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* Ike Perlmutter and Kevin Feige who happen to work for the same company Marvel. Perlmutter runs Marvel Entertainment overall, while Feige is in charge of Marvel Studios. Perlmutter was known for dismissing Feige's ideas for films like ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' and ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' in favor of his own -- specifically an ''Inhumans'' movie. It got to the point, where Feige got fed up with Perlmutter and eventually complained about it to Disney who restructured the company so Feige would report directly to them, bypassing Perlmutter completely. In response, Feige dropped plans for the ''Inhumans'' film, so Perlmutter responded by pushing for an ''Inhumans'' TV show since he still sway over the TV division. The result was that ''Series/{{Inhumans}}'' was massive flop with critics and viewers, while ''Black Panther'' and ''Captain Marvel'' became one of the most successful Marvel movies, each making over $1BN worldwide.

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* Ike Perlmutter and Kevin Feige who happen happened to work for the same company Marvel. Perlmutter runs ran Marvel Entertainment overall, while Feige is in charge of Marvel Studios. Perlmutter was known for dismissing Feige's ideas for films like ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' and ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'' in favor of his own -- specifically an ''Inhumans'' movie. It got to the point, where Feige got fed up with Perlmutter and eventually complained about it to Disney who restructured the company so Feige would report directly to them, bypassing Perlmutter completely. In response, Feige dropped plans for the ''Inhumans'' film, so Perlmutter responded by pushing for an ''Inhumans'' TV show since he still sway over the TV division. The result was that ''Series/{{Inhumans}}'' was massive flop with critics and viewers, while ''Black Panther'' and ''Captain Marvel'' became one two of the most successful Marvel movies, each making over $1BN worldwide.worldwide. The Marvel Television department was merged with the main Marvel Studios branch in 2019, bringing those projects under Feige's control, and Perlmutter was eventually laid off in March 2023.
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** One of the earliest contemporary allusions to him was a pamphlet by dramatist Robert Greene that called him, "an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers" i.e. a Stratford-born poseur who [[PretenderDiss comes to London and thinks he can write as best as the rest of them]].

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** One of the earliest contemporary allusions to him was a pamphlet by dramatist Robert Greene that called him, him "an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers" feathers", i.e. a Stratford-born poseur who [[PretenderDiss comes to London and thinks he can write as best as the rest of them]].



* Online magazines ''Slate'' and ''Salon'' can be considered this, having different stances, editorial positions despite both being generally liberal (though ''Salon'' leans considerably more into the left-wing). Both sites have also included among their ranks some major pundits and journalists (such as Christopher Hitchens for ''Slate'' and Glenn Greenwald for ''Salon''), adding even more fuel to the rivalry.

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* Online magazines ''Slate'' and ''Salon'' can be considered this, having different stances, editorial positions despite both being generally liberal (though ''Salon'' leans considerably more into the left-wing). Both sites have also included among their ranks some major pundits and journalists (such as Christopher Hitchens Creator/ChristopherHitchens for ''Slate'' and Glenn Greenwald for ''Salon''), adding even more fuel to the rivalry.



* The United Kingdom and France (sometimes Germany too). Historically, [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]] and UsefulNotes/{{France}} were like this a great deal, fighting a number of wars against each other all the way up to the 1800s. However, they've stopped since UsefulNotes/WorldWarI broke out. These days, it's mostly sporting rivalries that the British media plays up to.

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* The United Kingdom and France (sometimes Germany too). Historically, [[UsefulNotes/{{Britain}} England]] UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom and UsefulNotes/{{France}} (sometimes UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} too). Historically, UsefulNotes/{{England}} and France were like this a great deal, fighting a number of wars against each other all the way up to the 1800s. However, they've stopped since UsefulNotes/WorldWarI broke out. These days, it's mostly sporting rivalries that the British media plays up to.



** This creates a strange problem every year for fans of Michigan State University's sports teams: on one hand, Michigan State's biggest rival is the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan, but on the other hand, Michigan's great rival (as mentioned above) is Ohio State. The great majority of MSU students/fans are from Michigan, raised on a diet of hatred for everything related to Ohio. The result is that a perpetual debate in East Lansing is whether one should root for Ohio State or Michigan when they face each other. Consensus is somewhere around Henry Kissinger's observation about the UsefulNotes/IranIraqWar: "Too bad they can't both lose."

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** This creates a strange problem every year for fans of Michigan State University's sports teams: on one hand, Michigan State's biggest rival is the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan, but on the other hand, Michigan's great rival (as mentioned above) is Ohio State. The great majority of MSU students/fans are from Michigan, raised on a diet of hatred for everything related to Ohio. The result is that a perpetual debate in East Lansing is whether one should root for Ohio State or Michigan when they face each other. Consensus is somewhere around Henry Kissinger's UsefulNotes/HenryKissinger's observation about the UsefulNotes/IranIraqWar: "Too bad they can't both lose."



* UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli (Conservative) vs. UsefulNotes/WilliamGladstone (Liberal), considered to be one of the most famous of political rivalries, lasting a decade and a half. Two consummate politicians who loathed each other, clashed over the post of the British prime minister. (Gladstone served longer as PM).

