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* '''Defied''': ???Alice and Bob have an argument-preventing strategy in which they remind themselves of how much they ''like'' having a partner who understands them.
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* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob are both stubborn, competitive, and prideful. They don't get along.

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* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob are both stubborn, competitive, and prideful. They don't get along.along because of this.

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* '''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob are VitriolicBestBuds, and really do care for each other, but they still frequently get into fights and butt heads.

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Alice and Bob are VitriolicBestBuds, and really do care for each other, but they still frequently get into fights and butt heads.heads.
** Alice and Bob are kind loving people, who don't actually get along very well due to both of them wanting to be the caretaker of the relationship.
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** A key part of healthy relationships is talking out conflicts and compromising, but since Alice and Bob are both so stubborn, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome they just keep running into arguments.]]
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'''Basic Trope''': Characters who are quite similar in personality, and this causes them to have a strained relationship.

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'''Basic Trope''': Characters who are [[MirrorCharacter quite similar in personality, personality]], and this causes them to have a strained relationship.
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** LikeFatherLikeSon

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** LikeFatherLikeSonLikeFatherLikeSon. Bob sees a lot of himself in his son, Charles, and fears that Charles is going to make the same mistakes as he did. Bob might be right about this, but he struggles with being emotionally open with other people, and so does Charles, preventing them both from being able to discuss this.

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'''Basic Trope''': Alice and Bob are quite similar in personality, and this causes them to have a strained relationship.

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'''Basic Trope''': Alice and Bob Characters who are quite similar in personality, and this causes them to have a strained relationship.



* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob [[HateAtFirstSight dislike each other upon first meeting]], but eventually realize their similarities give them a great capacity to understand each other, and become quite close.

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** Alice and Bob are dissimilar and hate each other for it.
* '''Subverted''': Alice and Bob [[HateAtFirstSight dislike each other upon first meeting]], but eventually realize their similarities give them a great capacity to understand each other, and [[CommonalityConnection become quite close.]]



-->'''Charlie''': You to are so similar--why do you hate each other?

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-->'''Charlie''': You to two are so similar--why similar! Why do you hate each other?



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* '''Discussed''': ???
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* '''Implied''': ???Whenever Alice and Bob encounter each other, they look at each other with disgust.



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* '''Double Subverted''': Alice and Bob get married, but the friction caused by them being too alive never truly goes away, and after the honeymoon phase wears off, they're left with a DestructiveRomance.
* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Double Subverted''': Alice and Bob get married, but the friction caused by them being too alive similar never truly goes away, and after away. After the honeymoon phase wears off, they're left with a DestructiveRomance.
* '''Parodied''': ???Alice and Bob are both [[AllLovingHero very warm, friendly people, who like just about everyone]]. They inexplicably detest each other.



* '''Enforced''': The writers didn't plan for Alice and Bob to be alike, but the [[ActorInspiredElement actors bring something of themselves to the way they play the characters]]. Once the likeness is there, the writers want to addresss it somehow.

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* '''Enforced''': The writers didn't plan for Alice and Bob to be alike, but the [[ActorInspiredElement actors bring something of themselves to the way they play the characters]]. Once the likeness is there, the writers want to addresss address it somehow.

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** YouAreWhatYouHate



** Alice [[YouAreWhatYouHate hates herself]], and hates Bob for the same reason.

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* '''Exaggerated''':

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* '''Exaggerated''': Alice and Bob are enemies trying to kill each other, and they [[NotSoSimilar are like in all but one key way]].



** Alice [[YouAreWhatYouHate hates herself]], and hates Bob for the same reason.



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* '''Zig Zagged''': ''Do'' Alice and Bob like each other? They have moments of AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, but it
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%% Enforced means the trope occurs for a reason OTHER THAN the author wanting to include it.
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* '''Parodied''':
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ''Do'' Alice and Bob like each other? They have moments of AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, but it
it DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''':
'''Averted''': Alice and Bob are not alike.
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%% Enforced means
'''Enforced''': The writers didn't plan for Alice and Bob to be alike, but the trope occurs for a reason OTHER THAN [[ActorInspiredElement actors bring something of themselves to the author wanting way they play the characters]]. Once the likeness is there, the writers want to include it.
addresss it somehow.
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-->'''Charlie''': You to are so similar--why do you hate each other?
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'''Basic Trope''':
* '''Straight''':

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'''Basic Trope''':
Trope''': Alice and Bob are quite similar in personality, and this causes them to have a strained relationship.
* '''Straight''': Alice and Bob are both stubborn, competitive, and prideful. They don't get along.



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* '''Justified''':
* '''Inverted''':
* '''Gender Inverted''':
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* '''Double Subverted''':

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* '''Downplayed''':
'''Downplayed''': Alice and Bob are VitriolicBestBuds, and really do care for each other, but they still frequently get into fights and butt heads.
* '''Justified''':
'''Justified''':
** LikeFatherLikeSon
** EvilCounterpart
* '''Inverted''':
'''Inverted''':
** BirdsOfAFeather: Alice and Bob are similar, and like each other for it.
** OppositesAttract: Alice and Bob are dissimilar, and like each other for it.
* '''Gender Inverted''':
* '''Subverted''':
'''Subverted''': Alice and Bob [[HateAtFirstSight dislike each other upon first meeting]], but eventually realize their similarities give them a great capacity to understand each other, and become quite close.
* '''Double Subverted''': Alice and Bob get married, but the friction caused by them being too alive never truly goes away, and after the honeymoon phase wears off, they're left with a DestructiveRomance.



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* '''Zig Zagged''': ''Do'' Alice and Bob like each other? They have moments of AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, but it



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'''Basic Trope''':
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