History Main / PersonalHateBeforeCommonGoals

->'''Londo Mollari:''' Perhaps I've not made myself sufficiently clear: There is no telling when help will come. Unless we get ourselves out of here, on our own, we will probably die. So we must work together!\\

* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Londo Mollari and G'kar [[TrappedInAFreezer get trapped in an elevator and running out of air]] during the episode "Convictions". Having recently being given a few million good reasons to hate Mollari and forbidden to do direct harm to him under the terms of a vicious unconditional surrender by his people, G'kar gleefully tells Londo an EnemyMine is off the table and he's perfectly happy to stay in the elevator and die [[MurderByInaction if it means Mollari dies with him]].

-->''Series/BabylonFive'', ''"Recap/BabylonFiveS03E02Convictions"''

-->''LiveActionTV/BabylonFive'', ''"Recap/BabylonFiveS03E02Convictions"''

* ''Series/BabylonFive'':

->'''Hulk:''' Okay. You talked me into it.
->'''The Stalker:''' I never doubted I could. Wh--? Wait! Not me, you fool!
->'''Hulk:''' Yeah, you. 'Cause I don't care about that guy. I didn't even care about the girl much. But I don't... like... YOU!!
-->-- ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' #355

* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': Gunvolt and Copen have pretty much identical goals regarding Sumeragi and Eden, but Copen is so blinded by his hatred of Adepts (which Gunvolt is) that he refuses to do anything but be another obstacle in Gunvolt's way.

* Among the six principal characters of ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'', Alexandra Cabot is the TokenEvilTeammate. She is seethingly jealous of Josie's musical talent, and that Josie has Alan's affections. Alexandra will routinely jeopardize the Pussycats' efforts to escape from the villain or to thwart the EvilPlan just to humiliate Josie or to grandstand for Alan's attention. Naturally, this results in LaserGuidedKarma biting Alexandra on her butt, because in this animated series, SlapstickKnowsNoGender.

->'''Hulk:''' Okay. You talked me into it.
->'''The Stalker:''' I never doubted I could. Wh--? Wait! Not me, you fool!
->'''Hulk:''' Yeah, you. 'Cause I don't care about that guy. I didn't even care about the girl much. But I don't... like... YOU!!

-->-- ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' #355

** ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'': In "The Evil that Men Do", this happens to the titular protagonist. The dark side of a man that presents himself in a Mr. Hyde manner called the Stalker tries to convince the Hulk that they are the same, and that like him, he should try to also experience the joy of tearing apart those weaker than them. When the Stalker tries this first with a teenage girl, Hulk refuses. Later, when he tries the same with a bunch of criminals that had eluded punishment for their crimes, the Stalker seems to have convinced him -- only for the grey goliath to turn on him, saying the Stalker is the one he wants to tear apart. Not because he cared about the thugs. Not even because he cared about the girl. He cared little to nothing about them. No. He is going to do it simply because he doesn't like him.

*** During the ''Acts of Vengeance'' Magneto and Red Skull, among other major villains, are convinced by Loki to work together and use other supercriminals to interchange their common enemies and attack them, hoping that the unfamiliarity of the superheroes with the villains will work in their favour. Both of them initially agree to collaborate, even while having their tensions, due to Loki's mental manipulation. However, this alliance also comes apart when Magneto captures the Red Skull and puts him in a subterranean vault, leaving him with no means of escape and only a few gallons of water and hoping to make him suffer as much as others have at his hands.

