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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]

->''After an awesome fight, they realized the power of friendship!''
-->-- '''Gin''', ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' Vol.6

->''You just seem to pick up new friends wherever you go, don't you, Fullmetal?''
-->-- '''[[ColonelBadass Roy Mustang]]''' on [[TheHero Edward Elric's]] band of estranged military chimeras, ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''

->''You go ahead and defeat an enemy, I'm going to go make a friend.''
--> '''Yuna Kagurazaka''', ''VideoGame/GalaxyFrauleinYuna'' OVA

->''You're a strange person. You make friends with all the people you fight.''
-->-- '''Darjeeling''' to Miho, ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer''

->'''Cynthia:''' When every life meets another life, something will be born. Today's battle certainly gave birth to something between those two as well. And that's... connection.\\
'''Brock:''' When they met, Ash and Paul hated each other. But now they've grown; bound together by respect.
-->-- ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'', "Battling a Thaw in Relations!"

->''After a fair and square fight, everyone becomes friends -- that's the Rule of Right of Shonen Manga!''
-->--'''Ken Matsushiro''', ''Manga/YakitateJapan''

->'''Yuma''': Aw, c'mon, Shark! I thought we were friends!\\
'''Shark''': We are not friends! Got it? Why would you even think that, anyway?\\
'''Yuma''': Why would I think we're friends? Because we dueled!
-->--A slight subversion of this trope, ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL''

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[[folder:Comic Books]]

->'''Sonic:''' This is Surge. She tried to destroy me a couple of times!\\
'''Blaze:''' Honestly, Sonic. You need to stop making friends like that.\\
'''Surge:''' Wait... He seriously makes a habit of this?\\
'''Blaze:''' [[VideoGame/SonicRush When we first met, I was... hostile]]. We fought rather ferociously back then.\\
'''Sonic:''' Ha! I remember that. [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Me and Silver have]] [[VideoGame/SonicRivals had our moments of friction too]]...\\
'''Silver:''' At least you're always super nice about it afterwards!\\
'''Amy:''' I've got stories about him throwing down with [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog3 Knuckles]] and [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 Shadow]] for ''[[TheRival days]]''...\\
'''Surge:''' Have any of your friends ''not'' tried to waste you?\\
'''Sonic:''' Look, once you get to know me, I'm very likeable.
-->--''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'', Issue #67

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[[folder:Fan Works]]

->'''Goku:''' Hey Vegeta, we're friends now, right?\\
'''Vegeta:''' F*** off.\\
'''Goku:''' The ''best''.
-->-- ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''

->'''Krillin:''' We're friends now.\\
'''Android 16:''' '''But I want to kill Goku.'''\\
'''Krillin:''' Most of my friends did.
-->-- ''[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Dragon Ball Z Kai Abridged]]''

->''[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kurosaki]], is there anyone you've fought that you haven't become best friends with?''
-->-- '''Ishida''', ''Fanfic/HogyokuExMachina''

->''[[Franchise/MortalKombat Flawless victory! Friendship]]!''
-->-- ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries''

->''Oh hey Grandpa, it's that guy who kidnapped your soul and then tried to kill me. [[EasilyForgiven But now he's our friend.]]''
-->-- '''Yugi''', ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''

->''Be my friend, motherfucker!''
-->-- '''Manga/{{Naruto}}''', while slamming a [[EnergyBall Rasengan]] into Gaara's face. ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10822184/1/Written-in-Reverse Written in Reverse]]''

->''In Ichigo’s experience, most enemies are just friends who haven’t had good sense beaten into them yet.''
-->-- ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5030443/chapters/11562568 There May Be Some Collateral Damage]]''

->''What kind of glitch would cause a yakuza to swear fealty to you? Just because you beat him up more thoroughly than his ex-boss? Weird.''
-->-- '''Tenko Shimura''''s side of a phone call with '''Gran Torino''', ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38084278/chapters/95133001#workskin Corgizuku]]''

