* It's said that, despite being truly bloodthirsty against each other's armies during the Crusades, Richard the Lionhearted and Saladin often exchanged gifts and had great respect for one another insofar as their roles allowed. Saladin supposedly offered his physician when Richard fell ill, for instance. Amusingly, when Richard's army was dying of heat stroke on the march to Jerusalem, Saladin allegedly had snow sent to them.
** There's also talk of them once considering a marriage between their families and having Jerusalem as the wedding dowry.
** For the most part, they had similar ideals of honor and understood that they were both fighting for their religions. They even had the same taste for music and were patrons of the arts and sciences. It's possible that they saw the other as a WorthyOpponent, and were hoping to eventually end the war so that they could get along and possibly convert the other to their own religion.
*** In other words, a RealLife version of ''Literature/TheSongOfRoland'' when the poem speaks of the mightiest of the Moorish champions: "O! If only he were Christian!"

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*It's said that, despite being truly bloodthirsty against each other's armies during the Crusades, Richard the Lionhearted and Saladin often exchanged gifts and had great respect for one another insofar as their roles allowed.
** Saladin supposedly offered his physician when Richard fell ill, for instance. 
**Amusingly, when Richard's army was dying of heat stroke on the march to Jerusalem, Saladin allegedly had snow sent to them. 
**For a brief period they talked of their joining their families through the marriage of their children with Jerusalem as the dowry. 
**For the most part, they had similar ideals of honor and understood that they were both fighting for their religions. They even had the same taste for music and were patrons of the arts and sciences. It's possible that they saw the other as a WorthyOpponent, and were hoping to eventually end the war so that they could get along and possibly convert the other to their own religion. In other words, a RealLife version of ''Literature/TheSongOfRoland'' when the poem speaks of the mightiest of the Moorish champions: "O! If only he were Christian

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* Creator/SethMacFarlane and Creator/MattGroening. While it is implied on [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons both of]] [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy their shows]] that they hate each other, they are actually pretty good friends.
** Seth [=MacFarlane=] and Radio/RushLimbaugh too, despite being near polar opposites on the political spectrum. They are actually friends, who each see their own highly-politically-charged works as chiefly a matter of entertainment. Rush has even guest voiced on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' more than once, occasionally [[AdamWesting parodying himself]].
** Apparently MikeJudge too; Judge appeared as [[KingOfTheHill Hank Hill]] in a recent episode of ''Family Guy''. This one's surprising as many ''King of the Hill'' fans (unfairly) blame [=MacFarlane=] for the show's cancellation, due to the advent of ''TheClevelandShow''.
* Another, though involving more people, was the so-called ''Christmas Truce'' between the [[PunchClockHero British and French troops]] and [[PunchClockVillain the German forces]] during WorldWarOne. Men left the trenches and started playing ''football'' (soccer) with each other on No Man's land (the war scarred area between the opposing trenches) and generally having a good time. That's right, in the middle of a war. Understandably, the higher ups thought this might hinder the war effort, as humanizing the people you're supposed to kill often does. More about it at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Truce the Other Wiki]].
** Reportedly, there were many such instances between Union and Confederate forces during TheAmericanCivilWar - brother against brother and all that.
*** Northern and Southern troops were eager to get together for pragmatic reasons, too: the Confederates had all the good tobacco, and the Union soldiers had all the good coffee. Informal trading went on whenever possible.
** During the Bangladeshi War of Independence, the Pakistani commander (occupying Bangladesh) and the Indian commander (invading in support of the independence movement) were personal friends who had studied together at Sandhurst military college.
* Athletes on rival sporting teams often form friendships even while their fans are pummeling each other in the stands. One notable example of this is when Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre practically threw himself under Michael Strahan of New York so that the latter would break the sack record.
** The physios, too. When Alan Smith broke his leg playing for Manchester United against Liverpool, the Liverpool physio was first on the scene to do what he could to help.
** North of the England-Scotland border, Kevin Thomson and Scott Brown were inseparable when they came through the youth ranks together at Edinburgh side Hibs, but are now opponents as the midfield enforcers of beyond-fierce Glasgow rivals Rangers and Celtic respectively. Despite this, they've remained friends - when Brown was recently sent off in a match between the teams, it was Thomson rather than any of his teammates who calmed him down.

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* Creator/SethMacFarlane has a number of these:
**Creator/MattGroening. While it is implied on [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons both of]] [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy their shows]] that they hate each other, they are pretty good friends.
** Seth [=MacFarlane=] and Radio/RushLimbaugh are good friends despite being polar opposites on the political spectrum. They see their own highly-politically-charged works as chiefly a matter of entertainment. Rush has even guest voiced on ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' more than once, occasionally [[AdamWesting parodying himself]].
**MikeJudge too; Judge appeared as [[KingOfTheHill Hank Hill]] in a recent episode of ''Family Guy''. This one's surprising as many ''King of the Hill'' fans (unfairly) blame [=MacFarlane=] for the show's cancellation, due to the advent of ''TheClevelandShow''.
* The so-called ''Christmas Truce'' between the British and French troops and the German forces during WorldWarOne. Men left the trenches and started playing ''football'' (soccer) with each other on No Man's land (the war scarred area between the opposing trenches) and generally having a good time. That's right, in the middle of a war they played a sport in a dead zone. Understandably, the higher ups thought this might hinder the war effort, as humanizing the people you're supposed to kill often does. More about it at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Truce the Other Wiki]].
** Reportedly, there were many such instances between Union and Confederate forces during TheAmericanCivilWar - brother against brother and all that. Northern and Southern troops were eager to get together for pragmatic reasons, too: the Confederates had all the good tobacco, and the Union soldiers had all the good coffee. Informal trading went on whenever possible.
* During the Bangladeshi War of Independence, the Pakistani commander (occupying Bangladesh) and the Indian commander (invading in support of the independence movement) were personal friends who had studied together at Sandhurst military college.
* Athletes on rival sporting teams often form friendships while their fans are pummeling each other in the stands.
** Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre practically threw himself under Michael Strahan of New York so that the latter would break the sack record.
** When Alan Smith broke his leg playing for Manchester United against Liverpool, the Liverpool physio was first on the scene to do what he could to help.
** North of the England-Scotland border, Kevin Thomson and Scott Brown were inseparable when they came through the youth ranks together at Edinburgh side Hibs, but are now opponents as the midfield enforcers of beyond-fierce Glasgow rivals Rangers and Celtic respectively. Despite this, they've remained friends - when Brown was sent off in a match between the teams, it was Thomson rather than any of his teammates who calmed him down.

