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''(While Ivy and Stuart are getting smoothies at the local juice bar, Juiced Up, a 16-year-old girl named Natalie approaches Ivy)''

--> '''Natalie ''(panting)'':''' O. M. Charity; thank you! Let me DM you my info so we can plan. Bye!

''(Ivy glares at him in disbelief)''

* ''Series/{{Cousins For Life}}'' When 12-year-old cousins Ivy and Stuart live under the same roof, they make a good team together, despite their different lifestyles. Just the same, they are not without clashes.

* ''Series/{{Cousins For Life}}'' When 12-year-old cousins Ivy and Stuart live under the same roof, they make a good team together, but they frequently clash, as well.

* ''Series/{{CousinsForLife}}'' When 12-year-old cousins Ivy and Stuart live under the same roof, they make a good team together, but they frequently clash, as well.

--> '''Stuart:''' In that case...could I have 20 bucks to buy the new ''Zombie Shredder, Flame Thrower'' expansion pack?

--> '''Ivy:''' No; see, ''you'd'' be using the money on yourself. ''Natalie'' is using the money to help the less ''fortunate''.

--> '''Stuart:''' Than other people who have the new ''Zombie Shredder, Flame Thrower'' expansion pack.

* ''Manga/FoodWars'': The Nakiri cousins Erina and Alice were very close to each other until Alice departed to North Europe to learn more about cooking. Due to Erina's father Azami educating his daughter into an iron-hearted SupremeChef who should look down on any dish that is considered terrible by ''their'' standards and him throwing every letter away that Alice sent to Erina, the cousins have barely contact each other until they are reunited in Tootsuki. Due to these circumstances, they developed a rivalry, with Alice trying to overthrown Erina's position as the best student of their year, while Erina is "trying"[[note]]she's not doing that much to accomplish this[[/note]] to defend her position. [[spoiler:After Azami's return to Tootsuki, Alice is trying to get his Erina from his hands and to protect her, reconciling their cousin relationship.]]

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* Early in ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'', Chancellor Esteban seems like an antagonist in the making towards his cousin, Princess Elena, and everyone just puts up with his {{jerkass}}ery because he's family and is a vital figure in keeping the kingdom running. It eventually turns out that this only goes as far as JerkWithAHeartOfGold; he deeply cares about his family, and if anything, his relationship with Elena is more LikeBrotherAndSister. Thanks to CharacterDevelopment, he goes from deliberately trying to undermine Elena (whom he sees as irresponsible) to trusting her judgement. [[spoiler:However, we find out that he helped Shuriki take over Avalor which led to Elena's parents getting killed by the sorceress, and as far as he knew, Elena seemingly getting killed too. Esteban did this because he felt like an outcast and wasn't listened to, but he didn't want any of his family to be hurt, and regretted this moment since. After getting them back, Esteban wanted to do everything he can to make sure he doesn't lose Elena or any of his remaining family, but still refused to come clean with his secret. And ''then'' after Elena finds this out and doesn't believe Esteban has changed when he explains himself, she ''actively'' attempts to hurt Esteban for it, resulting in Esteban going back to wanting to take over Avalor]].

* Often TruthInTelevision throughout European history. European royal houses frequently married into each other for political purposes. By the 19th century, nearly all European royals were related in some way. When countries ultimately went to war, cousins would often be on opposing sides.

* ''WebAnimation/AnimatedInanimateBattle'' has Nabla and Alec, two [[TalkingTypography math symbols]] who are also cousins and don't get along very well. Alef finds his cousin's detailed plans to be boring and finds simpler ways to execute during challenges (and since he has most of their team, Team 4, under his influence, they tend to go with Alef's method). He also gives an encyclopedia with every page torn out of it except for the pages about donkeys for Nabla's birthday. That's not saying Nabla is completely helpless, though, as she managed to become friends with Glue due to [[CommonalityConnection both of them hating Alef]], and she might be able to turn the tides of control over her team with her help.

* ''WebAnimation/AnimatedInanimateBartle'' has Nabla and Alec, two [[TalkingTypography math symbols]] who are also cousins and don't get along very well. Alef finds his cousin's detailed plans to be boring and finds simpler ways to execute during challenges (and since he has most of their team, Team 4, under his influence, they tend to go with Alef's method). He also gives an encyclopedia with every page torn out of it except for the pages about donkeys for Nabla's birthday. That's not saying Nabla is completely helpless, though, as she managed to become friends with Glue due to [[CommonalityConnection both of them hating Alef]], and she might be able to turn the tides of control over her team with her help.

