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* The ''Series/TheLibrarians2014'' episode "...And the Apple of Discord", had the ''actual'' Apple of Discord, and whoever held it turned into the worst version of themselves. It didn't work on Jones since being a petty thief was ''already'' the worst version of himself.

* 'The 'Series/TheLibrarians2014'' episode "...And the Apple of Discord", had the ''actual'' Apple of Discord, and whoever held it turned into the worst version of themselves. It didn't work on Jones since being a petty thief was ''already'' the worst version of himself.

* Series/TheLibrarians2014 episode "...and the Apple of Discord", had the ''actual'' Apple of Discord, and whoever held it turned into the worst version of themselves. It didn't work on Jones since he was ''already'' the worst version of himself.

* In a season 4 arc of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Spike nonchalantly brings up issues that almost break the Scoobies up entirely. By the end of the season, they figure out that their arguments were just Spike messing with them, but they don't completely feel comfortable around each other again until they team up and defeat the BigBad through ThePowerOfFriendship. [[spoiler: Literally.]]

->'''Ron Swanson:''' Who broke it? ''(accusations fly)''\\

* ''WesternAnimation/Franklin'': In "Franklin's Crystal", Franklin and Beaver find a quartz crystal in a river and later agree to keep in the treehouse. Franklin takes Bear over to show it to him, but Beaver took it for a performance without his knowledge. The two settle on making a schedule on who gets the crystal on which days, but it only adds more problems rather than resolve the one they currently have, leading them to constantly argue. Eventually, Bear and Goose settle it by deciding to keep it... in the river, so that they won't have to argue over it.

* In ''Manhua/GoddessCreationSystem'' the Wang Pu household is close knit and caring, at least towards each other. However, the increasingly beautiful new maid Xiaxi ignites tensions and brings up long standing resentments between the two brothers, causing the whole household to basically fall apart as they fight over her. Xiaxi, for her part, is ''doing this on purpose'' because the more they fight with each other, the more they want her and the easier her job gets.

* When it was clear he wouldn't recover from his illness, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat's last words are said to have been "To the strongest" ("tôi kratistôi") when asked which of his generals he left his empire to. Cue immediate fighting by the generals over who gets what (not helped by the fact that one of them was named Krateros, making it possible he'd actually said "To Krateros" ("tôi Kraterôi"), and dissolution of the Macedonian empire.

* ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'': Ate drives two brothers in arms, Paridell and Blandamour. to betray and attack each other by playing off their mutual lust for Florinell's clone.

* The Coke bottle in ''Film/TheGodsMustBeCrazy'' has a variety of uses in the African village into which it's thrown. Eventually, it causes people to start fighting over who gets to use it, to the point the villagers call it "the evil thing" when they realize what it's doing to them. The main character is tasked with getting rid of it after no one can agree on what else can be done.

* The Coke bottle in ''Film/TheGodsMustBeCrazy''. Eventually, the main character is tasked with getting rid of it.