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12[[caption-width-right:300:[[Theatre/{{Wicked}} What is this feeling? Fervid as a flame, does it have a name? Yes!\
13Loathing, unadulterated loathing, for your face, your voice, your clothing!]]]]
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19->'''Yamcha:''' Look, I don't have your mutually-sustained hate boner for [Vegeta], OK?\
20'''Tien:''' I ''don't'' have a hate boner for him.\
21'''Yamcha:''' Dude, it's a pretty hateful boner.
22-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
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24The Sitcom Arch-Nemesis is an alternative to the traditional ArchEnemy, generally PlayedForLaughs. Basically, they could be considered the protagonist's "favorite enemy". They usually are not dangerous or evil, but even if they are the contrast between their cruelty and [[EvilIsPetty petty bickering]] has comedy value of its own. They are defined primarily by how they just rub a character from the show entirely the wrong way, and the two will never miss an opportunity to have at each other with VolleyingInsults or [[EscalatingWar small-minded pranks]]. It's possible [[TheFriendNobodyLikes they are very annoying]] or a straight-up NiceGuy, but act as a {{foil}} to a main character that inspires rage upon [[SayMyName hearing their name]]. Often, the two are [[BirdsOfAFeather kindred spirits]] and don't realize it; these rivals are much more likely to have an EnemyMine plot than dramatic rivals. Since generally there isn't much at stake in that rivalry, it will usually revolve around insignificant, everyday matters, filled with comedic moments. Alternatively, the rival may turn out to be a RomanticFalseLead for the primary love interest, and the LoveTriangle the core source of their rivalry.
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26The Sitcom Arch Nemesis is usually just a recurring character, because if they were part of the main cast then TheProtagonist would do nothing but fight with them. Indeed, often they are [[UnknownRival oblivious to this rivalry]] or [[TheGhost never seen in person]], further defining them entirely by how the main character views them.
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28Note that these aren't necessarily unique to sitcoms, and other stories – including more comedic action stories – can have a character who fills this role, sometimes even if there is a character who fulfils the role of an actual ArchEnemy. In the more lighthearted action shows, particularly in certain cartoons and kid shows, sometimes the actual ArchEnemy will act like a Sitcom Arch-Nemesis when the story or comedy demands it, alternating between attempting to TakeOverTheWorld one day, [[EvilIsPetty trying to wreck the hero's birthday party the next]] and maybe even GoKartingWithBowser.
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30Compare with TheRival and VitriolicBestBuds. Often used with ComicallyLopsidedRivalry.
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33!!Examples:
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36[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
37* Watanuki from ''Anime/XxxHolic'' hates Doumeki for no adequately explained reason, simply stating that he's thought of Doumeki as annoying from the moment he laid eyes on him. Unfortunately for Watanuki, Doumeki is also a living spirit repellent, while the whole plot of the manga was set in motion because of the fact Watanuki's very blood attracts spirits, so he's often forced into TeethClenchedTeamwork with Doumeki. Further complicating matters, several people in universe seem to [[ShipperOnDeck ship him with Doumeki]], including his boss ''and the girl he likes'', and it's implied that [[HoYay Doumeki is not adverse to the idea]].
38* In ''Manga/BoardingSchoolJuliet'', the countries of Towa and the West have this relationship. There's a bit of genuine racism fueling it, but mostly it's that they need an outlet for their ProudWarriorRace instincts. This is why the brawls at Dahlia Academy adhere to rigidly defined moral standards.
39* Syaoran Li and Touya from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', pictured above. Their first encounter was at a time when Syaoran didn't like Sakura and tried to assault her over the Clow Cards she had, [[BigBrotherInstinct prompting Touya to protect her]]. Not exactly the best first impression on Syaoran's part. Even when Syaoran begins to cool down, he and Touya show hostility towards one another every time they're in each other's presence, so you can only guess what happens when Syaoran starts developing feelings for Sakura.
40* Kuroko, from ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', has a very one-sided hatred of Kongo, despite Kongo being nothing but friendly and helpful, if somewhat egotistical. She even expressed annoyance, rather that gratitude, when Kongo uses her [[BlowYouAway aero hand]] to knock an armored truck into a helicopter pursuing her and her "sissy" Mikoto, It's not really clear why, though.
41* Cowboy Andy from the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession22CowboyFunk Cowboy Funk]]", who is a rival bounty hunter in it for the glory. Spike hates him, and spends more time fighting off Andy than he does actually trying to catch the episode's bounty. Faye and Jet realize that this is because the two men are too similar: Both are impulsive, petty, tend to jump to conclusions and have a penchant for causing wanton collateral damage.
42* Piyoko from ''Anime/DiGiCharat'' and the Digi Devil from ''Anime/PanyoPanyoDiGiCharat'' really ''try'' to be legitimate {{Big Bad}}s, but being inept villains in humor series whose schemes rarely rise above the level of PokeThePoodle dooms them to be this instead.
43* While he starts out as an {{Archenemy}} in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', and later views him as a TheRival, by ''Anime/DragonballSuper'' Goku has become something of a SitcomArchNemesis to Vegeta, with him being obsessed (sometimes to a comical degree) with proving he's better than Goku (not only at fighting, but at anything they happen to be doing). Implying that Goku is better than Vegeta at anything is his BerserkButton.
44* In the various versions of the anime/manga ''[[Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld El-Hazard]]'', Jinnai always has this near-psychotic hatred of Makoto, school [[TheAce ace]] and a NiceGuy to boot, who easily makes friends with anyone, including Jinnai's own sister Nanami. It also doesn't help that Makoto is too nice to notice that he's been beating him in almost every aspect ''without even trying''.
45* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'':
46** Gintoki and Hijikata will nearly always end up arguing or even picking a fight with each other whenever they meet. Hijikata's strict personality clashes with Gintoki's lazy one, one is a fan of ''Magazine/ShonenMagazine'' while the other prefers ''Magazine/ShonenJump'', and they like to criticize the other's TrademarkFavoriteFood. They're occasionally shown to have a form of respect for each other, are in may ways more similar than it seems at first glance, and in [[ChainedHeat one episode]] they proved to be absurdly good at fighting [[BackToBackBadass side by side]], but neither of them would ever admit any of this.
47** Hijikata has another one in Okita, 1st Captain of the Shinsengumi, who is very obviously [[TheStarscream trying to take over]] Hijikata's vice-commander position, regularly attacks him with a Bazooka, has tried to poison his food on one or two occasions, and generally does anything to unnerve him.
48* ''Literature/{{Haganai}}'':
49** A rare mutual form can be found in Yozora Mikazuki, a brunette {{Jerkass}} extraordinaire, and Sena Kashiwazaki, a [[MsFanservice ridiculously hot]] RichBitch. Yozora loves heaping verbal, emotional or sometimes physical (by way of a flyswatter) abuse upon Sena until the latter storms off crying; Sena in return loves showing off how rich, beautiful and hot (not to mention huge-breasted) she is compared to Yozora. But at the end of the day, both are still similar, being friendless girls who tend to agree on anything they, ironically, are ComicallyMissingThePoint on.
50** To a lesser extent, Kobato Hasegawa, a 13-year-old ElegantGothicLolita, and Maria Takayama, a [[NunsAreMikos 10-year-old nun]], who engage in outright childish fights over the attention of the former's older brother, Kodaka.
51* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
52** France and England, so much that there's a "French-English Quarrel Preserve" and England gets involved in The War of the Austrian Succession just to fight France. It's said that antagonizing each other is the only thing that keeps the two old timers going, and of course, it's TruthInTelevision.
53** Greece and Turkey, Turkey is the ''only'' thing that makes the usually laid-back Greece get riled up at all.
54** Russia and America are this after the Cold War. Though they're no longer enemies, they're still very passive-aggressive towards each other. Despite this, in one of the strips, they have been seen as on friendly terms, post-UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
55** [[TheTrickster Romania]] and [[NinjaMaid Hungary]]. As soon as they're in the vicinity of one another, the atmosphere gets tense, and [[DeathGlare Death Glares]] come out. Hungary also names her dogs after him, and locks him out of the ''Manga/HetaliaHetaween2013'' party.
56** [[FieryRedhead Ladonia]] treats [[CheerfulChild Sealand]] as this due to his ambition at taking over leadership of the micronations, but Sealand doesn't reciprocate at all; he likes Ladonia and calls him "interesting."
57** Cuba sees [[LoveFreak America]] as this, much to the dismay of America's brother [[NiceGuy Canada]], whom Cuba at times [[MistakenIdentity mistakes for America]].
58* ''Manga/HozukisCoolheadedness'': Hozuki and Hakutaku hate each other's guts. Their completely opposed personalities cause them to get along badly, and they can both be rather petty if it allows them to take a jab at the other (which is particularly notable in Hozuki's case as he is otherwise [[TheStoic very serious]] and straight-laced). Pointing out their physical resemblance is a BerserkButton for both of them.
59* In ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'', Shigemori and Tokiko spend their mornings attacking each other with gardens hoses; it's part of their feud about the 'legitimate heir' of the Kekkaishi founder. Both are rather upset that their grandchildren don't share their grudge.
60* Subverted in ''Anime/ALittleSnowFairySugar'': Greta considers Saga to be her rival in all things, but Saga, who is uninterested in rivalry, pretends to be completely oblivious to Greta's challenges and boasts.
61* ''Literature/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' has [[MrImagination Chunibyo]] Sanae Dekomori and ex-Chuunibyou [[AcademicAlphaBitch Shinka Nibutani]]. Not only does Dekomori keep bringing up Shinka's embarrassing past as 'Mori Summer', she refuses to believe Shinka was actually her idol.
62* In ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'': Lunar tends to treat Sun this way, though [[UnknownRival Sun doesn't really reciprocate]] and simply views Lunar as a friend, a sentiment Lunar [[{{Tsundere}} constantly lets slip]] [[VitriolicBestBuds that she shares]]. Mikawa and Nagasumi's relationship basically oscillates between this trope and TheRival before eventually settling into VitriolicBestBuds territory.
63* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia:''
64** [[DittoFighter Neito Monoma]] acts this way towards the entirety of Class 1-A. Though he was initially introduced as a much more credible threat, putting up a decent fight against Bakugo's team during the cavalry battle, essentially every single appearance since has consisted of him laughing exaggeratedly at the alleged 'incompetence' of class 1-A before being knocked out by his own class' representative.
65** Kirishima and Tetsutetsu started out this way - with Tetsutetsu's entire existence as a character being a joke about how his ability and personality were essentially the same as Kirishima's, which prevented either of them from standing out at all next to the other - but eventually [[DefeatMeansFriendship became friends after Kirishima won their arm-wrestling contest]].
66* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
67** Of the main crew, this is largely what the rivalry between Zoro and Sanji actually amounts to. These two never miss an opportunity to belittle, one-up, or humiliate the other.
68** [[LaughablyEvil Buggy]] sees his relationship with [[NiceGuy Shanks]] as this. Shanks, in turn, sees them as HeterosexualLifePartners. It's best to identify them as VitriolicBestBuds. In a twist on this trope, this causes Buggy himself to be overestimated by the World Government and his own men, because Shanks is one of the most powerful and feared pirates in the world yet Buggy- who has known Shanks since they were both kids- has absolutely no fear or respect for him at all while Shanks, in turn, always treats Buggy as an old buddy; as such, everyone thinks that Buggy is roughly equal in power to Shanks when in reality Buggy is far, far weaker than him.
69* In ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'', Kirino and Kuroneko are these to each other. While they both love anime they like different genres of it, and will often engage in HamToHamCombat to ridicule each other's favorite shows. Despite this, they genuinely do like each other, and spend a lot of time together after they first meet in episode 2, turning into more of VitriolicBestBuds.
70* ''Anime/PatlaborTheTVSeries'': In "Target, Chief Goto", Captain Goto becomes the target of mailed death threats and an escalating series of pranks (from cat dung left in his slippers up to somebody distracting Noa during an op and causing her Labor to get knocked into a house), which turn out to all be caused by a disgruntled ex-Labor mechanic whom he had gotten fired for incompetence. Goto ends up embarrassing the guy so badly he has a VillainousBreakdown and admits it was all his own damn fault.
71* In ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', there's Rita and Maid-chan, who get into little arguments with each other over Ryuunosuke.
72* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
73** Jessie, James and Meowth have their rival Team Rocket fraction Butch and Cassidy. Though the latter were largely an AlwaysSomeoneBetter to the trio initially, by their later appearances they're near equally bumbling and prone to childish bickering with the three over who is superior.
74** Ash has his former rival Gary Oak. Although he was an arrogant {{Jerkass}}, he was generally respected as a good trainer by everyone else, and their rift was mostly personal, since they were otherwise pretty similar. Gary would often go out of his way to antagonize Ash, most famously with "Gary was here. Ash is a loser," and Ash's own grudge was often PlayedForLaughs to the other characters. It was eventually revealed that [[WeUsedToBeFriends they used to be childhood friends]] until they got into a fight over a Poke Ball, and they eventually mended their friendship at the Johto conference.
75* [[TheHero Bossun]] and [[TheRival Tsubaki]] in ''Manga/SketDance'' will almost always bicker whenever they meet, but also often [[EnemyMine help each other]] when in trouble. [[spoiler:Might be part of their SiblingRivalry]].
76* ''Literature/SorcererStabberOrphen'': Volkan is a troll who always runs afoul of Orphen in various adventures. He's not an actual villain in the series but nonetheless has an antagonistic relationship with the main character and ''always'' rubs Orphen the wrong way, with Orphen sometimes taking it out on Volkan in comically violent ways. The two never get along, always butt heads in petty squabbles, and Orphen always considers Volkan a pain in the ass to deal with because Volkan owes him money and [[TheLoad never contributes a single thing to help resolve problems or make Orphen's life easier]].
77* In ''Manga/TeasingMasterTakagiSan'', the protagonist Nishikata is constantly teased by his cute classmate (the Takagi-san from the title) and more often than not winds up blushing like mad or is otherwise outsmarted. He tries to get his own back, but whatever plan he comes up with either has a glaring flaw he fails to notice until it's too late, or Takagi-san turns it against him. Takagi-san genuinely likes him, but she just enjoys watching his over-the-top reactions. (Yes, you will probably die of diabetes if you read this manga.)
78* The Evil Organization Florsheim from ''Manga/TentaiSenshiSunred'' are the sitcom arch nemesises of Sunred, who finds them all incredibly annoying for constantly picking fights with him. Florsheim, on their side, are [[ContractualGenreBlindness Contractually Genre Blind]] and know that as an Evil Organization they must fight the superhero in order to TakeOverTheWorld... But they're ''really'' bad [[HarmlessVillain at the whole 'being villains' part]].
79* In ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumaKun'' Kalego, the title character's stern teacher, and Opera, the servant at Iruma's house, have this dynamic. Kalego and Opera went to school together, with the latter turning the former into a glorified errand boy. In the present Opera is one of the very few people that Kalego fears, and they know it. Opera will never spare a chance to pick on or troll Kalego, but they are both invested in Iruma's education and the safety of the school. They will put aside their differences to fight together against a larger threat if needed. But as soon as the threat is gone, Opera will be back to needling Kalego.
80* ''Manga/WorldTrigger'': When working in an army full of [[RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude teenagers with colorful personalities]], there is a big chance one will have a few certain types of colleagues they can’t handle.
81** Jin is Hyuse's nemesis because he was the agent who defeated and detained him during Aftokrator’s invasion. Hyuse puts up a petty attitude whenever Jin is ever mentioned, to the point where he's upset when he realizes Jin is not an option to blacklist in their relations survey and refuses to ask Jin for any Border related guidance.
82** Prior to the Expedition Exam, Border gives out a relations survey for agents to fill, which includes naming the agents who they “do not want to bring (work with) on the Expedition Force.” Then Border proceeds to use the results to make the agents [[TeethClenchedTeamwork team up with their dreaded arch-nemesis]] for the duration of the Expedition Exam.
83*** Team 03 has Kageura (B003) snapping at Inukai (B001) for his insincere, teasing personality, and the irritation is amplified by Kageura’s SpiderSense Side-Effect. It reaches the point where Kageura and Inukai squabble even when the latter is being sincere.