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* UsefulNotes/BenjaminDisraeli (Conservative) vs. UsefulNotes/WilliamGladstone (Liberal), considered to be one of the most famous of political rivalries, lasting a decade and a half. Two consummate politicians who loathed each other, clashed over the post of the British prime minister. (Gladstone served longer as PM).PM.)



* UsefulNotes/PierreTrudeau (prime minister of Canada, and also father of the current PM Justin Trudeau) vs. René Lévesque (leader of Parti Québécois, a mainstream political party advocating for the separation of Quebec). The duo fought bitterly over ten years over the independence of Quebec. The rivalry culminated during the drafting of the Canadian constitution; Trudeau, fearing the trouble Lévesque might cause, had to trick Lévesque by waiting until he was asleep before starting the backroom deals that would ultimately produce the document. Lévesque and the province of Quebec never forgave the trick; they still have not signed the constitution.

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* UsefulNotes/PierreTrudeau (prime minister of Canada, and also father of the current PM Justin Trudeau) vs. René Lévesque (leader of Parti Québécois, a mainstream political party advocating for the separation of Quebec). Québec). The duo fought bitterly over ten years over the independence of Quebec.Québec. The rivalry culminated during the drafting of the Canadian constitution; Trudeau, fearing the trouble Lévesque might cause, had to trick Lévesque by waiting until he was asleep before starting the backroom deals that would ultimately produce the document. Lévesque and the province of Quebec Québec never forgave the trick; they still have not signed the constitution.



* It's often joked, though with much substance, that the true bitterest enemies and rival Generals of World War Two, were General [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton George Patton]] and Field Marshal [[UsefulNotes/BernardLawMontgomery Bernard Montgomery]].

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* It's often joked, though with much substance, that the true bitterest enemies and rival Generals generals of World War Two, II were General [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton George Patton]] and Field Marshal [[UsefulNotes/BernardLawMontgomery Bernard Montgomery]].



* UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton vs. Gottfried Leibniz. Clashed over who actually discovered calculus (now most agree that Newton came up with the idea first, but Leibniz probably came up with calculus independently from Newton). The rivalry was mostly [[UnknownRival one sided]], with Newton and the UK treating Leibniz as an personal insult. This resulted in English mathematicians refusing to acknowledge developments in math from the rest of Europe, ultimately holding up English mathematics for about a century.

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* UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton vs. Gottfried Leibniz. Clashed over who actually discovered calculus (now most agree that Newton came up with the idea first, but Leibniz probably came up with calculus independently from Newton). The rivalry was mostly [[UnknownRival one sided]], with Newton and the UK treating Leibniz as an personal insult. This resulted in English British mathematicians refusing to acknowledge developments in math from the rest of Europe, ultimately holding up English British mathematics for about a century.



* UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison vs. UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla. Fought over the early electricity market, especially over whether power should be supplied as Direct (Edison) or Alternating (Tesla) current. Edison undertook a particularity vicious smear campaign against Tesla, which resulted in Tesla being pushed off public life and dying penniless and alone. Although Tesla has now been vindicated in that alternating current was better for transmission of electricity (if Edison had won, the electrical grid would have been so complex that electricity would probably never have replaced steam power as the driver of modern society).

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* UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison vs. UsefulNotes/NikolaTesla. Fought over the early electricity market, especially over whether power should be supplied as Direct direct (Edison) or Alternating alternating (Tesla) current. Edison undertook a particularity vicious smear campaign against Tesla, which resulted in Tesla being pushed off public life and dying penniless and alone. Although Tesla has now been vindicated in that alternating current was better for transmission of electricity (if Edison had won, the electrical grid would have been so complex that electricity would probably never have replaced steam power as the driver of modern society).
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* Creator/EugeneDelacroix and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, two French painters from the 19th century who represented the more emotive, turbulent UsefulNotes/{{Romanticism}} and the carefully crafted neoclassicism respectively. Delacroix himself was very merciless to the works of Ingres; he recorded seeing Ingres's exhibition in his journal and said: "The dominating thing in it, to a great degree, is the ridiculous; it is the complete expression of an incomplete intelligence; effort and pretension are everywhere; there is not a spark of naturalness in it." Surprisingly, the two accidentally met at the steps of the French Institute later in their careers. Ingres held out his hand, which Delacroix shook amicably.

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* Creator/EugeneDelacroix and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, two French painters from the 19th century who represented the more emotive, turbulent UsefulNotes/{{Romanticism}} Main/{{Romanticism}} and the carefully crafted neoclassicism respectively. Delacroix himself was very merciless to the works of Ingres; he recorded seeing Ingres's exhibition in his journal and said: "The dominating thing in it, to a great degree, is the ridiculous; it is the complete expression of an incomplete intelligence; effort and pretension are everywhere; there is not a spark of naturalness in it." Surprisingly, the two accidentally met at the steps of the French Institute later in their careers. Ingres held out his hand, which Delacroix shook amicably.
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** Shakespearean scholars often believe that the Bard felt that Creator/ChristopherMarlowe was his AlwaysSomeoneBetter (a man who, according to UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories fakes his death and was the true author of Shakespeare's plays but leaving that aside). Marlowe was 29 when he died but was already the most popular and influential tragedian of his day. Shakespeare's plays constantly made allusions to his work, and he is considered Shakespeare's greatest influence, and maybe [[TheMentor his mentor]] (recent works credit Marlowe and Shakespeare with joint authorship on the early ''Henry VI'').

