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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] and Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}. Somewhere beneath the bickering, insults, fights, differences, and rivalries are two men that actually do respect one another, care about each other, and are even friends. In fact, Logan's entire position over Schism is revealed in ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' #40 to ultimately come down to Logan believing Scott actually ''is'' the better man, and that it's not right for him to be taking the darker approach. Logan genuinely wants to protect Scott from dirtying his hands and conscience with the ugly things that Logan generally does on the X-Men's behalf.

* Characters/{{Deadpool|WadeWilson}}'s "friends" are usually either maiming, insulting, trying to kill him, trying to arrest him, or just getting away from him. As said by Deadpool himself during Way's run: "There is nobody I hate more than my friends."

* ''Franchise/XMen'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] and Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}. Somewhere beneath the bickering, insults, fights, differences, and rivalries are two men that actually do respect one another, care about each other, and are even friends. In fact, Logan's entire position over Schism is revealed in ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' #40 to ultimately come down to Logan believing Scott actually ''is'' the better man, and that it's not right for him to be taking the darker approach. Logan genuinely wants to protect Scott from dirtying his hands and conscience with the ugly things that Logan generally does on the X-Men's behalf.

* In the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', Archie and Reggie are sometimes described as being friends, but Reggie is very antagonistic towards Archie, verging on bullying. Additionally, Betty and Veronica are close friends, yet are regularly seen fighting, often over Archie himself. Archie even frequently uses the phrase "with friends like these who needs enemies".

* R2-D2 and C-3P0 were said to have been modeled off of Tahei and Matashichi from ''Film/TheHiddenFortress'' who bicker and fight constantly (when they're not swearing eternal friendship to each other).

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has R2-D2 and C-3PO.

Compare to ArrangedFriendship and FairWeatherFriend (which one could say is a SubTrope to this one). See also WeUsedToBeFriends, where the relationship evolves from "friends" to "enemies", but isn't both at once.

* Kendra and Lucy in ''Theater/{{Thirteen}}''. Poor Kendra is too much of a ditzy sweet girl to realize that Lucy is trying to usurp her position as Queen Bee and steal her {{Love Interest|s}}.

* Kendra and Lucy in ''Thirteen''. Poor Kendra is too much of a ditzy sweet girl to realize that Lucy is trying to usurp her position as Queen Bee and steal her {{Love Interest|s}}.

* [[Characters/HellblazerJohnConstantine John Constantine]] and Chas Chandler in ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}''. (Arguably, this trope describes nearly all of Constantine's relationships, be they friends, relatives, or lovers, but Chas, being [[spoiler:practically the only person close to John who's still alive]], is the prime example.)
* In the ComicBook/ArchieComics, Archie and Reggie are sometimes described as being friends, but Reggie is very antagonistic towards Archie, verging on bullying. Additionally, Betty and Veronica are close friends, yet are regularly seen fighting, often over Archie himself. Archie even frequently uses the phrase “with friends like these who needs enemies”.
* ''ComicBook/SubMariner'' - Namor and [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] have had this going for ''decades''. Both are leaders of small, isolated nations, and both are considered ruthless by the outside world, so they relate to each other quite well. However, Doom's a true villain and Namor's just determined to protect his people, so they often wind up on the opposite side of conflicts.
** Namor is also strained friends with the ComicBook/FantasticFour, in spite of fighting against them countless times. No matter how many times they seem to clash, the Four still come to him if he can help them, and vice-versa. Granted, it's not clear just how much of his willingness to help the group comes from thinking Sue is hot.
* ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'' - The title pair. Compounded when they casually throw racial insults at each other.

