History Main / FriendlyRivalry

* Following the release of the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, Nintendo and Microsoft have been this more than any other console makers in history. Nintendo and Microsoft have had no problem allowing cross-platform online play between the Switch and the UsefulNotes/XboxOne, with Nintendo even allowing Xbox Live functionality in the Switch version of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. Microsoft has also allowed several formerly Xbox-exclusive indie games to come to Switch, such as ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'' and ''VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest''. Most of all, Microsoft and Nintendo agreed to make [[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo and Kazooie]] and Steve/Alex playable fighters in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', with Creator/MasahiroSakurai asking players to check out the Banjo series ''on Xbox'' in his video showcase of ''Banjo & Kazooie''.

* Within the realm of the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity, there's the rivalry shared between Goichi "[=GO1=]" Kishida and Dominique "[=SonicFox=]" [=McLean=] in ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterZ''. While TrashTalk is a common occurrence within FGC events and rivalries are often punctuated with them -- [=SonicFox=] himself has been known to indulge in it from time to time, his rivalry with [=GO1=] is one born out of being the best their game had to offer. There's little animosity to be shown in their matches; both never seem to be anything less than cordial and friendly when fighting each other, and they're known for providing close-fought sets that go the extra mile and more. Their rivalry is best exemplified by their Grand Finals encounter at EVO 2019, where [=GO1=] avenged his defeat from last year to claim his first EVO championship; he proceeded to break down in ManlyTears while [=SonicFox=] laughed his loss off and congratulated [=GO1=] for his win, later raising his hand in front of the crowd to cement the amount of respect both have for each other.

Compare and often overlaps with WorthyOpponent, SpiritedCompetitor, and MirrorCharacter. Related to TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou. Contrasts with TheRival and ArchEnemy, who serve more as {{foil}}s and are usually more antagonistic. Can overlap with VitriolicBestBuds if there is some teasing involved in the rivalry, or BullyTurnedBuddy, if one of the rivals was an outright bully before turning friendlier. See also OpponentInstruction. A HammyVillainSeriousHero dynamic can fall into this at times.

Compare and often overlaps with WorthyOpponent, SpiritedCompetitor, and MirrorCharacter. Related to TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou. Contrasts with TheRival and ArchEnemy, who serve more as {{foil}}s and are usually more antagonistic. Can overlap with VitriolicBestBuds if there is some teasing involved in the rivalry, or BullyTurnedBuddy, if one of the rivals was an outright bully before turning friendlier. See also OpponentInstruction.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'': Gerry and Pete are basically described as this tripe through their racing team name of the "Tennis Rivals". They have been competitive against each other for decades and don't hesitate to make insulting jokes towards each other but they still remain good friends

* St. Creator/ThomasAquinas and St. Bonaventure were medieval scholastic philosophers, theologians, and Doctors of the Church. Although they had very different approaches towards Christian theology (roughly speaking, St. Thomas drew from Creator/{{Aristotle}} while St. Bonaventure, though he knew the philosophical ideas of Aristotle, preferred the more [[Creator/{{Plato}} Platonic tradition]] of St. Creator/AugustineOfHippo), they were very good friends. It is said they were both commissioned by Pope Urban IV to compose hymns for the then-newly instituted Feast of Corpus Christi. St. Thomas presented his hymn first (the ''Pange Lingua''), the poetic achievement of which moved both the Pope and St. Bonaventure to tears. In fact, St. Bonaventure silently tore the manuscript containing his hymn underneath his habit, presented the shreds to the Pope when it was his turn, and ceded the contest to St. Thomas. On the other hand, St. Bonaventure's theological ideas have never been condemned by the Church , while a number of St. Thomas' propositions have been condemned in 1277 (though to be fair, St. Thomas's enterprise of synthesising Aristotelian principles with Christian theology was ''extremely'' controversial at the time, especially considering how some commentators of Aristotle started touting ideas that contradicted the Christian faith, St. Thomas has since been VindicatedByHistory).

** ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
*** Superman and Franchise/{{Batman}} went through a lengthy phase of this in roughly the middle third of their friendship. These days, it's down to the occasional joke between them -- but the rivalry seems to have been handed down to ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and the third ComicBook/{{Robin}}.

** ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* This is how Franchise/SpiderMan and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch's]] dynamic was for years. They became less competitive with each other as they grew older, but there's still an element of ragging on each other/trying to outdo each other there, only now mixed with actual respect -- to the extent that Johnny left instructions for Peter to replace him on the team in the event of his death.

* St. Creator/ThomasAquinas and St. Bonaventure were medieval scholastic philosophers, theologians, and Doctors of the Church. Although they had very different approaches towards Christian theology (roughly speaking, St. Thomas drew from Creator/{{Aristotle}} while St. Bonaventure, though he knew the philosophical ideas of Aristotle, preferred the more [[Creator/{{Plato}} Platonic tradition]] of St. Creator/AugustineOfHippo), they were very good friends. It is said they were both commissioned by Pope Urban IV to compose hymns for the then-newly instituted Feast of Corpus Christi. St. Thomas presented his hymn first (the ''Pange Lingua''), the poetic achievement of which moved both the Pope and St. Bonaventure to tears. In fact, St. Bonaventure silently tore the manuscript containing his hymn underneath his habit, presented the shreds to the Pope when it was his turn, and ceded the contest to St. Thomas. On the other hand, St. Bonaventure's theological ideas have never been condemned by the Church, while a number of St. Thomas' propositions have been condemned in 1277 (though St. Thomas has since been VindicatedByHistory).

* St. Creator/ThomasAquinas and St. Bonaventure were medieval scholastic philosophers, theologians, and Doctors of the Church. Although they had very different approaches towards Christian theology (roughly speaking, St. Thomas draws from Creator/{{Aristotle}} while St. Bonaventure, though he knew the philosophical ideas of Aristotle, preferred the more [[Creator/{{Plato}} Platonic tradition]] of St. Creator/AugustineOfHippo), they were very good friends. Outside of philosophical discussions, it is said they were both commissioned by Pope Urban IV to compose hymns for the then newly instituted Feast of Corpus Christi. St. Thomas presented his hymn first (the ''Pange Lingua''), the poetic achievement of which moved both the Pope and St. Bonaventure to tears. In fact, St. Bonaventure silently tore the manuscript containing his hymn underneath his habit, presented the shreds to the Pope, and ceded the contest to St. Thomas.
* The relationship between the Alsace wine houses F.E. Trimbach and Hugel et Fils is ''definitely'' like this, with plenty of good humoured teasing between the two along the lines of the Hugel's say that the Trimbach's are fine wine makers, but are a bit fussy and waste their resources on looking for an impossible perfection, and the Trimbach's say the Hugel's are also fine wine makers, but spread themselves a bit too thinly and wouldn't know how to trim (no pun intended!) down their ranges if their life depended on it. Needless to say, both houses find the comments mostly rooted in truth and ActuallyPrettyFunny.

* Music/TheBeatles and Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} had this kind of relationship. The Beatles helped the Stones early on get a record deal, and then threw them a [=Lennon/McCartney=] song ("I Wanna Be Your Man"), when the Stones needed a hit. It got to the point in the late '60s that if one band had a single that still doing well in the charts, the other would hold off the release of their next single a couple of weeks, so it wouldn't interfere with the sales of the other band's release.

* MMA fighters Amanda and Nina Nunes, who are married, at one point stated they intended to fight each other before either of them retired.[[note]]Moving up and down a weight class, respectively.[[/note]] However, this did not end up happening, with Nina retiring on August 13, 2022.

* Subverted at the height of Creator/DreamWorksAnimation's fame. It was co-founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, who originally worked at Creator/Disney, but left after feeling underappreciated, as well as forming a bitter rivalry with the company's CEO, Michael Eisner. When he formed [=DreamWorks=], it was quite obvious he still had ill feelings for them, since they have notoriously tried to copy theirs and Creator/{{Pixar}}'s films (''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar1'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/TheWild''). Not to mention how their film, ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', had numerous TakeThat's directed towards Disney, going as far as having the villain Lord Farquaad be a caricature of Michael Eisner (if the unflattering name wasn't indicative enough). However, in recent years, this trope came to play, as they both negotiated on fair wages for their employees, they each now try to make their own films without trying to outdo the other, and Jeffrey himself returning to appear in some documentaries on the making of some of their films (but it also helps that he started doing them after Michael Eisner was kicked out).