* ''Series/CobraKai'': In season 3's "The Good, The Bad and the Badass," with the city of Los Angeles deciding to scrap the All-Valley Under-18 Karate Championships due to not wanting to foster a culture of violence after the school fight at the end of season 2, the three senseis' whose dojo students were involved in the fight go to a town hall meeting to make appeals. It would be in Daniel [=LaRusso=]'s, Johnny Lawrence's, and John Kreese's best interests to call a temporary truce or at least not go out of their way to badmouth each other while presenting their cases. Instead, they openly bicker and blame each other for the violence between their students, [[NotHelpingYourCase vindicating the officials' stance for canceling the tournament]], and it's only thanks to an impromptu speech by Miguel Diaz (with help from Daniel's daughter Samantha) where he focuses on how karate improved his life (and does without pointing fingers at anyone) that the officials are persuaded to let the tournament resume. As a result of this and many later events, [[spoiler: Daniel and Johnny are finally convinced to finish putting aside their differences and have all their students train together for the tournament.]]

These are two or more characters that could be perfect allies, taking into account they have almost identical mindsets and goals. But there is a hate between them too big to overcome. Normally, resulting in the hated one being attacked by the other, after the first one made an offer to work together.

It doesn't have to exclusively be from good guy to bad guy either. A villain can still acknowledge that now they agree with their old enemy's beliefs, but still hate them too much to join them, even if now they would fight for the same cause. The same can be said for two villains or two heroes that while having similar mindsets and objectives, can't overlook the hate they still feel for the other. Specially with villains, because they are more willing to hold grudges, and because they are StupidEvil, they will ruin a perfect alliance out of personal hate. This is also the case for characters that are actually working together for the same cause or faction, but that hate each other so much that they would sabotage the other, even if that meant harming their goal.

Compare to HeelFaceTurn and FaceHeelTurn, where the change of side tends to be completly succesful. And with {{Realpolitik}} or ICanRuleAlone, where the motivation for said betrayal is ambition instead of hate, and ContemptCrossfire. Compare also with TeethClenchedTeamwork, where these two sides will work together, or at least momentarily. Contrast with EnemyMine and RivalsTeamUp. This could lead up to EnemyCivilWar and WeAreStrugglingTogether. See RightHandVsLeftHand for cases where the two warring sides are officially supposed to be working together.

* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': At the end, Sebastian Shaw is still trying to convince Magneto that they are on the same side, even while their climactic battle is taking place. Magneto finally admits that he agrees with Shaw's philosophies. That the experiences he put him through as a kid made him stronger, and that he made him the man that he is today. And that his idea of mutants taking the initiative, attacking the humans before they could try to wipe mutants out, is the right one. But just as Magneto takes the initiative of the fight, he reveals his one problem: Shaw still killed his mother. Cue to Magneto putting a coin through Shaw's head.

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* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': The one who betrays the Phantom Thieves isn't technically opposed to what the Phantom Thieves are doing. In fact, when the traitor is finally fought, both the traitor and the thieves are after [[spoiler:Masayoshi Shido]]. The problem is that that the traitor has a [[ItsPersonal personal reason]] to be after the target and [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou has no interest in allowing anyone else to interfere]], even if it would benefit [[spoiler:Shido]]. But maybe even more so, because the traitor suffers of an inferiority complex in respect to the Phantom Thieves, that makes them hate them too much. Even after the traitor agrees that they are on the right.

* Among the six principal characters of ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'', Alexandra Cabot is the TokenEvilTeammate. She is seething jealous of Josie's musical talent, and that Josie has Alan's affections. Alexandra will routinely jeopardize the Pussycats' efforts to escape from the villain or to thwart the EvilPlan just to humiliate Josie or to grandstand for Alan's attention. Naturally, this results in LaserGuidedKarma biting Alexandra on her butt, because in this animated series, SlapstickKnowsNoGender.

Compare to {{Realpolitik}} or ICanRuleAlone, where the motivation for said betrayal is ambition instead of hate, and ContemptCrossfire. Compare also with TeethClenchedTeamwork, where these two sides will work together, or at least momentarily. Contrast with EnemyMine and RivalsTeamUp. This could lead up to EnemyCivilWar and WeAreStrugglingTogether. See RightHandVsLeftHand for cases where the two warring sides are officially supposed to be working together.

