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* ''Series/MyLeftNut'': Mick and Rachael have their first bonding moment when they share their experiences about having fights with their parents.



** Eliza also does this in "With a Little Yelp From My Friends", by stalking co-worker Joan's reviews (after failing to find anything about her on things like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) of places online. Eliza parrots Joan's reviews, buys her her favorite pizza but blows it by revealing too much -- that Joan's husband was allergic to garlic, which Joan never told her.

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** Eliza also does this in "With a Little Yelp From My Friends", by stalking co-worker Joan's reviews (after failing to find anything about her on things like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) of places online. Eliza parrots Joan's reviews, buys her her favorite pizza but blows it by revealing too much -- that Joan's husband was allergic to garlic, which Joan never told her.


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* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': When both of [[ButtMonkey Alan]]'s major {{Love Interest}}s, Kandi and Lyndsey, finally meet, they both bond over [[LousyLoversAreLosers insulting his bedroom skills]] and then end up sleeping together.

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* ''Fanfic/AvengersInfiniteWars'';
** Invoked when the Guardians of the Galaxy and their allies learn of Vision's connection to Ultron, Gamora subtly reminding Rocket that he trusts her despite her history with Thanos as a means of convincing him to trust Vision in turn.
** The heroes having a connection to Ultron is also referenced due to Wanda and Pietro's powers also being attributed to the Mind Stone; since Ultron was created from the same source, the Avengers keep the Maximoff twins out of potential stealth missions against Ultron in case he can sense their power based on their shared origin.



* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26698570/ Strange Magic]]'', when Bruce Banner is helping Remus Lupin research a cure for his condition, he shows Remus a video of the Hulk in action to help Lupin realise that Bruce understands what it's like to fear a part of yourself that could be capable of great destruction.

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* In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26698570/ Strange Magic]]'', Potter]]'', when Bruce Banner is helping Remus Lupin research a cure for his condition, he shows Remus a video of the Hulk in action to help Lupin realise that Bruce understands what it's like to fear a part of yourself that could be capable of great destruction.
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* In ''Literature/TheBlackFoxOfBeckham'', the fox Arabella and the humans Silviana and Fi connect because they're all mistreated for being different - Arabella for her coat color, Silviana for being Roma, and Fi for being autistic.
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* ''Fanfic/{{Unlikely}}'': Purpled and Tommy quickly strike up a friendship over their shared desire to become knights.
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* ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'': The "GCPD" episode is all about Renee and Jim bonding over how weird and frustrating it is to deal with the various Robins over the years, and also gettting amusement from watching other officers make blunders that set the current Robin to screaming.
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* ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'': When Charles and Gabrielle socialize for the first time, they bond over their love for cherry pie and their struggles with their mental health issues.

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* ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'': When In "[[Recap/LegionS3E3Chapter22 Chapter 22]]", when Charles Xavier and Gabrielle socialize for the first time, they bond over their love for cherry pie and their struggles with their mental health issues.
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* Happens a couple of times in ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'':
** When Meilin sees that [[spoiler:her mother's astral self is a teenager, and hears Ming's anguished confession]], she realizes just how mentally tortured her mother has been all these years, and why. She also realizes just how much alike they are. Not a word is said, or needed; Mei simply ''gets it'', and her reaction is automatic. In just a few seconds, she and her mother form an entirely new bond over their shared experiences, and that becomes the basis for their new and better relationship as seen in the ending.
** After spending most of the movie at odds with each other, Mei and her friends manage to find common ground with [[spoiler:Tyler]] through their shared love of 4*Town.
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] and PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'', [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] briefly considers befriending the similarly eco-conscious [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps Jessica Cruz]], only to discover to her horror that Jessica is a [[GranolaGirl vegan]] who only eats plants. Ivy treats plants like most people love beloved pets and therefore subsists on an all-meat diet.[[note]]Of course, farming for meat is itself ecologically damaging and results in the deaths of many plants both directly and indirectly, i.e. clearing forests for grazing land.[[/note]]

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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] and PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls2019'', [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] briefly considers befriending the similarly eco-conscious [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorps Jessica Cruz]], only to discover to her horror that Jessica is a [[GranolaGirl vegan]] who only eats plants. Ivy treats plants like most people love beloved pets and therefore subsists on an all-meat diet.[[note]]Of course, farming for meat is itself ecologically damaging and results in the deaths of many plants both directly and indirectly, i.e. clearing forests for grazing land.[[/note]]
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* ''{{Series/Legion|2017}}'': When Charles and Gabrielle socialize for the first time, they bond over their love for cherry pie and their struggles with their mental health issues.
-->'''Gabrielle''': I'm not well, you know.\\
'''Charles''': Neither am I.
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* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26203810/ 14, 000, 606]]" opens with Peter Parker performing the Snap to kill Thanos rather than Stark. After Peter survives the Snap through urgent medical treatment at Wakanda (albeit at the cost of his left arm and eye, as well as heavy scarring), Thor and Hulk each observe that they share something significant with Peter; he and Thor are the two who vanquished Thanos, and Peter and Hulk each used the Infinity Stones. As an acknowledgement of their bond, Thor gives Peter the cybernetic eye he received from Rocket to replace Peter's lost eye.
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* "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/38976993/ Because I Knew You]]" opens with Wanda Maximoff coming to New York to investigate the spell compelling the world to forget Peter Parker. While Peter assumes that "Lizzie" doesn't remember him any more than the rest of the world, the two soon find themselves bonding over how they lost everyone else in their lives after the Snap and literally nobody else was there for them when things went wrong.