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[[folder:Film - Live-Action]]

->'''Robin''': I wanted to see what you were made of. And I did.\\
'''Little John''': I hope you'll not hold it against me.\\
'''Robin''': On the contrary, I love a man that can best me!
-->-- ''Film/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood''

->'''Mongo:''' Mongo stay with Sheriff Bart. Sheriff first man ever whip Mongo. Mongo impressed, have deep feelings for Sheriff Bart.\\
'''Waco Kid:''' Uh oh, you better watch out, big fella. I think Mongo's taken a little fancy to you.\\
'''Mongo:''' Aww, Mongo ''straight!''
-->-- ''Film/BlazingSaddles''

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[[folder:Literature]]

->''I punched [[GeniusLoci it]] in the nose. Now we're friends.''
-->-- '''Harry Dresden,''' ''Literature/TurnCoat''

->'''Dalinar:''' Well, in any case, welcome to my elites. Someone get this fellow a horse.\\
'''Archer:''' What? I tried to ''kill'' you!\\
'''Dalinar:''' Yes, from a distance. Which shows remarkably good judgment. [[SparingTheAces I can make use of someone with your skills]].\\
'''Archer:''' We're enemies!\\
'''Dalinar:''' ''[looking over the conquered town]'' Not anymore. Looks like we're all allies now!
-->-- ''Literature/{{Oathbringer}}'' (third book of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'')

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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]

->''Well, my father always said: the best way to understand someone is to fight him.''
-->-- '''Sinclair''' describing Minbari, ''Series/BabylonFive''

->''The name's Kisaragi Gentaro! I'm going to become friends with everyone in this school! And that includes you, once I've beaten some sense into you!''
-->-- '''Gentaro''', ''Series/KamenRiderFourze''

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[[folder:Video Games]]

->'''Loghain''': Do you mean to say that Qunari do make comrades of their beaten opponent?\\
'''Sten''': Qunari do not waste resources. And few are more valuable than lives.
-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''

->'''Nathaniel:''' You like having Grey Wardens who want you dead?\\
'''Warden:''' Some of my best friends have wanted me dead.
-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening''

->''Fight's over! We're all friends now!''
-->-- '''Kyon Feulion''', ''VideoGame/EndlessFrontier''

->''We confronted each other, [[EnemyMine then teamed up to defeat an enemy]]. [[WorthyOpponent We became rivals]], [[FriendlyEnemy and then finally friends]]. [[HeelFaceTurn It was that sort of relationship]].''
-->-- '''[[TheSpock Stern the Destructor]]''' explaining to [[AlternateUniverse MovieVerse Nanoha]] how she became friends with her universe's Nanoha (and generally summing up how Nanoha met most of her friends), ''[[VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha GOD Sound Stage M]]''

->''My ship and the Hiryu have this strange fate. Those who we once fought have become our brothers in arms and we now fight together as one. Our history is a long and complicated one.''
-->-- '''Captain Daitetsu''', ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2''.

->'''[[Anime/BuddyComplex Aoba Watase]]''': Wait, so our enemy is now our ally now?!\\
'''[[Anime/GundamReconguistaInG Bellri Zenam]]''': Not quite, Aoba! Those two are so far beyond that!
-->--'''Aoba''' and '''Bellri''' commenting on Viral joining X-Cross in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX''

->'''Watta Takeo''': This is getting annoying, Gura! Shotaro misses being your friend so much and you just keep ignoring him!\\
'''[[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Gura]]''': I'm the one who should be annoyed at always being hounded by you.\\
'''Watta''': OK, that does it! If you're gonna talk like that, then I'll give you a piece of my mind!\\
'''Watta''': I'm gonna make you our friend again but in a different way than Shotaro's!\\
'''Gura''': What?!\\
'''Watta''': Come here, Gura! After we punch each other dizzy, we'll shake hands – as friends do!
-->-- ''Dai-3-ji VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ: Jigoku-hen''