84*** Team 07 has Osamu and Katori (B011) mutually not liking each other. Katori belittles Osamu for his [[ButtMonkey Designated]] RedShirt status, while Osamu is uncomfortable with Katori for her [[NeverMyFault arrogance]], her [[BrilliantButLazy unpredictable performance]], and endless [[DramaQueen dramatic]] complaints.
85*** Team 08 has Ema (B003) not liking his Captain Ninomiya for [[ItsPersonal personal reasons]], mainly over the disappearance of Sniper, Mirai Hatohara. Ema spends most of the exam making passive aggressive comments towards Ninomiya's captaining style while Ninomiya responds with curt indifference.
86* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' has a couple of these relationships:
87** The title character has Yanda, whom she instantly hates with a hatey five-year-old hate, but other characters merely find annoying. It doesn't help that Yanda takes a [[ManChild childish glee]] in figuratively (and literally) yanking her pigtails.
88** Jumbo almost has this sort of relationship with ''Miura'', of all people. At one point, he ''flies to Hawaii'' just to spite her.
89* ''Manga/ZatchBell'''s enemies numbered among them a demon who could brainwash other humans, a giant mindless destruction machine... and a weird-mouthed human girl who delighted in tormenting him. Somehow, that last one was a challenge he never overcame.
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93* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': Fulliautomatix the blacksmith and Unhygienix the fishmonger are forever at each other's throats and often the cause of the village brawls due to the former making unflattering remarks about the dubious freshness of the latter's fish.
94* ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'':
95** Creator/StephenHawking. It apparently originated in them having two opposing theories on black holes, with Stephen Hawking winning out. When Robo was sent on a two-year mission to Mars, Hawking told NASA that Robo had a standby mode he could spend most of his time in, which he doesn't. This resulted in Robo having to spend that entire time awake and aware. He managed to use his time by arranging rocks on Mars' surface to spell out "Stephen Hawking is a bastard", visible from space.
96** More recently, Sir Richard Branson has taken over the role, fitting in as an obnoxious neighbour who is constantly BotheringByTheBook about Robo's projects at Tesladyne. The hostility is not helped by Robo constantly having to [[HeroStoleMyBike borrow]] Branson's stuff to deal with action science crises.
97* ''ComicBook/BuckDanny'': O'Connor, the admiral's pet dog, is this to Sonny Tuckson. Destructive as hell and always causing accidents for Sonny at the worst possible time, and also hazardous to his career as he knows that if anything should happen to O'Connor while he's around, the admiral would hold him personally responsible. (Which is a very realistic possibility, as the dog is also none too bright and very prone to getting itself into trouble).
98* In FrancoBelgianComics series ''Clifton'', the titular character keeps running into officer Strawberry who delightfully hands him tickets for various traffic violation. There were times where Clifton got back at Strawberry however, like the time where the latter unknowingly handed him tickets while Clifton was driving a diplomat registered vehicle.
99* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and ComicBook/SquirrelGirl had this kind of relationship when the former hung around the ComicBook/GreatLakesAvengers.
100* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': Donald Duck and his neighbor Jones (essentially a larger DogFace [[HairTriggerTemper version of Donald]] with no relatives other than a rarely-seen mother) are often at each other's throats for petty reasons. Of course, since this is a comic, their rival schemes tend to result in a lot of AmusingInjuries. Donald also has such dynamic with his BornLucky cousin Gladstone.
101* The ComicBook/FantasticFour has the Yancy Street gang, a band of jerks who love to play pranks on the Thing and make his life miserable. In classic stories, they also had Walter Collins, the owner of the Baxter Building, who was their landlord and constantly at odds with the team.
102%%* Rocket Raccoon and Cosmo in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''.
103* ComicBook/GastonLagaffe has an arch-nemesis, which is [[MeddlesomePatrolman Longtarin]]. He always pranks him, and they both always argues with each other, even [[HatedByAll Jules, and everybody else hates him]].
104* In ''ComicBook/HackSlash'', extradimensional talking mutant dog Pooch claims he is constantly tormented by an innocent-looking pug named Goblin. We never see this in action, but from the way Pooch talks about him it's clear that their relationship is one of intense animosity.
105* This was very much Sonic and Knuckles' relationship in the early days of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''; ''anytime'' the two were in the vicinity with each other, they would instantly come into blows over virtually nothing. This persisted for ''years'' until they eventually mellowed out and became VitriolicBestBuds (mirroring their relationship in the video games).
106* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
107** J. Jonah Jameson, a local newspaper mogul who is utterly convinced that the web slinger is a menace and uses the press to constantly attack him and accuse him of everything from EngineeredHeroics, reckless endangerment, to outright theft and even murder, or otherwise putting the worst possible spin on almost everything Spider-Man does. For his part, Spider-Man retaliates by constantly insulting J.J. to his face and occasionaly leaving him webbed up in compromising situations, while taking solace in the fact that he's secretly photojournalist Peter Parker and an unaware Jameson is actually ''paying'' Spider-Man for his own pictures.
108** Spider-Man and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Human Torch]] had this dynamic in earlier stories, before becoming VitriolicBestBuds.
109* In James Robinson's ComicBook/{{Starman}}, Jack Knight has a rival that is the owner of a store specialized in old collector's memorabilia just like Jack's own store. Jack's father, a former superhero, makes the amusing comment that it must be nice having an archenemy that doesn't try to kill you.
110* The ComicBook/SuperBuddies had a pair of neighbours building a bar next to their headquarters. One of them was Richard "Dick" Hertz; Sue hated him when she found out that he was once the supervillain Blackguard (who?), who worked for the "1000" in Metropolis (oh, ''that'' Blackguard, sure). Oh, and Dick had an associate in the bar, who was once the greatest American hero, or so he says -- [[spoiler:Guy Gardner]]. (Humorously, Blackguard was a recurring enemy of Booster's in his early solo career, but neither seems to remember the other.)
111* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'': Captain Haddock has Jolyon Wagg (Séraphin Lampion in the original text), an inhumanly persistent insurance salesman. They originally met completely by accident, with Wagg seeking refuge inside Haddock's home when his car (due to one of Professor Calculus' experiments) broke down just outside. He's been the bane of Haddock's existence ever since, appearing at the most inopportune moments and occasionally seriously hampering Haddock and the other heroes' work.
112* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' features Rodimus and Thunderclash; both are captains of starships searching for the Knights Of Cybertron, but Thunderclash is basically [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter ten times better at it]] ([[ParodySue as well as everything else ever]]). Thus Rodimus is virulently jealous of Thunderclash and tries to undermine him whenever the crew encounters him. Doubles as UnknownRival, as Thunderclash is clearly oblivious to Rodimus's hatred.
113* ''ComicBook/WalterMelon'': The main character's strained relationship with his much despised neighbor Bitterbug (Lefuneste in the original text) is the basis of many, many gags.
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117* ''Fanfic/BlackSky'': After being kinda humiliated by Barty's superior knowledge in languages, Squalo considers his very existence as a taunt towards him. There's also the fact he's Varia Quality but will never join the organization, which deprives Squalo from the opportunity to raise his minions' general level of competence. Oh, and Barty just ''likes'' to rile him up.
118* ''WebVideo/TheBuggerAnthology'': The first video sees the Cybermen engage the Daleks in petty squabbles, leading to the titular "Bitch Fights" where two of the Doctor's most feared and lethal enemies lob insults at each other like snarky kids on a playground.
119* ''Fanfic/ACertainDrollHivemind'': Misaka-11111 spends a significant amount of time extremely annoyed at Misaka-10901. 11111 is stuck in Academy City during the rainy season, while 10901 is in Hawaii and spends most of her time on a beach drinking pina coladas. Later, 10901 takes over writing the diary while 11111 is in combat, and keeps inserting her own commentary about how annoying 11111 is.
120* Commissar Ivan to Commissar Steve in ''WebAnimation/ADayInTheLifeOfACommissar''. Basically, whatever Steve has, Commissar Ivan gets a cooler version of it, [[{{Trolling}} seemingly just to piss off Steve]].
121%%* Britney from ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''.
122* In ''Fanfic/GravityFallsOnceMore'', Dipper's new friend Derrick is this to Mabel. Starting with a bad first impression (they bumped into each other, causing Derrick's soda to spill over Mabel's sweater), they have never gotten along, with Mabel seeing him as a bad influence on Dipper and Derrick finding her annoying, leading to them constantly bickering over everything. After [[TimeSkip four years]], Dipper has learned to deal with it by keeping them apart as much as possible, and manages to keep them civil during the summer return to Gravity Falls only by promising them 100 dollars each if they don't start any serious fights.
123* ''Fanfic/MaulingSnarks'': In this ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' fanfic, Jack Slash and Accord can't stand each other for reasons unexplained, but due to a good dose of AdaptationalHeroism their antagonism takes form of ridiculous shenanigans rather than anything murderous. For example, in one of their outings, Slaughterhouse Nine send on army of genetically engineered ducks into Accord's territory to mess things up and annoy him. In return, Accord tames those ducks and makes them into a cleanup crew.
124* ''Fanfic/SomethingLostSomethingFound'': Lostbelt Morgan and Artoria (Alter) are this. Morgan hates Artoria [[HateAtFirstSight as soon as she sees her]] with almost no justification other than "She's an Artoria" and regularly loses her cool around her despite normally being TheStoic. Her grudge is almost entirely one-sided, as Artoria Alter refuses to even indulge Morgan's various hang-ups with her (like her blade sharing Morgan's name), simply telling her that she's being childish and leaving her to stew in her anger.
125* ''Fanfic/ThisBites'': After Enies Lobby, Sengoku considers [[SelfInsert Jeremiah Cross]] as this. Cross regularly exposes the World Government's and the Marines' dirty secrets and encouranges people around the world to think for themselves rather than blindly believe what the WG tells them. During Enies Lobby, Cross finds and narrates to the entire planet [=CP9's=] operational black book, causing a massive rise in revolutions, rebellions and general crime sprees. Sengoku has a heart attack in response.
126* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy'', Ezekiel is this to Anne Maria. Those who have seen ''Revenge of the Island'' will know that Ezekiel was an AbhorrentAdmirer to Anne Maria, but even though it's been years since ''ROTI'' and Ezekiel is now HappilyMarried to Izzy, Anne Maria ''still'' hates him. Anne hates him so much, in fact, that she writes him a ''very'' StronglyWordedLetter filled with profanities, solely out of spite.
127* ''Fanfic/TruePotential'': Jiraiya and Roshi have this dynamic, their hatred from each other being born not out of being ninjas of feuding villages (though there is bad blood from a NoodleIncident during the last war), but out of being dueling writers. Jiraiya's books sell better, but Roshi argues (not without reason) that this is only due to the porn. Not helping matters is the fact that Jiraiya's godson Naruto genuinely likes Roshi's books and dislikes Jiraiya's.
128* In ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'', Kenny Anderson has an unexplained hatred of Creator/JohnKricfalusi. He's never said exactly why he hates John K, and his friends decide they're probably better off not knowing.
129* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/48275413/chapters/121748245 World is Small Behind the Bars]]'': [[Manga/StardustCrusaders Boingo]], after becoming a famous comic book artist, has this with famed mangaka [[Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable Rohan Kishibe]], started when Rohan figured out that Boingo's comics were based on predictions from Tohth he used against the Joestar group, while Boingo would get payback by finding and pointing out that Rohan used his Stand Heaven's Door to gather material for his writing. When talking about an upcoming convention with Hol Horse, Boingo expresses glee at annoying Rohan as much as possible when they meet up.
130** FanFic/PeculiarParasiticPhenomenon from the same author expands on the concept, having Rohan and Boingo's rivalry as one of the B-plots. The two are shown rivaling on-screen, arranging a FanConvention in Morioh simply because they wanted to host a vote between their fans to prove that one of them is better than the other. [[spoiler:They both lost to a third party artist and tied for the second place.]] Their harmless rivalry is also contrasted with Rohan's actual deadly rivalry with [[Manga/ThusSpokeKishibeRohan Yoma Hashimoto]] who tries to kill Rohan on several occasions after the mangaka cheated in their treadmill competition and serves as a KnightOfCerebus of the story.
131* [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang and Iroh]] have a petty rivalry in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24072478/chapters/57933700 zuko is a chihuahua (small, angry, down to fight)]]'', which is driven by Iroh's [[DrivenByEnvy envy]] at the Avatar training his nephew.
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135* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', Razoul the guard has a deep and undying hatred for the titular hero that lasts all of the movies and throughout [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries the animated series]]. He is much more dangerous than a typical sitcom arch-nemesis as he ''does'' genuinely try and kill Aladdin at several points, but he usually has a reason / excuse to do so and (almost) always acts within the bounds of the law and wouldn't dare harm other heroic characters like Jasmine or the Sultan. He has been chasing Aladdin since the latter was a street rat and resents the fact that a petty criminal (who often humiliated him) has been welcomed into the royal family, but mostly he's just doing his job and being a {{Jerkass}} about it, whereas most actual villains in the franchise are violent murderers and evil sorcerers. It also helps that he's DumbMuscle and not really a match for Aladdin at all and even less so the Genie.
136* In ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'', Oscar has Don Lino's CampGay [[TheDragon dragon]], Sykes. Saving the fact that Sykes treats Ernie and Bernie like TheAce.
137* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Tyler is this to Mei. The two frequently bicker and insult each other, and both have conspired against each other on separate occasions with Tyler humiliating Mei at the Daisy Mart and at school and Mei forbidding Tyler from getting pics with her panda form. [[spoiler:Following the reveal of Tyler's love for 4*Town, however, the two are shown to be on far better terms]].
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141* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': Thor's biggest nemesis is "[=NoobMaster69=]," a random player who keeps trolling Thor's friends on ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''. An ad for X-Box and ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'' hinted that he was Aaron the salesman at Apple from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier''.
142-->'''Thor:''' [=NoobMaster=], hey. It's Thor again. You know, the God of Thunder? Listen buddy, if you don't log off this game immediately, I am going to fly over to your house, come down into that basement you're hiding in, rip off your arms and ''shove them up your butt!'' Oh that's right, yes, go cry to your father, you little weasel!
143* ''Film/BruceAlmighty'': Evan Baxter to Bruce, who is merely a bit of a jerkass to Bruce and "steals" (according to Bruce) a promotion from him as the new main news anchor of the station they work at, despite clearly having earned it. This is enough reason for Bruce to torment him after he gains godlike powers by publically humiliating Evan on live air (and in a DeletedScene, ''cause him a massive nasal hemorrhage and set his hair on fire'').
144* Wendover is to Captain Spratt in ''Film/DoctorInTrouble'', always popping up to annoy him, embarrass him, or somehow cause irritation to him.
145* In ''Film/TheLifeAquaticWithSteveZissou'', Steve perceives that he has a professional rivalry with Hennessy, but it's pretty obvious that in reality the former is simply bitter that the latter is a more successful oceanographer, the former husband of Steve's ex-wife and kind of a jerk.
146* In ''Film/{{Predator}}'', Blain's macho posturing is often mocked by Poncho.
147-->'''Blain''': "(Chewing tobacco) will make you a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus, just like me!"
148-->'''Poncho''': (holds out his grenade launcher) "Strap this on your sore ass, Blain!"
149----
150-->'''Poncho''': "You're hit. You're bleeding, man."
151-->'''Blain''': "I ain't got time to bleed."
152-->'''Poncho''': "Oh, okay." (blasts the bad guys with the grenade launcher) You got time to duck?" (debris falls on them and Blain has to hide)
153* Dr Jonas Miller from ''Film/{{Twister}}'' is a {{Jerkass}} SmugSnake who sold out to a big company for fame and fortune and stole the designs for Bill's tracking system with the defence that Bill hadn't got it passed the theory stage. It is also clear in the film that he is mostly just tracking Bill's team and swooping in to steal the credit without knowing how to predict twisters himself. Despite this, he doesn't do anything blatantly illegal and ultimately proves more of a danger to his own team than anyone else.
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157* ''Literature/ConstanceVeritySavesTheWorld'':
158** Millie is Tia's other friend and she and Connie have a rivalry over the title of "best-friend." While Millie is nowhere near the level of threat Connie is used to in her life of adventuring, she's still invested enough to imagine the many ways she could take her out physically without actually doing it, instead sticking to the kind of PassiveAggressiveKombat "normal people" do in such situations.