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* Senators Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy were supposedly very good friends, despite their wildly differing political ideologies.
** John [=McCain=] and Morris Udall were a similar case.
*** [=McCain=] has a long-standing friendship with John Kerry. Rumor has it that Kerry even asked [=McCain=] to serve as his running mate in 2004.
** [[AmericanCourts Supreme Court Justices]] Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, too. 
*** This is actually fairly common in the federal judiciary. Judges have to try to be above politics as part of their job, and the fact that federal judges tend to be intellectual types gives them something to talk about besides the law--and gives them a healthy respect for differing opinions when they do. A few noted conservative/libertarian judges of the Circuit Courts of Appeals have a reputation for getting along very well with their liberal colleagues (particularly [[SophisticatedAsHell Judge]] [[CoolOldGuy Kozinski]] of the [[UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Ninth Circuit]] and to a lesser extent Judge Posner of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} Seventh Circuit]]).
** RonaldReagan and Tip O'Neill went fishing a lot. They were enemies only from nine to five, and even made it an in-joke between the two of them.

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* Many American politicans have friendly relationships despite differing views
**Senators Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy were supposedly very good friends, despite their wildly differing political ideologies.
** John [=McCain=] and Morris Udall were a similar case. [=McCain=] also has a long-standing friendship with John Kerry. Rumor has it that Kerry asked [=McCain=] to serve as his running mate in 2004.
** This is fairly common in the federal judiciary. Judges have to try to be above politics as part of their job, and the fact that federal judges tend to be intellectual types gives them something to talk about besides the law--and gives them a healthy respect for differing opinions when they do. A few noted conservative/libertarian judges of the Circuit Courts of Appeals have a reputation for getting along well with their liberal colleagues (particularly [[SophisticatedAsHell Judge Kozinski]] of the [[UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco Ninth Circuit]] and to a lesser extent Judge Posner of the [[UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} Seventh Circuit]]).
** RonaldReagan and Tip O'Neill went fishing. They were enemies only from nine to five and made it an in-joke between the two of them.

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* A TransAtlanticEquivalent to the previous example: Denis Healey and Geoffrey Howe, though being literally on opposite sides of the aisle for over a decade, are actually really good friends and get on really well. This is especially poignant when you consider that British politics involves the two parties shouting ad hominem at each other and Healey stating that hearing Howe give a report was like "being savaged by a dead sheep", yet they have been and still remain to this day good friends.
* On the one occasion that Oliver Cromwell and Charles I met after the EnglishCivilWar, during which Cromwell essentially threw Charles off the throne, they reportedly got on quite well. One (probably apocryphal) story has Cromwell visit the grave of Charles in secret after the king was beheaded for treason and mutter [[IDidWhatIHadToDo "Cruel necessity"]] to himself.
* Prince and Music/MichaelJackson, though it's reported that they never really got along (mostly due to sales rivalry and philosophical differences over music rather than any real nastiness), they respected each other's work and made it a point to never say anything negative about each other in public.
** It should be noted that Michael's hit single "Bad" was originally envisioned as a duet with Prince. The only reason Prince declined was because he felt that the song was good enough without him.
* Picasso and Matisse would send each other paintings as challenges, and they both expressed disdain for the other's style, but when Matisse died, Picasso was devastated.
* In 1484, at the field of ''Badh na Fola'', John of the Isles, supported, among others. by the Macleans and the Macleods, met Angus Og, to [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority decide]] the title of Lord of the Isles according to the GoodOldWays of [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Bonnie Scotland]]. Angus prevailed and sent around a man to [[OffWithHisHead eliminate]] the more prestigious of the prisoners, including a Maclean titled the Chief of Ardgour. However, one of Angus' followers, Macdonald of Moidart, an old rival of the Chief's, intervened, saying, "If Maclean were gone, who should I have to bicker with?"

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* A TransAtlanticEquivalent to the previous example: Denis Healey and Geoffrey Howe. Though being literally on opposite sides of the aisle for over a decade are really good friends and get on really well. This is especially poignant when you consider that British politics involves the two parties shouting ad hominem at each other and Healey stating that hearing Howe give a report was like "being savaged by a dead sheep", yet they have been and still remain to this day good friends.
* On the one occasion that Oliver Cromwell and Charles I met after the EnglishCivilWar, during which Cromwell essentially threw Charles off the throne, they reportedly got on well. One (probably apocryphal) story has Cromwell visit the grave of Charles in secret after the king was beheaded for treason and mutter [[IDidWhatIHadToDo "Cruel necessity"]] to himself.
* Prince and Music/MichaelJackson, though it's reported that they never really got along (mostly due to sales rivalry and philosophical differences over music rather than any real nastiness), they respected each other's work and made it a point to never say anything negative about each other in public. Fun fact: Michael's hit single "Bad" was originally envisioned as a duet with Prince and the only reason Prince declined was because he felt that the song was good enough without him.
* Picasso and Matisse would send each other paintings as challenges. While they expressed disdain for the other's style, when Matisse died, Picasso was devastated.
* In 1484, at the field of ''Badh na Fola'', John of the Isles, was supported by, among others the Macleans and the Macleods, and met Angus Og, to [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority decide]] the title of Lord of the Isles according to the GoodOldWays of [[UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} Bonnie Scotland]]. Angus prevailed and sent around a man to [[OffWithHisHead eliminate]] the more prestigious of the prisoners, including a Maclean titled the Chief of Ardgour. However, one of Angus' followers, Macdonald of Moidart, an old rival of the Chief's, intervened, saying, "If Maclean were gone, who should I have to bicker with?"

