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* In the ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Black Adam]]'' mini-series, he and [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor foe-turned-friend-turned-foe]] Atom Smasher meet in a restaurant, both in their secret identities. They don't fight, though they almost come to blows. Amazingly, this is actually character development, showing that both (or at least Atom Smasher) have moved past the whole Khandaq affair.
* In ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'', Characters/{{Deathstroke}} and Beast Boy meet in a coffeeshop to discuss [[spoiler:the death of Terra]]. This happens AFTER Beast Boy tried to kill him (and was unable to go through with it).
* Creator/MarvelComics' estranged Titan brothers Eros (good) and [[Characters/MarvelComicsThanos Thanos]] (evil) meet on good terms once every year, as a favor to their father Mentor.
* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'':
** The Flash occasionally has such moments with his closest foes, collectively known as "The Rogues Gallery". One afternoon the Trickster and Captain Cold are attempting to freeze the city. Then later, they and Flash go out for drinks.
** Averted with Gorilla Grodd, the Zoom line, or Kadabra because for them, many of whom are because ItsPersonal. In fact, the Rogues Gallery themselves are not fond of these guys either. Grodd [[spoiler:led to the creation of the second Zoom]], Zoom [[spoiler:caused a ConvenientMiscarriage for his wife, although it was {{handwave}}d later]], and Kadabra [[spoiler:had already tried to erase his wife from existence]]. The other villains of the city tend to just be trying to make a (dis)honest living or [[StatusQuoIsGod tried to reform and failed.]]
** The miniseries ''Rogue's Revenge'' tried to {{Retcon}} the death of Bart Allen (who was The Flash at the time) by saying that The Rogues didn't know what they were getting into, and had been tricked into it by Inertia; one of their regular rules is, "Never kill a speedster." And now they're going to even the score... Before that, after Wally West's identity became public, Captain Cold (the "leader" of The Rogues) decreed that no-one was to ''ever'' harm a member of his family.
** In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', this much friendlier relationship is shown when he simply sits down and convinces the Trickster to take his medicine again (after Orion was about ready to administer his form of interrogation), promising to play darts with his foe after he turns himself in.
** It also comes up in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', when the Rogues flat-out admit they miss the vanished Barry, compare Bats and the other Flashes unfavourably to him, and come close to tears when he returns.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor Xavier]], leader of the X-Men, and Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto, their arch-nemesis, [[WeUsedToBeFriends were once best of friends]]. Occasionally, they still find time for a game of TabletopGame/{{chess}} or a philosophical discussion in between Magneto trying to kill Xavier's students.
** In the ''[[ComicBook/UltimateXMen Ultimate Universe]]'', Xavier visits museums with Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch when they lead the Brotherhood of Mutants during Magneto's death. Such places are neutral ground. Magneto and Xavier are not as friendly in this universe, unless the former is brainwashed.

** At least one story has Bats visiting Arkham Asylum to play chess with [[Characters/BatmanTwoFace Two-Face]]. This is at least somewhat justified, as canonically Harvey Dent was a friend or at least acquaintance of Bruce before the attack that disfigured him and drove him mad.

