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* ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'': Shuten-dōji is mad at Seimei for apparently having seduced his [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited]] LoveInterest Momiji, much to the dismay of the totally innocent Seimei who a/ [[AmnesiacHero doesn't remember]] [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent a single shit he has done in the past]], and b/ [[spoiler: truly did briefly met Momiji before, but did not seduce her. The one having done that was someone [[AllegedLookalikes looking similar to him]], who is also a LiteralSplitPersonality of himself.]]

** Ironically, Spike himself ends up romantically entangled with Angel's love interest, Buffy, in later seasons. These guys have VERY similar [[IncrediblyLamePun tastes]] in women.

%%* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'' with Duncan, Courtney and Gwen.

* Brutal example in the ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' anime. Makoto starts out interested in Kotonoha, gets help from Sekai, and later falls for her, then goes back to Kotonoha at the end after he suspects everyone ditched him due to his lecherous ways by sleeping around with all the girls in the series, and Sekai's declaration that she's pregnant. [[spoiler:He gets knifed to death by a jealous [[{{Yandere}} Sekai]], who in turns gets killed by Kotonoha at the end]]. When you're in a PsychoticLoveTriangle, it's not going to end well.

* ''Film/ThePrestige''.
** Though the vendetta was pretty firmly in place before this came about.

* ''Series/{{Greek}}''. Cappie's carelessness and jealousy leads him to beat up his best friend and roommate Evan for taking Casey to a formal when he failed to show. This leads to the pairing of Casey and Evan at the beginning of the series and the bitter rivalry between Evan and Cappie's respective fraternities ever since.

* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': the LoveInterest is WideEyedIdealist Penny, the opposites in this case are the VillainProtagonist Dr. Horrible and the HeroAntagonist Captain Hammer; Captain Hammer is ''far'' more into how much it torments Horrible than he is actually interested in Penny. When the Captain rubs it in explicitly and gloats about taking her just ''because'' Horrible wants her, the revelation pushes him past IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and convinces Dr Horrible to MurderTheHypotenuse. He argues to himself (in song) that MurderIsTheBestSolution both to claim his love from a man who is only using her and to simultaneously prove he's a real villain worthy of respect and fear. [[spoiler: She dies instead, leading to Dr. Horrible [[PyrrhicVictory being inducted into the Evil League of Evil]], his [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor major goal]] throughout the story.]]

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'' with Duncan, Courtney and Gwen.

A type of LoveTriangle -- heavy on the triangle, light on the love. When a girlfriend leaves her boyfriend, and ends up in a relationship with the boyfriend's ideological [[TheRival rival]], resulting in a vendetta between the two men.

It works with the genders switched around, too.

* This is one ''part'' of the relationship between Spike and Vicious from ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. On the surface, they had one of these over Julia, resulting in the disintegration of their friendship and a lifetime of hatred toward each other. But this trope also applies to Vicious and ''Julia'' due to his FoeYay for Spike, which is why he hates them ''both'' so passionately but (initially) spares their lives after they betrayed him.

Compare MurderTheHypotenuse. See also CockFight.

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* [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Turkey and Greece]] from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' were ''already'' on bad terms long beforehand, but them both liking Japan does not help one bit. According to France in the Christmas 2007 strips, it's bad enough that Japan spends most of his time with the two trying (vainly) to get them to be at least civil to each other.

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* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'': Shuten-dōji is mad at Seimei for apparently having seduced his [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited]] LoveInterest Momiji, much to the dismay of the totally innocent Seimei who a/ [[AmnesiacHero doesn't remember]] [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent a single shit he has done in the past]], and b/ [[spoiler: truly did briefly met Momiji before, but did not seduce her. The one having done that was someone [[AllegedLookalikes looking similar to him]], who is also a LiteralSplitPersonality of himself.]]

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* [=LaBarbara=] Conrad from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has been married to both Hermes Conrad and his limboing opponent, Barbados Slim. In this case, they are opposites mostly in terms of Conrad being a short, chubby bureaucrat and Slim being an "ebony adonis" professional athlete.

* ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': The opposites in this case are the VillainProtagonist Dr. Horrible and the HeroAntagonist Captain Hammer; the LoveInterest is WideEyedIdealist Penny, and Dr. Horrible attempts to MurderTheHypotenuse to claim his love (while simultaneously proving he's a real villain.) [[spoiler: She dies instead, leading to Dr. Horrible [[PyrrhicVictory being inducted into the Evil League of Evil]], his [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor major goal]] throughout the story.]]

* Spike and Vicious from ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' had one of these over Julia, resulting in the disintegration of their friendship and a lifetime of hatred toward each other.

