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** Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the movies and the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] and [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'') but not so much after the former's FaceHeelTurn. At least they become friends again near the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.

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** Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the movies and the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] and [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'') but not so much after the former's FaceHeelTurn. At least they become friends again [[DiedHappilyEverAfter as Force ghosts]] near the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
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* Film/StrokerAce and his chief mechanic Lugs. They argue back and forth about little things and criticize each other's habits. They also team up in bar fights and work together to help Stroker out of his unfair contract. Best seen when Lugs[[spoiler: , mistakenly thinking that Stroker forcibly slept with Pembrook,]] hunts Stroker down and punches Stroker in the face. Neither one mentions the incident at all, continuing on like it never happened.
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** Will Turner and Jack Sparrow. The principled blacksmith and scheming pirate are frequently at loggerheads, but in the first movie [[spoiler: Will risks everything to rescue Jack from the gallows]], and in the third, [[spoiler: Jack sacrifices immortality to save Will's life.]]
** Jack and Barbossa begin to show shades of this in ''On Stranger Tides''.

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** Will Turner and Jack Sparrow. The principled blacksmith and scheming pirate are frequently at loggerheads, but in the [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl first movie movie]] [[spoiler: Will risks everything to rescue Jack from the gallows]], and in the third, [[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd third]], [[spoiler: Jack sacrifices immortality to save Will's life.]]
** Jack and Barbossa begin to show shades of this in ''On ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides On Stranger Tides''.Tides]]''.
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* It's implied that Nick and Finnick's relationship in ''Disney/{{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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* Film/SherlockHolmes and John Watson. Watson always remarks Holmes is too much for him to handle and constantly tries to get out of joining him on his various jaunts, yet invariably they end up working together because Watson likes the chase almost as much as Holmes and they are in sync during investigations, whether or not he wants to accept it.
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* Michael Patrick Donovan and Thomas Aloysius Gilhoolie from ''Film/DonovansReef'': World War II buddies who share the same birthday and make sure they get together every year to punch the crap out of each other.
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** Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the movies and the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'') but not so much after the former's FaceHeelTurn. At least they become friends again near the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.

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** Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the movies and the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] and [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'') but not so much after the former's FaceHeelTurn. At least they become friends again near the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
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* Bond and Q from the ''Film/JamesBond'' series.
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* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, Legolas and Gimli are portrayed in this manner. Basically Legolas is BugsBunny and Gimli is DaffyDuck. As much as Gimli was exasperated by Legolas and as often as Legolas would act smarmy towards Gimli, the two always ended up being there for each other. This is an exaggeration of a similar relationship in the books.

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* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, Legolas and Gimli are portrayed in this manner. Basically Legolas is BugsBunny WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and Gimli is DaffyDuck.WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck. As much as Gimli was exasperated by Legolas and as often as Legolas would act smarmy towards Gimli, the two always ended up being there for each other. This is an exaggeration of a similar relationship in the books.
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* 90% of ''TheHiddenFortress'' consist of Tahei and Matashichi arguing with each other.

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* In ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', Raphael is constantly at odds with Leonardo, hates being told what to do, and mentions that he's leaving the group the first chance he gets. However at the end, he defers to Leo's leadership and tells the others to do the same, as well as confessing [[spoiler:that he says he's leaving because he's really just scared that he's not as good as them, and he only says that to make them bond harder when it feels like things are driving them apart.]]
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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.
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* In ''Film/MyGirl'', Vada and Thomas J are best friends and throughout the movie, Vada can be seen fighting with him and other times she is seen having fun with him. All in all, Vada cares deeply for Thomas J.
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* In ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', this Trope could describe the relationship between pretty much any two members of the team (except Groot, who's friendly to everyone), but ''especially'' between to Drax and Gamora. In one scene, the former calls the latter a whore and then [[spoiler:a few minutes later shoots Nebula with a rocket launcher when she is talking trash to Gamora and planning to attack her.]]
-->'''Drax:''' No one talks to my friends like that.
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* Beast and Havok in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', eventually.
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* Creator/BobHope and Music/BingCrosby, both in their "''{{Road|To}}''" pictures and in cameos in other films.

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* ''KissKissBangBang'' has Harry and Perry. Harry is sure that Perry is really his friend, and [[ThePowerOfFriendship somehow]] ends up being right. Harry ''would'' give as good as he gets, except he's a colossal [[TheDitz ditz]] and no-one can out-insult Gay Perry anyway.

