Line #11 Main/FriendshipTropes


1	[[quoteright:314:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poynter_Horae_Serenae.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:314:[-"Horae Serenae" by Sir Edward John Poynter-]\
3	[[Theatre/AnythingGoes It's friendship, friendship, just a perfect blend-ship...]] ]]
4	->''"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."''
5	-->-- '''Creator/{{Aristotle}}'''
6
7	Tropes about friendship and camaraderie.
8
9	See also: LoveTropes and FrenemyTropes. Contrast DiscordTropes.
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11	!!Tropes:
12	[[index]]
13	[floatboxright:
14	'''Categories:'''
15	+ FrenemyTropes
16	+ PetAndAnimalCompanionTropes
17	++ LoyalAnimalCompanion
18	+ ReconciliationTropes
19	+ ReunionTropes
20	+ ThisIndexBrokeUp
21	]
22	* AccidentalDeclarationOfLove: Confessing to love emotions unintentionally.
23	* AccidentalHug: Spontaneously hugging, then awkwardly pulling away.
24	* AcquaintedInRealLife: People with anonymous connections discover that they know one another for real.
25	* AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices: A character and emergency services tend to greet each other casually because of how often they cross paths.
26	* ActOfTrueLove: An action done to prove one's love for another.
27	* AdaptationalFriendship: An adaptation makes two characters friends who weren't before.
28	* ArrangedFriendship: A friendship foisted onto the "friends" as an obligation.
29	* BandOfBrothers: A group of loyal friends formed by shared dangerous circumstances.
30	* BashBrothers: Two friends who kick major amounts of ass together.
31	* BathtubBonding: Two or more characters who share a platonic bath.
32	* BearHug: A character (usually TheBigGuy) gives a hug to another character.
33	* BefriendingTheBullied: A victim of bullying finds a friend or friends who give them a healthy support system and possibly encourage them to stand up for themselves.
34	* BefriendingTheEnemy: Befriending an antagonistic person to make them have a change of heart.
35	* BeleagueredChildhoodFriend: A character's childhood friend is accused of a crime, and the character has to find a way to prove their innocence.
36	* BestFriend: Someone's closest associate and personal confidante.
37	* BestFriendManual: Someone who knows how to deal with a difficult person, usually their best friend.
38	* BestFriendsInLaw: Best friends marry each other's siblings.
39	* BetterAsFriends: Two people who have tried to date each other decide that it's better that they just be friends.
40	* BigBadFriend: The [[BigBad main antagonist]] was once good friends with one of the protagonists.
41	* BigBrotherMentor: A friend who acts as an older sibling.
42	* BlindAndTheBeast: A blind person befriends an ugly/non-human being.
43	* BondingOverDislikes: Sometimes characters can become close if they both have a common dislike.
44	* BondingOverMissingParents: Characters become close with each other upon finding out they both have missing/dead parents.
45	* ABoyAndHisX: A story about the bond between a young boy and his animal companion.
46	* BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Two characters break up before eventually getting back together.
47	* TheBroCode: A set of unspoken rules between friends.
48	* BromanticFoil: The romantic male lead's foil who's unlucky in love.
49	* BrosBeforeHoes: Putting your friend before your love-interest.
50	* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: A person spends time with people they can't stand, but ends up missing them once they finally get the chance to be rid of them.
51	* CaretakerReversal: After taking care of the patient, the caretaker gets sick and now the patient must take care of them.
52	* ChainOfPeople: A group of people save someone falling to their death by grabbing each other chain style.
53	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Two people who were platonic friends since they were children end up in a romantic relationship.
54	* ChildhoodFriends: Friends who have known each other since childhood.
55	* CircleOfFriendship: Friends form a circle to defeat the villain.
56	* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: A dumb or eccentric character has an associate who has to prevent their stupidity or weirdness from causing too much trouble.
57	* CommonalityConnection: Two characters bond over something they have in common.
58	* CompanionCube: A character is friends with an object.
59	* CompanionFood: A character is friends with a piece of food.
60	* ConflictingLoyalty: A character feels conflicted if they should be loyal to their friends and family or to their country/leader/religion.
61	* CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: A popular character is friends with someone who is considered beneath them.
62	* CriminalFoundFamily: A gang of outlaws form a strong bond of quasi-familial friendship.
63	* DefeatMeansFriendship: An opponent becomes friends with the person who defeated them.
64	* TheDefroster: Someone takes it upon themselves to thaw out and befriend that frigid, closed off Ice Queen/King.