* ''Series/CobraKai'': In season 3's "The Good, The Bad and the Badass," with the city of Los Angeles deciding to scrap the All-Valley Under-18 Karate Championships due to not wanting to foster a culture of violence after the school fight at the end of season 2, the three senseis' whose dojo students were involved in the fight go to a town hall meeting to make appeals. It would be in Daniel [=LaRusso=]'s, Johnny Lawrence's, and John Kreese's best interests to call a temporary truce or at least not go out of their way to badmouth each other while presenting their cases. Instead, they openly bicker and blame each other for the violence between their students, [[NotHelpingYourCase vindicating the officials' stance for canceling the tournament]], and it's only thanks to an impromptu speech by Miguel Diaz (with help from Daniel's daughter Samantha) where he focuses on how karate improved his life (and does without pointing fingers at anyone) that the officials are persuaded to let the tournament resume.

* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': Gunvolt and Copen have pretty much identical goals regarding Sumerugi, but Copen is so blinded by his hatred of Adepts (which Gunvolt is) that he refuses to do anything but be another obstacle in Gunvolt's way.

Compare to {{Realpolitik}} or CanRuleAlone, where the motivation for said betrayal is ambition instead of hate, and ContemptCrossfire. Compare also with TeethClenchedTeamwork, where these two sides will work together, or at least momentarily. Contrast with EnemyMine and RivalsTeamUp. This could lead up to EnemyCivilWar and WeAreStrugglingTogether. See RightHandVsLeftHand for cases where the two warring sides are officially supposed to be working together.

* Among the six principal characters of ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'', Alexandra Cabot is the TokenEvilTeammate. She is seething jealous of Josie's musical talent, and that Josie has Alan's affections. Alexandra will routinely jeopardize the Pussycats' efforts to escape from TheVillain or to thwart the EvilPlan just to humiliate Josie or to grandstand for Alan's attention. Naturally, this results in LaserGuidedKarma biting Alexandra on her butt, because in this animated series, SlapstickKnowsNoGender.

This more often occurs when a villain tries to recruit a former hero to their cause after the moral alignment of the latter has changed. It's important to note that the attacker wasn't pretending. They agreed with almost everything the villain said, maybe even wanting to go further than them. But because either Main/EvilIsPetty, and they simply dislike this bad guy's personality, or because for them Main/ItsPersonal, since the bad guy provoked the death of a loved one, they don't want to join the villain. The first thing they want to do is kill them, entering many times into Main/RevengeBeforeReason.

Compare to {{Realpolitik}} or Main/ICanRuleAlone, where the motivation for said betrayal is ambition instead of hate, and Main/ContemptCrossfire. Compare also with Main/TeethClenchedTeamwork, where these two sides will work together, or at least momentarily. Contrast with Main/EnemyMine and Main/RivalsTeamUp. This could lead up to Main/EnemyCivilWar and Main/WeAreStrugglingTogether. See RightHandVsLeftHand for cases where the two warring sides are officially supposed to be working together.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory'': The series eventually reveals that [[spoiler: Cima Garahou, one of the primary antagonists of the anime, was actually TheMole]] and had been sabotaging Zeon all along, and was trying to prevent their ColonyDrop. That doesn't stop Kou from [[NotSoFriendlyFire killing her on the battlefield despite orders to cooperate with her]], him being unable to forgive her for what she's done and those he's lost as part of her machinations.

* ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'': The ending has Invincible agreeing with his former FallenHero ally Robot and his progress with taking over the world because of all the good it's done for the planet and the Viltrumites, but still cannot forgive the harm he's caused to Invincible and his loved ones. He takes a Third Option and simply kills Robot and keeps him as a Main/BrainInAJar to help guide the world under the leadership of The Immortal, one of Invincible's allies.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': The traitor who betrays the Phantom Thieves isn't technically opposed to what the Phantom Thieves are doing. In fact, when the traitor is finally fought, both the traitor and the thieves are after [[spoiler:Masayoshi Shido]]. The problem is that that the traitor has a [[ItsPersonal personal reason]] to be after the target and [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou has no interest in allowing anyone else to interfere]], even if it would benefit [[spoiler:Shido]]. But maybe even more so, because the traitor suffers of an inferiority complex in respect to the Phantom Thieves, that makes them hate them too much. Even after the traitor agrees that they are on the right.

