1 | [[quoteright:314:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poynter_Horae_Serenae.jpg]] |
2 | [[caption-width-right:314:[-"Horae Serenae" by Sir Edward John Poynter-]\ |
3 | [[Theatre/AnythingGoes It's friendship, friendship, just a perfect blend-ship...]] ]] |
4 | ->''"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."'' |
5 | -->-- '''Creator/{{Aristotle}}''' |
6 | |
7 | Tropes about friendship and camaraderie. |
8 | |
9 | See also: LoveTropes and FrenemyTropes. Contrast DiscordTropes. |
10 | ---- |
11 | !!Tropes: |
12 | [[index]] |
13 | [floatboxright: |
14 | '''Categories:''' |
15 | + FrenemyTropes |
16 | + PetAndAnimalCompanionTropes |
17 | ++ LoyalAnimalCompanion |
18 | + ReconciliationTropes |
19 | + ReunionTropes |
20 | + ThisIndexBrokeUp |
21 | ] |
22 | * AccidentalDeclarationOfLove: Confessing to love emotions unintentionally. |
23 | * AccidentalHug: Spontaneously hugging, then awkwardly pulling away. |
24 | * AcquaintedInRealLife: People with anonymous connections discover that they know one another for real. |
25 | * AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices: A character and emergency services tend to greet each other casually because of how often they cross paths. |
26 | * ActOfTrueLove: An action done to prove one's love for another. |
27 | * AdaptationalFriendship: An adaptation makes two characters friends who weren't before. |
28 | * ArrangedFriendship: A friendship foisted onto the "friends" as an obligation. |
29 | * BandOfBrothers: A group of loyal friends formed by shared dangerous circumstances. |
30 | * BashBrothers: Two friends who kick major amounts of ass together. |
31 | * BathtubBonding: Two or more characters who share a platonic bath. |
32 | * BearHug: A character (usually TheBigGuy) gives a hug to another character. |
33 | * BefriendingTheBullied: A victim of bullying finds a friend or friends who give them a healthy support system and possibly encourage them to stand up for themselves. |
34 | * BefriendingTheEnemy: Befriending an antagonistic person to make them have a change of heart. |
35 | * BeleagueredChildhoodFriend: A character's childhood friend is accused of a crime, and the character has to find a way to prove their innocence. |
36 | * BestFriend: Someone's closest associate and personal confidante. |
37 | * BestFriendManual: Someone who knows how to deal with a difficult person, usually their best friend. |
38 | * BestFriendsInLaw: Best friends marry each other's siblings. |
39 | * BetterAsFriends: Two people who have tried to date each other decide that it's better that they just be friends. |
40 | * BigBadFriend: The [[BigBad main antagonist]] was once good friends with one of the protagonists. |
41 | * BigBrotherMentor: A friend who acts as an older sibling. |
42 | * BlindAndTheBeast: A blind person befriends an ugly/non-human being. |
43 | * BondingOverDislikes: Sometimes characters can become close if they both have a common dislike. |
44 | * BondingOverMissingParents: Characters become close with each other upon finding out they both have missing/dead parents. |
45 | * ABoyAndHisX: A story about the bond between a young boy and his animal companion. |
46 | * BreakUpMakeUpScenario: Two characters break up before eventually getting back together. |
47 | * TheBroCode: A set of unspoken rules between friends. |
48 | * BromanticFoil: The romantic male lead's foil who's unlucky in love. |
49 | * BrosBeforeHoes: Putting your friend before your love-interest. |
50 | * CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: A person spends time with people they can't stand, but ends up missing them once they finally get the chance to be rid of them. |
51 | * CaretakerReversal: After taking care of the patient, the caretaker gets sick and now the patient must take care of them. |
52 | * ChainOfPeople: A group of people save someone falling to their death by grabbing each other chain style. |
53 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: Two people who were platonic friends since they were children end up in a romantic relationship. |
54 | * ChildhoodFriends: Friends who have known each other since childhood. |
55 | * CircleOfFriendship: Friends form a circle to defeat the villain. |
56 | * CloudcuckoolandersMinder: A dumb or eccentric character has an associate who has to prevent their stupidity or weirdness from causing too much trouble. |
57 | * CommonalityConnection: Two characters bond over something they have in common. |
58 | * CompanionCube: A character is friends with an object. |
59 | * CompanionFood: A character is friends with a piece of food. |
60 | * ConflictingLoyalty: A character feels conflicted if they should be loyal to their friends and family or to their country/leader/religion. |
61 | * CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: A popular character is friends with someone who is considered beneath them. |
62 | * CriminalFoundFamily: A gang of outlaws form a strong bond of quasi-familial friendship. |
63 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: An opponent becomes friends with the person who defeated them. |
64 | * TheDefroster: Someone takes it upon themselves to thaw out and befriend that frigid, closed off Ice Queen/King. |
65 | * DissensionRemorse: Friends feel remorse for fighting with each other. |
66 | * DuetBonding: Two people become closer by playing instruments together. |
67 | * DyingAlone: Someone dies without the presence of friends, family, or anyone else who personally cares about them to give them final comforts. |
68 | * EnterStageWindow: A character visits their friend via climbing through their window. |
