Eggman: You'd think [Sonic] would be more concerned about his buddy.
Knuckles: Sonic isn't my buddy!
Knuckles: Sonic isn't my buddy!
I'm just kidding. I know how much it would disappoint my friends if I changed my appearance. [removes short-hair wig and fake mustache to reveal genuinely-short hair and real mustache] I'm just kidding again. I'm not your friend, and you have no say over what I do with my body.
—Brian David Gilbert, Unraveled
Lemon: I'm sorry I shot you twice.
Ladybug: Thanks, man! [knocks out henchman with a fire extinguisher] That shows real growth! [...] Hey, and I'm sorry about Tangerine.
Lemon: Yeah... yeah. But I got another brother now.
Ladybug: Really?
Lemon: Fuck no!
Ladybug: Thanks, man! [knocks out henchman with a fire extinguisher] That shows real growth! [...] Hey, and I'm sorry about Tangerine.
Lemon: Yeah... yeah. But I got another brother now.
Ladybug: Really?
Lemon: Fuck no!
Oscar: "First that Huxley ruined my beautiful Grouchland and now he's messing with my fr—"
Big Bird: "Oscar, were you going to say, 'friends'?"
Oscar: "No, I wasn't. I was going to say, 'French-fried fish heads'."
We're not friends! We're an angel and a demon!
—Aziraphale, Good Omens (2019)
Tori's not my friend, I only tolerate Robbie, no one likes Trina, and Cat's basically a pet.
—Jade West, Victorious
Once-ler: "This is my friend."
Lorax: "Acquaintance."
We're not partners. We're not friends.
—Puss, Puss in Boots (2011)
Yeti: It won't be so hard for you guys, though, you know. I mean, how lucky can you get? Banished with your best friend.
Mike: He is not my friend.
Yeti: Oh. I just assumed you were buddies, you know, when I saw you out there in the snow hugging and all that.
Brent: I'm kinda freaking out over here, man. You're my only real friend—
Chidi: I am not your friend, I don't even like you.
Chidi: I am not your friend, I don't even like you.
Ruby: Perfect complementary teamwork. Oh, yeah. I want to have my friends' backs just like that.
Harriet: "Friends"?
Elm: [laughs] This isn't the schoolyard, kid.
Yang: But, I mean, when you go through so much with someone it kind of changes things, doesn't it?
Harriet: We get along well enough, sure. I count on them to keep me alive. They do the same. But that's the job. We don't confuse the two.
Harriet: "Friends"?
Elm: [laughs] This isn't the schoolyard, kid.
Yang: But, I mean, when you go through so much with someone it kind of changes things, doesn't it?
Harriet: We get along well enough, sure. I count on them to keep me alive. They do the same. But that's the job. We don't confuse the two.
—RWBY
Odo: Funny— for a minute there, I thought you were talking to me as a friend.
Quark: Nah.
Quark: Nah.
— Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Crossfire"
Oh and before you get any crazy ideas Oracle, we're still not friends. Not even if you begged.
—Calculator, DC Universe Online
Plankton: SpongeBob, I'm your friend, right?
SpongeBob: No, not really.
Plankton: Exactly. And as your non-friend, I worry about you. Like right now. You're thinking too much. I'm worried you might really hurt yourself. Tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to think for you. This way, you won't hurt yourself. And you can just keep working on getting me into the Chum Bucket.
SpongeBob: Thanks, Plankton. You're the best non-friend a friend could have. No more thinking for me!
SpongeBob: No, not really.
Plankton: Exactly. And as your non-friend, I worry about you. Like right now. You're thinking too much. I'm worried you might really hurt yourself. Tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to think for you. This way, you won't hurt yourself. And you can just keep working on getting me into the Chum Bucket.
SpongeBob: Thanks, Plankton. You're the best non-friend a friend could have. No more thinking for me!