* In a ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' one-shot, Reed Richards and [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] resumed an unfinished chess game from their college days from ''memory'', even as they were fighting each other. And earlier in that one-shot, before they began fighting again, they were quite civil with each other.
* In the ''Flashback Universe'', Saturn Knight and Lady Nemo are arch-enemies and ex-lovers still secretly pining for one another; They meet peacefully once every year for reasons unclear even to themselves.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** While her rogues are inconsistent at best, she and longtime foe [[Characters/WonderWomanVillains Circe]] occasionally engage in this, likely a result of that time in [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 v2]] that Circe [[HeelFaceTurn brainwashed herself into becoming Diana's best friend]]. In the only part of the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 v3]] reboot that made any sense at all, she seems to consider her stealing of Diana's powers and job to be doing her a favor, and they confide their respective emo to each other before Circe disappears after the fight.
** Another issue has her talking about men with Giganta.
** The supervillain Angle Man attended [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]]'s funeral, though at this point he was effectively retired.
* In an early issue of ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'', [[TheStarscream Snively]] and some [[{{Mooks}} Swatbots]] interrupt a hockey game the Mobians are playing simply because they wanted to play themselves. Robotnik finds out and ups the stakes on the game, but Snively really wanted to play for fun.
* ''ComicBook/{{Zot}}'' has a rather extreme example. 9-Jack-9 is Zot's archnemesis responsible for the death of Zot's parents. He also visits on Zot's birthday on friendly terms and plays in his Uncle Max's band. Even though he ''killed Zot's parents.'' It should be noted that neither Zot or Uncle Max were aware of his identity as a bandmate, and Zot quite openly hates him and is fuming when he shows up at his party. The canonical explanation for why Zot or Uncle Max never do anything is because they're just that nice.
* In ''ComicBook/DCSuperStars'' #10 "Strange Sports Stories" (1976), the heroes of ''Franchise/TheDCU'' once faced off against the villains in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124061410/https://www.comictreadmill.com/CTMBlogarchives/2005/2005_Individual/2005_08/000888.php a "friendly" baseball game]]. All to settle a bet between the villainous married couple, Sportsmaster and Huntress, over "whether villains can win." Uncle Sam and Amazo handle umpiring duties.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': In ''ComicBook/Superman1939'' issue #416 "The Einstein Connection", Superman has Lex Luthor always escaping on a certain date each year; eventually Superman figures out he's trying to celebrate the birthday of UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, one of his heroes. Superman arranges for himself and Luthor to have a private tour of the Einstein section of the Smithsonian. Luthor actually tears up as he sees the statue. As Luthor is taken back to jail he tells Superman, "Thanks for everything!"
* Happens often in the ''ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics'', especially in Italian stories:

* An early issue of ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} Europe'' had the League taking French lessons... and the Injustice League happens to enroll in the same class. Inevitably, all their covers are blown and a melee ensues, until the teacher puts her foot down and disciplines all of them, including the police who wanted to apprehend both heroes (since they had a bad rep with the French police earlier) and villains.

* ''ComicBook/Superman}}'': In ''ComicBook/Superman1939'' issue #416 "The Einstein Connection", Superman has Lex Luthor always escaping on a certain date each year; eventually Superman figures out he's trying to celebrate the birthday of UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, one of his heroes. Superman arranges for himself and Luthor to have a private tour of the Einstein section of the Smithsonian. Luthor actually tears up as he sees the statue. As Luthor is taken back to jail he tells Superman, "Thanks for everything!"

* As shown in the trope image, the superheroes of [[Franchise/TheDCU The DC Universe]] once faced off against the villains in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124061410/https://www.comictreadmill.com/CTMBlogarchives/2005/2005_Individual/2005_08/000888.php a "friendly" baseball game]]. All to settle a bet between the villainous married couple, Sportsmaster and Huntress, over "whether villains can win." Uncle Sam and Amazo handle umpiring duties. ItMakesSenseInContext... barely.[[note]]DC Super Stars #10 ("Strange Sports Stories")(1976)[[/note]]
* An Creator/ElliotSMaggin ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story has [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] always escaping on a certain date each year; eventually Superman figures out he's trying to celebrate the birthday of UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein, one of his heroes. Superman arranges for himself and Luthor to have a private tour of the Einstein section of the Smithsonian. Luthor actually tears up as he sees the statue. As Luthor is taken back to jail he tells Superman, "Thanks for everything!"
* Happens often in the ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics, especially in Italian stories:
** Mickey Mouse and Pete are the best example. In one story, Pete will have tried (and failed) to kill Mickey. The next, he'll be at Mickey's, asking if he could come in to watch TV. And Mickey will invite him in, because, well... [[VillainDecay it's]] [[HarmlessVillain Pete]].

* In the Renaissance epics of Charlemagne and his Paladins, ''Orlando Innamorato'' and ''Literature/OrlandoFurioso'', the Christians and Saracens are engaged in a long world war that can only end with the extinction of either Islam or Christianity. Rulers on both sides invite enemies into their homes, during which everyone is quite civil.

* One of the best moments in J. P. Martin's ''Uncle'' series is when [[{{Fiction500}} Uncle's]] sworn enemies show up and they all celebrate Christmas together. It's casually mentioned that this is an annual tradition. Of course, the enemies get food, presents, and a chance to observe the [[BigFancyHouse house]] / [[CoolHouse castle]] / [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} kingdom]] that they want to take over. But considering how they usually upset Uncle's refined sensibilities, have attempted many times to rob him, have stabbed him with skewers, and enjoy spreading inaccurate malevolent propaganda about him, you do have to wonder what's in it for him. Perhaps just RuleOfFunny?

