History Main / MirroredConfrontationShot

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': In "[[Recap/NinjagoS11E107Powerless Powerless]]", the ninja are fighting to get the DangerousForbiddenTechnique scroll at the museum before an evil [[SnakePeople Snake Woman]] named Aspheera does. The scroll ends up in the middle of the room and the ensuing shot has each side running to the middle of the room, with each of the ninja fighting Aspheera or one of her giant fire snake creatures.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In "[[Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSouthernRaiders The Southern Raiders]]" when Sokka tells the flashback story of the Fire Nation soldiers attacking the Southern Water Tribe, the fight begins with the two sides running and combating or dodging/moving past each other.

* ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' had this in the show itself between [[spoiler: Insane Black★Rock Shooter and Strength.]]

* The album cover for Hall & Oates' 1982 album, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H2O_(Hall_%26_Oates_album) H2O]].

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* A lot of posters for ProfessionalWrestling pay per views feature this trope. For a classic example see the poster for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WrestleManiaIII.jpg Wrestlemania III]].

%%* [[{{Disney/Dumbo}} "What will I do? What will I do? What an unusual view!"]]

* Done between Captain Carrot and the Silver Horde in ''Discworld/TheLastHero''.

* ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha 2'''s cover art has this between Ryu and Akuma, with the latter grinning menacingly and towering over the former.
* [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/6/68/SFPromo006.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170918121855 These promotional]] [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/2/24/SFPromo007.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170908142949 posters for]] ''VideoGame/SonicForces'', with the former showing the [[LaResistance Resistance]] and the latter showing the [[TheEmpire Eggman Empire]].

* This is used in ''MagicTheGathering'' in several "clone" cards showing the cloned and the clone, such as Morphling and, of course, Clone.

[[caption-width-right:350:Three types of mirroring, because three Creator/{{Chuck Norris}}es are better than one!]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' gets in on the act as well, when facing their Space Phantom doppelgangers.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' does an interesting take on this. the cover for manga volume 21 Utopia has the remainder of the Baroque Works' agents (Mr. 0/Crocodile, Miss All Sunday/Nico Robin, Mr. 1/Daz Bones, Miss Doublefinger, Mr. 2 Bon Clay, Mr. 4, Miss Merry Christmas) lined up and looking right, and volume 22 Hope! has the Straw Hats and allies (Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Vivi, Karoo, Eyelashes) the same way, looking ''left''. When the two covers are combined, (21-22) the result is a Mirrored Confrontation Shot. Later on in the anime, this same shot was used when Ivankov talks about the Alabasta incident to Bon Clay.

** ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' LOVES this trope. It can be seen in MANY times throughout various openings and clips in the second anime series, [[Anime/YuGiOhGX GX]], and even 5D's. I specifically recall Yami Yugi getting shots like this with Marik, Pegasus, and Bakura. And, it's a typical closing frame for any time a duel with the season's BigBad is about to start.

* The first opening theme for the ''Diamond/Pearl'' saga of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' features Ash and TheRival Paul with their respective teams; before the [[EvolvingCredits opening changed]] to reflect the events of future episodes, it is symmetrical (in a sense): they both have a Flying-type, an Electric-type, and a primate-based Pokémon.
** Lately, this has been occurring more often during matches, where the scene will cut to a view showing a shot (like [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:DP018.png this one]]) with both Trainers facing and glaring at each other.

* [[http://www.comicvine.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-meet-the-conservation-corps-/37-126566/ The cover]] for the ''Comicbook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Adventures}} [[{{Crossover}} Meet the]] ConservationCorps'' comic.

* [[{{Disney/Dumbo}} "What will I do? What will I do? What an unusual view!"]]

* The final shot of the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'' episode "Grudge Match."
** In "Secret Society" as well, right before the big brawl.

* Parodied in promotional artwork for ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' and ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClanUpYourArsenal'', and quite fitting given the friendly rivalry between both fandoms at the time.

* [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/jamesbond/images/3/3c/Spectre_-_007_and_scarred_Blofeld.png/revision/latest?cb=20160307142424 A literal example]] of this occurs in the final showdown between Bond and [[spoiler: Blofeld]] in ''Film/{{Spectre}}''.

* The title cards for WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall occasionally do this, though not as often as you might think[[note]]Only five examples as of June 2018[[/note]] considering that some of the comics Linkara has reviewed have featured this trope on their covers.

* The title cards WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall occasionally do this, though not as often as you might think considering that some of the comics Linkara has reviewed have featured this trope on their covers.

* Moses and Pharaoh Ramses during the song "The Plagues" from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''.

* Another particularly iconic example is Comicbook/{{X-Men}} [[http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/4/14893-2133-16618-1-x-men_super.jpg #100]].

* [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm227516160/tt0076994 The cover]] for ''[[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} "Challenge of the Superfriends"]]''