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* ''Manga/RandomWalk'' has an unusual variation where neither of the contrasting couples involve, Yuka, but is instead shown through the love lives of her two best friends, Touko and Katsura. While Touko constantly breaks up and makes up with her boyfriend Tsukasa, Katsura seems to face no relationship trouble with Terakado once they get together (though granted, it takes a lot more effort for the latter pair to ''actually'' get together).
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** A later episode revealed that Abe and Kitty's relationship had been built around staying together for Stevie's sake and they had been in a failing relationship for a long time but chose the hide that, where as Lois and Hal had always been deeply in love with each other and despite numerous fights, never lost site of this fact.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''. Shrek and Fiona spend most of the first movie (and the subsequent movies) bickering about everything, while Donkey and Dragon fall in love in their second scene together and have kids by the third movie.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': This is seen most commonly amongst the BetaCouple, Kif and Amy. It was a major plot point in an episode where Kif dumps Amy and she starts dating Bender. But they are affectionate just as often. OfficialCouple Fry and Leela do bicker occasionally and have a lot of WillTheyOrWontThey but they don't fight as much on screen and are rather loving to each other.
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* A mild example in the stage version of ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'', despite a very rough start, Belle and the Beast settle into a peaceful, friendly dynamic following their AfterActionPatchUp scene, whereas Lumiére and Babette are prone to playful bickering and making each other jealous.
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** Played with in the 2013 ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' short, "WesternAnimation/TheAdorableCouple". Donald and Daisy start out as the former and Mickey and Minnie start out as the latter. Mickey and Minnie try to help cheer Donald and Daisy up, but only end up making themselves bicker just like them. [[spoiler:At the end of the short, both couples are a mix of the two; they make themselves happy by insulting each other.]]
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* In ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'' Belle/Beast and Lumiére/Plumette are mild examples of this trope. Belle and the Beast despise each other at first, and even as they become friends they retain a slight VitriolicBestBuds dynamic due to this version of the Beast remaining prickly and [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] even as he becomes kinder. Lumiére and Plumette, by contrast, are unabashed SickeningSweethearts. This is a change from the previous versions, where Belle and the Beast are the peaceful couple (after their stormy beginning, that is) while Lumiére and [[AdaptationalNameChange Babette]] do more playful bickering.
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* Inverted in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime''. While Sly and Carmelita appear to be the bickering couple in contrast to Bentley and Penelope being the peaceful couple, in reality, Carmelita is a {{tsundere}} who genuinely loves Sly, while Penelope is a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] {{yandere}} who sees Bentley as a MealTicket.
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* ''Series/AltaMar'': There are few moments when Fernando and Carolina are ''not'' in any sort of disagreement. Nicolás and Eva haven't had a single fight as of the second season's finale; even when Eva [[spoiler:is forced to threaten him with a gun to save Carolina's life]], he doesn't seem to be angry in the least, and when it's revealed that [[spoiler:Nicolás's wife is alive]], they discuss the matter calmly.
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* ''Film/ItChapterTwo'': The second It movie, and to a lesser extent, the first has this dynamic with [[spoiler: Ben and Bev]] acting as the peaceful couple and [[spoiler: Richie and Eddie]] as the bickering one, with plenty of parallels between the two pairs.
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* ''Film/{{Us}}'' has the protagonist couple, Adelaide and Gave, and their frenemies' "bickering couple" (who might actually hate each other), Josh and Kitty.
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* Played with during ''ComicStrip/DykesToWatchOutFor''. Initially Toni and Clarice had the happiest relationship (and marriage), while protagonist Mo and girlfriend Harriet could barely reconcile. A decade later, though, Toni's and Clarice's marriage declined due to the latter's workaholic tendacies, while Mo entered a relationship with Dr. Sydney and the two formed a fulfilling dynamic up to the strip's current day.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' often contrasts the Ditherses (bickering) with the Bumsteads (peaceful).
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Blondie}}'' often contrasts the Ditherses (bickering) with the Bumsteads (peaceful).
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* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons''. Ridley and Marina argue every moment they're together, while TokenMinorityCouple Snails and Norda fall in love pretty much immediately.
* ''Film/TheHuntsmanWintersWar'': The two dwarf couples have this dynamic, with Nion and Doreena as the sweet couple and Gryff and Bromwyn as the bickering couple.
