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[[caption-width-right:350:How [[InnocentBigot Denmark]] stopped a Mideast conflict.]

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[[caption-width-right:350:How [[InnocentBigot Denmark]] made Iran and Iraq agree on something.]]

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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Happens between the goats and wolves whenever forced to work together; for example, in the [[Animation/MoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure third movie]], the goats work with Wolnie and Wilie to help them find Wolffy and defeat the Gourd King.

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* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Happens between the goats and wolves whenever forced to work together; for example, in the [[Animation/MoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure [[Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfMoonCastleTheSpaceAdventure third movie]], the goats work with Wolnie and Wilie to help them find Wolffy and defeat the Gourd King.
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More short-term deals fall under CooperationGambit. When there's no common enemy ''per se'', it's GoKartingWithBowser. If the villain saves the day without the hero's help, then BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork. If the villain in question is [[DemonicPossession possessing the hero]], but there's a greater threat the two must conquer together, this can result in a SymbioticPossession. Any western children's show is bound to have the main characters do this with their local [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Meanie]] at some point.

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More short-term deals fall under CooperationGambit. When there's no common enemy ''per se'', it's GoKartingWithBowser. If the villain saves the day without the hero's help, then BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork. If the villain in question is [[DemonicPossession possessing the hero]], but there's a greater threat the two must conquer together, this can result in a SymbioticPossession. Any western children's show is bound to have the main characters do this with their local [[HarmlessVillain Mr. Meanie]] at some point.
point. If the villain hires the hero for a specific job, and pays them accordingly, it's HiredByTheOppressor.
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* ''Manhwa/{{Yureka}}'': Phuan decides that since she and Jijon Jang were both attacked by the same person they should join up to find her and settle things.
--->'''Phuan:''' (''ruffling Jang's hair'') "I've found someone who experienced the same thing as I did. We'll get along, right my friend?"
--->'''Jang:''' (''horrified'') "N...no, I don't want to."
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* ''WebVideo/ThePerfectCastlevaniaTimeline'': Implied in ''Chapter VIII: The Dark Lord Returns'', when the narrator notes that the militaries of the world banded together to stop Dracula in 1999. This means that countries notorious for being geopolitical enemies such as North Korea and South Korea, China and Taiwan, and India and Pakistan were willing to put aside their differences to ensure that humanity lived to see another day.
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Compare NominalHero (where a character fights for good even though their intentions are not heroic at all), MediationBackfire (where someone tries to get between two quarreling characters, only for them to put aside their differences to abuse the peacemaker) and ConflictKiller (where someone suddenly and permanently defuses the conflict of others, causing the others to join forces against the former). Also compare EmbarrassingRescue and GondorCallsForAid. See also EnemyCivilWar or ElvesVersusDwarves (with which it often overlaps). Anti-villains are more prone to this trope than most, and less likely to backstab the goodies afterwards. Contrast with PersonalHateBeforeCommonGoals and WeAreStrugglingTogether, where you have putative allies who end up backstabbing and/or infighting with each other. When this trope is averted completely, one has a MeleeATrois or MexicanStandoff. See also AnOfferYouCantRefuse, CollidingCriminalConspiracies, ContemptCrossfire, DoWellButNotPerfect, GenghisGambit, InevitableMutualBetrayal, TallPoppySyndrome. A defining feature of the StandardSciFiSetting. May be a result of the Good and the Bad teaming up in a TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil scenario. It can be caused by TheHorseshoeEffect.

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Compare NominalHero (where a character fights for good even though their intentions are not heroic at all), MediationBackfire (where someone tries to get between two quarreling characters, only for them to put aside their differences to abuse the peacemaker) and ConflictKiller (where someone suddenly and permanently defuses the conflict of others, causing the others to join forces against the former). Also compare EmbarrassingRescue and GondorCallsForAid. See also EnemyCivilWar or ElvesVersusDwarves (with which it often overlaps). Anti-villains are more prone to this trope than most, and less likely to backstab the goodies afterwards. Contrast with PersonalHateBeforeCommonGoals and WeAreStrugglingTogether, where you have putative allies who end up backstabbing and/or infighting with each other. When this trope is averted completely, one has a MeleeATrois or MexicanStandoff. See also AnOfferYouCantRefuse, CollidingCriminalConspiracies, ContemptCrossfire, DoWellButNotPerfect, GenghisGambit, InevitableMutualBetrayal, TallPoppySyndrome. A defining feature of the StandardSciFiSetting. May be a result of the Good and the Bad teaming up in a TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil scenario. It can be caused by TheHorseshoeEffect.
TheHorseshoeEffect. It can be incredibly common in stories of EvilVsEvil and EvilVsOblivion when a villain decides to defeat another villain (by proxy saving a hero or even aiding them) due to not wanting the other villain to succeed. A common justification for one villain joining heroes to defeat another villain is that EvenEvilHasStandards.
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* It happens on ''Series/{{Taskmaster}}'' on the first episode of Series 7. The contestants are tasked with putting fruit on their hats using long garbage-pickers. Rhod offers to Phil to collaborate and do ''each other's'' hats, knowing this will give them a huge advantage and easily net one of them first and one of them second, which then inspires Kerri and Jess to do the same. This leaves poor James far behind, all by himself, helplessly floundering to get fruit on his own head. Greg actually feels bad enough for James that he gives him a bonus point.
--> '''Greg:''' Obviously James crashes into last place. But I'll tell you this: seeing him scrabbling around on the floor, seeing his desperate cries, there was something heartwarming about that. Subsequently I've decided to award you two points. Congratulations.
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* ''WebVideo/SMPLive'': Both Travis and Cooper have a strained at best, negative at worst relationship with Carson, and this can even be seen while they are building the ACC base, with Cooper nearly ''killing'' Carson out of annoyance. Despite this, they work together out of a common disgust for the Salmon cult.
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* The 2023 Marubeni ad "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1C_hXD1HOw&pp=ygURbWFydWJlbmkgZ2hpZG9yYWg%3D Share the Challenge]]" has an ever escalating battle where two rival factions of samurai are forced to team up when zombies suddenly appear, only for [[Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack King Ghidorah]] to show up and cause the samurais and zombies to team up against him. A giant meteor arrives onto the scene, resulting in Ghidorah working with the armies.
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* In {{WebVideo/UALA}}, Hero and Stacks join together to fight off Heiki and his fellow Villains after Hero tries to stop Heiki from having Stacks killed.