* [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] and [[Characters/BatmanThePenguin The Penguin]], believe it or not. Between regularly scheduled betrayal, multiple acts of attempted murder, and verbal and physical abuse (both men seem to really enjoy watching each other suffer), they still insist they're friends. Joker even cried when he thought Penguin had died and worked with Batman to catch the culprit. [[spoiler:When he found out Penguin was FakingTheDead he did try to murder him for real, but this being the Joker the Penguin was lucky it was only a token attempt.]] At times, the role of The Joker has been replaced by [[Characters/BatmanTheRiddler The Riddler]] (not the first time this has happened in a Batman franchise) as best frenemies with Penguin.
* [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] and Characters/{{Wolverine|JamesLoganHowlett}}. Somewhere beneath the bickering, insults, fights, differences, and rivalries are two men that actually do respect one another, care about each other, and are even friends. In fact, Logan's entire position over Schism is revealed in ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' #40 to ultimately come down to Logan believing Scott actually ''is'' the better man, and that it's not right for him to be taking the darker approach. Logan genuinely wants to protect Scott from dirtying his hands and conscience with the ugly things that Logan generally does on the X-Men's behalf.
* The main four of ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' are friends... and yet each one of them screws up the others pretty often. [[HairTriggerTemper Monica]] always forces everyone to do things her way, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Jimmy Five]] can't go on for a full minute without insulting anyone, [[PingPongNaivete Smudge]] is very frustating to talk to due to him constantly [[ComicallyMissingThePoint missing the point]] of what he's told, and [[BigEater Maggy]] always mooches off snacks from her friends. They seemed to have cleared up their acts in recent years, though.

--> It's all fun and games until Tess does something dumb like punch Ari in the boob.
* Talia and Brody in ''ComicBook/BrodysGhost''; the former is pushy, snarky, turns Brody's life completely upside down, [[spoiler:lies to him and cruelly manipulates him,]] and the latter is crusty, often unsympathetic, and constantly bemoaning running into the former. Somehow, they remain friends [[spoiler:even at the end of the series. Sort of]].
* ''ComicBook/BePrepared'': When Vera gets to summer camp, she has difficulty making friends at first. She manages to gain some when she shows off her artistic skills. However, one of the counselors, Natasha, tells her that real friends aren't the ones you buy with things like that. True to Natasha's word, when Vera accidentally exposes her candy stash in her tent, which gets it confiscated, all her "friends" turn their backs on her and start bullying her mercilessly.

* Hector to Jeremy from ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}''. Most times, he isn't very supportive, preferring to be a DeadpanSnarker instead. Not very helpful for Jeremy's self-esteem. Emblematic in this sense, the series of strips in which both guys do an IQ test, and Jeremy scores only 38. All that Hector (who scored 108) can say in response to the depression of a friend, is more or less: "[[{{Jerkass}} Hey, what should I say, I have an underdeveloped as friend.]]" [[spoiler:For the record, at last Jeremy discovers that the test is not reliable at all: his father did the test too, and he scored a little bit too high, for a guy who doesn't even know how to use a computer.]]

* ''Film/MeanGirls'' has Regina to Karen, Cady, and (especially) Gretchen. "Frenemies" indeed!
* ''Franchise/StarWars'' has R2-D2 and C-3PO.
* R2-D2 and C-3P0 were said to have been modeled off of Tahei and Matashichi from ''Film/TheHiddenFortress'' who bicker and fight constantly (when they're not swearing eternal friendship to each other).

* It's hard to call ''Film/BadBoys1995'' a [[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop film]], since Mike and Marcus spend so much time fighting and throwing insults at each other, with few moments of peace and friendship. In ''Film/BadBoysII'', on the other hand, they're practically HeterosexualLifePartners.
* ''Film/{{Inception}}'' has Eames and Arthur. One is a chilled-out thief, the other is a slightly stuck-up researcher type. The fangirls loved this.
* Max Fischer and Herman Blume in ''Film/{{Rushmore}}''. There's a [[LoveTriangle reason]] though.
-->"With friends like you, who needs friends?" -'''Dirk (to Herman)'''

* This is Heihachi and Kikuchiyo's dynamic in ''Film/SevenSamurai''. Kikuchiyo is a boisterous and energetic wannabe samurai who likes to show off, and the wittier and more reserved Heihachi is Kikuchiyo's most outspoken critic who laughs at and makes fun of him constantly.

