Line #22 TeethClenchedTeamwork/AnimeAndManga


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9	* ''Anime/AkudamaDrive'': The first episode makes it clear that the Akudama can't stand each other and would prefer to work alone. The only reason that they're together is because of the promise of a billion yen mixed with the threat of being killed via their bomb collars.
10	* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' ends with [[spoiler: VillainProtagonist Eren Jaeger attempting to destroy the entire world outside of the Walls through the use of [[FinalSolution The Rumbling]], leaving only the people of Paradis alive. Though most people in Paradis back Eren, his former comrades in the Scouts, including his friends Armin and Mikasa and high-ranking members Levi and Hange, are opposed to his genocidal ambitions. This leads them to join forces with the Warriors, or the Titan-shifters and their protégés sent by the Kingdom of Marley to attack Paradis in the first place. They started the whole affair by destroying Eren’s hometown, with their plan either directly or indirectly intending for the death of everyone in the Walls. Some Warriors, like Reiner and Falco, are regretful of what Marley did to Paradis and want to make up for it, while others like Theo remain bigoted for most of their time with the Scouts and only care about stopping Eren to save their homeland. The two groups, which had been fighting for years right up until Eren started The Rumbling, are extremely distrustful of each other, with accusations of [[ConflictingLoyalties dual loyalties]] against the Scouts and the Scouts rebuking the Warriors for starting the war and killing many of their comrades. It is only by fighting alongside each other that they become able to set past grievances aside for the sake of the future.]]
11	* Guts and Casca from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' start out as this alright... and it took them getting [[CaughtInTheRain stranded in the woods]], learning about each other's similar back stories, and having to [[BackToBackBadasses ward off]] a hundred man army sent to kill them for them to become FireForgedFriends.
12	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
13	** Ichigo and Ishida's initial rivalry ends when a [[GiantMook Menos Grande]] appears. This leads to TeethClenchedTeamwork against the mountain of Hollows they're surrounded by and is the beginning of a {{Fire Forged Friends}}hip.
14	** The Gotei 13 is made up of semi-autonomous divisions. As a result, when captains enter a battlefield together they usually stick to their own fights unless they're close friends. Some of the captains have almost nothing to do with each other and disdain each other at best (loathing each other at worst). Cue the battle with the Espada Yammy where [[BloodKnight Kenpachi]] and [[CulturedBadass Byakuya]] find themselves having to team up. The only way their {{pride}} can handle it is by turning it into a rivalry to see who can kill Yammy first while pretending he's getting in the way of [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou them trying to kill each other]]. Strangely enough, they seem a lot more tolerant of each other after that event.
15	** During the Fake Karakura Town arc, the Visoreds, ex-captains and lieutenants who'd been sentenced to be exterminated as Hollows, show up to help the Gotei 13 against their mutual enemy, Aizen.
16	* In ''Manga/Brave10'', not all of the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits Braves]] like or agree with each other, which has repercussions in some pretty important fights, especially the sequel.
17	* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': Sakura and Syaoran's initial relationship starts out as such, primarily because Syaoran is convinced that he is entitled to the Clow Cards and that Sakura is a pathetic weakling who's out of her league.
18	* In ''Manga/CaseClosed'', Chianti and Korn ''really'' despise [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Vermouth]], but when their superiors from [[TheSyndicate the Black Organisation]] say so, they work together.
19	* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' has this dynamic at times after Faye joins the gang. She has a [[TheLancer tendency to take off on her own]] and even stealing from Jet and Spike.
20	* Near and Mello from ''Manga/DeathNote'', who both compete who is going to catch Kira first, but in the end, both of their efforts allow one of them to succeed. Also L and Light in the Yotsuba arc due to their conflicting ethics being in odds with each other.
21	* In ''Manga/DGrayMan'', it's an understatement to say that Allen and Kanda don't get along -- to the point where, more often than not, they end up attacking each other instead. But there are numerous times where they have to work together in order to exorcise high-level Akuma.