->'''''FRIENDSHIP'''... [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Friendship?!]]''
-->-- '''The announcer''' after a Friendship finisher in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatII''

->'''''FRIENDSHIP'''... Friendship?! [[OhNoNotAgain Again?!]]''
-->-- '''[[BrickJoke The announcer after a Friendship finisher]]''' in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat3''

->'''Asgore:''' Howdy, Frisk..Sorry about trying to take your soul earlier. I feel very bad about it...\\
'''Undyne:''' Hey, don't worry about it, ASGORE. I think everyone's tried to kill Frisk at least once.\\
'''Asgore:''' Oh... I see! In that case, I'm not sorry, Frisk.\\
'''Undyne:''' [with a goofy grin] ASGORE! That's not what I meant!
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', [[GoldenEnding True Pacifist ending]]

->''"I am so very reluctant to fight any of our friends from the academy. It's all well and good if we can convince them to join us... [[{{Deconstruction}} But in the end, we're still making them bend to our will.]] They might not want it at all. [[JoinOrDie We're essentially forcing them to choose between death or betraying their friends and family.]] It feels cruel."''
-->--'''Mercedes von Martritz''', ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriorsThreeHopes''

->''"Yeah, uh, Kaitlin? Let me know if you copy."''\\
''"I copy. What's up?"''\\
''"I've made friends? I don't know."''\\
''"What?"''\\
''"The giant bug we killed earlier - well, the corpse seemed to attract a bunch of nasties. I was on my way to clean them up when I realized they were... waiting? Confused, maybe. Anyways, I was walking up to them to get rid of em, and strangely enough they seemed passive. The same bugs that gave me that concussion yesterday, and-"''\\
''"What?! Are you okay?"''\\
''"Huh? Yeah, I'm fine. Anyways, I felt bad killin' them since they seemed all... inert and such. So I just kinda left and they've been following me ever since. Real weird. Anyways, I guess I've made some friends. I wonder what they eat... do they eat? Since they don't have any mouths that I-"''\\
''"Rich, stop! Please don't bring them back to camp!"''\\
''"Oh, well uh...I could - Junior, stop! Leave your brother alone!"''
-->--'''Queen's Gland item log''', ''VideoGame/RiskOfRain2''

->''Deputy commander of the Redguns, the Balam Group AC squad.\\
Formerly the commander of the Balam Security Force, a paramilitary police organization that preceded the formation of the Redguns.\\
[[TheAce Nile distinguished himself with an exceptionally high arrest rate]], and in those days, the only man he never managed to put in handcuffs was Michigan, then the commander of the rival Furlong Armed Fleet. Having failed to arrest the man, [[FriendlyRivalry he instead settled for a friendly drink with his old nemesis]].''
-->-- '''G2 Nile's''' Arena profile, ''VideoGame/ArmoredCoreVIFiresOfRubicon''
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[[folder:Webcomics]]

->'''Britain:''' From the frozen wastelands of North America to the jungles of Africa I have fought you. Yet together, we have accomplished some amazing things. As the world changes, there is one thing that will always remain constant: the future does not seem so dark if I face it with you... my old enemy... my rival... my neighbour... my ally...\\
'''France:''' ...my friend.
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Polandball}}''

->'''[[RetiredBadass Henry]]:''' Most [of the gang], we didn't see again... an' a few, we could 'ardly get rid of. 'Ell, they were at our weddin', them two.\\
'''Florence:''' Aww!\\
'''Nicola:''' ''Grandad!'' Superbia threw a knife at you!\\
'''Isabelle:''' They wouldn't be the only people on Henry's side of the wedding party who'd tried to kill him at some point.
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Widdershins}}'', [[https://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/february-9th-2016 9 Feb 2016]]

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[[folder:Web Original]]

->'''ComicBook/{{Gambit}}:''' Die!\\
'''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}:''' No.\\
'''Gambit:''' Oh, okay, I guess I'll help you out, then.
-->-- ''WebVideo/BumReviews'', ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''

