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* Happily defied by [[TheProtagonist Yuuji]] [[LonersAreFreaks Yugami]] in ''Manga/YugamiKunNiWaTomodachiGaInai.'' He neither wants nor needs friends and prides himself on being extremely [[IWorkAlone self-sufficient]]. Being TheAce pitcher of the baseball team, his [[SempaiKohai upperclassmen and underclassmen]] either find him a pain to deal with or are bossed around by him. Then there are Yugami's classmates, who ignore him after a few arguments (not that he cares). It's not until [[NiceGirl Chihiro]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends Watanuki]] [[NewTransferStudent transfers]] into the class that it feels like someone is ''actually'' communicating with Yugami.

* Happily defied by [[TheProtagonist Yuuji]] [[LonersAreFreaks Yugami]] in ''Manga/YugamiKunNiWaTomodachiGaInai.'' He neither wants nor needs friends and prides himself on being extremely [[IWorkAlone self-sufficient]]. Being TheAce pitcher of the baseball team, his [[SempaiKohai upperclassmen and underclassmen]] either find him a pain to deal with or are bossed around by him. Then there are Yugami's classmates, who ignore him after a few arguments (not that he cares). It's not until [[NewTransferStudent Chihiro]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends Watanuki]] transfers into class that it feels like someone is ''actually' communicating with Yugami.

* Happily defied by [[TheProtagonist Yuuji]] [[LonersAreFreaks Yugami]] in ''Manga/YugamiKunNiWaTomodachiGaInai.'' He neither wants nor needs friends and prides himself on being extremely self-sufficient. Being TheAce pitcher of the baseball team, his [[SempaiKohai upperclassmen and underclassmen]] all find him a pain to deal with or are bossed around by him. Then there are Yugami's classmates, who ignore him after a few arguments (not that Yugami cares). It's not until [[NewTransferStudent Chihiro]] [[IJustWantToHaveFriends Watanuki]] transfers into class that it feels like someone is ''actually' communicating with him.

** Not just Humans, Mammals in general tend towards being social animals, and it's a large reason to why they're so sucessful. Orcas, Wolves, and Chimps also have complicated strategies relying on teamwork to take down prey.

* Most of the major battles in ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' are won via the power of forgiveness, and the friendship of the protagonists is a major source of power. (Marketing for TheNineties English dub of the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]] emphasized this aspect of the series as much as it possibly could.) A VHS tape of the English dub has the words 'The Power of Friendship' on it.

* In GrahamMcNeill's ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Literature/{{Ultramarines}} novel "The Killing Ground", Leodegarius tells Uriel that Pasnius has been fiercely loyal to him. Uriel tells him that Pasanius is his friend, and that's what friends do.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': All Pokemon companions. The various manga series will also often invoke this between the humans themselves, whether it's between trainers, rivals, gym leaders, and companions.

** A non-fellowship example is Merry [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu attacking the effin Witch King]] to help Eowyn.

** One of the major themes in the franchise is the relationship between trainers and their Pokemon. Regardless of the forms they take or abilities they have, all can be befriended and made into potential allies. Another theme is the relationship between trainers themselves, both in-game and the players since it's almost impossible to collect all Pokemon within a single game and trading between players is vital.

** Some Pokemon can only evolve when their happiness level is at maximum.
** The Pokemon-Amie feature in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' allows you to interact with your Pokemon and increase its affection for you. Pokemon with high Affection get a number of bonuses like an increased critical hit rate or a chance to shrug off status effects, ignore stat-lowering moves like Leer, or even ''survive attacks that would have knocked them out'' through sheer force of will.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': All Pokémon companions. The various manga series will also often invoke this between the humans themselves, whether it's between trainers, rivals, gym leaders, and companions.

** A non-fellowship example is Merry [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu attacking the effin Witch King]] to help Éowyn.

** One of the major themes in the franchise is the relationship between trainers and their Pokémon. Regardless of the forms they take or abilities they have, all can be befriended and made into potential allies. Another theme is the relationship between trainers themselves, both in-game and the players since it's almost impossible to collect all Pokémon within a single game and trading between players is vital.

** Some Pokémon can only evolve when their happiness level is at maximum.
** The Pokémon-Amie feature in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' allows you to interact with your Pokémon and increase its affection for you. Pokémon with high Affection get a number of bonuses like an increased critical hit rate or a chance to shrug off status effects, ignore stat-lowering moves like Leer, or even ''survive attacks that would have knocked them out'' through sheer force of will.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4371 Lily and Tangerine love it so much they do the Friendship Dance.]]

