History TeethClenchedTeamwork / VideoGames

* ''VideoGame/StarShiftOrigins'': When the Dauntless crew is placed under Novus Federation command, Captain Carol Everson and Lieutenant Magnus Archer designate a code word, "Groundhog," to indicate when they are in an emergency situation that can compromise their chain of command. During the Raxion II mission, [[spoiler:Carol uses it to indicate that Archer should prioritize her orders over Novus and escape with the Raven]].

* ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords'', big time. Being a RagtagBunchOfMisfits the Exile's companions have only their mutual loyalty to him/her in common, and nothing else. Being hostile to each other because of their directly conflicting views and opinions. Bao'dur hates Mandalore for what his people did during the war. Handmaiden sees Visas Marr as a rival for the Exile's affection. If the Exile is female then Atton dislikes Disciple for the same reason. None of the droids are particularly fond of each other. Hanharr hates everyone, and ''nobody'' likes Kreia. Mira being pretty much the only one who doesn't have it out for anybody else.
** If you count the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen restored content]], by the end of the game almost everyone is trying to kill each other for one reason or another.

* [[spoiler:Galeem and Dharkon]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' tolerate each other ''at best'' during their DualBoss fight, and have no problems taking a swing at each other.

Whether it's competitive multiplayer, or massive multiplayer online, this will always happen when people are put into teams, especially if they are complete strangers to one another. In time, though, various players across the internet eventually start getting along and start working together like actual teams (most of the time).

** The 2.0 update adds an antagonistic character from each of the four main series, and all of them care little for getting along with anyone. [[GodOfEvil Susanoo]] makes it clear that his ally is next on his "to kill" list, [[CorruptCop Adachi]] revels in pissing off the other three people present in the fight, [[LethallyStupid Hilda]] is too arrogant and dumb to care about who she's fighting with, and [[SilentAntagonist Neo]] gets a kick from tuning out her partner and letting them flounder.
* ''VideoGame/BloodKnights'' have the two heroes, respectively a VampireHunter and a vampire ritualistically bound to him, working in tandem. Their teamwork is as forced and as unwilling as it sounds, but later they gradually warms up to one another, the vampire even [[spoiler:helping to stop a conspiracy that could kill millions of ''humans'']].

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': [[PlayerCharacter V]] and [[{{Deuteragonist}} Johnny Silverhand]]. Their partnership starts off when V [[spoiler:gets shot in the head while having the biochip that holds Johnny's personality [[{{Cyborg}} inserted into their body]]. V gets a second chance at life, but Johnny's personality will slowly start to consume their own, until he completely replaces them. V and Johnny decide to work together to save V's life, with Johnny feeling disgusted with what the chip he's on doing to V. Their first meeting doesn't exactly go [[WakeUpFighting smoothly]], not really endearing them to each other either. V resents Johnny because of what the biochip is doing to their body (though Johnny isn't doing it consciously), and also because he's a terrorist, narcissist, brash, snarky, crass, and mean, while Johnny doesn't like V because he sees them as a conformist low-life who is afraid to take a stand against the [[EvilInc Arasaka Corporation]] destroying Earth and humanity. Depending on how the player interacts with Johnny, they can part as enemies, on neutral terms, become friends and feel sad when they have to say goodbye, or become something akin to soulmates, with both of them devastated when one of them has to essentially die to save the other.]]

* Alistair and Morrigan of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. Big time. Especially if they [[spoiler:sleep together]] in a dark magic ritual to save his/the PC's life.

** Depending on whether Hawke sides with the mages or Templars in the endgame, certain teammates with full Rivalry scores, but opposing alliances, can be convinced to continue working with Hawke for the final boss fights.
** In ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Vivienne tends to look down on almost every other character due to her classism and snobby demeanor. As a Pro-Circle mage with a lot of political influence, she tends to treat most characters with disdain, particularly those with differing opinions of mage politics such as Solas or those from lower-class backgrounds such as Sera and Blackwall. Cole, in particular, gets the scorn of both Vivienne and Sera due to his status as a spirit in the form of a human and both of them refer to him as "[[ItIsDehumanizing it]]".
** While Hawke gets along fine with their Grey Warden friend at first in ''Inquisition'', [[spoiler:the revelations as to what the Grey Wardens have done and are doing]] infuriates Hawke leading to a back and forth WhatTheHellHero between the two of them, with the Warden responding by calling out Hawke's part at the beginning of the Mage-Templar War. [[spoiler:Alistair]] in particular takes his/her anger at the Wardens quite personally.

* ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERAttackOfDarkforce'' collects a large collection of playable characters, some with some familiarity with each other but most strangers. Zophy and Blackberry, however, are years-long rivals. Blackberry seeks to revive the ancient wizard Diamond Mine and usher a new era of magic rule under him, and Zophy constantly foils her plans. The existential threat of Dark Force's impending invasion is the only reason they are made to work together, though Blackberry makes it clear that this is only a temporary truce. Professor Ace, a companion of Zophy, constantly makes comments about the danger they're in by having her close, and she is all to happy to respond with barely veiled threats.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', [[spoiler:[[ArchEnemy Zenos]] arrives to provide some much needed backup after the Warrior uses their portable teleporter to whisk their friends to safety. When Zenos explains his intentions, the Warrior can either say that they don't want his help or that they won't bother trying to save him should it come down to it. Either way, the Warrior is not happy about having to work with him even though Zenos wouldn't have it any other way.]]
* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', the player can command certain units to pair up and work as a team such as [[spoiler:Chrom and Gangrel]], even though in the story those two clearly hate each other. Many of the incompatible units cannot support with each other, which limits their effectiveness pairing up.

* In ''VideoGame/Injustice2'', Batman and Superman still hate each other following the events of [[VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs the first game.]] When Supergirl arrives on earth, to protect her cousin, she allies herself with [[TheRemnant the remainder of Superman's Regime]] to bust him out of [[TailorMadePrison his red sun prison.]] When Braniac invades earth and captures several cities for his collection, Batman's allies are against that idea of freeing Superman to help them, until Batman himself frees Superman. The Regime and Batman's allies work together to save earth by fighting [[BigBadDuumvirate the Society and their ringleader, Braniac.]] Once they're defeated, the feud erupts once again, and [[spoiler:if the player sides with Superman, then Superman will merge with Braniac's ship, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy and brainwash Batman]] [[MadeASlave to do his bidding]] and [[BadEnding threaten to do the same to Supergirl.]]]] However if [[spoiler:the player sides with Batman, then the Regime is captured or forced to go into hiding again, Superman is [[BroughtDownToNormal de-powered,]] and put in the Phantom Zone. Gotham and several other cities were destroyed, [[BitterSweetEnding Batman then tells Supergirl that it's up to her to show the people of earth that the symbol of the house of El still means hope.]]]]

** Azain and the nomads worship Illia, but they don't always agree on their methods. Azain finds it ridicuous that they refuse to fight Mount Olov because they consider it sacred, since he believes destroying the manastones should take precedence over their traditions. In the Cauldron Core, Octavius orders Azain to stop destroying the manastones until the former finishes his fight with Lambda, and Azain considers him a brute for prioritizing his lust for battle over their mission. After Octavius's defeat, he remarks that he regrets working with Azain and Illia, which implies that Illia's ideals don't fully line up with his tribe's ideals.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', some combinations of Heroes on the same team lead to conversations where it's clear that the involves Heroes are not too thrilled about having to work together:

** Rashim sympathizes with the Resistance's cause, but chafes at the idea of working with Rowan, Corrina, and Aden. He's even more cross when Natasha joins, since she's a [[spoiler:a former agent of Noraskov]].

* Enforced in ''VideoGame/SCPSecretLaboratory'' - despite being on opposite teams, its all but mandatory for D-Class and Scientists to work together at the start of the round if they wish to escape Light Containment. The alliance will not last long, however - the moment somebody gets a gun or Guards/MTF/Chaos arrive, expect a bloodbath.

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' has Bethel. The many gods within the organization and the angels work together against the demons, but none of them are really into the whole 'cooperation outside of selfish benefit' business. [[spoiler:Once Arioch goes down, the gods gather in Shiva's domain to debate what happens next, only the Nahobino's presence makes things complicated; once the Nahobino defeats Abdiel, the organization disbands and it's a mad dash for the Throne of Creation, the Nahobino meant to sit upon it, and the Knowledge-bearing humans required to fuse into Nahobino. Zeus, Vasuki and Khonsu are all out of the running; Khonsu's Knowledge is in the terminally-ill Miyazu, while Zeus' Knowledge-bearer was a demonic casualty, and Vasuki refuses to interfere with Shiva's plans to reboot the universe according to his design.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'', we have Sly and the Panda King. The Panda King's demolition skills are needed to help reclaim Sly's inheritance, despite the fact that he was one of the murderers responsible for killing Sly's parents. In turn, the Panda King's defeat at Sly's hand caused his reputation and power to fall, which in turn made it easier for his daughter, Jing King, to be abducted by General Tsao. They both agree to help with each other's endeavor, while making it clear that they both aren't happy about this agreement and that there will be no semblance of friendship whatsoever.

