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* TeamRocket in ''[=~Pokémon~=]'' occasionally partake in this, perhaps most blatantly in one episode where everyone enters a mountaineering contest. [[spoiler: James wins]]

* As shown in the trope image, the superheroes of TheDCUniverse once faced off against the villains in a "friendly" baseball game. All to settle a bet between the villainous married couple, Sportsmaster and Huntress, over "whether villains can win." ItMakesSenseInContext... barely.

[[caption-width:350:Somehow I doubt TheJoker is going to follow the rules in this game.]]

[[quoteright:330:[[MarioTennis http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MarioTennis.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:333:[-Aw...he's not gonna kill us, he just wants to play tennis!-] ]]

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* In ''The Hobbit'', Bilbo and Gollum tell each other riddles. (Though it's clear there, and made even moreso in LordOfTheRings, that Gollum would've happily ''killed'' Bilbo, and the latter was just trying to buy time so he could get out of there.)

* In ''{{City of Heroes}}'', the heroes and villians can fight over an island in Bloody Bay or Warburg, protect/invade [[CityOfAdventure Paragon City]] in Siren's Call, or fight over the future in Recluse's Victory. Alternatively, they can have a drink and go on a few missions together in the Pocket D dance club, work to protect the past in [[AncientRome Cimerora]] and the Midnighter's Club, and fight aliens in the Rikti War Zone.

* The GBA game "Konami Krazy Racers" allows you to play as Dracula himself, Castlevania music and race tracks included. The sequel "Kracy Kart Racing" added Pyramid Head as a new racer.

* ''{{Dead or Alive}} Xtreme Beach Volleyball''. Characters that would otherwise be at each other's throats just want to relax at the beach. Even characters like Ayane/Kasumi, Helena/Ayane, and Christie/Helena, who all pretty much have a kill on sight method of greeting each other in canon have only a small grudge. Justified though, as it's AllJustADream by Zack.

* 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.

* According to popular history, when Richard the Lionheart came down with the red fever, Saladin sent him a basket of rare fruits as a "get well" present.

** [{{crazyprepared}} How does that help when Batman's memorized the answer to every question?}

* Inverted in the ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}!'' universe, where the villains usually try to accomplish their goals by competing against the heroes in serious and occasionally deadly card games, and even un-threatening duels are anything but friendly, even if its between characters that are normally friends.
* Hao/Zeke and Yoh Asakura from the [[ShamanKing Shaman King Manga]] go to a cafe and talk over a cup of coffee as to why they're doing what they're doing

* This happens quite a lot in {{Spiral}}. Although it often does ''end up'' ugly, most of the time the opposite factions tend to just discuss their strategies, taunt each other, and/or sympathize with each other. Examples: After Kanone called Eyes to confirm that he's [[spoiler: going to try and kill all of the Blade Children]], Eyes goes to fetch him at the airport - Kanone isn't surprised. [[spoiler: That one ends up very ugly though.]] They call each other regularly, even in the middle of life-or-death battles, and have tea once it's over. Before the big fight, Kanone also holds non-violent discussions with his 'schoolmates' Kousuke and Ryouko (although his attempts to do the same with [[BrilliantButLazy Ayumu]] and Hiyono always end up threatening or more). Hizumi and Ayumu live together and have lots of fun, despite the fact that [[BecauseDestinySaysSo destiny says the latter must one day kill the former.]] In ''Alive'', Amanae lives for some time with Imari, then Kousuke and company.

* This happens quite a lot in {{Spiral}}. Although it often does ''end up'' ugly, most of the time the opposite factions tend to just discuss their strategies, taunt each other, and/or sympathize with each other. Examples: After Kanone called Eyes to confirm that he's [[spoiler: going to try and kill all of the Blade Children]], Eyes goes to fetch him at the airport - Kanone isn't surprised. [[spoiler: That one ends up very ugly though.]] They call each other regularly, even in the middle of life-or-death battles, and have tea once it's over. Before the big fight, Kanone also holds non-violent discussions with his 'schoolmates' Kousuke and Ryouko (although his attempts to do the same with [[BrilliantButLazy Ayumu]] and Hiyono always end up threatening or more). Hizumi and Ayumu live together and have lots of fun, despite the fact that [[BecauseDestinyDaysSo destiny says the latter must one day kill the former.]] In ''Alive'', Amanae lives for some time with Imari, then Kousuke and company.

* This happens quite a lot in {{Spiral}}. Although it often does ''end up'' ugly, most of the time the opposite factions tend to just discuss their strategies, taunt each other, and/or sympathize with each other. Examples: After Kanone called Eyes to confirm that he's going to try and kill them all, Eyes goes to fetch him at the airport - Kanone isn't surprised. [[spoiler: That one ends up very ugly though.]] They call each other regularly, even in the middle of life-or-death battles, and have tea once it's over. Before the big fight, Kanone also holds non-violent discussions with his 'schoolmates' Kousuke and Ryouko (although his attempts to do the same with [[BrilliantButLazy Ayumu]] and Hiyono always end up threatening or more). Hizumi and Ayumu live together and have lots of fun, despite the fact that [[BecauseDestinyDaysSo destiny says the latter must one day kill the former.]] In ''Alive'', Amanae lives for some time with Imari, then Kousuke and company.

* This happens quite a lot in ''Spiral''. Although it often does ''end up'' ugly, most of the time the opposite factions tend to just discuss their strategies, taunt each other, and/or sympathize with each other. Examples : After Kanone called Eyes to confirm that he's going to try and kill them all, Eyes goes to fetch him at the airport - Kanone isn't surprised. (That one ends up very ugly though.) They call each other regularly, even in the middle of the fight, and have tea once it's over. Before the big fight, Kanone also holds non-violent discussions with his 'schoolmates' Kousuke and Ryouko (although his attempts to do the same with Ayumu and Hiyono always end up threatening or more). Hizumi and Ayumu live together and have lots of fun. In ''Alive'', Amanae lives for some time with Imari, then Kousuke and company.

** [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=148 This one]] has another take on it, and on how the go-karting is related to the conflict.

* In Donkey Kong 64 [[spoiler:the 100% completion bonus scene shows the characters as actors. Donkey Kong and K. Rool are seen playing patty-cake.]]

* MarvelComics' estranged Titan brothers Eros (good) and Thanos (evil) meet on good terms once every year, as a favor to their father, Mentor.