* The infamous TongueOnTheFlagpole scene from ''Film/AChristmasStory'' has Ralphie and the others desert Flick after the latter has been triple-dog-dared into pressing his tongue to the flagpole. When the teacher tries to guilt-trip them into confessing, the narrator points out that they "knew darn well it was always better not to get caught."
* ''Film/DevilInABlueDress'': Almost all of Easy's friends wind up manipulating and betraying him for their own ends, and in some cases try to murder him outright. The only exception is Mouse, who is genuinely looking out for him, though Easy isn't particularly happy about this since Mouse is a ruthless and unhinged thug whose idea of helping Easy is to murder anyone who crosses him.

* Lampshaded in ''Literature/FiveHundredYearsAfter''. A character mentions that Sethra Lavode and Aliera e'Kieron seem to have become very good friends in the last few days. When someone else expresses confusion, saying that he'd heard they were challenging each other to duels to the death roughly every 10 minutes, the first replies, basically, "They're from [[PlanetOfHats Houses]] [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Dragon and Dzur]]. Why ''wouldn't'' that make them friends?"
* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', the rather uptight Granny Weatherwax and DirtyOldWoman Nanny Ogg are best of friends, despite constant bickering. In ''Literature/WitchesAbroad'', when Granny is making a list of why she disapproves of all the other witches in the area, it concludes "And she really [[CatchPhrase couldn't be having at all]] with Nanny Ogg, who was her best friend".
%%* After 'The Lost' arc of Dan Abnett's ''Literature/GauntsGhosts'' series, [[spoiler:Gaunt and Rawne]] now fit neatly into this trope. [[spoiler:Surviving Gereon, the two became remarkably close for men who still take great joy in issuing death threats and sarcastically undermining one another]].
* Unknowingly sharing a name with the Trope, is the short story ''With Friends Like These'' by Alan Dean Foster. Several alien races come in search of humanity and Earth after the planet and its inhabitants had been locked away for millennia for being unable to play nice with the rest of the universe. Now they were desperately needed to defeat aggressive aliens known as Yops. [[spoiler:At first the aliens are disappointed because the humans are hospitable and friendly, but appear utterly defenseless and technologically backwards. Until they find out mankind has... evolved. It's pointed out near the end of the story that the problem exists of what to do with the [[SufficientlyAdvancedAlien Humans]] (and the rest of their planet) once the Yops have been defeated. (At this point it's obvious that the question is no longer ''if'' the Yops will be defeated but only how quickly. One character even remarks that the poor Yops won't know what hit them.)]]
* In ''Literature/TheSecretHistory'', Henry and Bunny are thought to be best friends. [[spoiler:Henry engineers Bunny's murder in the middle of the book.]] The rest of the main characters, despite being a near-impenetrable clique of supposed friends, aren't exactly models of love and caring either. Possibly the constant scheming makes it difficult to trust each other...

