Line #23 Main/SplitAndReunion


1	A character or an entire group gets split. It can be a small rebellion of characters thinking differently or a SplitPersonality of a character creating his EvilTwin. The two entities created are so completely opposite that it's hard to believe they have something in common. Then, however, they reunite. The reunion results in creating something more perfect than the original entity.
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3	The main plot is often put in the time when the entities split. The reunion would be connected with the climax or resolution of the plot. The moment of the split would be often revealed in retrospection. Revealing this fact would be a plot twist.
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5	Compare BreakUpMakeUpScenario, when the protagonists have a falling out and are separated, but meet again and reconcile in the end. See also LetsSplitUpGang and InvoluntaryGroupSplit.
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7	!!Examples:
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9	[[AC:Anime & Manga]]
10	* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Demon King Piccolo is a result of Kami-sama's struggle against inner evil. They live separately as foes for a time. In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Piccolo Jr. then fuses with Kami-sama becoming more powerful.
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12	[[AC:Fan Works]]
13	* ''LetsPlay/SomethingAwfulDungeonsAndDragons'': {{Averted}} with Joey/Evil Joey. They never merge back into one individual.
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15	[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
16	* ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'': The Skeksis and [=urRa=] are depicted as completely opposite. From the first moments of the film, however, we can see some symmetries between them. [[spoiler: Later they reunite and explain they were split beings. The official book about Dark Crystal world says, their split was an effect of purity pursuit.]]
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18	[[AC:Video Games]]
19	* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'': Due to the numerous times he lost in battle and his [[spoiler:subsequent corruption into Nelo Angelo]], Vergil is at death's door and has to split himself into two [[LiteralSplitPersonality literal split personalities]] (V and Urizen) after impaling himself with the Yamato. In the aftermath of Mission 17, V decides to merge with Urizen again, bringing forth a re-completed Vergil who's now free from the corruption that his body suffered. He also gained new things due to the actions of his two halves; with V, it's a CharacterDevelopment of interacting with Dante and Nero on a friendlier basis (which is mostly shown only after the FinalBoss fight of Mission 20), while a HandWave from Nico's Reports imply that Vergil gained his Sin Devil Trigger form because of Urizen.
20	* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'':
21	** In the 28th chapter, clone-siblings Kiana and an amnesiac Durandal re-meet to fight Otto. Even while they remain motivated by different objectives, they manage to get past their differences and fight as a team.
22	** In ch. 17, as part of her deal to save Kiana, Mei defects to World Serpent and both go separate ways. They grow past their flaws in different ways (with different plots for each other), and they're finally reunited at the beginning of chapter 32. The narration also states that as long as they keep yearning for each other, they're never "truly apart".
23	* ''VideoGame/StarControl'': In the second part, the Pkunk are revealed as the offspring of Yehat, with Pkunk being {{New Age Retro Hippie}}s and Yehat {{Proud Warrior Race Guy}}s. At the end of the game however [[spoiler:Pkunk visit Yehat, they are absorbed by them, and the Yehat elect a Pkunk as their queen learning from their pacifistic brothers some new spiritual insight]].
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25	[[AC:Webcomics]]
26	* ''Webcomic/{{Lost in Blue\|VineBunny}}'': {{Subverted}}. The plot is about Cube helping Rave find his brother Cuda, as they got separated after arriving in a different world. It ends with the brothers reuniting the following day, but before Cuda can even meet Cube, she disappears.

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