History BelligerentSexualTension / WesternAnimation

** Arnold's paternal grandmother, Phil, admits in one episode to having a similar with a girl in his youth--the girl in question is ultimately revealed to be Gertie, Arnold's paternal grandmother.

** Discussed in "Envoys" when Ensign Mariner tells Ensign Tendi that she likes to start an argument with a cute lieutenant because she finds it attractive when an "uptight hunk is all wound up."
** Between Ensign Mariner and Commander Ransom in "Temporal Edict." After an intense argument, he stabs her foot with a crystal battle blade, and she [[EatingTheEyeCandy finds him hot]] while he fights shirtless during his TrialByCombat. She later throws an object at him in Sickbay and threatens to kill him, and he admits that it was kind of hot.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' episode: "[[Recap/TransformersG1TheGirlWhoLovedPowerglide The Girl who Loved Powerglide]]" featured the aforementioned Autobot [[InterSpeciesRomance in one of these]] with a human named Astoria Carlton-Ritz.

** The show loves to use this with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Raimundo]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Kimiko]] (Raikim). Constant friendly (or not so friendly) [[DeadpanSnarker bickering]], Kimiko's tendency to [[HairTriggerTemper hit EVERYONE]] (especially Rai for [[MamaBear picking on Omi]]), a random [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther peck on the cheek]] [[ShipTease or two...]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AngelsFriends'': Raf and Sulfus, oh boy! This is more mature in AngelDevilShipping.

* Mung and Truffles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' love each other but they do spend much of the time arguing or, in the case of the latter, snarking at each other, with Truffles insulting his cooking. Justified since they're married.

* Numbuh 4 and Numbuh 3 in ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor''. Also [[TheHero Numbuh 1]] and [[DaChief Numbuh 362]], to a lesser extent.
* Matt and Inez from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' and very likely deliberately invoked by the creators...
** Matt also has this with Jackie on a few occasions.
* WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and Daisy Duck. It's mostly a "depending on the situation" thing.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold''

* The relationship between WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}} and her friend Mr. Cat can sometimes go into this territory, as they fight with each other about trivial things half the time.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
** Mako and Korra, especially in the first half of Book One, and particularly emphasized in The Spirit of Competition. [[WordOfGod Word of Bryke]] even calls out this trope during commentary for the episode:
-->'''Mike:''' The earlier episodes had set up that Korra and Mako were kinda at each other's throats but they also kinda have a little attraction to each other.
** Season 2, however, sees the relationship fall apart--the "belligerent" part of the relation proves a bit too much and they decide they're BetterAsFriends.

* Cartman and Wendy in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' are this, or at least were. Cartman’s early, season four crush may have already been diminished by the time she beat the shit out of him in season twelve.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' Heather and Alejandro in ''World Tour''. Both have met their manipulative match and sparks are flying.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' episode: "The Girl who Loved Powerglide" featured the aforementioned Autobot [[InterSpeciesRomance in one of these]] with a human named Astoria Carlton-Ritz.

* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown''

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', Artemis and Kid Flash have a lot of this going on, due to Kid Flash resenting her for replacing Red Arrow/Speedy. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in "Bereft" by Robin.

** Mariner also has this dynamic with Jennifer the Andorian, who initially seems to just be her SitcomArchNemesis. Though it is also heavily downplayed as the relationship gets much less belligerent before they actually start dating, after Jennifer saves Mariner from floating off into space.

* ''WesternAnimation/MoonbeamCity'': [[CowboyCop Dazzle Novak]] and [[DaChief Pizzaz Miller]], despite [[spoiler:a yearly [[OneThingLedToAnother sex-filled]] [[GetARoom weekend]] [[CoitusEnsues during]] the annual "Cop Con" police event, involving [[InstantSeduction multiple]] [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces rounds]] of [[TheGruntingOrgasm love]]-[[TheImmodestOrgasm making]].]] They both pretend that the attraction, passion, and genuine affection they display for each other at "Cop Con" is just [[spoiler:a "foolish, drunken, sexually-charged mistake"]] even though they both [[spoiler:show their true feelings when she saves him from an assassin's bullet (then immediately have passionate sex on the auditorium stage, under a covered table).]] They also [[spoiler:make love twice after the event, including [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything within the shrubbery]] at a [[DoubleEntendre "Routes 6 and 9"]] bus stop]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'', Artemis and Kid Flash have a lot of this going on, due to Kid Flash resenting her for replacing Red Arrow/Speedy. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in "Bereft" by Robin.

%%* Link and Zelda in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'' animated series. This relationship was the {{Trope Namer|s}} for WellExcuseMePrincess

* Link and Zelda in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'' animated series. This relationship was the {{Trope Namer|s}} for WellExcuseMePrincess