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* In ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' Chris and Leon despite being both the badass heroes in TheVerse, do not get along very well with their interactions in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' and ''Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta'' being quite hostile. Even though they cut through biohazards like hot butter when working together, they simply get irritated by each other's personality despite having a fair amount of mutual respect deep down. Rebecca summarises it's simply because they are too much alike and feel the need to butt machismo when meeting. In ''Anime/ResidentEvilDeathIsland'' they lean more towards VitriolicBestBuds.

*** Then again, Ollie is himself shown to be a hypocrite as the first arc of ''ComicBook/TheFlashInfiniteFrontier'' shows Ollie is still bitter about Roy's death in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', ignoring one: that Wally wasn't in control of himself [[spoiler:with the cover-up as an issue of ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'' retconned that Professor Zoom screwed with Wally's mind]], two: that he himself deliberately killed criminals, and three: Roy was only in Sanctuary himself because of Ollie's own history of HandsOffParenting and being a failure of a mentor (and he's unaware Roy came back). He also has a HeelRealization when Barry points out that Wally should've gotten help from others instead of being ignored, something Ollie himself is guilty of with the aforementioned history of turning his back on Roy. [[spoiler:Oh, and the arc retcons that Wally was innocent in the deaths themselves; Savitar and his attempts to control the Speed Force were the true cause.]]

* In ''Fanfic/ADifferentKindOfTruth'', Gyro and Naoto don't like each other that much. Most of their interactions together have them either subtly insulting each other or just plain making their dislike apparent.
* Nova and William from ''Fanfic/WeStandUnified'' hold a serious grudge towards each other over some past event, with enough hate to spark brawls and psychic "arm wrestling".

* Goombella and Ms. Mowz in ''Fanfic/BetterOffAlone'', though Goombella headbutts a bit more. Goombella also seems to be this with Waffles.

* In ''Fanfic/LightDarknessAndParadox'', Alice and Ilias refuse to be in the same group together, except when investigating the Tartarus. Even then, they still get into arguments.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Zoro and Sanji which can be jarring considering given everyone else in the Straw Hat crew treat each other lovingly, Zoro and Sanji generally dislike each other and are constantly fighting, competing and insulting each other to point they refuse to call each other by their actual names (Zoro in the manga has never once referred to Sanji as Sanji only as “perv cook” or “curly brow”). They have even both stated respectively they’d be perfectly willingly to kill the other. PlayedWith though as it is inferred they do actually care and respect each other deep down even though they would sooner die than admit it. Of course despite their mural animosity, when they do work together they’re nigh-unstoppable with even Kaido’s CoDragons getting blown away by their combined might.

* Kazuma and Ryuho of ''{{Anime/SCryed}}'' may have common goals at times, but once they're taken care of, it's back to fighting each other. Their ideologies and personalities, and their stubborn pride, make for unresolvable differences. [[spoiler:The very last episode is a knock-down, drag-out fight between the two of them, with no hint of friendship apparent between the two.]]

* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} and ComicBook/RedHood despite being adoptive brothers for the most part did not get along with a lot of their interactions being extremely violent or at the very least passive aggressive. Dick doesn’t like how ruthless Jason is and Jason has always had an inferiority complex regarding Dick and can’t help but vent that frustration out on his stick wielding brother. In ComicBook/DCRebirth Jason does reconcile with Dick however conceding he was dickishly ungrateful to a family member who would always care for him.

* ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'': The Hulk REALLY has this in spades. He has loads of characters he'll never get along with. Amongst them, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] is the one with whom he has the biggest rivalry. The ComicBook/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Thing]] are also common rivals.

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} can't go a week without running into a hero who wants to beat him up. If said hero is a government agent or came from the Weapon X program, even more so. Among the X-Men he constantly butts heads with both Cyclops and Gambit with neither of them liking Logan too well initially though it eventually evolved into FriendlyRival - VitriolicBestBuds territory.
* ComicBook/ThePunisher is a surprisingly dark anti-hero. He kills frequently in ways which are either BloodyHilarious, or just bloody. Additionally, he readily goes all-out with firearms. As the name implies, mercy is ''not'' one of his virtues at all. This doesn't help his popularity with more idealistic heroes. Since he was first introduced as an adversary of ComicBook/SpiderMan, it's not surprising that Webhead isn't a fan.