69 | * EquippableAlly: An ally who can serve as a weapon. |
70 | * EtTuBrute: A person is betrayed by their friend. |
71 | * EvilFormerFriend: The villain used to be a friend of the hero. |
72 | * FairWeatherFriend: A person who has a tendency to flake out when their "friends" need help. |
73 | * FallbackMarriagePact: Two friends agree to marry each other after they've been single for a long enough time. |
74 | * FalseFriend: A disloyal companion who is anything except for a true buddy, only befriending other people for selfish ulterior motives. |
75 | * FamilyOfChoice: A group of friends are so closely bonded to one another, that they treat each other like they're related by blood. |
76 | * FatBestFriend: Someone has an overweight best friend. |
77 | * FeudEpisode: An episode where friends temporarily have a falling out. |
78 | * FightingYourFriend: A video game has a boss fight where the player has to battle a person explicitly on their side. |
79 | * FinancialTestOfFriendship: Someone remains loyal to their rich friend, even when said friend isn't wealthy anymore. |
80 | * FireForgedFriends: Two or more characters who started off as enemies or strangers, until circumstances made them become friends. |
81 | * FirstFriend: The first notable companion made. |
82 | * FirstNameBasis: Friends tend to address each other specifically by their given names. |
83 | * ForbiddenFriendship: Two people who like each other's company are not allowed to fraternize together. Basically the platonic version of StarCrossedLovers. |
84 | * ForgottenFallenFriend: TheHero mourns for their dead friend or relative and then gets over them very quick. |
85 | * ForgottenFirstMeeting: Two characters have already met, but one or both of them doesn't remember it. |
86 | * ForgottenFriendNewFoe: TheHero is unaware that their new enemy is actually an old acquaintance. |
87 | * FormerFriendsPhoto: An old photo shows that bitter enemies were once good friends. |
88 | * FoundFamilyViaWork: A group of coworkers from a strong bond of quasi-familial friendship. |
89 | * AFriendInNeed: A character who proves their loyalty and friendship by helping their friend when it would be easier not to and other people would not blame them for not doing so. |
90 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: A group of people have one member that the rest of the group openly dislike. |
91 | * FriendOrIdolDecision: Having to choose between your friend and what you desire. |
92 | * FriendVersusLover: Having to choose between your friend and your significant other. |
93 | * FriendlessBackground: Someone who lacks any actual close social bonds with other people. |
94 | * FriendlyEnemy: Two people who are opposed to each other could actually get along very cordially if they weren't busy fighting each other. |
95 | * FriendlyRivalry: Two people who are very competitive with each other actually genuinely like and [[WorthyOpponent respect]] one another. |
96 | * TheFriendlyTexan: Characters who remind us why Texas is called "The Friendly State." |
97 | * FriendlyTickleTorture: Tickling someone in a playful manner. |
98 | * FriendlyWar: Fighting done out of love rather than malice. |
99 | * FriendsAllAlong: Two characters shown antagonizing each other turn out to actually be friends. |
100 | * FriendsAreChosenFamilyArent: A character has a bad relationship with their family but a good relationship with their friends. |
101 | * FriendsTurnedRomanticRivals: Friends start fighting over a shared love interest. |
102 | * TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: Two people within a large close-knit group who aren't especially close to one another. |
103 | * FriendsWithBenefits: Platonic friends who are open to having sex with each other, without forming a real romantic bond. |
104 | * FriendshipBribe: A person or someone they know bribes others to be their friends. |
105 | * FriendshipDenial: Somebody denies they're another character's friend, when they clearly are. |
106 | * FriendshipFavoritism: Two people fight over who is the real best friend of one of their mutual friends. |
107 | * FriendshipMoment: A sudden yet heartwarming affirmation of close friendship between two characters. |
108 | * FriendshipOnTheSet: Two (or sometimes several) actors develop a friendship while making a production together. |
109 | * FriendshipSong: Two characters sing about their friendship. |
110 | * FriendshipStrainingCompetition: A competition that threatens to ruin a friendship. |
111 | * FriendshipTrinket: An object kept by one or two characters to symbolize their friendship. |
112 | * GayBestFriend: Someone's best friend whose only notable quality is that they are homosexual. |
113 | * GenderBenderFriendship: Character befriends their LoveInterest while masquerading as the opposite sex. |
114 | * GiveMeASword: A character is given a weapon by their comrade to aid them in battle. |
115 | * GreaterNeedThanMine: Putting other people's needs before your own. |
116 | * GroupHug: A hug between a tight circle of friends. |
117 | * HesAFriend: Mutual allies of the hero come to blows before realizing their relationship, forcing the hero to make them both back down. |
118 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: Two friends of the same gender who are so close together that one might mistake them for lovers. |
119 | * HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul: Two historical characters are friends in fiction even though they weren't in RealLife, or vice versa. |