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** Shakespearean scholars often believe that the Bard felt that Creator/ChristopherMarlowe was his AlwaysSomeoneBetter (a man who, according to UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories conspiracy theories fakes his death and was the true author of Shakespeare's plays but leaving that aside). Marlowe was 29 when he died but was already the most popular and influential tragedian of his day. Shakespeare's plays constantly made allusions to his work, and he is considered Shakespeare's greatest influence, and maybe [[TheMentor his mentor]] (recent works credit Marlowe and Shakespeare with joint authorship on the early ''Henry VI'').

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* Creator/EugeneDelacroix and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, two French painters from the 19th century who represented the more emotive, turbulent UsefulNotes/{{Romanticism}} and the carefully crafted neoclassicism respectively. Delacroix himself was very merciless to the works of Ingres; he recorded seeing Ingres's exhibition in his journal and said: "The dominating thing in it, to a great degree, is the ridiculous; it is the complete expression of an incomplete intelligence; effort and pretension are everywhere; there is not a spark of naturalness in it." Surprisingly, the two accidentally met at the steps of the French Institute later in their careers. Ingres held out his hand, which Delacroix shook amicably.



* The rivalry between Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez and Creator/MarioVargasLlosa also turned brutal. Vargas Llosa once beat him a black eye. A photograph of this was published in 2007. Ideologically they were also different; García Márquez was left-wing and Vargas Llosa right-wing. %% Per Hispanic naming convention, both have two family names, with the father's being first.

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* The rivalry between Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez and Creator/MarioVargasLlosa also turned brutal. Vargas Llosa once beat gave him a black eye. A photograph of this was published in 2007. Ideologically they were also different; García Márquez was left-wing and Vargas Llosa right-wing. %% Per Hispanic naming convention, both have two family names, with the father's being first.
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* UsefulNotes/JosefStalin vs. UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky. Most now agree that Trotsky would have made a better leader, but Stalin won the argument by having a ice axe stuck in Trotsky's head.

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* UsefulNotes/JosefStalin vs. UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky. Most now agree Some argue that Trotsky would have made a better leader, but Stalin won the argument by having a ice axe stuck in Trotsky's head.
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* Creator/{{Disney}} animation vs. [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros.]] animation during the 1940s and 1950s, and then again in the 1990s. In the 1930s it was Disney vs. [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer the Fleischers]], and in the 1980s it was Disney vs. Creator/DonBluth. In the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], Creator/DreamWorksAnimation was been Disney's main rival. By the end of TheNew10s, the competition is largely Dreamworks and its sister studio Creator/IlluminationEntertainment

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* Creator/{{Disney}} animation vs. [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros.]] animation during the 1940s and 1950s, and then again in the 1990s. In the 1930s it was Disney vs. [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer the Fleischers]], and in the 1980s it was Disney vs. Creator/DonBluth. In the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], Creator/DreamWorksAnimation was been Disney's main rival. By the end of TheNew10s, the 2010s, the competition is largely Dreamworks and its sister studio Creator/IlluminationEntertainmentCreator/IlluminationEntertainment.
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* In terms of ThemeParks, the most known rivalry is between Ride/DisneyThemeParks and Ride/UniversalStudios. Especially when it comes to their parks in Florida and Japan. Regionally, Ride/SixFlags and Ride/CedarFair are the two dominant forces in the industry.

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* Creator/{{Disney}} animation vs. [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros.]] animation during the 1940s and 1950s, and then again in the 1990s. In the 1930s it was Disney vs. [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer the Fleischers]], and in the 1980s it was Disney vs. Creator/DonBluth. Since the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], Creator/DreamWorksAnimation has been Disney's main rival.

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* Creator/{{Disney}} animation vs. [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros.]] animation during the 1940s and 1950s, and then again in the 1990s. In the 1930s it was Disney vs. [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer the Fleischers]], and in the 1980s it was Disney vs. Creator/DonBluth. Since In the [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], Creator/DreamWorksAnimation has was been Disney's main rival. By the end of TheNew10s, the competition is largely Dreamworks and its sister studio Creator/IlluminationEntertainment



* Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} are the epitome of this. Throughout TheNineties, the latter dominated the kids' television market with programming such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'', ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack'', and ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''. By the TurnOfTheMillennium however, the former (which started as a premium channel in 1983) had slowly but gradually changed its format to become a more basic cable network. Luckily for Disney Channel, they had a wide variety of content that would put them on the map, such as ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'', ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', and ''Series/HannahMontana''. It's no surprise that by the mid-2000s, both Nickelodeon and Disney Channel would become rivals.