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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}: ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'': In "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS1E02ChildrenOfTheComet Children of the Comet]]", Uhura and Spock find common ground because they're both "too honest" and they're knowledgeable about the mathematics of music.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
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* ''Series/JandaKembang'': When Jufri wants to fire Rais and other methods fails to convince Jufri otherwise, Rais begins to say that he is in desperate need for money to make sure his beloved doesn't go back to her ex-husband. Since Jufri also has been desperately trying to get his ex back, Jufri is touched and decides to keep his fellow "love warrior" service.
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* Arslan in ''Anime/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' feels a connection to Jaswant despite being from different countries because both of them respect and [[WellDoneSonGuy want to please]] [[spoiler: their adoptive parents]] and are uncertain with their place in the world.

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* Arslan in ''Anime/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'' feels a connection to Jaswant despite being from different countries because both of them respect and [[WellDoneSonGuy want to please]] [[spoiler: their adoptive parents]] and are uncertain with their place in the world.
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* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' makes both Kirito and Kayaba into absolute movie nerds that often [[TooDumbToLive complain about the other players of the game]], considers themselves a massive cut above normal people, but what really clinches the deal for Kayaba is that [[ReferenceOverdosed Kirito is as big of a Movie Nerd that often quotes movies like Kayaba does]]; [[SpottingTheThread it was one of the many things that allowed for Kirito to deduce Kayabas' secret identity as Heathcliff.]]

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* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' makes both Kirito and Kayaba into absolute movie nerds that often this who both [[TooDumbToLive complain about the other players of the game]], game as annoying pissants]], considers themselves a massive cut above normal people, people due to their intellect, but what really clinches the deal for Kayaba is that [[ReferenceOverdosed Kirito is as big of a Movie Nerd that often makes movie quotes movies like Kayaba does]]; [[SpottingTheThread it was one of the many things that allowed for Kirito to deduce Kayabas' secret identity as Heathcliff.]]
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-->'''Kirito:''' You're the only one I've met in this game who makes as many movie references as I do.\\

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-->'''Kirito:''' You're the only one I've ever met in this game who makes as many movie references as I do.\\
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* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' makes both Kirito and Kayaba into absolute movie nerds that often [[TooDumbToLive complain about the other players of the game]], considers themselves a massive cut above normal people, but what really clinches the deal for Kayaba is that [[ReferenceOverdosed Kirito is as big of a Movie Nerd that often quotes movies as he does]]; [[SpottingTheThread it was one of the many things that allowed for Kirito to deduce Kayabas' secret identity as Heathcliff.]]

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* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' makes both Kirito and Kayaba into absolute movie nerds that often [[TooDumbToLive complain about the other players of the game]], considers themselves a massive cut above normal people, but what really clinches the deal for Kayaba is that [[ReferenceOverdosed Kirito is as big of a Movie Nerd that often quotes movies as he like Kayaba does]]; [[SpottingTheThread it was one of the many things that allowed for Kirito to deduce Kayabas' secret identity as Heathcliff.]]
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'''Kayaba:''' Ah yes, I guess I should have known that would... Wait. ''You get my references?!]]''\\

