History Main / ForbiddenFriendship

* AnneOfGreenGables has a very brief instance of this; after Anne accidentally gets Diana drunk on currant wine that she mistook for raspberry cordial, Diana's mother forbids her daughter to associate with Anne. Fortunately she relents eventually.

A character wants, very badly, to be friends with someone specific. But sadly, the rules of family or society look down upon the friendship, and won't allow it. There's a number of possible reasons for this:

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** In an early draft of the first movie Simba was this with a zebra colt named Lemuta. They watch as his mother nearly gets killed by Simba's, which freaks Lemuta out and ruins his friendship with Lemuta.

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* In ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' Monroe is a member of a wesen race called the Blutbaden, essentially the Big Bad Wolves from fairy tales. Nick is a Grimm, a member of a clan of special humans whose task is to hunt down any wesen that hurt humans or otherwise cause trouble. When wesen mothers want to scare their children they tell them that the big bad Grimm will come and cut off their heads. However, Nick was never told about what he is and he enlists Monroe's help to guide him through the lore and conventions of the wesen world. Monroe is initially reluctant to help a Grimm but over time he and Nick become friends and allies.

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* ''Literature/TheirEyesWereWatchingGod'': Janie[wealthy, mayor's widow, in 40s] runs off with Tea Cake[poor working-class young man] despite the fact that the entirety of Eatonville thinks that Tea Cake is only after Janie's money, and because of the 15-year age difference.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': Gus and Cornchip girl in 'The Army-Navy game.

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* ''TheirEyesWereWatchingGod'': Janie[wealthy, mayor's widow, in 40s] runs off with Tea Cake[poor working-class young man] despite the fact that the entirety of Eatonville thinks that Tea Cake is only after Janie's money, and because of the 15-year age difference.

* ''TheBoyInTheStripedPyjamas'' involves a gentile child who befriends a Jewish child in a concentration camp during Nazi-era Germany.

* In the first BackToTheFuture movie, Principal Strickland warns Marty McFly to stay away from Doc Emmett Brown, as Strickland views the doctor as a nutcase. It's most likely due to the bad influence factor mentioned above. Some fan theories however suggest Strickland and Doc may have [[WeUsedToBeFriends been friends]] at one time and perhaps [[NoodleIncident ended their friendship on a sour note]].

* In the first BackToTheFuture movie, Principal Strickland warns Marty McFly to stay away from Doc Emmett Brown, as Strickland views the doctor as a nutcase. It's most likely due to the bad influence factor mentioned above. Some [[Fanon fan theories]] however suggest Strickland and Doc may have [[WeUsedToBeFriends been friends]] at one time and perhaps [[NoodleIncident ended their friendship on a sour note]].

* [[{{ReCess}} Recess]]: Gus and Cornchip girl in 'The Army-Navy game.

* ''RomeoAndJuliet'' is probably the classic example. With their families feuding with each other, Romeo and Juliet are not allowed to hang out together.
* ''WestSideStory'' as well. This time it's gang wars making the friendship difficult.

* The ''SushiPack'' episode "Deep Freeze" deals with this, with Maguro striking up a friendship with Mochi Mochiato, a member of [[EvilCounterpart The Legion of Low Tide]]. The rest of the Pack is split on whether they condone the friendship, but the entire rest of the Legion is against it. There's even a ShoutOut to ''WestSideStory'', when the two groups decide to rumble over the friendship.

* AnneOfGreenGables has a very brief instance of this; after Anne accidentally gets Diana drunk on currant wine that she mistook for raspberry cordial, Diana's mother forbids her daughter to associate with Anne. Fortunately she relents eventually.

* ''HowToTrainYourDragon''. There's actually a song on the OST with the trope name [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome (and it's very good, FYI).]]

* ''TheirEyesWereWatchingGod'': Janie[wealthy, mayor's widow, in 40s] runs off with Tea Cake[poor working-class young man] despite the fact that the entirety of Eatonville thinks that Tea Cake is only after Janie's money, and because of the 15-year age difference.

* From ''TheBorrowerArrietty'', Sho wants to be friends with Arrietty, who had grown up with the beliefs that humans are dangerous and will cause her and her family harm.

* In ''{{Alphas}}'', Gary befriends a girl named Anna. They get along very well until he finds out that she's actually one of [[spoiler: the Big Bads]]. Later, it is revealed that they'd been contacting each other regularly since they first met. He's not shy about the relationship, and it is, strangely, a completely innocent friendship. No one is happy about the friendship but due to the strength she has in her community and his Alpha ability, there's pretty much nothing anyone can do to stop them.

If they're cloaer than friends, they may be StarCrossedLovers.

* In PostCrisis ''{{Superman}}'' comics, young Perry White's parents wanted him to stay away from the orphanage kids. However they approved of his friendship with that nice Luthor boy.

* In post-{{Crisis}} ''{{Superman}}'' comics, young Perry White's parents wanted him to stay away from the orphanage kids. However they approved of his friendship with that nice Luthor boy.

* ''TheFoxAndTheHound'' is a Disney Film starring two talking animals (no points for guessing their species). The Fox is orphaned and some old lady adopts it as a pet. A man who lives nearby is a hunter that just got a puppy he is training to be a hunting dog. The two animals meet each other and form a friendship, in spite of the fact that the man is training the puppy to hunt (among other things) foxes.

* ''HowToTrainYourDragon''. There's actually a song on the OST with the trope name (and it's very good, FYI).