159---> ...there was a weird conflict between Connie and Millie. A friendship tug-of-war, a struggle for best-friend status.
160** Two of Connie and Byron's new neighbors in their new apartment building includes the vampire Duke Warlock and VampireHunter Baron Solaris, both of whom deliberately avoid each other during the housewarming party.
161* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' book ''Literature/{{Snuff}}'', [[MagnificentBastard Lord Vetinari]] appears to have reached this level of 'enmity' with the crossword editor of The Times, whose mastery of obscure linguistics and terrible wordplay is advanced enough to give even him pause.
162** As of ''Literature/RaisingSteam'' she has landed several victories, but the stress of the contest finally gets to her and she resigns.
163** The Venturi and Selachii noble families have an intense rivalry. However, at parties, they are required to be polite to each other, and thus restrain themselves to non-controversial subjects. Such as "You appear to be standing". The actual cause was forgotten generations ago, but it must have been important or else this would be considered silly.
164* ''Literature/EllenAndOtis'': Ellen Tebbits and Otis Spofford, to each other. Otis got started antagonizing Ellen because his mother is Ellen's ballet teacher (and he likes to see Ellen get mad), and he's usually (but not always) the instigator.
165* In the ''Literature/HorribleHarry'' series, Harry and Sidney are always fighting, usually because Sidney does something to annoy Harry and Harry retaliates by playing a gross prank on him. Still, they have their share of friendly moments.
166%% * From what we've seen in ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'', Gabriel Lightwood is this to Will Herondale.
167* ''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'': Jaine's father has one in Lydia Pinkus, President of the Tampa Vistas Homeowner's association.
168* In Creator/AstridLindgren's ''Literature/KarlssonOnTheRoof,'' the strict and haughty Miss Bock quickly becomes this to Karlsson. He actually rather likes the woman, it's just that [[JerkAss what he likes the most about her is how much fun she is to rile up and insult.]]
169* In the first chapter of ''Literature/LunarPark'', Bret (in a semi-fictionalized account of the author's real life) takes several personal shots at Creator/KeanuReeves.
170* ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'': Borsk Fel'lya is this to basically ''every'' major hero from ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' until halfway through the ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series (all in all, about twenty years). As infuriating as he can be to deal with, he's not ''actually'' an Imperial spy, or a dark side adept, or a wannabe dictator, or an agent of any of the above (well, not intentionally). He's simply a powermongering politician who, while he doesn't put his career ahead of ''everything'' else, certainly puts it ahead of more than he should. He's a political rival of Admiral Ackbar whose attempts to discredit his rival sow chaos in the New Republic fleet command at the worst possible time, he interferes in the lives of his fellow Bothans to an intrusively personal degree when he thinks they don't best reflect his image of their people, he fans the flames of every anti-human conspiracy theory on the books, and by the time he's Chief of State, he's happy to indulge the growing anti-Jedi sentiment... leading him to at first ignore the extragalactic invasion by the Yuuzhan Vong as a Jedi hoax, and later on, leave the Jedi homeworld on Yavin 4 totally exposed to a coming attack that he knows about but neither warns them about nor dispatches anyone to protect them from. What's most infuriating to several of the heroes, however, is that when he's finally cornered and facing death at the hands of the invaders, he's still got enough panache to go out with a bang, [[TakingYouWithMe detonating a personal nuclear device that kills twenty-five thousand enemy warriors along with himself]]. This accomplishes little or nothing from a military standpoint, but instantly immortalizes him as a hero and martyr for the history textbooks, and erases every bad memory of his long career of backstabbing and obstruction.
171* Ornon and Eugendides in ''Literature/TheQueensThief'' series. Ornon can't stand Eugenides, which may have to do with how Ornon lost all his sheep (and much of his wealth with them). Ornon doesn't do anything substantial besides take every opportunity he can to annoy Eugenides. (It's also possible that they're both exaggerating the extent of the antipathy for an audience--but Eugenides still bleats like a lamb or barks like a sheepdog whenever Ornon enters the room.)
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175* In the latter seasons of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', Dick had Vincent Strudwick. Tommy dated Strudwick's daughter Alissa, making them StarCrossedLovers.
176* ''Series/ThirtyRock'':
177** Jack Donaghy and Devon Banks, who vie for control of NBC. Later, Devon's role is taken by [[IntergenerationalRivalry teenager Kaylie Hooper]].
178** Jenna Maroney is no stranger to this trope. Her ''official'' arch-nemesis appears to be Creator/JennyMcCarthy, but she's also apparently had a feud with Creator/RavenSymone.
179--->'''She knows what she did.'''
180* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'':
181** Stan Sitwell to the Bluth Family in general, and George Sr. in specific. A more one-sided variation in that he is a genuinely nice man who is largely oblivious to the extent of the Bluths' disdain for him, and that George dislikes him because he is in the same business and just as successful (without the need to resort to illegal practices), and his philanthropy makes the Bluths look bad. [[spoiler: George and Lucille even went so far as to adopt a daughter they didn't want (Lindsey) who Sitwell was trying to adopt, purely to spite him]].
182** Lucille personally has Lucille 2, her very nice neighbor who wants nothing more than for the Bluths to succeed. Once, Lucille 2 hired some construction workers to renovate her apartment while she was away, and Lucille wound up getting them to move the wall dividing their homes two feet in, and install a larger bathtub for her.
183%%* ''Series/AustinAndAlly'' has Dez and his rival Chuck.
184* ''Series/{{Beachcombers}}'': There is Relic who annoys nearly everyone in Gibsons, BC, especially Nick who has him a business rival. However, as much as they can't stand him, Nick has been known to come to him to bunk as a last resort and when Relic is in truly ''serious'' trouble, everyone is willing to lend a hand.
185* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'':
186** Sheldon Cooper actually has two of these, the first being [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome Barry Kripke]], who he once got in an EscalatingWar with (it didn't end well), and the second being Creator/WilWheaton. The latter has had a showdown with Sheldon twice [[spoiler:and Wheaton triumphed both times. However, he used underhanded tactics both times. You might count the Indiana Jones showing as a third occasion, meaning Sheldon has one victory.]]
187** Shelly is just great at getting arch nemeses. There is also Leslie Winkle: who "made Sheldon Cooper cry like a little girl?".
188** Sheldon has a long list of arch nemeses so old he keeps it on a floppy disc. [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Wil Wheaton was recently taken off the list, only to be replaced by Brent Spiner.]]
189--->'''Wil:''' ''(to Brent)'' Don't worry, it doesn't take up a lot of your time.
190** Sheldon's childhood idol Arthur "Professor Proton" Jeffries has Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy (who actually admires him) for ripping off his show.
191--->'''Bill Nye:''' Wow, Arthur Jeffries. It's an honor to meet you. My show never would have happened without yours. \
192'''Professor Proton:''' That's what I told my lawyers.
193%%* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' has an interesting one; Edmund Blackadder ''himself'' was the Sitcom Arch-Nemesis for most of the series. Captain Darling in ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' is this trope played straight, and the same could apply for Melchett in ''Blackadder II''.
194* ''Series/BostonLegal'': There are several recurring characters who develop this relationship with one or more of the heroes. The most memorable of them is undoubtedly Melvin Palmer, a Texan attorney who specializes in representing the rich and guilty, usually with Alan Shore as the opposing attorney. What drives Alan insane is that while he actually wins all of his cases against Palmer, the man is never remotely bothered by this (he gets paid either way), maintains a cheerful and friendly demeanor even while defending his clients' most heinous actions, and can reliably be counted on to show up again a few episodes down the line with an equally heinous client. ... And ''then'' he finds himself defending Alan when he's accused of adultery, successfully gets him cleared of all charges, and leaves him in his debt, much to his chagrin.
195* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'':
196** The warm and mutual loathing between Captain Holt and his rival Deputy Chief Wuntch.
197** Jake very much sees Doug Judy (a.k.a. [[spoiler:The Pontiac Bandit]]) as this, with their face-offs being a once-per-season event that reliably gets a whole episode devoted to it. He even refers to Doug as his "nemesis" on numerous occasions. However, as Doug himself often points out, they often come across more as VitriolicBestBuds with their shared sense of humour and taste for wacky hijinks, and would very likely be best friends if they weren't on opposite sides of the law. Jake angrily refuses to accept this... but is almost always willing to go along with Doug's crazy ideas under the guise of catching a bigger criminal, which ''always'' results in Doug getting away. Not to mention actually taking ShipperOnDeck Doug's advice about his love life with Amy.
198** As a whole, the NYPD (or perhaps just the Nine-Nine) has a bitter rivalry with.... just about every other civil service agency in the city, from the MTA to the NYFD to the sanitation department.
199** However, the pilot subverts this between Det. Jake Peralta and Captain Holt. Initially, it looks like the childish detective chafing against orders from the stern, no-nonsense captain is being set up as the show's primary antagonistic relationship... But Jake comes to respect Holt by the end of the first episode, and their relationship quickly shifts to one of Holt being a ParentalSubstitute and CloudcuckoolandersMinder for Jake.
200%%* Cordelia started as this for ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
201%%* ''Series/{{Bunkd}}'':
202%%** Hazel is this mainly to Emma, but also to Lou and to a lesser extent Ravi.
203%%** In later seasons, Barb, the Camp Champion director was this to Lou.
204* On ''Series/CarolineInTheCity'', it's Caroline's strip vs. the strip ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}''.
205* Miss Manger from ''Series/CharleysGrants'' is to Lord Charley, often being the only one standing in the way of him getting his grants.
206* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'':
207** Sam's nemesis is the rival bar Gary's Old Town Tavern.
208** Also John Hill, owner of Melville's, the restaurant upstairs.
209** Carla also considered Diane to be her worst enemy, with Cliff perhaps a close second.
210** Woody has [[ObnoxiousInLaws his father-in-law Mr. Gaines]] as well as FrenchJerk Henri, who openly admits to trying to steal his girlfriend.
211* In ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', Season 1 has Harry Tang, arch-nemesis to Chuck and Morgan at the Buy More. Season 2 has Emmett Milbarge fill the void Harry left.
212%%* ''Series/{{Coach}}'' has Hayden and Judy.
213* [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness During the first season]] of ''Series/TheColbertReport'', Stephen Colbert had one in the form of Russ Lieber, a liberal talking head played by Creator/DavidCross, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome before the character was written out]].
214* ''Series/{{Community}}'':
215** Jeff's rivalry with Rich, the handsome doctor [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter who is always better than him]].
216** There is also the rivalry between Prof. Duncan and Senor Chang [[spoiler:which they eventually settle through MutuallyAssuredDestruction.]]
217** There's also Jeff and Leonard's antagonism.
218** The gang also hates Shirley's [[TheGhost unseen friend]] Gary and absolutely loath Todd Jacobson, Greendale's resident NiceGuy.
219* In ''Series/CornerGas'' the entire town of Dog River has this with the neighboring town of Wullerton (spits).
220* In ''Series/{{Coupling}}'', Patrick has Ivan, who is like [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter the uber-Patrick]], complete with snazzy car, corner office and blonde trophy wife.
221* Professor Hobbes from ''Series/TheCultureVultures'' is to Dr. Cunningham, clashing with him over his blasé approach to his work.
222%%* ''Series/{{Cybill}}'': Cybill Sheridan's arch-rival is Andraea (Morgan Fairchild).
223* In ''Series/DadsArmy'', Captain Mainwaring (the pompous, upper-middle-class bank manager whose power and authority as Home Guard platoon leader has gone straight to his head) has Chief ARP Warden Hodges (the pompous, lower-class greengrocer whose power and authority as Chief ARP Warden has gone straight to his head).
224-->'''Hodges''' (when Mainwaring has got stuck up a church belltower with no ladder): ''I hope you stay up there to let me enjoy this war in peace. Because I do enjoy this war. I've never enjoyed anything as much in all my life... '''And you! You always spoil it!'''.''
225* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'': Mrs. [=McClusky=] started out as this for Lynette, but ended up as a subversion as the two eventually came to understand each other as the series went on and formed something of a friendship.
226%%** There's also Susan vs. Edie.
227* In ''Series/{{Detectorists}}'', it's two organisations that are Sitcom Arch Nemeses: the Danebury Metal Detecting Club (who are the main characters) and the Antiquisearchers.
228* On ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow'' Buddy Sorell makes every attempt to insult producer/ bald brother-in-law of the star Mel Coolley. It's also {{Lampshaded}} that their enmity is totally idiotic. Buddy's explanation for why he keeps making fun of Mel is "I do it 'cause I like to rib him! And...I sort of...hate him."
229* Series/TheDrewCareyShow: Drew's nemesis is Mimi in spite of the fact that she's a main character of the show. The pair frequently trade barbs, but will occasionally begrudgingly support each other.
230* On ''Series/{{Eureka}}'', Fargo has two: Larry in the early seasons, who wants his job, and [[Creator/WilWheaton Dr. Parrish]] in the later seasons, who's in a LoveTriangle with him.
231* In ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris'' Chris has the white racist boy Joey Caruso as an arch nemesis.
232* ''Series/EverybodyLovesRaymond'':
233** Ray actually calls Peggy, the leader of his daughter's scout troop and mother of her best friend, his "arch enemy".
234** Marie thinks that Harriette Lichman is her archenemy for Frank's affection. Frank casually toys with her on that.
235** Raymond occasionally banters with his neighbor Parker despite Ally and Parker Jr. getting along nicely.
236** Robert and Raymond's sibling rivalry borders on this a time or two.
237** Peter, Robert's brother in law started out as this. Ironically his sibling rivalry between himself and Amy has been known to mirror Raymond and Robert's. Not to mention he is currently dating Raymond's arch enemy Peggy.
238** Debra and her sister Jennifer are revealed to mirror Ray and Robert. In this case Jennifer was the favoured sibling, possibly explaining Debra's affinity with Robert.
239%%** The rivalry between Debra and Marie.
240* ''Series/ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo'': BenevolentBoss Myung-seok has one in the form of Seung-jun, who runs another team at Hanbada and delights in any opportunity to lord over Myung-seok.
241* In ''Series/FatherTed'', the titular character has Father Dick Byrne. The two constantly get into ridiculous one-upmanship contests, not realizing how similar they are; one episode ended with a split screen of their two households, with identical action going on on both sides.
242* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Season Four reveals that ''[[NiceGuy Barry Allen]]'' has one in the form of [[RubberMan Ralph Dibny]]. While the reason for mutual grudge isn't humorous (prior to the series, Dibny tampered with evidence for a case to get a suspect he believed guilty convicted; Barry busted him and got him fired), the actual rivalry is PlayedForLaughs due to how unabashed both men are in their hatred of one another, from Ralph's jealousy over how successful Barry's gotten in the interim between their last meeting and his debut episode to his lamentation over how he has to hate the Flash after he learns it's Barry under the mask.
243* Although not an individual person, Australia, in general, seems to serve in this role for Murray and the band in ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords''
244* In ''Series/{{Frasier}}'', the titular character has Cam Winston. The two are virtually ''identical'' to each other, in that they're both pompous, snooty, articulate egomaniacs. When they finally call a truce because they think their parents were dating, their "treaty" includes them agreeing to share grooming and personal care advice on features that the other one had noticed.
245* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' subverts the trope by originally having Kim Kelly be Lindsay's nemesis but they become best friends. It's played straight with Sam and Alan White.
246%%* Mr. Heckles from ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
247* On ''Series/FullHouse'', once Michelle takes over the LittleMissSnarker title from Stephanie, Stephanie redirects her snide remarks towards [[DropInCharacter Kimmy]], who only occasionally fires insults back due to her relative lack of wit. In fact, of all of the main cast who ever makes fun of Kimmy, Stephanie does it the most often -- sometimes multiple times in a single episode. By the time of ''Series/FullerHouse'' though, Stephanie and Kimmie become more like VitriolicBestBuds.
248* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Meera to Osha, who quickly grows jealous of Meera.
249* Town selectman Taylor Doose from ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' generally exists only to annoy the main characters, and generally the whole town of Stars Hollow with his obsessive need to control every aspect of the town. Luke in particular sees him as an arch nemesis.
