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A stock pose that involves either juxtaposing half the face or body of two characters in the middle or putting them beside each other and showing only half of each person.

The purpose of this is to show the two sides of a conflict. Sometimes, characters related to one half are also literally on their side in the character's half of the shot.

Other times, this is just to show that one person has [[SuperPoweredEvilSide two sides]] [[CuteAndPsycho within them]]. There usually aren't any other characters in this variation if used as a cover or poster.

Besides conflict, it is sometimes simply used to show [[DuoTropes partners]] or [[{{Foil}} opposites]], like past/future, good/evil, 2D/3D etc. in one shot.

Compare and contrast MirroredConfrontationShot for a similar but conflict-exclusive trope. Compare VersusCharacterSplash, where two characters' faces are briefly shown in a Splash Screen as a prelude to a battle in a FightingGame; HalfEmptyTwoShot, a two-character shot where one character is conspicuously absent; and FearfulSymmetry, where both characters involved are usually shown in profile in an ongoing BladeLock. Might overlap with JuxtaposedReflectionPoster. See TwoFaced when a character literally has two different halves.

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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/CaptainEarth'' has this between Daichi and Teppei.
* This kind of shot was used numerous times in the later parts of the "Future Trunks Saga" of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', most notably when Gokū and Vegeta face off against [[spoiler:Gokū Black and Future Zamasu]] and with Future Trunks and Future Mai when they [[spoiler:{{seal|edEvilInACan}} Future Zamasu away with the Mafūba technique]].
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' does this on occasion with Naruto and Sasuke. It's also seen with Kakashi and Obito. Naruto and Gaara also get one during their fight in the anime to reinforce the fact that they aren't so different.
* The first opening of ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' has a brief shot like this for Yuma and Astral.
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[[folder:Arts]]
* A variation from the 6th-century AD is the icon of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Pantocrator_(Sinai) Christ Pantocrator]] from St. Catherine's monastery in Sinai. It depicts a single person (Christ), but with radically different expressions on the left and right side of the image, representing the twin divine and human natures joined in the person of Jesus.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* The first issue's cover of the ''Franchise/{{Batman}}[=/=]Franchise/{{Alien}}s'' crossover features half of Batman's face on the left and half of a xenomorph's mug on the right, separated just by shadows.
* The ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'' story arc "Elegy" has several of these for Batwoman and her opponent Alice, [[spoiler:which do double duty as foreshadowing that Alice is Kate's long-lost twin sister]].
* The comic continuation of ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' has a scene where Goliath confronts his evil clone Thailog. The panel just before Thailog stabs Goliath in the gut is styled with their face halves together, contrasting their similarities and differences. The only real similarity they have is shape of facial features.
* The ''Literature/LoneWolf'' graphic novel ''The Skull of Agarash'' uses a juxtaposed halves shot in the same panel to show Grandmaster Lone Wolf and Guildmaster Banedon both leaning over a CrystalBall while they're communicating with each other at a distance.
* The cover art of ''Music/OliverTree vs. Little Ricky'' depicts the two titular characters with this kind of juxtaposition, with the humanoid Oliver as the left half and the [[TheGreys grey alien]] Ricky as the right half.
* In UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' comics, when Peter Parker's Spidey Sense is triggered while he's in civvies, we often see his face half normal and half in his costume's mask.
* Done in the ''Franchise/StarTrek''[=/=]''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' crossover miniseries for the reveal that [[spoiler:[[Recap/StarTrekS3E19RequiemForMethuselah Flint]] and [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]]]] are the same person in this timeline.
* [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/3/36/Thunderbolts_Vol_1_10.jpg The cover of]] ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'' #10 had a picture of the team with strategically placed tears that show below the members in their previous getups as the Masters of Evil.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'':
** An ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' picture shows a full-body picture of Spider-Man, except one half is Peter Parker's Spidey, and the other half is Miles Morales's.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateWolverine'': The recap page has one with Wolverine and Jimmy. There is another between Jimmy and Quicksilver later on.
