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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Steve insist to people he barely knows Pete while Pete is wearing a shirt with a picture of them smiling with their arms around each other and the words "best friends" underneath.
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** Steve sees Pete as [[TheRival a rival]] whom he wants to surpass.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Steve is flighty. One day he denies being friends with Pete and the next he doesn't.



* '''Defied''': ???

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* '''Defied''': ???Steve and Pete want everyone to know they are friends.



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* '''Conversed''': ???"You know that thing where a character denies being friends with another?"

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* '''Deconstructed''': Steve's denial of being friends with Pete has caused others to see Steve as a [[LonersAreFreaks freaky loner]] who doesn't value friendship of others. As a result, Pete abandons Steve, hoping to find a friend who admits they are a friend.



%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???

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* '''Played For Drama''': Steve is being questioned by a judge whether or not he is friends with Pete, whom both were involved in an (accidental) shooting in the bank. To get himself out of the situation, Steve denies being friends with Pete, leaving Pete to be sentenced to prison for the rest of his life.



%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
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* '''Zig Zagged''':

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
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** Steve are Pete are business partners, and there are no friends when it comes to doing business.

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** Steve are and Pete are business partners, and [[BeingPersonalIsntProfessional there are no friends when it comes to doing business.business]].



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'''Subverted''': Steve denies being friends with Pete, just until Pete saved his life from being hit by a truck.
* '''Double Subverted''': ???Subverted''': ...but that's only when they're alone. Steve denies Pete as his friend in public.
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** Pete is very unpopular and [[SlaveToPR Steve]] doesn't want him to ruin his reputation.

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* '''Inverted''': Steve and Pete are mortal enemies, but [[FriendlyEnemy Steve and Pete deny it]].

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* '''Inverted''': Steve and Pete are mortal enemies, but [[FriendlyEnemy Steve and Pete they both deny it]].



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* '''Lampshaded''': ???'''Lampshaded''':
-->'''Betty''': "[[HoYay Someone has been hiding their true feelings]]."
-->'''Steve''': "Shut up! It's not like that!"
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** Steve blatantly denies that Pete is NOT his friend and never will be his friend even though [[ImplausibleDeniability they're]] ''[[ImplausibleDeniability truly]]'' [[ImplausibleDeniability friends]].

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** Steve blatantly denies that Pete is NOT his friend and he never will be his friend even though [[ImplausibleDeniability they're]] ''[[ImplausibleDeniability truly]]'' [[ImplausibleDeniability friends]].
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'''Basic Trope''': A character denies being friends with one or more characters.
* '''Straight''': Steve denies the fact he's Pete's friend even though they seem to get along well.
* '''Exaggerated''':
**Steve blatantly denies that Pete is NOT his friend and never will be his friend even though [[ImplausibleDeniability they're]] ''[[ImplausibleDeniability truly]]'' [[ImplausibleDeniability friends]].
**Steve and Pete are friends for a long time, [[WithFriendsLikeThese yet they deny that they're friends]].
* '''Downplayed''': Steve and Pete are friends, but Steve doesn't consider him a considerably close one.
* '''Justified''':
**Steve just hasn't really known Pete that much and Pete is just too friendly with him.
**Steve are Pete are business partners, and there are no friends when it comes to doing business.
**Steve is just a {{Jerkass}} who thinks that having friends make him less cool.
**Steve is just a loner who isn't interested in making intimate friends.
* '''Inverted''': Steve and Pete are mortal enemies, but [[FriendlyEnemy Steve and Pete deny it]].
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* '''Averted''': Steve and Pete are best friends and they know it to be true.
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Just because I've given you a link to FriendshipDenial doesn't mean we're friends. You got that?
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