* Early in ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'', Chancellor Esteban seems like an antagonist in the making towards his cousin, Princess Elena, and everyone just puts up with his {{jerkass}}ery because he's family and is a vital figure in keeping the kingdom running. It eventually turns out that this only goes as far as JerkWithAHeartOfGold; he deeply cares about his family, and if anything, his relationship with Elena is more LikeBrotherAndSister. Thanks to CharacterDevelopment, he goes from deliberately trying to undermine Elena (whom he sees as irresponsible) to trusting her judgement. [[spoiler:However, we find out that he helped Shuriki take over Avalor which led to Elena's parents getting killed by the sorceress, and as far as he knew, Elena seemingly getting killed too. Esteban did this because he felt like an outcast and wasn't listened to, but he didn't want any of his family to be hurt, and regretted this moment since. After getting them back, wanted to do everything he can to make sure he doesn't lose Elena or any of his remaining family, but he still refused to come clean with his secret. And ''then'' Elena finds this out and after she doesn't believe Esteban has changed, she ''actively'' attempts to hurt Esteban for it while Esteban goes back to wanting to take over Avalor]].

* Early in ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'', Chancellor Esteban seems like an antagonist in the making towards his cousin, Princess Elena, and everyone just puts up with his {{jerkass}}ery because he's family and is a vital figure in keeping the kingdom running. It eventually turns out that this only goes as far as JerkWithAHeartOfGold; he deeply cares about his family, and if anything, his relationship with Elena is more LikeBrotherAndSister. Thanks to CharacterDevelopment, he goes from deliberately trying to undermine Elena (whom he sees as irresponsible) to trusting her judgement. [[spoiler:However, we find out that he helped Shuriki take over Avalor which led to Elena's parents getting killed by the sorceress, and as far as he knew, Elena seemingly getting killed too. Esteban did this because he felt like an outcast and wasn't listened to, but he didn't want any of his family to be hurt, and regretted this moment since. After getting them back, wanted to do everything he can to make sure he doesn't lose Elena or any of his remaining family. And ''then'' Elena finds this out and after she doesn't believe Esteban has changed, she ''actively'' attempts to hurt Esteban for it while Esteban goes back to wanting to take over Avalor]].

* Early in ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'', Chancellor Esteban seems like an antagonist in the making towards his cousin, Princess Elena, and everyone just puts up with his {{jerkass}}ery because he's family and is a vital figure in keeping the kingdom running. It eventually turns out that this only goes as far as JerkWithAHeartOfGold; he deeply cares about his family, and if anything, his relationship with Elena is more LikeBrotherAndSister. Thanks to CharacterDevelopment, he goes from deliberately trying to undermine Elena (whom he sees as irresponsible) to trusting her judgement.

** Harry was reluctantly taken in by his aunt Petunia's family as a baby after his parents died. They spoiled their son Dudley, who used Harry as his favorite punching bag; Dudley never manifests any jealousy towards his cousin's magical ability they way Petunia envied her sister Lily, perhaps because of his father having drilled it into him all his life that Harry is "abnormal." After Harry saves Dudley from a Dementor attack, Dudley starts becoming a slightly less repugnant human being, actually showing concern for Harry's safety before they part, and later sending Harry some of his childhood items after Petunia dies. WordOfGod says that as adults, they sometimes get their children together for playdates.
** In ''Order of the Phoenix'', it is established that this was the dynamic that Sirius Black had with his cousins Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy. [[spoiler:In fact, the former kills him in the climax of that book]].
** PlayedWith for Nymphadora Tonks and Draco Malfoy, who are first cousins[[note]]Draco's aforementioned mother, Narcissa Malfoy, was the sister of Tonks' mother Andromeda[[/note]] and fight on different sides of the Wizarding War (The Order for Tonks, the Death Eaters ([[spoiler:at least, initially]]) for Draco). However, the two are never shown interacting face to face, let alone fighting each other. In fact, Tonks makes an offhand remark about Draco, calling him "the Malfoy family".

* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings 2'': As patrilinear cousins are close enough related to inherit a claim on each others titles, this is a common sight. Furthermore, if they are in each others line of succession, they will gain a ''casus belli'' to take their cousin's titles, meaning that they will often try to dethrone one another.

** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', the ''Exiled Prince'' DLC brings this into existence for the city-state of Starkhaven, which is ruled by the Vael family. It's eventually revealed that a friend of the ruling Prince and Princess had them, as well as their children and grandchildren (with one exception); she then propped up their idiot nephew as the new Prince, all so that she could marry him to her own daughter and become more powerful. The lone exception to the slaughter was youngest son Sebastian, a priest, who recruits PlayerCharacter Hawke to help him get to the bottom of things and eventually take what is now his throne back from his cousin.

* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' has Stitch going around fighting and befriending his "cousins" (though, being created by the same person makes them closer to siblings). In particular, Experiment 625 remained Stitch's enemy until he underwent a HeelFaceTurn in [[WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch the finale]].

* Early on in ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'', Chancellor Esteban seems like an antagonist in the making towards his cousin, Princess Elena, and everyone just puts up with his {{jerkass}}ery because he's family and is a vital figure in keeping the kingdom running. It eventually turns out that this only goes as far as JerkWithAHeartOfGold; he deeply cares about his family, and if anything, his relationship with Elena is more LikeBrotherAndSister. Thanks to CharacterDevelopment, he goes from deliberately trying to undermine Elena (whom he sees as irresponsible) to trusting her judgement.

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