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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4'': During the final battle, once [[BigBad the Chameleon]] [[spoiler:has taken Po's form, there is a split screen of both opponents facing each other, which then fuses into a juxtaposed shot of Po's face on the right, and the mutated Po-lookalike on the left]].
* The home video covers for ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' show one half of her face hidden by a sword. The other half is reflected in the sword, but as her [[SweetPollyOliver male soldier persona]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'':
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks'':
*** During "Let's Have a Battle (of the Bands)", in a close-up Aria and Sonata's faces merge to create such a shot (the "partners" variant). Then it split in the middle to reveal Adagio's face.
*** [[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/File:Equestria_Girls_Rainbow_Rocks_The_Mane_Event_cover.jpg The cover of the novelization]] ''My Little Pony: Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks: The Mane Event'' also uses one to illustrate the conflict in the book, with Twilight Sparkle and Adagio Dazzle's half-faces separated by a microphone stand.
** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsFriendshipGames'':
*** Sunset Shimmer and Human Twilight shortly appear as two juxtaposed halves in the opening credits.
*** The animatic for the unused version of "What More Is Out There" also uses such a shot of Sunset and Twilight toward the end of their DistantDuet.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' does this during "The Plagues" between [[TheHero Moses]] and [[WellDoneSonGuy Rameses]]. It shows a closeup of Moses' face as he looks over the city, torn up over all the suffering brought by the plagues. Then the left side of his face (from the viewer's perspective) changes to that of Rameses, who by refusing to accede to Moses is allowing the plagues to continue. For added contrast, Moses' face is cast in yellow lighting while Rameses' is cast in blue.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/FaceOff'''s poster/cover juxtaposes three quarters of [[FBIAgent Sean Archer]] (Creator/JohnTravolta) with [[ArchEnemy Castor Troy]] (Creator/NicolasCage) using shadows to split them, also averting MisplacedNamesPoster.
* ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'': ''Film/JasonX'''s poster parts [[VillainBasedFranchise Jason]] into his [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil normal and cyborg halves]] with his new "machete" which shows the reflection of [[TheProtagonist Rowan]] [[FinalGirl screaming]].
* ''Film/{{It|2017}}'': The character posters for ''It: Chapter 2'' show the adult actors for the Losers Club bifurcated by a red balloon, which shows their younger self from the first film.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** A promo poster for ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' uses a juxtaposition of Steve Rogers (ComicBook/CaptainAmerica) on the left and Tony Stark (ComicBook/IronMan) on the right, while asking the memetic question "Whose side are you on?" For added symbolism, [[RedOniBlueOni Steve's side is tinted blue and Tony's side is tinted red]].
** Near the climax of ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', Spidey is stuck under fallen rubble and takes off his mask to better breathe. The mask fall into a puddle and partially sink, while the water reflects half of Peter's face on the other side, giving us a dual picture of Spider-Man/Peter Parker. This view reminds him of what he aspires to be, and inspires his HeroicSecondWind.
** At the beginning of ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', when Spider-Man's secret identity is revealed to the whole world, the iconic picture using half of Peter Parker's face and half of Spider-Man's mask is prominently displayed, including on New York's jumbo screens and Flash Thompson's smartphone.
* The posters/cover of ''Film/MeMyselfAndIrene'' have Creator/JimCarrey's face split in half, showing his character's "nice guy" and "asshole" personalities. The "Me" and "Myself" in the title refer to the dissociative identity disorder that Charlie Baileygates experiences.
* Just before the final match in ''Film/TheMightyDucks'', a newspaper has a shot of the two rival coaches like this.
* One of the most famous examples is in ''Film/{{Persona|1966}}'' with the main characters Alma and Elisabet in the climax. Their faces are juxtaposed to show that their individual identities have become indistinguishable from each other (or they've melded, or they were each other all along, or something).
* ''Film/SpaceJam'' uses a variation in one of the film's posters with UsefulNotes/MichaelJordan beside WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and half of their mugs at the left and right side of the poster.
