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*''Series/PipoDeClown'': Dikke to Klukkluk, as he actually tries to take his spot as the leader of the Native American tribe. This is even though Klukkluk is the son of their leader. For some reason, the Native Americans don't bat an eye at a stranger making such a demand, and actually consider him as a candidate alongside Klukkluk.

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[[caption-width-right:350:'''[[Characters/TheKarateKidJohnnyLawrence Johnny]]:''' You're gonna regret this when it's over.\\
'''[[Characters/TheKarateKidDanielLaRusso Daniel]]:''' Yeah, right. Like this'll ever be over.]]



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* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' and Lakehurst were rival schools, which caused problems when Lakehurst burns down and the students have to move to Degrassi. One main character even [[KilledOffForReal gets stabbed to death]] by a Lakehurst student. Liberty had a rivalry with Damian, who was to be Lakehurst's valedictorian and became her competition for the position when he became a student at Degrassi.
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* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}'' ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' and Lakehurst were rival schools, which caused problems when Lakehurst burns down and the students have to move to Degrassi. One main character even [[KilledOffForReal gets stabbed to death]] by a Lakehurst student. Liberty had a rivalry with Damian, who was to be Lakehurst's valedictorian and became her competition for the position when he became a student at Degrassi.
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** On the side of evil, Lindsay and Lilah are rivals at Wolfram and Hart, constantly trying to one-up each other for promotions and to prove themselves as the WorthyOpponent to Angel and his team. However, there is definitely a lot of mutual respect between the two, and Lindsay even recommends Lilah to their bosses for the promotion that they had fought over when he quits Wolfram and Hart in Season 2.

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** On the side of evil, Lindsay Lindsey and Lilah are rivals at Wolfram and Hart, constantly trying to one-up each other for promotions and to prove themselves as the WorthyOpponent to Angel and his team. However, there is definitely a lot of mutual respect between the two, and Lindsay Lindsey even recommends Lilah to their bosses for the promotion that they had fought over when he quits Wolfram and Hart in Season 2.
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** Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz and Demetri Alexpolous. The two start as best friends, but drift apart as Hawk is consumed by Cobra Kai's TestosteronePoisoning and begins to reject Demetri as the embodiment of the [[ClosetGeek nerdy interests]] he wants to leave behind, while Demetri remains ProudToBeAGeek. While their rivalry becomes deeply personal, both of them end up learning important skills from each other, as Hawk's embarrassing defeat to Demetri (who had barely started learning karate) in the school brawl forces him to realise that he needs to learn some defence and "fight smart" to balance his [[AttackAttackAttack aggressive fighting style]], while Demetri is forced to learn karate to fend off Hawk's bullying, which helps him gain confidence and which he later admits was "the best thing that ever happened to [him]". When the two finally reconcile, they become one of the most effective teams in the series.

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** Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz and Demetri Alexpolous.Alexopoulos. The two start as best friends, but drift apart as Hawk is consumed by Cobra Kai's TestosteronePoisoning and begins to reject Demetri as the embodiment of the [[ClosetGeek nerdy interests]] he wants to leave behind, while Demetri remains ProudToBeAGeek. While their rivalry becomes deeply personal, both of them end up learning important skills from each other, as Hawk's embarrassing defeat to Demetri (who had barely started learning karate) in the school brawl forces him to realise that he needs to learn some defence and "fight smart" to balance his [[AttackAttackAttack aggressive fighting style]], while Demetri is forced to learn karate to fend off Hawk's bullying, which helps him gain confidence and which he later admits was "the best thing that ever happened to [him]". When the two finally reconcile, they become one of the most effective teams in the series.
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* ''Series/CobraKai'' is ''littered'' with these, with the overarching rivalry arguably being [[RivalDojo Miyagi-Do (and Eagle Fang to a lesser extent) vs. Cobra Kai]], even dating back ''before'' the events of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' film series with Sato Toguchi's (one of the earlier Miyagi-Do practitioners) anger towards Kim Sun-Yung (the progenitor toward the "Way of the Fist" style of karate that Cobra Kai is inspired by).