->''For every [[Main/ShonenDemographic boys' manga]] like the '80s hit ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', in which defeated enemies have [[YourHeadAsplode their brains splattered]], there are five manga like ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', in which defeated enemies are befriended, neutralized and converted to the heroes' worldview. Thus, the circle of the protagonists' friends grows and grows. Only in this way, through taking everyone into the protected circle, does the hero get the hubris to want to "save the world" — usually expressed as "I want to protect everyone!", an almost Buddhist feeling of compassion for all things, except perhaps for some [[BigBad final enemy]] who is [[MoralEventHorizon just too ugly to be redeemed.]]''
-->-- '''Jason Thompson,''' [[http://io9.com/5490323/to-protect-and-kill-morality-in-action-manga "To Protect and Kill: Morality in Action Manga"]], ''io9'', March 11th, 2010

->''Why are they friends now? I just [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] destroyed you!''
--> '''Dexter Manning''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plKebrsruiM after beating the first boss in]] ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}''

->'''Seraph:''' You do not truly know someone until you fight them.\\
'''Bill Corbett:''' [[IceCreamKoan Which is bad news for my grandma.]]
-->-- ''Podcast/RiffTrax'' of ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded''

->Befriend (v.): to use mecha-class beam weaponry to inflict grievous bodily harm on a target in the process of proving [[RightMakesMight the validity of your belief system]].
-->-- From a post on rpg.net, on ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''

->''There are two running gags in ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]''. One is their [[InfiniteSupplies limitless supply]] of shuttles, often remarked throughout the web. The other, which doesn't seemed to be noted much outside this website, is that Janeway loves to add people to the crew. She hands out comm badges to people like they were Tic Tacs, and apparently the only requirement to getting one is to fire on ''Voyager'' or be a certifiable nut.''
-->-- '''Website/SFDebris''', Janeway Crew Bio

->''It's funny to see [[Creator/StevenSeagal Seagal]] beat the racism out of someone. Seriously, he beats a man half to death and asks [[ArmorPiercingQuestion "What does it take to change the essence of a man"]] and the man realizes the error of his ways. I didn't know beating someone's ass made you so introspective.''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/on-deadly-ground-1993-steven-seagal/ on]] ''Film/OnDeadlyGround''

->''Follow each of the eight Jojis on their own unique adventures. Watch as they're joined by a series of weirdos who are introduced as complete sociopaths, but once they're defeated they become '''FRIENDS''' and their personality completely changes. And sometimes their abilities too.''
-->-- '''[=JelloApocalypse=]''', [[WebAnimation/SoThisIsBasically So This is Basically]] Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure

->''I'm going to love and tolerate the ''shit'' out of you.''
-->-- Popular saying amongst Bronies, male fans of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

->EAT ENEMIES. SHIT FRIENDS.
-->-- '''[[http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/v6l/ Courage Wolf]]'''

->'''Urist:''' Oi! Didn't I fucking kill you?!
->'''Ravandil:''' [[BackFromTheDead Yes! You fucking did! You- You piece of shit!]]
->'''Urist:''' Oh well, that just means that the grudge is settled! How are you doing, friend?
-->-- ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5-Tuo1bmFM Ravandils Quest 2: The Second One]]''

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[[folder:Western Animation]]

->''Y'know, I'm beginning to ''like'' those guys.''
-->-- '''Monterey Jack''', ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''

->'''Lapis:''' Wow, fast turnaround.\\
'''Peridot:''' No kidding. It took me ''months'' to stop trying to kill Steven.\\
'''Bismuth:''' Took me like a day? Day and a half?\\
'''Lapis:''' I'm ''still'' on the fence.
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseTheMovie''

->'''Quackerjack (as Mr. Banana Brain):''' Say fellas, maybe this is where we show him love and kindness and he vows to mend his evil ways!\\
'''Quackerjack and Darkwing:''' Eh...nah! (taser the episode's bad guy)
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''

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[[folder:Real Life]]

->''I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln''' (attributed)

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