History Main / TeethClenchedTeamWork

* Creator/ShaquilleONeal and UsefulNotes/KobeBryant spent 8 years together on the Los Angeles Lakers knowing they each would be more likely to win with the other around, but finally, in 2004, the team fell apart in the Finals largely due to their feud and it was obvious one or the other had to go. Both men did end up winning a title or two afterwards, though. After both men retired from the NBA, they made an effort to mend fences and were on good terms until Bryant was tragically killed in a helicopter crash in 2020. O'Neal was devastated by the tragedy and served as one of the speakers during Bryant's public memorial service.

* Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant spent 8 years together on the Los Angeles Lakers knowing they each would be more likely to win with the other around, but finally, in 2004, the team fell apart in the Finals largely due to their feud and it was obvious one or the other had to go. Both men did end up winning a title or two afterward though. After both men retired from the NBA, they made an effort to mend fences and were on good terms until Bryant was tragically killed in a helicopter crash in 2020. O'Neal was devastated by the tragedy and served as one of the speakers during Bryant's public memorial service.

* The 1986 New York Mets were one of the best baseball teams ever assembled. They were also, almost to a man, a bunch of drunks, womanizers, drug abusers, and masters of Jerkassery. More memorable then their fights against other teams (like literal, knuckle-up fights) were the ones among themselves. One of the more fractious ones was between team star Daryl Strawberry and the unofficial team captain Keith Hernandez.
* The New York Yankees of the 1970's weren't called "the Bronx Zoo" for nothing. Team star Reggie Jackson and team manager Billy Martin nearly came to blows in the dugout and had to be separated. Team captain Thurman Munson and Jackson did not get along, and that was no secret. And of course, owner George Steinbrenner, fired and rehired Martin multiple times. By some miracle of talent and skill, they found the time amidst all this dysfunction to win back-to-back World Series titles in 1977 and '78.
* Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant spent 8 years together on the Los Angeles Lakers knowing they each would be more likely to win with the other around, but finally, in 2004, the team fell apart in the Finals largely due to their feud and it was obvious one or the other had to go. Both men did end up winning a title or two afterward though. After both men retired from the NBA, they made an effort to mend fences and were on good terms until Bryant was tragically killed in a helicopter crash. O'Neal was devastated by the tragedy and served as one of the speakers during Bryant's public memorial service.
* In a similar vein, the 1985 Chicago Bears are often considered to be one of the greatest teams in the history of the NFL, but their head coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan did not get along at all. The roots of the problem began when their deceased founder and owner, George 'Papa Bear' Halas, hired Ditka to be the head coach in 1982 over Ryan, who had been with the Bears five years prior and felt he should have gotten the job. This effectively led to a schism in the team where Ditka ran the offense and Ryan ran the defense as separate units. Both men were able to stomach each other for the cause of winning, but their animosity came to a head on a Monday Night Football game against the Miami Dolphins, who ended up spoiling an otherwise perfect season giving the Bears their only loss that year. During halftime, Ditka and Ryan finally came to blows and after that year Ryan left for the head coaching job at Philadelphia. Ditka later commented that they were both better together than apart.

Compare with FightingTheLancer, where animosity between teammates actually does lead to a fight, HeadbuttingHeroes, where the heroes are not necessarily working together, and CantDefaultToMurder, where a hero has to force his villainous teammate not to kill.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork/RealLife

* The bizarre situation regarding the Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA World Tag Team Titles in Wrestling/{{TNA}} when they were won by a third of Triple X ([[Wrestling/ElixSkipper Primetime Elix Skipper]]) and half of America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris) by accident thanks to a shoddy call by a referee. They still disliked The Naturals and Team Canada more than each other, but then their preferred partners, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Wrestling/JamesStorm, accidentally won the belts from them and had even more trouble getting along.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Franchise/{{Batman}} A gun hating defender of the innocent]] and [[ComicBook/ThePunisher a gun-toting indiscriminate killer]] make for a volatile combination.]]

* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' has this {{trope}} in several instances, particularly in the Toa Nuva team. It's mostly just [[RedOniBlueOni Tahu and Kopaka]], though, and they settle most of their differences by the Karda Nui story arc. In the Toa Metru's case, [[BadassBookworm Whenua and Nuju]] could barely stand one another and [[TheLancer Onewa and Matau]] got on the nerves of everyone on the team. Both teams are TrueCompanions, however, and their reluctant teamwork can be ''very'' effective when the situation calls for it.

* The ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' and other groups frequently engage in this. Especially the Global Occult Coalition - while their end goal is the same (protection of baseline reality), their methodology is quite different.