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* This is how many diplomatic analysts describe the relationship between the United States and China. Not only are both strong economic trading partners and strongly economically dependent on each other, but both are willing to work together to stop worldwide terrorism, nuclear proliferation and maintaining world peace. On the other hand, both China and the United States are suspicious towards each other politically and militarily. In addition, certain political issues like human rights, Taiwan, and Tibet are usually the hotbed topics between China and the United States. And it doesn't help that China and the United States are engaged in a small ''cyber''-warfare. Thus, any fiction that depicts a hypothetical military war between China and the United States usually fall YouFailEconomicsForever.
** Some have said, "hey wait, Germany waged war against its primary trade partners before!" Yes, but:
*** The Chinese leadership is far more cautious than the German.
*** No two leading countries have been quite so economically intertwined as the US and China. Washington, Beijing, New York, and Shanghai all have the others by the [[GroinAttack short ones]]; nobody's fighting anybody anytime soon. 
** Japan's diplomatic relationship with China and their former occupied Asian states during the UsefulNotes/{{Imperial Japan}}ese era is also like this as well. The only major difference is that the enemy part is relating to ''[[{{SecondSino-JapaneseWar}} Japan's own denial of their war crimes during World War II]]'' (and in the case with China, the Rape of Nanking). But perhaps the most sour relationship in regarding the FriendlyEnemy thing is with UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, see NoKoreansInJapan for more details on this [[note]]and it doesn't help to note that both Japan ''and'' South Korea are well known to have strong ultranationalist groups[[/note]].
** Progressively avoided with Chinese-South Korean relations: being a partner of UsefulNotes/NorthKorea, China's relations with South Korea was strained, though not vitriolic. In recent years, the two countries started cooperating economically and decided that they liked the arrangement and the tension between the two fizzled out since. The most amazing sign of that came with Wikileaks, when the Chinese indicated that they would be cool with a South Korea led unification so long as Seoul can ensure that the Chinese-Korean border will not have a US base. It helps that both countries have mutual memories of the Japanese occupation.

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* This is how many diplomatic analysts describe the relationship between the United States and China. Not only are both strong economic trading partners and strongly economically dependent on each other, but both are willing to work together to stop worldwide terrorism, nuclear proliferation and maintaining world peace. On the other hand, both China and the United States are suspicious towards each other politically and militarily. In addition, certain political issues like human rights, Taiwan, and Tibet are usually the hotbed topics between China and the United States. The relationship is further complicated by the small ''cyber''-warfare they are engaged in. Thus, any fiction that depicts a hypothetical military war between China and the United States usually falls under YouFailEconomicsForever. No two leading countries have been quite so economically intertwined as the US and China. Washington, Beijing, New York, and Shanghai all have the others by the [[GroinAttack short ones]]; nobody's fighting anybody anytime soon. 
*Japan's diplomatic relationship with China and their former occupied Asian states during the UsefulNotes/{{Imperial Japan}}ese era is also like this. The only major difference is that the enemy part is relating to ''[[{{SecondSino-JapaneseWar}} Japan's own denial of their war crimes during World War II]]'' (and in the case with China, the Rape of Nanking). Perhaps the most sour relationship in regarding the FriendlyEnemy thing is with UsefulNotes/SouthKorea; see NoKoreansInJapan for more details on this [[note]]and it doesn't help to note that both Japan ''and'' South Korea are well known to have strong ultranationalist groups[[/note]].
** This is progressively avoided with Chinese-South Korean relations: being a partner of UsefulNotes/NorthKorea, China's relations with South Korea was strained, though not vitriolic. In the years after the civil war, the two countries started cooperating economically and decided that they liked the arrangement and the tension between the two fizzled out. The most amazing sign of that came with Wikileaks; when the Chinese indicated that they would be cool with a South Korea led unification so long as Seoul can ensure that the Chinese-Korean border will not have a US base. It helps that both countries have mutual memories of the Japanese occupation.

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* Current Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Liebermann, who has a very right-wing view of security and nationality (the most dominant aspects of Israeli political discourse, at least up until the protests started on July 14th), was reported to be close friends with Yosi Sarid, former Minister of Education and a die-hard leftist. Despite this, Liebermann declared, back when both were in parliament, that his party would not be in the same coalition as Sarid’s.
* StephenHawking and Leonard Susskind have long been good friends, despite opposing each other diametrically over the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox black hole information paradox]], and having a friendly scientific "war" with each other until they can find a way to prove one of them wrong.
** But they're not enemies, they're both on the same side: The side of Science. They want for ''humankind to know what the heck's really going on''.
* Lawyers are like basketball players. Despite being on opposite sides in court, they often get along quite well with each other. One troper has witnessed lawyers joking with each other and sharing hearty laughs while walking to the courtroom and, once, both lawyers and the judge cracking the occasional joke ''during a trial''.
** You work for your client for a few months or years. You'll be seeing your opposing counsel ''for the rest of your career'' unless you work in a crowded market where you can afford to burn bridges. Staying on good terms is just common sense, and both sides know that their "enmity" is just professional duty to their clients anyway.
*** Especially given that your opponent in court today might end up being a judge you're sitting before in the future.
* Pornographer Larry Flynt and Reverend Jerry Falwell, who once argued all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, later became friends and remained so up to Falwell's death, though they never came close to an agreement on what they were selling. They even capitalized on their friendship through a series of debates.
* Stephen Harper, leader of the Canadian Conservative party mentioned missing his recently-departed friend Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party. He said once during an exceedingly tedious session, he just walked across the parliament floor and sat next to him, talking about music (both being musicians) and family for a few minutes.