* Literature/SisterhoodSeries by Creator/FernMichaels: Okay, Jack Emery and Harry Wong have a relationship where they supposedly love each other like brothers, but you might have a hard time believing that! Ted Robinson and Maggie Spritzer are both reporters, which is a dog-eat-dog career, and despite them living together, having sex and all that fine stuff, they have resorted to stealing stuff from each other. Later, Maggie becomes Editor In Chief of the ''Washington Post'' and Ted's boss, and she loves to ''boss' him around! Honestly, it's hard to believe those two are on good terms!
* The main plot of El Amigo Braulio (''My Friend Braulio'') by José Manuel González Prada. A young man, [[WideEyedIdealist Roque]] publishes some poems in the university's newspaper. Unfortunately, everyone mocks him, specially the titular [[GreenEyedMonster Braulio]], whom Roque considers his best friend who has always been there for him. In order to avoid more bullying and HumiliationConga, Roque decides to use a pseudonym (Genaro Latino) in his next publication and to his surprise, everyone loves it, especially Braulio, who bullies poor Roque and compares him with Genaro Latino. However, thanks to a creepy yet nice classmate who has supported Roque all along, Genaro Latino's true identity is revealed much to Braulio's chagrin. Turns out that Braulio was jealous all along and the story concludes with Roque and Braulio stopping being friends anymore.
* A.J. Literature/{{Raffles}} often treats his faithful sidekick and chronicler, Bunny, less than kindly. [[spoiler:But he does eventually admit that Bunny's utterly dependable in a crunch.]]
* Ford and Arthur in ''Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''. It's safe to assume that Arthur is the best friend Ford had during his fifteen years on Earth since Ford chose him to rescue from the Vogons, but they both generally seem to find each other extremely trying. Ford often remarks on how HumansAreMorons and Arthur ascribes several negative qualities to Ford. ("How reliable [is he]?" said Arthur. He gave a hollow laugh. "How shallow is the ocean?" he said. "How cold is the sun?") They bicker almost constantly. Given the least opportunity, they tend to go their separate ways. But somehow they generally tolerate each other; Ford hitchhikes across half the galaxy just to see Arthur in ''Literature/SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish'' and often tries to keep Arthur out of danger, and once they get the bickering out of the way they occasionally manage to hang out quite peaceably.
* ''Literature/{{Schooled}}'': Hugh Winkleman, who demonstrates that being a middle-school outcast does ''not'' make you a nice guy. Instead of warning his new (and only) friend [[TheHero Cap]] about being bullied, he uses Cap to shield himself from abuse, although he admits to not being proud of it. [[spoiler:When Cap starts gaining popularity, Hugh jealously turns on him and sets him up get to get brutally tackled by the football team. Hugh then takes advantage of rumors of Cap's death to manipulate the student body into liking him.]]
* In ''Literature/TheMachineriesOfEmpire'', the six Hexarchate factions are mired in infighting, and Kel Command is as dangerous to Kel Cheris as the heretics she's supposed to be fighting are, if not more so.
* ''Literature/LionsAndLiars'': Frederick's initial friends, Joel and Raj, are pretty quick to make fun of him.

* Saigon's "Enemies" cites this trope in the chorus:
--> With friends like you, who needs enemies\\
Brought a n***a bad luck like the Kennedy's\\
You had a n***a's ass up in the penitentiary\\
With friends like you, who needs enemies?
* Music/OwlCity quotes this trope verbatim in "The Bird and the Worm".
--> For all my pals who live in the oceans and the seas\\
With friends like these, well,\\
Who needs enemies?

* The Of Mice & Men song “Contagious” pretty much quotes this trope verbatim as well.

-->'''Karl:''' I sort of know what I mean anyway. When I'm saying stuff, I know that I'm not that great at explaining what I'm getting at, but deep down, there's something there.
-->'''Ricky:''' Yeah, there is. He doesn't look smart, and he didn't have a full education, but he's got a spark of genius about him.
-->'''Karl:''' I'm like Series/{{Columbo}}. You know how everyone is like, "He's daft." But then he gets them in the end.

* How Mary, Charley, and Frank end up in ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong''. Frank and Charley especially.
* Kendra and Lucy in ''Thirteen''. Poor Kendra is too much of a ditzy sweet girl to realize that Lucy is trying to usurp her position as Queen Bee and steal her {{Love Interest|s}}.
* [[JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples Shakespeare did it first]]. As per the first page quote, ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'''s Beatrice and Benedick can't be in the same room without VolleyingInsults, and they end up as an OfficialCouple. See also BelligerentSexualTension.