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* Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} are the epitome of this. Throughout TheNineties, the latter dominated the kids' television market with programming such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'', ''Series/AllThat'', ''Series/TheSecretWorldOfAlexMack'', and ''Series/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''. By the TurnOfTheMillennium however, the former (which started as a premium channel in 1983) had slowly but gradually changed its format to become a more basic cable network. Luckily for Disney Channel, they had a wide variety of content that would put them on the map, such as ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'', ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', ''Series/HannahMontana'', and ''Series/HannahMontana''.made-for-TV movies like ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. It's no surprise that by the mid-2000s, both Nickelodeon and Disney Channel would become rivals. Animation wise, Creator/CartoonNetwork was also a primary rival to both networks. However, their ratings have never exactly reached the same heights of success that Nick and Disney have.


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* In terms of ThemeParks, the most known rivalry is between Ride/DisneyThemeParks and Ride/UniversalStudios. Especially when it comes to their parks in Florida and Japan. Regionally, Ride/SixFlags and Ride/CedarFair are the two dominant forces in the industry.
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* Pioneer paleontologists Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. In their case, it got so ugly that their rivalry was nicknamed [[AwesomeMcCoolName "The Bone Wars"]]. Highlights of the Bone Wars included such petty tactics as stealing each other's fossils, attacking each others' professional reputations, and [[WeWinBecauseYouDidnt destroying each other's dig sites to prevent the other from getting credit for their discoveries.]] The war ended when they had both bankrupted themselves from all their underhanded endeavors.

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* Pioneer paleontologists Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. In their case, it got so ugly that their rivalry was nicknamed [[AwesomeMcCoolName "The Bone Wars"]]. Wars." Highlights of the Bone Wars included such petty tactics as stealing each other's fossils, attacking each others' professional reputations, and [[WeWinBecauseYouDidnt destroying each other's dig sites to prevent the other from getting credit for their discoveries.]] The war ended when they had both bankrupted themselves from all their underhanded endeavors.
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* Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls were the epitome of the 1990s East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry. Former friends who fell out for a number of reasons, the situation was exacerbated by them working for the rival Death Row and Bad Boy record labels, and being associated with the rival Bloods and Crips street gangs.

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* Tupac Shakur Music/TupacShakur and [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG Biggie Smalls Smalls]] were the epitome of the 1990s East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry. Former friends who fell out for a number of reasons, the situation was exacerbated by them working for the rival Death Row and Bad Boy record labels, and being associated with the rival Bloods and Crips street gangs.
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* Music/TheBeatles and Music/TheRollingStones, though the rivalry was more among their fans than the bands themselves.

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* Music/TheBeatles and Music/TheRollingStones, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, though the rivalry was more among their fans than the bands themselves.
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* UsefulNotes/{{Greece}} and UsefulNotes/{{Turkey}}, all the way back to UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar.
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** Private railway operators that offer a service inspired by budget airlines popped up in the 2010's, with Ouigo (a subsidiary of SNCF) and Flixtrain (a subsidiary of Flixbus) being the two biggest ones. In the early 2020's, Spain became noteworthy for having ''three'' operators offering similar low-cost high-speed services open up shop around the same time: Ouigo España (once again from SNCF), Avlo (a subsidiary of Spanish national operator Renfe), and Iryo (owned by regional airline Air Nostrum with support from Trenitalia), suddenly making Spain's railway network one of the most fought-over in the world.
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* In Europe, where European Union law required the liberalisation of access to railway infrastructure, it is common for a publicly-owned railway company to have a privately-owned rival on specific long-distance routes.
** In Italy, Trenitalia Frecciarossa (public) vs. Italo (private) kicked off this trend, with both companies offering often directly competing high-speed services across the nation. Italo was originally pitched as a more luxurious experience, but the competition led to both companies offering a more diverse range of service types to the point where they're now directly comparable.
** The Paris to Milan route also features a rivalry between France's SNCF and Italy's Trenitalia, with SNCF opting for more local stops while Trenitalia created a more traditional intercity service. Trenitalia's route notably travels directly between Paris and Lyon, making it a major competitor for SNCF services between those two cities as well.
** In Austria, OBB Railjet (public) vs. Westbahn (private) on the Vienna to Munich route. Railjet is more luxurious and long-distance oriented, while Westbahn is more budget friendly and makes more regular stops.
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* Creator/WaltDisney and Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer. The Fleischers were ''the'' studio in the 1920s and worked on many innovations like synchronized sound and three-dimensional backgrounds that Disney perfected and got credit for. Disney, located in Hollywood favored realism, while the Fleischers located in New York City preferred surrealism. Eventually the Fleischer films suffered because not only was Disney able to lure away key talent because as film historian Leonard Maltin said "Fleischers' interests were mechanical not artistic", but only because their distributor Paramount forced them to start imitating Disney. In the end the Fleischers lost their studio because of poor business decisions like moving their studio to Miami, Florida which in the 1930s was a backwater town away from the talent hub of NYC which was financed entirely from a loan from Paramount. The failures of the Fletchers' feature-films meant they couldn't pay back the loan and Paramount ousted the brothers and took control of their studio. By contrast Disney made sure he was in control of his studios, not his distributors he had three: Pat Powers, United Artists, and RKO before he decided to do it himself. He also had the benefit of having his brother Roy to act has his business savvy partner to take care of financing from the Bank of America.