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* An episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' has Malcolm's parents be the former while Stevie's parents are the latter. By the end, the latter couple become the ones bickering through the former couple's influences.
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* ''Manga/WotakoiLoveIsHardForOtaku'' contrasts the protagonist Narumi and her boyfriend Hirotaka (who get along and are lowkey and laidback) with their office seniors Hanako and Tarou (who are constantly at each other's throats). Hanako and Tarou are actually the BetaCouple, however, since despite their bickering they have been dating a long time, while Narumi and Hirotaka still go through some new-relationship growing pains.
* ''Manga/WotakoiLoveIsHardForOtaku'' contrasts the protagonist Narumi and her boyfriend Hirotaka (who get along and are lowkey and laidback) with their office seniors Hanako and Tarou (who are constantly at each other's throats). Hanako and Tarou are actually the BetaCouple, however, since despite their bickering they have been dating a long time, while Narumi and Hirotaka still go through some new-relationship growing pains.
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* ''{{VideoGame/Aveyond}}: Ean's Quest'' has [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Ean and Iya]] as the peaceful couple, and [[BelligerentSexualTension Emma and Rye]] as the bickering one. This can be easily observed from their attraction events. Ean and Iya's relationship develop by Ean giving gifts to Iya and generally being nice to her. Rye and Emma's develop when one of them lose a bet and must fulfill 5 commands of the winner's choosing, and this generally involve them trying to humiliate the other.
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** A later episode revealed that Abe and Kitty's relationship had been built around staying together for Stevie's sake and they had been in a failing relationship for a long time but chose the hide that, where as Lois and Hal had always been deeply in love with each other and despite numerous fights, never lost site of this fact.
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* In ''Literature/TheSorcerersDaughter'', for most of the time, Rothbart and Odette are either icily polite or engaged in a SnarkToSnarkCombat quarrel, while Siegfried and Odile are sweet, tender and teasingly flirtatious. It has a lot to do with the fact that, for a number of reasons, Rothbart and Odette have a much harder time even admitting their feelings to themselves, let alone confessing them to each other.
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* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': Ross and Rachel are the iconic bickering and breaking up WillTheyOrWontThey couple. The contrast is Chandler and Monica: they simply went from friends to a perfectly stable couple until the end of the show.
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* ''Film/{{Shrek}}''. Shrek and Fiona spend most of the first movie (and the subsequent movies) bickering about everything, while Donkey and Dragon fall in love in their second scene together and have kids by the third movie.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. While not quite canon, FanPreferredCouple Raven and Beast Boy are always arguing about everything while OfficialCouple Robin and Starfire seem to get along better. They usually [[ShipMates end up becoming this]] in fan works.
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* ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', by virtue of consisting of nothing ''but'' various love triangles and teen romances, often has stories with this dynamic. Most often has Reggie and Veronica bickering and Archie and Betty being the sweet couple, but it can switch depending on the needs of the story.
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* ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', by virtue of consisting of nothing ''but'' various love triangles and teen romances, often has stories with this dynamic. Most often has Reggie and Veronica bickering and Archie and Betty being the sweet couple, but it can switch depending on the needs of the story.
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* Played with in the 2013 ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' short, "WesternAnimation/TheAdorableCouple". Donald and Daisy start out as the former and Mickey and Minnie start out as the latter. Mickey and Minnie try to help cheer Donald and Daisy up, but only end up making themselves bicker just like them. [[spoiler:At the end of the short, both couples are a mix of the two; they make themselves happy by insulting each other.]]
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** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck are [[SlapSlapKiss constantly bickering]]. In contrast, WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse and WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse are usually content together.
** Played with in the 2013 ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' short, "WesternAnimation/TheAdorableCouple". Donald and Daisy start out as the former and Mickey and Minnie start out as the latter. Mickey and Minnie try to help cheer Donald and Daisy up, but only end up making themselves bicker just like them. [[spoiler:At the end of the short, both couples are a mix of the two; they make themselves happy by insulting each other.]]
** WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck are [[SlapSlapKiss constantly bickering]]. In contrast, WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse and WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse are usually content together.