250* On ''Series/GoodEats'', Alton has several of these: W (a cranky sales-associate at a kitchen supply store), his "sister" Marsha (an {{Expy}} of Creator/MarthaStewart), Cocoa Carl (a notorious and unscrupulous purveyor of heavily-processed convenience and snack foods), and The Mad French Chef (sometimes shown to be one of his instructors from culinary school, who doesn't like his sometimes unorthodox ways of cooking).
251* ''Series/TheGoodPlace'': Tahani, Eleanor's next-door-neighbor, to Eleanor herself. The former, as a condescending British socialite-philanthropist who airs her supposed goodness to the world, ''really'' gets on Eleanor's nerves, even as Chidi insists (and Eleanor grudgingly accepts) that Tahani truly is a good person. [[spoiler:Turns out to have been ''invoked'', of all things, as when Michael chose the central four humans to torture each other for eternity, he predicted that Eleanor and Tahani would grate on each other. Eventually becomes a subversion; CharacterDevelopment ultimately leads to them becoming close friends.]]
252* In ''Series/GroundedForLife'', Finnegan has O'Keefe as a nemesis. Their children were dating. Also, Finnegan's bar had "[=McGinty's=]".
253* ''Series/HalfAndHalf'': Big Deedee Thorn regularly competes with her husband's ex-wife Phyllis. She also has an evil sister.
254* In ''Series/HomeImprovement'', Tim's hated rival Bob Vila made several guest appearances, often dismissing Tim's show as a ripoff of his own.
255** Tim shows a surprising bit of maturity after a race when he reveals to his wife that he could have won but let Bob win as to do so would have been at extreme risk of destroying the car. Bob bought his car and would just get a new one, Tim built his over the course of a year and wasn't going to throw all that work away just to prove a point.
256** Tim also hated the nearby but never seen Doctor Johnson, an 80 year old proctologist who won the Christmas lighting competition every year. Considering the lengths Tim goes to beat him, the doctor's display [[TakeOurWordForIt must have been]] quite a sight indeed.
257** Alternatively, Tim's [[TimTaylorTechnology exceptionally overdone and usually dangerous displays]] may actually have been ''illegal'' in the contest (leading to disqualification) and the good doctor was the best of the legal entrants. Given that one year, his display was bright enough to enable a plane landing, illegal is likely. (Then again, they won that year.)
258* On the short-lived sitcom ''Series/HopeAndGloria'', talk show host Dennis Dupree (Alan Thicke) has a massive grudge against, um, actor Alan Thicke. This comes to a climax at a ''Series/GrowingPains'' reunion on Dupree's show which ends in a Thicke on Thicke fistfight.
259* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'':
260** Ted has a big beef against the rival architecture collective "Sven".
261** Also in season one, he has a one-sided rivalry with Robin's two main love interests - Sandy Rivers and Derek.
262** Also Robin has Patrice, her co-worker at World Wide News... who actually likes her dearly.
263* ''Series/ICarly'' has two pairs: Sam with Freddie, and Carly with Nevel. Also Spencer with Chuck.
264* In ''Series/IDream'', Natalie was this, mostly to Amy. Though when they're forced to work together they do end up getting along in the end. If only until the next episode.
265* ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'':
266** Nosy NASA psychiatrist Dr. Bellows is constantly played off Tony Nelson this way. With the good doctor always suspecting that Tony is hiding something. (Which would be Jeannie.)
267** There's also Jeannie's vindictive sister, who is also named Jeannie and also played by Creator/BarbaraEden. ([[EvilBrunetteTwin In a brunette wig]].)
268* ''Series/ILoveLucy'' often referred to Ricky's rivalry with fellow mambo singer Xavier Cougat.
269* In ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', the gang has a feud with the [=McPoyles=], an exceedingly creepy family with a passion for milk, sleepwear and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick incest]]. Charlie and Smitty also qualify.
270* On ''Series/ItsYourMove'', the rivalry between Matthew and his neighbor/mother's boyfriend Norman was the premise of the series.
271* ''Series/JimmyKimmelLive'':
272** Creator/JimmyKimmel has Creator/MattDamon as his nemesis. Kimmel had a RunningGag where he always ended every episode with the words "Apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time".[[note]]The show had trouble booking big-name guests in its early years and Kimmel began "apologizing" in self-mockery since no talk show would dream of bumping an A-Lister like Damon[[/note]] Damon eventually responded in kind, starting a years-long mock feud with Kimmel, including an intro to an interview with Damon that took so long that they actually did run out of time, spoof music videos where Kimmel's then-girlfriend Creator/SarahSilverman revealed that she was, in fact, fucking Matt Damon behind his back (to which he responded by revealing that he was fucking Damon's friend Creator/BenAffleck behind her back), and marking [[MilestoneCelebration the 10th anniversary show]] with a HostileShowTakeover on Damon's part, rebranding it ''Jimmy Kimmel Sucks!''.
273** Kimmel also has a light-hearted rivalry going with Creator/JohnKrasinski and Creator/EmilyBlunt, who are his next door neighbors and delight in tormenting him with elaborate pranks.
274* On ''Series/JustShootMe'', Jack is constantly competing with Creator/DonaldTrump over who is King of New York. Also regular is head photographer Elliot with Annie Leibowitz. Occasionally, the entire cast and ''Cosmo'' magazine.
275* ''Series/KirbyBuckets'' has Kirby and his sister Dawn. Dawn herself also has one with her school's AlphaBitch Mandy. Also, we have Eli and Jean-Luc, a boy who only communicates in mime.
276* ''Series/LabRats'' has Leo with school bully Trent, and Bree with on-and-off-again best friend Caitlin. And of course, there's Perry who serves as this for all four kids.
277%%* ''Series/LeaveItToBeaver'' had the Beaver and his classmate Judy.
278* ''Series/{{Letterkenny}}'' has the hicks Wayne and Daryl vs. the hockey players Jonesy and Riley.
279* ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' has Lizzie and school bully Kate Sanders.
280* ''Series/LifeWithDerek'' has the titular Derek serve as this for protagonist Casey.
281%%* ''Series/LivAndMaddie'' has Joey and Artie.
282* ''Series/LivingSingle'' has Kyle and Maxine with an enormous dose of BelligerentSexualTension. Before him Maxine had Regine [[spoiler:who dated Kyle.]]
283%% * Dr. Smith to Mjr. Don on ''Series/LostInSpace''.
284* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'': Marcy increasingly becomes Al's nemesis due to them being such polar opposites. After Marcy marries Jefferson, however, comedic parallels are drawn between them now that they're both married to lazy slugs.
285* ''Series/{{Martin}}'': Martin and Pam are this, with Martin using her breath and her using his height as a common source of ammunition.
286* ''Series/MightyMed'' has main characters Kaz and Oliver with Alan Diaz.
287* ''Series/ModernFamily'':
288** The series plays with this trope in the episode where Cam is hosting a charity function for a music appreciation group. He keep referring to his rival (who hosted the event the year before) as his new nemesis. Mitchell tries to point out that it's just silly in real-life, but Cam takes great delight in the drama the relationship allows for.
289** Played straight with Jay and Manny's father, Javier. Everything Javier does annoys Jay to no end, because Jay sees him as an irresponsible deadbeat--and yet everything always works out for him.
290** Phil and Gil Thorpe, a rival real estate agent. Gil is a crueler version, as he often makes crude comments towards Phil's family members (especially Claire) just to be a dick.
291** Jay and his business rival in the closet industry, Earl Chambers.
292** Cam and Mitchell insist that gays and lesbians are this to each other, using improvised Venn diagrams to show how they have nothing in common. Even after they bond with a lesbian couple over concern for their children, they can occasionally be heard angrily muttering "''lesbians''" whenever they do something particularly annoying.
293** It's PlayedForLaughs between the kids - Luke begins to see Lily as this from about Season 3, when she grows into a snarky toddler, though the real reason is probably that with her talking and interacting more she's stealing his limelight as the precocious youngest child in the family. Lily takes it a step further herself by starting to see Joe as this from the very day he's born, which is something she and Luke actually bond over.
294** Lampshaded in an episode in the final season, where Phil reflects on the oddity of a family of generally decent people having so many bitter rivalries.
295%%* The 'perfect mother' Barb Valentine in ''TheMommies''.
296* ''Series/MrBean''
297** Bean's sadistic grudge against [[EnmityWithAnObject that blue Reliant Regal car]].
298** His diary features a similar relationship with the Man in Room #3 down the hall, told entirely through the notes that he leaves outside the door and Bean sticks in the book. They decide to bury the hatchet (literally!) on New Years Eve.
299%%* ''Series/{{Martin}}'' and Pam.
300* In ''Series/{{Monk}}'', Adrian Monk has Harold Krenshaw, who shares a therapist and many phobias and neuroses with him. The rivalry is mutual, usually over who is better friends with the therapist or who has made more progress.
301* Joy and Catalina on ''Series/MyNameIsEarl''. It starts due to Joy calling Catalina a whore upon their first meeting, but later grew into jealousy over being the two primary MsFanservice characters on the show. Plus, Joy is very politically incorrect and Catalina is an illegal South American immigrant. They eventually make peace with each other near the end of the series after Joy saves Catalina's life.
302* In a rare case, UsefulNotes/DanQuayle, quasi-unintentionally, started a feud with Series/MurphyBrown, who served as a liberal [[Series/AllInTheFamily Archie Bunker]] and pretty much had a RippedFromTheHeadlines feud going on with most everyone in Washington.
303* ''Series/MyWifeAndKids'' has Wanda being this to Michael. [[VolleyingInsults They always argue when talking to each other.]]
304* On ''Series/TheNanny'':
305** Mr. Sheffield loathes Creator/AndrewLloydWebber after [[ItWillNeverCatchOn the former turned down the opportunity of producing]] ''Theatre/{{Cats}}'', ''Music/{{Tommy}}'', and ''Theatre/{{Hair}}''.
306** [[{{Jerkass}} C.C.]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Niles]] also count. They are fighting almost every time they meet. Later their SnarkToSnarkCombat evolves into BelligerentSexualTension.
307* ''Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide'':
308** Ned has school bully Billy Loomer.
309** Moze originally had Suzie Crabgrass as a rival in the first season, but they became friends later on, and AlphaBitch Missy Meany became her most reoccurring nemesis.
310** Cookie, like Ned, has had Loomer as a rival for most of the series, but in the third season also has AcademicAlphaBitch and StalkerWithACrush Evelyn Kwong.
311** Gordy the janitor has Vice Principal Crubbs, who's always threatening to fire him, and of course, the weasel.
312* In ''Series/NewsRadio'', Jimmy James has Johnny Johnson. Jimmy also often tries to one-up Bill Gates.
313-->'''Bill:''' Hasn't this been done before? I mean, every year some billionaire goes up in a balloon.\
314'''Mr. James:''' Why do you think I'm doing this? The peer pressure among billionaires is tremendous. Bill Gates practically called me a Nancy-boy.
315* In ''Series/NightCourt'', Judge Stone had a low-key rivalry with Judge Wapner from ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'', as well as a one-upmanship contest with another prank-obsessed judge.
316%%* On ''Night Stand'', Dick Dietrich and Jerry Springer.
317* In one episode of ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'', we meet Marshall Pennfield, Charlie's old rival from Princeton who arrives at [=CalSci=] to give a guest-lecture in which he finds a flaw in the Eppes Convergence, the mathematical theorem that made Charlie famous. Charlie will readily admit that Pennfield is brilliant; he just doesn't like him because he's an asshole who constantly targeted Charlie in school for being a ChildProdigy. In the end, Pennfield helps Charlie figure out the case of the week, and when Charlie does find a way around Pennfield's problem, he calls it the Pennfield Variation something Marshall [[ActuallyPrettyFunny actually finds funny]]. When Pennfield returns a couple seasons later in the episode "Frenemy", he and Charlie work together which largely consists of them bickering...even then, it's clear there is a undercurrent of respect for each other and their rivalry comes from their time from Princeton. Marshall is actually surprised when Charlie compares them to a crimelord and the leader of a vigilante group at war with each other and think they hate each other as much. By the end of the episode Marshall is invited to dinner at he Eppes house as a sign of them burying the hatchet.
318* The UK version of ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}'' had Tim vs. Gareth. The [[Series/TheOfficeUS US version]] has Michael against Toby and Dwight against Jim; in the former case, Toby looked upon Michael's "rivalry" with a measure of disbelief, and in the latter case, Jim uses it as an excuse to constantly pull pranks on Dwight. A somewhat more straightforward rivalry in the US version was Dwight vs. Andy, first when Andy attempted to usurp Dwight's position as Michael's favorite and later when both got involved in a love triangle with Angela. They have since become fairly good friends. In later seasons, the Andy vs. Nellie rivalry replaced the Andy vs. Dwight one.
319* Gussie and Charlie from ''Series/OnTheHouse'' were forever at odds due to their positions as shop steward and foreman; Charlie wants to get work done on the building site, whereas Gussie would rather be on strike 24/7.
320* ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'': Victor Meldrew and Patrick Trench. They have a... not exactly one-sided, but somewhat ''asymmetrical'' feud, based on Patrick [[HanlonsRazor misinterpreting Victor's constant bad luck as malicious]] attacks on him.
321* Played with Roy Slater on ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''. He's presented in the context of this trope, but is genuinely villainous. He's a DirtyCop, a borderline-abusive husband, and a sociopath.
322* In ''Series/OurMissBrooks'', Miss Brooks has Miss Enright, a fellow English teacher and rival for Mr. Boynton's affections.
323* In ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'', there is an extremely bitter rivalry between the parks department and the library department, as well as the entire city of Pawnee with Eagleton (though it's mostly one-sided).
324** The library rivalry quickly developed a more serious bent when it transpired that the main librarian was Tammy 2, Ron's ex-wife and his own sitcom arch-nemesis. Tammy 2 is an AxCrazy nymphomaniac who is obsessed with getting Ron back , and doesn't mind manipulating and abusing other characters in order to get her way.
325** Leslie also has a rivalry with local high school student Greg Pikitis. Leslie takes it much more seriously than he does and Greg admits to intentionally pushing Leslie's buttons because it's fun to rile her up. He only appears in two episodes (and a cameo in the final season), but Leslie makes clear she's been warring with him for years offscreen every Halloween.
326** Leslie's other nemesis is City Councilman Jeremy Jamm. Leslie even makes a chart of how many times they've gone up against each other and who's won each time. Their enmity lasts for two seasons but gets resolved after Leslie hooks him up with Tammy 2...and then she and Ron have to rescue him from the abusive relationship.
327%%* In ''Series/PeepShow'', Mark has Jeff.
328* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge'' has Shelby and Kendall be mutual Sitcom Arch-Nemeses to each other. They're both "good guys" – Shelby's the Pink Ranger and Kendall is MissionControl [[spoiler:and the Purple Ranger]] – but they rub each other the wrong way; since Shelby has a bit of an ego and annoys people (especially Kendall, who is her boss) trying to get what she wants, while Kendall is no-nonsense and has little patience for such things. As a result, Kendall [[DeadpanSnarker makes unnecessarily bitchy remarks]] about Shelby and Shelby complains that she's not being treated as well as she deserves. They are able to work together when there's an actual crisis to deal with, though.
329* In ''Series/{{Reba}}'', Brock has not one, but two nemeses -- Eugene (a rival dentist) and Lori Ann (Reba's friend). Both of them are eventually PutOnABus.
330* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' would likely consider her son-in-law Mark her arch nemesis with Leon a close second.
331* ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'':
332** Alyssa Edwards and [=CoCo=] Montrese (stemming from real-life bad blood between the two former pageant rivals)
333** "Rolaskatox" (Roxxxy Andrews, Alaska and Detox) and Jinkx Monsoon, with Roxxxy in particular disliking Jinkx.
334** Bob the Drag Queen and Thorgy Thor;[[note]]Although this was mostly one-sided as Thorgy continually compared herself to Bob to the extent that it began affecting her performance. This was so strong that it carried over and affected Thorgy during her appearance on All-Stars 3.[[/note]] Bob and Derrick Berry.
335%%** Sharon Needles and Phi Phi O'Hara
336* ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' has one in [[AlphaBitch Libby Chessler]], who grew to hate Sabrina after being turned into a pineapple for a few hours.
337* ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' has Fred Sanford and [[ObnoxiousInLaws his sister-in-law Aunt Esther]].
338* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s "Celebrity ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}''" skits had Creator/DarrellHammond's Creator/SeanConnery as this to Creator/WillFerrell's Creator/AlexTrebek, with Connery routinely flinging mockery at Trebek, giving knowingly wrong answers just to be crude and making ThatsWhatSheSaid jokes about Trebek's mother, while Trebek responds with calm snark and visible exasperation. Connery goes to great lengths to get on the show to torment Trebek more, even cutting an album of "filthy limericks" just to be eligible for the "Rock and Roll" episode. Often, however, Connery seems to [[PetTheDog extend an olive branch to Trebek]] and claim his behavior is "all in good fun" -- [[SchmuckBait only for Connery to immediately make Trebek the butt of another crude joke]].
339* ''Series/SchittsCreek'': Ronnie becomes this to Patrick, who is not used to people not liking him.
340* In ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
341** J.D. has the Janitor and, briefly, hotshot intern Keith. Though frequently it was the Janitor getting ticked off at something minor that J.D. did and getting petty revenge, or playing a prank on J.D. for no particular reason.
342** J.D. and Sean also don't much like each other, what with stealing each other's girlfriends.
343** Dr. Cox and Creator/HughJackman.
344** For a while, Turk and Marco (Carla's brother).
345* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'':
346** Jerry has Newman. Whenever Newman shows up, Jerry will greet him, "Hello... ''Newman''" with dripping contempt. The two will usually trade barbs whenever they're around each other. Whenever Jerry realizes that Newman is behind some misfortune of his, he will sneer "Newman!" with his lip curled. There seems to be no catalyst to their feud. They just hate each other. Newman gripes that Jerry makes a living entertaining "a half-soused nightclub rabble that lap up your inane 'observations'!" while he toils away in obscurity at the post office. Jerry Seinfeld (the real one) says that for him, the rivalry was that Newman was the only one on the show who was always trying to make Jerry suffer instead of it being the other way around.
347** "The Puerto Rican Day" reveals that Jerry has a traffic nemesis, "Maroon Golf," who refers to Jerry as "Black Saab" when they hurl taunts at each other.
348** George has Lloyd Braun, a guy he grew up with and whom his parents seem to [[TheUnfavorite prefer more than him]].
349** Elaine has Sue Ellen, "The Bra-less Wonder," who provokes Elaine's ACupAngst.
350** Kramer has FDR... Franklin Delano Romanowski.
351** Jack Klompus is this to Jerry's father Morty.
352* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''Series/{{Sherlock}}''. Sherlock's arch-enemy is revealed to be [[spoiler: his smug but concerned brother Mycroft, who just wants to [[SiblingRivalry end their silly feud]].]]
353* ''Series/That70sShow'':
354** Red Foreman's arch-nemesis is Bob and Midge Pinciotti. It's a downplayed example for most of the series as much as Bob annoys Red and Midge annoys Kitty, the two are probably the couple's closest friends.
355** Also, Mitch and his father are enemies of Eric and Red. This was a subversion of the "actually very nice" example, because, as they started losing battles, they revealed their problematic relationship. In later appearances, Mitch was reduced to a joke.
356** Fez has [[CampGay Fenton]].
357** Eric's [[ReallyGetsAround trampy sister Laurie]] served as the Arch Nemesis to no less than ''three'' characters in Jackie, Hyde and Eric himself.
358* ''Series/TheThundermans'' has super-powered twins Phoebe and Max butting heads with each other all the time.
359* ''Series/TrailerParkBoys'' has Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles (and, sporadically, most of the other people in the park) on one side of this situation and Mr Lahey and Randy on the other. An unusual example in that not only is the feeling very much openly acknowledged as mutual, but both sides are presented with (more or less) equal amounts of sympathy.
360* Jake "the Klingon" Klinger, rival plumber to Ben and sci-fi fanatic, in ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'' (although he retained his ''Franchise/StarTrek'' based nickname, the show he had allegiance to changed in every appearance).
361* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': In season 4, Creator/PattonOswalt plays supporting character Penn Epner, a pizza delivery guy who participates in an amateur sleuth / conspiracy online group. One member of the group, Don, is constantly sniping back and forth with him and they subject each other to pranks such as Penn putting pig ear filters on Don's live feed.
362* ''Series/TheWestWing'': Leo can handle his critics and rivals in the Democratic Party, his opponents in the Republican Party, and the leaders of various hostile nations just fine. He's invariably dismayed, however, by the appearance of Lord John Marbury. A colorful British diplomat with a rare talent for getting under Leo's skin, he routinely pretends to mistake him for the butler, [[MaliciousMisnaming misnames him "Gerald"]], and cranks up his personal habits to eleven (from womanizing to smoking) that he knows are an irritation. Unfortunately, he's also one of the finest minds in his government, which means Leo has to put up with him whether he likes it or not. He'll be damned if he doesn't vent to the President about it, though.
363-->'''Leo''': I don't even think the accent's real!
364* Deconstructed in ''Series/{{Wilfred}}'' with his rivalry with a little boy who keeps doing the "fake ball throw" trick on Wilfred. It escalates to Wilfred (or Ryan in a drunken rage; [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it's rather ambiguous]]) getting him accused of burglary. The kid is eventually cleared and the robberies are pinned on a homeless man.
365* ''Series/WillAndGrace'': Karen has a competition with Candice Bergen and likes to torment Marlo Thomas.
366%%** Mr. Zamir
367* In ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', [[AntiHero Alex Russo]] has [[AlphaBitch Gigi]].
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371* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin has several:
372** The first is Susie Derkins. It has been suggested that the two might get to like each other if Calvin ever outgrew the belief that GirlsHaveCooties. (Of course, he [[NotAllowedToGrowUp never got past age six]] in the comics.) One storyline had Calvin create a [[EvilTwin duplicate of himself with the morality switch set to "good"]], who (tried to) get along very sweetly with Susie, much to the original Calvin's horror.
373** Another nemesis is Rosalyn the baby-sitter, who is the only person Calvin actually seems to fear.
374** With Moe, things balanced out in a cosmic sort of way. Calvin ran intellectual circles around Moe, but Moe had the raw physical power to make that [[TalkToTheFist not really matter that much]] in the immediate short term.
375%%* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' and Nermal.
376* Bucky from ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' has Fungo, the ferret that lives next door. [[InvertedTrope It's probably safer to say]] Bucky is Fungo's Sitcom Arch Nemesis, rather than the other way around. Bucky seems to dislike Fungo (and ferrets in general) on the basis that they're too clever by half, and attempts to wage a campaign of harassment against Fungo; Fungo, on the other hand, doesn't really seem to care much about Bucky at all, outside of subverting Bucky's gambits by being too clever by half.
377* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''
378** Snoopy and the vicious "Cat Next Door". The cat is never seen, but routinely rends Snoopy's house with a single swipe of its claws as a response to his cutting witticisms.
379** Charlie Brown and Lucy could be considered this.
380** Schroeder, well-known for his love of the piano and Beethoven, has this dynamic not with a specific character, but rather with anyone who plays the [[PolkaDork accordion]].
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384* Many of Music/{{Eminem}}'s beefs were more like this than serious antagonism.
385** In particular, his beefs with Music/{{NSYNC}}, Music/BritneySpears and the rest of the ''TRL'' set were never taken seriously by either party (Britney and NSYNC both claimed that he was lovely to them outside of kayfabe), but he became notorious for doing everything he could to insult them (including murdering effigies on them on stage).
386** His feud with Canibus was also relatively gentle, with both rappers taking cracks at each other for years, but with Canibus readily acknowledging Eminem's great skill and influence on his style, and Eminem responding [[BigStupidDoodooHead with playground-level insults]] to wind him up and [[InspirationalInsult encourage him to fight harder]], rather than to seriously damage his career.
387** Eminem was not always great at keeping his sitcom beefs non-serious - his beef with his former friends Music/LimpBizkit started with pranks but led to D12 beating Fred Durst up, and his beef with Music/{{Moby}} (intended as this, by WordOfGod) resulted in a group of people in his MisaimedFandom assaulting him on the street. His beef with Music/MariahCarey was probably also intended as satirical, but escalated [[WhatTheHellHero so disgracefully]] that various unaffiliated rappers stepped in to tell him to cool it. And as for his beef with Music/MachineGunKelly, while Eminem's [[TheDissTrack diss track]] is goofy in tone and pretty restrained, the track ended up doing serious damage to MGK's reputation and public persona and led to him being better known now [[OvershadowedByControversy as a ridiculous irritant]] than as a musician.
388** Eminem's running gag of making sick and deliberately poorly researched jokes about Creator/ChristopherReeve led to [[ActingForTwo Reeve threatening to beat him up]] on numerous songs.
389* Music/LeeAnnWomack's song, ''I'll Think of a Reason Later'' describes this toward a woman that the singer hasn't even met, but is apparently engaged to a man she likes. She concludes, "She may be an angel who spends all winter/Bringing the homeless blankets and dinner," but "I really hate her/I'll think of a reason later."
390* Music/TheLonelyIsland have this as a running joke in their "Just 2 Guyz" series of music videos (which also includes "We Like Sportz", "We'll Kill U", and "We Need Love"). The two protagonists, [[ThoseTwoGuys Guy Number One and Guy Number Two]], ''despise'' their neighbour Steve (played by Andy Samberg), calling him a cunt in each video (except "We Need Love", where they instead accuse his girlfriend of being a slut)--despite him never being seen to do anything malicious to them.
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394* The first season of Wrestling/{{GLOW}} featured plenty of examples of the "[[ArchEnemy dramatic]]", but it also featured Americana and Spanish Red, who had much in common, in spite of open hostility, and did indeed have EnemyMine situations.
395* Wrestling/ChrisJericho and Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon had this dynamic for a ''very'' long time, to the point that a fan theory is that Jericho was envious that [[SleepsWithEveryoneButYou she'd sleep with anyone EXCEPT him]].
396* On a promotional level, WWC publicly wished death on IWA Puerto Rico, as did [[Wrestling/{{FMW}} Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling]] and W*ING on IWA Japan. In private, the companies all helped one another.
397* Wrestling/{{ECW}} and the Wrestling/{{WWE}}. On screen, they were antagonistic to one another. Off screen, they actually worked together against main rival Wrestling/{{WCW}}. This was also true of ECW and Wrestling/{{SMW}}, but it lacked a national TV deal so no one remembers it.
398* Wrestling/CMPunk and [[Wrestling/HunterJohnston Delirious]] had many legitimately bitter feuds in IWA Mid-South. Their feud with each other was not one of them. The wrestling was serious enough for one hour time limit draws, but their personal attitude towards each other was mainly down to who had the best pranks.
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402* Radio/CabinPressure has Douglas and Herc Shipwright. Both smooth voiced expert pilots, they are friends before and in the first episode they meet in the series, but Douglas seems to resent Herc moving in on his territory after this. After this they frequently verbally spar, though Herc doesn't seem overly bothered.
403* Possibly the grandfather of them all, [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Jack Benny]] and FredAllen.
404* ''Music/MitchBenn's Crimes Against Music'':
405** In the first season, Mitch's arch-nemesis was Richard Stilgoe, especially as Robin Ince mentioned Stilgoe whenever Mitch referred to himself as Creator/TheBBC's most popular satirical songwriter. They eventually battled it out in the final episode of the season, and became friends.
406--->'''Mitch''': Looks like I'll need a new arch-nemesis for the next series.\
407'''Richard''': Is Music/BillBailey ready for this?
408** Mitch Benn's next arch-nemesis was Creator/StephenFry, King of Website/{{Twitter}}, which was a RunningGag in the 2009 series of ''Radio/TheNowShow''.
409* Alex Jones and Glenn Beck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtKsVv1HL6g]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-2sj-GSi2c]]
410* Radio/TheKevinAndBeanShow on Los Angeles station KROQ had crosstown rival Rick Dees on KIIS. Kevin and Bean often mocked Dees on their show and accused him of pre-taping his show. They occasionally played pranks on him and tried to catch him at home when his show was on the air, pretending to be a live broadcast. This made headlines when Dees filed a lawsuit accusing them of stalking him.
411* Phil Harris, of the radio sitcom ''Radio/ThePhilHarrisAliceFayeShow'', had two of these on his show: his brother in law Willy and the grocery boy Julius, who is in love with his wife, Alice.
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415* The two goth groups in ''TabletopGame/VisigothsVsMallGoths'' take their rivalry rather seriously, since what's at stake in their mutual conflict is the most important thing to a 90s teen in LA: the right to hang out at TheMall. While the two sides have an adversarial relationship, all physical conflict merely results in AmusingInjuries and hurt feelings.
416* Trazyn the Infinite and Orikan the Diviner, in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''. Their relationship is either this or ArchNemesis, as their antics range from comically petty pranks and insults, to nightmarishly cruel attempts to murder the other (often with thousands or ''millions'' of deaths in collateral damage), or subject them to a FateWorseThanDeath. This is on full display in ''Literature/TheInfiniteAndTheDivine''.
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420* ''VideoGame/DemonHunterTheReturnOfTheWings'': Evan and Hotsan don't like each other and, unless there are urgent matters, constantly bicker and try to portray their respective hunter clans superior.
421* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', the player character has this kind of relationship with Garte, the owner of the hotel. Garte's reasons for hating the protagonist are reasonable (the protagonist, instead of removing the festering dead body outside the hotel whose murder he is supposed to be investigating, got [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy apocalyptically drunk]], ran around scaring hotel guests by putting his gun to his head and threatening to kill himself, sexually harassed the bartender so much she quit, trashed his room, then tried to run out on the damages bill) but even considering the circumstances he is extremely rude. Meanwhile, the protagonist loathes him for trying to make him pay for the things he broke, and the player has plenty of options to damn Garte to the heavens, including telling the Moralintern that he's an international criminal in hiding in the hope of getting him executed.
422* In ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', Tori and Tsukasa treat each other like this: though they're both privileged heirs, Tsukasa comes from a long-standing noble family (which has recently fallen on hard times money-wise), while Tori is the son of a very wealthy toy company CEO (who has no other special lineage). As a result they're constantly bickering over who is the 'real' elite kid and take every opportunity to trade petty insults. However, through CharacterDevelopment they manage to turn into VitriolicBestBuds, with Tsukasa eventually realising that he's only hard on Tori because the rest of his family mocks him and he always feels pressured to live up to their expectations of him.
423* ''VideoGame/FakeHappyEnd'': When Mishka realizes that Karin intentionally didn't mention that the tower is infested with monsters, she pushes a tamed monster towards Karin and the protagonist while they're trapped in goo. Likewise, Karin pushes Mishka into a teleportation tile to scare her. Afterwards, the two try to get one-up on each other for the rest of the game.
424* Raul Tejada the Ghoul and "Best Friend" Tabitha the Schizophrenic Nightkin Super Mutant in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas''. In the Black Mountain Radio channel, Tabitha is often threatening Raul with [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness execution]]. However, Raul merely needs to remind her that he has ''not'' outlived his usefulness and is the only one who could possibly repair her beloved robot Rhonda (as well as being a useful repairman in general), to her frustration. If the Courier does not complete their quest, the two are still at it for a long time.
425* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
426** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', this is the initial relationship between Joker and [[SpaceshipGirl EDI]], leading them to partake in an EscalatingWar of pranks. Shepard and [[EveryoneCanSeeIt other characters]] joke that they really should just admit their BelligerentSexualTension already. [[spoiler:In [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 the sequel]], they do.]]
427** The ''Citadel'' DLC of ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' reveals that Samantha Traynor has one in Polgara T'Suzsa, her rival in the asari version of chess, who is a very unsportsmanlike winner. They each do an EyedScreen when they see each other.
428** Also in ''Citadel'', Joker has started falling into this with fellow AcePilot Steve Cortez. Particularly when they were bickering about how to fly the taxi they were in [[spoiler:when they were using it to keep the ''Normandy'' from jumping to FTL.]]
