History Main / VillainousFriendship

* During WWE's [[Wrestling/WWEGoldenAgeEra RockNWrestling]] era in the 80's and early 90's, this was pretty much the case with the entire Heel locker room. Heels would often be shown having the same natural affinity for each other as the Faces did, basically bonding over being complete dicks. It was considered unusual when [[Wrestling/AllenCoage Bad News Brown]] debuted and was portrayed as a [[IWorkAlone Badass Loner]] who disliked his fellow Heels as much as he disliked the good guys.

* During WWE's RockNWrestling era in the 80's and early 90's, this was pretty much the case with the entire Heel locker room. Heels would often be shown having the same natural affinity for eachother as the Faces did, basically bonding over being complete dicks. it was considered unusual when BadNewsBrown debuted and was portrayed as a BadassLoner who disliked his fellow Heels as much as he disliked the good guys.

* Calvin Candie and Stephen in ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' are shown to be genuine friends, with Stephen, the head house-slave, preserving Candie's authority at Candieland and basically running his plantation for him, and Candie providing Stephen with a dominant position in his organization.

* Maybe they're a bit more like pets, but when Ursula accidentally zaps Jetsam and Flotsam in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', she looks absolutely distraught and decides to go OneWingedAngel.

* Killer Frost and King Shark from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' are the only two members of the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Suicide Squad]] who not only don't dislike or want to screw over one another, but actually like and genuinely become friends with one another. They actively look out for and protect one another, and [[spoiler:Frost is ''genuinely'' cross when Shark's implanted explosive kills him.]] Not bad at all for a relationship that started with Shark trying to ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat]]'' Frost and getting a swift kick to the nuts for it, eh?
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Megamind and Minion are true friends. In fact, they have been friends since infancy. Minion is completely loyal to Megamind, who values him as his OnlyFriend. [[spoiler:Eventually subverted when they both make a HeelFaceTurn.]]

* ''Film/BloodsuckingFreaks'': Sardu and Ralphus seem to genuinely like each other and have a true friendship. Sardu is a BenevolentBoss and Ralphus seems genuinely loyal.
* ''Film/BlueVelvet'': [[BigBad Frank Booth]] and his cohort [[OneSceneWonder Ben]]. Even with Ben's lack of screentime in comparison, it's clear that Ben is the ''only'' other person in the entire film who Frank genuinely likes as a person, which is impressive considering how spiteful and cruel he is to everyone else, including his own lackeys. Frank genuinely respects Ben's "suave" attitude, and the two have a routine where Ben will lip-synch the song "In Dreams" to Frank. Ben is far more reserved, so it's hard to tell if the feeling of friendship is mutual from his side, but he's cordial and goes along with his scheme of holding Dorothy's son hostage.

-->'''Humperdinck''': Tyrone, you know how much I love [[ColdBloodedTorture watching you work]]. But I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it. I'm swamped!\\

* ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'': Ygor and the monster form a genuine bond due to them both being outcasts. The monster even helps Ygor get revenge on those who shunned him. The monster goes berserk when he finds Ygor dead.

It's not too much of a stretch, when you think about it; who does the BigBad always have at his beck and call to talk out his issues and hang out with? His [[TheDragon Dragon]]. After spending so much time together, the two may form some kind of a bond, whether it's just a matter of Emperor Nefarious wanting to know how Zartok the Destroyer's wife and kids are, or that the two are TrueCompanions, sticking up for each other to the end. Neither one necessarily has to be a good person; sometimes they're both AffablyEvil, other times the BigBad cares nothing for any of his troops except for his right-hand man. Sometimes BirdsOfAFeather is in full-on effect; the two villains get along well exactly because they are both terrible, opportunistic people, who share similar ambitions of oppressing and harming the ones they see as their inferiors. This relationship often comes in two varieties: either [[ThePowerOfFriendship they both care for one another]], or [[InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn
the relationship is only one-way]].

It's not too much of a stretch, when you think about it; who does the BigBad always have at his beck and call to talk out his issues and hang out with? His [[TheDragon Dragon]]. After spending so much time together, the two may form some kind of a bond, whether it's just a matter of Emperor Nefarious wanting to know how Zartok the Destroyer's wife and kids are, or that the two are TrueCompanions, sticking up for each other to the end. Neither one necessarily has to be a good person; sometimes they're both AffablyEvil, other times the BigBad cares nothing for any of his troops except for his right-hand man. Sometimes BirdsOfAFeather is in full-on effect; the two villains get along well exactly because they are both terrible, opportunistic people, who share similar ambitions of oppressing and harming the ones they see as their inferiors. This relationship often comes in two varieties: either they both care for one another, or the relationship is only one-way.