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': [[AxCrazy Belkar]] and [[InsufferableGenius Vaarsuvius]]. Vaarsuvius actually attacks Belkar at one point simply due to the fear that Belkar liked V [[ItMakesSenseInContext too much]]. This is a borderline example, though; Belkar and V are part of the same group, but never actually considered each other ''friends''. Then again, V considers very few people to be his/her friends, and the only creature that Belkar might see as one is his cat. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0483.html It might not be so borderline after all.]] However, as V postulates, Belkar only hates or lusts after everyone in a binary fashion, so he probably has a very large number of these.
* ''Webcomic/{{Outsider}}'': This is a big part of Alex's reasoning for preferring to join the Loroi over the Umiak. While both sides have done terrible things in the war (with various justifications trotted out), the Umiak treat their "allies" as little better than slaves to feed the war machine. The Loroi do go on about their cultural superiority and their interspecies alliance is clearly weighted in their favor, but at least they treat their allies as people who deserve their own opinions.

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'': Since Bun-Bun is a sociopathic {{Jerkass}}, this trope applies to just about any "friendship" he has.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Lucy is quite critical of Rhoda. And anyone [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2008-01-08 else]], for that matter. To a lesser degree, [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2007-06-19 even Diane]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'': Almost the entire cast, as well as those of and the {{Spinoff}}s ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' and ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'', especially Jareth and Erik, who co-exist in a state of open warfare punctuated by occasional bouts of empathizing with each other's relationship drama.

* ''Webcomic/ExterminatusNow'': The main cast are pretty willing to torment each other on the spur of the moment, steal from each other, and generally be terrible to each other. They will work together when under pressure, and ''only'' when under pressure.
-->'''Virus:''' We should report to high command.\\
'''Eastwood:''' You know what? Let's not. After all, I did, if you want to be technical, steal a forbidden relic from a forbidden vault. That's ''kind'' of [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment forbidden]].\\
'''Virus:''' Well, you're just going to have to sack up and face the consequences, Harry. This is important. We can't just hide intel from Command just to save ''your'' thieving skin.\\
'''Eastwood:''' You're implicated too: I used your ID to get in. It'll show on the records.\\
'''Virus:''' [[VerbalBackspace So it's agreed we're not reporting to Command.]]

* ''WebVideo/WhereTheBearsAre'': While the bears always make up when they fight, they are occasionally ''horrible'' to each other. Examples include [[spoiler:Reggie having jailhouse sex with the serial killer who tried to murder Nelson, and Wood neglecting to tell Nelson that said serial killer had escaped from prison months ago]].

* In ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', Sparadrap considers all his guildmates to be his friends. This can be understandable for his Guild Master and the two later recruits, but Gaea and Omega Zell tend to be quite mean to him. Gaea and Omega Zell, who qualify for both {{Jerkass}} and TooMuchAlike, are also this to each other and closer to being rivals.

* Website/GoAnimate:
** [[WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}} Leo, Clementine and Sarah.]] Even if one can ignore their (occasionally justified) tendency to tattle on Caillou, they often tend to verbally abuse him as well. On Caillou's side, he often tends to beat them up and insult them as well.
** [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Fred.]] He always gives concussions to the rest of Mystery Inc. even for doing things that any sane person would consider harmless. Makes one wonder why they don't just get a restraining order on him.
** On the rare occasion he appears in ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' related videos, Boots is usually depicted as a DirtyCoward who throws Dora under the bus whenever it's convenient for him.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Koden says this in the Special Info Episode after Andy and Bill tease him.
* [[https://notalwaysright.com/tie-self-esteem/91729/ This story]] from Website/NotAlwaysLearning - the submitter's old friend enters an ugly tie contest during their senior year of high school. His entry is a tie covered in pictures of the submitter. That's bad enough, but the contest is judged based on the applause and cheers of the audience (which includes several of their other schoolmates/friends)... and the submitter's friend ''wins''.
* ''WebVideo/AceAttorneyAccordingToAnAI'':
** Despite having been Trucy's friend since infancy, Athena Voss(not to be confused with [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Athena Cykes]]), willingly testifies that she saw Trucy murder Valant and commit other crimes in #1.
** In #5, Matt claims that Juan was his best friend, but [[DisproportionateRetribution murders him for using expensive cooking oil.]] Maggey can't seem to decide whether they're actually supposed to be friends.

