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11	->''"There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them."''
12	-->-- ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''
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14	Whether [[DividedWeFall hostile to each other]], indifferent, or strangers, different groups must fight on the same side. All the way up to an EnemyMine situation. Afterwards, they are no longer hostile and perhaps even actual friends. If they continue as enemies, they are FriendlyEnemy.
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16	Bonus points if:
17	* they [[IOweYouMyLife save each other's lives in the heat of battle]];
18	* they fight as BackToBackBadasses;
19	* one says ItHasBeenAnHonor;
20	* one insists that NoOneGetsLeftBehind, or that the other's is a GreaterNeedThanMine;
21	* one [[GiveMeASword gives the other a weapon]].
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23	The PowerOfTrust often comes into play, since they often must trust the other not to stab them InTheBack.
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25	Borderline cases when RedemptionEqualsDeath, since the friendship could have broken up after the fighting ended. Still, expect the survivor to refuse to let the other [[DyingAlone die alone]], and often a MeaningfulFuneral or ToAbsentFriends follows, especially if it involved a long period of time and hiatuses in the actual fighting — a campaign or a war rather than a battle.
26	May occur after LetsYouAndHimFight, and lead to LightheartedRematch. May also lead to [[ItWasAGift exchanging plot-significant objects]], or just an OddFriendship. In a military situation, when this occurs between a superior and his juniors, may lead to their speaking WithDueRespect. When mistrust is manifested after this trope, RememberThatYouTrustMe often ensues.
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28	Other hazardous or even mere strenuous activities that require mutual assistance, such as TheChase, can also develop a kind of this; the closer it comes to as dangerous as war, like an attempt to escape through a jungle full of man-eating beasts and other dangers, the more it will resemble it.
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30	Overlap with BandOfBrothers is considerable, but in this trope, they need never work together again, and that one, they do not ''have'' to be friendly, just reliable.
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32	When these fire-forged friends belong to opposite genders, expect them to take it to [[BattleCouple the next level]].
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34	TruthInTelevision to a very large extent, as many people who served in any military force can testify, even more so if they are war veterans. Note that if they did not actually fight in the same battles, it's CommonalityConnection to learn they were both soldiers.
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36	Contrast DefeatMeansFriendship, KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand, AFriendInNeed, SwornBrothers. Compare RelationshipSalvagingDisaster, where traumatic events keep people who were already friends together, BullyTurnedBuddy, where the characters were in an outright abusive relationship before becoming friends, and NoAnimosityInTheAfterlife, where it's being ''dead'' that makes people grow closer.
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38	!!Example subpages:
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40	[[index]]
41	* FireForgedFriends/AnimeAndManga
42	* FireForgedFriends/ComicBooks
43	* FireForgedFriends/FanWorks
44	* FireForgedFriends/{{Film}}
45	* FireForgedFriends/{{Literature}}
46	* FireForgedFriends/LiveActionTV
47	* FireForgedFriends/VideoGames
48	* FireForgedFriends/WesternAnimation
49	* FireForgedFriends/RealLife
50	[[/index]]
51
52	!!Other examples:
53	[[foldercontrol]]
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55	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
56	* In ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Careful S. and Kalo start off as enemies and fight in a lava cave that starts to collapse. Then they save each other's lives, and the two become friends and BashBrothers.
57	[[/folder]]
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59	[[folder:Multiple Media]]
60	* Most ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' characters who become Toa are strangers at the start but become friends or at least trustworthy allies during their adventures and fights. Most notably, Tahu and Kopaka practically couldn't have been more different, and a lot of time was dedicated to their petty disputes, but in the end, Kopaka came to regard Tahu as a leader worthy of respect. The close friendship between Takua/Takanuva and Jaller is also this, as they only got so close during their exploits in the Bohrok Wars. Matoro might be the saddest example -- not long after he came to regard his teammates as friends, he had to perform a HeroicSacrifice.
61	** As the saying in the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Ta-Koro Guard]] goes: "Danger is the anvil on which trust is forged."
62	[[/folder]]
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64	[[folder:Podcasts]]
65	* The Tres Horny Boys of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'' have this with each other and, to a lesser extent, with their friends in the Bureau. Three strangers who meet in a bar over a one-time job offer become something like a family over the course of several misadventures. [[spoiler: This actually occurs twice, thanks to the wiped memories of their pasts. Originally, they were only acquaintanced through the IPRE, but a hundred years of fighting and dying together brought them closer to each other and the other members of the team. When they are all reunited for the final stand against the Hunger, their bonds are as strong as ever.]]
66	* Officer Eiffel and Commander Minkowski from ''{{Podcast/Wolf 359}}'' grow into this. Especially impressive when you consider how flagrantly antagonistic their relationship was during the first episodes of the series.
67	[[/folder]]
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69	[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
70	* Wrestling/TheNexus. Originally, they were rookies on Wrestling/{{WWE}}'s [[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]] show, and were thus, competing against each other for a WWE contract. However, they all came to loathe WWE management as they forced the rookies to do humiliating challenges like obstacle courses and keg-carrying contests, as well as constant rule changes and unchecked abuse from certain WWE pros that were supposed to be mentoring the rookies. This led to the Season 1 winner Wade Barrett uniting all the Season 1 rookies and leading an assault on Monday Night RAW until all [[strike: [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson eight]]]] [[RealLifeWritesThePlot seven]] rookies ended up with contracts.
