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* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Besides their intellectual affinities, Entrapta and Hordak bond over their rejection trauma. Hordak was sent to die in the front lies by Horde Prime because of his degeneration caused by a genectic flaw. Entrapta was rejected by Catra, who pretended to be her friend ouf of interest and made Entrapta believe the princesses left her to die in the Fright Zone . The point is the princesses weren’t much nice to Entrapta, just tolerating her because they needed her knowledge in technology. So, Entrapta had good reasons to believe she had been abandoned.

* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Besides their intellectual affinities, Entrapta and Hordak bond over their rejection trauma. Hordak was sent to die in the front lies by Horde Prime because of his degeneration caused by a genectic flaw. Entrapta was rejected by Catra, who pretended to be her friend ouf of interest and made Entrapta believe the princesses left her to die in the Fright Zone . The point is the princesses weren’t much nice to Entrapta, just tolerating her because they needed her knowledge in technology. So, Entrapta had good reasons to believe she had been abandoned.

** While Carol makes a horrible first impression on Sheryl by trying to seduce Akira in front of her, seeing that they share admiration and respect for Akira helps the two get along, with each seeing helping the other as a way to help him. As time goes on, they develop a sort of older and younger sibling dynamic, and the two share a BathtubBonding scene together with Akira.

** In ''Do YOu Know Me?'' Tally befriends Jade, another autistic girl, and Gregory, an anxious, hyperactive boy who's seen as weird and annoying by everyone else. Due to Tally's own problems with anxiety, she knows how to use logic to calm Gregory's fears.

* ''Literature/CanYouSeeMe'': Tally connects to Rupert, a three-legged dog her family takes in after his owner is placed in a nursing home, because she's autistic and knows what it's like to be seen as defective.

* In Barbara Robinson's ''The Best School Year Ever'', the narrator deduces that perhaps Imogene looked out for little Howard and made sure no one took his blanket away because someone had taken her blanket, just like his, away when she was little.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': In the third episode of season one, [[spoiler:BigBad Silco seeing Powder distraught over being abandoned by her sister, left crying right next to the corpse of his own brother-figure who he himself felt betrayed by no less, convinces him to take her under his wing as his adopted daughter (now named Jinx).]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': in the third episode of season one, [[spoiler:BigBad Silco seeing Powder distraught over being abandoned by her sister, left crying right next to the corpse of his own brother-figure who he himself felt betrayed by no less, convinces him to take her under his wing as his adopted daughter (now named Jinx).]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': Unexpectedly one with huge ramifications. [[spoiler:BigBad Silco seeing Powder distraught over being abandoned by her sister right next to the corpse of his own brother-figure who he felt betrayed by convinces him to take her under his wing.]]

* In ''Fanfic/TimeFixersNicktoonsOfTheFuture'', Darry Fenton and Maxwell Neutron are always fighting and arguing until they are captured by [[KillerRobot SpongeCog]], and when trying to escape, they bond over the discovery that they both suffer from an InferioritySuperiorityComplex due to the pressure they feel about having to live up to their fathers' legacy.

* ''Fanfic/PokemonAMarvelousJourney'': Julia Parisa and Merlin Knowles become friends over the fact that they’re both autistic.
* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fic "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7425620/1/To-The-Journey To the Journey]]", after ''Voyager'' returns to Earth, Seven of Nine approaches Tasha Yar for insight on having a relationship with an artificial life-form, based on Tasha's successful marriage to Data and Seven contemplating a relationship with the Doctor.
* Cassandra and the [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Inquisitor]] are able to eventually become friends in ''Fanfic/BeyondHeroes: Of Sunshine and Red Lyrium'' in part because of this trope. They have something particularly unpleasant in common; [[spoiler: they both know what it's like to lose their brothers.]]
* In the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''[=/=]''VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother'' crossover ''[[https://a-student-out-of-time.tumblr.com A Student Out of Time]]'', [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2 Iroha]] and [[VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls Jataro]] end up bonding over their mutual love of art, and eventually their [[AbusiveParents mutually abusive upbringings]]. After hearing about how much his mother despised him, she decides to become his [[HappilyAdopted big sister]], promising to let him know how much he's loved.
* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24175855/chapters/58550965#workskin these ruined hands of mine (they seek out you, always you)]]'' has the concept of ''baschna'' from Tatooine's slave culture. When someone calls another one ''baschna'', it means both have suffered and understand each other's pain. Shmi Skywalker explains that to Feral to let him understand why her son Anakin designated him such after learning he was born a slave on Dathomir.
* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19785553/chapters/47553250 PRT Threat Assessment]]'', Batman invokes the trope. Celestia (a stranger to the group) is having a HeroicBSOD, so he tells Wonder Woman to go comfort her. Why Wonder Woman specifically?
->"Because you and she are both millennium-old Greek-themed princesses with penchants for golden jewellery. Plenty of common ground."
* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', the Red Lotus Trio (Chloe, Atticus and Lexi) end up bonding cause they have similar connections.
** They're all into stories. Atticus recites tales from his kingdom and reads classic novels, Chloe has a knack for writing macabre tales and Lexi himself is a book that records the accounts of cars within the train.
** They're all excited to explore the train for different reasons: Atticus wants another adventure, Chloe is journeying to find herself, and Lexi wants to explore the other cars and hopefully have a chance to get revenge on [[spoiler:Grace and Simon (who buried him alive for years)]]
** The three are unable to forgive someone in their pasts: Chloe can't forgive her father or Goh for favoring Pokémon over her, Atticus will not let Amelia go so easily for the torment she unleashed as the Conductor, and Lexi wants nothing more than to hurt Grace and Simon.
* ''Fanfic/AuntSalem'': Weiss discovers Blake's identity long before Blake intended to reveal it, and commiserates on them both being from prominent families and dedicating their lives to organizations that turned out to be worse than what they expected.
* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeason1'': In "The Underwater Mines", Jade and Caleb bond over their similar headstrong attitudes and senses of loyalty.
* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': During the Beacon Dance, Jaune and Weiss bond over having ParentalIssues and rebelling against their parents. Jaune's parents were [[MyBelovedSmother extremely overbearing and overprotective]], while Weiss's father was distant and [[AbusiveParents emotionally abusive]]. This led both to strike out on their own and come to Beacon.
-->'''Jaune:''' ''[raises glass]'' To crazy parents?\\
'''Weiss:''' ''[toasts]'' To striking out on our own.
* ''Fanfic/WithConfidence'': Izuku and Nedzu bond over the fact that they are both smart people who suffered for being different from the norm of society.
* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'': During her wedding, Kurenai mentions that part of the reason why she and Asuma bonded so easily is becasue both of them had issues with their fathers (hers [[StayInTheKitchen disapproved of her becoming a ninja]] and his was always absent due to all his various responsibilities).

-->'''Mike:''' You collected Scare Cards, huh?
-->'''Sulley:''' Yep, 450 of 'em.
-->'''Mike:''' Impressive. I have 6,000 still in mint condition. But you know, 450's pretty good, too.

** In ''Literature/IShallWearMidnight'', Tiffany ends up bonding with Roland's fiancee Letitia over having read the same book of fairy tales, and having similar negative reactions to it trying to dictate their roles in life based on hair colors. The brown-haired Tiffany wanted to be more than a sidekick or background character, and the blond-haired Letitia wanted to be more than a boring old PrincessClassic or DistressedDamsel.

* Ricky and Gina in ''Series/HighSchoolMusicalTheMusicalTheSeries''. Both are "outsiders" in the Drama Club because he just joined and she just moved to Salt Lake, and both have unstable home lives.