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, due to his frequent work as a mercenary and assassin. Also, because everybody finds him freaking annoying. He's often paired with the aforementioned Punisher, the ultimate StraightMan who'll put a bullet in Deadpool's head despite knowing he'll regenerate, just to have two minutes' peace and quiet.
* Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner has this with the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, primarily due to him being a royal {{Jerkass}}. Literally the only two non-Atlanteans who don’t hate Namor’s guts are Sue Storm (who is somewhat attracted to him) and Jim Hammond Golden Age Human Torch (his long time WorthyOpponent).
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' contains several examples:
** Rorschach is considered a lunatic and subversive by the authorities, and most heroes don't want anything to do with him. Laurie Juspeczyk, specifically, can't stand him at all. Dan Dreiberg is pretty much his only friend. Rorschach does at least try to be nicer and more respectful to Laurie after she and Dan break him out of prison though, which considering his low opinion of women in general is a miracle in of itself.
** The Comedian played this role in the flashbacks, due to starting out as an excessively violent AntiHero and Grade-A {{Jerkass}} in the early days and only getting worse with age. He notably picks a fight with Ozymandias when they first meet.
* ComicBook/CarolDanvers carried a grudge against [[ComicBook/XMen Rogue]] for quite a while for {{Mind Rap|e}}ing her to steal her powers back when Rogue was still a villain working for Mystique. They eventually reconciled (but whether any given writer [[DependingOnTheWriter remembers]] that is up for grabs). More modern comics has Rogue be more a FriendlyRival who ironically is the only one who can talk Carol back from a DespairEventHorizon due to their equally messed up pasts.
* ''ComicBook/PowerAndGlory'' has A-Pex (Allen Powell) and Michael Gorsky, his partner and handler. Even though Powell has a crippling fear of disease that leaves him relying on Gorsky to take care of things, the two completely despite each other and never miss an opportunity to cut each other down.
* Sonic the Hedgehog and Knuckles the Echidna started off as this in the ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''. Every time the two cross paths, they would act hostile towards one another and this ends up in the two fighting each other, usually due to ego. As time goes by, their antagonism towards each other would develop into a FriendlyRivalry.
* ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} and ComicBook/GreenArrow. Hawkman has a pretty conservative view of the world, due to either of his cultures (Carter Hall is a reincarnated Egyptian prince and Katar Hol is from an oppressive race full of [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Proud Warrior Race Guys]]), while Green Arrow is ''very'' liberal, to put it lightly. The two have ''never'' gotten along, and Power Girl even invokes FeudingFamilies when discussing the Hawks and Arrows.
* One of the most famous examples would be from the ComicBook/XMen, with ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and Wolverine. Initially, it stemmed from Cyclops being a typical hero and leader while Wolverine was more of an anti-hero with a disdain for authority. Later, Logan's love for Scott's wife ComicBook/JeanGrey would also play a role. After she died, aside from a few scuffles, the two actually got along ''better'', if anything, and they repeatedly stated their respect for the other. Once mutants were close to extinction and Cyclops became the de facto leader of the mutant race, they mostly got along. This changed with ''Schism'', when Wolverine [[ConflictBall suddenly developed a thing against children learning to fight]], despite this being a thing since the X-Men's inception and Wolverine himself making a tradition of taking a teenage sidekick once a generation. The two got into a big fight that split the X-Men down the middle and a Phoenix-influenced Cyclops killed Professor Xavier and became a wanted fugitive shortly after. The two briefly had a heart-to-heart before Logan died. By the time Logan came back, Cyclops had died.
* ''ComicBook/MageTheHeroDiscovered'': It happens an awful lot in ''The Hero Defined'', as many of the culture-heroes, accurate to their mythological personalities, are driven by ego or other personal drives rather than any idealistic concept of "good".

* Depending on the history, ComicBook/ThePhantomStranger and ComicBook/TheSpectre are heroes who don't get along at all or even archenemies.
* ComicBook/GreenArrow also didn't get along [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], mostly due to Ollie being a liberal and Barry being conservative and a police officer like pre-Crisis Katar Hol. In Barry's case, he's also a bit of a hypocrite as he condemned Ollie's actions in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' (killing Prometheus) -- despite the fact that Barry himself killed Eobard Thawne sometime before Barry's own death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
** Then again, Ollie is himself shown to be a hypocrite as the first arc of ''ComicBook/TheFlashInfiniteFrontier'' shows Ollie is still bitter about Roy's death in ''ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis'', ignoring one: that Wally wasn't in control of himself [[spoiler:with the cover-up as an issue of ''ComicBook/TheFlashRebirth'' retconned that Professor Zoom screwed with Wally's mind]], two: that he himself deliberately killed criminals, and three: Roy was only in Sanctuary himself because of Ollie's own history of HandsOffParenting and being a failure of a mentor (and he's unaware Roy came back). He also has a HeelRealization when Barry points out that Wally should've gotten help from others instead of being ignored, something Ollie himself is guilty of with the aforementioned history of turning his back on Roy. [[spoiler:Oh, and the arc retcons that Wally was innocent in the deaths themselves; Savitar and his attempts to control the Speed Force were the true cause.]]