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[[folder:Gamebooks]]
* The series' logo from the French edition of ''Literature/LesMessagersDuTemps'' features half the faces of the Prince and Princess of Time side-by-side. Although instead of a clean separation between them, the space is occupied by half a skull in darkness.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'': The cover of ''[[Literature/StarWarsQueensShadow Queen's Shadow]]'' depicts Padmé Amidala half in the clothes and makeup of the Queen of Naboo, and half in more ordinary clothes with no makeup.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/BetterCallSaul'': In [[https://images.amcnetworks.com/amc.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/better-call-saul-season-5-cast_group_tear_935x658_alt.jpg one character portrait]] for Season 5, Jimmy is portrayed this way through his suits, to symbolize his position as a ''criminal'' lawyer.
* Juxtaposed halves is a common motif used in the opening montage of ''Series/{{Grimm}}'', first we see a half-and-half shot of Monroe; the right hand side is his human form and the lefthand side he's in his wessen (monster) form. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyxnyLxu-qc A few seconds later we see it again but with another character, Rosalee.]] The intersitials for Season 3 on the UK channel Watch do the same thing with Nick's zombie form.
* The opening credits of ''Series/{{The Incredible Hulk|1977}}'' end with a split shot of David Banner sighing on the left while his alter-ego the Hulk roars on the right.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** [[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNTU4NzU2OTc5NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDg3MzA0NzM@._V1_.jpg One poster]] for ''Series/{{Cloak and Dagger|2018}}'' does this to ComicBook/CloakAndDagger, emphasizing how they're polar opposites.
** ''Series/{{Moon Knight|2022}}'' has [[https://www.seriesdatv.pt/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/moon-knight-poster-1.jpg a poster like this]], albeit with the questionable decision of using opposite angles in each half.
** In the first episode of ''[[Series/MsMarvel2022 Ms Marvel]]'', as Mr. Wilson the school advisor is giving Kamala a speech saying "right now, I see a girl divided", the screen splits in two, each half slowly rotating to focus on their respective faces until their half-faces are juxtaposed.
* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Played with in "Tattoo". Chakotay and an alien are facing each other, so there's an OverTheShoulder shot of Chakotay, then an over-the-shoulder shot of the alien, each time showing half their face with the [[ShotReverseShot other half blocked by the person they're talking to]].
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[[folder:Music]]
* The cover of the Music/DaftPunk album ''Music/RandomAccessMemories'' features both halves of the duo's robot helmets perfectly juxtaposed. [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/731265-daft-punk Any worthy parody of it]] will also share the same design.
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[[folder:Magazines]]
* [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/tardis/images/7/75/DWM_449.jpg The cover]] of ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' #449, looking at the way the series changes over the years, has a juxtaposed halves shot of Creator/ChristopherEccleston and Creator/MattSmith.
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[[folder:Pinballs]]
* ''Pinball/GodzillaStern'': [[http://www.pinball-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Godzilla-LE-front-medres-edit.jpg The artwork at the very front of the Limited Edition model]] features part of Godzilla and Mechagodzilla's heads, each one half of a whole. It hammers home the contrast between the two, the central theme of that model's art package.
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[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
* The posters for the Wrestling/{{WWE}} ''Invasion'' Pay Per View had half Wrestling/VinceMcMahon and half Wrestling/ShaneMcMahon, since the invading force was the Wrestling/{{WCW}}[=/=]Wrestling/{{ECW}} contingent led by Shane. The trouble with the image was that father and son looked so much alike, it just looked like Vince got Botox on only half his face.
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[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
* One of ''Franchise/TheMuppets Film Parody Calendar'' posters is a take-off of ''Face/Off'', with the Original Miss Piggy from Season 1 of ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' on one side and the current, smoother Piggy puppet on the other. The title: ''Face/Lift''.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/CapcomVs'':
** ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes'': When performing a Duo Team Attack, your team's character portraits briefly appear onscreen in this manner. [[https://www.arcadequartermaster.com/mvc/fig4.4.png For example.]]