* Happens in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaWorldTour'' with Duncan, Courtney and Gwen.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}} Onmyōji]]'': Shuten-dōji is mad at Seimei for apparently having seduced his [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited]] LoveInterest Momiji, much to the dismay of the totally innocent Seimei who a/ [[AmnesiacHero doesn't remember]] [[AmnesiacsAreInnocent a single shit he has done in the past]], and b/ [[spoiler: truly did briefly met Momiji before, but did not seduce her. The one having done that was someone [[AllegedLookalike looking similar to him]], who is also a LiteralSplitPersonality of himself.]]

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* In the ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' series, one of the cases involves a couple of dueling celebrities (one of which is a JerkAss and the other plain evil) and when the current fiancé (the JerkAss) found out that he had essentially gotten his rival's leftovers, he immediately called off their engagement. The rival had told him this ''just because he knew it would make his rival angry'' and this only escalated the rivalry between the two of them. The woman in the meantime? Tired of being TheChewToy, [[TearJerker she kills herself]].

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* Brutal example in the ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' anime. Makoto starts out interested in Kotonoha, gets help from Sekai, and later falls for her, then goes back to Kotonoha at the end after he suspects everyone ditched him due to his lecherous ways by sleeping around with all the girls in the series, and Sekai's declaration that she's pregnant. [[spoiler:He gets knifed to death by a jealous [[{{Yandere}} Sekai]], who in turns gets killed by Kotonoha at the end.]]

* Brutal example in the ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' anime. Makoto starts out interested in Kotonoha, gets help from Sekai, and later falls for her, then goes back to Kotonoha at the end after he suspects everyone ditched him due to his lecherous ways by sleeping around with all the girls in the series, and Sekai's declaration that she's pregnant. [[spoiler: He gets knifed by a jealous [[{{Yandere}} Sekai]], who in turns gets killed by Kotonoha at the end.]]

* [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Turkey and Greece]] from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' were ''already'' on bad terms long beforehand, but them both liking Japan does not help one bit. According to France in the Christmas 2007 strips, it's bad enough that Japan spends most of his time with the two trying (vainly) to get them to be at least civil to each other.

* In ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'', Niobe used to be with the mystical Morpheus, now she is with the secular Locke. How much of the tension between the two men is a result of this and how much is due to their very different personalities and leadership styles is unclear since it all happened in the backstory. That Niobe keeps supporting Morpheus over Locke doesn't help matters much.

* Creator/AlexandreDumas' ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''. This is particularly pronounced in the latest FilmOfTheBook, in which Mercedes is one of the key reasons behind [[spoiler:Fernand's plot to put Edmond in prison]].

* There is, of course, a ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' example. Tension over Drusilla's affections is the main source of the feud between Angel and Spike for much of the second season, even leading to Spike helping Buffy at the end of the season in the hope he'll get Drusilla back.
** Ironically, Spike himself ends up romantically entangled with Angel's love interest, Buffy, in later seasons. These guys have VERY similar [[IncrediblyLamePun tastes]] in women.

* [=LaBarbara=] Conrad from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has been married to both Hermes Conrad and his limboing opponent, Barbados Slim. In this case, they are opposites mostly in terms of Conrad being a short, chubby bureaucrat and Slim being an "ebony adonis" professional athlete.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': [[spoiler:Harry's mother used to be close friends with Severus Snape when they were children; he had an obvious crush on her as a teenager (although no one but Dumbledore seemed to know), and a deep and abiding hatred for his then-rival, James Potter. Since Harry reminds Snape of his father, you've got some serious hostility there.]]

* Played brilliantly in ''Film/SpiderMan1'', where Mary Jane is constantly the center of the tug-of-war between Spider-Man and the Goblin, Jr. AND their alter egos Peter Parker and Harry Osborn.

* Played brilliantly in ''Film/SpiderMan'', where Mary-Jane is constantly the center of the tug-of-war between Spider-Man and the Goblin, Jr. AND their alter-egos Peter Parker and Harry Osborn.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': [[spoiler:Harry's mother used to be close friends with Severus Snape when they were children; he had an obvious crush on her as a teenager (althoughtv that no one but Dumbledore seemed to know), and a deep and abiding hatred for his then-rival, James Potter. Since Harry reminds Snape of his father, you've got some serious hostility there.]]
** Also completely played straight since [[spoiler: Lily initially didn't like James for being arrogant. However, her freindshipe with Severus was gradually breaking apart before it finally broke when Severus [[KickTheDog whipped out the]] FantasticRacism [[KickTheDog card on her]] after she tried to interfere with him and James. She ended up dating [[CharacterDepth the now less hot-headed ]] James, whom she eventually married and had Harry with.]]

* In the ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' series, one of the cases involves a couple of dueling celebrities (one which is a JerkAss and the other which is a CompleteMonster) and when the current fiancé (the JerkAss) found out that he had essentially gotten his rival's (the CompleteMonster's) leftovers, he immediately called off their engagement. The CompleteMonster had told him this ''just because he knew it would make his rival angry'' and this only escalated the rivalry between the two of them. The woman in the meantime? Tired of being TheChewToy, [[TearJerker she kills herself]].