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* ''KissKissBangBang'' ''Film/KissKissBangBang'' has Harry and Perry. Harry is sure that Perry is really his friend, and [[ThePowerOfFriendship somehow]] ends up being right. Harry ''would'' give as good as he gets, except he's a colossal [[TheDitz ditz]] and no-one can out-insult Gay Perry anyway.



* Sam French and Jake Wyer in ''FiftyFifty'' have this in spades, although Jake likes to pretend he can't stand Sam.
* Dante and Randall from {{Clerks}}. They both argue about things all the time and snark at each other (especially Randall, who seems to enjoy messing with Dante), but when it's all said and done, the two are almost [[HeterosexualLifePartners inseparable buddies]]. Jay and silent Bob have a similar dynamic, except Jay does most of the talking and Silent Bob ignores it with an air of sarcasm, despite not saying anything.
* [[FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller and Cameron Frye]].

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* Sam French and Jake Wyer in ''FiftyFifty'' ''Film/FiftyFifty'' have this in spades, although Jake likes to pretend he can't stand Sam.
* Dante and Randall from {{Clerks}}.''Film/{{Clerks}}''. They both argue about things all the time and snark at each other (especially Randall, who seems to enjoy messing with Dante), but when it's all said and done, the two are almost [[HeterosexualLifePartners inseparable buddies]]. Jay and silent Bob have a similar dynamic, except Jay does most of the talking and Silent Bob ignores it with an air of sarcasm, despite not saying anything.
* [[FerrisBuellersDayOff %%* [[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller and Cameron Frye]].
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* In ''Calamity Jane'', Jane and Bill think they have this going on. [[spoiler: At the end, they realise it was actually SlapSlapKiss all along.]]

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* In ''Calamity Jane'', ''Film/CalamityJane'', Jane and Bill think they have this going on. [[spoiler: At the end, they realise realize it was actually SlapSlapKiss BelligerentSexualTension all along.]]



* Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in ''Franchise/StarWars'' and the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'') but not so much after the former's FaceHeelTurn.
** At least they become friends again near the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
** See also Luke's relationship to Han Solo. Especially when they're arguing over Leia.

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Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in ''Franchise/StarWars'' the movies and the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'') but not so much after the former's FaceHeelTurn.
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FaceHeelTurn. At least they become friends again near the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
** See also Luke's relationship to Han Solo. Especially when they're arguing over Leia.
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* Harold and Kumar from ''Film/HaroldAndKumarGoToWhiteCastle'' and its sequels ''Film/HaroldAndKumarEscapeFromGuantanamoBay'' and ''Film/AVeryHaroldAndKumar3DChristmas''. They're constantly at odds with each other, but when push comes to shove, they care deeply about each others' well-being.
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* In ''{{Made}}'', the two main characters are best friends from high school, but they bicker almost nonstop due to Bobby's short temper and conservative approach in contrast to Ricky's loud, reckless and unreliable personality.

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* In ''{{Made}}'', ''Film/{{Made}}'', the two main characters are best friends from high school, but they bicker almost nonstop due to Bobby's short temper and conservative approach in contrast to Ricky's loud, reckless and unreliable personality.
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* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, Legolas and Gimli are portrayed in this manner. Basically Legolas is BugsBunny and Gimli is DaffyDuck. As much as Gimil was exasperated by Legolas and as often as Legolas would act smarmy towards Gimli, the two always ended up being there for each other. This is an exaggeration of a similar relationship in the books.

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* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, Legolas and Gimli are portrayed in this manner. Basically Legolas is BugsBunny and Gimli is DaffyDuck. As much as Gimil Gimli was exasperated by Legolas and as often as Legolas would act smarmy towards Gimli, the two always ended up being there for each other. This is an exaggeration of a similar relationship in the books.
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* Pearly Gates and Inspector Nosy Parker develop into this by the end of ''Film/TheWrongArmOfTheLaw''.

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* Will Turner and Jack Sparrow, from the ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trilogy. The principled blacksmith and scheming pirate are frequently at loggerheads, but in the first movie [[spoiler: Will risks everything to rescue Jack from the gallows]], and in the third, [[spoiler: Jack sacrifices immortality to save Will's life.]]