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Compare to Main/RealPolitik or Main/ICanRuleAlone, where the motivation for said betrayal is ambition instead of hate, and Main/ContemptCrossfire. Compare also with Main/TeethClenchedTeamwork, where these two sides will work together, or at least momentarily. Contrast with Main/EnemyMine and Main/RivalsTeamUp. This could lead up to Main/EnemyCivilWar and Main/WeAreStrugglingTogether. See RightHandVsLeftHand for cases where the two warring sides are officially supposed to be working together.

* ''Series/CobraKai'': In season 3's "The Good, The Bad and the Badass," with the city of Los Angeles deciding to scrap the All-Valley Under-18 Karate Championships due to not wanting to foster a culture of violence after the school fight at the end of season 2, the three senseis' whose dojo students were involved in the fight go to a town hall meeting to make appeals. It would be in Daniel [=LaRusso=]'s, Johnny Lawrence's, and John Kreese's best interests to call a temporary truce or at least not go out of their way to badmouth each other while presenting their cases. Instead, they openly bicker and blame each other for the violence between their students, [[NotHelpingYourCase vindicating the officials' stance for canceling the tournament]], and it's only thanks to an impromptu speech by Miguel Diaz (with help from Daniel's daughter) where he focuses on how karate improved his life (and does without pointing fingers at anyone) that the officials are persuaded to let the tournament resume.
Result: The senseis' bickering convinces the council members that the tournament has no place in the community. It's only when Miguel shows up at that moment and gives an impromptu speech (with Sam's help) that focuses on how karate improved his life (and most importantly, doesn't point fingers at anyone) that the council members are persuaded to let the tournament resume.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': Nobody wants Thanos to get the Infinity Stones, but Iron Man still can't bring himself to call Captain America for help because of how Cap defended his parents' killer in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''.

* ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': At the end, Sebastian Shaw is still trying to convince Magneto that they are on the same side, even while their climactic battle is taking place. Magneto finally admits that he thinks Shaw is right. That the experiences he put him through as a kid made him stronger, and that he made him the man that he is today. And that his idea of mutants taking the initiative, attacking the humans before they could try to wipe mutants out, is the right one. But just as Magneto takes the initiative of the fight, he reveals his one problem: Shaw still killed his mother. Cue to Magneto putting a coin through Shaw's head.

* This was often the formula whenever the Team Rocket trio met with other members of the organisation in early episodes of the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' anime. Though all of them desire to steal Pokemon to appease Giovanni, the trio had an appalling reputation as washouts that made Team Rocket look like laughing stocks, most other more competent units snubbed them and would even make them collateral damage in their schemes out of spite. This often led to the trio forming an EnemyMine with Ash to take revenge on them, leaving both fractions empty-handed. This was especially the case with Butch and Cassidy, who have a SitcomArchNemesis background with Jessie and James.

