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* In Kathryn Immonen's run of ''Comicbook/JourneyIntoMystery'', Lady Sif comes to Jane Foster for medical advice regarding Lady Gaea. They easily get along and crack a few puns at Thor's expense.

* The classic Western, ''HighNoon'', features an interesting dynamic between the hero Will Kane's sweet, proper Quaker bride Amy (played by GraceKelly), and Helen Ramirez, a saloon owner with whom he has a history. When Kane goes alone to face off against the film's villains, Helen gives Amy a piece of her mind:

** She's GenreSavvy enough to realize immediately that her Feminine Wiles, however considerable, will also be entirely useless against the "[[BandOfBrothers War Buddy]]" brand of loyalty that Mal and Monty have towards each other, and immediately resorts to pulling a gun.

* In ''Series/{{Castle}}'', Castle makes the mistake of inviting his ex-wife to stay at his place to help tend to his sick daughter while Beckett, now his girlfriend, also happens to be staying there due to her apartment being fumigated. Needless to say, the atmosphere gets quite tense quite quickly.

AliceAndBob are in a relationship. Carol, who Bob chucked acrimoniously, turns up at a social event that the first two are attending. Either there will be [[CatFight a fight]], Bob will get chucked by Alice or the two ladies will strike up a friendship. Either way, Bob will be highly uncomfortable. As the title implies, this is usually a guy's missus and ex, but it can go the other way, too.

** It may not count since neither one is anything close to a love interest, but a couple of deleted scenes from ''Battlefield'' provide another example of the current companion not warming up to an older one right away: TheBrigadier manages to offend Ace by referring to her as "the latest one," and a line about how looking after the Professor is her job reveals that she may feel a bit threatened. By the end of the serial the Brig has managed to prove that he can be trusted to take care of the Doctor and the two bond over a nice big explosion.

Made especially difficult if the latter is a PsychoExGirlfriend.

* In ''{{Two and a Half Men}}'' Alan's young, hot girlfriend Kandi starts complaining about him to his ex-wife Judith. They go out, get drunk, and Kandi moves in with Judith. In the next episode {{It Gets Worse}}, or at least weirder.

* The season three finale of ''{{Fringe}}'' teases this scenario when Olivia (Peter's girlfriend) and Fauxlivia (Olivia's AlternateUniverse counterpart who was pretending to be Olivia when she was with Peter) are suddenly brought together. However, that's the ''least'' volatile pair who are suddenly brought together at the same time, and then [[ItGotWorse other stuff happened]].

* In the ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' episode "New Moon Rising", Willow is just starting to slide into relationship territory with [[TheWoobie Tara]] when her werewolf ex-boyfriend Oz comes back into town. Things simmer for a good chunk of the episode since Oz, having missed his Willow's SuddenlySexuality, doesn't realise that he's in one of these situations. When he finally gets wise, he freaks out and kinda tries to eat Tara. It's a thing.

** Later, Dorothy starts dating Douglas, also known as D.B. Cooper. When he's found out and jailed for the crimes they can prosecute for (many had passed the statute of limitations) his jail cell roommate is none other than Dorothy's criminal ex-husband, Bentley, who strikes up a friendship with Douglas. [[spoiler: It's later revealed that Bentley arranged for that to happen so he can make sure Douglas is good enough for Dorothy. Their son Kevin is actually ''surprised''.]]

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** Example one: Rose and Sarah Jane in the above-quoted episode. They have a funny argument, but quickly become friends. As the quote also shows, Mickey is delighted to see it; mainly because Rose was ''his'' girlfriend before she unceremoniously ditched him for the Doctor.
** In a later episode, Donna and Martha meet. The Doctor worries there'll be a repeat of the events of "School Reunion", but since Donna never seems to have any romantic attachment to the Doctor and Martha got over hers, the two become pretty friendly and pick at the Doctor a bit, who ends up wishing they would fight.

* In the MegaCrossover [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' Erik's meet [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-98-Duel-127534244 here]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-99-Denouement-128354062 here]]. Went slightly melancholic but it ended with mutual respect.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealAdventuresOfJonnyQuest'' episode "The Robot Spies": Race Bannon's ex-wife Estella, and his ex-girlfriend Jade, both make an appearance. Save for a few tense moments, it's not as bad as one would expect.
* KimPossible refused to admit that she was jealous when she first met Yori, a girl Ron made friends with while attending the Yamanouchi Ninja School. This despite Ron being oblivious to Yori's obvious attraction to him. Later, after Ron and Kim became a couple, Ron broke the news to Yori, who seemed to take it in stride. Later, when Kim and Yori were working together to retrieve a mystic monkey artifact from a temple, they bonded.

* In the ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' episode "New Moon Rising", Willow is just starting to slide into relationship territory with [[TheWoobie Tara]] when her werewolf ex-boyfriend Oz comes back into town. Things simmer for a good chunk of the episode since Oz, having missed his Willow's SuddenSexuality, doesn't realise that he's in one of these situations. When he finally gets wise, he freaks out and kinda tries to eat Tara. It's a thing.

* In the MegaCrossover [[FanFic fan]][[{{Webcomic}} comic]] ''[[Webcomic/{{Roommates2007}} Roommates]]'' Erik's meet [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-98-Duel-127534244 here]] [[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-99-Denouement-128354062 here]]. Went slightly melancholic but it ended with mutual respect.

AliceAndBob are in a relationship. Carol, who Bob chucked acrimoniously, turns up at a social event that the first two are attending. Either there will be a fight, Bob will get chucked by Alice or the two ladies will strike up a friendship. Either way, Bob will be highly uncomfortable. As the title implies, this is usually a guy's missus and ex, but it can go the other way, too.