22	* Goku and Vegeta in ''Anime/DragonBallZ.'' It's mainly on Vegeta's side, though. Vegeta teams up with Goku only if he has to, to defeat a [[EnemyMine common enemy]], and Goku usually has to beg Vegeta to give his energy to him to defeat a BigBad, due to Vegeta's sheer stubbornness and not wanting to admit to himself that Goku is more powerful.
23	** Goku and Piccolo, as well, did this when Raditz appeared, with Piccolo (before his HeelFaceTurn) approaching Goku and calling for a truce to defeat a common enemy.
24	** [[spoiler:Frieza]] and '''everyone''' on Universe 7's team during the Tournament of Power arc in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. This gets to the point that [[spoiler:Frieza]] uses a BatmanGambit of fake-betraying his teammates to get the Super Dragon Balls not once but ''twice'', [[spoiler:only for it to work both times]]! [[spoiler:Dyspo]] shoots him down the third time, while [[spoiler:Gohan]] eventually warns him that if he tries it for real, "I'll knock you off myself."
25	* ''Manga/DrStone'': This happens pretty much any time someone has to work with [[{{Jerkass}} Magma]], who tends to be rude and abrasive at best.
26	* This one is central to ''Earth Defense Family the Daichis'', or whatever the right translation of its title is. ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family%27s_Defensive_Alliance The Family's Defensive Alliance]]''
27	* Natsu and Gajeel from ''Manga/FairyTail'' have expressed disgust in working with each other when teamed up against Laxus and Faust. It's mostly subsided by the time they fight two-on-two with Sting and Rogue, though Natsu sees no harm in pushing Gajeel away on a mine cart for a chance to fight them on his own.
28	** Natsu has been having this kind of teamwork with Gray as well, especially near the beginning, since the two have a fierce rivalry and often try to one-up each other. The two are mostly able to put their differences aside in serious situations, although [[spoiler:after Juvia apparently dies in a HeroicSacrifice and Gray learns that Natsu is E.N.D., Gray finds Natsu in a nearly mindless rage, and the two end up nearly killing each other]].
29	** During the mission to the Tower of Heaven, Lucy and Juvia end up being paired together. While Lucy doesn't hold Juvia's kidnapping her against her, Juvia still believes Lucy is a rival for Gray's affections. After defeating Vidaldus together with the first [[ThePowerOfFriendship Unison]] [[CombinationAttack Raid]] shown in the series, the two become FireForgedFriends, with Juvia, at Lucy's insistence, [[FriendlyAddressPrivileges dropping the "-san" from Lucy's name]].
30	* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' (manga and second anime series only), [[HandsomeLech Roy Mustang]] and Olivier Armstrong recognize that they are both allied to take out the bad guys, but they have such issues dealing with each other that the air actually darkens the first time they talk face-to-face. Olivier doesn't care at all for [[BishieSparkle her brother]], and refers to Roy as only the slightest bit more useful than him.
31	** In [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 the 2003 anime]], Roy and Ed [[TheRival live this trope]]. Over time, the relationship goes from trying to manipulate each other to "I still don't like you but I ''do'' respect you." Envy tries to use [[DudeLooksLikeALady his/her/]][[AmbiguousGender its]] tried-and-true ShapeshifterGuiltTrip on Edward. When he turns into Roy, Edward briefly hesitates and then smiles and says "You couldn't have picked a better target!"
32	* ''Manga/GetBackers'', during the Infinity Fortress Arc, has Ban paired with Shido -- the person he gets along with least (which is saying a ''lot'', since most people can't get along with [[InsufferableGenius Ban]]). They constantly bicker and start beating each other up. Though it is noteworthy that after their time together, they ''do'' get more of a grudging friendship.
33	* The Allied Powers from ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. Justified since it's based on the real TeethClenchedTeamwork of the Allied Powers in the Second World War.