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* Creator/WaltDisney and Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer. The Fleischers were ''the'' studio in the 1920s and worked on many innovations like synchronized sound and three-dimensional backgrounds that Disney perfected and got credit for. Disney, located in Hollywood Hollywood, favored realism, while the Fleischers Fleischers, located in New York City City, preferred surrealism. Eventually the Fleischer films suffered because not only was Disney able to lure away key talent because as film historian Leonard Maltin said "Fleischers' interests were mechanical not artistic", but only because their distributor Paramount forced them to start imitating Disney. In the end the Fleischers lost their studio because of poor business decisions like moving their studio to Miami, Florida which in the 1930s was a backwater town away from the talent hub of NYC which was financed entirely from a loan from Paramount. The failures of the Fletchers' feature-films Fleischers' feature films meant they couldn't pay back the loan and Paramount ousted the brothers and took control of their studio. By contrast Disney made sure he was in control of his studios, not his distributors he had three: Pat Powers, United Artists, and RKO before he decided to do it himself. He also had the benefit of having his brother Roy to act has his business savvy business-savvy partner to take care of financing from the Bank of America.



* Willy Vandersteen (''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'') and Marc Sleen (''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}''). Both were the best known and commercially best-selling comic strip artists in Flanders from the 1940s until the 1960s. After 1965 however Vandersteen soon eclipsed him because he had several successful series in syndication, drawn by his studio which also sold well in other countries, especially the Netherlands. Sleen on the other hand had dropped all his other series in favor of ''Nero'' because he had to do all the work alone. His comics only sold well in Flanders, though they had some cult succes in Wallony and the Netherlands too, but his stories became less interesting for children, while he refused to ''sell out'' which made his series only sell well among adults from that point on.

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* Willy Vandersteen (''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'') and Marc Sleen (''ComicStrip/{{Nero}}''). Both were the best known and commercially best-selling comic strip artists in Flanders from the 1940s until the 1960s. After 1965 however Vandersteen soon eclipsed him because he had several successful series in syndication, drawn by his studio which also sold well in other countries, especially the Netherlands. Sleen on the other hand had dropped all his other series in favor of ''Nero'' because he had to do all the work alone. His comics only sold well in Flanders, though they had some cult succes success in Wallony Wallonia and the Netherlands too, but his stories became less interesting for children, while he refused to ''sell out'' which made his series only sell well among adults from that point on.



* In the U.S., Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus versus Creator/CirqueDuSoleil -- the two biggest circus companies in the world, each with a distinctive approach to the form. Ringling was "traditional", with up to three tours that crisscrossed the country and are relaunched with new acts and themes every one-to-two years; Cirque is "contemporary", with each show a unique, theme-driven piece of theater that can run for years on end. Also, the former used live animals and the latter does not, with the exception of some doves in ''Theatre/CrissAngelBelieve''. Because Cirque shows are usually performed under tents in big cities and Ringling Bros. traveled the broader arena circuit, this rivalry was largely one of style (though Ringling attempted a Cirque-style tour, ''Barnum's Kaleidoscape'', at the end of TheNineties) until Cirque started adapting older shows for arenas in 2007. Cirque ultimately won -- Ringling Bros. closed up shop in 2017, citing too-high operating costs and a decade of slumping ticket sales that cratered in 2016 when, bowing to pressure from animal rights activists, they retired elephants from their menagerie.

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* In the U.S., Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus versus Creator/CirqueDuSoleil -- the two biggest circus companies in the world, each with a distinctive approach to the form. Ringling was "traditional", with up to three tours that crisscrossed the country and are relaunched with new acts and themes every one-to-two years; Cirque is "contemporary", with each show a unique, theme-driven piece of theater that can run for years on end. Also, the former used live animals and the latter does not, with the exception of some doves in ''Theatre/CrissAngelBelieve''. Because Cirque shows are usually performed under tents in big cities and Ringling Bros. traveled the broader arena circuit, this rivalry was largely one of style (though Ringling attempted a Cirque-style tour, ''Barnum's Kaleidoscape'', at the end of TheNineties) until Cirque started adapting older shows for arenas in 2007. Cirque ultimately won -- Ringling Bros. closed up shop in 2017, citing too-high operating costs and a decade of slumping ticket sales that cratered in 2016 when, bowing to pressure from animal rights activists, they retired elephants from their menagerie. Ringling Bros. did announce a return in 2022, with shows starting in 2023, but the new Ringling will operate more like Cirque, with no animals.

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* Creator/BetteDavis and Creator/JoanCrawford.

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* Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/JamesCameron.

