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* In ''VisualNovel/CodeRealize'', Nemo is very impressed with Impey and Victor and declares them to be his equals and considers them to be his WorthyOpponent in engineering and science respectively. Whereas Impey doesn't mind, [[OnlySaneMan Victor]] is especially unenthusiastic about being Nemo's "eternal rival" and would decline that honor.
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A SuperTrope to EnmityWithAnObject, in that there's no way an object can be aware that someone has a grudge on it.

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A SuperTrope to EnmityWithAnObject, in that there's no way an object can be aware that someone has a grudge on it. Likely to become OffendedByAnEnemysIndifference.
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* Whereas [[Creator/{{Sanrio}} Kuromi]] sees My Melody as her eternal arch-nemesis, My Melody [[AllLovingHero herself]] is shown to be rather oblivious of this at the very least, and not holding any kind of ill will at most.

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* Wrestling/TheMiz was this to Wrestling/JohnCena during their first feud in 2009. {{Averted|Trope}} since then, however.
** He got this ''again'' in 2011, where The Miz was ''WWE Champion'' and was supposed to be the main event at Wrestlemania against Cena. Unfortunately for Miz, Cena and the audience were far more concerned with Cena's problems with [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. It wasn't until Miz ambushed and practically murdered Cena that anybody really remembered that he was actually in the equation at all.

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* Wrestling/TheMiz was this to Wrestling/JohnCena during their first feud in 2009. {{Averted|Trope}} since then, however.
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however. He got this ''again'' in 2011, where The Miz was ''WWE Champion'' and was supposed to be the main event at Wrestlemania against Cena. Unfortunately for Miz, Cena and the audience were far more concerned with Cena's problems with [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]]. It wasn't until Miz ambushed and practically murdered Cena that anybody really remembered that he was actually in the equation at all.

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* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Battletech}}'' universe, the [[TheFederation Taurian Concordat]] (size: Roughly 30 systems) considers the neighbouring Federated Suns to be their ArchEnemy and live in a state of constant mobilization in case the Federated Suns attack them again like they did during the [[GreatOffscreenWar Reunification War]]. The Federated Suns (size: 300+ systems), on their end, consider the Concordat BeneathNotice and NotWorthKilling (mostly because the Concordat have a history of fighting ''extremely'' dirty on home terrain) and are ''way'' more concerned with the Draconis Combine.
** Similarly, Wayne Waco of The Waco Rangers had sworn eternal enmity towards Wolf's Dragoons over an incident where Waco's son was allegedly crushed under the foot of a Dragoons 'mech after he'd ejected[[note]]the incident is ambiguous as to whether it was intentional or an accident[[/note]]. In fact, Waco made a point of immediately repudiating any mercenary contracts if his employer eventually hired Wolf's Dragoons. However, he never got around to telling Jamie Wolf of his undying hatred, and so the Dragoons were mostly blithely unaware. At least until the Waco Rangers attacked the Dragoons' HQ planet Outreach, with Waco killing Wolf (and being killed simultaneously himself) in a grudge-match duel.

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* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Battletech}}'' universe, the ''TabletopGame/{{Battletech}}''
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[[TheFederation Taurian Concordat]] (size: Roughly 30 systems) considers the neighbouring Federated Suns to be their ArchEnemy and live in a state of constant mobilization in case the Federated Suns attack them again like they did during the [[GreatOffscreenWar Reunification War]]. The Federated Suns (size: 300+ systems), on their end, consider the Concordat BeneathNotice and NotWorthKilling (mostly because the Concordat have a history of fighting ''extremely'' dirty on home terrain) and are ''way'' more concerned with the Draconis Combine.
** Similarly, Wayne Waco of The Waco Rangers had sworn eternal enmity towards Wolf's Dragoons over an incident where Waco's son was allegedly crushed under the foot of a Dragoons 'mech after he'd ejected[[note]]the incident is ambiguous as to whether it was intentional or an accident[[/note]]. In fact, Waco made a point of immediately repudiating any mercenary contracts if his employer eventually hired Wolf's Dragoons. However, he never got around to telling Jamie Wolf of his undying hatred, and so the Dragoons were mostly blithely unaware. At least until the Waco Rangers attacked the Dragoons' HQ planet Outreach, with Waco killing Wolf (and being killed simultaneously himself) in a grudge-match duel.
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** Similarly, Wayne Waco of The Waco Rangers had sworn eternal enmity towards Wolf's Dragoons over an incident where Waco's son was allegedly crushed under the foot of a Dragoons 'mech after he'd ejected[[note]]the incident is ambiguous as to whether it was intentional or an accident[[/note]]. In fact, Waco made a point of immediately repudiating any mercenary contracts if his employer eventually hired Wolf's Dragoons. However, he never got around to telling Jamie Wolf of his undying hatred, and so the Dragoons were mostly blithely unaware. At least until the Waco Rangers attacked the Dragoons' HQ planet Outreach, with Waco killing Wolf (and being killed simultaneously himself) in a grudge-match duel.
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** In ''VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney'', Soseki Natsume blames Herlock Sholmes for leading the police to him and arresting him [[spoiler: twice]] and even called Sholmes his arch-rival, to the point of hearing Sholmes's name causes him to become infuriated. Meanwhile, Sholmes barely remembers Natsume's name or the circumstances that led to his arrest.
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Zigzagged with the Tau. The average Tau citizen thinks converting the Imperium to the Greater Good is only a matter of time as they've already converted several Imperial planets, and if not the Tau have the technological advantage. However, that's because the Ethereals keep it very carefully hidden just how ''tiny'' the Tau empire is compared to the Imperium, and just how badly outnumbered they are (Imperial planets can contain billions if not trillions of people). While it's true that the Tau appear to have the advantage in term of technology, Imperial forces are very good at the "throw more men at the problem" strategy-which along with their better technology once they get serious and bring out the good stuff-were pounding the Tau into the ground until the Tyranids forced a ceasefire.

