History Main / TeethClenchedTeamWork

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''

** The Piraka on the other hand really hate each other, and are only temporarily working together to get the Mask of Life in Voya Nui, once one of them has it they plan to betray each other. Even then, they [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder spent just as much time backstabbing each other as they did fighting the heroes]], sometimes [[UpToEleven while they were fighting the heroes]].

Sometimes in RealLife, people on the same side don't get along. In fiction, this often occurs when there are multiple {{villains}} [[VillainTeamUp trying to work together]], a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits mismatched team of heroes]], or a situation where [[EnemyMine former enemies have to team up]]. The problem with this sort of team is that they have trouble using ThePowerOfFriendship or ThePowerOfLove to win–likely because this is essentially the more cynical version of those tropes. It's still not at the far cynical end of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, however, because it still assumes that people can (and should) at least work together.

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Compare with FightingTheLancer, where animosity between teammates actually does lead to a fight, and HeadbuttingHeroes, where the heroes are not necessarily working together.

* 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 Thurmon 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 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.

* Despite being one of the NFL's top teams throughout TheNewTens, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and head coach Mike [=McCarthy=] did not get along at all. Their animosity began when [=McCarthy=], then the offensive coordinator of the San Francisco 49ers, convinced the team to pass on Rodgers in the 2005 NFL Draft in favor of Alex Smith and remained unapologetic about the decision even after being hired by Green Bay. The relationship only continued to go downhill to the point Rodgers would frequently ignore [=McCarthy=]'s game plan and call his own plays. While the duo did manage to win a Super Bowl title, eventually the turmoil began to affect the team's performance and [=McCarthy=] was fired in 2018.

* 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 (Prime Time 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.

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* M and Mary sign a contract in ''VisualNovel/ShikkokuNoSharnoth'' in order to destroy the Metacreatures. M is completely dispassionate, while Mary grows to hate him more as time passes. [[spoiler:In the end, she finally understands him and saves him in some sense, but contrary to what might be expected this does not develop into a romance.]]

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Between Asia and Julie vs their Darkness counterparts in [='VRcade'=].

* The Vindicators of the Literature/WhateleyUniverse. Kismet, the leader, won't admit she ever makes a mistake. Lemure hates her and is only still on the team because of Sizemax. Dynamaxx enjoys playing them off against each other. Captain Canada! is likely to go off the deep end at the first serious stressor.
* ''Roleplay/OurAvatarsWereInARoomTogetherTheContinuation'': When Sol steals the Fireseal and beats up a bunch of knights in order to get to Justice and destroy her himself, Ky is forced to join Sol out of desperation to end the war, despite disagreeing with his methods.
* In ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'', Tim and Jay pretty much hate each other when they first start working together (admittedly, Tim did attack Jay, albeit while temporarily insane, and Jay kept Tim in the dark about things he couldn't remember). However, after a while, they eventually develop a strong friendship.

* 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.

* The heroes in act two of ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''.

* Dr. Cube, the evil surgeon and Midori no Kaiju, who just wanted to destroy things, did not get along but worked together because they would be defeated by the Wrestling/KaijuBigBattel heroes as individuals.

* 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(Prime Time 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.
* Long time enemies [[Wrestling/TaylorWilde Shantelle Taylor]] and [[Wrestling/AngelinaLove Angel Williams]] were forced to team up in Deep South Wrestling against Shantelle's friend Tracy Taylor by general manager Krissy Vaine. Williams proved so insufferable the Taylors ended up dropping all [[SubvertedTrope concern about win loss records and company standing just to shut her up]].
* A one sided example in Radiant Rain and Wrestling/MercedesMartinez, after the two made peace with one another in Wrestling/{{WSU}}. Mercedes likes Rain, but simply developed an aversion to tag team matches. Rain doesn't like Mercedes at all and only managed to tolerate her in tag team matches because there was usually someone else she liked even less, however slightly(and they [[IGaveMyWord officially made peace]])
* The situation between Billy Fives and Scoot Andrews when ring Ring Warriors returned in 2011. The two polar opposites had been feuding for years, for the last six years they had been trying unsuccessfully to retire one another come 2012. So they decided to try something more productive and team up, but even after successfully winning Global TagTeam Title belts from Wes Brisco and Cassidy Riley Andrews and Fives only just functioned, they still did not get along.
* Wrestling/BobbyRoode and Wrestling/JamesStorm used to be in a {{tag team}} called Beer Money before Roode betrayed Storm. So they don't like each other too much but every once and while, find themselves slipping back into their old mannerisms and working together for short periods of time. They even did their old pose after double teaming Wrestling/AJStyles before immediately resuming their own fight amongst themselves in mid 2012.
* Basically the appeal of Wrestling/TeamHellNo, the scourge Wrestling/AJLee accidentally brought on herself as general manager in her efforts to get revenge on [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]](who tried to have her committed) by putting him in anger management with Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
* Xic Xavant and El Chico Ilegal Chicano were a dysfunctional TagTeam who did not trust one another. So why keep tagging? Because in 2019 they started winning to, and kept winning after beating Doom Patrol for WWC's tag title belts. Usually solely by individual merits, but win enough and you might associate something that happens to be around to your success too.

* Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant spent 8 years together 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. Now that both men have retired from the NBA they have made an effort to mend fences.

* 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. 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.

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Compare with FightingTheLancer, where animosity between teammates actually does lead to a fight, and HeadbuttingHeroes.

Compare with FightingTheLancer, where animosity between teammates actually does lead to a fight.

* Xic Xavant and El Chico Ilegal Chicano were a highly dysfunctional TagTeam whose vary status as a team was destroying the friendship of. So why keep tagging? Because in 2019 they started winning, and kept winning. Usually solely by individual merits, but win enough and you might associate something that happens to be around to you success too.

* The situation between Billy Fives and Scoot Andrews when ring Ring Warriors returned in 2011. The two polar opposites had been feuding for years, for the last six years they had been trying unsuccessfully to retire one another come 2012. So they decided to try something more productive and team up, but even after successfully winning Global TagTeam Title belts from Wes Brisco and Cassidy Riley Andrews and Riley only just functioned, they still did not get along.

* Basically the appeal of Wrestling/TeamHellNo, the scourge Wrestling/AJLee accidentally brought on herself as general manager in her efforts to get revenge on [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]] by putting him in anger management with Wrestling/{{Kane}}.

** This also applies to [[BigGood Ozpin's]] personnel circle and the Atlas Military, most notably between [[{{Foil}} Qrow Branwen and Winter Schnee]] who only barley reluctantly associate with each other and in the first appearance together quickly get into a fight.