34	* Manga/{{InuYasha}} and Kagome's relationship starts out this way. They spent just as much, if not even more, time bickering with and insulting one another as they did fighting demons and collecting jewel shards, and by the third episode, Kagome got so fed up with him that she promptly [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere left to go home]].
35	** This happens ''every time'' Inu-Yasha and [[TheRival Kouga]] team up, to the point of "accidentally" smacking each other with collateral damage when they fight a common enemy.
36	** Same with Inuyasha and his brother Sesshoumaru. In the third movie, for instance, they both knew that they couldn't defeat the villain without both of them working together, yet they still refused to do so until the very last second.
37	* In the ''Franchise/LupinIII'' series, this is how Jigen and Goemon usually react whenever they have to work with Fujiko. It's understandable on their part since Fujiko has a bad case of ChronicBackstabbingDisorder.
38	* The pre-Extended of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'', consisting of [[AxeCrazy Shani Andras]], [[NotAGame Cortho Bauer]], and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Orga Sabnak]] are a team of {{Sociopathic Soldier}}s with utterly lousy teamwork. They frequently shoot at or through each other, ignore one another's presences entirely out of battle, and hate helping one another out. Despite this, they're pretty dependent on one another psychologically, with Cortho having an utter FreakOut when the other two die.
39	* In ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji'', during a magical law training retreat, Roji ends up together with his former enemy Ebisu, as well as Lili and Maril, twin magical law researchers. Ebisu is as much of a {{Jerkass}} as before, belittling the twins for being [[AlmightyJanitor second clerks (the lowest possible rank, even below Roji's provisional first clerk status)]], while the twins make fun of Ebisu for being relatively useless despite his rank as a Judge (second highest rank after Executor). Despite their differences, all four survive an attack by a powerful haunt, with Ebisu even giving his own tempering to Roji so that Roji can defeat the haunt.
40	* ''Manga/MyHime'', when Natsuki agrees to work with Mai and Mikoto, although she does eventually become friends with both of them. Further in episode 16, Midori unites the [=HiME=] into the "[=HiME=] Rangers" against a common threat despite them still holding grudges against each other... although it's subverted given Midori's selfish reason for doing so, and subverted again, and brutally, with The Reveal at the end of that very episode.
41	** This happens quite a bit between Mai and Natsuki in the manga, as well. Aside from the pair sharing a LivingMacGuffin in Yuuichi, the student council (under Haruka's [[WellIntentionedExtremist watchful eyes]]) is attempting to keep them apart to prove that their side is more efficient in protecting the school from Orphans. Yuuichi once calls out Natsuki and Mai for always fighting, and demands that they start getting along better so that they can defeat Yukino and Haruka. Even when the two factions are merged together under Midori's leadership, Nao frequently verbally exchanges insults with Natsuki while making it clear that she's only in it for her agenda while Haruka contemplates taking control of the group.
42	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
43	** In the "Sasuke and Sai" arc, Team 7 gets two new members- Yamato, who replaces Kakashi as leader of the team, and Sai, who replaces Sasuke as the third subordinate- on a mission to infiltrate Orochimaru's hideout and retrieve Sasuke. Yamato gets along with Naruto and Sakura reasonably well, although they're unused to his style of leadership, but Sai openly mocks both Naruto and Sakura, and makes it clear that he hates Sasuke for betraying the Leaf Village. The fact that Sai attacked Naruto during their first meeting in order to test Naruto's strength does not help matters, nor does the fact that [[spoiler:Sai is actually on a secret mission to infiltrate Orochimaru's ranks and assassinate Sasuke]], but Naruto says he'll put up with Sai in order to bring Sasuke bck. [[spoiler:After Sai abandons the secret mission and is no longer TheMole, he becomes a {{True Companion\|s}}.]]
44	** The Akatsuki team of Hidan and Kakuzu hate each other but are the perfect team due to their complementary abilities and the fact that Hidan's borderline immortality means that Kakuzu can't kill him when annoyed.