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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Zigzagged with the Tau. The average Tau citizen thinks converting the Imperium to the Greater Good is only a matter of time as they've already converted several Imperial planets, and if not the Tau have the technological advantage. However, that's because the Ethereals keep it very carefully hidden just how ''tiny'' the Tau empire is compared to the Imperium, and just how badly outnumbered they are (Imperial planets can contain billions if not trillions of people). While it's true that the Tau appear to have the advantage in term of technology, Imperial forces are very good at the "throw more men at the problem" strategy-which along with their better technology once they get serious and bring out the good stuff-were pounding the Tau into the ground until the Tyranids forced a ceasefire. The good stuff being whatever the local sectors were able to throw up at short notice. The Imperium has bigger fish to fry and the Tau happen to be in the perfect spot to provide a barrier against multiple regional threats.
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Zigzagged with the Tau. The average Tau citizen thinks converting the Imperium to the Greater Good is only a matter of time as they've already converted several Imperial planets, and if not the Tau have the technological advantage. However, that's because the Ethereals keep it very carefully hidden just how ''tiny'' the Tau empire is compared to the Imperium, and just how badly outnumbered they are (Imperial planets can contain billions if not trillions of people). While it's true that the Tau have the advantage in term of technology (like plasma weapons being standard-issue instead of rare and ancient relics millenia old), Imperial forces are very good at the "throw more men at the problem" strategy, and were preparing to do so when the Tyranids forced a ceasefire.

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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Zigzagged with the Tau. The average Tau citizen thinks converting the Imperium to the Greater Good is only a matter of time as they've already converted several Imperial planets, and if not the Tau have the technological advantage. However, that's because the Ethereals keep it very carefully hidden just how ''tiny'' the Tau empire is compared to the Imperium, and just how badly outnumbered they are (Imperial planets can contain billions if not trillions of people). While it's true that the Tau appear to have the advantage in term of technology (like plasma weapons being standard-issue instead of rare and ancient relics millenia old), technology, Imperial forces are very good at the "throw more men at the problem" strategy, strategy-which along with their better technology once they get serious and were preparing to do so when bring out the good stuff-were pounding the Tau into the ground until the Tyranids forced a ceasefire.

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** PlayedForDrama in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'': Seven years before the game starts, Phoenix received a last minute request to defend Zak Gramarye. Before the trial began, he mentioned to Zak that he received all of the files from Zak's previous attorney. And at the time, that seemed to be the full extent of his interactions with the previous attorney. Unbeknownst to Phoenix, [[spoiler: the previous attorney, Kristoph Gavin, was so angry about being fired that he decided to frame Phoenix for forging evidence to win the case, which resulted in Phoenix losing his badge. Then he spent seven years pretending to be friends with Phoenix to make sure that he never found out.]] When the truth comes out, the culprit goes on a MotiveRant about Phoenix being a "second-rate attorney" who never should have been hired over him. Phoenix had figured things out by that point, though the [[TimeyWimeyBall timey-wimey]] nature of the gameplay set in the past makes it unclear exactly ''when'' he did.
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* Downplayed in ''VisualNovel/CafeEnchante'' in Misyr's route where Asmodeus is quick to proclaim that he is in love with Kotone and she is his bride whereas Misyr doesn't take any his claims seriously.
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* ''Literature/TheBible'': In the ''Literature/BookOfJob'', Satan works to undermine Job's faith by ruining his life, intending to prove to God that Job's piety is superficial. Job variously lays blame for his misfortune on bad luck, unkind fate, or his own mistakes, and resists the temptation to blame God, but he never even ''suspects'' that Satan might be engineering his misfortune.
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Zigzagged with the Tau. The average Tau citizen thinks converting the Imperium to the Greater Good is only a matter of time as they've already converted several Imperial planets, and if not the Tau have the technological advantage. However, that's because
the Ethereals keep it very carefully hidden just how ''tiny'' the Tau empire is compared to the Imperium, and just how badly outnumbered they are (Imperial planets can contain billions if not trillions of people). While it's true that the Tau have the advantage in term of technology (like plasma weapons being standard-issue instead of rare and ancient relics millenia old), Imperial forces are very good at the "throw more men at the problem" strategy, and were preparing to do so when the Tyranids forced a ceasefire.

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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Zigzagged with the Tau. The average Tau citizen thinks converting the Imperium to the Greater Good is only a matter of time as they've already converted several Imperial planets, and if not the Tau have the technological advantage. However, that's because
because the Ethereals keep it very carefully hidden just how ''tiny'' the Tau empire is compared to the Imperium, and just how badly outnumbered they are (Imperial planets can contain billions if not trillions of people). While it's true that the Tau have the advantage in term of technology (like plasma weapons being standard-issue instead of rare and ancient relics millenia old), Imperial forces are very good at the "throw more men at the problem" strategy, and were preparing to do so when the Tyranids forced a ceasefire.
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* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Zigzagged with the Tau. The average Tau citizen thinks converting the Imperium to the Greater Good is only a matter of time as they've already converted several Imperial planets, and if not the Tau have the technological advantage. However, that's because
the Ethereals keep it very carefully hidden just how ''tiny'' the Tau empire is compared to the Imperium, and just how badly outnumbered they are (Imperial planets can contain billions if not trillions of people). While it's true that the Tau have the advantage in term of technology (like plasma weapons being standard-issue instead of rare and ancient relics millenia old), Imperial forces are very good at the "throw more men at the problem" strategy, and were preparing to do so when the Tyranids forced a ceasefire.

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