings]] for Castle.

* For some [[OddFriendship inexplicable reason]], Dandelion the SpoonyBard is Geralt's only associate who sticks with him through the good and the bad throughout ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' novels and games.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': After [[FriendlessBackground not having any friends]] for most of his life due to his [[UnSorcerer Quirklessness]], [[TheHero Izuku]] finds two of them in his first day at U.A., [[FirstFriend Ochako]] and [[ClassRepresentative Tenya]].

* In ''Film/TheRoom'', Mark is Johnny's best friend, as all the characters will constantly remind everyone.

* Anime/CaptainHarlock's best friend is Tochiro Oyama--the [[BrainsAndBrawn brains to his brawn]], who has constructed Harlock's signature CoolStarship, ''Arcadia'', for him.

For the music video for the Foster the People song, go [[Music/BestFriend here]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Dragamonz}},'' Dax's closest friend is Boaragon who he loves to battle with. When Dax is tasked with recruiting the leaders of the other factions, Boaragon is the first Dragamon to accompany him on his mission.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': Creator/{{Sega}} introduced Tails as Sonic's best bud, [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 in part 2.]] Since then, no matter the game, Tails is almost always on hand to lend Sonic his support: whether it's giving him a lift in [[CoolPlane The Tornado]], or whipping up gadgets [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtsuKMEE24Y to help him out]] (i.e. ''VideoGame/SonicColors'').

* ''Series/GoodbyeCharlie'' (TV pilot): George is Charlie's best friend. George wants to help Charlie, but has different moral guidelines from Charlie that make it hard for him to do so.

->'''Doug''': I need your help. I can't tell you what it is, you can never ask me about it later, and we're gonna hurt some people.\\
'''Jem''': [thinks about it for a bit] ...whose car are we gonna take?

** [[MuggleBestFriend REO Speedwagon]] to Jonathan in ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', as a NobleMaleRoguishMale combo
** Caesar to Joseph in ''Manga/BattleTendency'', as VitriolicBestBuds and BashBrothers
** Kakyoin to Jotaro in ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'', [[TheOnlyOneITrust as the only person who Jotaro can have normal conversations with.]]
** Okuyasu and Koichi to Josuke in ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable''. Rohan believes he's this to Koichi, but [[AbhorrentAdmirer Koichi isn't entirely convinced.]]
** Mista to Giorno in ''Manga/GoldenWind'', even while among the TrueCompanions of the rest of Bruno's gang
** Ermes to Jolyne in ''Manga/StoneOcean'', as the [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Tomboy to Jolyne's (still fairly tomboyish) girl]]
** And Gyro to Johnny in ''Manga/SteelBallRun'', doubling as StudentAndMasterTeam.

** Traditionally, Franchise/{{Superman}} and Franchise/{{Batman}} are best buddies. Early ''ComicBook/WorldsFinest'' often depicted him enjoying leisure activities together like shooting hoops or going swimming. Post-''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' it was decided their personalities were too incompatible to be good friends and they remained uneasy allies until the early 00's restored their friendship, with recent years cementing that they're far and away each others closest friend, especially Post-Rebirth merging the continuities of Post-Crisis and New-52

** Their Earth-Two counterparts, ComicBook/PowerGirl and ComicBook/{{Huntress}} -Helena Wayne- had a relationship even stronger. In the ''ComicBook/PowerTrip2005'' arc, Kara turns to Helena Bertinelli as undergoing considerable emotional turmoil because, even though her Pre-Crisis memories had been wiped out, she instinctively remembered she could always rely on Huntress.

** Even ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog and Ace the Batdog has been depicted as buddies in some comics and media like ''Franchise/DCSuperHeroGirls''.
** While Bizarro isn’t usually considered a member of the Superman family per say, he’s been recently hanging around with Jason Todd/Red Hood [[ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws for a time]], and he’s grown quite close with both him and Artemis as a PowerTrio.

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