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Will Turner and Jack Sparrow, from the ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trilogy.Sparrow. The principled blacksmith and scheming pirate are frequently at loggerheads, but in the first movie [[spoiler: Will risks everything to rescue Jack from the gallows]], and in the third, [[spoiler: Jack sacrifices immortality to save Will's life.]]]]
** Jack and Barbossa begin to show shades of this in ''On Stranger Tides''.
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* ''KissKissBangBang'' has Harry and Perry, which is somewhere between the two types. Harry is sure that Perry is really his friend, and [[ThePowerOfFriendship somehow]] ends up being right. Harry ''would'' give as good as he gets, except he's a colossal [[TheDitz ditz]] and no-one can out-insult Gay Perry anyway.

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* ''KissKissBangBang'' has Harry and Perry, which is somewhere between the two types.Perry. Harry is sure that Perry is really his friend, and [[ThePowerOfFriendship somehow]] ends up being right. Harry ''would'' give as good as he gets, except he's a colossal [[TheDitz ditz]] and no-one can out-insult Gay Perry anyway.
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* Ashburn and Mullins, by the end of ''Film/TheHeat''.
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* [[FerrisBuellersDayOff Ferris Bueller and Cameron Frye]].
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* Dante and Randall from {{Clerks}}. They both argue about things all the time and snark at each other (especially Randall, who seems to enjoy messing with Dante), but when it's all said and done, the two are almost [[HeterosexualLifePartners inseparable buddies]]. Jay and silent Bob have a similar dynamic, except Jay does most of the talking and Silent Bob ignores it with an air of sarcasm, despite not saying anything.
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* ''Film/ForrestGump'' doesn't see it but Lt. Dan has a lot of anger towards him and generally treats him with contempt. But underneath it is an appreciation that Forrest holds no grudges and will do anything to help a person in need. By the end there is no doubt they are best friends.
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* Sam French and Jake Wyer in ''Fifty/Fifty'' have this in spades, although Jake likes to pretend he can't stand Sam.

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* Sam French and Jake Wyer in ''Fifty/Fifty'' ''FiftyFifty'' have this in spades, although Jake likes to pretend he can't stand Sam.
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* 90% of ''TheHiddenFortress'' consist of Tahei and Matashichi arguing with each other.
* Veronica and her dad in ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.
* The two main characters from ''Film/PlanesTrainsAndAutomobiles'', who form an OddCouple.
* ''Film/GrumpyOldMen'' is based on a variant of this trope.
* ''Film/GranTorino'' has Walt and his friend the barber.
* ''KissKissBangBang'' has Harry and Perry, which is somewhere between the two types. Harry is sure that Perry is really his friend, and [[ThePowerOfFriendship somehow]] ends up being right. Harry ''would'' give as good as he gets, except he's a colossal [[TheDitz ditz]] and no-one can out-insult Gay Perry anyway.
* ''Theatre/TheBoysInTheBand''. Michael and Harold. While it isn't clear they are best friends, two moments reveal their deep relationship: Michael's gift to Harold, and Harold's quiet assurance after giving him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech "I'll call you tomorrow."
* Creator/BobHope and Music/BingCrosby, both in their "''{{Road|To}}''" pictures and in cameos in other films.
* In ''Calamity Jane'', Jane and Bill think they have this going on. [[spoiler: At the end, they realise it was actually SlapSlapKiss all along.]]
* Will Turner and Jack Sparrow, from the ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' trilogy. The principled blacksmith and scheming pirate are frequently at loggerheads, but in the first movie [[spoiler: Will risks everything to rescue Jack from the gallows]], and in the third, [[spoiler: Jack sacrifices immortality to save Will's life.]]
* In ''{{Made}}'', the two main characters are best friends from high school, but they bicker almost nonstop due to Bobby's short temper and conservative approach in contrast to Ricky's loud, reckless and unreliable personality.
* Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in ''Franchise/StarWars'' and the [[Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse expanded universe]] (''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars Clone Wars]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'') but not so much after the former's FaceHeelTurn.
** At least they become friends again near the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
** See also Luke's relationship to Han Solo. Especially when they're arguing over Leia.
** R2-D2 and C-3PO qualify as well.
* In ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy, Legolas and Gimli are portrayed in this manner. Basically Legolas is BugsBunny and Gimli is DaffyDuck. As much as Gimil was exasperated by Legolas and as often as Legolas would act smarmy towards Gimli, the two always ended up being there for each other. This is an exaggeration of a similar relationship in the books.
--> '''Gimli''': "Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf."\\
'''Legolas''': "What about side by side with a friend?"\\
'''Gimli''': [[Heartwarming/TheLordOfTheRings "Aye. I could do that."]]
* Sam French and Jake Wyer in ''Fifty/Fifty'' have this in spades, although Jake likes to pretend he can't stand Sam.
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