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Author: Astaroth

Oct 28th 2017 at 1:04:18 PM

I just went through FireWaterJuxtaposition and lifted all the examples I could find that seemed to meet this trope better.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'' is seen with two of the Admirals: the lazy but righteous [[AnIcePerson Aokiji]] and the ruthless GeneralRipper [[MagmaMan Akainu]].

* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'': Kenshin and the Kyoto arc BigBad Shishio Makoto can be considered rivals (both were highly skilled ''hitokiri'' during the Bakumatsu period (1853-1868), and now they're enemies. In their final battle, Kenshin's revamp and secret attack summons forth a fierce squall, while Makoto's special attack and power up are announced by roaring flames.

* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' introduced the child-like Reinforce Zwei and the cynical Agito, the two sole living [[FusionDance Unison Devices]] in the current era who have affinities to ice and fire respectively to further showcase their contrasting personalities and pasts (the former was created and raised in a loving family environment, while the latter had to be rescued from an illegal research facility). [[spoiler:Although their animosity completely disappears at the end of the season due to Agito being adopted into Reinfore Zwei's family.]]

* When ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaInnocent'' finally gave MagicalGirl forms to Nanoha's two friends, the HotBlooded Arisa and the ShrinkingViolet Suzuka, they're revealed to have fire and ice attributes respectively.

* In ''ComicBook/XMen'', this trope is part of what helps solidify Cyclops' two love interests, ComicBook/JeanGrey and ComicBook/EmmaFrost, as [[BettyAndVeronica diametric opposites of one another]]. [[note]] Jean is a [[HeroesWantRedheads red-haired woman]] who has gone by the code name "Phoenix" for a good bit of her career, frequently wears a flaming bird insignia as part of her costume, and has psychic powers that frequently manifest themselves as flames. Appropriately, she is known for her warm, compassionate nature, and (on darker occasions) for her unpredictable fiery temper. Emma (while not actually having [[AnIcePerson ice-based powers]]) is frequently visually associated with ice and the cold because of her surname "Frost", her blonde hair, her [[WomanInWhite all-white clothing]], and her diamond-based form that makes her resemble an ice sculpture. Appropriately, she is known for her coldly stoic personality, and her often cynical attitude towards life. [[/note]]

* ''Videogame/KillerInstinct'' contrasts Glacius, an ice-themed alien shape-shifter, with Cinder, a human who was mutated into a living flame by an experiment gone wrong.

* In ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'', MainCharacter [[MagicKnight Mao]] is able to learn Ice magic naturally, while his ChildhoodFriend and rival [[SquishyWizard Raspberyl]] excels in Fire magic.

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' has the recurring summons Ifrit and Shiva for Fire and Ice. ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' pairs them up as bosses, while ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' sees Ifrit pull an OhCrap if you summon Shiva against him.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', Terra learns primarily fire spells, while her {{Foil}} Celes focuses on ice spells.

* [[TheHero Ryu]] and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Fou-Lu]] in ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'' have very similar movesets, but Ryu's moves are generally fire-themed, while Fou-Lu's are themed around water and ice, and Fou-Lu is explicitly described as having an affinity for water (and a corresponding weakness to fire). This represents the fact that Ryu and Fou-Lu are [[spoiler:two halves of the Yorae Dragon, an immensely powerful god that was split into two beings by the ritual that summoned it.]]

* Serph and Heat in ''Videogame/DigitalDevilSaga''; the former is a {{Stoic}} who [[TheQuietOne almost never speaks]] and shapeshifts into an ice-themed demon, Varna, while the latter is a [[FieryRedHead hot-headed and impulsive]] BloodKnight who shapeshifts into a fire-demon, Agni. [[spoiler:The backstory also reveals that they, or rather the humans their personalities were based on, were involved in a BettyAndVeronicaSwitch LoveTriangle over Sera.]]

* Luceus and Aurora, the Captains of the Royal Guard in ''Videogame/DragonQuestHeroesTheWorldTreesWoeAndTheBlightBelow'', with Luceus utilizing fire-themed attacks while Aurora using ice-themed ones. They also have RedOniBlueOni personalities, with Luceus being TheStrategist who believes in devising complex plans of attack before any potential encounter, which are always ruined by Aurora [[AttackAttackAttack recklessly charging into the fray]] before he can enact them.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' gives us [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Organization XIII]], a shadowy cabal of super-powered Nobodies who all draw their powers from different [[ElementalPowers elemental "attributes"]] ([[PlayingWithFire Fire]], [[MakingASplash Water]], [[DishingOutDirt Earth]], [[BlowYouAway Wind]], [[AnIcePerson Ice]], [[ShockAndAwe Lightning]], [[GreenThumb Flower]], [[GravityMaster Moon]], [[TimeMaster Time]], [[SpaceMaster Space]], [[MasterOfIllusion Illusion]], [[BlindedByTheLight Light]] and [[CastingAShadow Nothingness]]). Appropriately, the resident Fire-user Axel and the resident Ice-user Vexen have polar opposite personalities, with Axel being friendly, carefree, down-to-Earth, irreverent, and BrilliantButLazy, and Vexen being cold, arrogant, hardworking and scholarly; and while Axel ultimately does a HeelFaceTurn and joins the heroes, Vexen is one of Xemnas' most loyal servants. Oddly subverted with Axel and the resident Water-user Demyx, who are--if anything--the ''most'' similar in personality.

* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Hitman" has [[AnIcePerson the Ice King]]--a goofy, fun-loving IneffectualSympatheticVillain--trying to defend Finn and Jake from the overzealous assassin [[PlayingWithFire Scorcher]]--an eerily silent, ruthlessly efficient killer--when he almost accidentally has them murdered. Notably, this is one of the first episodes of the show in which the Ice King is completely on Finn and Jake's side, and signals the beginning of his CharacterDevelopment into a more sympathetic AntiVillain.