120 | * HonoraryTrueCompanion: A character who never joins the main group of companions (for long) but is nevertheless treated by them as one of their own. |
121 | * HonoraryUncle: A character's children call their parents' friend "Aunt" or "Uncle". |
122 | * HugAndComment: Two people hug and one of them makes an unexpected comment. |
123 | * HumanLadder: A group of people stands on each other so they can climb. |
124 | * HypocriticalHeartwarming: Someone stands up for their friend solely because they don't want anyone other than themselves picking on their friend. |
125 | * IAmSpartacus: The BigBad asks who's TheHero. The hero's allies all start claiming to be him in order to protect him. |
126 | * ICantDoThisByMyself: A character tries to win their friends back on their side by admitting they can't do things alone. |
127 | * IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship: Two people who are good friends refuse to get romantically involved with each other on the grounds that their friendship would go south. |
128 | * IFightForTheStrongestSide: Someone joins the hero's side after being defeated by them. |
129 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Someone becomes desperate for friendship. |
130 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Someone tries to get through to a friend that has transformed or been corrupted and forced to fight them. |
131 | * IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: A guest appearance by an actor who previously worked with a regular cast member. |
132 | * IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: A villain motivates their underling by threatening the underling's loved ones. |
133 | * IllBeYourBestFriend: Offering friendship as payment. |
134 | * ImaginaryFriend: Someone treats a figment of their imagination like a friend. |
135 | * ImNotHereToMakeFriends: A contestant is focused on winning the game as opposed to making friends with other contestants. |
136 | * InterclassFriendship: Friendship between two people who have a significant income gap. |
137 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: Friendship between two people who have a significant age gap. |
138 | * InterspeciesFriendship: Friendship between individuals of different species. |
139 | * IntimateHairBrushing: Brushing and fixing someone's hair as a sign of affection and closeness. |
140 | * InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath: Two friends are forced to fight each other until one of them dies. |
141 | * JoinsToFitIn: Someone joins a group of friends they think they'll fit in with. |
142 | * JustFriends: Two people consider themselves to be only good friends rather than lovers. |
143 | * JustOneExtraTicket: Someone plans to go to a show with their friends, but doesn't have enough tickets for everyone to come. |
144 | * KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: Someone mentions they heard something from a long and indirect chain of relations. |
145 | * LearningToRideABike: Adults occasionally demonstrate that they are family by teaching their friend how to ride a bike. |
146 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: Friends who act like siblings. |
147 | * LimitedSocialCircle: A group of friends who only seem to spend time with each other. |
148 | * LonelyTogether: Two characters share a common bond of loneliness. |
149 | * LonerTurnedFriend: A solitary character becomes a friend to someone. |
150 | * LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: A stiff character grows in personality from hanging around annoying and eccentric people. |
151 | * LoserFriendPuzzlesOutsiders: A person has a friend who is so dumb or uncool that strangers don't understand why they bother hanging around with this dweeb. |
152 | * LovedOnesMontage: A character has a vision of all the people he cares about in a dramatic montage-like sequence. |
153 | * MagneticHero: A hero with remarkable personal magnetism wins friends and allies with astonishing ease. |
154 | * MassageOfLove: An intimate, non-sexual massage between a loving couple or close friends. |
155 | * MayflyDecemberFriendship: Friendship between a mortal and an immortal. |
156 | * MisfitMobilizationMoment: When a dysfunctional group of losers transforms into a well-oiled machine. |
157 | * NeverBringAFriendToAnAudition: Someone is trying out for a role. Their tagalong buddy (who isn't interested in auditioning themselves) lands it instead. |
158 | * NewFriendEnvy: Someone's best friend makes a new friend and gets jealous, fearing that they may replace them. |
159 | * OddFriendship: Friendship between people you wouldn't expect to get along. |
160 | * OldFlameFizzle: A character reunites with an old friend or lover, only to find that that person is no longer the person they remembered so fondly. |
161 | * OldFriend: A character reunites with a friend they knew from long ago. |
162 | * OnlyFriend: Someone's best friend is their only true companion. |
163 | * TheOnlyOneITrust: The one friend that a person trusts. |
164 | * OppositesAttract: Friends who have contrasting personalities. |
165 | * TheOutsiderBefriendsTheBest: An outsider to a community, culture, or civilization becomes the closest with people who have an important position within it. |
166 | * PenPals: Friends who only contact each other through writing letters. |
167 | * PlatonicBoyGirlHeroes: A duo consisting of a young boy and girl who are required to work together. |
168 | * PlatonicCoParenting: Friends platonically raise children together. |
169 | * PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Someone confesses non-romantic love for their friend. |