* Harry Turtledove's ''Literature/{{Timeline-191}}'' book American Front duplicates the World War 1 Christmas Truce described in Real Life below.

* The premise of ''[[Roleplay/ChroniclesOfTheGods A Game of Gods: Nemesis]]'' is that of a RealityShow where two teams, consisting of heroes and villains, compete against each other on missions but are forced to share the same living premises between the challenges. Naturally, it leads to a lot of tension, but sometimes opposing competitors are able to forget their differences and participate in something fun together. For example, at the end of Day 1, Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} and [[Characters/SpiderManPeterParker Spider-Man]] join [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Jan Valentine]] in watching a movie.

Essentially, the heroes join the VillainsOutShopping. Occasionally, it will be a [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine dinner date]], and it can happen frequently when the hero is LivingWithTheVillain, especially if they are PunchClockHero and [[PunchClockVillain Villain]]. If the bout is meant to emphasize their mutual intelligence, [[SmartPeoplePlayChess they'll probably play chess]].

* ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' zig-zags this: It's played straight in Episode 3 of Season 2, with the heroes and villains competing in a soccer game ([[spoiler:or at least trying to, until Mercury blew up the ball by accident]]); downplayed when it comes to [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Ruby]] and [[ObviouslyEvil Cinder]] since the former doesn't know the latter is evil but Cinder behaves nicely towards her and wants to hang out with her (though probably for evil purposes) and subverted in [[spoiler: Episode 22 of Season 2, where the villains formed a music band for a "Battle of the bands" competition and were there to play music with no evil intent...until it turned out it was ''[[LiteralMinded a literal battle]]'' and the heroes and villains had to engage in a fight]].

** In "WesternAnimation/BlueCatBlues", Jerry describes himself and Tom as "the best of friends" and showed them drinking lemonade together...until the latter started ignoring the former over a cat girl who eventually ditched him for a rich cat. The episode ends with them ''attempting suicide together'' because the same thing ended up happening to Jerry.

* After the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistain in August 2021, many members of the terrorist organization were seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCDv0mqszyk&ab_channel=TheQuint playing on a amusement park]] alongside civilians and tourists, as well as going to work out at a gym.

* By the late 1980s it wasn't all that uncommon for former WWII soldiers from all sides to attend each others' reunions, perhaps because they had something in common with their former enemies (the shared experience of combat) that they couldn't share with the people back home. Part of it is a genuine fascination with what "the other side" is like, and a desire to understand them. Sometimes it can also be a desire to achieve closure and heal on a spiritual/psychological level, or find some [[TheAtoner atonement]]. There is also the issue of military ethics, where baring atrocities and other unpleasantness enemy combatants are effectively PunchClockVillains who are no different from you beyond the fact they fight for their own country. As such if it were not for the war it would have been perfectly possible for these former enemies to be friends.

* As shown in the trope image, the superheroes of [[Franchise/TheDCU The DC Universe]] once faced off against the villains in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124061410/https://www.comictreadmill.com/CTMBlogarchives/2005/2005_Individual/2005_08/000888.php a "friendly" baseball game]]. All to settle a bet between the villainous married couple, Sportsmaster and Huntress, over "whether villains can win." Uncle Sam and Amazo handle umpiring duties. ItMakesSenseInContext...barely.[[note]]DC Super Stars #10 ("Strange Sports Stories")(1976)[[/note]]

** Done with great effect, as the protagonist [[AntiHero Lelouch]] and his eventual [[TheRival rival]] [[AntiVillain Suzaku]] were close childhood friends. Upon meeting up seven years later, they start going to school together, hanging out with Lelouch's sister...and then fighting each other in giant robots in an attempt to change Japan, for better or for worse.

* An early issue of ''ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} Europe'' had the League taking French lessons...and the Injustice League happens to enroll in the same class. Inevitably, all their covers are blown and a melee ensues, until the teacher puts her foot down and disciplines all of them, including the police who wanted to apprehend both heroes (since they had a bad rep with the French police earlier) and villains.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' version of Batman has a sleepover in the Batcave with his buddy Jim Gordon...and the Joker and the Penguin. They watch TV together, laugh with each other, and even share sleeping bags. There are plenty of episodes when the Titans themselves hang out with their sworn enemies. There have been several times when Starfire and Raven have had "girls night out" with the female villains of the show.