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1	'''Basic Trope''': The good guys are hampered by infighting.
2	* '''Straight''': TheRival refuses to support TheHero's plan against the DarkLord.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': TheRival throws a fit over TheHero being given the only weapon that can be used against the DarkLord when he's coming into the castle.
4	* '''Downplayed''': TheRival has some disagreements with TheHero's plan, even though he agrees with the basics of it.
5	* '''Justified''':
6	** TheHero has not thought through his plan; TheRival sees legitimate flaws.
7	** The good guys don't have goals that precisely line up - certain details of the plan would further TheHero's goals but hinder TheRival's.
8	** TheRival is a {{jerk\|Ass}}.
9	* '''Inverted''': EnemyCivilWar
10	* '''Subverted''': TheRival is really TheMole and intentionally sabotaging it.
11	* '''Double Subverted''': Except that TheMole framed him for it.
12	* '''Parodied''': The good guys are hampered by infighting over the pettiest things. Meanwhile, the villains are hampered just as badly by far more serious concerns.
13	* '''Zig Zagged''': TheHero never knows which allies will support him and which will sulk over his plan on any given day.
14	* '''Averted''': The heroes all work together.
15	* '''Enforced''': "TheHero's plan will work in five minutes -- we need to drag this out for the rest of the episode -- let's make his allies argue with him!"
16	* '''Lampshaded''': ???
17	* '''Invoked''': TheQuisling starts planting seeds of discord in the heroes' organization, so they become too fragmented to become a real threat to his master.
18	* '''Exploited''': See Invoked and follow with the traitor taking the chance to try to convert TheRival to the Dark Lord's cause.
19	* '''Defied''': For the purpose of defeating the EvilOverlord, TheHero and TheRival set aside their differences and work together as a single united team.
20	* '''Discussed''': ???
21	* '''Conversed''': ???
22	* '''Deconstructed''': The heroes spend more time fighting each other than the villains, and cause more destruction in the process.
23	* '''Reconstructed''':
24	** The heroes have a mechanism to stop fighting before it gets out of hand. It helps them realize what they are doing and learn to work together.
25	** TheHero uses it to filter out those whose {{Pride}} will keep them from being good team players. It results in a RagtagBunchOfMisfits.
26	* '''Played For Drama''': TheDarkLord is a cunning [[TheStrategist strategist]] who is aware of the heroes' infighting and decides to take advantage of it by either [[DivideAndConquer let them finish each other off before he makes his moves]], or manipulate the weaker faction of the heroes into his bidding.
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32	%%* '''Implied''': ???
33	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???

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