History Main / HateAtFirstSight

* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun:'' Mikoto Misaka and Misaki Shokuhou are the two Level 5 espers at Tokiwadai Middle School. By the time of the story, they're bitter rivals who occasionally work together. A flashback to their first meeting shows that Misaki had to visibly hold herself back from attacking Mikoto at first sight. [[spoiler:Misaki's OnlyFriend was Dolly, Mikoto's very first clone, who died so the researchers could fine-tune the cloning process. Mikoto didn't know any of this (and in fact never finds out about Dolly at all)]].

* Izaya and Shizuo in ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' hated each other instantly. Shizuo could tell exactly what kind of person [[{{Troll}} Izaya]] [[ManipulativeBastard was]] while Izaya was constantly unable to manipulate Shizuo due to his hostility. This hatred only grew over the years due to numerous {{Noodle Incident}}s during their high school years, and by the time the series starts, there is no hope of any civility between them.

* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': This is Sayaka's attitude with Homura, though {{justified}} in that the first time she actually really saw Homura in action, she seemingly attacked her friend, [[spoiler:[[PoorCommunicationKills and apparently leaving Mami to die against Charlotte]]]], so it's less "Hate at First Sight" and more "You're a bad person so of course I don't trust you." Homura's refusal to explain herself also contributes to this. [[spoiler:The first timeline shows that Sayaka was actually pretty friendly with Homura, and Homura subsequently taking levels in {{Jerkass}} and cynicism during the time loops combined with her dedication to Madoka and coldly refutting everyone else just solidifies Sayaka's dislike of her.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': In the fourth episode, Korra lays eyes on Asami Sato for the first time and instantly gives her a jealous DeathGlare, before she even knows her name! It takes the heroine several episodes to warm up to the "prissy, beautiful, elegant rich girl" [[spoiler:who becomes her girlfriend in the series finale.]]

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Homer's Enemy]]", a new worker joined the power plant named Frank Grimes, who represented an average person dropped into the world of ''The Simpsons''. He quickly became Homer's Enemy, as noted in the episode title, due to how appalled he was at how lax and incompetent Homer was while still having such an idyllic life, which just keeps getting worse as the episode continues. At the end, his hatred gets the better of him and in a fit of anger grabs raw electrical wires while ranting and is killed instantly. [[GallowsHumor At his funeral, a sleeping Homer asks to change the channel and everyone laughs.]]
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E15BlackEyedPlease "Black-Eyed Please"]] featured Creator/TinaFey as a substitute teacher who kept vindictively insulting and punishing Lisa for no apparent reason at all. She eventually admits the reason being that she thought Lisa was one of those beautiful popular girls that use only their looks to succeed instead of their smarts. Lisa however, is happy that someone actually thinks she's popular and pretty.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' has Gary the Snail and Squidward Tentacles giving off this impression since their introductory during the episode "I Was A Teenage Gary". Their animosity towards each other was ongoing since.

* In ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', Elphaba and Galinda (i.e. the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda in their college years) sing "What Is This Feeling?", sung almost as if it is a lover's ballad, except instead about love at first sight, it's this. Unlike most examples of this trope, they eventually become close friends with heavy romantic subtext. Currently the page quote.

* ''Series/{{House}}'': Vogler instantly takes a dislike to House because he refuses to wear a lab coat. His further investigation into House's department just solidifies his belief that House is an insubordinate money drain. House, for his part, immediately recognizes Vogler as a [[TyrantTakesTheHelm wannabe dictator]] and doesn't hesitate telling him to his face.

* ''Series/{{House}}'': Vogler instantly takes a dislike to House because he refuses to wear a lab coat. His further investigation into House's department just solidifies his belief that House is an insubordinate money drain. House, for his part, immediately recognizes Vogler as a [[TyrantTakesTheHelm wannabe dictator]] and immediately gets snarky and dismissive of him.

* Tidus' narration in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' makes it clear that he thought Maester Seymour was bad news from the moment he entered the story.

* In ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', Elphaba and Galinda (i.e. the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda in their high school years) sing "What Is This Feeling?", sung almost as if it is a lover's ballad, except instead about love at first sight, it's this. Unlike most examples of this trope, they eventually become close friends with heavy romantic subtext. Currently the page quote.

* When Django of ''Film/DjangoUnchained'' rides up to Candyland on his horse, Stephen, the head house slave, gives him an utterly ''hateful'' DeathGlare. This is largely due to [[BoomerangBigot his hatred towards his own race in general]], which isn't helped by the fact that Django is free and not a slave.

* Eriri and Utaha view each other this way in ''LightNovel/HowToRaiseABoringGirlfriend'', and part of it is due to their interest in Tomoya.

* In volume 10 and episode 11 of season 2's ''LightNovel/{{Oreimo}}'', Ayase and Kuroneko both instantly dislike each other the first time they formally meet. Ayase doesn't like her [[spoiler:because Kuroneko broke up with Kyousuke after dating for a while and breaking his heart]], while Kuroneko wonders why Ayase is even visiting Kyousuke [[spoiler:due to the way she tends to treat him like dirt]]. She also remembers Ayase from [[spoiler:an earlier moment when she first found out about Kirino's ClosetGeek tendencies, and how unaccepting she was of it initially.]]
* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', this is basically Harley's reaction to May.