429** In ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', this is the relationship between the chief engineer Gil Brodie and the pilot Kallo Jath, due to differing styles and Kallo's belief that Gil doesn't respect the work that went into the ''Tempest'''s construction. It ends up being PlayedForDrama once the reasons for their antagonism become clear. On Kallo's end, his PhotographicMemory is so strong that he perceives all the work that went into the ship and his friendships with the rest of the construction team is still happening and he's not willing to let those things go. On Gil's end, he points out that the ''Tempest'' wasn't built with [[NegativeSpaceWedgie the Scourge]] and [[ScaryDogmaticAliens the kett]] in mind, and he's honestly afraid that the lives of the crew are going to end up in danger because Kallo's sentimentality kept them from adapting.
430* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Futaba treats Yusuke like her psuedo-nemesis after he rearranged the body parts of her [[{{sentai}} Featherman]] models to appear more aesthetically pleasing to him, much to her own horror. She constantly ribs on him, and when he makes a mouse pun later in the game (due to them all being temporarily turned into mice in a palace), she is very unamused.
431* Bob Arnold in ''VideoGame/PhantasmagoriaAPuzzleOfFlesh'' acts like this to protagonist Curtis Craig (rival employee, seemingly[[note]][[WordOfSaintPaul Bob's actor]] has suggested that Bob's jerkassery towards Curtis is partly because he's attracted to Curtis and tries to cover it up[[/note]] really dislikes each other, does pranks, is fighting over a promotion...). Only problem is, ''Phantasmagoria'' is a ''horror'' story... [[spoiler:so Bob gets killed. Horribly, and in a way that puts suspicion on Curtis]].
432%%* The relationship between Tycho from ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' and ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'''s Strong Bad in ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory''.
433* Lian and Melli from ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'' are constantly bickering with each other. It starts when they argue over whether Kleavor or Electrode is better (''while'' [[spoiler:''the world is in danger'']]), and they continue taking potshots at each other during the Daybreak [=DLC=]. Mai [[LampshadeHanging even notes]] that they're having way too much fun with this in the latter case.
434* Since the beginning of the ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' series, Ryu and Ken have always been [[BestFriend Best Friends]] and had a FriendlyRivalry. However, the rivalry dynamic between Luke and Jamie as seen in ''VideoGame/StreetFighter6'' is anything but and fits this trope instead. Each of their Story Mode campaigns end with them facing off against one another over the same scenario. In each campaign, they became angry after ''accidently bumping into each other'' with each thinking the other bumped into him on purpose and neither wanting to apologize. Before, during, and even after their match, they can't help but [[VolleyingInsults sling insults at each other without skipping a beat]]. Naturally, this also goes for their victory quotes against one another:
435-->'''Luke:''' Heh! And that's a win for me. Got anything to say, pretty boy?\
436'''Jamie:''' Next time ya see me, be sure to put some respect on my name. Got it, meathead?
437* In ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Dark Prison]]'', this is the relationship between [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAlpha Elma, Selena Recital's]] RobotBuddy, and [[Characters/MasouKishin Chika, Shu Shirakawa's]] [[SidekickCreatureNuisance familiar]]. In fact, half of the hilarity in ''Dark Prison'' is the both of them butting heads at each other.
438* Promotional material for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' portrays this kind of relationship between [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry King K. Rool]] and [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Villager]], mostly involving the latter stealing the former's crown or food with his 'Pocket' move.
439* ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' has Repede thinking of Estelle this way, despite the fact Estelle truly wishes for him to like her. This repeatedly causes her no end of grief with his constant dismissal of him. Then she gets rather jealous of Judith being okay in his eyes even though they just met.
440* A rather odd variant in ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' with the usually [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]] [[ImmortalImmaturity Kaguya and Mokou]]. While Mokou absolutely hates Kaguya for humiliating her father a long time ago, Kaguya [[ButForMeItWasTuesday doesn't think seriously of this supposed slight]] but still [[DeathIsCheap kills Mokou just as much as she kills her]] just because she's [[WhoWantsToLiveForever bored]] and finds her frequent fights with Mokou to be entertaining.
441* ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'':
442** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'', Agate inadvertently becomes one to Erika Russel, after his BigBrotherInstinct towards her [[MyBelovedSmother very beloved daughter Tita]] is [[MistakenForPedophile misinterpreted]]. Unfortunately for him, Erika is a MadScientist frequently in need of "test subjects"...
443** Jusis, member one of the most prestigious noble houses, and Machias, a commoner who ''firmly'' believes in AristocratsAreEvil, have this kind of relationship in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel''.
444* ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'' has a darker, but still humorous take on this.
445** [[{{Lunacy}} Eb]] and [[CoolOldGuy Lantry]], though mostly on Eb's part. She hates Lantry because she's a [[MakingASplash Tidecaster]], and he's one of [[ProudScholarRace the Sages]], a rival school of magic, though one with a well-earned reputation for dishonesty and [[GottaHaveItGonnaStealIt stealing secrets]]. She would happily kill him, but for the fact that she would be killed in turn, [[FateWorseThanDeath at best]]. As it stands, they like to rib each other when they have the chance, though it's certainly not good natured.
446** To a lesser extent, Eb and [[TheBigGuy Barik]]. They have good reasons for disliking each other, but there's a pretty transparent element of UST between them. It's not big enough of a plot point for anything to come of it other than a few humorous lines of dialogue.
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450* Klavier Gavin serves this role in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', which is particularly strange as despite being a Prosecuting Attorney (an antagonistic role from the protagonist's point of view), he's very much a good guy with a friendly disposition towards Apollo, which makes him fall squarely into this trope. This is especially so for non-protagonist detective Ema Skye, who's [[FriendOnTheForce actually working on the same side as him]] yet has little but complete disdain for the man. While part of, and the root cause of it is [[spoiler: the more serious reason of believing him to be at fault for the disbarment of Phoenix Wright]], the way she voices it and the majority of her complaints focus on his "foppish" demeanor contrasting her ideal of a prosecutor and the way some chains he wears happen to reflect sun into her eyes.
451* In ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize'', Herlock Sholmes deals a significant blow to Lupin's pride when he interrupts the train job in Chapter 4. Thereafter, Sholmes is the one subject guaranteed to make Lupin lose his cool, even when they're not actually working against one another. Sholmes doesn't help matters by [[TheGadfly gleefully poking at Lupin]] whenever the opportunity presents itself; at one point on Lupin's route, Cardia observes that Sholmes seems to bring out the worst in Lupin.
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455* {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', as despite the two sides literally being at war, they act in more of a friendly rivalry, and the only one to actually take the war seriously is [[BloodKnight Sarge]].
456* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Maria, a retired huntress, and Cordovin, the commander of an Atlas military base. Maria has to go through Cordovin's base every few years. Apparently early on Maria brought some outside cashews on the flight, Cordovin put her on the extended screening list for life, and they've been enemies ever since. Because of this feud, the heroes can't get a plane legally, so they have to steal one. When Cordovin finds out and calls them over the radio, Maria starts loudly eating cashews, which she apparently brought ''just to mess with her''.
457-->'''Maria:''' You hear that, Cordo? That's the sound of me '''not caring!''' ''[manic laughter]''
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461* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'': Dr. McNinja has plenty of serious (if bizarre) enemies, but he considers his true ArchEnemy to be a "birdosaurus" who occasionally shows up to do something really annoying at the worst possible moment. While the "something really annoying" is usually potentially fatal, like "set off the huge trap you just avoided," the Doctor's attitude is still pretty comical, and the birdosaurus is objectively just a nuisance compared to the real villains.
462%%* Shows up in ''Webcomic/AnimeArcadia''.
463* The rivalry between Brad and Shaz in ''Webcomic/BloodyUrban'' is something of a RunningGag.
464* ''Webcomic/BusterWildeWeerwolf'': Trey the bouncer is this to Buster because Trey is always having to kick out Buster from the club but Buster somehow makes it back in, only for Trey to throw him out [[RunningGag once every now and then]].
465* ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'':
466** Andy had an EscalatingWar across time with none other than ''Grover Cleveland''.
467** Although Grover Cleveland made regular one-panel appearances for years, before the final arc where he was a major character. And it turned out there were really good reasons for all of it.
468* ''WebComic/CommanderKitty'' has an oddly one-sided example between [[HeroicWannabe CK]] and [[TheAce Ace]]. [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/07/18/commanders-on-the-spacephone/ CK can't even hide his disdain for Ace when they talk]], but Ace honestly acts more like CK's a good friend.
469* ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'':
470** Ryan North is occasionally this to Randall Monroe of ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'', explaining ''xkcd'''s scorning of North's field of expertise ("Because FUCK computational linguistics"). Like the previous examples, they're really friends.
471** Meanwhile, North and [[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures Andrew Hussie]] played this to each other for a while, to the point of... [[http://mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=ryanquest well, this]]. Again, actually friends.
472* ''Webcomic/DragonCity'':
473** Rachel from and her neighbor Emily don't like each other, though they got a little better when their daughters became friends and a little better after Rachel became Emily's deputy mayor.
474** Rachel's daughter, Erin has a girl named Cynthia that she's always feuding with at school.
475* In an example that exists only in the character's head, Sensei Greg of ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' is convinced that [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-04-08 Carrot Top is his arch-rival.]]
476* [[MemeticMutation Hitler Rants Parodies]] depicts Fegelein this way.
477* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' has Jean and Voluptua. Jean has always considered Volly to be a rival for Bob's affections and resented her for it. After years of ambiguity, her suspicions have now proven to be true.
478* Commander Badass in ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'' has Canadian Guy.
479-->'''Commander:''' ''[to his wife]'' What do you mean, "Don't fight Canadian Guy to death on the front lawn?" Why else would I invite Canadian Guy over!?
480* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has the relationship between Yuki and Sonya. Initially, their enmity is at least somewhat justified, in that they are rivals for the affections of the hopelessly passive Gary and the elusive Zii. However, by the time that they've joined Zii's band together, both have bedded Gary, and they've had a rather deranged affair, it's clear that their continued bickering is mostly fueled by the fact that Sonya is addicted to drama while Yuki sees life through an {{anime}}-tinted lens.
481* As above, ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'''s Helen Narbon has plenty of ''real'' enemies, but often seems to see her greatest foe as "MIT Student Dave Barker" ... a real person and reader of the strip.
482* ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'': Patrianna is Wonderella's social rival, with the two of them being especially catty towards each other, both as superheroes and as their secret identities.
483* ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' and his next-door neighbour Ace Dick detest each other for unknown reasons, although at the start of the story he does accidentally blockade PS in his office with a bust of Creator/BenStiller. They continue writing insulting notes to each other and pissing on them until PS accidentally orders AD a load of whores, and AD decides it's time to bury the hatchet and [[EnemyMine start working together with PS to get out of the building]].
484* ''Webcomic/PvP'' has Max Powers. Cole and Brent hate Powers with a passion, with Francis often joining in on the hate on. It gets to the point his name is the comics' TheKhan whenever something goes wrong for Cole. Later on Cole admits that he doesn't even really have a good reason for hating Max, he's just petty and begrudges Max the fact that he's an overall good guy ''and'' more successful than Cole[[note]]the only hint of anything less than exemplary character on Max's part, in fact, was an inability to see Skull the troll, and this is hinted to be more self-absorption than any legitimate sin on Max's part[[/note]]. This admission prompts Max to [[PutOnABus go on walkabout, as the Australians call it]], and he eventually comes back with the grating edges sanded off his personality, and the staff of the magazine grow to think of him as a good friend[[note]]and he can see Skull now, too[[/note]].
485* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Jeph Jaques and [[Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy Sam Logan]] act like each others' sitcom arch nemesis in guest comics and on their own comics' homepages, but are friends in real life.
486* ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'' has another variant on the "has real enemies but cares more about the sitcom one" twist: Dr Englebright really ''is'' one of the villains, but that's not ''why'' Sweetheart hates her, which is more to do with policy meetings and relative positions on org charts.
487* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' Gwynn seems to feel she and Torg have this relationship at times. Torg actually thinks of her as a really good friend, if maybe a little too hot-headed.
488* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Lalli doesn't like cats very much, which causes him to not be very fond of TeamPet Kitty.
489%%* Chet from ''Webcomic/TipOfTheIceberg''.
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493* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd and WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic play this to each other. The guys who play them actually get along in real life, but even the characters' attempts to do a review together ends in them beating each other up... again.
494* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'': [[WebVideo/LongboxOfTheDamned Moarte]] and Linkara often get into petty squabbles with each other, most of them stemming from Linkara getting frustrated with Moarte taking over entire rooms of his house to host his show every year. Moarte tends to take all of Linkara's jabs in good humour. [[spoiler: Although, as the "Be All My Sins Remembered" arc showed, Moarte only spared Linkara's life in exchange for lending him space to host his show. Moarte makes it very clear that while he'll let a lot of Linkara's insults slide, he can revoke their deal anytime he so chooses]].
495* ''WebVideo/BonAppetit'': Brad has this relationship with Alex Delaney, to the point where Brad has actually used the phrase "my nemesis" to describe the man. Anything that goes wrong in Brad's life will be met with cries of "DELANEY!", whether or not Delaney had anything to do with it or was even in the room.
496* James "{{WebVideo/Caddicarus}}" Caddick and Ian "{{WebVideo/Brutalmoose}}" [=MacLeod=] have a ridiculously intense feud where they can't spend two minutes together without bickering or pranking each other. It feels similar to the Nerd/Critic war, except neither of their online personas are of the irritable CausticCritic type (especially Ian, who usually reviews edutainment and NarmCharm-filled classics over jazzy music and is one of the chillest people in the Youtube reviewer sphere), making their cartoonishly over-the-top rivalry even funnier by sheer contrast with their regular stuff.
497* Neither of them are main characters, but Nerris and Harrison have this kind of relationship in ''WebAnimation/CampCamp'' due to both thinking [[{{LARP}} their kind]] [[MagiciansAreWizards of magic]] is superior to the other's. That said, the episode "Quest to Sleepy Peak Peak" reveals that they ''can'' put their differences aside if the situation is dire enough, [[spoiler:or at least ''would'' be dire if they weren't playing pretend]].
498* ''WebVideo/{{Dad}}'' is hateful of Neighbor, stating in a few videos how he wants to be better than him in some way just to rub it in his face, and then being openly sarcastic and rude to Neighbor when they run into him at Restaurant. Neighbor himself comes off as a decent person...if not for his implied relationship with Cheryl.
499* ''LetsPlay/DashieGames''' ''VideoGame/MarioKart8'' series quickly established Donkey Kong, more commonly referred to [[AnimalNemesis Donkey BITCHASS]], as this thanks to many, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oyyEirJq9A many]]'' comically timed disruptions from the ape across the series. This ''started'' because of ''Mario Kart 8'' using [[RubberBandAI an invisible rival system to determine the toughest CPU opponents exclusively in the game's Grand Prix mode]], with Donkey Kong being one for Dashie's preferred character of Yoshi... But despite this, Donkey would often somehow find his way into the race even when the character choice, mode, or even ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQiYZe7Wq0c game]]'' rendered him outside the bounds of this mechanic, finding ways to draw Dashie's attention and vitriol to him every time [[ComicallyLopsidedRivalry regardless of how much antagonism he actually performs]]. It got to the point where he's become Dashie's full-fledged nemesis in general and something of a BigBad to the channel as a whole, being featured in the channel banner to this day, consistently chosen as an opponent in things such as the ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' games when the choice is given, and resulting in any video where Dashie plays as Donkey Kong such as [[Franchise/DonkeyKong within one of his own games]] being treated as a [[TeethClenchedTeamwork reluctant]] EnemyMine. The most ironic part of all of it? Dashie has on many occasions voiced his love for most of the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' games and has proven himself to be considerably ''skilled'' at the original too, which has made Donkey Kong's relationship to Dashie something of a WeUsedToBeFriends.
500* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
501** Tien manages to becomes this for both Vegeta ''and'' Cell. He constantly tweaks their noses with insults while shrugging off their responses, loving every minute of it. The two could kill him at any time but doing so would means Tien wins since they took the easy way out and they're not willing to give him that. [[spoiler:Well, up until Cell starts having his VillainousBreakdown and decides to blow up Earth. Then there's how Cell CameBackStrong after his botched self-destruction and made his survival clear by shooting a hole through Trunks' chest, quickly apologizing and admitting he was aiming for Tien but missed because almost everyone present was "too weak" for him to pick out in the dust cloud.]]
