Keep your enemies close game show11/8/2023 ![]() ![]() This isn't the first time these best friends came to blows either. ![]() Not only that, but Dick proceeded to act like he did everything he could to help Roy and couldn't recognize he only made things worse. The page image shows Dick Grayson (during his Batman days) and Roy Harper at the lowest point in their friendship Roy was tripping on drugs and attacking civilians, and afterwards Dick abandoned Roy in prison.At times, the role of The Joker has been replaced by The Riddler (not the first time this has happened in a Batman franchise) as best frenemies with Penguin. When he found out Penguin was Faking the Dead he did try to murder him for real, but this being the Joker the Penguin was lucky it was only a token attempt. Joker even cried when he thought Penguin had died and worked with Batman to catch the culprit. Between regularly scheduled betrayal, multiple acts of attempted murder, and verbal and physical abuse (both men seem to really enjoy watching each other suffer), they still insist they're friends. Batman: The Joker and The Penguin, believe it or not.Archie even frequently uses the phrase "with friends like these who needs enemies". Additionally, Betty and Veronica are close friends, yet are regularly seen fighting, often over Archie himself. In the Archie Comics, Archie and Reggie are sometimes described as being friends, but Reggie is very antagonistic towards Archie, verging on bullying.See also We Used to Be Friends, where the relationship evolves from "friends" to "enemies", but isn't both at once. If one friend in particular gives or gets this treatment, there's a chance they're The Friend Nobody Likes.Ĭompare to Arranged Friendship and Fair-Weather Friend (which one could say is a Sub-Trope to this one). ![]() May be due to coming from a Friendless Background. Contrast Who Needs Enemies?, where two characters really ought to be friends given their similar goals, but somehow aren't. Compare Acquaintance Denial, and Odd Friendship. Compare/contrast Friendly Enemy which has enemies acting like friends are used, and when both are used you may end up with Polite Villains, Rude Heroes. For the romantic version, see The Masochism Tango and Belligerent Sexual Tension. Not to be confused with Don't Shoot the Message. Related to Vitriolic Best Buds, who are confirmed to actually care about each others and whose bickering is more a case of brutal teasing. Note that the conflict does not create serious problems when dealing with worse enemies - that is Divided We Fall (which is often enough also polite). The other option is that one will eventually go for a Uriah Gambit. Once in a while, they'll have a heartwarming moment which will make the audience go " Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other." Then it's back to business as usual. They're always bickering, insulting each other or outright whupping each other, which leaves the audience wondering, "How the hell are these people friends?" This is often because one or both are Jerkasses, though sometimes it seems that they reserve all their hostility for one other. Two people are supposedly friends, except they seem to hate each other. ![]()
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