** Played with in the 2013 ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' short, "WesternAnimation/TheAdorableCouple". Donald and Daisy start out as the former and Mickey and Minnie start out as the latter. Mickey and Minnie try to help cheer Donald and Daisy up, but only end up making themselves bicker just like them. [[spoiler:At the end of the short, both couples are a mix of the two; they make themselves happy by insulting each other.]]
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* While neither couple is actually peaceful – both relationships are on-and-off ones plagued with jealousy – ''Theatre/LaBoheme'' contrasts Rodolfo and Mimí with Marcello and Musetta this way. Even when both couples break up, Rodolfo and Mimí do it gently and sadly, putting it off as long as possible, while Marcello and Musetta throw plates and scream insults at each other.
* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' contrasts Maria and Tony (peaceful couple) with Anita and Bernardo (bickering couple). Both couples are happy, though, and [[spoiler: both girls are devastated when their lovers are killed.]]
* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'' contrasts Maria and Tony (peaceful couple) with Anita and Bernardo (bickering couple). Both couples are happy, though, and [[spoiler: both girls are devastated when their lovers are killed.]]
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* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', by virtue of consisting of nothing ''but'' various love triangles and teen romances, often has stories with this dynamic. Most often has Reggie and Veronica bickering and Archie and Betty being the sweet couple, but it can switch depending on the needs of the story.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. While not quite canon, FanPreferredCouple Raven and Beast Boy are always arguing about everything while OfficialCouple Robin and Starfire seem to get along better. They usually [[ShipMates end up becoming this]] in fan works.
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* ''Manga/LoveStage'': Main couple Izumi and Ryuma, after a few initial arguements, are quick to say that they're in love with each other, and the rest of the conflicts in their relationship come from outside interference. BetaCouple Shougo and Rei spend almost ten years as FriendWithBenefits, all the while fighting constantly and refusing to admit they actually love each other.
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In a work which features more than one couple, usually a main pairing and a beta couple, the writers will try to differentiate the two couples from each other. An easy way to do this is to have one couple bicker constantly while the other gets together easily and are sweetly in love. The main couple can be either type, as long as the beta couple are the other type.
If TheHero gets together with TheChick, expect their relationship to be the peaceful one.
Note that while many fictional couples argue a bit before they get together, this trope is about long-term relationships- the bickering couple will always bicker, even after they're together.
See SlapSlapKiss, BelligerentSexualTension and EveryoneCanSeeIt for the bickering couple, and SickeninglySweethearts or HappilyMarried for the peaceful couple. Also related to BetaCouple, OfficialCouple and PairTheSpares, which may happen to the BetaCouple.
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* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
** Ed and Winry bicker constantly and are obviously going to be a couple from the beginning. Al gets together with Mai in what seems to be a much more peaceful relationship.
** While Alexander and Olivier Armstrong [[BrotherSisterIncest certainly aren't a couple]], during the battle with Sloth, their constant bickering happens to compliment Sig and Izumi Curtis's lovey dovey relationship.
* ''Manga/LoveStage'': Main couple Izumi and Ryuma, after a few initial arguements, are quick to say that they're in love with each other, and the rest of the conflicts in their relationship come from outside interference. BetaCouple Shougo and Rei spend almost ten years as FriendWithBenefits, all the while fighting constantly and refusing to admit they actually love each other.
* ''Manga/WifeAndWife'' juxtaposes the relationship between the SickeninglySweethearts Sumi and Kina and the one between their neighbors, Komugi and Hayase, who keep fighting over most trivial things (well, it's mostly [[TinyTyrannicalGirl Komugi fighting]], while [[TheStoic Hayase just takes it in stride]]). Both couples are incredibly devoted to each other, however.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Yoko and Kamina relentlessly bicker and insult each other, are in obvious denial, and even have AccidentalPervert moments to top it off. In contrast, passive Simon and sweet Nia fall in love very easily.
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* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', by virtue of consisting of nothing ''but'' various love triangles and teen romances, often has stories with this dynamic. Most often has Reggie and Veronica bickering and Archie and Betty being the sweet couple, but it can switch depending on the needs of the story.
