History Main / ReboundBestFriend

* This occurs in the Creator/JudyBlume book ''Literature/{{Blubber}}''. Main character Jill participates in the teasing of the heavyset Linda as led by AlphaBitch Wendy. But when Jill realizes that [[EveryoneHasStandards Wendy has gone too far]], she protests her cruelty and stands up for Linda. Wendy takes revenge by turning the whole class against Jill and declaring that Linda is her new best friend. This pattern continues throughout the novel, and by the end of the book, nearly ''everyone'' has traded best friends, but Jill manages to keep a [[TrueCompanions true companion]] in Tracy, who has shown UndyingLoyalty throughout the whole story.

* JD and Turk from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' get in an argument, which leads to JD declaring Hooch his new "chocolate bear". It doesn't end well, because Hooch is crazy.

* In the ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' episode "Collaboration", Nandor's old familiar Benjy returns after many years away, and Guillermo learns that Nandor had made Benjy the same deal Guillermo was offered - vampirism in return for ten years of service - but had cheated Benjy by erasing his memories and dumping him in a parking lot. Realizing that Nandor is never going to make him a vampire, Guillermo quits and pledges his fealty to Celeste, a new vampire who offers to turn him after less than a year. Nandor, incensed by the betrayal, takes Benjy back as a familiar to spite Guillermo. However, Benjy is too old and out of shape to keep up with Nandor's demands, and while Celeste is actually a good Mistress, she also turns out to be a fraud - she's actually a familiar pretending to be a vampire while her own Mistress is away - and her Mistress is ''pissed'' when she finds out about Celeste's activities, forcing Guillermo to flee. In the end, vampire and familiar are reunited, with Nandor promising to turn Guillermo into a vampire some day.

* In ''ComicBook/RainbowRowellsRunaways'', after Klara declines to return to the Runaways, Molly tries to replace her with Abigail, who seems much cooler and smarter. This being a ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' series, naturally Abigail turns out to be kind of evil, and they have a falling out.

* ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'': In "Losing Ice," Ice Bear gets fed up with Grizz and Panda's [[DudeWheresMyRespect ingratitude]] for his cooking and spends more time working as a sushi chef. They try to replace him with a meek fellow named Darryl, who gets upset when they try to make him pull off Ice Bear's martial arts and bear stacking prowess. When the bears realize they need to apologize, they actually start with Darryl, who even manages to join the bear stack and get to the airport to find Ice Bear. In later episodes Darryl is shown to have become one of the bros' best friends.

Two best friends have a fight and each person decides to look for a new best friend. They try to replace each other with their new friends, but soon realize it's not the same, and what they really need is each other. They then decide to be friends again. Their replacement friends might befriend each other as well.

* In ''Literature/EllenTebbits'', when Ellen and Austine stop being friends, Austine tries hanging out with Linda instead.

Two best friends have had a fight, and each person decides to look for a new best friend. They try to replace each other with their new friends but soon realize it's not the same, and what they really need is each other. They then decide to be friends again. Their replacement friends might befriend each other as well.

* ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKid'': After a big fight between Greg and Rowley that ensues due to [[DirtyCoward Greg waiting until after Rowley had already taken the fall for a mistake]] ''[[DirtyCoward Greg]]'' [[DirtyCoward himself had committed]], they split and try to get themselves new best friends. Rowley manages to strike up a good friendship with a boy named Collin Lee, while Greg attempts (key word being 'attempts') to use local weird boy Fregley, only to end up bailing on the idea when Fregley proves to be move than he can handle. But eventually, after Greg manages to take the blame for 'eating the cheese' (something that Rowley had been forced into doing by a group of bullies that he and Greg had gotten on the bad side of during Halloween) so that Rowley's responsibility for it will never be found out, they become friends again.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "Opposites Attract", Tommy and Chuckie worry that they're too dissimilar and so Tommy hangs out with a girl as brave as him (Samantha) and Chuckie with a boy as nervy as him (Freddie). Trouble is, Samantha doesn't look before she leaps (while Tommy's just as brave as her, he always thinks before taking action) and Freddie has a [[MrImagination vivid imagination]] which makes him fear things so outlandish that [[EveryoneHasStandards even Chuckie thinks he's going too far]] (Chuckie, though famous for his cowardice, is also somewhat sensible and not afraid of everything under the sun), so Tommy and Chuckie become friends again, while Samantha makes friends with Freddie.

* In ''Literature/JustAsLongAsWereTogether'', after her falling out with Rachel, Stephanie became even nearer of Allison. Meanwhile, Rachel find another friend.

* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': In season 3, after Ted and Barney fall out after Barney violated TheBroCode after sleeping with Ted's ex-girlfriend Robin, Barney goes on to find a rebound bro through Randy, which didn't work out in the long run, as Randy was a socially inept newbie who gets an erection after getting a nosebleed, and a terrible wingman. But being a good sport, Barney gives Randy a confidence boost and helpful advice on interacting with women regarding his nosebleed.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': In "Opposites Attract", Tommy and Chuckie worry that they're too dissimilar and so Tommy hangs out with a girl as brave as him (Samantha) and Chuckie with a boy as nervy as him (Freddie). Trouble is, Samantha doesn't look before she leaps (while Tommy's just as brave as her, he always thinks before taking action) and Freddie has a [[MrImagination vivid imagination]] which makes him believe in crazy things that scare Chuckie, so Tommy and Chuckie become friends again, while Samantha makes friends with Freddie.