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* Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Liebermann, who has a very right-wing view of security and nationality (the most dominant aspects of Israeli political discourse up until the protests started on July 14th), was reported to be close friends with Yosi Sarid, former Minister of Education and a die-hard leftist. Despite this, Liebermann declared, back when both were in parliament, that his party would not be in the same coalition as Sarid’s.
* StephenHawking and Leonard Susskind have long been good friends, despite opposing each other diametrically over the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole_information_paradox black hole information paradox]], and having a friendly scientific "war" with each other until they can find a way to prove one of them wrong. They're both on the same side: The side of Science. They want for ''humankind to know what the heck's really going on''.
* Lawyers are like basketball players. Despite being on opposite sides in court, they often get along quite well with each other. One troper has witnessed lawyers joking with each other and sharing hearty laughs while walking to the courtroom and, once, both lawyers and the judge cracking the occasional joke ''during a trial''. If you think about it, it makes sense: you work for your client for a few months or years. You'll be seeing your opposing counsel ''for the rest of your career'' unless you work in a crowded market where you can afford to burn bridges. Staying on good terms is just common sense, and both sides know that their "enmity" is just professional duty to their clients anyway.
* Pornographer Larry Flynt and Reverend Jerry Falwell once argued all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and later became friends. They remained so up to Falwell's death though they never came close to an agreement on what they were selling. They capitalized on their friendship through a series of debates.
* Stephen Harper, leader of the Canadian Conservative party mentioned missing his recently-departed friend Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party. He said during an exceedingly tedious session, he walked across the parliament floor and sat next to him, talking about music (both being musicians) and family for a few minutes.

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** Stewart used to have a similar friendship with John [=McCain=], but [=McCain=] hasn't been on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' since the 2008 election, although nobody has really said either way whether it's because of some sort of falling out or just because of the logistics that happen sometimes with a busy entertainer and a busy senator.
* John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, despite both being known as tough guy actors, were political opposites (Wayne an arch-conservative, Douglas an active liberal) and headstrong personalities who sparred while working together. Wayne also tried to boycott Douglas's film ''{{Spartacus}}'' as "Marxist propaganda" in protest for blacklistee Dalton Trumbo writing the screenplay. Nonetheless, the two men made three films together and held each other in high regard. Wayne said Douglas one of only three actors he had genuine onscreen chemistry with (the others being Robert Mitchum and Dean Martin), while Douglas praised Wayne for keeping promises made to his fellow actors.
* Ted Olson and David Boies, on opposite ends of the spectrum with Bush vs. Gore, became great friends and are now working together on Perry v. Schwarzenegger.

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** Stewart used to have a similar friendship with John [=McCain=], but [=McCain=] hasn't been on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' since the 2008 election. Nobody has said whether it's because of some sort of falling out or just because of the logistics that happen sometimes with a busy entertainer and a busy senator.
* John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, despite both being known as tough guy actors, were political opposites (Wayne an arch-conservative, Douglas an active liberal) and headstrong personalities who sparred while working together. Wayne also tried to boycott Douglas's film ''{{Spartacus}}'' as "Marxist propaganda" in protest for blacklistee Dalton Trumbo writing the screenplay. Nonetheless, the two men made three films together and held each other in high regard. Wayne said Douglas was one of only three actors he had genuine onscreen chemistry with (the others being Robert Mitchum and Dean Martin), while Douglas praised Wayne for keeping promises made to his fellow actors.
* Ted Olson and David Boies, on opposite ends of the spectrum with Bush vs. Gore, became great friends and are work together on Perry v. Schwarzenegger.

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** He's in the Colesium during ''Final Fantasy XIII 2
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Zidane and Kuja have a moment of this after [[spoiler: Kuja saves the team from the collapsing Memoria and Iifa Tree and Zidane decides to stay and attempt to save Kuja from the depths of the Iifa Tree]]. Then again, they are [[spoiler: brothers]] and this brief moment of friendliness doesn't continue in their appearances in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.
* Fox [=McCloud=] and Wolf O'Donnell (and, to some extent, the entire teams of Star Fox and Star Wolf (minus Pigma, of course)) in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' probably qualifies. Unless, of course, you [[FanonDiscontinuity refuse to believe that the game exists]].
* The Amarr and Minmatar roleplaying communities on ''VideoGame/EVEOnline'' are like this. In character, they are bitter enemies, but they at least recognize that the other side tends to play by the rules (as opposed to genuine pirates). Out of character, they have the utmost respect for one another. If a roleplaying reason could be found for the two communities to work together, they would be a very effective alliance.
* Gene and Elvis in ''VideoGame/GodHand'', despite being enemies, do have some pretty friendly banter. After he kills Elvis, Gene goes into a bit of AntagonistInMourning and is more than a little pissed off at Shannon for badmouthing him.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has [[spoiler:Van Grants]], along with several of his [[TheDragon Dragons]]. Most of them have a history with the protagonists, and both sides acknowledge that the other is only trying to save the world in their own way. In fact, the BigBad himself constantly states that he has no desire to kill the heroes and would [[WeCanRuleTogether happily let them join him]]. Even before, during, and ''AFTER'' the final battle, both sides only express their respect for one another.