502** The sequel series, ''WebAnimation/{{HFIL}}'' has Freeza and Cell developing a mutually antagonistic relationship rather quickly. And Cell makes macaroni art of himself choking the life out of Tien as a depiction of his greatest regret, since he never got the chance to do it while he was alive.
503* ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'' has Matt and Lele, who dislike each other for extremely petty and vague reasons. This is the only rivalry in the show that wasn't just for camera, these two actually hated each other in real life. The fights, arguments and insults we see in the show were actually real.
504* ''Blog/GaryLandlordOfTheFlies'': Exaggerated with James, one of Gary's tenants. The blog never mentions him doing anything wrong to Gary, yet the latter despises him on a deeply disproportionate level – going so far as to steal his TV, break into his car, and viciously insult him over the phone.
505* ''WebVideo/LifeOfBoris'': Boris has three.
506** The man only known as "asshole neighbor Vadim", who insists on doing home improvement projects when Boris wants to sleep, at one point paid off a debt to Boris with novelty napkins, and beats Boris at "VideoGame/WarThunder".
507** Kolya the Western Capitalist Spy occasionally appears, seducing young slavs with his decadent capitalist ways. Of course, Kolya is easily spotted because he squats on his toes.
508** One who was more prominent in the early days of the channel is Igor The Incompetent Programmer, whose shitty code makes Boris eat his ushanka in frustration. However, since Boris could let his keyboard go and become a full-time Youtuber, Igor has slid into obscurity.
509* Michael Ian Black on ''Podcast/MikeAndTomEatSnacks'' hates Creator/IanMcShane to the point that he could be considered Mike's nemesis, because according to Mike he was up for the role of Swearengen on ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'', but got sick and Ian took the role from him.
510* In ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', Omega Zell is TheTeamWannabe to Justice guild, but also a self-centered HeManWomanHater. Saphir, the person who gets to call the shots on whether or not he gets in, is basically an IronLady with a little of ThePerfectionist mixed in. Their personal interactions shown in the webseries and mentioned to happen in the novels are conflictual, but their respective guilds remain allies to each other.
511* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'': As of his review of ''Film/ASimpleWish'', the Nostalgia Critic has a rivalry in Mara Wilson (also fueled by his past bashing of her roles in ''Film/{{Matilda}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'').
512%%* ''WebVideo/PittsburghDad'''s Ravens fan next-door neighbor Tom.
513* In ''Podcast/{{Qwerpline}}'' [[HeWhoMustNotBeHeard Gus]] seems to enjoy irritating Graham and Alex, for example by giving Lorna Schlitzwhistle the studio's new number whenever they change it.
514* As a joking rivalry between ''RT Game'' and ''WebVideo/CallMeKevin'', which exists alongside a recurring joke among fans of them being the same person. They're both tall, lean, Irish Letsplayers who play similar games and indulge somewhat similar black comedy with a cheerful presentation. The peak of the joke was when Kevin made amusic video singing (Take me Home) Country Roads, 'stealing' a recurring gag from RT's channel.
515* From the Website/SCPFoundation, SCP-914 and Researcher Darby. For context, objects inserted into SCP-914 on different settings will be processed in certain ways (an energy drink and a fruit salad, for example, produced a fruit salad-flavored energy drink). Researcher Darby's tests almost always end in disaster/near death, to the point that SCP-914 purposefully trolls him. In one hilarious example, a rubber ball inserted on the Very Fine setting bounced around the facility at [[GroinAttack crotch level]] looking for Darby.
516* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'':
517** [=AntVenom=] and Schlatt have a rivalry over their different opinions on the music disc Stal.
518** Carson is Travis's during the first month of [=SMPLive=], with the two getting increasingly absurd hits on each other back and forth and getting into petty squabbles constantly.
519* In [[http://sooniwillrule.blogspot.com/ Soon I Will Rule The World]], [[OurLichesAreDifferent the main character]] has an unusual one in that said archnemesis is one of his own minions, the Shapeshifter, who keeps playing annoying pranks on him. He would get rid of him if not for the fact that the Shapeshifter has [[HealingFactor a nigh ungodly resilience to death]] and whenever AA tries to kick him out, it always turns into a case of TheCatCameBack.
520* Iconic Website/{{Twitter}} shitposter Blog/{{Dril}} has a complicated relationship with his former friend [=DigimonOtis=], with whom he once attempted to open a barbership (which [[{{Phobia}} fell through due to dril's phobia of hair]]). They fell out in 2012 after an unknown incident, and Dril attempted to make amends by [[https://twitter.com/dril/status/261371974952054784 making an artwork for him]], which caused [=DigimonOtis=] to block him. Dril later claimed [=DigimonOtis=] "made my life a living hell for 20 years" and [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/263325855294578690 called him a nerd]]. After this, he regularly criticised the [=DigimonOtis=] brand and claimed to want to destroy his empire via 'a coordinated campaign of viral folk songs'. [=DigimonOtis=] responded by [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/530396985199951872 sending death threats]]. On April 2015, Dril announced [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/586186047240937472 a truce]] during which [=DigimonOtis=] would unblock his account to end the feud, but was [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/586190551445331968 kept waiting]], [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/586194727126618114 had to go to Otis's house]], then abandoned the truce by claiming the new ''Digimon'' game [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/586198098269118464 looked like shit]] before [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/586202605195554816 freezing the peace treaty in piss and throwing it on the freeway]]. While Dril has praised [=DigimonOtis=]'s efforts to "[[http://twitter.com/dril/status/892825482814771203 keep Sharia Law out of the donkey kong 64 wiki]]", the two remain nemeses. As of writing, their last known contact was in November 2019, when Dril [[http://twitter.com/dril/status/1194178917554196480 left a severed human thumb in Otis's bed to call out his disloyalty]].
521-->''Fuck Otis. I will never follow a bastard such as this.''
522* ''WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay'': The Ustabiaz, as shown when their leader stole [[WebVideo/MattMcMuscles Matt]]'s drink and caused him to [[SayMyName scream their name at the top of his lungs]]. However, if you were to ask any Bestfriendnatic about it, they would tell you that [[SeriousBusiness the Ustabiaz are the Zaibatsu's deadliest foes]], perhaps even more so than [[Creator/QuanticDream David Cage]].
523* This is more or less the best way to describe the relationship between Encyclopedia Dramatica and Website/{{Uncyclopedia}}, and Website/TheOtherWiki too for that matter. (We're the wacky special guest if anything.) Although the former two tend not to bother feuding anymore since given that they're both parody wikis (albeit with ''entirely'' different themes) and all involved just look silly.
524* WebVideo/UrinatingTree:
525** In his video about the Washington Capitals that the Caps of late have gotten one with '''''[[LargeHam THE FUCKING PENGUINS!]]''''', as have his Pittsburgh Steelers and '''''THE FUCKING PATRIOTS!'''''
526** More directly, there is a guy who gets blamed for everything wrong in the sports world now by him and his fandom. [[RunningGag Fuck you, Spanos!]]
527* In ''WebVideo/VesterAndFriends'' , Mario has two. Link who thinks he's better than Mario and often gets beat up by the red plumber, and Luigi who calls the red plumber a "Fat Italian Plumber" while Mario calls Luigi a "Skinny Winny"
528* ''WebVideo/VinesauceTomodachiLife''
529** Walrus is by far the biggest one. He's a NiceGuy, is beloved by just about everyone, and tends to solve more problems than he causes. Why does Vinny hate him? Because he "stole" (read: got asked out by) Two-Faced, who, as far as Vinny is concerned, is only allowed to be with [[AuthorAvatar Vinesauce]]. Thus, Vinny does everything he can to bother Walrus, including feeding him hated foods and putting him in a jail cell apartment. It borders on UnknownRival at times, as Walrus has stated at one point that he's devoted to Vinny. [[spoiler:Vinny doesn't have this attitude forever; after a decision he makes leads to Two-Faced cheating on Walrus for DK in Episode 37, he ends up feeling sorry for him, and from then on starts treating him just as well as he does anyone else.]]
530** Bonzi Buddy and WebComic/{{Dolan}} are also this to Vinny. This isn't because of anything they did in-game, but rather because of their origins; Bonzi is a DiscreditedMeme that grew popular because of ''WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}}'', and Dolan is a not-entirely-discredited meme that was added on a whim. Vinny loathes both of them, and constantly threatens to evict them, [[StatusQuoIsGod even though he never does so]]. [[spoiler:Unlike Walrus, they do not redeem themselves in time, and they both get the axe in Episode 38.]]
531** [[AnthropomorphicFood Broccoli]] is a minor one; he doesn't do much good or bad, but his SmugSnake-like face makes Vinny very angry, and he has a [[VeryPunchableMan strong desire to punch him]]. This desire only grew when Broccoli acted very immature over getting a job in Episode 52.
532* In Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars, [[@/LeChuck4 The Grinning General]] has it in for [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Eridan Ampora]] because as GG puts it, "HIPSTERRR!" Here is an example of an exchange between the both of them in Trollian.
533-->[[AC:cyberneticSharklover began trolling caligulasAquarium]]\
534CS: HIPSTERRR! [[note]] This is supposed to be in the color of the rainbow[[/note]]\
535CA: oh jegus its the rainbowwblood again\
536CA: listen wwe wwill have enough convversations in the future so please dont mind wwhen i do this\
537CS: Do what???\
538CA: this\
539[[AC: caligulasAquarium blocked cyberneticSharklover]]
540* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'':
541** Cecil, the CharacterNarrator, absolutely ''loathes'' Steve Carlsberg, for reasons that have yet to be made clear. Some fans assume [[FoeYayShipping they're exes]]. However, it appears that Cecil has an entirely valid reason to hate Steve [[spoiler: as he's the neglectful (at least according to Cecil) stepfather of Cecil's niece.]] Later episodes give even more depth and nuance to their relationship, suggesting [[spoiler: that Cecil only dislikes Steve because he is too open about the town's many dark secrets, and is afraid that it'll affect said niece.]] It should also be noted, that as far as we can tell, Steve seems to be quite nice, a protective step-father, and his scones are probably decent.
542** The nearby town of Desert Bluffs appears to fill this role for Night Vale as a whole. Albeit quite a serious one.
543** There's also the Apache Tracker. Every time he comes up, Cecil goes out of his way to remind the listener what a racist asshole he is.
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547%%* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'' has Gruffi and Grammi as this, due to the former's Jerkass attitude.
548%%* ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'': "Oh no, it's [[AlphaBitch Ninny-Poo]]."
549* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'':
550** Mallory is constantly talking about trying to one-up that bitch Trudy Beekman, her best frenemy who [[TheGhost never actually shows up on screen]].
551** ISIS as a whole had this sort of relationship with the more competent ODIN, as well as the KGB. They could never quite be ''real'' arch-nemeses, as Mallory was in a romantic relationship with the heads of both organizations. However, things seem to have gotten DarkerAndEdgier between the rival organizations, as [[spoiler:Len Trexler (the head of ODIN), was last seen brainwashed and possibly lobotomized by ISIS agents, Major Jakov (of the KGB) has been murdered, and his murderer (ODIN agent Barry) is now running the KGB and is a completely psychopathic cyborg]].
552* AP of ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' has this relationship with the Felt family's pet cat Bubbles. AP claims he's a supervillain conspiring to destroy Atomic Puppet from the inside, but Bubbles remains just the ditzy, overweight feline the family loves.
553* Babar and Rataxes' animosity in ''WesternAnimation/{{Babar}}'' is basically a version of this trope with diplomatic relationships, as the show is mostly comedic and lighthearted, the rivalry between both sovereigns is PlayedForLaughs most of the time. Only in the movies is Rataxes is truly evil.
554* ''WesternAnimation/BeCoolScoobyDoo'' had Daphne... and all sea creatures, somehow. With dolphins, at least, it was related to her [[NoodleIncident somehow owing them money]]; when she paid the debt, the dolphins stopped harassing her. Other sea life, however, has proven not so forgiving.
555* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': Principal [=McVicker=] fills this role to the titular characters, being an overworked, antagonistic principal who hates Beavis and Butt-head (with the feeling being mutual) and always trying to get them expelled or kicked out because he's tired of dealing with them stressing him out. And as certain episodes like "Wet Behind The Rears" show, he'll also try to humiliate them in petty ways if he thinks he can get away with it.
556%%* WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}} and [[MonsterClown Scuzzo]]. Also, Lydia and AlphaBitch Claire Brewster.
557* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'':
558** The title restaurant is across the street from Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria, and the two managers have a mutual obsessive hatred as a result.
559** Tina has a mutual antipathy with Tammy, one of the popular kids in her class, albeit [[SmallNameBigEgo not as popular as she thinks]].
560** Phillip Frond, the ControlFreak Wagstaff guidance counselor, can be played off against any of the Belcher kids, but he and Louise are special enemies.
561** Louise also has Logan Bush.
562** Linda has Colleen Caviello as well as Cynthia Bush, Logan's mother.
563* ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'':
564** An early episode has [=BoJack=] feel this way about Neil [=McBeil=] after [=BoJack=] said that his dibs on muffins means nothing to him.
565** Princess Carolyn and Vanessa Gecko. [[spoiler:Which is eventually revealed years later to be one-sided on Carolyn's part.]]
566* ''WesternAnimation/CampLazlo'': Samson and Raj dislike each other and get into petty squabbles.
567%%* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}}'', the cats have this relationship with the [[TerribleTrio Chumpy Chump Brothers]]: Tad, Luther and Brick.
568%%* In ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'': Rudy Tabootie is on the receiving ends of this relationship from [[SadistTeacher Mr. Wilter]] and [[TheBully Reggie Bullnerd]].
569* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'': Mung Daal and Endive are both restaurant-owning cooks with a large rivalry, mostly with Endive trying to one up Mung and succeeding most of the time. ''Most'' of the time because there are times Mung has her caught by the short hairs such as "Endive's Dirty Secret" where not just Mung Daal's Catering Company blackmails her into letting them use her pools but also the rest of Marzipan City as well!
570%%* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' had Principal Scudworth's perpetual rivalry with John Stamos. [[SayMyName "STAMOOOOOOS!"]]
571* ''WesternAnimation/CupcakeAndDinoGeneralServices'' has two.
572** For Cupcake and Dino, there's Peetree.
573** For uncle Chance, there's Sneaky Stan.
574* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' hated [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Gizmoduck]], mainly due to his skillset (FlyingBrick vs BadassNormal) and popularity (TheAce vs ButtMonkey) being the complete opposite of Darkwing's.
575* In ''WesternAnimation/DinosaurTrain'', Mr. Pteranodon doesn't get along with Larry Lambeosaurus due to the latter's stupidity.
576%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' Funnie and Roger. Also humorously echoed in Doug's dog Porkchop and Roger's cat Stinky.
577* In ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', Eddy has petty squabbles with Kevin and Sarah, who seem to hate him the most out of all 3 of the Eds.
578%%* ''WesternAnimation/EekTheCat'' gives us Sharky the Shark Dog, Who's seems to have some bad luck thanks to Eek.
579* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', Mr. Turner had his one-sided rivalry with his next-door neighbor, Mr. Dinkleberg. Or, as Mr. Turner usually called him, "''[[SayMyName Dinklebeeerg...]]''". Mind you, in one episode the two of them fought each other with milk-powered GiantMecha and Dinkleberg didn't seem to have a problem with the idea. It's implied this resentment is both because Dinkleberg used to date Mrs. Turner, and because Dinkleberg doesn't have any kids and can afford a lot more nice things. This is eventually played with in the 7th season episode "Operation Dinkleberg", where Dinkleberg reveals himself to be completely evil after all and the leader of [[FunWithAcronyms M.E.A.N. (Ministry of Evil and Abusive Neighbors)]], only to ''later'' reveal to Timmy that it was all an act (that cost him $30,000!) [[NiceGuy because he knew how much it meant to Mr. Turner]] to have an arch-nemesis.
580* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
581** Peter vs Ernie the Giant Chicken, a store hand who gave him an invalid coupon, spawning multiple long drawn epic battles.