* In ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', Ripley immediately detests "artificial person" Bishop upon meeting him in the Marines' mess hall because of her prior experience with a malicious android on board the Nostromo.

* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil7'', Ethan experiences this about [[{{Sadist}} Lucas]] just by looking at a ''picture'' of him, with the game informing the player that "You don't know him, but you get the feeling he's an asshole."

* In FinalFantasyX Tidus' narration makes it clear that he though Maester Seymour was bad news from the moment he entered the story.

* ''Film/DieAnotherDay'': James Bond and Gustav Graves take an instant dislike to each other in their first scene, culminating in an absolutely brutal swordfight. While Bond already suspected Graves of having ties to terrorists and that he deals in conflict diamonds, in Graves' case this [[spoiler:turns out to be a subversion. He is actually Colonel Moon, one of Bond's past enemies who is believed to be dead.]]

-->'''Ben:'''You know Cooper. I've only known you for a minute or two. But that's enough time for me to see that I don't like you very much. And I'm pretty sure you feel the same about me, so lets just try to stay out of each others' way.
* In the Creator/LindsayLohan version of ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1998}}'', Hallie and Annie become bitter rivals from the moment they first see each other and see they look exactly alike. They start to get along after discovering that they are long lost twins.

* In ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', Agnes Nitt secretly desires to be a "bad girl". Her reaction to meeting actual "bad girl" [[AlphaBitch Lacrimosa de Magpyr]] is summed up as "There ''is'' such a thing as hate at first sight." Unfortunately for both of them, Lacrimosa's brother Vlad keeps dragging Agnes along with the family because he's madly in love with her, ensuring that the two get plenty of chances to despise each other.

** Harry dislikes Draco Malfoy from the start. Partly because of his spoiled attitude (which reminds him of his cousin Dudley), partly because of his lack of sensitivity when Harry mentions he's an orphan, partly because their first interaction includes Malfoy prejudicial remarks about muggleborns (unintentionally insulting Harry's late mother), and partly because he speaks poorly of Hagrid (the first person to show Harry any kindness). This ends up cemented later when Draco sucks up to Harry on the train after finding out who he is (and after being a jerk to Ron, Harry's soon-to-be best friend and eventual [[BestFriendsInLaw brother-in-law]]).
** Harry's father James and Severus Snape (who later became one of Harry's teachers) hated each other pretty much from the moment they met in their first year. On Snape's end, it's because Snape was TheResenter. James was the BigManOnCampus who was not only equally as skilled as Snape in wizardry, but also talented in Quidditch and popular, all whole coming from a loving family. Snape meanwhile had an abusive father and neglectful mother and so he was very ambitious and obsessed with everyone recognizing him as a powerful and clever wizard, gravitating toward the Dark Arts. Additionally, Snape's FatalFlaw was {{Pride}} so anything that could damage it got under his skin ''deep.'' James, for the little we do know about him, hated Snape for the Dark Arts thing and also because Snape was friends with Lily, who he fancied (Snape fancied her too.) Even when James matured and mellowed out, the mutual hate never went away.

* In ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'', Calypso immediately hates Leo from the moment he crashes through her dining table and into her divine house arrest. She doesn't even talk to him, she just starts [[RageAgainstTheHeavens screaming at the gods]] that they [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe must be joking]] to do this to her. [[spoiler:She changes her mind later. Reluctantly]].
* "Old Love" is a short story written by Jeffrey Archer. It narrates the story of two Oxford literature students, William and Phillipa. It [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] that the two of them hated each other and that resulted in a heated rivalry. Both of them pushed themselves to be the top students of their class. Eventually they end up [[BelligerentSexualTension marrying each other]] and continue bickering even when they are old.

* Izaya and Shizuo in ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' hated each other instantly. Shizuo could tell exactly what kind of person [[{{Troll}} Izaya]] [[ManipulativeBastard was]] while Izaya was constantly unable to manipulate Shizuo due to his hostility. This hatred only grew over the years due to numerous {{Noodle Incident}}s during their high school years, and by the time the series starts, there is no hope of any civility between them.
* ''LightNovel/FateZero'': Gilgamesh automatically hates Berserker, seeing him as little more than a mad dog that needs to be put down. Berserker then does a couple things Gilgamesh considers unforgivable (grabbing a weapon Gil launched at him to deflect a StormOfBlades, thus Gil considers some of his treasure forever stained, and cutting down Gil's perch, forcing him to the ground, AKA the same level of the "mongrels"), so Gilgamesh tries to kill him whenever they meet. While Berserker does not personally reciprocate the feeling, his Master Kariya is all too happy to let him kill Gil, since he is the Servant of [[MurderTheHypotenuse Tokiomi]].
* ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'': Shiki and Fujino hate each other the moment they first meet, maybe due to the rivalry between their clans' bloodlines.
* In ''LightNovel/{{Haganai}}'' almost everyone is some kind of antisocial misfit, so there's a lot of early antagonism of this sort.