45	** The antagonists' teams in the Chunin Exam, [[AllThereIntheManual as noted by the databook]], have by far the worst teamwork rating. Teams 7, 8, 10, and Guy have conflicts between their members, but have the ability to work together when they need to and have ratings of 20-25 in teamwork. By contrast, the other teams do not care for each other, as Zaku shoots Kin in order to also injure Ino, who is possessing her, and the Sand Siblings (with a rating of 5) are essentially described as a one-man team that Gaara controls through fear (Their teamwork gets better after [[HeelFaceTurn Gaara does]]).
46	** The Sound Four has conflicts between Tayuya and virtually every other member; when Shikamaru tries impersonating Jirobo, it fails because he [[OutOfCharacterAlert doesn't complain about Tayuya's foul language]].
47	** Late in the series, there's the team-up of [[spoiler:Tobi and Kabuto]]. Each has mutually exclusive long-term plans and is fully aware the other will backstab them at some point, but for the time being they are working together and putting up a significant fight. When [[spoiler:Madara]] takes the former's place, this trope ''still'' applies despite the two of them having the exact same goal in mind. [[spoiler:Obito's with Madara]] is very notable because [[spoiler:Obito]] goes out of his way to be as rude and as irreverent as possible and does not listen to the other's orders.
48	* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
49	** During the Impel Down breakout, [[spoiler:Buggy the Clown and the tops of Baroque Works [[EnemyMine have to team up with Luffy to escape]], and none of them are too happy about it, with the exception of [[TokenGoodTeammate Mr. 2]]. The worst is Crocodile, a former ArcVillain who not only gets along poorly with Luffy, but also Jimbei due to the fact that Crocodile wants to kill Whitebeard, whom Jimbei is trying to save alongside Ace.]]
50	** Zoro and Sanji spend most of their time trading insults, but when they manage to set aside their differences, the two can often work surprisingly well together, such as in the second round of the Davy Back fight, in which they're outnumbered two against three.
51	** In the Punk Hazard arc, we have [[spoiler:Luffy, Law, and Smoker. Smoker, at least, hates it. Understandable, considering he's a Marine Vice-Admiral being forced to work with two of the world's most wanted criminals, with Law doubling as a traitor to the World Government and Luffy being both the first pirate to escape him and ''the one he's been chasing after for almost three years''.]]
52	** [[PredecessorVillain The Rocks Pirates]] were one of the most powerful pirate crews of all time, to the point that the Navy was forced to work with [[spoiler:''Gol D. Roger'']] to take their leader down. Their one weakness? The entire crew -- which included such figures as Whitebeard, Kaido and Big Mom -- '''hated''' each other. Their aforementioned leader was the only one able to make them stop trying to kill each other and work together as a team, and [[DecapitatedArmy once he was gone, the crew immediately split up]].
53	** During Act 3 of Wano, the Straw Hats and their allies suddenly get an offer for help from Kaido's subordinate [[spoiler:and fellow Supernova X Drake; Drake had infiltrated Kaido for SWORD, but his cover was blown]]. Luffy eagerly accepts his new ally's help, but the other Straw Hats don't believe him, suspecting that he'll betray the Straw Hats, too. [[spoiler:Drake]] and Zoro team up against Apoo, but mainly because [[EnemyMine they both dislike him]].
54	** Fellow Supernovas Eustass Kid and Trafalgar Law don't get along, often slinging insults at each other, but more than once have fought alongside each other, as well as Luffy, [[EnemyMine against common enemies]]. Despite their mutual disdain, they're good enough of a team to [[spoiler:defeat Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors of the Sea]].
55	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
56	** This happens whenever Ash and his friends have to work with Team Rocket. In "Pokémon Shipwreck", when they were trapped aboard a sunken ship, Pikachu electrocutes Meowth while shaking hands.