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* Creator/HarrisonFord vs. Creator/KurtRussell vs. Creator/NickNolte.
* Creator/NataliePortman vs. Creator/KeiraKnightley vs. Creator/AnneHathaway.
* Creator/SaoirseRonan and Creator/DakotaFanning.
* Creator/AbigailBreslin and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz
* Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/AlPacino
* Creator/DustinHoffman and Creator/JackNicholson.
* Creator/BenStiller and Creator/AdamSandler.
* Creator/JulianneMoore and Creator/AnnetteBening.
* Creator/MichellePfeiffer vs. Creator/SharonStone, though it's more of a FriendlyRivalry.
* Creator/TomCruise and Creator/BradPitt. [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire Eventually, even on-screen]].
* Creator/MerylStreep vs. Creator/SusanSarandon vs. Creator/GlennClose.
* Creator/SeanPenn vs Creator/JohnCusack vs. Creator/KevinSpacey.
* Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/OlgaKurylenko.
* Creator/RussellCrowe and Creator/HughJackman. [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Eventually, even on-screen]].
* Creator/DwayneJohnson and Creator/VinDiesel. [[Film/FastFive Eventually, even on-screen]].
* Creator/StevenSeagal and Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.
* Creator/AmandaSeyfried and Creator/OliviaWilde.
* Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/EmmaStone.
* Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/EmilyBlunt.
* Creator/RyanGosling and Creator/JakeGyllenhaal.
* Creator/EdwardNorton and Creator/MarkWahlberg.
* Creator/MillaJovovich and Creator/KateBeckinsale.
* Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar.
* Creator/MorganFreeman and Creator/AnthonyHopkins.
* Creator/DanielCraig and Creator/GerardButler.
* Creator/DevPatel and Creator/RizAhmed.

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* %%* Creator/HarrisonFord vs. Creator/KurtRussell vs. Creator/NickNolte.
* %%* Creator/NataliePortman vs. Creator/KeiraKnightley vs. Creator/AnneHathaway.
* %%* Creator/SaoirseRonan and Creator/DakotaFanning.
* %%* Creator/AbigailBreslin and Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz
* %%* Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/AlPacino
* %%* Creator/DustinHoffman and Creator/JackNicholson.
* %%* Creator/BenStiller and Creator/AdamSandler.
* %%* Creator/JulianneMoore and Creator/AnnetteBening.
* %%* Creator/MichellePfeiffer vs. Creator/SharonStone, though it's more of a FriendlyRivalry.
* %%* Creator/TomCruise and Creator/BradPitt. [[Film/InterviewWithTheVampire Eventually, even on-screen]].
* %%* Creator/MerylStreep vs. Creator/SusanSarandon vs. Creator/GlennClose.
* %%* Creator/SeanPenn vs Creator/JohnCusack vs. Creator/KevinSpacey.
* %%* Creator/EvaGreen and Creator/OlgaKurylenko.
* %%* Creator/RussellCrowe and Creator/HughJackman. [[Film/LesMiserables2012 Eventually, even on-screen]].
* %%* Creator/DwayneJohnson and Creator/VinDiesel. [[Film/FastFive Eventually, even on-screen]].
* %%* Creator/StevenSeagal and Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme.
* %%* Creator/AmandaSeyfried and Creator/OliviaWilde.
* %%* Creator/JenniferLawrence and Creator/EmmaStone.
* %%* Creator/ScarlettJohansson and Creator/EmilyBlunt.
* %%* Creator/RyanGosling and Creator/JakeGyllenhaal.
* %%* Creator/EdwardNorton and Creator/MarkWahlberg.
* %%* Creator/MillaJovovich and Creator/KateBeckinsale.
* %%* Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt and Creator/SarahMichelleGellar.
* %%* Creator/MorganFreeman and Creator/AnthonyHopkins.
* %%* Creator/DanielCraig and Creator/GerardButler.
* %%* Creator/DevPatel and Creator/RizAhmed.



* Creator/LillianHellman vs. Mary [=McCarthy=].
* Creator/VladimirNabokov vs. Edmund Wilson.

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* %%* Creator/LillianHellman vs. Mary [=McCarthy=].
* %%* Creator/VladimirNabokov vs. Edmund Wilson.



* Comic book writer Dan Slott (best known for his [[BrokenBase divisive]] [[ComicBook/DanSlottSpiderMan run]] as ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' writer) vs. ''Bleeding Cool'' founder Rich Johnston. This rivalry further increased in November 2016 when the latter reported that Slott deleted his Twitter account after a major rhetoric, but it turns out that Slott's Twitter account wasn't deleted at all. However, both Slott and Johnston have become more of a VitriolicBestBuds but the former now holds a grudge at current ''Bleeding Cool'' writer Jude Terror, who is no stranger to controversy like Slott, see the update of this [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/11/25/thanks-bleeding-cool-dan-slott-back-twitter/ article]], written by Terror.

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* Comic book writer Dan Slott (best known for his [[BrokenBase divisive]] [[ComicBook/DanSlottSpiderMan [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManDanSlott run]] as ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' writer) vs. ''Bleeding Cool'' founder Rich Johnston. This rivalry further increased in November 2016 when the latter reported that Slott deleted his Twitter account after a major rhetoric, but it turns out that Slott's Twitter account wasn't deleted at all. However, both Slott and Johnston have become more of a VitriolicBestBuds but the former now holds a grudge at current ''Bleeding Cool'' writer Jude Terror, who is no stranger to controversy like Slott, see the update of this [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/11/25/thanks-bleeding-cool-dan-slott-back-twitter/ article]], written by Terror.
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* Creator/CharlieChaplin and [[Film/LaurelAndHardy Stan Laurel]]. Laurel and Chaplin both performed in the same music hall company. Laurel got a reputation for imitating Chaplin almost perfectly, which didn't please Chaplin at all. Later Chaplin went into movies and became the most famous film star of all time. Laurel expected Chaplin to give him a phone call later on, but this never happened. As a result, Laurel had to struggle another 15 years before he made it big with partner Oliver Hardy. Chaplin mentioned Laurel only briefly in his autobiography.