* The main four of ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'' are friends... and yet each one of them screws up the others pretty often. [[HairTriggerTemper Monica]] always forces everyone to do things her way, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Jimmy Five]] can't go on for a full minute without insulting anyone, [[PingPongNaivete Smudge]] is very frustating to talk to due to his inability to [[SarcasmBlind understand sarcasm]], and [[BigEater Maggy]] always steals snacks from her friends. They seemed to have cleared up their acts in recent years, though.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Lucy's treatment of Charlie Brown is utterly horrible, constantly calling him a "blockhead" and other insults to his (bad) luck, lack of intelligence and plainness, the RunningGag of [[YankTheDogsChain pulling the football away]] (which she just won't stop doing [[VillainBall even if that means making their team lose at a game]] in ''It's Your First Kiss Charlie Brown''), [[NeverMyFault blaming him for everything that goes wrong ever]] and even gloating about his humiliation over discovering he got the worst test grades in school in ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' (and her one line in the film ''WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown'' being the TitleDrop's subtitle, "and don't come back!"), but they still consider each other friends and she occasionally tries to help him (in her own way).

* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Lucy's treatment of Charlie Brown is utterly horrible, constantly calling him a "blockhead" and other insults to his (bad) luck, lack of intelligence and plainness, the RunningGag of [[YankTheDogsChain pulling the football away]] (which she just won't stop doing even if that means making their team lose at a game in ''It's Your First Kiss Charlie Brown''), [[NeverMyFault blaming him for everything that goes wrong ever]] and even gloating about his humiliation over discovering he got the worst test grades in school in ''WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie'' (and her one line in the film ''WesternAnimation/BonVoyageCharlieBrown'' being the TitleDrop's subtitle, "and don't come back!"), but they still consider each other friends and she occasionally tries to help him (in her own way).

Not to be confused with DontShootTheMessage. For the romantic version, see TheMasochismTango and BelligerentSexualTension. Compare/contrast FriendlyEnemy which has enemies acting like friends are used, and when both are used you may end up with PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes. Compare VitriolicBestBuds, AcquaintanceDenial, and OddFriendship. Contrast WhoNeedsEnemies, where two characters really ''ought'' to be friends given their similar goals, but somehow aren't. May be due to coming from a FriendlessBackground. If one friend in particular gives or gets this treatment, there's a chance they're TheFriendNobodyLikes.

** Despite Mario letting him stay at his house, WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} tends to treat Mario very poorly, always clogging up his toilet, begging him to buy him more toilet paper and cheesecake, and getting his possessions very dirty at times.

Compare to FairWeatherFriend (which one could say is a SubTrope to this one). See also WeUsedToBeFriends, where the relationship evolves from "friends" to "enemies", but isn't both at once.

Not to be confused with DontShootTheMessage. For the romantic version, see TheMasochismTango and BelligerentSexualTension. Compare/contrast FriendlyEnemy which has enemies acting like friends are used, and when both are used you may end up with PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes. Compare VitriolicBestBuds and OddFriendship. Contrast WhoNeedsEnemies, where two characters really ''ought'' to be friends given their similar goals, but somehow aren't. May be due to coming from a FriendlessBackground. If one friend in particular gives or gets this treatment, there's a chance they're TheFriendNobodyLikes.

* J. Wellington Wimpy has sold out ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} on multiple occasions for the promise of food, safety, or money. Not to mention that Wimpy mooches off Popeye on a regular basis. The rest of the town hates him, and Olive seems to only put up with him because he's friends with Popeye. [[EveryoneHasStandards Wimpy does, however, draw the line at killing.]]

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'', those whom Friend Computer deems to be its "trusted agents" have a death rate 270 times higher than regular people. And the people you should fear the most are your "fellow party members" who will kill you faster than you can say "Commie Mutant Traitor" the moment your back is turned.