57	** Ash and his Sinnoh rival Paul are teamed up in a tag-battle tournament. Despite Ash insisting they work together, Paul refuses to cooperate and even pulls a RageQuit when a battle doesn't go his way, forcing Ash to take over. The two end up winning the tournament despite them not getting along at all, an irony that is lampshaded by other characters.
58	* The eponymous duo from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'', for a while. The conflict gradually ebbs out of their partnership the more they work together -- especially after Episode 8, which marks the point at which Barnaby begins [[DefrostingIceKing defrosting]] in earnest. By the time Episode 14 happens, they're on FirstNameBasis and somewhere between HeterosexualLifePartners and a [[BattleCouple Battle]] [[HoYay Couple]].
59	* ''Manga/YuGiOh'': There are multiple instances where Yugi and Kaiba have to team up in a duel, usually with Kaiba disagreeing on the concept of teamwork, but he ultimately is able to relent.
60	* ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'':
61	** During the second season, Sho and Kenzan as well as Judai and Edo are forced in team duels where they have to cooperate with each other. Sho and Kenzan end up losing to Kourimaru (and Ikazuchimaru) because of their constant disagreement, while Judai and Edo eventually find a common ground and win their duel against Mizuchi and her double. Speaking of Kourimaru and Ikazuchimaru, the two of them don't get along at all, too, with Kourimaru even taking Ikazuchimaru down alongside Sho and Kenzan.
62	** The Tag Team Tournament in season 4 is supposed encourage teamwork between two students, but Judai's selfish gameplay rubs Asuka the wrong way and she agrees with Rei to switch sides mid-duel (thanks to a card effect). She eventually switches back and she and Judai finally get some teamwork going on.
63	* ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'':
64	** This happens commonly whenever Yuma has to team up with someone in a Tag Duel, as he and his partner often struggle to develop a sense of teamwork, as seen with Shark, Kaito and Anna. Ironically, Yuma has less trouble displaying teamwork when he's paired up with a villain (Girag and Vector, respectively), due to the fact that he's kept in the dark of their true nature.
65	** Kotori and Cathy normally can't stand each other, so they naturally end up losing all of their duels in Girag's Sports Day Tournament. When the final match is decided and Kotori and Cathy are set to appear, Girag brainwashes them, which also happens to be the only way for them to not go after each others' throats.
66	* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': A more realistic version is between Gongenzaka and Sawatari. When they team up against Kaito, Sawatari doesn't get the memo that Gongenzaka is trying to force Kaito into a peaceful negotiation, completely ruining Gongenzaka's attempt at keeping peace. When the two of them are forced into a Tag Duel against the Tyler Sisters, their decks are 100% incompatible with each other, resulting in them losing off-screen to the sisters. To elaborate how incompatible their two decks are: Gongenzaka's Superheavy Samurai deck relies on having no Spell or Trap Cards in his Graveyard, as otherwise his deck would cease to function. Sawatari's Abyss Actor deck, on the other hand, heavily relies on Normal Spell Cards or else his strategy cannot work because his monsters can't do things on their own due to their rather passive nature. Since Tag Duels force teammates to share the same field, Graveyard and Life Points, Gongenzaka in particular cannot play properly under such conditions. And Sawatari can't just accommodate to Gongenzaka's deck, as it would make his own deck pretty useless.
67	* The primary group of ''Anime/ZombieLandSaga'' has a few issues. Kotaro, the group's manager, is demonstrably bonkers, the girls are from wildly distinct worlds, and there's the little issue that they're all zombies. Around the time of the group's first concert, Saki is openly hostile toward Sakura, while Junko and Ai are both rather skeptical about the feasibility of the plan. Sakura manages to win Saki's respect by calling out her, Junko and Ai in a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech rap, but Junko and Ai's starkly different beliefs about what it means to be an idol, and the resulting disagreements, continue to cause problems for some time.
68	* ''Manga/ZombieLoan'': a classic example of this: The two guys are [[ChainedHeat literally chained together]] and have to work together (IE not kill each other again) to get their debt paid.
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