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* Creator/CharlieChaplin and [[Film/LaurelAndHardy [[Creator/LaurelAndHardy Stan Laurel]]. Laurel and Chaplin both performed in the same music hall company. Laurel got a reputation for imitating Chaplin almost perfectly, which didn't please Chaplin at all. Later Chaplin went into movies and became the most famous film star of all time. Laurel expected Chaplin to give him a phone call later on, but this never happened. As a result, Laurel had to struggle another 15 years before he made it big with partner Oliver Hardy. Chaplin mentioned Laurel only briefly in his autobiography.



* Creator/NataliePortman vs. Creator/KeiraKnightley vs. Creator/AnneHathaway

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* Creator/NataliePortman vs. Creator/KeiraKnightley vs. Creator/AnneHathawayCreator/AnneHathaway.
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* The rivalry between Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez and Creator/MarioVargasLlosa also turned brutal. Vargas Llosa once beat him a black eye. A photograph of this was published in 2007. Ideologically they were also different, garcía Márquez was left wing and Vargas Llosa right wing. %% Per Hispanic naming convention, both have two family names, with the father's being first.

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* The rivalry between Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez and Creator/MarioVargasLlosa also turned brutal. Vargas Llosa once beat him a black eye. A photograph of this was published in 2007. Ideologically they were also different, garcía different; García Márquez was left wing left-wing and Vargas Llosa right wing.right-wing. %% Per Hispanic naming convention, both have two family names, with the father's being first.
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* The rivalry between Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez and Creator/MarioVargasLlosa also turned brutal. Llosa once beat him a black eye. A photograph of this was published in 2007. Ideologically they were also different, Márquez was left wing and Llosa right wing.

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* The rivalry between Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez and Creator/MarioVargasLlosa also turned brutal. Vargas Llosa once beat him a black eye. A photograph of this was published in 2007. Ideologically they were also different, garcía Márquez was left wing and Vargas Llosa right wing. %% Per Hispanic naming convention, both have two family names, with the father's being first.



* Vladimir Nabokov vs. Edmund Wilson.

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* Vladimir Nabokov Creator/VladimirNabokov vs. Edmund Wilson.
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** California and Texas, mainly due to [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement being on opposite ends of the political spectrum]].

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** California and Texas, mainly due to [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement being on opposite ends of the political spectrum]].spectrum.
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** Creator/{{Sega}} vs. [[Creator/BandaiNamco Namco]] was another one, due to both companies having a foothold in the arcades, while also delving into the same genres with their games (''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' vs. ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'', ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' vs. ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'', etc.), and for being on opposite consoles in terms of console wars, due to Namco's exclusive support for Sony...at least until ''VideoGame/{{Soulcalibur}}'' was released as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast.

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** Creator/{{Sega}} vs. [[Creator/BandaiNamco Namco]] Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment was another one, due to both companies having a foothold in the arcades, while also delving into the same genres with their games (''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' vs. ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'', ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' vs. ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'', etc.), and for being on opposite consoles in terms of console wars, due to Namco's exclusive support for Sony...at least until ''VideoGame/{{Soulcalibur}}'' was released as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast.
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* Music/ClaudeFrancois and Creator/JohnnyHallyday. Outside of the {{Disco}} vs RockAndRoll thing in UsefulNotes/{{France}} in TheSeventies, their personalities clashed heavily.

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** Considering Taylor Swift was ''in'' Miley Cyrus' ''Series/HannahMontana'' movie, this is not very likely. Taylor and Music/KatyPerry, however, is the real deal as Swift dissed Perry in her song "Bad Blood".

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** Considering Taylor Swift was ''in'' Miley Cyrus' ''Series/HannahMontana'' movie, this is not very likely. Taylor and Music/KatyPerry, however, is was the real deal as Swift dissed Perry in her song "Bad Blood".Blood" until both reconciled in 2018 with Perry appearing in Swift's music video for "You Need to Calm Down" a year later.



* Music/{{Madonna}} vs. Music/LadyGaga, especially to the point that the former criticised the latter's "Born This Way" and calling it reductive.
* Music/{{Drake}} vs. Music/MeekMill.

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** It's also averted for Cyrus vs. Music/DemiLovato and Music/ArianaGrande as Cyrus is also good friends with both of them.
* Music/{{Madonna}} vs. Music/LadyGaga, especially to the point that the former criticised the latter's "Born This Way" and calling it reductive.
reductive, though the two ended the beef in 2019.
* Music/{{Drake}} vs. Music/MeekMill. Fortunately, the two ended their rivalry in 2018 with Drake collaborating with Mill on the song "Going Bad".



* Music/JustinBieber vs. Music/ShawnMendes.