** As a nod to the above, the intro for ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom: [[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate All-Stars]]'' features a similar shot with [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]] and [[VideoGame/OnimushaDawnOfDreams Soki]] to signify a [[SwitchOutMove Delayed Hyper Cancel]].
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* [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/CTP2.jpg/250px-CTP2.jpg The cover]] of ''VideoGame/CivilizationCallToPower 2'' is like this, contrasting an ancient Egyptian with a modern fighter pilot.
* Luminous of ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' has his character portraits which depict his normal and corrupted side.
* The cover for ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'' features [[TheProtagonist The Prince]] and [[JekyllAndHyde Dark Prince]] juxtaposed on each other. The Wii version ''Prince of Persia: Rival Swords'' instead opts for MirroredConfrontationShot.
* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'' case cover uses this with the eponymous characters to contrast them as "Flesh and Steel".
* The cover of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' has the left half showing Sonic's normal form and the right half showing his [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent Werehog]] form.
* The [[https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/651887-yakuza-kiwami-windows-apps-front-cover.jpg cover art]] of the ''Kiwami'' remake of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' features Kiryu and Nishikiyama with half of their faces covered similar to ''Face/Off'' while [[MacGuffinGirl Haruka]] is in the background.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/DeathBattle'':
** "[[Recap/DeathBattleS02E13RyuVsScorpion Ryu vs. Scorpion]]": The last shot of the introduction, right before the battle itself, is a shot of half of Ryu and Scorpion's faces. The symmetry is interesting here, since Ryu's half is animation while Scorpion's half is live-action.
** As the "[[Recap/DeathBattleS08E15MadaraVsAizen Madara vs. Aizen]]" fight is about to reach its climax, we get a shot with Aizen's left half on one side, Madara's right side on the other, and both of them laughing as they clearly enjoy the fight.
* The title picture on ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' is an helmet split red on the left and blue on the right. Although beyond the colors, both halves are identical.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In "The Lost Fable" [[spoiler:the gods of light and darkness are shown in this position when they sentence Salem to [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortality]]]]. It's the only time the two characters in question are ''ever'' seen acting in complete agreement on something, even to the point of speaking in unison.
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/DragonBallMultiverse'': [[http://www.dragonball-multiverse.com/en/page-790.html The cover page for Chapter 36]] does this with [[RedOniBlueOni Bardock and King Cold]]. Bardock's side depicts people from the Planet Trade Organization and Cold's side features Saiyans.
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[[folder:Web Videos]]
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's [[Recap/TheNostalgiaCriticS8E27 crossover review]] for ''Film/TheForceAwakens'': the promo picture of the episode, as seen on Website/YouTube, features the half-faces of the Critic and WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob separated by a lightsaber.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': The episode "Emotion Sickness" [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kimpossible/images/d/dd/Screenshot_2018-10-11_at_12.52.06_AM.png has a shot of Kim and Shego styled like this]] when their "moodulator" chips are set on angry.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'': The intro sequence starts with a zoom on the school's yearbook, showing a black-and-white photo of Barbara Gordon quickly juxtaposed on the right side with her (colored) batgirl persona. Same thing with the next picture (but on the left side) between Jessica Cruz and Green Lantern. Zatanna gets another variant, with both halves replacing the black-and-white photo, one with her magician costume, the other with her superhero one. The other girls' pictures use other kind of transitions, though.
* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'': The poster used as the page image uses half of Peter Parker's face on the right and Spider-Man's on the left, separated by a web line. However, it subverts the trope a bit with the Spider-Man half being upside-down.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': In episode "[[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E17Antibug Antibug]]", at the peak of their confrontation, half of Ladybug and Antibug's faces [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/lady-bug/images/e/e0/Antibug_392.png are seen juxtaposed]] with a fierce expression.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Used during the song "What My Cutie Mark Is Telling Me" in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E13MagicalMysteryCure Magical Mystery Cure]]", one shot with all six of the mane cast.
** During the DistantDuet in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E13SpiceUpYourLife Spice Up Your Life]]", the split screen ends up used to show Rarity's and Pinkie's half-faces split in the middle, followed by Coriander's and Saffron's.
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