History Main / OvercomeTheirDifferences

[[folder:Film--Animation]]

[[folder:Film--Live Action]]

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* Anak and Hatsu from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. At least it appears so at first, but one is still a loose cannon and the other a condescending stick in the mud.

[[Folder:Video Games]]

[[filder:Webcomics]]

* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' both played this straight in [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 the first game]] and Lampshaded it in the "Secret Agent Clank" level in ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal Up Your Arsenal]]''.

* Anak and Hatsu from ''Webcomic/TowerOfGod''. At least it appears so at first, but one is still a loose cannon and the other a condescending stick in the mud.
* The love interest variant is mentioned in item 98 in the EvilOverlordList.
** "If an attractive young couple enters my realm, I will carefully monitor their activities. If I find they are happy and affectionate, I will ignore them. However if circumstance have forced them together against their will and they [[SlapSlapKiss spend all their time bickering and criticizing each other except during the intermittent occasions when they are saving each other's lives]] at which point there are hints of [[{{UST}} sexual tension]], I will immediately order their execution."
* WesternAnimation/WallE and M-O, in a very [[TearJerker emotional]] scene.
* The basis beyond several ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' episodes such as "Divide and Conquer", "Forces of Nature", and "Switched".
* ''Series/TheXFiles'': [[AgentMulder Agents Mulder]] and [[AgentScully Scully]], FBIAgent!!
* A prevalent theme in ''Webcomic/DubiousCompany''. Just about any character pairing will need to do this to [[BigDamnHeroes save the day]] or help each other TakeALevelInBadass. [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Tiren and Walter]], [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Elly and Walter]], [[BrainsAndBrawn Sal and Tiren]], [[RedOniBlueOni Leeroy and Sal]], [[SwordAndSorcerer Marty and Gary]], [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Sue and Mary]], [[HarmonyVersusDiscipline Marty and Sue]], [[EmotionsVsStoicism Mary and Gary]], & [[InterserviceRivalry Walter and Izor]] are the most reoccuring examples.

* The super-villain duo Hammer And Anvil were a white racist who was chained to a black man who hated everyone but they hated prison more and worked together to escape, the results of which led them to an alien giving them super-human powers by transforming their prison chain into a source of powers for them. While they hated each other they overcame those differences because it benefited them overall.

* ''RatchetAndClank'' both played this straight in the first game and Lampshaded it in the "Secret Agent Clank" level in ''Up Your Arsenal''.

* A prevalent theme in DubiousCompany. Just about any character pairing will need to do this to [[BigDamnHeroes save the day]] or help each other TakeALevelInBadass. [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Tiren and Walter]], [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Elly and Walter]], [[BrainsAndBrawn Sal and Tiren]], [[RedOniBlueOni Leeroy and Sal]], [[SwordAndSorcerer Marty and Gary]], [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Sue and Mary]], [[HarmonyVersusDiscipline Marty and Sue]], [[EmotionsVsStoicism Mary and Gary]], & [[InterserviceRivalry Walter and Izor]] are the most reoccuring examples.

* Anak and Hatsu from ''TowerOfGod''. At least it appears so at first, but one is still a loose cannon and the other a condescending stick in the mud.

* ''TheXFiles'': [[AgentMulder Agents Mulder]] and [[AgentScully Scully]], FBIAgent!!

But it's still essential in many stories. It looks all the more triumphant for the winning side to get past such a major obstacle. This is especially true when the differences are the antagonist of the story instead of a person, such as in many romantic comedies.

* Every BuddyCopShow and movie, ever.

* Done beautifully with Kristina and Ulrika in "''TheEmigrants''".

* WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}} and M-O, in a very [[TearJerker emotional]] scene.

* {{WALL-E}} and M-O, in a very [[TearJerker emotional]] scene.

Examples:

----
<<|NarrativeDevices|>>

* ''TheXFiles'': [[AgentMulder Agents Mulder]] and [[AgentScully Scully]], {{FBI}}!!

* WALL-E and M-O, in a very [[TearJerker emotional]] scene.
* The basis beyond several ''TeenTitans'' episodes such as "Divide and Conquer", "Forces of Nature", and "Switched".
* [[TheXFiles Agents Mulder and Scully, FBI!!]]