* The beatbox community is pretty tightknit, and it is not uncommon to see the loopers just grooving to their opponents' performance during championship rounds, and express happiness for their competitor even when they lose.

* Subverted at the height of Creator/DreamWorks Animation's fame. It was co-founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, who originally worked at Creator/Disney, but left after feeling underappreciated, as well as forming a bitter rivalry with the company's CEO, Michael Eisner. When he formed Creator/DreamWorks, it was quite obvious he still had ill feelings for them, since they have notoriously tried to copy theirs and Creator/{{Pixar}}'s films (''WesternAnimation/{{Antz}}'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'', ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' vs. ''WesternAnimation/TheWild''). Not to mention how their film, ''Shrek'', had numerous TakeThat's directed towards Disney, going as far as having the villain Lord Farquaad be a caricature of Michael Eisner (if the unflattering name wasn't indicative enough). However, in recent years, this trope came to play, as they both negotiated on fair wages for their employees, they each now try to make their own films without trying to outdo the other, and Jeffrey himself returning to appear in some documentaries on the making of some of their films (but it also helps that he started doing them after Michael Eisner was kicked out).

** Marvel Studios head honcho, Creator/KevinFeige, has always been supportive towards his rival superhero competitors. As Feige believed the "rising tide lifts all boats" philosophy, he publicly considers good non-MCU movies like ''Film/{{Wonder Woman|2017}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', and ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' to be beneficial for the superhero genre as a whole. Most notably, Feige didn't mind that ''Wonder Woman'' was released before the MCU's own ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'', and he was actually relieved that ''Wonder Woman'' didn't fall victim to the GirlShowGhetto since that film's success convinced Disney to keep supporting his push more inclusivity in the MCU films.

** While the MCU vs [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse DCEU]] rivalry has been exacerbated by some creatives and fans, the ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' cast and crew are on mutually respectful terms with their DCEU counterparts. Creator/JamesGunn and Creator/PattyJenkins [[http://www.morningnewsusa.com/james-gunn-loves-dceu-cant-wait-wonder-woman-patty-jenkins-responds-23105957.html expressed excitement]] for each [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 other's]] [[Film/WonderWoman2017 films]]. Gunn in particular has been vocal in rejecting the DC vs Marvel rivalry and incidentally has the prestigious honor of being one of the first few directors to direct movies for both franchises. Likewise, Creator/GalGadot (Wonder Woman) and Creator/VinDiesel (Groot) [[https://people.com/parents/vin-diesel-gal-gadot-kids-maya-hania/ have shared family meetup pics and selfies]] with Gadot being considered an [[HonoraryUncle Honorary Aunt]] to Diesel's children. This isn't too surprising since many of ''Guardians'' creatives have previously worked alongside the DCEU creatives in prior works like Gadot and Diesel starring in ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' movies and Gunn writing the Creator/ZackSnyder-directed ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' remake.

*** Superman and Franchise/{{Batman}} went through a lengthy phase of this in roughly the middle third of their friendship. These days, it's down to the occasional joke between them -- but the rivalry seems to have been handed down to ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and the third Comicbook/{{Robin}}.

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-->'''Pierre Trimbach'''(''at a wine trade dinner and tasting'') This wine of Hugel's outdoes even us, it is the closest to perfection I have ever tasted or drunk - that's if perfection actually exists, of course! [[note]] This was Trimbach being self-deprecating about their perfectionist tendancies, whilst gently accusing the Hugel's of getting a bit caught up in the same perfectionist loop - a very nice form of ''touchez'', don't you think?! [[/note]]

-->'''Pierre Trimbach'''(''at a wine trade dinner and tasting'') This wine of Hugel's outdoes even us, it is the closest to perfection I have ever tasted or drunk - that's if perfection actually exists, of course!

-->'''F.E. Trimbach'''(''at a wine trade dinner and tasting'') This wine of Hugel's outdoes even us, it is the closest to perfection I have ever tasted or drunk - that's if perfection actually exists, of course!