* Played with during ''ComicStrip/DykesToWatchOutFor''. Initially Toni and Clarice had the happiest relationship (and marriage), while protagonist Mo and girlfriend Harriet could barely reconcile. A decade later, though, Toni's and Clarice's marriage declined due to the latter's workaholic tendacies, while Mo entered a relationship with Dr. Sydney and the two formed a fulfilling dynamic up to the strip's current day.
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* ''Film/{{Shrek}}''. Shrek and Fiona spend most of the first movie (and the subsequent movies) bickering about everything, while Donkey and Dragon fall in love in their second scene together and have kids by the third movie.
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons''. Ridley and Marina argue every moment they're together, while TokenMinorityCouple Snails and Norda fall in love pretty much immediately.
* ''Film/TheHuntsmanWintersWar'': The two dwarf couples have this dynamic, with Nion and Doreena as the sweet couple and Gryff and Bromwyn as the bickering couple.
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[[folder: Literature]]
* ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Harry and Ginny get together with only a few arguements (and a few false starts), but for the most part their scenes together are sweet and loving. Ron and Hermione, on the other hand...
* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' casts NiceGirl Jane and amiable Bingley as the peaceful couple (they fall in love almost immediately and all complications in their relationship arise from outside intervention) and snarky Elizabeth and aloof Darcy as the bickering couple (Elizabeth initially can't stand him and her behavior towards him reflects this).
* ''Literature/{{Emma}}'' has Emma and Knightley as the Bickering (constantly criticizing each other, snarky, in denial about their feelings for each other) vs. Harriet and Martin as the Peaceful (both sweet people and are kept apart only by Emma's interference).
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Eddard and Catelyn Stark's PerfectlyArrangedMarriage (with the only snag being Eddard's illegitimate son) is contrasted by Robert Baratheon and Cersei Lannister's mutual abuse and infidelity.
** Robb Stark is a foil for Jon Snow, just as Jeyne Westerling is a foil for Ygritte. While Robb and Jeyne have a very sweet [[MarryForLove love marriage]], Jon and Ygritte's are in a DatingCatwoman-type relationship.
** The Martell brothers. Doran's relationship with his wife Mellario all but dissolves due to fighting over cultural differences and they've been estranged for years. Meanwhile, Oberyn maintains a easy, stable relationship with his paramour Ellaria Sand. Ironically, Oberyn is known for being the more argumentative one.
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[[folder: Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/ILoveLucy'' is the classic TV example, contrasting the HappilyMarried Ricky and Lucy with their always-bickering neighbors Fred and Ethel.
* The first season of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' contrasts the bickering Bundys with the newlyweds-in-love Rhodes'. By a few years into the show the Rhodes have been "corrupted" by the Bundys into bickering too. And then the Rhodes divorce, while the Bundys stay together.
* An episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' has Malcolm's parents be the former while Stevie's parents are the latter. By the end, the latter couple become the ones bickering through the former couple's influences.
-->'''Malcolm:''' I think we're contagious.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has Lily and Marshall by default playing the peaceful couple to whatever bickering couple their friends organized themselves with:
** One of the flashbacks show that Lily and Marshall were the romantic and peaceful counterparts to Ted and his controlling and serial cheater ex-girlfriend Karen, with whom he constantly broke up and got back together again after catching her several times with other men, in his bunk bed.
** Season 5 briefly inverts this dynamic, with an episode that shows Barney and Robin as a loving couple who managed to avoid fighting months into their relationship while Lily and Marshall have a huge fall out due to some misguided tips from Barney. The end of the episode reveals that Robin and Barney's fights are in much bigger number and intensity than anything Marshall and Lily deal with.
** Season 6 has Ted dating Zoe, the two constantly argue and fight over everything as well as Marshall and Lily, who are capable of meeting each other halfway and agreeing with things. An episode is dedicated to comparing his relationship: Ted and Zoe think that Marshall and Lily's relationship is lazy and stops them for growing while lily and Marshall think that their relationship is exhausting and toxic. At the end of the episode, Ted confesses that a supportive relationship is better and realizes his relationship with Zoe is awful and taking a lot of him.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Cam and Arastoo, as of the moment they get together show a relationship more well adjusted and less prone to complications than Booth with Brennan or Angela with Hodgins. The latter two had considerably large WillTheyOrWontThey filled with tensions and a relationship with plenty of fallouts (Booth and Brennan have a hard time agreeing on things while Angela and Hodgins are both hard headed and [[spoiler:Hodgins becoming a jerk after getting crippled didn't helped]]), while Cam and Arastoo have a secret relationship free of pressure and fit each other pretty well.
* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' has, in season 4, this dynamic between the constantly fighting and breaking up just to get back together [[spoiler:Ann and Tom]] against the well adjusted and loving relationships between Andy and April as well as between Ben and Leslie.
* Series/{{Moonlighting}}: Alpha couple Dave and Maddie are the bickering pair. Agnes and Herbert are the pair whose road to true love runs true.
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[[folder: Theatre]]
* This is the main plot of Donald Marguiles' Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''Dinner With Friends'', as happily-married Gabe and Karen watch their best friends' marriage fall apart.
* ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' showcases two pairs of wedded people, Nick and Honey and George and Martha-the former which is a (comparatively, [[HappyMarriageCharade at first]]) normal couple, and the latter which is a pair of belligerent alcoholics that try their damnedest to demolish the other every time they talk about or at each other as well [[MediationBackfire as team up to attack the normal couple when they try to help]]. It is implied that they do this constantly as a way to direct their frustrations to a third party and not destroy each other.
* Used in a few plays by Creator/WilliamShakespeare, most prominently in ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'', where the lovey-dovey Hero and Claudio are contrasted by the [[BelligerentSexualTension "merry war"]] of Beatrice and Benedick. [[spoiler:Interestingly, Claudio and Hero's relationship is shown to be much less solid and trusting than Beatrice and Benedick's, who are only able to bicker so much because they know and understand each other very well.]]
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', Cress and Mint got along very well ever since Cress {{rescue|Romance}}d Mint from the jail cell and escaped together. Arche and Chester, on the other hand, can't even interact for a second without getting furious at each other.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. Miss Martian and Superboy get together with relatively little brouhaha and remain stable throughout the first season while Artemis and Kid Flash go through a ton of BelligerentSexualTension before finally getting together. Reversed in the second season, when Miss Martian and Superboy have broken up due to disagreement on the usage of her powers while Artemis and Kid Flash are still very much together.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. While not quite canon, FanPreferredCouple Raven and Beast Boy are always arguing about everything (part of their BelligerentSexualTension) while OfficialCouple Robin and Starfire seem to get along better.
* Played with in the 2013 ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' short, "WesternAnimation/TheAdorableCouple". Donald and Daisy start out as the former and Mickey and Minnie start out as the latter. Mickey and Minnie try to help cheer Donald and Daisy up, but only end up making themselves bicker just like them. [[spoiler:At the end of the short, both couples are a mix of the two; they make themselves happy by insulting each other.]]
* Played with on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Homer and Marge's relationship is complex enough that they can be either a bickering couple or a peaceful couple depending on the needs of the story. When they are fighting, they are usually paired up with a more loving couple, usually the Flanderses; other stories have them paired up with a bickering couple (such as the van Houtens), resulting in the Simpsons either giving them relationship advice or trying to avoid becoming like them.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Hawkgirl and Green Lantern as the sweet couple and Batman and Wonder Woman as the bickering couple.
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If TheHero gets together with TheChick, expect their relationship to be the peaceful one.
Note that while many fictional couples argue a bit before they get together, this trope is about long-term relationships- the bickering couple will always bicker, even after they're together.
See SlapSlapKiss, BelligerentSexualTension and EveryoneCanSeeIt for the bickering couple, and SickeninglySweethearts or HappilyMarried for the peaceful couple. Also related to BetaCouple, OfficialCouple and PairTheSpares, which may happen to the BetaCouple.
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
** Ed and Winry bicker constantly and are obviously going to be a couple from the beginning. Al gets together with Mai in what seems to be a much more peaceful relationship.
** While Alexander and Olivier Armstrong [[BrotherSisterIncest certainly aren't a couple]], during the battle with Sloth, their constant bickering happens to compliment Sig and Izumi Curtis's lovey dovey relationship.
* ''Manga/LoveStage'': Main couple Izumi and Ryuma, after a few initial arguements, are quick to say that they're in love with each other, and the rest of the conflicts in their relationship come from outside interference. BetaCouple Shougo and Rei spend almost ten years as FriendWithBenefits, all the while fighting constantly and refusing to admit they actually love each other.
