'''Basic Trope''': Two families that don't get along.
* '''Straight''': The Argies do not like the Bargies, and they are constantly fighting
* '''Exaggerated''': The Argie/Bargie feud escalates into a full-blown war.
* '''Downplayed''':
** The Argies and Bargies regularly draw insulting graffiti on each other's family homes. Everyone else is [[FelonyMisdemeanor appalled.]]
** An Argie kills a Bargie in a DuelToTheDeath. A Bargie challenges the killer and slays him. In a panic the [[ThePatriarch family]] [[GrandeDame elders]] meet and negotiate terms ending the feud with minimal loss of life.
** The Argies and Bargies regularly ''sue'' one another. The [[EvilLawyerJoke barbarity]] is shocking to the other families who [[EvenEvilHasStandards only kill each other.]]
** The Argies and Bargies are rival baseball teams.
* '''Justified''':
** One family has done something especially heinous to the other, and not everyone is very forgiving.
** Both the Argies and the Bargies are part of a BarbarianTribe.
* '''Inverted''': The families are allied with each other; however, ''within'' the familes are all sorts of CainAndAbel relationships and BlackSheep relatives.
* '''Subverted''': The Argies don't like the Bargies, and describe the generations-old feud between them, but the Bargies appear to [[UnknownRival have no idea about any of this]].
* '''Double Subverted''': But then out of the blue the Bargies assassinate Papa Argie.
* '''Parodied''': The Argies and the Bargies are fighting over [[SillyReasonForWar something stupid]], such as a sports rivalry or ShipToShipCombat.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The Argies and Bargies have been at peace for a while, then one of the Argies kills one of the Bargies. In response a Bargie kills an Argie. Then the local lawman arrests the murderers. Then the two families [[EnemyMine team up]] to rescue the prisoners and kill the lawman. Then TheGovernment sends an army through the district bent on bringing the WretchedHive to heel, and both the Argies and the Bargies flee into the hills. When the army leaves the Argies and the Bargies start the feud again. While they are doing this an Argie boy [[StarCrossedLovers meets a Bargie girl]] and falls in love. Because of this both [[HonorRelatedAbuse are murdered]]. In their [[ShellShockedVeteran horror]] at the violence all the other [[TheClan Clans]] in the district demand peace. Finally a GrandeDame of the Argies and a GrandeDame of the Bargies meet and arrange for the two families to meet at a FancyDinner to hold a PeaceConference. The Argies and Bargies swear a [[IGaveMyWord sacred oath of eternal friendship.]] Which means it will probably [[TheCynic be about ten years]] before they [[CrapsackWorld start feuding again.]]
* '''Averted''': There's no particular feud between the two families featured.
* '''Enforced''': The feud is a metaphor for a larger conflict.
* '''Lampshaded''': "I hate the Bargies so much! I will never forgive them for what they did to us."
* '''Invoked''': A small and inconsequential family started LetsYouAndHimFight to bring down its biggest rivals.
* '''Exploited''': TheDon of the Cargies takes advantage of the chance to increase his power while the Argies and Bargies are busy killing each other.
* '''Defied''':
** The two families make peace with one another, and intermarry to seal the deal.
** The Emperor, who is established to not be a fan of ''Theater/RomeoAndJuliet'', establishes LoonyLaws that [[ThreateningMediator any kind of crime in which it is established (or even suspected) that it was fueled in any way, shape or form by a grudge between families will be paid by both families by any means necessary]] (''[[NiceJobBreakingItHerod any]]'' means necessary).
* '''Discussed''': Angelo Argie has a beef with Benvolio Bargie, but his father warns him not to do anything that might start a generations-long vendetta between the two clans.
* '''Conversed''': "So this town is ruled by two huge, ancient dynasties. [[SarcasmMode I bet they're best friends!]]"
* '''Deconstructed''': StarCrossedLovers, CycleOfRevenge.
** The feud gets so out of hand that both families cross the MoralEventHorizon, killing and/or harming a bunch of people not related to either just to spite each other. This causes the whole village, sick of the aristocrats' feud causing the commoners misfortune, to take [[RulingFamilyMassacre matters into their own hands.]]
* '''Reconstructed''': One optimistic paterfamilias tries to end the CycleOfRevenge, but it's a CrapsackWorld and there's a SuccessionCrisis going on, so family honour and duty is the only thing providing any stability at all. Seems like it's a choice between FeudingFamilies or EverythingTryingToKillYou.
* '''Played For Laughs''':
** The Argies and the Bargies have a friendly (or maybe not-so-friendly) rivalry over who has the nicer yard, home, etc. The "war" consists of sabotaging the other family's nice lawn.
** The feuding families are feuding because they are fans of differing soccer teams (to [[SoccerHatingAmericans the utter befuddlement of the American protagonist]]).
* '''Played For Drama''':
** The family elders don't get along, but their children do. Cue StarCrossedLovers.
** The protagonist is an arbitrator called in to solve the feud.
** The two families agree to settle the matter in a CombatByChampion
** TheEmpire invades and all the FeudingFamilies must quickly [[EnemyMine settle their feuds]].
*** TheEmpire invades and one of the families joins them, selling out their country for the chance to beat their rival.
* ''''Played For Horror''': Screw the Capulets and the Montagues. The Argies and the Bargies borrow their playbooks from [[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire the ruling Houses of Westeros]]. Every single time a pair of StarCrossedLovers have tried to seal the deal in this town, [[NastyParty a Red Wedding is what ensued]].
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