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** He's in the Colesium during ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' as one of the contestants. [[DefeatMeansFriendship if you defeat him there he will help you for the rest of the game.]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': Zidane and Kuja have a moment of this after [[spoiler: Kuja saves the team from the collapsing Memoria and Iifa Tree and Zidane decides to stay to save Kuja from the depths of the Iifa Tree]]. Then again, they are [[spoiler: brothers]] and this brief moment of friendliness doesn't continue in their appearances in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.
%%* Fox [=McCloud=] and Wolf O'Donnell (and, to some extent, the entire teams of Star Fox and Star Wolf (minus Pigma)) in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault'' qualifies.
* The Amarr and Minmatar roleplaying communities on ''VideoGame/EVEOnline'' are like this. In character, they are bitter enemies, but they  recognize that the other side tends to play by the rules (as opposed to genuine pirates). Out of character, they have the utmost respect for one another. If a roleplaying reason could be found for the two communities to work together, they would be a very effective alliance.
* ''VideoGame/GodHand'': Gene and Elvis, despite being enemies, have some friendly banter. After he kills Elvis, Gene goes into a bit of AntagonistInMourning and is more than a little pissed off at Shannon for badmouthing him.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' has [[spoiler:Van Grants]], along with several of his [[TheDragon Dragons]]. Most of them have a history with the protagonists, and both sides acknowledge that the other is trying to save the world in their own way. In fact, the BigBad himself constantly states that he has no desire to kill the heroes and would [[WeCanRuleTogether happily let them join him]]. Before, during, and ''AFTER'' the final battle, both sides only express their respect for one another.

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* In the leadup to the "War!" update for ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', it was revealed that the RED [[ViolentGlaswegian Demo]][[ScaryBlackMan man]] and the BLU [[BloodKnight Soldier]] met at a gun convention and became friends. The person pulling the strings for both teams decided to sabotage this friendship by pitting the Soldier and Demoman against each other for new weapons.
* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', Wrex mentions an old Asari commando friend of his named Aleena that he was contracted to kill. They agreed to fight it out in an abandoned space station filled with mercs and pirates. After days of hunting down one another and killing off all other mooks, Wrex managed to trap her while she's healing. However, the base was soon about to explode, forcing him to leave, deciding that NoOneCouldSurviveThat, only to get a message from her. At that point, Wrex decided that anyone who survived all of that deserves to live a bit longer and just let her go.
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' hints that Aleena is actually [[spoiler:Aria T'Loak, ruler of [[WretchedHive Omega]].]]
* Cate Archer and Magnus Armstrong in ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever''. Armstrong spares Archer's life several times despite his criminal peers' insistence that she be executed, partially out of camaraderie (they're both Scottish) and partially out of respect for her abilities.
** Magnus leaves H.A.R.M. in the sequel and helps out Cate a little.
* [[LovableTraitor Axel]] has shades of this towards [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'', but [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard it's mostly to manipulate him]].]]
** It may also have quite a bit to do with [[spoiler:Axel's relationship with Roxas.]]
* Despite the presumably [[SeriousBusiness high-stakes nature]] of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} League challenges, the [[FinalBoss League Champion]] in all generations after the first displays impeccable grace and sportsmanship, even when defeated.
* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'': Emilia Nighthaven (the Academy campaign's main protaganist) & Solmyr ibn Wali Barad (a genie who is honor-bound to serve the campaign's BigBad).
* ''Franchise/TombRaider Anniversary:'' Lara Croft and Larson Conway show a degree of this. Larson even goes out of his way to save Lara's life from Natla's other goons a couple of times. [[spoiler: The final confrontation between the two ends badly, though, with Lara eventually killing Larson when he refuses to back down and let her go after Natla.]]
* Stern and Levi of ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny''. Their first interaction with Nanoha and Fate immediately show that, while they're technically on opposing sides, they really like each other and treat one another like old friends. Levi even manages to cheer up Fate after the latter had just gone through a traumatizing fight against a copy of her dead EvilMatriarch. Unsurprisingly, Stern and Levi were quick to suggest that they team up with the good guys once a bigger threat appeared, and were quicker to oppose the wishes of their leader, [[EvilOverlord Lord Dearche]], when she suggested that they should kill everyone in Nanoha's group.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'' Has [[spoiler:Alvin]] be careful with those that are close to you, they just might turn against you when you least expect it.

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* In the leadup to the "War!" update for ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', it was revealed that the RED [[ViolentGlaswegian Demoman]] and the BLU [[BloodKnight Soldier]] met at a gun convention and became friends. The person pulling the strings for both teams decided to sabotage this friendship by pitting the Soldier and Demoman against each other for new weapons.
* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', Wrex mentions an old Asari commando friend of his named Aleena that he was contracted to kill. They agreed to fight it out in an abandoned space station filled with mercs and pirates. After days of hunting down one another and killing off all other {{mook}}s, Wrex managed to trap her while she's healing. However, the base was about to explode, forcing him to leave. He decided that NoOneCouldSurviveThat only to get a message from her. At that point, Wrex decided that anyone who survived all of that deserves to live a bit longer and let her go. ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' hints that Aleena is [[spoiler:Aria T'Loak, ruler of [[WretchedHive Omega]].]]
* Cate Archer and Magnus Armstrong in ''VideoGame/NoOneLivesForever''. Armstrong spares Archer's life several times despite his criminal peers' insistence that she be executed; partially out of camaraderie (they're both Scottish) and partially out of respect for her abilities.
** In the sequel Magnus leaves H.A.R.M. and helps out Cate.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories'': [[LovableTraitor Axel]] towards  Sora in but [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard it's mostly to manipulate him]].]] It may also have to do with [[spoiler:Axel's relationship with Roxas.]]
* Despite thehigh-stakes nature of Franchise/{{Pokemon}} League challenges, the [[FinalBoss League Champion]] in all generations after the first displays impeccable grace and sportsmanship, even when defeated.
%%* ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic IV'': Emilia Nighthaven (the Academy campaign's main protaganist) & Solmyr ibn Wali Barad (a genie who is honor-bound to serve the campaign's BigBad).
* ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'': Stern and Levi's first interaction with Nanoha and Fate immediately show that, while they're technically on opposing sides, they really like each other and treat one another like old friends. Levi cheers Fat upe after the latter had just gone through a traumatizing fight against a copy of her dead EvilMatriarch. Unsurprisingly, Stern and Levi were quick to suggest that they team up with the good guys once a bigger threat appeared, and were quicker to oppose the wishes of their leader, [[EvilOverlord Lord Dearche]], when she suggested that they should kill everyone in Nanoha's group.