** The team of Sonic and Knuckles in ''{{VideoGame/Sonic Advance|Trilogy}} 3''. When the two are chosen in the character selection, the two are [[VitriolicBestBuds noticeably uncomfortable]] about it. [[spoiler:Eggman actually teams up with Super Sonic to fight the TrueFinalBoss in this game, however he averts this trope. His only line of dialogue is him telling Super Sonic to use tag action to hurt the boss]].

** Unless they hit 100 Stress and become Discordant, the Sisters are a case of this located within a single body: the Warrior and the Scholar cordially detest each other but are willing to work together because if the body dies, so do the both of them.

** Jade, Tear and Anise each suffering this with Luke for a while when they [[spoiler:rejoin him post-Akzeriuth]]. They're all justifiably angry with him, and clearly don't trust him anymore, and they're mostly working with him for convenience or by coincidence. The only exception is [[UndyingLoyalty Guy,]] who [[spoiler:went back to Luke voluntarily]]. And don't worry, [[FireForgedFriends they all get better]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tekken 4]]'', Kazuya and his father Heihachi briefly team up in order to fight a squad of robots. They perform well together as a team and are in perfect synchronization, and only when the battle is about to end with an explosive finale does Kazuya betray his father and leave him to die in a massive explosion. The fact is that Kazuya and Heihachi despise each other to the point that they each tried to kill the other. In the ''Tekken Tag Team'' spin-offs, the player can pair up Jin with Kazuya his father and like in the previous generation Jin wants nothing more than to hurt Kazuya and Kazuya returns that gesture. Their victory poses actually have them staring each other down, while in another Jin attempts to punch Kazuya before he flies away.

** And then there's pick-up groups for the players, which range from being decent enough to clear the dungeons to being plagued by bickering, infighting and scapegoating for failures, and being unable to make any progress. To be fair, guilds are also susceptible to drama that can result in players making an exodus from the guild or the entire guild breaking up, despite (or because) of the fact that the players tend to group with each other more often and are used to how they work as a team.

** In the ''Legion'' expansion's Warlock class quests, human warlock Kira Iresoul is initially unwilling to work with you because of your association with her former mentor, orc warlock Ritssyn Flamescowl. After you do some quests on her behalf, she agrees to out of obligation to ''you'', but regularly insults or threatens Ritssyn.

* ''VideoGame/LieOfCaelum'': Downplayed with the Underground Bandits and [[spoiler:Gigarths]]. While N'raijar doesn't trust [[spoiler:Gigarths]], the latter is sympathetic to the plight of the bandits and believes that the government treated them unfairly by failing to stop discrimination against Karsandans.

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'', too. Creator/ObsidianEntertainment seems to like this trope.

* Norman Jayden and Carter Blake in ''VideoGame/HeavyRain''. One's a by-the-book FBI profiler agent, the other's a RabidCop. TheyFightCrime (poorly).

** Kula stiill remembers Ángel and K9999/Krohnen's attempt on her mother figure Foxy's life in ''2001'', so she's not really pleased with being on the same team as them in ''XV''. They outright have to [[FoodAsBribe entice her with ice cream]] to keep her compliant.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' the player can command certain units to pair up and work as a team such as [[spoiler:Chrom and Gangrel]], even though in the story those two clearly hate each other. Many of the incompatible units cannot support with each other, which limits their effectivenesspairing up.

* In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' much of the galaxy is in this position in their rather desperate fight against the Reapers. Depending on Shepard's actions the final united force can include [[spoiler:krogan and turian armies fighting together on Palavan, the Geth and quarians fighting together over Earth and the rachni helping build the crucible.]]

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Tekken 4]]'' Kazuya and his father Heihachi briefly team up in order to fight a squad of robots. They perform well together as a team and are in perfect synchronization, and only when the battle is about to end with an explosive finale does Kazuya betray his father and leave him to die in a massive explosion. The fact is that Kazuya and Heihachi despise each other to the point that they each tried to kill the other. In the ''Tekken Tag Team'' spin-offs, the player can pair up Jin with Kazuya his father and like in the previous generation Jin wants nothing more than to hurt Kazuya and Kazuya returns that gesture. Their victory poses actually have them staring each other down, while in another Jin attempts to punch Kazuya before he flies away.

* The Australian team in ''WorldDestructionLeague: War Jetz'' fight among themselves as much as they attack the player. Good thing too, as they fly the best plane in the game.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' the player can command certain units to pair up and work as a team such as [[spoiler:Chrom and Gangrel]], even though in the story those two clearly hate each other.