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'''Kayaba:''' Ah yes, I guess I should have known that would... Wait. ''You get my references?!]]''\\references?!''\\
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* ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' makes both Kirito and Kayaba into absolute movie nerds that often [[TooDumbToLive complain about the other players of the game]], considers themselves a massive cut above normal people, but what really clinches the deal for Kayaba is that [[ReferenceOverdosed Kirito is as big of a Movie Nerd that often quotes movies as he does]]; [[SpottingTheThread it was one of the many things that allowed for Kirito to deduce Kayabas' secret identity as Heathcliff.]]
-->'''Kirito:''' You're the only one I've met in this game who makes as many movie references as I do.\\
'''Kayaba:''' Ah yes, I guess I should have known that would... Wait. ''You get my references?!]]''\\
'''Kirito:''' Um, yes. I just remembered-\\
'''Kayaba:''' "ThereCanBeOnlyOne."\\
'''Kirito:''' Oh, ah ''{{Film/Highlander}}''.\\
'''Kayaba:''' "Well who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"\\
'''Kirito:''' ''Film/DuckSoup'' Creator/MarxBrothers, 1933.\\
'''Kayaba:''' "DRY LAND IS NOT A MYTH! I HAVE ''SEEEEN IIITTTT!!''"\\
'''Kirito:''' Ah, getting tricky are we? While that line is famously attributed to the 1995 film ''{{Film/WaterWorld}}'', [[BeamMeUpScotty it is never actually spoken in the movie.]]\\
'''Kayaba:''' ...Hot damn, you're the real deal.
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* ''Film/EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce'': In one universe Deirdre extends a final chance to Evelyn because [[spoiler:Waymond tells her of their upcoming divorce]], and Deirdre knows the stress that comes with that due to [[spoiler:being divorced herself]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': In "Aren't We a Pair?", Carmen discovers that she and Leyla have a lot in common. They're both butterflies who have pets (with said pets even having similar [[EdibleThemeNaming sweets-based names]], no less), they both love succulents, and they both like music.
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* ''Literature/GenerationKill'': The Marines are originally deeply annoyed when a surrounded Iraqi soldier refuses to surrender his service weapon, until they realize he must be under the same kind of orders they are, and think abut what it would take to get them to give up their weapons. Then they start treating him with respect for his steadfast devotion to duty, even sharing their cigarettes and desserts with him.
** On a similar note, Espera has complimentary words for the dead Iraqi soldier he finds, still clutching his RPG and with his finger on the trigger.
---> He died trying to get a shot off. ''Discipline.''
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* In ''Literature/TheRoosevelt'', Emmet is autistic, and Jeremey has anxiety and depression. Emmet immediately understands Jeremey's sensitivity and confusion over what to do in social situations.
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* ''Literature/TheEvolutionOfEmily'':
** Emily and her LoveInterest August enjoy running together, pushing each other to go faster.
** When Emily introduces Miles to her autistic sister Olivia, the two immediately connect over their interest in science. They do chemistry experiments in the backyard and look at things through Olivia's microscope.
** Emily invites [[TomboyishName Sam Wilson]] over to her house. She's always seen Sam as more popular than herself and is worried Sam will be mean to Olivia, like the last time she invited a girl over. But it turns out Sam is in special ed due to dyslexia and ADD, so she instantly understands Olivia.
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* ''Manga/ASilentVoice'': Awful ex-husbands are in the past of the mothers of both Ishida and Nishimiya. It allows their mothers to finally move past the awkward issues that have been between the two for years.
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* ''Webcomic/WeakHero'':
** Previously being bully and victim, Eugene and Teddy slowly start to become friends when they separately find a stray kitten and [[KindheartedCatLover go out of their way to help it]]. It's because of this that Teddy also starts interacting with the rest of the main group, and eventually ends up becoming one of them.
** Even though Naksung is drunk, Hwangmo thinks it'll take a long time to curry up to him since they're completely different people. They quickly discover that there is ''one'' thing they have in common: a mutual hatred towards Ben for kicking their asses. Once they've trash talked him a little, they start acting like good friends.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheLightningStrike'', after learning from Thor that wizards such as Harry were apparently initially empowered by the Reality Stone/Aether, other Avengers compare it to how Pietro and Wanda's powers come from the Mind Stone, and Maria Hill mentions Carol Danvers as another example of a human being empowered by an Infinity Stone.
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* In ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', while Archie Bunker and George Jefferson are a pair of old bigoted racists who ''despise'' each other, if there's one thing they both agree on it's "white ought to stay with white and colored ought to stay with colored." Them agreeing on this point is pretty much the only bit of levity the two ever share, where the two of them quietly sit together ''without'' arguing.
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* ''Film/TheFallout'': Up until the first shots are fired, Vada was making fun of Mia for being an influencer. And then they're stuck together in a bathroom stall throughout the ordeal and bond over their trauma afterwards.

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* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Hilariously subverted in "A Beer Can Named Desire", when Bill invites his friends, including the Hill family, to stay with him in his family's estate in New Orleans. Hank Hill, the all-American football fan, tries to chat with Bill's cousin [[AmbiguouslyGay Gilbert]]:
-->'''Gilbert:''' What fascinating thing are y'all doing?
-->'''Hank:''' Uh, I'm gonna be throwing at a target about yea big at the Cowboys/Saints game. If I make it, I win a million dollars.
-->'''Gilbert:''' Golden Richards was a Dallas Cowboy.
-->'''Hank:''' (''intrigued'') Yeah, he caught a touchdown pass at Super Bowl XII.
-->'''Gilbert:''' He was a beautiful man. I knew him, briefly...
-->(''Hank shudders'')



* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' when Ralph Wiggum develops a crush on Lisa, he tries to get a conversation about mutual interests going. "So, do you like...stuff?"

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In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "I Love Lisa", when Ralph Wiggum develops a crush on Lisa, he tries to get a conversation about mutual interests going. "So, do you like...stuff?"

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