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73	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
74	* One possible backstory for Chaos warbands in ''TabletopGame/BlackCrusade'': the warriors have survived this long by sticking to each other, and would do anything to keep each other alive. Of course, this being 40K, an equally likely one is each warrior viewing the rest of the warband as walking meatshields until they can be sacrificed to obtain power from the Dark Gods.
75	* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The original four members of the Gatewatch were four planeswalkers with ''very'' different personalities who came together to fight the [[EldritchAbomination Eldrazi]], only to discover that they made a surprisingly good team. Since the Eldrazi are far from the only threat in the multiverse they decided to form TheTeam.
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78	[[folder:Theatre]]
79	* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'' wonderfully subverts this: Cyrano and Christian’s friendship is not born because they fight against the same enemy, but because they are courting TheAce Roxane, from whose rejection both of them are terribly afraid and must gather all their courage only to face her.
80	* Creator/WilliamShakespeare has Theatre/HenryV ''claim'' this in his RousingSpeech -- but he doesn't actually manifest such friendship toward his soldiers after the battle.
81	** The quote at the top of the page [[strike:is exactly the same as]] alludes to this bit from the St. Crispin's Day speech:
82	--->'''Henry V:''' We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;\
83	For he to-day that sheds his blood with me\
84	Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
85	[[/folder]]
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87	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
88	* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': Any group of students who survive the [[DeadlyGame killing games]], which is even lampshaded in the first game. Specifically:
89	** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': [[Characters/DanganronpaMakotoNaegi Makoto Naegi]], Kyoko Kirigiri, Byakuya Togami, Toko Fukawa [[SplitPersonality (and Genocide Jack)]], Aoi Asahina and Yasuhiro Hagakure.
90	** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': Hajime Hinata, Kazuichi Soda, Akane Owari, Sonia Nevermind, and Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu[[note]]Although technically none of the students here actually died except for Chiaki's AI, but they ''were'' comatose by the end of the game[[/note]].
91	** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': Shuichi Saihara, Maki Harukawa and Himiko Yumeno.
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94	[[folder:Webcomics]]
95	* God invokes this in ''Webcomic/AdventuresOfGod'' to settle differences between [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/adventures-of-god/ep-529-not-the-enemy/viewer?title_no=853&episode_no=529 two opposing soldiers]][[note]]implied to be [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian and Russian]][[/note]] at the pearly gates. He sends them both to Hell for a "wholesome bonding activity" He scheduled in advance: visiting the damned head of one of their states[[note]]who [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed looks a lot like]] UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin[[/note]] and pelting him with tomatoes.
96	* ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'': '''Massively''' subverted right after Fern [[spoiler: teams up with Harmburger and BBQ Girll to bring down the Glumdroodler.]] Then played straight as can be with her companions in the Inert Vessel.
97	* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/011026 Don't you just love how needless violence brings people together?]]
98	* This happens more than once in ''Webcomic/DearChildren'', as befits a comic whose protagonists tend to believe in ThePowerOfFriendship:
99	** Cailin and Chelle's encounter with the [[spoiler:Wesley-Thing]] under Port Langworthy leads to them each helping to save the other from peril, mending their quarrel and becoming even closer friends.
100	** Devin fights Aaron when he picks on Gabe; later Gabe returns the favor by picking a fight with Eric Saddler when he insults Devin and the Journalism Club behind their backs. In consequence, Devin and Gabe come to respect and like each other.
101	** Seems to be happening in Chapter 4 between Cailin and Whitney in their shared quest to find out the fate of Whitney's [[spoiler:brother Wesley]].
102	* In ''Webcomic/DragonMango'', Bleu Berry and Peaches, against the oni, which is why Bleu Berry decides to confess.
103	* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
104	** Susan and Nanase, of all people, become friends during the tour to France, though this [[VitriolicBestBuds doesn't mean they're as much as polite with each other]]. Now that Susan's secret is out, she's even opening up to her.
105	** Melissa was Justin's [[LoveMakesYouCrazy delusional]] UnluckyChildhoodFriend, a ''mention'' of whom he [[BerserkButton barely could stand]], and Elliot was upset on his behalf. They seem to be on normal terms now, and all it took to heal the situation was [[spoiler:having Justin find her ''[[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass staring down a dragon]]'' that just knocked down Elliot]] and then being scared by his [[MotorMouth mind-numbing]] other SecretIdentity together.
106	* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'':
107	** [[http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=181 After the space battle]].
108	** Quite literally (thanks to their fire-based powers) with the two heroines of Chapter 70. [[spoiler: An unusual example in that they are two ''different'' versions of Annie, thanks to a trick played by Loup.]]
109	* The {{Troll}}s of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' after completing their session. Well, [[spoiler:the ones that are still alive, anyway.]] Although they're not "friendly" so much as [[TeethClenchedTeamwork "not actively trying to backstab each other."]]
