Basic Trope: Two rivals team up to fight a common enemy. It is usually an awesome sight to behold.
- Straight: Michael and Slash team up against Emperor Evulz.
- Exaggerated: Just anytime Michael and Slash team up against any common enemy, it's a Curb-Stomp Battle.
- Downplayed: Michael and Slash already had a Friendly Rivalry, their common goal just makes their team-up easier.
- Justified:
- Michael and Slash may be rivals, but they realize that they are the world's only hope in defeating Evulz; therefore they have no other choice but to work together.
- Slash teams up with Michael to defeat Evulz because he abhors the idea of anyone other than him defeating Michael.
- Inverted: Michael and Slash were once rivals, but one of them went corrupt and they are sworn enemies.
- Subverted: Slash pretends to be helping Michael take on Evulz and sides with him, thus becoming his right-hand man.
- Double Subverted: This was a ruse in giving Michael time to charge up his energy beam, while Slash weakens Evulz.
- Parodied:
- On a Class Trip, Michael and Slash pool their... money to buy some ice cream.
- Michael and Slash are constantly tired from having to fight all these interlopers who perpetually get in the way of the constant fighting. By the time they find a place that's empty and quiet, they rejoice and proceed to tear into each other with nobody else holding them back.
- Zig Zagged: ???
- Averted: Michael and Slash never form an alliance.
- Enforced: "We need to boost some ratings. Let's have Michael and Slash team up. The audience will eat this up!"
- Lampshaded: "Let's just get this over with and go back to business."
- Invoked: Maria, tired dealing with Michael and Slash's rivalry, manufactures a threat that requires them to convince their abilities to defeat.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied:Slash: "There's no way I will ever team up with an inferior fool like you!"
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "Michael and Slash, two of the most badass fighters, taking on Evulz together? Best episode ever!"
- Deconstructed: Despite teaming up to take on Evulz, Michael and Slash's personal issues with each other weakened their alliance, allowing Evulz to take advantage of the situation and defeat both rivals.
- Reconstructed: With Michael and Slash's alliance on the verge of breaking down, Cara gives them a lecture on how despite their differences, they are on the same side and had better start acting like it. Michael and Slash take it to heart, and their restored alliance allows them to defeat Evulz.
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