* ''Manga/WifeAndWife'' juxtaposes the relationship between the SickeninglySweethearts Sumi and Kina and the one between their neighbors, Komugi and Hayase, who keep fighting over most trivial things (well, it's mostly [[TinyTyrannicalGirl Komugi fighting]], while [[TheStoic Hayase just takes it in stride]]). Both couples are incredibly devoted to each other, however.
* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Yoko and Kamina relentlessly bicker and insult each other, are in obvious denial, and even have AccidentalPervert moments to top it off. In contrast, passive Simon and sweet Nia fall in love very easily.
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[[folder: Comics]]
* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', by virtue of consisting of nothing ''but'' various love triangles and teen romances, often has stories with this dynamic. Most often has Reggie and Veronica bickering and Archie and Betty being the sweet couple, but it can switch depending on the needs of the story.
* Played with during ''ComicStrip/DykesToWatchOutFor''. Initially Toni and Clarice had the happiest relationship (and marriage), while protagonist Mo and girlfriend Harriet could barely reconcile. A decade later, though, Toni's and Clarice's marriage declined due to the latter's workaholic tendacies, while Mo entered a relationship with Dr. Sydney and the two formed a fulfilling dynamic up to the strip's current day.
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/{{Shrek}}''. Shrek and Fiona spend most of the first movie (and the subsequent movies) bickering about everything, while Donkey and Dragon fall in love in their second scene together and have kids by the third movie.
* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons''. Ridley and Marina argue every moment they're together, while TokenMinorityCouple Snails and Norda fall in love pretty much immediately.
* ''Film/TheHuntsmanWintersWar'': The two dwarf couples have this dynamic, with Nion and Doreena as the sweet couple and Gryff and Bromwyn as the bickering couple.
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[[folder: Literature]]
* ''Literature/HarryPotter''. Harry and Ginny get together with only a few arguements (and a few false starts), but for the most part their scenes together are sweet and loving. Ron and Hermione, on the other hand...
* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'' casts NiceGirl Jane and amiable Bingley as the peaceful couple (they fall in love almost immediately and all complications in their relationship arise from outside intervention) and snarky Elizabeth and aloof Darcy as the bickering couple (Elizabeth initially can't stand him and her behavior towards him reflects this).
* ''Literature/{{Emma}}'' has Emma and Knightley as the Bickering (constantly criticizing each other, snarky, in denial about their feelings for each other) vs. Harriet and Martin as the Peaceful (both sweet people and are kept apart only by Emma's interference).
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Eddard and Catelyn Stark's PerfectlyArrangedMarriage (with the only snag being Eddard's illegitimate son) is contrasted by Robert Baratheon and Cersei Lannister's mutual abuse and infidelity.
** Robb Stark is a foil for Jon Snow, just as Jeyne Westerling is a foil for Ygritte. While Robb and Jeyne have a very sweet [[MarryForLove love marriage]], Jon and Ygritte's are in a DatingCatwoman-type relationship.
** The Martell brothers. Doran's relationship with his wife Mellario all but dissolves due to fighting over cultural differences and they've been estranged for years. Meanwhile, Oberyn maintains a easy, stable relationship with his paramour Ellaria Sand. Ironically, Oberyn is known for being the more argumentative one.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/ILoveLucy'' is the classic TV example, contrasting the HappilyMarried Ricky and Lucy with their always-bickering neighbors Fred and Ethel.
* The first season of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' contrasts the bickering Bundys with the newlyweds-in-love Rhodes'. By a few years into the show the Rhodes have been "corrupted" by the Bundys into bickering too. And then the Rhodes divorce, while the Bundys stay together.
* An episode of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' has Malcolm's parents be the former while Stevie's parents are the latter. By the end, the latter couple become the ones bickering through the former couple's influences.
-->'''Malcolm:''' I think we're contagious.
* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has Lily and Marshall by default playing the peaceful couple to whatever bickering couple their friends organized themselves with:
** One of the flashbacks show that Lily and Marshall were the romantic and peaceful counterparts to Ted and his controlling and serial cheater ex-girlfriend Karen, with whom he constantly broke up and got back together again after catching her several times with other men, in his bunk bed.