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Compare NominalHero (where a character fights for good even though their intentions are not heroic at all), MediationBackfire (where someone tries to get between two quarreling characters, only for them to put aside their differences to abuse the peacemaker) and ConflictKiller (where someone suddenly and permanently defuses the conflict of others, causing the others to join forces against the former). Also compare EmbarrassingRescue and GondorCallsForAid. See also EnemyCivilWar or ElvesVersusDwarves (with which it often overlaps). Anti-villains are more prone to this trope than most, and less likely to backstab the goodies afterwards. Contrast with PersonalHateBeforeCommonGoals and WeAreStrugglingTogether, where you have putative allies who end up backstabbing and/or infighting with each other. When this trope is averted completely, one has a MeleeATrois or MexicanStandoff. See also AnOfferYouCantRefuse, CollidingCriminalConspiracies, ContemptCrossfire, DoWellButNotPerfect, GenghisGambit, InevitableMutualBetrayal, and TallPoppySyndrome. A defining feature of the StandardSciFiSetting. May be a result of the Good and the Bad teaming up in a TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil scenario. It can be caused by TheHorseshoeEffect.

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Compare NominalHero (where a character fights for good even though their intentions are not heroic at all), MediationBackfire (where someone tries to get between two quarreling characters, only for them to put aside their differences to abuse the peacemaker) and ConflictKiller (where someone suddenly and permanently defuses the conflict of others, causing the others to join forces against the former). Also compare EmbarrassingRescue and GondorCallsForAid. See also EnemyCivilWar or ElvesVersusDwarves (with which it often overlaps). Anti-villains are more prone to this trope than most, and less likely to backstab the goodies afterwards. Contrast with PersonalHateBeforeCommonGoals and WeAreStrugglingTogether, where you have putative allies who end up backstabbing and/or infighting with each other. When this trope is averted completely, one has a MeleeATrois or MexicanStandoff. See also AnOfferYouCantRefuse, CollidingCriminalConspiracies, ContemptCrossfire, DoWellButNotPerfect, GenghisGambit, InevitableMutualBetrayal, and TallPoppySyndrome. A defining feature of the StandardSciFiSetting. May be a result of the Good and the Bad teaming up in a TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil scenario. It can be caused by TheHorseshoeEffect.
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Compare NominalHero, a character who fights for good even though their intentions are not heroic at all; MediationBackfire, where someone tries to get between two quarreling characters, only for them to put aside their differences to abuse the peacemaker; and ConflictKiller, who suddenly and permanently defuses the conflict of others, causing the others to join forces against the former, as well as EmbarrassingRescue and GondorCallsForAid. See also EnemyCivilWar or ElvesVersusDwarves (with which it often overlaps). Anti-villains are more prone to this trope than most, and less likely to backstab the goodies afterwards. Contrast with PersonalHateBeforeCommonGoals and WeAreStrugglingTogether, where you have putative allies who end up backstabbing and/or infighting with each other. When this trope is averted completely, one has a MeleeATrois or MexicanStandoff. See also AnOfferYouCantRefuse, CollidingCriminalConspiracies, ContemptCrossfire, DoWellButNotPerfect, GenghisGambit, InevitableMutualBetrayal, and TallPoppySyndrome. A defining feature of the StandardSciFiSetting. May be a result of the Good and the Bad teaming up in a TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil scenario. It can be caused by TheHorseshoeEffect.

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Compare NominalHero, NominalHero (where a character who fights for good even though their intentions are not heroic at all; MediationBackfire, where all), MediationBackfire (where someone tries to get between two quarreling characters, only for them to put aside their differences to abuse the peacemaker; peacemaker) and ConflictKiller, who ConflictKiller (where someone suddenly and permanently defuses the conflict of others, causing the others to join forces against the former, as well as former). Also compare EmbarrassingRescue and GondorCallsForAid. See also EnemyCivilWar or ElvesVersusDwarves (with which it often overlaps). Anti-villains are more prone to this trope than most, and less likely to backstab the goodies afterwards. Contrast with PersonalHateBeforeCommonGoals and WeAreStrugglingTogether, where you have putative allies who end up backstabbing and/or infighting with each other. When this trope is averted completely, one has a MeleeATrois or MexicanStandoff. See also AnOfferYouCantRefuse, CollidingCriminalConspiracies, ContemptCrossfire, DoWellButNotPerfect, GenghisGambit, InevitableMutualBetrayal, and TallPoppySyndrome. A defining feature of the StandardSciFiSetting. May be a result of the Good and the Bad teaming up in a TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil scenario. It can be caused by TheHorseshoeEffect.
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* A frequent feature in ''Podcast/LionsLedByDonkeys'' is various groups who hate each other agreeing to work together against a common enemy, usually whoever is invading or occupying their shared country. This is described by host Joe Kassabian as the "Grand Unifying Theory of Fuck That Guy."

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