110	* ''Webcomic/ImpureBlood'': [[http://www.impurebloodwebcomic.com/Pages/Issue4PAGES/ib080.html Fight the bad guys together, stick up for him when the ingrates try to arrest him.]]
111	* Molly and Galatea in ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' got off to a very rocky start, but accepted each other as sisters after being chased by a (small) angry mob and the FBI, and getting lost in the woods.
112	* Vaarsuvius and Blackwing, the elf's familiar, In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. Blackwing resents being V's familiar, due to V's neglect of him, but when they need to cooperate to destroy Xykon's [[SoulJar phylactery]], they put aside their differences and develop mutual respect.
113	* In ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'' [[http://danielscreations.com/ola/comics/ep0277.html Angelika gets along better with Emily after a fight.]] Episode title: "Fire forged friends... except with ice."
114	* ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' sees the titular FriendlyEnemies become this trope when [[EnemyMine they join forces]] against Meg and Karen's increasingly bullying tactics in "The Popsicle War" arc.
115	* The three main characters of ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'', but especially the eponymous Sleuth and Ace Dick, who have an active rivalry going before being forced to team up to escape their respective offices.
116	* In ''Webcomic/WeakHero'', Gray first becomes properly acquainted with Gerard, Ben, and Alex after the trio help him stave off a gang of bullies. They're gradually drawn closer through the various battles they face as Gray climbs the hierarchy's ladder until he's eventually able to admit to himself that he sees them as friends.
117	[[/folder]]
118
119	[[folder:Web Original]]
120	* The PowerTrio of ''Literature/{{Brennus}}'' met this way, fighting the Snow Queen together.
121	* Raimi and Oran of ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'' are from completely different parts of the world, have completely different outlooks on life, and certainly get off to a rocky start, but by the GrandFinale, it's clear they're destined to be HeterosexualLifePartners.
122	* The Mighty Nein of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' were originally three separate groups of travelers, brought together when audience members in a circus performance turned into zombies. They began traveling together, still with their own personal goals in mind, but soon began considering each other friends and, eventually, family. [[spoiler:The death of Mollymauk]] was the biggest turning point, the party reevaluating their relationships and coming closer together afterwards.
123	* Done on a massive scale in the ''spoil'' fanfiction ''FanFic/EnemyOfMyEnemy'', where what starts as a tense EnemyMine situation soon leads to humans & Elites fighting together like brothers. A good example is [[TheHeart Flight Officer Perry]] and [[BoisterousBruiser Helmsman Zuka]].
124	* ''WebVideo/FeatherAdventures'': In a more literal sense than usual. Unlike other AlternateUniverse counterparts of Sqaishey, [[MakingASplash Sploshey]] was initially hostile to Sqaishey when they first met. However, the two find that they make a great team while going on a quest in [[FireAndBrimstoneHell the Nether]] together to find and reclaim Sploshey's stolen trident [[spoiler:from the [[ElementalRivalry antagonistic]], [[PlayingWithFire fiery]] Sqorchey.]]
125	* The [[TrueCompanions Mall Fighters]] in ''Roleplay/MallFight'' all ended up as this, one way or another.
126	* Each team in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' starts off the mortal enemy of the other team, and most people on the same team don't like each other either. As the series progresses, though, they wind up having to help one another through a lot of difficult spots, to the point of coming to each other's rescue.
127	** A lot of that is because Sarge is [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou The Only One Allowed To Defeat The Blues]].
128	* The titular team of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' formed in spite of their own disagreements or distrust of each other. Weiss viewed Ruby as an idiot, Ruby viewed Weiss as a stuck-up jerk, Blake was standoffish and Yang was trying to force her sister Ruby to make new friends. Fighting a giant flying monster helped to bring them together a lot, though not completely.
129	** Ozpin, the principal of Beacon, may be invoking this trope, actually. As the test they were in was meant to form teams, throwing them into a place filled with fearsome beasts that would require teamwork to take down is an efficient way.
130	** [[DefiedTrope Defied]] by the Ace Ops, an elite team of Atlesian Huntsmen. While they work like a well-oiled machine in combat and don't seem to ''dislike'' each other, they believe friendship has nothing to do with Huntsmen work, and view Team RWBY and their allies as [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids naive rookies for believing otherwise]]. [[spoiler:This ends up being a problem for them after they turn against Team RWBY since despite their greater experience, they end up arguing about how to handle the situation with each other while Team RWBY's greater trust and friendship in each other allows them to defeat the Ace-Ops. Following the death of their leader Clover Ebi, they are still shown arguing with each other until the climax of Volume 8 when Ironwood planned to bomb Mantle. After Harriet tried to go through with it, the other Ace-Ops try to stop her when it becomes unnecessary and call her their friend, stopping her from going through with it. Before he sacrifices himself, Vine even calls the Ace-Ops his friends.]]
131	* ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'': Stampy first befriends William Beaver, the first of the current generation of "Minecraft Helpers", after defeating the Wither boss [[spoiler:spawned in by Stampy's enemies in an act of EtTuBrute]].
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