*** Doctor Octopus and the Vulture were friends for a long time. Ever since the formation of the Sinister Six, the two have [[VillainTeamUp partnered up]] on a number of occasions. They seemed to get along well. That is, until the events of ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', when Ock learned that Vulture was using kids as minions, which [[EvenEvilHasStandards appalled him]] and [[BrokenPedestal put an end to their friendship]].

* In [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/196256/the-moons-apprentice The Moon's Apprentice]], Nightmare Moon legitimately appears to care for her dragon, Twilight Sparkle, although [[BecomingTheMask when she began to care]] is up for debate.

** Gigan had a similarly friendly relationship with King Ghidorah in Film/GodzillaVsGigan. He and Ghidorah squabble after the mind control used on them is broken, but they willingly work together to finish off Godzilla and Anguirus and escape Earth together afterwards. Considering they're both AxCrazy sadists that love torturing other monsters, it figures.

* Uncle Jack and his gang from Series/BreakingBad are some of the evilest people in the series, yet they are shown as TrueCompanions.

* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': Circus Baby seemed to be genuine friends with the other animatronics, especially [[TheDragon Ballora]]. All of them truly seemed to care for each other as TrueCompanions. [[spoiler:''VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'', however, reveals that the other animatronics had a falling out with her and kicked her soul out of their shared animatronic body]].

* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': Yliaster's Four Stars of Destruction are the main villains of the Yliaster Saga, who share a bond of friendship with each other due to the fact that they were the only remaining survivors of the BadFuture, with the collective goal to prevent it from happening. The androids based on the original three dead friends still harbor strong feelings for Z-one, the last survivor or mankind, with Antinomy and Aporia putting all their faith and support in Team 5D's, asking them to save him from his despair and show him hope. After he's defeated, Z-one ultimately sacrifices himself while thinking about his three friends in his final moment. Thanks to the world of ''VideoGame/YuGiOhDuelLinks'' being made of memories, all Four Stars of Destruction are finally able reunite again. Aporia and Z-one repeat their HeelFaceTurn from the anime series, Paradox also pulls a Heel-Face Turn, and Antinomy is already on the side of Team 5D's to begin.

It's not too much of a stretch, when you think about it; who does the BigBad always have at his beckon call to talk out his issues and hang out with? His [[TheDragon Dragon]]. After spending so much time together, the two may form some kind of a bond, whether it's just a matter of Emperor Nefarious wanting to know how Zartok the Destroyer's wife and kids are, or if the two are TrueCompanions, sticking out for each other to the end. Neither one necessarily has to be a good person; sometimes they're both AffablyEvil, other times the BigBad cares nothing for any of his troops except for his right-hand man. Some times BirdsOfAFeather is in full-on effect; the two villains get along well exactly because they are both terrible, opportunistic people, who share similar ambitions of oppressing and harming the ones they see as their lessers. This relationship often comes in two varieties: either they both care for another, or the relationship is only one way.

* The Light in ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'' all seem to get along pretty well, unlike the typical infighting and ego clash usually seen in supervillain teams. Even the ones who aren’t explicitly friends have cordial professional relationships. Vandal Savage and Ra's Al Ghul in particular are described by Word of God as "old friends" (both being immortals, their acquaintance likely goes back centuries); even after leaving the Light sometime between Seasons 2 and 3, Ra's remains in contact with Savage, and in Season 4 Savage makes a point of offering to include the Al Ghul family in [[spoiler: the Light's last-resort emergency planetary evacuation plans]], even though he doubts Ra's would accept.

** ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' has Furabiijo and Wendinu, who form a tight knit duo as the season progresses.

** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'': The Heart Roidmude cares for both his co-executives, Brain and Medic, and makes an effort to be on good terms with both of them, even though they're [[WeAreStrugglingWithEachOther constantly at odds with each other]]. Heart's friendship actually extends to the [[KillerRobot Roidmude]] race as a whole, and everything he does is to ensure a human-free future for them to thrive in.

* ''Anime/DeathNote'': Matt and Mello are genuine friends. Matt is Mello's OnlyFriend. The two clearly care a lot for each other. They even live together. Mello becomes very saddened when Matt is killed in a police shootout.

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ApplesEqualsCyanideEqualsLight'', Ryuk and Kira get along rather well, even though one of them doesn't remember his former life or their prior association.

* ''Fanfic/OnceMoreWithFeeling'': [[AncientConspiracy SEELE members]] Keel Lorenz and Shinji's grandfather Takuya Ikari have this dynamic. Takuya was the closest thing Keel had to a mentor, and he seems to respect him more than the other high-ranking SEELE members, valuing his input and willing to be completely honest with him. For his part, Takuya is the only person in SEELE who can be casual, even sardonic, with the chairman.