History Main / Fireforgedfriends

* ''WebVideo/FeatherAdventures'': In a more literal sense than usual. Unlike other AlternateUniverse counterparts of Sqaishey, [[MakingASplash Sploshey]] is initially hostile to Sqaishey when they first meet. However, the two find that they make a great team while going on a quest in [[FireAndBrimstoneHell the Nether]] together to reclaim Sploshey's stolen trident [[spoiler:from the [[ElementalRivalry antagonistic]], [[PlayingWithFire fiery]] Sqorchey.]]

* ''WebVideo/FeatherAdventures'': In a more literal sense than usual. Unlike other AlternateUniverse counterparts of Sqaishey, [[MakingASplash Sploshey]] is initially hostile to Sqaishey when they first meet. However, they find that they make a great team while going on a quest in [[FireAndBrimstoneHell the Nether]] together to reclaim Sploshey's stolen trident [[spoiler:from the [[ElementalRivalry antagonistic]], [[PlayingWithFire fiery]] Sqorchey.]]

Contrast DefeatMeansFriendship, KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand, AFriendInNeed, BloodBrothers. Compare RelationshipSalvagingDisaster, where traumatic events keep people who were already friends together, BullyTurnedBuddy, where the characters were in an outright abusive relationship before becoming friends, and NoAnimosityInTheAfterlife, where it's being ''dead'' that makes people grow closer.

* God invokes this in ''Webcomic/AdventuresOfGod'' to settle differences between [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/adventures-of-god/ep-529-not-the-enemy/viewer?title_no=853&episode_no=529 two opposing soldiers]][[note]]implied to be [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian and Russian]][[/note]] at the pearly gates. He sends them both to Hell for the "wholesome bonding activity" of visiting the head of one of their states[[note]]who [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed looks a lot like]] UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin[[/note]] and pelting him with tomatoes.

* God invokes this in ''Webcomic/AdventuresOfGod'' to settle differences between two opposing soldiers[[note]]implied to be [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian and Russian]][[/note]] at the pearly gates. He sends them both to Hell for the "wholesome bonding activity" of visiting the head of one of their states[[note]]who [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed looks a lot like]] UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin[[/note]] and pelting him with tomatoes.

* God invokes this in ''Webcomic/AdventuresOfGod'' to settle differences between two opposing soldiers[[note]]implied to be [[UsefulNotes/Ukraine Ukrainian and Russian]][[/note]] at the pearly gates. He sends them both to Hell for the "wholesome bonding activity" of visiting the head of one of their states[[note]]who [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed looks a lot like]] UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin[[/note]] and pelting him with tomatoes.

Overlap with BandOfBrothers is considerable, but in this trope, they need never to work together again, and that one, they do not ''have'' to be friendly, just reliable.

* Most ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' characters who become Toa are strangers at the start but become friends or at least trustworthy allies during their adventures and fights. Most notably, Tahu and Kopaka practically couldn't have been more different, and a lot of time was dedicated to their petty disputes, but at the end, Kopaka came to regard Tahu as a leader worthy of respect. The close friendship between Takua/Takanuva and Jaller is also this, as they only got so close during their exploits in the Bohrok Wars. Matoro might be the saddest example -- not long after he came to regard his teammates a friends, he had to perform a HeroicSacrifice.

* Wrestling/TheNexus. Originally, they were rookies on Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s [[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]] show, and were thus, competing against each other for a WWE contract. However, they all came to loathe WWE management as they forced the rookies to do humiliating challenges like obstacle courses and keg carrying contests, as well as constant rule changes and unchecked abuse from certain WWE pros that were supposed to be mentoring the rookies. This led to the Season 1 winner Wade Barrett uniting all the Season 1 rookies and leading an assault on Monday Night RAW until all [[strike: [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson eight]]]] [[RealLifeWritesThePlot seven]] rookies ended up with contracts.

** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': Hajime Hinata, Kazuichi Soda, Akane Owari, Sonia Nevermind and Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu[[note]]Although technically none of the students here actually died except for Chiaki's AI, but they ''were'' comatose by the end of the game[[/note]].

* Vaarsuvius and Blackwing, the elf's familiar, In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Blackwing resents being V's familiar, due to V's neglect of him, but when they need to co-operate to destroy Xykon's [[SoulJar phylactery]], they put aside their differences and develop mutual respect.

* In ''Webcomic/WeakHero'', Gray first becomes properly acquainted with Gerard, Ben, and Alex after the trio help him stave off a gang of bullies. They're gradually drawn closer through the various battles they face as Gray climbs the hierarchy's ladder, until he's eventually able to admit to himself that he sees them as friends.

* The titular team of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' formed in spite of their own disagreements or distrust of each other. Weiss viewed Ruby as an idiot, Ruby viewed Weiss as a stuck up jerk, Blake was standoffish and Yang was trying to force her sister Ruby to make new friends. Fighting a giant flying monster helped to bring them together a lot, though not completely.

** [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by the Ace Ops, an elite team of Atlesian Huntsmen. While they work like a well-oiled machine in combat, and don't seem to ''dislike'' each other, they believe friendship has nothing to do with Huntsmen work, and view Team RWBY and their allies as [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids naive rookies for believing otherwise]]. [[spoiler:This ends up being a problem for them after they turn against Team RWBY since despite their greater experience, they end up arguing about how to handle the situation with each other while Team RWBY's greater trust and friendship in each other allows them to defeat the Ace-Ops. Following the death of their leader Clover Ebi, they are still shown arguing with each other until the climax of Volume 8 when Ironwood planned to bomb Mantle. After Harriet tried to go through with it, the other Ace-Ops try to stop her when it becomes unnecessary and call her their friend, stopping her from going through with it. Before he sacrifices himself, Vine even calls the Ace-Ops his friends.]]

** [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by the Ace Ops, an elite team of Atlesian Huntsmen. While they work like a well-oiled machine in combat, and don't seem to ''dislike'' each other, they believe friendship has nothing to do with Huntsmen work, and view Team RWBY and their allies as [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids naive rookies for believing otherwise]].