* In the ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'' comic "The Evil that Men Do", this happens to the titular protagonist. The dark side of a man that presents himself on a Mr. Hyde manner called the Stalker, tries to convince the Hulk that they are the same, and that like him, he should try to also experience the joy of peaking apart those weaker than them. When the Stalker tries this first with a teenage girl, Hulk refuses. But later, when he tries the same with a bunch of criminals that had eluded punishment for their crimes, the Stalker seems to have convinced him. Only for the grey goliath to turn on him, saying the Stalker is the one he wants to tear apart. Not because he cared about the thugs. Not even because he cared about the girl. He cared little to none about them. No. He is going to do it, simply because he doesn't like him.
* The ending of ''Comicbook/{{Invincible}}'' has Invincible agreeing with his former Main/FallenHero ally Robot and his progress with taking over the world because of all the good it's done for the planet and the Viltrumites, but still cannot forgive the harm he's caused to Invincible and his loved ones. He takes a Third Option and simply kills Robot and keeps him as a Main/BrainInAJar to help guide the world under the leadership of The Immortal, one of Invincible's allies.
* At the start of the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' story arc "Warriors", criminal boss Silvermane has called Hammerhead for a meeting. Taking into account Kingpin's late legal problems, he tries to convince him that this is the chance for them to work together, and take a chunk of Fisk's criminal empire. Silvermane then proceeds to compliment Hammerhead, saying that even when they were at odds, he respected his talents and way of work. And that with a little more of head, he could go very far. When he concludes, Hammerhead says that he likes a lot of what Silvermane said, except for one thing. When he asks what, Hammerhead grabs his head and snaps his neck. Only then answering that he took offense to his commentary of him lacking head.
* In one arc of ''ComicBook/XMen'', Magneto and ComicBook/RedSkull apparently joined forces to take over the world, which concerns everybody because their combined might is extremely dangerous... but then TheReveal happens: Magneto utterly loathes Red Skull because the latter is a Nazi and Magneto is a Holocaust survivor, and he pulled off this "alliance" charade so he would get close to the Skull and unleash his full fury on the guy (bringing down a whole mountain complex on his head).
** Something similar happens during the ''Acts of Vengeance'' event. The two of them, among other major villains, are convinced by Loki to work together, and use other supercriminals to interchange their common enemies and attack them. Hoping the unfamiliarity of the superheroes with the villains will work in their favour. Both of them initially agree to collaborate, even while having their tensions, due to Loki's mental manipulation. However, this alliance also comes apart when Magneto captures the Red Skull and puts him in a subterranean vault. Leaving him with no means of escape, and only a few gallons of water. Hoping to make him suffer as much as others have done at his hands.

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* In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', nobody wants Thanos to get the Infinity Stones, but Iron Man still can't bring himself to call Captain America for help because of how Cap defended his parents' killer in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar''. (In Tony's defense, he only had a few minutes to do so before being swept up in Thanos' attack and might have been able to swallow his pride if given more time.)
* Hux has this attitude towards Kylo Ren in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''. [[spoiler:Even though he is fanatically loyal to the First Order and its cause, he is willing to be a spy for the resistance, only because he hates Kylo Ren and wants to see him fail as leader. Even if that failure could completely jeopardize the war effort, or end up provoking the destruction of the First Order as a whole.]]
* At the end of ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', film villain Sebastian Shaw is still trying to convince Magneto that they are on the same side, even while their climactic battle is taking place. Magneto finally admits that he thinks Shaw is right. That the experiences he put him through as a kid made him stronger, and that he made him the man that he is today. And that his idea of mutants taking the initiative, attacking the humans before they could try to wipe mutants out, is the right one. But just as Magneto takes the initiative of the fight, he reveals his one problem: Shaw still killed his mother. Cue to Magneto putting a coin through Shaw's head.

* In season 3 of ''Series/HaltAndCatchFire'', Cameron and Donna allow their game company and their relationship to fall apart because neither of them can stand the other's vision for how to run the company. At the end of season 4, after competing with each other to put out the best search engine (and ultimately losing to Yahoo!), they finally reconcile.

* In season 5 of ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'', Lex Luthor's hatred of Supergirl keeps getting in the way of his and Brainiac's efforts to infiltrate and destroy Leviathan by needlessly antagonizing Supergirl and making her suspicious of Luthor's true intentions.

* This trope basically defines the Chaos God Malal/Malice and its followers on ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''. Even if they share the same goals of conquest and destruction as the rest of their fellow Chaos forces against Order and anything in between... they also aim this goal towards Chaos itself. Because Malal represents hate, and the self-defeating and autodestructive aspects of Chaos, its primary goal above anything else is destroying any plan and any force put in motion by the rest of Chaos Gods. So while Malal's followers do share the same hate against the concept of Order as the rest of the forces of Chaos, their hate of Chaos itself is also so great that they would never purposefully join another Chaos faction in order to fulfill it.

