History Main / ChildhoodFriends

* The ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' episode "Origins" reveals Fat Doc and Slim Doc have been friends since they were young students at lab school. Even then, though, Slim Doc was originally quite mean to Fat Doc and it took a little while for them to make friends with each other.

* In ''Webcomic/RebuildOfPocketMonstersTheAnimation'', Ash, Gary, and Sayako have been friends since they were little kids.

* The original ComicBook/TeenTitans -- [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], ComicBook/WallyWest, [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Roy Harper]], [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Garth]], and [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] -- are treated this way. They met in their teens and have been inseparable since.

* Lelouch and Suzaku in ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Basically the only reason why Lelouch didn't brainwash or kill him early on. At some point, Lelouch says, "You're the only one I didn't want to use the geass on," referring to Suzaku, and the reason he did it was to force Suzaku to save himself (when he's planning to sacrifice himself to take down Zero), other than that one time Lelouch doesn't care who he brainwashes.

* In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', Rex and Nomi-Nomi grew up on the ''Heliopause'' together since they were kids and are still best friends in the present. [[spoiler:This becomes a ChildhoodFriendRomance if Sol bonds with Nomi well enough to realize their crush on Rex and [[ShipperOnDeck supports their budding relationship.]]]]

** Due to his father being the guard that saved her and her sister from the dragon attack that took her parents, Starlight Glimmer grew up knowing Flash Sentry alongside Sunburst in their early childhood. Flash still remembers her fondly despite her dark magic incident and had been worrying for her since she went missing to start Our Town.

* In ''VideoGame/IWasATeenageExocolonist'', Rex and Nomi-Nomi grew up on the ''Heliopause'' together since they were kids and are still best friends in the present.

* In ''Animation/FlowerFairy'', Xia An'an and Qianhan have had a close bond since their earlier parts of their childhoods. A flashback shows that Qianhan made a special floral bracelet with beads bearing the text "ANN" and "HAN" - short for their names - as a sign of their friendship.

* Reinhard von Lohengramm and Siegfried Kircheis in ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes'' had a bromance as epic as the title of the show. Their shared childhood memories were commonly shown in flashbacks.

* There are three sets of childhood friends in ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', two of them fall under ChildhoodFriendRomance, but there's one that ([[LesYay mostly]]) lacks any romantic subtext: When Ayaka first met her in preschool, Asuna was an EmotionlessGirl since [[spoiler: she had her memory wiped after spending at least 150 years as a living weapon]]. So Ayaka attacked her [[VitriolicBestBuds and it defined their relationship ever since]]. Near the end of the manga Asuna says that meeting Ayaka was "the best luck she ever had" and [[spoiler: Ayaka lived to 115 out of sheer willpower when Asuna had to go away for 100 years. Too bad Asuna had to oversleep and wake up long after Ayaka passed away.]]

** [[NeverMessWithGranny Sheryl]] [[HandicappedBadass Rainsworth]] and [[OlderThanTheyLook Rufus]] [[TheChessmaster Barma]] swore to work together to prevent another [[CataclysmBackstory Tragedy of Sablier]] from occurring, even if their respective families' interests ever came in conflict. [[HopelessSuitor Rufus]] is also her [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Unlucky Childhood Friend]] and [[{{Determinator}} kept asking for her hand in marriage from their student years to present time.]] Sheryl is in her seventies and married to someone else, but as Rufus puts it, "a divorce can fix that!"

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'':
** Noctis and his gang. Ignis was raised alongside Noctis since early childhood in preparation for his job as advisor to the heir apparent when they're older, and Gladiolus comes from a family that traditionally has always been bodyguards to the kings of Lucis, and began when Noctis was still young. Despite the two technically being in Noctis' service, their bond is shown to be more brotherly than typical of a prince and his advisor and bodyguard. Noctis and Prompto only start hanging out in their teenage years, but the two met a long time ago Prompto admired him from afar for years before they formally became friends.
** Noctis and Luna qualify as childhood friends as well, although possibly not as close, as they have been hinted to be estranged due to Niflheim's invasion of Tenebrae (Luna's hometown). However, WordOfGod has stated that the bond between Noctis and Luna is a basic plot element that's just as important as the bond between Noctis and his gang.
* Ceodore and Ursula from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears''. Despite they reveal they are childhood friends, they seems only share only one scene together in the whole game. You do get to use their powerful [[CombinationAttack combination attack]], though.

* Endou and Kazemaru in ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' are stated to have been friends for a long time. WordOfGod reveals they went to the same elementary school. Technically a number of the members of [[spoiler:Aliea]] and Little Gigant count as well because they grew up together.

* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}

* Subaru and Saki are this in Yandere I Love You So I Want To Kill You. Subaru takes advantage of her already established feelings and gets her to have sex with him.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Louis de Pointe du Lac and Jonah Macon met as kids and were best friends while they were growing up. Even though Jonah later left New Orleans to find employment, when they cross paths again years later, the warmth of their rapport is still evident.

* Subaru and Saki are this in ''VisualNovel/YandereILoveYouSoIWantToKillYou''. Subaru takes advantage of her already established feelings and gets her to have sex with him.

* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': Chie and Yukiko have known each other since they were kids.

* Penny, Sara and Michelle of ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' have been friends since their preteen years, Penny and Sara for at least two years longer. WordOfGod also has it that [[TheBeard Fred and Daphne]] have been best friends since childhood.

** Midoriya met Bakugou due to being the the popular in the neighborhood, and some others as well. Midoriya admired Bakugou's confidence, yet Bakugou always underestimated Midoriya, or Deku as he called him. But after Bakugou manifested his powerful Quirk, Explosion, Bakugou began to think highly of himself, and started to humiliate Midoriya, who didn’t get his Quirk.

* In the main continuity this is Averted, but typically ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' will cast Peter in this dynamic with Harry Osborn, Mary Jane Watson, and/or Gwen Stacy in adaptations and alternate continuities, in order to give them an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance, often with Peter getting a ChildhoodFriendRomance with either Gwen or MJ, depending on which one is his TrueLove in this version. Depending on the version, quite often one is Peter's OnlyFriend, either Harry Osborn while they both mutually crush on MJ/Gwen, or either one of the girls with Harry being a new friend or absent, or merely just a popular kid who just doesn't treat Peter like shit.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: Diana and Mala grew up together on Paradise Island and their bond of friendship, trust and friendly rivalry has remained unshakable into adulthood.
* Similarly, the original ComicBook/XMen -- ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/JeanGrey, ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}}, ComicBook/{{Iceman}}, and [[ComicBook/WarrenWorthingtonIII Angel]]. They were between 14-16 when they were all first recruited and have known each other for roughly two decades since, with Cyclops and Jean developing a ChildhoodFriendRomance before they graduated. The others are often depicted as having an UnluckyChildhoodFriend dynamic, with the exception of Iceman (who saw her as a big sister and, in the 2010s, would be revealed as gay).

* ''VidioGame/TalesSeries'':

** In ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'', Link grew up in Ordon Village with Mayor Bo's daughter, [[DoesNotLikeShoes Ilia]], and they're [[ImpliedLoveInterest heavily implied to have feelings for each other.]]