* [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Turkey and Greece]] from ''AxisPowersHetalia'' were ''already'' on bad terms long beforehand, but them both liking Japan does not help one bit. According to France in the Christmas 2007 strips, it's bad enough that Japan spends most of his time with the two trying (vainly) to get them to be at least civil to each other.

* Played brilliantly in ''Film/SpiderMan'' where Mary-Jane is constantly the center of the tug-of-war between Spider-Man and the Goblin, Jr. AND their alter-egos Peter Parker and Harry Osborn.
* In the second ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' film Niobe used to be with the mystical Morpheus, now she is with the secular Locke. How much of the tension between the two men is a result of this and how much is due to their very different personalities and leadership styles is unclear since it all happened in the backstory.
** That Niobe keeps supporting Morpheus over Locke doesn't help matters much.

* ''{{Greek}}''. Cappie's carelessness and jealousy leads him to beat up his best friend and roommate Evan for taking Casey to a formal when he failed to show. This leads to the pairing of Casey and Evan at the beginning of the series and the bitter rivalry between Evan and Cappie's respective fraternities ever since.
* ''{{Smallville}}'': Lex and Lana are an item for a time, resulting in upped tensions between Clark and Lex.

* ''DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'': The opposites in this case are the VillainProtagonist Dr. Horrible and the HeroAntagonist Captain Hammer; the LoveInterest is WideEyedIdealist Penny, and Dr. Horrible attempts to MurderTheHypotenuse to claim his love (while simultaneously proving he's a real villain.) [[spoiler: She dies instead, leading to Dr. Horrible [[PyrrhicVictory being inducted into the Evil League of Evil]], his [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor major goal]] throughout the story.]]

* Happens in ''TotalDramaWorldTour'' with Duncan, Courtney and Gwen.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': [[spoiler:Harry's mother used to be close friends with Severus Snape when they were children; he had an obvious crush on her as a teenager, and a deep and abiding hatred for his then-rival, James Potter. Since Harry reminds Snape of his father, you've got some serious hostility there.]]
** Also completely played straight since [[spoiler: Lily initially hated James for being an arrogant JerkJock -- but after a ''severe'' falling out with Severus that included him [[KickTheDog whipping out the]] FantasticRacism [[KickTheDog card on her]], started dating [[CharacterDepth the now more mature and less bully-like]] James, whom she eventually married and had Harry with.]]

* In the second ''[[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]'' film Niobe used to be with the mystical Morpheus, now she is with the secular Locke. How much of the tension between the two mean is a result of this and how much is due to their very different personalities and leadership styles is unclear since it all happened in the backstory.

* In the ''VisualNovel/Phoenix Wright|AceAttorney'' series, one of the cases involves a couple of dueling celebrities (one which is a JerkAss and the other which is a CompleteMonster) and when the current fiancé (the JerkAss) found out that he had essentially gotten his rival's (the CompleteMonster's) leftovers, he immediately called off their engagement. The CompleteMonster had told him this ''just because he knew it would make his rival angry'' and this only escalated the rivalry between the two of them. The woman in the meantime? Tired of being TheChewToy, [[TearJerker she kills herself]].

* In the ''PhoenixWright'' series, one of the cases involves a couple of dueling celebrities (one which is a JerkAss and the other which is a CompleteMonster) and when the current fiancé (the JerkAss) found out that he had essentially gotten his rival's (the CompleteMonster's) leftovers, he immediately called off their engagement. The CompleteMonster had told him this ''just because he knew it would make his rival angry'' and this only escalated the rivalry between the two of them. The woman in the meantime? Tired of being TheChewToy, [[TearJerker she kills herself]].

* Brutal example in the VisualNovel/SchoolDays anime. Makoto starts out interested in Kotonoha, gets help from Sekai, and later falls for her, then goes back to Kotonoha at the end after he suspects everyone ditched him due to his lecherous ways by sleeping around with all the girls in the series, and Sekai's declaration that she's pregnant. [[spoiler: He gets knifed by a jealous [[{{Yandere}} Sekai]], who in turns gets killed by Kotonoha at the end.]]

* In the second [[TheMatrix Matrix film]] Niobe used to be with the mystical Morpheus, now she is with the secular Locke. How much of the tension between the two mean is a result of this and how much is due to their very different personalities and leadership styles is unclear since it all happened in the backstory.

* Happens in TotalDramaWorldTour with Duncan, Courtney and Gwen.

* ''HarryPotter'': [[spoiler:Harry's mother used to be close friends with Severus Snape when they were children; he had an obvious crush on her as a teenager, and a deep and abiding hatred for his then-rival, James Potter. Since Harry reminds Snape of his father, you've got some serious hostility there.]]