* In ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', Gunvolt and Copen have pretty much identical goals regarding Sumerugi, but Copen is so blinded by his hatred of Adepts (which Gunvolt is) that he refuses to do anything but be another obstacle in Gunvolt's way.
* ''Videogame/NeverwinterNights2'': At one point, a priestess named Zhjaeve joins your party and you can ask her why her people, the Githzerai, aren't taking a more active role in the war against [[BigBad The King of Shadows]]. She responds that while her people recognise the King as a threat, their arch-enemies the Githyanki are already fighting against the King and that the two races hate each other so much that the Githyanki would happily ignore the King and let him grow in power unopposed if it meant a chance to destroy the Githzerai.
* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', the traitor who betrays the Phantom Thieves isn't technically opposed to what the Phantom Thieves are doing. In fact, when the traitor is finally fought, both the traitor and the thieves are after [[spoiler:Masayoshi Shido]]. The problem is that that the traitor has a [[ItsPersonal personal reason]] to be after the target and [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou has no interest in allowing anyone else to interfere]], even if it would benefit [[spoiler:Shido]]. But maybe even more so, because the traitor suffers of an inferiority complex in respect to the Phantom Thieves, that makes them hate them too much. Even after the traitor agrees that they are on the right.

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This more often occurs when a villain tries to recruit a former hero to their cause, after the moral alignment of the latter has changed. It's important to note that the attacker wasn't pretending. They agreed with almost everything the villain said, maybe even wanting to go further than them. But because either Main/EvilIsPetty, and they simply dislike this bad guy's personality, or because for them Main/ItsPersonal, since the bad guy provoked the death of a loved one, they don't want to join the villain. The first thing they want to do is kill them, entering many times into Main/RevengeBeforeReason.

It doesn't have to exclusively be from good guy to bad guy either. A villain can still acknowledge that now they agree with their old enemy's beliefs, but still hate them too much to join them, even if now they would fight for the same cause. The same can be said for two villains or two heroes that while having similar mindsets and objectives, can't overlook the hate they still feel for the other. Specially with villains, that because they are more willing to hold grudges, and because they are Main/StupidEvil, they will ruin a perfect alliance out of personal hate. This is also the case for characters that are actually working together for the same cause or faction, but that hate each other so much that they would sabotage the other, even if that meant harming their goal.

* This was often the formula whenever the Team Rocket trio met with other members of the organisation in early episodes of the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' anime. Though all of them desire to steal Pokemon to appease Giovanni, the trio had an appalling reputation as washouts that made Team Rocket look like laughing stocks, most other more competent units snubbed them and would even make them collateral damage in their schemes out of spite. This often led to the trio forming an EnemyMine with Ash to take revenge on them, leaving both fractions empty handed. This was especially the case with Butch and Cassidy, who have a SitcomArchNemesis background with Jessie and James.
* ''Manga/ShamanKing'': Both the protagonists and the X-Laws want the same thing: preventing BigBad Hao from winning the Shaman Fight and becoming the Shaman King (which is essentially God). The problem however is that the latter have this "My Way or the Highway" mentality and anyone who won't join them, be it because they're not interested, are fearful of Hao, know they're not powerful enough or (rather justifiably) see the X-Laws as a bit too zealous in their actions, [[KnightTemplar are deemed as "evil" because they won't rise up against evil and must be killed.]] Which is why they deem Yoh's group enemies because they won't follow their lead when Yoh rather rightfully tells them their actions aren't any better then Hao's group. [[spoiler: And even more so when they find out Yoh is Hao's twin brother and apparently evil by relation despite Yoh clearly proving otherwise.]]

