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** Actionman and Swordsman, both lifelong partners, laugh at the notion that Emperor Evulz wants them to fight ''each other'', and promptly gang up on Evulz with little mercy.
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** Actually trying to kill each other is a level of vitriol that does not builds many relationships. Even when they let bygones be bygones, it's [[TraumaButton an elephant in the room]].

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* '''Played For Horror''': Swordsman is a ZombieInfectee and too far gone in rationality to accept Actionman's decision to grant him a MercyKill, making things a whole lot worse. For extra horror points, Swordsman probably [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie infected Actionman during the fight, and it's not revealed until it's too late]].

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Swordsman is a ZombieInfectee and too far gone in rationality to accept Actionman's decision to grant him a MercyKill, making things a whole lot worse. For extra horror points, Swordsman probably [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie infected Actionman during the fight, and it's not revealed until it's too late]].late]].
** Actionman and/or Swordsman are [[BewareTheSuperman psychotic superheroes]] who invoke this tradition to get away with [[SerialKiller murdering other superheroes]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': Swordsman is a ZombieInfectee and too far gone in rationality to accept Actionman's decision to grant him a MercyKill, making things a whole lot worse. For extra horror points, Swordsman probably [[AndThenJohnBecameAZombie infected Actionman during the fight, and it's not revealed until it's too late]].

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* '''Played For Horror''': Swordsman is a ZombieInfectee and too far gone in rationality to accept Actionman's decision to grant him a MercyKill, making things a whole lot worse. For extra horror points, Swordsman probably [[AndThenJohnBecameAZombie [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie infected Actionman during the fight, and it's not revealed until it's too late]].
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* '''Played For Horror''': Swordsman is a ZombieInfectee and too far gone in rationality to accept Actionman's decision to grant him a MercyKill, making things a whole lot worse. For extra horror points, Swordsman probably [[AndThenJohnBecameAZombie infected Actionman during the fight, and it's not revealed until it's too late]].

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** Actionman and Swordsman [[EnemyMine immediately prioritize murdering Emperor Evulz over any mutual animosity]] and walk away.



* '''Deconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard who constantly tricks heroes into fighting each other, and when they've weakened themselves too much, swoops in for the kill.

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Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard who constantly tricks heroes into fighting each other, and when they've weakened themselves too much, swoops in for the kill.kill.
** Actionman [[ImplacableMan turns out to be a bigger badass than Swordsman]] and all this does is buy Evulz one more second of life as Actionman removes Swordsman as a threat[[note]]not necessarily meaning he killed him[[/note]], analyzes the situation, figures out he was not part of Evulz's forces and comes after Evulz with one more person added to the list of people he needs to avenge.
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** Actionman and Swordsman get [[MexicanStandoff guns pointed at their heads]] by [[IntimidatingMediator Rabid Roger]] with the threat that it doesn't matters ''who'' starts the fight, ''[[MutualKill nobody]]'' is going to survive it, so why not take a couple of seconds to cool the hell down and look for someone that ''really'' deserves that killing impulse, huh?

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** Actionman and Swordsman get [[MexicanStandoff guns pointed at their heads]] by [[IntimidatingMediator [[ThreateningMediator Rabid Roger]] with the threat that it doesn't matters ''who'' starts the fight, ''[[MutualKill nobody]]'' is going to survive it, so why not take a couple of seconds to cool the hell down and look for someone that ''really'' deserves that killing impulse, huh?

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* '''Defied''': Even though the Swordsman attacks him, Actionman [[WhyIsntItAttacking refuses to fight back]] until the Swordsman realizes they're not enemies.

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Even though the Swordsman attacks him, Actionman [[WhyIsntItAttacking refuses to fight back]] until the Swordsman realizes they're not enemies.enemies.
** Actionman and Swordsman get [[MexicanStandoff guns pointed at their heads]] by [[IntimidatingMediator Rabid Roger]] with the threat that it doesn't matters ''who'' starts the fight, ''[[MutualKill nobody]]'' is going to survive it, so why not take a couple of seconds to cool the hell down and look for someone that ''really'' deserves that killing impulse, huh?
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* '''Conversed''': "I've wanted to see these two fight forever! A {{fanboy}}'s dream come true at last!

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* '''Conversed''': "I've wanted to see these two fight forever! A {{fanboy}}'s dream come true at last!last!"
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** Actionman and Swordsman feel that only one of them should take out Emperor Evulz first.

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* '''Parodied''': Actionman and the Swordsman recognize each other as heroes, but attack each other anyways because "it's traditional"
** They work out their differences via thumbwrestling.

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Actionman and the Swordsman recognize each other as heroes, but attack each other anyways because "it's traditional"
** They work out their differences via thumbwrestling.thumbwrestling... [[MundaneMadeAwesome Epic thumbwrestling!]]



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** They work otu their differences via thumbwrestling.