65	* DissensionRemorse: Friends feel remorse for fighting with each other.
66	* DuetBonding: Two people become closer by playing instruments together.
67	* DyingAlone: Someone dies without the presence of friends, family, or anyone else who personally cares about them to give them final comforts.
68	* EnterStageWindow: A character visits their friend via climbing through their window.
69	* EquippableAlly: An ally who can serve as a weapon.
70	* EtTuBrute: A person is betrayed by their friend.
71	* EvilFormerFriend: The villain used to be a friend of the hero.
72	* FairWeatherFriend: A person who has a tendency to flake out when their "friends" need help.
73	* FallbackMarriagePact: Two friends agree to marry each other after they've been single for a long enough time.
74	* FalseFriend: A disloyal companion who is anything except for a true buddy, only befriending other people for selfish ulterior motives.
75	* FamilyOfChoice: A group of friends are so closely bonded to one another, that they treat each other like they're related by blood.
76	* FatBestFriend: Someone has an overweight best friend.
77	* FeudEpisode: An episode where friends temporarily have a falling out.
78	* FightingYourFriend: A video game has a boss fight where the player has to battle a person explicitly on their side.
79	* FinancialTestOfFriendship: Someone remains loyal to their rich friend, even when said friend isn't wealthy anymore.
80	* FireForgedFriends: Two or more characters who started off as enemies or strangers, until circumstances made them become friends.
81	* FirstFriend: The first notable companion made.
82	* FirstNameBasis: Friends tend to address each other specifically by their given names.
83	* ForbiddenFriendship: Two people who like each other's company are not allowed to fraternize together. Basically the platonic version of StarCrossedLovers.
84	* ForgottenFallenFriend: TheHero mourns for their dead friend or relative and then gets over them very quick.
85	* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Two characters have already met, but one or both of them doesn't remember it.
86	* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: TheHero is unaware that their new enemy is actually an old acquaintance.
87	* FormerFriendsPhoto: An old photo shows that bitter enemies were once good friends.
88	* FoundFamilyViaWork: A group of coworkers from a strong bond of quasi-familial friendship.
89	* AFriendInNeed: A character who proves their loyalty and friendship by helping their friend when it would be easier not to and other people would not blame them for not doing so.
90	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: A group of people have one member that the rest of the group openly dislike.
91	* FriendOrIdolDecision: Having to choose between your friend and what you desire.
92	* FriendVersusLover: Having to choose between your friend and your significant other.
93	* FriendlessBackground: Someone who lacks any actual close social bonds with other people.
94	* FriendlyEnemy: Two people who are opposed to each other could actually get along very cordially if they weren't busy fighting each other.
95	* FriendlyRivalry: Two people who are very competitive with each other actually genuinely like and [[WorthyOpponent respect]] one another.
96	* TheFriendlyTexan: Characters who remind us why Texas is called "The Friendly State."
97	* FriendlyTickleTorture: Tickling someone in a playful manner.
98	* FriendlyWar: Fighting done out of love rather than malice.
99	* FriendsAllAlong: Two characters shown antagonizing each other turn out to actually be friends.
100	* FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: A character has a bad relationship with their family but a good relationship with their friends.
101	* FriendsTurnedRomanticRivals: Friends start fighting over a shared love interest.
102	* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Two people within a large close-knit group who aren't especially close to one another.
103	* FriendsWithBenefits: Platonic friends who are open to having sex with each other, without forming a real romantic bond.
104	* FriendshipBribe: A person or someone they know bribes others to be their friends.
105	* FriendshipDenial: Somebody denies they're another character's friend, when they clearly are.
106	* FriendshipFavoritism: Two people fight over who is the real best friend of one of their mutual friends.
107	* FriendshipMoment: A sudden yet heartwarming affirmation of close friendship between two characters.
108	* FriendshipOnTheSet: Two (or sometimes several) actors develop a friendship while making a production together.
109	* FriendshipSong: Two characters sing about their friendship.
110	* FriendshipStrainingCompetition: A competition that threatens to ruin a friendship.
111	* FriendshipTrinket: An object kept by one or two characters to symbolize their friendship.
112	* GayBestFriend: Someone's best friend whose only notable quality is that they are homosexual.
113	* GenderBenderFriendship: Character befriends their LoveInterest while masquerading as the opposite sex.
114	* GiveMeASword: A character is given a weapon by their comrade to aid them in battle.
115	* GreaterNeedThanMine: Putting other people's needs before your own.
116	* GroupHug: A hug between a tight circle of friends.
