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Friends to Enemies Trope

Posted by Sneaky_Misto_a

Which TV shows have the best friends to enemies storyline (even if they reconcile in the end)? 1. Dawson and Pacey - Dawson’s Creek 2. Clark and Lex - Smallville 3. Serena and Blair - Gossip Girl 4. Rick and Shane - The Walking Dead 5. Alicia and Kalinda - The Good Wife 6. Cole and Ramse - 12 Monkeys
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Savings_Stock_4240 Apr 25, 2026 +52
Community - Troy and Abed during the Pillow and Blankets episodes
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jgmu17 Apr 25, 2026 +21
Amazing documentary 
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Mookies_Bett Apr 26, 2026 +2
Literally every single line of that episode gets an audible laugh from me, start to finish. Personal favorite: "Even Jeff Winger, who, before the war, lacked interest in it, has now found a leading role. "Soldiers of Blanketsburg, we fight not because we want war. We fight, - that we might gain peace! - Yeah!" Winger's critics suggest he merely improvised hot-button patriotic dogma in a Ferris Bueller-ian attempt to delay schoolwork. Winger decries the accusation as "A slanderous betrayal akin to 9/11." Later, after the war, he would refer to the theory as "essentially accurate.""
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Upbeat_Tension_8077 Apr 25, 2026 +15
Shauna & Jackie in the first season of Yellowjackets
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youngatbeingold Apr 25, 2026 +20
Buffy and Faith - Buffy The Vampire Slayer
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I_aim_to_sneeze Apr 25, 2026 +4
Spike and Angel sort of fit the category as well
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Sneaky_Misto_a Apr 25, 2026 +2
Yes! This is a good one!
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kilkenny99 Apr 25, 2026 +11
The new Guy Ritchie Young Sherlock series is doing it with Sherlock & Moriarty. Only S1 so far, but like Smallville it's just a matter of time since these well-defined characters have to get to an adversarial end point (assuming the show gets picked up).
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Quick-Time Apr 25, 2026 +2
I just started Young Sherlock, and the dynamic between Moriarty and Sherlock is very enticing to watch.
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CttCJim Apr 25, 2026 +10
Adora and Catra on She-Ra. Best FtE ever.
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NumbersInBoxes Apr 25, 2026 +1
“Oh noooo… _betrayal!_“
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CttCJim Apr 25, 2026 +3
The time Netossa shoots her with the squirt bottle was my favorite
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TitShark Apr 25, 2026 +21
Maybe Ted Lasso and Nate?
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feralturtles Apr 25, 2026 +2
I will forever hate Nate for the way he behaved.
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Cosmic_Gumbo Apr 26, 2026 +4
He hated himself too. Kinda the point.
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thecauseoftheproblem Apr 25, 2026 +2
F***. Nate.
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Sneaky_Misto_a Apr 25, 2026 +2
Definitely counts
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Fabricati_Diem_Pvn Apr 25, 2026 +9
Adora & Catra, She-ra Orion Pax & D16, aka Optimus Prime & Megatron, several series but most notably Transformers One.
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johnnyma45 Apr 25, 2026 +10
The entirety of Cobra Kai is LaRusso and Johnny butting heads then working together, then butting heads then working together
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daymarlinnear Apr 25, 2026 +9
It’s got to be Flint and Silver in Black Sails
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Gemeril Apr 25, 2026 +3
That really is one of the best relationships, goes everywhere from hatred to bffs as the series goes on
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thecauseoftheproblem Apr 25, 2026 +2
Unknowns, to antagonists, to partners of convenience, to true partners, to friends, to brothers, to distrust, to nemesis.
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oro12345 Apr 25, 2026 +17
Walter White and Jesse Pinkman
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IntoTheMusic Apr 25, 2026 +25
Those two were never friends. From the first episode, Walter coerces and blackmails Jesse into cooking crystal meth with him. Jesse never wanted to work with him. He belittles Jesse. He manipulates him. He treats him like shit even going back to what he would write to Jesse on his homework in high school. That's not a friend.
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oro12345 Apr 25, 2026 +13
They didnt meet as friends, but i think they became friends while cooking. They both cared for each other, then it got really twisted and they hated each other, and at the end they wound up in a weird mixture of love and hate for each other
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NumbersInBoxes Apr 25, 2026 +3
She-Ran and the Princesses of Power, which is nl longer streaming anywhere in the US (AFAIK, but there are _alternatives_)
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rhythmnblues Apr 25, 2026 +7
Justified
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res30stupid Apr 25, 2026 +1
There was an episode of Poirot where it turned out that this was part of the solution - it was called "Wasp's Nest" and the episode revolves around Poirot meeting a close association and realising the young man's life was in danger so Poirot had to prevent a murder. But here's the twist - >!the young man was the "killer" of the episode. He found out his girlfriend was cheating on him with his best friend and, finding out that he was terminally ill, decided to kill himself with cyanide that said friend had bought (with his name on a register) to kill some wasps on the culprit's property, the idea that he'd not suffer a deliberating and slow death while also getting revenge. Poirot ended up figuring out the scheme and swapping the cyanide with soap crystals.!<
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MatthewHecht Apr 25, 2026 +1
Leo and Karai- Ninja Turtles
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thalliusoquinn Apr 25, 2026 +1
Upvoted just for the 12 Monkeys shout-out. Kirk Acevado is so good.
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DaveMoTron Apr 25, 2026 +1
Aang and Zuko, even though it was set up that way from the start, it's still fun to watch
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SiibillamLaw Apr 25, 2026 +4
No you have it backwards
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DaveMoTron Apr 26, 2026 +1
Lol you're so right, my bad!
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alienclone Apr 25, 2026 +1
Kalinda in general was such a better person than Alicia, the show did her dirty by trying to make her the bad guy. the "enemies" drama with them felt like an afterthought from lazy writers. Dawson was insecure and jealous because Pacey will always be the better choice. (R.I.P. James)
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Sneaky_Misto_a Apr 25, 2026 +1
Completely agree with both takes 💯
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ohdearitsrichardiii Apr 25, 2026 +1
The Doctor and The Master were friends as kids on Gallifrey
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Benbot2000 Apr 26, 2026 +1
Optimus and Megatron in recent continuities. This is a trope I really hate, especially with Transformers. I see no reason they should ever have even known each other prior to becoming faction leaders.
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Tamouflage Apr 26, 2026 +1
Firefly - Allosaurus' betrayal of Stegosaurus was so sudden, and yet inevitable.
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p-Star_07 Apr 25, 2026 +1
Mr. Krabs and Plankton -Spongebob Squarepants Watch the episode Friend or Foe. They grew up together and technically made the secret formula together, and had a falling out. Friend or Foe is technically non-canonical now, but they are still friends in Kamp Koral. And that takes place before the main series.
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TravelingHomeless Apr 25, 2026 +1
Wasn't the whole thing on DC simply due to the actors not getting along?
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Sneaky_Misto_a Apr 25, 2026 +1
Joey was the catalyst for their fall out. The Good Wife was because the actors had beef.
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Brod24 Apr 25, 2026 -2
Goku and piccolo
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ANK2112 Apr 25, 2026 +2
That's enemies to friends though
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Brod24 Apr 25, 2026 +7
I feel shame 
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drugsbowed Apr 25, 2026 +2
Try Naruto and Sasuke
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Expensive_Drink_1333 Apr 25, 2026
wait goku and piccolo were never really friends before becoming enemies though? piccolo was straight up trying to kill everyone from the start, then they just became allies later also missing walter and jesse from breaking bad - that whole dynamic was brutal to watch unfold
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