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** They work otu out their differences via thumbwrestling.
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** They work otu their differences via thumbwrestling.
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* '''Discussed''': Emperor Evulz, watching the fight from afar, [[LampshadeHanging mutters to himself]], "They're after ''me'', yet they've started fighting each oth- ''[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Oh hell yes!]]''"

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* '''Discussed''': Emperor Evulz, watching the fight from afar, [[LampshadeHanging mutters to himself]], "They're after ''me'', yet they've started fighting each oth- ''[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Oh ''Oh hell yes!]]''"yes!''"
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* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Emperor Evulz takes the time Actionman and the Swordsman will spend fighting into account when developing a timetable for his evil plan.

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* '''Invoked''': The Swordsman tests every new hero he meets, in order to ensure their competence.
* '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz manipulates the heroes into conflict with one another.

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The Swordsman tests every new hero he meets, in order to ensure their competence.
* '''Exploited''': ** Emperor Evulz manipulates the heroes into conflict with one another.another.
* '''Exploited''': ???



* '''Played For Drama''': Actionman and Swordsman fight when they first meet, resulting in one of them being killed by accidnet.

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* '''Played For Drama''': Actionman and Swordsman fight when they first meet, resulting in one of them being killed by accidnet.accident.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Actionman and the Swordsman burst into Emperor Evulz's lair, but attack each other while Evulz watches on and laughs.
* '''Downplayed''': ???
* '''Justified''': Actionman thought the Swordsman was a criminal.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Actionman and the Swordsman burst into Emperor Evulz's lair, but attack try to kill each other while Evulz watches on and laughs.
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When Actionman and Swordsman first meet, they grapple with each other a little but they quickly realize they're both heroes going after the same guy and decide to team up.
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Actionman thought the Swordsman was a criminal.criminal.
** Actionman knows Swordsman is an AntiHero out to kill Evulz and since he has a strict ThouShaltNotKill policy, decides to take him down before going after the villain.
** MindControl or something similar may be at work, forcing the heroes to fight.



* '''Averted''': Actionman and the Swordsman recognize each other and greet each other cordially.

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* '''Averted''': Actionman and the Swordsman recognize each other from the news and greet each other cordially.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???Emperor Evulz manipulates the heroes into conflict with one another.



** WeAreStrugglingTogether




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* '''Implied''': Actionman and Swordsman mention their first meeting with Actionman saying, "It was a tough fight... then we decided to go after Emperor Evulz".
* '''Played For Laughs''': Rookie Boy attacks Swordsman when they meet, only for Swordsman shout WhatTheHellHero? Rookie Boy nervously and embarrassingly mentions he thought it was proper protocol.
* '''Played For Drama''': Actionman and Swordsman fight when they first meet, resulting in one of them being killed by accidnet.



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* '''Reconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard, but also TheManBehindTheCurtain from taking only easy victories. The heroes, meanwhile, have gotten tougher and smarter by praticing on each other, and when they finally unite, they crush Evulz.

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** WeAreStrugglingTogether
* '''Reconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard, but also TheManBehindTheCurtain from taking only easy victories. The heroes, meanwhile, have gotten tougher and smarter by praticing practicing on each other, and when they finally unite, they crush Evulz.Evulz.

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* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard who constantly tricks heroes into fighting each other, and when they've weakened themselves too much, swoops in for the kill.
* '''Reconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard, but also TheManBehindTheCurtain from taking only easy victories. The heroes, meanwhile, have gotten tougher and smarter by praticing on each other, and when they finally unite, they crush Evulz.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The Swordsman and Actionman frequently change allegiances for expedience, sometimes fighting together, and sometimes fighting each other.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard who constantly tricks heroes into fighting each other, and when they've weakened themselves too much, swoops in for the kill.
* '''Reconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard, but also TheManBehindTheCurtain from taking only easy victories. The heroes, meanwhile, have gotten tougher and smarter by praticing on each other, and when they finally unite, they crush Evulz.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The Swordsman and Actionman frequently change allegiances for expedience, sometimes fighting together, and sometimes fighting each other.



* '''Exploited''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard who constantly tricks heroes into fighting each other, and when they've weakened themselves too much, swoops in for the kill.
* '''Reconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard, but also TheManBehindTheCurtain from taking only easy victories. The heroes, meanwhile, have gotten tougher and smarter by praticing on each other, and when they finally unite, they crush Evulz.



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* '''Reconstructed''':Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard, but also TheManBehindTheCurtain from taking only easy victories. The heroes, meanwhile, have gotten tougher and smarter by praticing on each other, and when they finally unite, they crush Evulz.

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* '''Reconstructed''':Emperor '''Reconstructed''': Emperor Evulz is a competent ManipulativeBastard, but also TheManBehindTheCurtain from taking only easy victories. The heroes, meanwhile, have gotten tougher and smarter by praticing on each other, and when they finally unite, they crush Evulz.

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