117	* HesAFriend: Mutual allies of the hero come to blows before realizing their relationship, forcing the hero to make them both back down.
118	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Two friends of the same gender who are so close together that one might mistake them for lovers.
119	* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: Two historical characters are friends in fiction even though they weren't in RealLife, or vice versa.
120	* HonoraryTrueCompanion: A character who never joins the main group of companions (for long) but is nevertheless treated by them as one of their own.
121	* HonoraryUncle: A character's children call their parents' friend "Aunt" or "Uncle".
122	* HugAndComment: Two people hug and one of them makes an unexpected comment.
123	* HumanLadder: A group of people stands on each other so they can climb.
124	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Someone stands up for their friend solely because they don't want anyone other than themselves picking on their friend.
125	* IAmSpartacus: The BigBad asks who's TheHero. The hero's allies all start claiming to be him in order to protect him.
126	* ICantDoThisByMyself: A character tries to win their friends back on their side by admitting they can't do things alone.
127	* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Two people who are good friends refuse to get romantically involved with each other on the grounds that their friendship would go south.
128	* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Someone joins the hero's side after being defeated by them.
129	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Someone becomes desperate for friendship.
130	* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Someone tries to get through to a friend that has transformed or been corrupted and forced to fight them.
131	* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: A guest appearance by an actor who previously worked with a regular cast member.
132	* IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: A villain motivates their underling by threatening the underling's loved ones.
133	* IllBeYourBestFriend: Offering friendship as payment.
134	* ImaginaryFriend: Someone treats a figment of their imagination like a friend.
135	* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: A contestant is focused on winning the game as opposed to making friends with other contestants.
136	* InterclassFriendship: Friendship between two people who have a significant income gap.
137	* IntergenerationalFriendship: Friendship between two people who have a significant age gap.
138	* InterspeciesFriendship: Friendship between individuals of different species.
139	* IntimateHairBrushing: Brushing and fixing someone's hair as a sign of affection and closeness.
140	* InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath: Two friends are forced to fight each other until one of them dies.
141	* JoinsToFitIn: Someone joins a group of friends they think they'll fit in with.
142	* JustFriends: Two people consider themselves to be only good friends rather than lovers.
143	* JustOneExtraTicket: Someone plans to go to a show with their friends, but doesn't have enough tickets for everyone to come.
144	* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: Someone mentions they heard something from a long and indirect chain of relations.
145	* LearningToRideABike: Adults occasionally demonstrate that they are family by teaching their friend how to ride a bike.
146	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Friends who act like siblings.
147	* LimitedSocialCircle: A group of friends who only seem to spend time with each other.
148	* LonelyTogether: Two characters share a common bond of loneliness.
149	* LonerTurnedFriend: A solitary character becomes a friend to someone.
150	* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: A stiff character grows in personality from hanging around annoying and eccentric people.
151	* LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders: A person has a friend who is so dumb or uncool that strangers don't understand why they bother hanging around with this dweeb.
152	* LovedOnesMontage: A character has a vision of all the people he cares about in a dramatic montage-like sequence.
153	* MagneticHero: A hero with remarkable personal magnetism wins friends and allies with astonishing ease.
154	* MassageOfLove: An intimate, non-sexual massage between a loving couple or close friends.
155	* MayflyDecemberFriendship: Friendship between a mortal and an immortal.
156	* MisfitMobilizationMoment: When a dysfunctional group of losers transforms into a well-oiled machine.
157	* NeverBringAFriendToAnAudition: Someone is trying out for a role. Their tagalong buddy (who isn't interested in auditioning themselves) lands it instead.
158	* NewFriendEnvy: Someone's best friend makes a new friend and gets jealous, fearing that they may replace them.
159	* OddFriendship: Friendship between people you wouldn't expect to get along.
160	* OldFlameFizzle: A character reunites with an old friend or lover, only to find that that person is no longer the person they remembered so fondly.
161	* OldFriend: A character reunites with a friend they knew from long ago.
162	* OnlyFriend: Someone's best friend is their only true companion.
163	* TheOnlyOneITrust: The one friend that a person trusts.
164	* OppositesAttract: Friends who have contrasting personalities.
165	* TheOutsiderBefriendsTheBest: An outsider to a community, culture, or civilization becomes the closest with people who have an important position within it.
166	* PenPals: Friends who only contact each other through writing letters.
167	* PlatonicBoyGirlHeroes: A duo consisting of a young boy and girl who are required to work together.
168	* PlatonicCoParenting: Friends platonically raise children together.
