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* In ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'', ''[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E02Envoys Envoys]]'', Boimler is greeting the Klingon Ambassador, General K'orin, when Mariner attacks the general leading to very brief, but very intense fight that only ends when Mariner gets a hold of K'orin's dagger and holds it to his neck. Cue laughter from both Mariner and K'orin as it turns out they are very old friends who did a lot of semi-classified missions some time ago.

* In the ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' episode [[Music/TheRollingStones "Sympathy for the Devil"]], Jet yells "Hey fatty!" at a fat man in the bar. It seems like he is trying to distract him or start a fight, but it turns out they're old friends and "fatty" is an affectionate nickname.

* It's much slower than it appeared, and these two actually have conflict, but [[spoiler:Mirei and Nono]] from ''Manga/{{Hitohira}}'' are actually this.

%%* Roxy and a rhyming biker called Poet in the ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'' comic.
%%* ''La Muse'' in the eponymous comic, while in Harlem.
* Such a scene between Captains Haddock and Chester freaks out Franchise/{{Tintin}} in ''The Shooting Star''. They insult each other, perform some weird, aggressive-looking SecretHandshake, and then embrace.

* The staged fight between Mac and another gorilla in ''GreaseMonkey''.

* In ''Franchise/StarWars Episode V: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Lando does this with Han Solo when they get to Bespin, telling him coldly that "you've got a lot of guts coming back here after what you pulled." This is apparently ''not'' an in-joke between them, as Han looks worried until Lando cracks a smile. (Also, in this case, both the other characters and the audience are aware up front that Han and Lando know each other ... it's just not clear that they're friends, as Han himself isn't absolutely positive Lando isn't still holding a grudge about some unspecified NoodleIncident -- [[ResolvedNoodleIncident which is then revealed]] [[Film/{{Solo}} to have occurred 13 years ago]] and explains how Han acquired the ''Millennium Falcon'' from Lando in the first place.) [[spoiler: Also, it is entirely possible Lando is attempting to get Han and co. to leave Bespin due to the fact that Vader and his Imperial military has already occupied the planet and Lando has been forced to make a deal with Vader to surrender Han and the others. It doesn't go as well as Lando might have wanted.]]
* Done in ''Film/StrangeDays'', where a police officer grabs the hero (who is selling a contraband substance) and scares away his customer, and then they laugh about it and go have drinks.
* ''Film/{{Maverick}}'':
** Maverick pulls a gun on a bank manager, causing an employee to think that the bank's being robbed. Maverick and the manager then reveal that they're really friends.
** At the end of the movie, Maverick is held at gunpoint by [[spoiler:Cooper]] and the situation seems tense... until they drop the act, revealing they're actually [[spoiler:father and son]].
* Mixed with CarnivoreConfusion to odd effect in ''Film/KermitsSwampYears''; Horace D'Fly sings the opening theme before being swallowed by Kermit. Kermit then spits him out, and it turns out they're friends and ''they do this all the time''.
* In ''Film/OceansEleven'' (the remake), Danny Ocean turns out to be old friends with [[spoiler: the [[GentleGiant huge bruiser]] the villain hires to beat him up]].

* In ''Film/MyBeautifulLaundrette'', the young Pakistani Londoner Omar responds to a group of racist thugs by walking up to one of them and greeting him with a smile; unbeknownst to the other thugs, the two of them used to be lovers.
* In ''Film/TheWholeNineYards'', [[ScaryBlackMan Frankie Figgs]] "escorts" Oz back to Montreal in preparation for Janni Gogolak's arrival to kill Jimmy Tudeski. He finds Jimmy in the hotel room waiting for them. Jimmy and Frankie look like they're about to kill one another, only to reveal that they're friends and are planning on killing Janni when he arrives.

* The film version of ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' has Lupin pointing his wand at Sirius while they trade insults, and then Lupin helps Sirius off the floor and they start hugging enthusiastically.

* Between the initial pranks, the insults, the food-stealing and the general snarkiness, an unfamiliar viewer would think ''Series/{{House}}'' was Wilson's office bully, not his "best-friend", thus using this trope on [[OnceAnEpisode a weekly basis]].

%%* [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Giles]] and [[spoiler: the warlock]] the Mayor tries to use to remove [[spoiler: Angel's soul]].
* In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Folsom Prison Blues", Sam and Dean get arrested so they can investigate a haunting at a local prison. While there, the brothers are harassed by the prison's Warden. Then, around three quarters through the episode, it's revealed the Warden is actually their friend Deacon, who asked them to investigate the prison in the first place, and helps them bust out.
** Not to mention the pilot episode. We have a scene of two little boys escaping a burning house and their mother dying, cut to 22 years later. The younger of the boys (now an adult) and his girlfriend have some exposition conversation, go to a party, go home, and that night, he hears a noise downstairs. He goes down, gets into a fight with the intruder, who, after wrestling him for a few minutes, starts making snide remarks, revealing himself to be the older brother. Somewhat subverted in that Sam didn't know it was Dean at first.

* In ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', between Captain Jack and Captain John. They walk towards each other with severe expressions, like they're about to start fighting - then they start making out. Then, they do start fighting each other, so it may be a subversion... Then again, after that, they start catching up about life since the Time Agency....
* In the first episode of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', King Robert Baratheon arrives at Winterfell in full royal regalia and surveys Lord Stark and family with a stern look on his face. The audience would be forgiven for fearing that Robert is about to order Stark's head removed, or at least remonstrate with him harshly over some perceived slight. Instead, he breaks into a huge smile and embraces his boyhood friend.

* On ''Series/JackRyan'' Jack has taken Cathy out on a date to a restaurant. He notices a finger print on her wine glass and calls over a waiter to complain. The restaurant owner comes over to answer the complaint. Jack gets belligerent about the wine glass and the restaurant owner starts arguing with him. Cathy is visibly turned-off by this display of pointless macho posturing but then the two men break out in laughter. The restaurant owner is actually the former police partner of Jack's father and Jack has known him most of his life. The entire spiel about the wine glass was them just playing around.

* Played with in ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' with Sergei Gurlukovich and Revolver Ocelot. While they seem to have this dynamic at first, being both comrades from their time in the Red Army, their relationship immediatly turns sour once [[MyCountryRightOrWrong Gurlukovich]] learns that Ocelot works now for Foxhound and the USA.

* Something like this happens in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. When the Titans go to Starfire's birthplace, she immediately gets into a shouting match with a huge, haggard, tough-looking guard. With the rest of the Titans on their guard, the huge guard starts tickling Starfire, and the two embrace. Turns out he was her nanny.

* In ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' Grandpa Max has a moment like this with Sheriff Wat-Senn. The scene even zooms in on both of their faces… until they shake hands. Wat-Senn then proceeds to take a jab at Max’s cooking.

* In ''My Beautiful Laundrette'', the young Pakistani Londoner Omar responds to a group of racist thugs by walking up to one of them and greeting him with a smile; unbeknownst to the other thugs, the two of them used to be lovers.