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* Wonderella and Hitlerella from ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella''. So much so that, in the "Death of Wonderella" strip (which parodies both the Death of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica and Comicbook/TheDeathOfSuperman, Hitlerella attempts to take up the Wonderella mantle.
** More recently, both had to work to patch up their Friendly Enemy status after going through a rough patch [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything where Hitlerella felt that her enemy didn't care anymore, and Wonderella was bereft to find her fighting other heroes]]. Hitlerella challenged Wonderella to "''Make me wish I'd killed you years ago.''"
* Largo and Ed of ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo''
** Ed and Dom too, for that matter.
* The majority of the characters on ''Webcomic/SuperStupor'' fit this trope, whether they are on the same side or not.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Minister Malack, who is either LawfulEvil or LawfulNeutral, feels this way about Durkon Thundershield, the cleric on the hero's team. He joins as Durkon's opposite on an evil team because he feels the dwarf "deserves that honor" at the very least, despite deceiving Malack healer. And he gets really upset when Nale orders an acid blast dropped on the area the whole order is in.

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* Wonderella and Hitlerella from ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella''. So much so that, in the "Death of Wonderella" strip (which parodies both the Death of Comicbook/CaptainAmerica and Comicbook/TheDeathOfSuperman, Hitlerella attempts to take up the Wonderella mantle. Both had to work to patch up their Friendly Enemy status after going through a rough patch [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything where Hitlerella felt that her enemy didn't care anymore, and Wonderella was bereft to find her fighting other heroes]]. Hitlerella challenged Wonderella to "''Make me wish I'd killed you years ago.''"
%%* Largo and Ed of ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo''
%%** Ed and Dom too, for that matter.
%%* The majority of the characters on ''Webcomic/SuperStupor'' fit this trope, whether they are on the same side or not.
* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', Minister Malack, who is either LawfulEvil or LawfulNeutral, feels this way about Durkon Thundershield, the cleric on the hero's team. He joins as Durkon's opposite on an evil team because he feels the dwarf "deserves that honor", despite deceiving Malack healer. He gets really upset when Nale orders an acid blast dropped on the area the whole order is in.

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* Many a ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' cartoons started out with Popeye and Bluto being the best of chums-- until Olive Oyl appears and they start fighting over her.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCcYyB3OSQc Unless Minute Maid is involved.]]
* ''[[WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego Carmen Sandiego]]'' and the Acme Detectives were often friendly rivals, even helping each other at times within the scope of their roles. It does helps that she only became a criminal to experience more of a challenge, working against detectives (she was one herself, before finding criminals to be insufficient challenges for her), and she quickly relinquishes any of her loot when it is found (not herself, though).
* Shego and WesternAnimation/KimPossible go so far as to exchange pleasantries and fashion tips during their fights, albeit with a lot of [[SarcasmMode sarcasm]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snark]]. She saves Kim from imminent death a couple of times (though she claims that's because she's TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou), and several times, they even [[EnemyMine team up]] to save the day from a bigger threat. When Shego was temporarily turned good by a MirrorMoralityMachine, she and Kim quickly became the best of friends, and Kim said that it was like having a big sister. That's pretty much how their relationship is normally, except they keep beating each other up and trying to put the other in jail or in a grave.
** True also for Kim and Dr. Drakken, her ArchEnemy and Shego's employer. He even threw a Christmas party for everyone, once (albeit with the promise that everything will be "back to normal" after the holidays). He did an EnemyMine in the last episode, which led to Drakken getting an award from the UN for saving the world.
* ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux'' is a freedom fighter against Trevor Goodchild's regime, but despite their bitter rivalry, it is obvious that there is grudging sexual tension between the two, and neither seems to want the other to come to any serious harm. The two have been known to have sex with one another in the midst of battle.
* Captain Stickybeard in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'', particularly to Numbah 5. Due to their mutual love of candy, they've helped each other out on several occasions, and Numbah 5 often calls him by the oddly AffectionateNickname of "Stickybuns".
* In the third season of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', Dr. Venture's new archenemy is Sergeant Hatred, who is much friendlier and sociable than one would expect from a guy with "HATRED" tattooed down the front of his body. However, he does seem to have some pedophilic tendencies...
** Still, the only reason Hatred is actually friendly to Venture is to get back at The Monarch, who hates Venture, for stealing his technology, since, as Venture's official nemesis, The Monarch cannot do anything to Venture without angering The Guild. In the fourth season, however, he makes a full HeelFaceTurn, replacing Brock (who's got business to take care of) as the Venture Bodyguard.
** Played much straighter when it comes to Dr. Venture and Dr. [[strike:Girlfriend]] Mrs. The Monarch. Girlfriend believes that Rusty is NotSoDifferent from The Monarch and is usually not that hostile towards the Ventures compared to her husband. By season 4, they're quite amicable towards each other when they have time to talk.
* The words FriendlyEnemy actually occur in the ThemeSong to the British Kids' show ''Cloppa Castle''. The villains, the Hasbeens, are {{punch clock villain}}s who sit down for a friendly cup of tea with the good guys, the Bygones, at the end of each day's [[NeverSayDie non-lethal]] battle.
* David Xanatos and the WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} had a pretty rocky, ally-again/enemy-again relationship until the former finally performed a final HeelFaceTurn after the latter helped save his baby from [[TheFairFolk a superpowerful fairy]]. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Because you just can't stay mad at anyone who helps save your baby from superpowerful fairies]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Obi-Wan Kenobi and Asajj Ventress exemplify this trope, to the point that one could say they have a case of FoeYay, frequently exchanging pleasantries and compliments while battling each other, and even holding back from killing each other when one has the advantage in spite of their mutual animosity. Recently, [[spoiler:they even became [[EnemyMine allies-of-sorts]] when they teamed up against Darth Maul and Savage Opress]].
* Vlad of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' implied in one episode that his relationship with Danny is like this, stating "I'm sorry, but funny, joke-around Vlad isn't here today" before attacking him. This is a relationship Vlad often saw with Danny during most of the series' run on account of the villain's desire to have Danny as his surrogate son, his role as an UnwittingPawn notwithstanding.
** Debatable. "Jokes" are not necessarily an indication of "friendliness" per se. ''Vlad'' might see it that way, but Danny tends to see it more as "head games". "Aren't you going to say some deliberately provocative and insulting things about my parents (because you know it pisses me off)?" "No, I don't have time to screw around with you just for my own amusement right now." Because he's planning to do something ''worse''.
*** Played with in the AlternateTimeline in "Ultimate Evil." [[spoiler: Danny seeks Vlad's help when his friends and family are killed, and Vlad seems to be genuinely sympathetic when Danny arrives at his door.]]
** Heck, by the end of the series, Danny was frenemies with most of the recurring ghost characters. When dealing with a problem bigger than he could handle on his own, he'd often turn to one of the ghosts for help. The fact that he was able to convince [[spoiler: nearly the entire population of the ghost zone to help save Earth]] pretty much cemented that status.