170 | * PlatonicKissing: An affectionate gesture for someone you're not romantically attracted to. |
171 | * PlatonicLifePartners: A male character and his female friend who spend a lot of time together, but are not a romantic couple. |
172 | * PlatonicProstitution: Someone consorts a HookerWithAHeartOfGold for platonic reasons. |
173 | * PlatonicValentine: Someone makes a Valentine for their platonic friend. |
174 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: A character desperately pleads for their friend not to leave them. |
175 | * PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: The story requires friends who otherwise know that they'd never do each other wrong to split up. |
176 | * PositiveFriendInfluence: When friendship reaches its peak, with friends influencing each other to become better people. |
177 | * PredatorPreyFriendship: Friendship between two animals who are supposed to be natural enemies. |
178 | * PseudoRomanticFriendship: A close platonic relationship between two friends looks like a romantic relationship. |
179 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: A character's friendship with others is their greatest strength. |
180 | * ReboundBestFriend: Two close friends break up and try to replace each other. |
181 | * RecruitedFromTheGutter: Rescuing someone from a bad life so they will join you. |
182 | * ReincarnationFriendship: Two characters who were friends in a previous life meet again and become friends again. |
183 | * RelationshipValues: A gameplay mechanic in some video games, in which an [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]]'s friendliness (or hostility) towards the [[PlayerCharacter PC]] is affected by the player's actions. |
184 | * ReleasingFromThePromise: A character releases a friend from a promise they made to them. |
185 | * RememberThatYouTrustMe: A character has to be reminded that they need to trust their friends. |
186 | * RepayingForTheOne |
187 | * RomanticWingman: A character enlists a friend to assist him in his romantic endeavors. |
188 | * RoyalFavorite: Often the close friend of a monarch or other royalty (if it's not a romantic relationship). |
189 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: A friendship between a guy who is feminine and a guy who is masculine. |
190 | * SingleServingFriend: A character is supposedly friends with one or more of the main characters, but appears only once in the work. |
191 | * SmorgasbordTest: Someone discovers a new creature and tries to find out what it eats by offering it many different foods. |
192 | * SocialCircleFiller: Characters introduced to be the protagonist's friends, but have little relevance once the plot kicks off. |
193 | * StayWithMeUntilIDie: A dying person requests a loved one to stay with them in their final moments. |
194 | * StayingWithFriends: Children stay with their friends rather than parents or legal guardians. |
195 | * StupidSexyFriend: A character unwillingly develops a physical attraction towards a friend. |
196 | * SwornBrothers: Two friends who make a pact with each other to form a familial bond. |
197 | * SymbioticPossession: The relationship between [[DemonicPossession guest and host]] is friendly. |
198 | * TalkingDownTheSuicidal: A character tells someone not to kill themselves. |
199 | * TastesLikeFriendship: Making friends by offering food. |
200 | * TeamHandStack: A group of friends stack their hands together. |
201 | * TelecomTree: Telecommunicating with allies (who spread the word) to help with a situation. |
202 | * ThirdPartyPeacekeeper: Someone intercedes when their friends are fighting. |
203 | * ToAbsentFriends: Good guys propose a toast to their fallen friend. |
204 | * TokenBlackFriend: A white character has a black friend in order to make them appear more progressive. |
205 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: A similar friendship between a girl who is masculine and a girl who is feminine. |
206 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: When friendship becomes corruptive, with friends influencing each other to behave in bad ways and bring out their worst qualities. |
207 | * TragicBromance: Two heroes are friends and one of them dies. |
208 | * TranslatorBuddy: A character who speaks a foreign language has a friend who translates what they're saying. |
209 | * TrueCompanions: Friends who are loyal to each other through thick and thin. |
210 | * TwoTimingWithTheBestie: When someone's partner or spouse cheats on them with their best friend. |
211 | * UnwittingMuggleFriend: A supernatural character has a human friend who doesn't know their secret. |
212 | * VagabondBuddies: Two friends who travel around the world. |
213 | * VillainousFriendship: Friendship between two villains. |
214 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Close friends who often argue with each other and get into fights, but still stick together regardless. |
215 | * WeReallyDoCare: A character is about to leave until their friends tell them how much they are loved and want them to stay. |
216 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: Bitter enemies used to be good friends. |
217 | * WhoNeedsEnemies: The hero's ally fights for their own reasons and their own agendas. |
218 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Two friends who antagonize each other to the point that it's impossible to even call them friends. |
219 | * YouAreNotAlone: A character is at their DarkestHour and is brought out of it by their friends. |
220 | [[/index]] |
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