%%* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Faye to Marten early on. (She gets better after TheReveal)

* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': [[AxCrazy Belkar]] and [[InsufferableGenius Vaarsuvius]]. Vaarsuvius actually attacks Belkar at one point simply due to the fear that Belkar liked V [[ItMakesSenseInContext too much]]. This is a borderline example, though; Belkar and V are part of the same group, but never actually considered each other ''friends''. Then again, V considers very few people to be his/her friends, and the only creature that Belkar might see as one is his cat. [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0483.html It might not be so borderline after all.]] However, as V postulates, Belkar only hates or lusts after everyone in a binary fashion, so he probably has a very large number of these.
* ''Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName'':
** Doc Worth and Conrad. In the February donation comic Doc says he thinks of the two of them as friends, though Conrad may not see it that way. Their constant yelling and shoving matches might have something to do with that, along with Doc's constant stream of belittling comments.
** ''Definitely'' has Doc Worth and Lamont Toucey. They make a hobby out of beating the everliving shit out of each other (such beatings may end in [[http://rocket-happy.deviantart.com/favourites/#/d2n2ieu childish apologies]]) and insulting each other. They first met when they were kids, and Lamont sneaked into Worth's backyard to get a ball he had thrown too far, and Worth beat him up just for the hell of it. They just started hanging out after that, and they've been best friends ever since.

* ''WebComic/EightBitTheater'': The Light Warriors push this trope to the breaking point. Whenever they're not bickering, insulting, swindling, and trying to kill each other, they're... doing the same, only to other people. They have very rare bonding moments, usually in the form of CasualDangerDialogue. The only exception is [[TokenGoodTeammate Fighter]], but only because he's such a HorribleJudgeOfCharacter that he doesn't notice his teammates' worser (IE, True) natures.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The [[OurTrollsAreDifferent trolls]], coming from [[AliensAreBastards a race of jerkasses]], often bitterly bicker and fight with one another. In most cases, it's simply how they interact, and in the end [[FireForgedFriends they'll work together]]. In others, [[EtTuBrute not so much]]. This is the entire point of the trolls' Ashen and Caliginous quadrants, A.K.A blackrom romance, a relation based on mediation and hate-love respectively.

* The page image shows [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]] (during his Batman days) and Roy Harper at the lowest point in their friendship; Roy was tripping on drugs and attacking civilians, and afterwards Dick abandoned Roy in prison. This isn't the first time these best friends came to blows either. When they were both on the Outsiders an argument concerning how the team was run devolved into petty insults. When Roy [[BerserkButton badmouthed Batman]] Dick responded by badmouthing ComicBook/GreenArrow and brought up Roy's [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten heroin addiction]]. Then they started beating the crap out of each other. Of course they make up like they always do and go back to their HoYay-filled friendship.

** [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Fred.]]: He always gives concussions to the rest of Mystery Inc. even for doing things that any sane person would consider harmless. Makes one wonder why they don't just get a restraining order on him.

''...who needs enemies?''

Not to be confused with DontShootTheMessage. For the romantic version, see TheMasochismTango and BelligerentSexualTension. Compare/contrast FriendlyEnemy which has enemies acting like friends are used, and when both are used you may end up with PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes. Compare VitriolicBestBuds and OddFriendship. Contrast WhoNeedsEnemies, where two characters really ''ought'' to be friends given their similar goals, but somehow aren't. May be due to coming from a FriendlessBackground. If one friend in particular gives or gets this treatment, there's a chance they're ThrFriendNobodyLikes.

Not to be confused with DontShootTheMessage. For the romantic version, see TheMasochismTango and BelligerentSexualTension. Compare/contrast FriendlyEnemy which has enemies acting like friends are used,and when both are used you may end up with PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes. Compare VitriolicBestBuds and OddFriendship. Contrast WhoNeedsEnemies, where two characters really ''ought'' to be friends given their similar goals, but somehow aren't. May be due to coming from a FriendlessBackground.