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* Many a ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' cartoons started out with Popeye and Bluto being the best of chums-- until Olive Oyl appears and they start fighting over her. Even this isn't the case when [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCcYyB3OSQc Minute Maid is involved.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/WhereOnEarthIsCarmenSandiego'': Carmen Sandiego and the Acme Detectives were often friendly rivals helping each other at times within the scope of their roles. It helps that she only became a criminal to experience more of a challenge and she quickly relinquishes any of her loot when it is found. [[spoiler: One episode showed that she's a TricksterMentor training them to be her replacements in ACME.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
**Shego and Kim exchange pleasantries and fashion tips during their fights, albeit with a lot of [[SarcasmMode sarcasm]] and [[DeadpanSnarker snark]]. She saves Kim from imminent death a couple of times (though she claims that's because she's TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou), and  they [[EnemyMine team up]] to save the day from a bigger threat. When Shego was temporarily turned good by a MirrorMoralityMachine, she and Kim quickly became the best of friends, and Kim said that it was like having a big sister. That's how their relationship is normally, except they keep beating each other up and trying to put the other in jail or in a grave.
** True also for Kim and Dr. Drakken, her ArchEnemy and Shego's employer. He threw a Christmas party for everyone, once (albeit with the promise that everything will be "back to normal" after the holidays). He did an EnemyMine in the last episode, which led to Drakken getting an award from the UN for saving the world.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Captain Stickybeard to Numbah 5. Due to their mutual love of candy, they've helped each other out on several occasions, and Numbah 5 often calls him by the oddly AffectionateNickname of "Stickybuns".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers''
**In the third season, Dr. Venture's new archenemy is Sergeant Hatred, who is much friendlier and sociable than one would expect from a guy with "HATRED" tattooed down the front of his body. However, he does seem to have some pedophilic tendencies. [[spoiler: In the fourth season,he makes a full HeelFaceTurn, replacing Brock (who's got business to take care of) as the Venture Bodyguard.]]
** Dr. Venture and Dr. [[strike:Girlfriend]] Mrs. The Monarch. Girlfriend believes that Rusty is NotSoDifferent from The Monarch and is usually not hostile towards the Ventures compared to her husband. By season 4, they're quite amicable towards each other when they have time to talk.
* The words FriendlyEnemy occur in the ThemeSong to the British Kids' show ''Cloppa Castle''. The villains, the Hasbeens, are {{punch clock villain}}s who sit down for a friendly cup of tea with the good guys, the Bygones, at the end of each day's non-lethal battle.
* David Xanatos and the WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} had a pretty rocky, ally-again/enemy-again relationship until the former finally performed a final HeelFaceTurn after the latter helped save his baby from [[TheFairFolk a superpowerful fairy]]. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Because you just can't stay mad at anyone who helps save your baby from superpowerful fairies]]. Xanatos sees Goliath in particular as a WorthyOpponent; he asked Goliath to be the best man at his wedding!
* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Obi-Wan Kenobi and Asajj Ventress frequently exchange pleasantries and compliments while battling each other, and holding back from killing each other when one has the advantage in spite of their mutual animosity. In later seasons [[spoiler:they became [[EnemyMine allies-of-sorts]] when they teamed up against Darth Maul and Savage Opress]].
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': 
** By the end of the series, Danny was frenemies with most of the recurring ghost characters. When dealing with a problem bigger than he could handle on his own, he'd often turn to one of the ghosts for help. The fact that he was able to convince [[spoiler: nearly the entire population of the ghost zone to help save Earth]] cemented that status.
**Vlad in particular implied that his relationship with Danny is like this, stating "I'm sorry, but funny, joke-around Vlad isn't here today" before attacking him. This is a relationship Vlad often saw with Danny during most of the series' run on account of the villain's desire to have Danny as his surrogate son; his role as an UnwittingPawn notwithstanding.
**Played with in the AlternateTimeline in "Ultimate Evil." [[spoiler: Danny seeks Vlad's help when his friends and family are killed, and Vlad is genuinely sympathetic when Danny arrives at his door.]]

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* [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] and [[AnimalSuperhero Perry the Platypus]] from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' take this unusually far; in one episode, Doofenshmirtz even refers to Perry as his best friend (right before Perry punches him in the face). Perry has also [[SaveTheVillain saved Doofenshmirtz's life]] several times and helped him set up [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter his daughter's]] birthday party. It's such a friendly arrangement that Doofenschmirtz has even given Perry the keys to his lair, so he doesn't kick the door down on his way in.
** In "This Is Your Backstory", after a lifetime of being abused by his parents, shown up by his brother, rejected by women, and repeatedly blown up, the two things which prevent him from going completely insane are the heartwarming moments he's had with his daughter and the good times he and Perry have had together.
** From the same show, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Buford]] and [[BollywoodNerd Baljeet]]. Officially, they're [[DesignatedVillain a bully]] and [[DesignatedHero a nerd]], but like Doof and Perry, they're more likely to spend the day together than actually fighting.
*** In "Lotsa Latkes", they even get ''a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zivdhfUjVVA musical number]]'' about it!