** Season 5 briefly inverts this dynamic, with an episode that shows Barney and Robin as a loving couple who managed to avoid fighting months into their relationship while Lily and Marshall have a huge fall out due to some misguided tips from Barney. The end of the episode reveals that Robin and Barney's fights are in much bigger number and intensity than anything Marshall and Lily deal with.
** Season 6 has Ted dating Zoe, the two constantly argue and fight over everything as well as Marshall and Lily, who are capable of meeting each other halfway and agreeing with things. An episode is dedicated to comparing his relationship: Ted and Zoe think that Marshall and Lily's relationship is lazy and stops them for growing while lily and Marshall think that their relationship is exhausting and toxic. At the end of the episode, Ted confesses that a supportive relationship is better and realizes his relationship with Zoe is awful and taking a lot of him.
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'': Cam and Arastoo, as of the moment they get together show a relationship more well adjusted and less prone to complications than Booth with Brennan or Angela with Hodgins. The latter two had considerably large WillTheyOrWontThey filled with tensions and a relationship with plenty of fallouts (Booth and Brennan have a hard time agreeing on things while Angela and Hodgins are both hard headed and [[spoiler:Hodgins becoming a jerk after getting crippled didn't helped]]), while Cam and Arastoo have a secret relationship free of pressure and fit each other pretty well.
* ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' has, in season 4, this dynamic between the constantly fighting and breaking up just to get back together [[spoiler:Ann and Tom]] against the well adjusted and loving relationships between Andy and April as well as between Ben and Leslie.
* Series/{{Moonlighting}}: Alpha couple Dave and Maddie are the bickering pair. Agnes and Herbert are the pair whose road to true love runs true.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Theatre]]
* This is the main plot of Donald Marguiles' Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''Dinner With Friends'', as happily-married Gabe and Karen watch their best friends' marriage fall apart.
* ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'' showcases two pairs of wedded people, Nick and Honey and George and Martha-the former which is a (comparatively, [[HappyMarriageCharade at first]]) normal couple, and the latter which is a pair of belligerent alcoholics that try their damnedest to demolish the other every time they talk about or at each other as well [[MediationBackfire as team up to attack the normal couple when they try to help]]. It is implied that they do this constantly as a way to direct their frustrations to a third party and not destroy each other.
* Used in a few plays by Creator/WilliamShakespeare, most prominently in ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'', where the lovey-dovey Hero and Claudio are contrasted by the [[BelligerentSexualTension "merry war"]] of Beatrice and Benedick. [[spoiler:Interestingly, Claudio and Hero's relationship is shown to be much less solid and trusting than Beatrice and Benedick's, who are only able to bicker so much because they know and understand each other very well.]]
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia'', Cress and Mint got along very well ever since Cress {{rescue|Romance}}d Mint from the jail cell and escaped together. Arche and Chester, on the other hand, can't even interact for a second without getting furious at each other.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. Miss Martian and Superboy get together with relatively little brouhaha and remain stable throughout the first season while Artemis and Kid Flash go through a ton of BelligerentSexualTension before finally getting together. Reversed in the second season, when Miss Martian and Superboy have broken up due to disagreement on the usage of her powers while Artemis and Kid Flash are still very much together.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. While not quite canon, FanPreferredCouple Raven and Beast Boy are always arguing about everything (part of their BelligerentSexualTension) while OfficialCouple Robin and Starfire seem to get along better.
* Played with in the 2013 ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse'' short, "WesternAnimation/TheAdorableCouple". Donald and Daisy start out as the former and Mickey and Minnie start out as the latter. Mickey and Minnie try to help cheer Donald and Daisy up, but only end up making themselves bicker just like them. [[spoiler:At the end of the short, both couples are a mix of the two; they make themselves happy by insulting each other.]]
* Played with on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Homer and Marge's relationship is complex enough that they can be either a bickering couple or a peaceful couple depending on the needs of the story. When they are fighting, they are usually paired up with a more loving couple, usually the Flanderses; other stories have them paired up with a bickering couple (such as the van Houtens), resulting in the Simpsons either giving them relationship advice or trying to avoid becoming like them.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has Hawkgirl and Green Lantern as the sweet couple and Batman and Wonder Woman as the bickering couple.
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