* Wyn from the web fiction serial ''DimensionHeroes'' refuses to team up with the other Dimensional Guardians until he falls under the control of a monster and is subsequently freed by them, realizing that the only way he'll be able to defeat the forces of darkness is to team up with them.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'' and ''WebAnimation/{{DSBTInsaniT}}'' both have this message, the former playing it far more straight than the latter.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'' and ''WebAnimation/{{DSBTInsaniT}}'' both have this message, the former playing it far more straight than the latter.

* A major facet of Taylor's powerset in ''FanFic/Liaison'' is building strong relationships between people, especially others and herself. The stronger her relationships, the less effort required for her power-buffing and debuffing.

** The move Return, which grows stronger the higher the user's happiness value is. Inverted with the move Frustration, which is stronger the less happy the user is.

** The Pokémon-Amie feature in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' allows you to interact with your Pokémon and increase its affection for you. Pokémon with a high affection get a number of bonuses, like an increased critical hit rate or a chance to shrug off status effects, ignore stat-lowering moves like Leer, or even ''survive attacks that would have knocked them out''.
* Given a very bittersweet nod in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture''. It's revealed during the course of the gameplay that [[spoiler: Luke, the Prof's devoted apprentice, is going to be moving overseas with his parents (and his father is also one of Layton's closest friends). Layton points out a statue depicting the friendship between a different adult and child, and promises Luke that no matter where they are in the world, they will always be friends.]]

* Most of the major battles in ''Manga/SailorMoon'' are won via the power of forgiveness, and the friendship of the protagonists is a major source of power. (Marketing for the English dub of the anime emphasized this aspect of the series as much as it possibly could.)
** A VHS tape of the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' English dub has the words 'The Power of Friendship' on it.

** In the [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS3E13LastOfTheTimeLords series 3 finale]], [[spoiler:Martha escapes the Master's takeover of Earth and spends one year traveling the world telling everyone about the doctor and how they're supposed to say (and [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve believe!]]) "doctor" over and over during an onconming countdown. When said time arrives, everyone in the world doing this (even the Master's human followers and '''[[HeelFaceTurn his own]] [[InTheBack freaking wife]]''') gives the Doctor the strength he needs to overpower the Master and undo all his evil.]]
** All of the Doctor's previous companions have shown that they're quite willing to die (in some cases, repeatedly) to protect him. [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E13JourneysEnd ''Journey's End'']] has Davros that the Doctor basically turns everyone who loves him into living weapons for his cause.

** In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E10TheWarMachines The Warmachines]]'', the mind-controlled Polly clearly sees Ben escaping, and says nothing. When someone asks after him, she explains, but when he asks her why, she does not know, and after a moment, starts to remember that he had been her friend.

* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''. During the battle against the Female Titan, Eren watches helplessly as one comrade after another is slaughtered during her onslaught. He essentially had two options: [[spoiler:Shift into Titan form himself]], charge in recklessly, possibly defeat her, albeit at the cost of compromising Erwin Smith's plan to capture her alive; or put his faith in his comrades, let the elites do what they do best, and believe in Smith and Levi and that their plan will work. End result? [[spoiler:Levi's elites are killed off, dozens of other redshirts pile up, Eren's anger gets the better of him and he gets his ass kicked (and capture), Levi gets badly injured, and lastly the Titan escapes as Smith has no choice but to retreat.]]

** Tea/Anzu displayed this so much (at one point even saying "the power of friendship") that it became a running gag in the Abridged Series. Joey recovered from being ''struck by lightning'' because of friendship. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Yeah.]]

* Completely ''destroyed'' in the Lighthouse Scene in ''Manga/BattleRoyale''.

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
** It is specifically stated, both within the show and in interviews with writers, that the reason Buffy has lasted so long as a Slayer compared to her predecessors is that she has friends--the so-called "Scooby Gang"--who look out for her. This is why Faith fails; she's unable to trust people and form lasting friendships.

** [Avatar Roku tried to use the Power of Friendship to restrain Fire Lord Sozin, and it worked initially. [[spoiler: When Roku tried to stop a volcano from destroying his village, Sozin helped him, and this was ''after'' Roku put the veto on Sozin's expansion plans. Then Roku fell into a vulnerable position and Sozin left him for dead. When he was older, he immensely regretted it.]]