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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''
**[[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Dr. Doofenshmirtz]] and [[AnimalSuperhero Perry the Platypus]] take this unusually far; in one episode, Doofenshmirtz refers to Perry as his best friend (right before Perry punches him in the face). Perry has also [[SaveTheVillain saved Doofenshmirtz's life]] several times and helped him set up [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter his daughter's]] birthday party. It's such a friendly arrangement that Doofenschmirtz has given Perry the keys to his lair, so he doesn't kick the door down on his way in. In "This Is Your Backstory", after a lifetime of being abused by his parents, shown up by his brother, rejected by women, and repeatedly blown up, the two things which prevent him from going completely insane are the heartwarming moments he's had with his daughter and the good times he and Perry have had together.
** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Buford]] and [[BollywoodNerd Baljeet]]. Officially, they're [[DesignatedVillain a bully]] and [[DesignatedHero a nerd]], but like Doof and Perry, they're more likely to spend the day together than fighting. In "Lotsa Latkes", they even get ''a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zivdhfUjVVA musical number]]'' about it!

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** In "Revved Up", it's Robin who saves Red X's life this time, and Red X [[Awesome/TeenTitans proceeds to destroy the vehicles]] of ''nine supervillains'' in a grand total of forty seconds in order to ensure that Robin wins the race (and thus wins back [[MacGuffin what was stolen from him]]). It's also worth noting that he does it [[CrazyAwesome in]] ''[[CrazyAwesome style]]''.
* In the 1990s ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}}'' animated series, this dynamic is really played up with Professor X and Magneto. They even spend the entire second season working together to escape from the Savage Land. In the finale, Magneto describes the Professor as "my greatest enemy... and perhaps my only friend."
** Also in the season finale, when Jean asks Magneto if he loves Charles, he's insulted that she even feels the need to ask.
*** It's not even that she asked if he loved him, but ''[[HoYay how much.]]''
* On ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', one interpretation of Zim and Dib's relationship is this, especially given the unfinished episode where they were both miserable without each other. This trope is at its most overt in the Pilot where Dib cheerfully compliments Zim's plan and Zim graciously thanks him for it, though shades of it sometime show up throughout the rest of the series (such as Zim prefacing the explanation of [[MyBrilliantEvilPlan his brilliant, evil plan]] to Dib in "A Room With a Moose" by saying that [[WorthyOpponent Dib is the only one smart enough to really appreciate it]]).

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*** In "Revved Up", it's Robin who saves Red X's life this time, and Red X [[Awesome/TeenTitans proceeds to destroy the vehicles]] of ''nine supervillains'' in a grand total of forty seconds in order to ensure that Robin wins the race (and thus wins back [[MacGuffin what was stolen from him]]).
* In the 1990s ''WesternAnimation/{{X-Men}}'' animated series:
**This dynamic is played up with Professor X and Magneto. They spend the entire second season working together to escape from the Savage Land. In the finale, Magneto describes the Professor as "my greatest enemy... and perhaps my only friend."
** Also in the season finale, when Jean asks Magneto if he loves Charles, he's insulted that she even feels the need to ask. It's not even that she asked if he loved him, but ''[[HoYay how much.]]''
* On ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim''
** one interpretation of Zim and Dib's relationship is this given the unfinished episode where they were both miserable without each other. This trope is at its most overt in the Pilot where Dib cheerfully compliments Zim's plan and Zim graciously thanks him for it, though shades of it sometime show up throughout the rest of the series (such as Zim prefacing the explanation of [[MyBrilliantEvilPlan his brilliant, evil plan]] to Dib in "A Room With a Moose" by saying that [[WorthyOpponent Dib is the only one smart enough to really appreciate it]]).

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* On ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime,'' this seems to be how [[AnIcePerson the Ice King]] thinks of his relationship to [[TheHero Finn]] (and [[TheLancer Jake]]). In reality, not so much (though they are willing to help him out sometimes, such as when he tries to learn how to be happy). Its eventually revealed that the reason he thinks of them as friends is because [[spoiler: they stop him from hurting those around him, his last request before going completely insane]]. Of course, until TheReveal to both the audience and the protagonists, not even he remembered it except on a subconscious level.
** Finn (and Jake) and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Marceline]] are a borderline example, mostly because, by now, she's dropped the "enemy" part entirely. Her relationship with [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Bubblegum]] has also been characterized as a "friendly rivalry", according to WordOfGod.
* WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry have this dynamic sometimes, DependingOnTheWriter. In "The Lonesome Mouse", Jerry manages to get Tom kicked out of the house, but finds that he misses being chased and [[EnemyMine schemes with the cat to get him back in]]. And in "Springtime for Thomas", Jerry gets jealous when Tom spends all of his time with a girl cat, and introduces [[TheRival Butch]] to break the two up.

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* On ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** This is how [[AnIcePerson the Ice King]] thinks of his relationship to [[TheHero Finn]] (and [[TheLancer Jake]]). In reality, not so much though they are willing to help him out sometimes, such as when he tries to learn how to be happy. It's eventually revealed that the reason he thinks of them as friends is because [[spoiler: they stop him from hurting those around him; his last request before going completely insane]]. 
** Finn (and Jake) and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Marceline]] count because she's dropped the "enemy" part entirely. Her relationship with [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princess Bubblegum]] has also been characterized as a "friendly rivalry", according to WordOfGod.
* WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry have this dynamic DependingOnTheWriter. In "The Lonesome Mouse", Jerry gets Tom kicked out of the house, but finds that he misses being chased and schemes with the cat to get him back in. In "Springtime for Thomas", Jerry gets jealous when Tom spends all of his time with a girl cat, and introduces [[TheRival Butch]] to break the two up.

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