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' of course has Goku and Vegeta who were [[https://media.tenor.com/dXky_zpZUb4AAAAC/dragon-ball-headbutt.gifa literal case of this in the Buu Saga]]. Though it’s probably more accurate to say Vegeta couldn’t stand Goku for the most part while Goku only disliked Vegeta initially and genuinely respects him as a rival. Eventually they graduate to VitriolicBestBuds who are nigh inseparable.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has Zoro and Sanji which can be jarring considering given everyone else in the Straw Hat crew treat each other lovingly, Zoro and Sanji generally dislike each other and are constantly fighting, competing and insulting each other to point they refuse to call each other by their actual names (Zoro in the manga has never once referred to Sanji as Sanji only as “perv cook” or “curly brow”). They have even both stated respectively they’d be perfectly willingly to the other. PlayedWith though as it is inferred they do actually care and respect each other deep down even they’d would sooner die than admit it. Of course despite their mural animosity, when they do work together they’re nigh-unstoppable with even Kaido’s CoDragons getting blown away by their combined might.

* ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} and ComicBook/RedHood despite being adoptive brothers fir the most part did not get along with a lot of their interactions being extremely violent or at the very least passive aggressive. Dick doesn’t like how ruthless Jason is and Jason has always had an inferiority complex regarding Dick and can’t help but vent that frustration out on his stick wielding brother. In ComicBook/DCRebirth Jason does reconcile with Dick however conceding he was dickishly ungrateful to a family member who would always care for him.

* [[DeadpanSnarker Kaede]] [[TheStoic Rukawa]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Hanamichi]] [[LargeHam Sakuragi]] from ''Manga/SlamDunk'':

* ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} can't go a week without running into a hero who wants to beat him up. If said hero is a government agent or came from the Weapon X program, even more so.

* Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner has this with the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, primarily due to him being a royal {{Jerkass}}.

** Rorschach is considered a lunatic and subversive by the authorities, and most heroes don't want anything to do with him. Laurie Juspeczyk, specifically, can't stand him at all. Dan Dreiberg is pretty much his only friend.

* ComicBook/MsMarvel carried a grudge against [[ComicBook/XMen Rogue]] for quite a while for {{Mind Rap|e}}ing her to steal her powers back when Rogue was still a villain working for Mystique. They eventually reconciled (but whether any given writer [[DependingOnTheWriter remembers]] that is up for grabs).

* ''Fanfic/APrizeForThreeEmpires'': ComicBook/CarolDanvers really ''hates'' ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, who stole her memories and powers and almost murdered her in the past. Rogue has reformed since, and she's a full-fledged hero nowadays, but Carol will never forget what Rogue did to her.

* Namor the ComicBook/SubMariner has this with the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, primarily due to him being a [[JustForPun royal]] {{Jerkass}}.

* ComicBook/GreenArrow also didn't get along [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]], mostly due to Ollie being a liberal and Barry being conservative and a police officer like pre-Crisis Katar Hol. In Barry's case, he's also a bit of a hypocrite as he condemned Ollie's actions in ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'' (killing Prometheus) -- despite the fact that Barry himself killed ComicBook/EobardThawne sometime before Barry's own death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

* In ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'', Tatsumi and Chizuru Kirishiki, are on the same side and share the same goals, but they do not get along. While they do not openly quarrel often, Tatsumi views Chizuru's behavior as reckless and problematic, and does not understand why Sunako allows her to get away with as much as she does. Chizuru, in turn, is annoyed by Tatsumi for his prudence. In this example, though, Chizuru herself might be the problem, as Yoshie harbors the same sentiments as Tatsumi.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' gives us the titular Batman and Detective Harvey Bullock. Bullock would love nothing more than to see Batman behind bars, and Batman just flat-out can't stand Bullock. Their relationship comes ''this'' close to VitriolicBestBuds: they're at least willing to work together for the greater good, and Bullock is genuinely upset when he thinks Batman has died in ''The Man Who Killed Batman''.