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When two people who are the very best of friends behave like the very worst of enemies.

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* Takua and Jaller from ''{{Toys/Bionicle}}'' constantly trade jabs with one another but are undoubtably best friends. This is most apparent in the animated film ''BIONICLE: The Mask of Light'', starring both of them.

** And far, ''far'' back in time, there were a couple of bickering buddies named [[PluckyComicRelief Danny O'Day]] and [[TheComicallySerious Farfel]] [[DeadpanSnarker the]] [[NotSoStoic Dog]]. And their convos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IfwNLRVh64&t=50s here]]. And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcT95vyh-eA here]]. (And then the Nestle commercials came out and- AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther!)

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* In WebVideo/CreamHeroes, Claire notes that two of her cats, Lulu and Momo, love spending time together but also often fight.

Compare AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, BelligerentSexualTension, FriendlyRivalry, and WithFriendsLikeThese. Contrast with HeadbuttingHeroes (who just cold-out despise each other despite being the best of heroes), TeethClenchedTeamwork (where the relationship between teammates is ''genuinely'' strained) and FriendlyEnemy (where two people who are on separate sides of a conflict aren't all that hostile to one another). Some types of VillainousFriendship have a similar dynamic. InvertedTrope of OverlyPolitePals.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera'': Diego/Dr. Chipotle Jr and Sergio/Senor Sinestro are both dorks who are hopelessly in love with Frida, and have been shown to compete with each other over her. However, they are still the best of friends, trusting each other with their respective secret identities and working together to destroy Manny when they think he is competition for Frida.
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Compare AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, BelligerentSexualTension, FriendlyRivalry, and WithFriendsLikeThese. Contrast with HeadbuttingHeroes, who just cold-out despise each other despite being the best of heroes, TeethClenchedTeamwork, where the relationship between teammates is ''genuinely'' strained, and FriendlyEnemy, where two people who are on separate sides of a conflict aren't all that hostile to one another. Some types of VillainousFriendship have a similar dynamic. InvertedTrope of OverlyPolitePals.

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* Jorge the conquistador Sanchez member and Carmelo the native Mesoamerican Sanchez member from ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', have a rather complicated relationship with each other. The former often calling the latter savage and the latter unintentionally bumps around the former. Not surprising considering the complicated history between the conquistadors and Mesoamericans. They're still family though.
* It's implied that Nick and Finnick's relationship in ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' is pretty much this as they are business partners...who constantly tease, insult, and even threaten each other. However, Finnick did help Judy find Nick near the end, which also implies, as much as he threatens him or laughs at him, he does somewhat care about him.

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''[[OddCouple These]]'' [[OddFriendship guys]] [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple bicker]] constantly. They're always [[InsultOfEndearment sniping]] at each other. They [[SnarkToSnarkCombat snark]] relentlessly. They duke it out on equal terms, [[VolleyingInsults hurling insults]] at one another with prejudice, maybe [[ChildhoodFriends ever since they were little kids.]] But underneath the verbal fencing is a [[HeterosexualLifePartners rock-solid]] [[TrueCompanions friendship]] that no SmugSnake, ManipulativeBastard, or HatePlague could hope to chip at. AFriendInNeed may be needed to make this manifest. Often, they have opposite morals, personalities, or [[ActionDuo fighting ability]] which is presumably the cause of the vitriol (or maybe it's just because they're both [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]]). Such characters may go for a FriendsAllAlong fight if one is introduced before the other.

* VitriolicBestBuds/WebOriginal

* VitriolicBestBuds/ProfessionalWrestling
* VitriolicBestBuds/{{Radio}}
* VitriolicBestBuds/{{Roleplay}}
* VitriolicBestBuds/TabletopGames

* VitriolicBestBuds/{{Webcomics}}

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* VitriolicBestBuds/ComicStrips

* VitriolicBestBuds/{{Film}}

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* Buzz and Bud from ''Pinball/NoGoodGofers'' typically harass the player, but they're not above insulting each other from time to time as well.
-->'''Buzz:''' "Don't hit me, hit Bud!"
* Red and Ted from ''Pinball/RedAndTedsRoadShow'' combine this with PlatonicLifePartners.

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* In ''Podcast/TheHiddenAlmanac'', stoic Mord and ditzy Drom can rarely spend time in the same room without bickering, but Mord is genuinely upset when it seems like Drom is going to die (and Drom, for her part, comments that they must be really good friends because she let Mord live the first time he referred to her as "a woman of a certain age").
* Hannah from ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' doesn't often hang out with the rest of the team willingly since they're all less popular than her, and when they force themselves into her social circle she doesn’t have a choice but to grin and bear them. However by the end of the first arc she's come to appreciate them, even if she doesn't often let it show.

Compare AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, BelligerentSexualTension, FriendlyRivalry, and WithFriendsLikeThese. Contrast with HeadbuttingHeroes, who just cold-out despise each other despite being the best of heroes, TeethClenchedTeamwork, where the relationship between teammates in ''genuinely'' strained, and FriendlyEnemy, where two people who are on separate sides of a conflict aren't all that hostile to one another. Some types of VillainousFriendship have a similar dynamic. InvertedTrope of OverlyPolitePals.

Compare AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, BelligerentSexualTension, FriendlyRivalry, and WithFriendsLikeThese. Contrast with HeadbuttingHeroes, who just cold-out despise each other despite being the best of heroes, TeethClenchedTeamwork, where the relationship between teammate in ''genuinely'' strained, and FriendlyEnemy, where two people who are on separate sides of a conflict aren't all that hostile to one another. Some types of VillainousFriendship have a similar dynamic. InvertedTrope of OverlyPolitePals.

Compare AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, BelligerentSexualTension, FriendlyRivalry, and WithFriendsLikeThese. Contrast with HeadbuttingHeroes, who just cold-out despise each other despite being the best of heroes, TeethClenchesTeamwork, where the relationship between teammate in ''genuinely'' strained, and FriendlyEnemy, where two people who are on separate sides of a conflict aren't all that hostile to one another. Some types of VillainousFriendship have a similar dynamic. InvertedTrope of OverlyPolitePals.

Compare AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther, BelligerentSexualTension, FriendlyRivalry, and WithFriendsLikeThese. Contrast with HeadbuttingHeroes, who just cold-out despise each other despite being the best of heroes, and FriendlyEnemy, where two people who are on separate sides of a conflict aren't all that hostile to one another. Some types of VillainousFriendship have a similar dynamic. InvertedTrope of OverlyPolitePals.

''[[OddCouple These]]'' [[OddFriendship guys]] [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple bicker]] constantly. They're always [[InsultOfEndearment sniping]] at each other. They [[SnarkToSnarkCombat snark]] relentlessly. They duke it out on equal terms, [[VolleyingInsults hurling insults]] at one another with prejudice, maybe [[ChildhoodFriends ever since they were little kids.]] But underneath the verbal fencing is a [[HeterosexualLifePartners rock-solid friendship]] that no SmugSnake could hope to chip at. AFriendInNeed may be needed to make this manifest. Often, they have opposite morals, personalities, or [[ActionDuo fighting ability]] which is presumably the cause of the vitriol (or maybe it's just because they're both [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]]). Such characters may go for a FriendsAllAlong fight if one is introduced before the other.