169	* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Someone confesses non-romantic love for their friend.
170	* PlatonicKissing: An affectionate gesture for someone you're not romantically attracted to.
171	* PlatonicLifePartners: A male character and his female friend who spend a lot of time together, but are not a romantic couple.
172	* PlatonicProstitution: Someone consorts a HookerWithAHeartOfGold for platonic reasons.
173	* PlatonicValentine: Someone makes a Valentine for their platonic friend.
174	* PleaseDontLeaveMe: A character desperately pleads for their friend not to leave them.
175	* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: The story requires friends who otherwise know that they'd never do each other wrong to split up.
176	* PositiveFriendInfluence: When friendship reaches its peak, with friends influencing each other to become better people.
177	* PredatorPreyFriendship: Friendship between two animals who are supposed to be natural enemies.
178	* PseudoRomanticFriendship: A close platonic relationship between two friends looks like a romantic relationship.
179	* ThePowerOfFriendship: A character's friendship with others is their greatest strength.
180	* ReboundBestFriend: Two close friends break up and try to replace each other.
181	* RecruitedFromTheGutter: Rescuing someone from a bad life so they will join you.
182	* ReincarnationFriendship: Two characters who were friends in a previous life meet again and become friends again.
183	* RelationshipValues: A gameplay mechanic in some video games, in which an [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]]'s friendliness (or hostility) towards the [[PlayerCharacter PC]] is affected by the player's actions.
184	* ReleasingFromThePromise: A character releases a friend from a promise they made to them.
185	* RememberThatYouTrustMe: A character has to be reminded that they need to trust their friends.
186	* RepayingForTheOne
187	* RomanticWingman: A character enlists a friend to assist him in his romantic endeavors.
188	* RoyalFavorite: Often the close friend of a monarch or other royalty (if it's not a romantic relationship).
189	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: A friendship between a guy who is feminine and a guy who is masculine.
190	* SingleServingFriend: A character is supposedly friends with one or more of the main characters, but appears only once in the work.
191	* SmorgasbordTest: Someone discovers a new creature and tries to find out what it eats by offering it many different foods.
192	* SocialCircleFiller: Characters introduced to be the protagonist's friends, but have little relevance once the plot kicks off.
193	* StayWithMeUntilIDie: A dying person requests a loved one to stay with them in their final moments.
194	* StayingWithFriends: Children stay with their friends rather than parents or legal guardians.
195	* StupidSexyFriend: A character unwillingly develops a physical attraction towards a friend.
196	* SwornBrothers: Two friends who make a pact with each other to form a familial bond.
197	* SymbioticPossession: The relationship between [[DemonicPossession guest and host]] is friendly.
198	* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: A character tells someone not to kill themselves.
199	* TastesLikeFriendship: Making friends by offering food.
200	* TeamHandStack: A group of friends stack their hands together.
201	* TelecomTree: Telecommunicating with allies (who spread the word) to help with a situation.
202	* ThirdPartyPeacekeeper: Someone intercedes when their friends are fighting.
203	* ToAbsentFriends: Good guys propose a toast to their fallen friend.
204	* TokenBlackFriend: A white character has a black friend in order to make them appear more progressive.
205	* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: A similar friendship between a girl who is masculine and a girl who is feminine.
206	* ToxicFriendInfluence: When friendship becomes corruptive, with friends influencing each other to behave in bad ways and bring out their worst qualities.
207	* TragicBromance: Two heroes are friends and one of them dies.
208	* TranslatorBuddy: A character who speaks a foreign language has a friend who translates what they're saying.
209	* TrueCompanions: Friends who are loyal to each other through thick and thin.
210	* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: When someone's partner or spouse cheats on them with their best friend.
211	* UnwittingMuggleFriend: A supernatural character has a human friend who doesn't know their secret.
212	* VagabondBuddies: Two friends who travel around the world.
213	* VillainousFriendship: Friendship between two villains.
214	* VitriolicBestBuds: Close friends who often argue with each other and get into fights, but still stick together regardless.
215	* WeReallyDoCare: A character is about to leave until their friends tell them how much they are loved and want them to stay.
216	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Bitter enemies used to be good friends.
217	* WhoNeedsEnemies: The hero's ally fights for their own reasons and their own agendas.
218	* WithFriendsLikeThese: Two friends who antagonize each other to the point that it's impossible to even call them friends.
219	* YouAreNotAlone: A character is at their DarkestHour and is brought out of it by their friends.
220	[[/index]]

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