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* Music/JustinBieber vs. Music/ShawnMendes.Music/ShawnMendes, though it's more between their fans than themselves as they collaborated with the song "Monster" in 2020.
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** His real FriendlyRivalry might have been with Ben Jonson, the [[InsufferableGenius self-aggrandizing but brilliant]] comic playwright of such works as ''The Alchemist'' and ''Volpone''. Records show that Shakespeare's company often put Jonson's plays and Shakespeare acted in his plays and vice versa. Most famously, years after Shakespeare's death, the famous First Folio has the famous Ben Jonson write an Essay of Dedication for Shakespeare where he admits that he's an all-time great playwright but [[VitriolicBestBuds can't resist a dig]] about how Shakespeare knew "little Latin and less Greek" as opposed to, you know, him.

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** His real FriendlyRivalry might have been with Ben Jonson, Creator/BenJonson, the [[InsufferableGenius self-aggrandizing but brilliant]] comic playwright of such works as ''The Alchemist'' and ''Volpone''. Records show that Shakespeare's company often put Jonson's plays and Shakespeare acted in his plays and vice versa. Most famously, years after Shakespeare's death, the famous First Folio has the famous Ben Jonson write an Essay of Dedication for Shakespeare where he admits that he's an all-time great playwright but [[VitriolicBestBuds can't resist a dig]] about how Shakespeare knew "little Latin and less Greek" as opposed to, you know, him.
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* Creator/BetteDavis and Creator/JoanFontaine.

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* Creator/BetteDavis and Creator/JoanFontaine.Creator/JoanCrawford.

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** California and Texas, mainly due to [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement being on opposite ends of the political spectrum).

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** California and Texas, mainly due to [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement being on opposite ends of the political spectrum).spectrum]].


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* Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls were the epitome of the 1990s East Coast-West Coast rap rivalry. Former friends who fell out for a number of reasons, the situation was exacerbated by them working for the rival Death Row and Bad Boy record labels, and being associated with the rival Bloods and Crips street gangs.
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** [[Creator/ElectronicArts EA Sports]] vs. [[Creator/TakeTwoInteractive 2K Sports]]. EA also shares a rivalry with Creator/{{Activision}}, and this can be seen in the franchises they publish (''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' vs ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'', ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' vs. ''VideoGame/{{Skate}}'', ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' vs. ''VideoGame/RockBand'', ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}} vs. ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'').

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** [[Creator/ElectronicArts EA Sports]] vs. [[Creator/TakeTwoInteractive 2K Sports]]. EA also shares a rivalry with Creator/{{Activision}}, and this can be seen in the franchises they publish (''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' vs ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'', ''VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater'' vs. ''VideoGame/{{Skate}}'', ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' vs. ''VideoGame/RockBand'', ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}} ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}'' vs. ''VideoGame/{{Titanfall}}'').
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* From the video game industry we have:

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* From the video game industry we have:industry:



** Creator/Sega vs. [[Creator/BandaiNamco Namco]] was another one, due to both companies having a foothold in the arcades, while also delving into the same genres with their games (''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' vs. ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'', ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' vs. ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'', etc.), and for being on opposite consoles in terms of console wars, due to Namco's exclusive support for Sony...at least until ''VideoGame/{{Soulcalibur}}'' was released as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast.
** Creator/{{Capcom}} vs. Creator/{{SNK}} is a notable 90s rivalry, due to both of them competing in the fighting game genre with ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''. So much so that the two eventually [[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom clashed officially]].

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** Creator/Sega Creator/{{Sega}} vs. [[Creator/BandaiNamco Namco]] was another one, due to both companies having a foothold in the arcades, while also delving into the same genres with their games (''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'' vs. ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'', ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer'' vs. ''VideoGame/DaytonaUSA'', etc.), and for being on opposite consoles in terms of console wars, due to Namco's exclusive support for Sony...at least until ''VideoGame/{{Soulcalibur}}'' was released as a launch title for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast.
** Creator/{{Capcom}} vs. Creator/{{SNK}} is a notable 90s rivalry, due to both of them competing in the fighting game genre with ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''. So much so that the two eventually [[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom clashed officially]].
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** Creator/{{Capcom}} vs. Creator/{{SNK}} is a notable 90s rivalry, due to both of them competing in the fighting game genre with ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/KingOfFighters''. So much so that the two eventually [[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom clashed officially]].
** Squaresoft vs. Enix, due to both of them owning the biggest JRPG franchises, ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' and ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' respectively. At least, until they merged to become VideoGame/SquareEnix.

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** Creator/{{Capcom}} vs. Creator/{{SNK}} is a notable 90s rivalry, due to both of them competing in the fighting game genre with ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/KingOfFighters''.''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''. So much so that the two eventually [[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom clashed officially]].
** Squaresoft vs. Enix, due to both of them owning the biggest JRPG franchises, ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' and ''Franchise/DragonQuest'' respectively. At least, until they merged to become VideoGame/SquareEnix.Creator/SquareEnix.



** Creator/BioWare vs. Creator/{{Bethesda}} vs. Creator/CDProjekt, due to their games all being notable examples of WesternRolePlayingGames.

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** Creator/BioWare vs. Creator/{{Bethesda}} vs. Creator/CDProjekt, due to their games all being notable examples of WesternRolePlayingGames.influential in the WRPG genre.

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