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* ''Series/CobraKai'' is ''littered'' with these, with the overarching rivalry arguably being [[RivalDojo [[RivalDojos Miyagi-Do (and Eagle Fang to a lesser extent) vs. Cobra Kai]], even dating back ''before'' the events of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' film series with Sato Toguchi's (one of the earlier Miyagi-Do practitioners) anger towards Kim Sun-Yung (the progenitor toward the "Way of the Fist" style of karate that Cobra Kai is inspired by).
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** However (in-universe), the rivalry between the aforementioned men are eclipsed with their {{Evil Mentor}}s, Kreese for Johnny and Silver for Daniel. Both parallels could not have been reflected even more in Season 4, where Silver re-joins Kreese as his co-sensei for Cobra Kai, and even have a rivalry with each other!

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** However (in-universe), Miguel Diaz and Robby Keene jump between this and ArchEnemy. In Seasons 1 and 2, the two are karate rivals fighting for opposite dojos and face off in the All Valley Tournament final, in which Miguel defeats Robby, though there is also a personal element to the rivalry between as they compete for the aforementioned men are eclipsed with affections of their {{Evil Mentor}}s, Kreese for mutual LoveInterest Sam and Johnny who is Miguel's [[ParentalSubstitute surrogate father]] and Silver for Daniel. Both parallels could not have been reflected even more Robby's actual father. The rivalry intensifies after Robby accidentally kicks Miguel over a railing in the school brawl and nearly kills him before [[RivalTurnedEvil joining Cobra Kai under Kreese]], though the pair are able to work out their issues and become friends in Season 4, where Silver re-joins Kreese as his co-sensei for Cobra Kai, 5.
** In the first two seasons, Sam
and even Aisha have a FriendlyEnemy dynamic but nonetheless look to outdo each other in order to earn more business for their respective dojos, with the additional tension of Aisha resenting Sam for her failure to stick up for her when she was being bullied and friendship with the girls bullying her and Sam worrying about the effect Cobra Kai's toxic aggressive mentality and Aisha's friendship with Sam's new ArchEnemy [[AxCrazy Tory]] might have on her old friend.
** Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz and Demetri Alexpolous. The two start as best friends, but drift apart as Hawk is consumed by Cobra Kai's TestosteronePoisoning and begins to reject Demetri as the embodiment of the [[ClosetGeek nerdy interests]] he wants to leave behind, while Demetri remains ProudToBeAGeek. While their
rivalry with becomes deeply personal, both of them end up learning important skills from each other!other, as Hawk's embarrassing defeat to Demetri (who had barely started learning karate) in the school brawl forces him to realise that he needs to learn some defence and "fight smart" to balance his [[AttackAttackAttack aggressive fighting style]], while Demetri is forced to learn karate to fend off Hawk's bullying, which helps him gain confidence and which he later admits was "the best thing that ever happened to [him]". When the two finally reconcile, they become one of the most effective teams in the series.



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* ''Series/CobraKai'' is ''littered'' with these, with the overarching rivalry arguably being [[RivalDojo Miyagi-Do (and Eagle Fang to a lesser extent) vs. Cobra Kai]], even dating back ''before'' the events of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' film series with Sato Toguchi's (one of the earlier Miyagi-Do practitioners) anger towards Kim Sun-Yung (the progenitor toward the "Way of the Fist" style of karate that Cobra Kai is inspired by).
** Daniel [=LaRusso=] vs. Johnny Lawrence is arguably the most recognizable, granted the latter was the reason why Daniel decided to take on karate from Mr. Miyagi; their rivalry reignited when both men reopen as senseis of the dojos they were a part of as students back in the 80s, and escalates when it extends to their students. Even when Johnny defects from Cobra Kai to form Eagle Fang and establish an EnemyMine with Daniel to take down Kreese's Cobra Kai, they ''still'' are at odds with each other and take it out on a tournament-style fight. It takes some of their star students (particularly Sam [=LaRusso=]) adopting both of Daniel and Johnny's style in the 51st All-Valley for the two men to finally come to an accord and bury the hatchet. Season 5 avoids the rivalry altogether when CharacterDevelopment establishes Johnny as a more reasonable man, followed by Johnny himself agreeing to become a co-sensei to both Daniel and Chozen.
** However (in-universe), the rivalry between the aforementioned men are eclipsed with their {{Evil Mentor}}s, Kreese for Johnny and Silver for Daniel. Both parallels could not have been reflected even more in Season 4, where Silver re-joins Kreese as his co-sensei for Cobra Kai, and even have a rivalry with each other!

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