582** Brian used to have one in Stewie, though CharacterDevelopment has slowly evolved them into VitriolicBestBuds.
583** Afterwards Brian started another rivalry with Quagmire. This was initially more of a one sided hatred on Quagmire's part at its earliest points, who loathed all of Brian's preachy, unctuous qualities, though after too many gratuitous (and sometimes violent) outbursts, Brian started venting a similar anger and contempt towards Quagmire's juxtaposing self righteous hedonism and began provoking or heckling him on purpose.
584** Chris/Monkey. {{Subverted|Trope}} in that it was revealed that the monkey was not evil and never wanted to hurt Chris.
585** Meg has a rivalry with Connie, but it's mostly one-sided, as Meg has tried many times to befriend Connie.
586%%** Stewie/Bertram,
587%%** Lois' father, Carter Pewterschmidt is rivals with Ted Turner.
588%%** And Peter is in bad relations with James Woods.
589* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
590** The ongoing and largely unexplained hatred of Zoidberg on Hermes' part. It was shown on subtle occasions that Zoidberg was something of an annoying leech to him, as well as his incompetent qualities that Hermes barely tolerates the rest of the team for. Add to that his sheer lack of backbone and he's the ideal stress ball for a traditional bullying employer. In one episode, Zoidberg claims Hermes is his best friend, as he is the only one who cares enough to insult him even when he doesn't have any reason to, as opposed to the others, who only insult him only when he does something wrong.
591** Professor Farnsworth's rival "[[SayMyName Wernstrom!]]" and smug "young" former understudy who swore revenge for [[DisproportionateRetribution ranking one of his pop-quizes an A minus (for bad handwriting).]] However, when Farnsworth suggests an EnemyMine, Wernstrom is overjoyed at the prospect.
592* ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' has Andrea Davenport, the popular rich girl at Molly's school, who is the only one who reliably get under Molly's skin or put dents into her IncorruptiblePurePureness, usually by [[ObliviouslyEvil accident or bad circumstance]].
593* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
594** Dipper is openly hostile towards {{Jerkass}} EmoTeen Robbie after he starts dating Dipper's crush, Wendy Corduroy. This comes to a head in "Fight Fighters", where Robbie gets fed up of Dipper's reciprocation to his provocative and bullying behaviour and threatens to beat him up, only to come to the realization that [[WouldntHurtAChild he doesn't hate Dipper enough to physically hurt him]] after Dipper spared him from [=McSkirmish=]'s rampage.
595** Stan and Gideon's bickering play with this--Gideon is ''[[EnfantTerrible genuinely evil]]'', having tried to commit murder just by the end of his first episode and spent most of the season trying to steal ownership of the Mystery Shack, but in episodes where he's not the main antagonist he spends most of his screentime [[EvilIsPetty inflicting minor, pointless torments upon Stan]]. Stan, not knowing of Gideon's worst side [[spoiler:until the first season finale]], treats the kid as simply an annoyance.
596** Mabel outright calls RichBitch Pacifica her nemesis, and the two get into increasingly escalated conflicts with each other. It reaches a point when Mabel has no problems resorting to [[ItMakesSenseInContext cheating in a golf game using sentient golf balls]] just to one up her. Of course, when said golf balls attempted to ''murder'' Pacifica does Mabel realize that their rivalry might a be a bit unhealthy and the two eventually settle on a truce.
597* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' has the title band's DistaffCounterpart rivals The Newmans [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} (guess who they're named after?)]], who always compete with the band for various gigs and at the different BattleOfTheBands they play at.
598* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'': Uncle and Tohru's mother. They insult each other, play mean-spirited pranks, and compete with each other in everything from ''TabletopGame/{{Mahjong}}'', to ''TabletopGame/TicTacToe'', to shuffleboard, to arm wrestling. They even come close to blows several times, only to be stopped by Jackie or Tohru. However, they always put aside their differences and work together whenever bad guys threaten them and their family, and Uncle even bought her a Christmas present.
599* ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' provides us an odd example, where the ''lead'' is the Sitcom Arch-Nemesis to another main character. Mikey is utterly oblivious to Lily's seething hatred and jealousy towards him. This is what happens when you put the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and the AlphaBitch on the same set.
600* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''
601** Kim and Bonnie Rockwaller. Considering the latter is an AlphaBitch, it isn't particularly surprising; she's a constant recurring thorn in the "basic average girl" side of Kim's life.
602** Mr. Barkin. Mostly toward Ron, but occasionally toward Kim as well such as the episode where he catches her not making it to class on time and gives her detention.
603** Several of Kim's actual enemies -- including her ArchEnemy [[MadScientist Dr. Drakken]] and his henchwoman [[TheDragon Shego]], ended up evolving/devolving into this sort of relationship, DependingOnTheWriter. Drakken has tried to outright kill Kim Possible on several occasions, but he has also spent a great deal of time trying to publicly embarrass or bicker with her; Shego, meanwhile, is just as likely to take potshots at Kim's fashion sense as fight her to the death, and once stole a green leather jacket simply because Kim had her eye on it.
604** Drakken arguably has the supervillain equivalent of this in Professor Dementor, his AlwaysSomeoneBetter arch-rival who keeps one-upping him with better funding, equipment, henchmen and general level of success. They rarely actually fight, though Drakken has been known to steal from Dementor because his inventions are grudgingly better.
605* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Hank Hill had... ''[[SayMyName Thatherton!]]'' A rival propane salesman who ran his own propane business that constantly competed against Strickland Propane for customers and used less than morally scrupulous methods.
606%%** He also had a pretty major rivalry with Kahn Souphanousinphone...[[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]].
607* ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil'': Justice Gene is this to Voltar, as he's the only superhero (read as in: a random guy who put on a costume and decided to oppose Voltar) who cares enough to try and stop Voltar's [[PokeThePoodle "evil" schemes.]] Voltar, on the other hand, is utterly delighted to have his own superhero enemy because it makes him [[BigBadWannabe feel like a real supervillain]].
608%%* Bessie Higgenbottom of ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyB'' has three of these. The first being [[AlphaBitch Portia]]. The second being Portia's YesMan, Gwen. The third being [[TheRival Anton St. Germain]].
609%%** Penny also serves as this. Mainly because she the only KarmaHoudini who ever gets punished for bulling Bessie.
610* In ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'', the safety-obsessed crossing guard Elliot Decker seems to consider [[TheJinx Milo]] his arch enemy.
611%%* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' [[TheProtagonist Protagonist]] Adam Lyon has Principal Pixiefrog, Bull Sharkoski and Chad.
612* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
613** After she undergoes her HeelFaceTurn, Trixie ends up acting as one of these to Twilight, spending most of their mutual screentime bothering her without ever crossing into genuine villainy. Much of the comedy comes from the fact that Twilight is so far out of Trixie's league that it should be a ComicallyLopsidedRivalry, but manages to get on Twilight's nerves in just the right way to make their rivalry mutual.
614** [[spoiler:Discord]], another former antagonist (who was a ''much'' bigger threat) ends up in this role for Twilight as well after their reformation, with it being a tossup whether any given annoyance is purely meant to irritate her or [[TricksterMentor double as a teaching moment]].
615** Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon are this to the Cutie Mark Crusaders, taunting them about their [[FantasticSlur blank flanks]] and also referring to them as such. Then came Season 5's "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" when Silver Spoon finally called out Diamond Tiara for her behavior which led to them befriending the Crusaders when they got their cutie marks.
616%%* Dee Dee, Marky, and Joey are this to Oggy and Jack from ''WesternAnimation/OggyAndTheCockroaches''.
617* ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'':
618** Tommy Cadle has his next-door neighbor, Melba Manners. Melba frequently bosses Tommy around and insults him, but constantly suffers comedic misfortune as a result of Tommy's aliens' antics.
619** Swanky and Flip despise each other. Swanky is a {{Jerkass}} to all of the other aliens (and Tommy), but Flip is the only one to return Swanky's hatred and and frequently attacks him in comedic ways.
620* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Although Doofenshmirtz is an actual villain and he has a real {{archnemesis}}/best friend in Perry the Platypus, he also has a Sitcom Arch-Nemesis in Rodney, a fellow villain who's constantly trying to outdo him, and his brother Roger, who was [[ParentalFavoritism the favorite]] when they were children and still gets the lion's share of their parents' attention.
621%%** Notably, Lawrence also has an "Antiquing Nemesis" in Wellington.
622%%** In a crossover special, Isabella is this to ''[[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]]'' of all people.
623* ''WesternAnimation/PuppyDogPals'' has snooty poodle Cupcake and her bodyguard [[DumbMuscle Rufus.]]
624* ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja'': Brent, the school's metal shop teacher's apprentice, is this towards Howard. He only calls him by his last name and he got upset when he thought Howard was replacing him as apprentice.
625* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'':
626** Rigby feels this way about his brother Don purely because Don has had more success than him and is taller (despite actually being younger than Rigby). This is one sided - Don loves Rigby and wants to spend time with him, and shows absolutely no signs of sibling rivalry with him. Rigby eventually comes to realize this and tones down his aggression.
627** Both Rigby and Mordecai had an actual one in Muscle Man early in the show's run, but overtime this too subsided and Muscle Man became more of a [[VitriolicBestBuds Vitriolic Best Bud]].
628%%* Wilbur Cobb from ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' apparently had an antagonistic relationship with Creator/WalterLantz ("No-account son of a bus driver...") back in the good ol' days.
629* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'':
630** [[Characters/RickAndMortyRickSanchez Rick Sanchez]] and [[Characters/RickAndMortyJerrySmith Jerry Smith]]. Rick cannot stand Jerry for impregnating his daughter on prom night, causing her to give up on her options, and also for being cowardly, mediocre, and using other people's pity. Jerry meanwhile can't stand how Rick has hijacked his family's attention while putting them in danger. When Jerry gives Beth an ultimatum to get Rick to leave or else he will, Beth instead chooses Rick, causing her to divorce Jerry. The two of them ''still'' manage to be this (albeit to a lesser extent) during the season that Jerry and Beth are split up, and once they get back together, it comes back full force.
631** By later seasons, Rick has also become this with the President of the United States. Rick and President Curtis are {{Worthy Opponent}}s who frequently try to one-up and out-gambit each other, with Rick seeing him as a hypocrite and a thorn in his side while the President considers Rick and Morty one of the biggest threats to the country and the world. Nevertheless, despite having rather violent, quite destructive fights, Rick and the POTUS are [[FriendlyEnemy Friendly Enemies]] who both sincerely ''enjoy'' their adversarial relationship, to the point that multiple other characters tell them that they should "just f*ck and get it over with already."
632* Ed Bighead to the titled protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. Rocko is largely oblivious towards Mr. Bighead's hatred for him and is actually quite friendly towards him sometimes (especially since Mrs. Bighead has no animosity towards Rocko), not unlike Spongebob and Squidward.
633* Gem Stone is ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' answer to Libby, except worse as she goes out of her way to humiliate Sabrina in several episodes. Luckily, Gem's plans often backfire.
634%%* ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'': The title duo's next-door neighbor, Mr. Noodman.
635%%* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'''s Eric Needles has Professor Pampelmoose.
636* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has many examples :
637** Homer abhors Ned Flanders, out of both jealousy for his good lifestyle and popularity as well as his insufferably pious and goody goody demeanour. Ned was almost always jovial and kind in return, though by later episodes starts showing some mutual contempt after everything Homer does to him.
638** There is a noted mutual dislike between Homer and Patty and Selma, being ObnoxiousInLaws and all.
639** It's also a RunningGag that Homer dislikes Bart's best friend Milhouse with no firm reason given.
640** Marge has Helen Lovejoy, a gossipy woman who will frequently criticize Marge and her family.
641** Maggie had a lampshaded case with Gerald, the baby with [[BigOlUnibrow one eyebrow]]. There's amusingly little context to it outside the lampshade hanging.
642** The relationships among some of the supporting characters touch this, e. g. Principal Skinner vs. Groundskeeper Willie (who frequently makes disparaging remarks about him behind his back) and Mayor Joe Quimby vs. Police Chief Clancy Wiggum (corrupt incompetent politician vs. corrupt incompetent official).
643%%*** Reverend Lovejoy also feels the same way about Flanders.
644%%** Homer also had Frank Grimes, though that was entirely one-sided.
645%%*** Another one-time example for Homer was being George H.W. Bush in "Two Bad Neighbours".
646%%** Principal Skinner is more conventionally a sitcom arch nemesis to Bart.
647* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
648** The show has their iconic rivalry with Kyle and Cartman (though Cartman is also [[HateSink hated by ALL of the other kids too]]). Cartman is an insane, sadistic anti-Semitic ComedicSociopath, Kyle is an [[HeWhoFightsMonsters over-persistent]] moral-loving voice of logic (and a Jew). Their feud ranges anywhere between exchanging childish insults, attempting to humiliate the other (typically Cartman's style) or actually trying to kill each other on numerous occasions. Cartman is seen as very obsessive with their rivalry, and can go great lengths to ensure his rival's misery. Kyle himself has also been shown to get quite competitive on multiple occasions as well, just to get back at his frenemy.
649** Cartman develops an intense rivalry with Kenny when they both adopt superhero alter-egos, The Coon and Mysterion respectively. The Coon is jealous of Mysterion for being more respected and taken more seriously as a crimefighter (though most of the "crimes" both of them report on are petty, like littering) and because The Coon came first and Kenny is clearly inspired by / copying Cartman. Mysterion meanwhile thinks that The Coon is a complete psycho who has no idea what being a hero actually means and thinks it is more about getting attention and making the world a better place [[ItsAllAboutMe for himself]], and if anything The Coon could be regarded as Mysterion's ''actual'' ArchEnemy since Coon / Cartman is ObliviouslyEvil and doesn't see an issue with truly despicable actions like EngineeredHeroics, terrorism or even taking control of Cthulu and using him to kill or destroy anything he doesn't like.
650* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':
651** As often as their fights get serious, Plankton and Mr. Krabs sometimes fall into this (particularly when Plankton is written as a HarmlessVillain, and is little more than a mere nuisance to Mr. Krabs). In "Spy Buddies", [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter the two even had a bet that Mr. Krabs could steal his own formula if he were in Plankton's place]].
652** Squidward and Gary. Squidward hates Gary for frequently intruding on his property, while Gary once viciously mauled "Smelly" (really Squidward covered in concrete) and [=SpongeBob=] states that Squidward's the only person that he's ever seen mauled so brutally by him.
653* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'':
654** As a whole, the Beta Shift quartet has the Delta Shift quartet. The two sides hate each other with a passion and try to one-up each other.
655** On a personal level, there's Rutherford and Livik. Rutherford hates Livik because Livik is AlwaysSomeoneBetter. Livik hates Rutherford because he took his promotion on a whim by Tendi.
656* On ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'', Marco has this relationship with Jeremy Birnbaum, his rich, {{Jerkass}} karate rival, who delights in Marco's misery even when he doesn't cause it directly.
657* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'':
658** The show portrays Optimus and Sentinal Prime in this light, though later episodes reveal why they act this way towards each other.
659** Wasp is an arrogant JerkAss towards Bumblebee (and Bulkhead) to the point where it earns him the honor of being the primary suspect as a Decepticon spy, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero courtesy of Bumblebee]]. Their names and color scheme help drive home the [[ShoutOut very]] [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars familiar]] [[WesternAnimation/BeastMachines dynamic]] that's portrayed between the two.
660* Given the way {{supervillain}}y is treated in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', The Monarch and Doctor Venture fall under this trope. The Monarch's aggression was initially [[UnknownRival hardly noticed]] by Venture himself, seems almost completely arbitrary (aside from the fact that Venture made fun of The Monarch's poetry in college, and stole his truck when they were kids which the Monarch didn't even remember), and Doctor Girlfriend has [[LampshadeHanging even acknowledged within the show]] that the two [[NotSoDifferentRemark share enough similarities]] to be good friends were it not for the supposed hatred that exists between them. However, the Monarch has genuine, murderous hatred toward Rusty for reasons yet to be revealed.
661* In a parody of traditional sitcoms, the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' episode "The Bad Neighbors" essentially had Emperor Awesome be Lord Hater's variant of this trope while retreating on a planet known as "Suburbion 5" complete with a laugh track every line.
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