** Something similar happens during the ''Acts of Vengeance'' event. The two of them, among another major villains, are convinced by Loki to work together, and use other supercriminals to interchange their common enemies and attack them. Hoping the unfamilitarity of the superheroes with the villains will work on their favour. Both of them initially agree to colaborate, even while having their tensions, due to Loki's mental manipulation. However, this alliance also comes apart when Magneto captures the Red Skull, and puts him on a subterranean vault. Leaving him with no means of escape, and only a few gallons of water. Hoping to make him suffer as much as others have done at his hands.

* Hux has this attitude towards Kylo Ren in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''. [[spoiler:Even thought he is fanatically loyal to the First Order and its cause, he is willing to be a spy for the resistance, only because he hates Kylo Ren and wants to see him fail as leader. Even if that failure could jeopardize completly the war effort, or end up provoking the destruction of the First Order as a whole.]]
* At the end of ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', film villain Sebastian Shaw is still trying to convince Magneto that they are on the same side, even while their climatic battle is taking place. Magneto finally admits that he thinks Shaw is right. That the experiences he put him through as a kid made him stronger, and that he made him the man that he is today. And that his idea of mutants taking the initiative, attacking the humans before they could try to wipe mutants out, is the right one. But just as Magneto takes the initiative of the fight, he reveals his one problem: Shaw still killed his mother. Cue to Magneto putting a coin through Shaw's head.

* This trope basically defines the Chaos God Malal/Malice and its followers on ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}''. Even if they share the same goals of conquest and destruction than the rest of their fellow Chaos forces against Order, and anything in between... they also aim this goal towards Chaos itself. Because Malal represents hate, and the self-defeating and autodestructive aspects of Chaos, its primary goal above anything else is destroying any plan and any force put in motion by the rest of Chaos Gods. So while Malal's followers do share the same hate against the concept of Order than the rest of the forces of Chaos, their hate of Chaos itself is also so great that they would never purposefully join another Chaos faction in order to fulfil it.

* ''Videogame/NeverwinterNights2'': At one point, a priestess named Zhjaeve joins your party and you can ask her why her people, the Githzerai, aren't taking a more active role in the war against [[BigBad The King of Shadows]]. She responds that while her people recognise the King as a threat, their arch-enemies the Githyanki are already fighting against the King, and that the two races hate each other so much that the Githyanki would happily ignore the King and let him grow in power unopposed if it meant a chance to destroy the Githzerai.

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': This is pretty much the crux of the episode "Let's Save The World, You Jerk". Dexter and Mandark both see a meteor heading for Earth and want to use their smarts to save the planet. Having a common goal, they agree to put aside their differences, cobble together a mech from both their parts and destroy the meteor. Naturally however it doesn't take long for their egos to start flairing up and it soon devolves into them focusing their attention on each another [[spoiler: that their mechs end up destroyed (save for the head parts) as well as Earth because their hate for each other is too strong to achieve their main priority. [[DownerEnding The episode even ends with them]] ''[[DownerEnding still]]'' [[DownerEnding fighting despite everything]].]]

* Among the six principal characters of ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'', Alexandra Cabot is the TokenEvilTeammate. She is seething jealous of Josie's musical talent, and that Josie has Alan's affections. Alexandra will routinely jeopardize the Pussycats' efforts to escape from TheVillain, or to thwart the EvilPlan just to humiliate Josie or to grandstand for Alan's attention. Naturally, this results in LaserGuidedKarma biting Alexandra on her butt, because in this animated series, SlapstickKnowsNoGender.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': In the Anniliation Earth two parter, the Earth is in danger of being destroyed due to the Triceratons deeming Earth "contaminated" due to the Kraang having set up a base there. The Turtles end up pulling an EnemyMine with Shredder and his forces in other to save the planet, with Spintler convincing Shredder to do so for the sake of his daughter, Karai. But at a critical moment in the battle, [[spoiler: Shredder stabs Splinter from behind and kills him, citing he doesn't even care if the Earth is destroyed long as he has the pleasure of personally killing his sworn foe. And indeed this action ends up dooming the Earth with the Turtles, April and Casey barely surviving thanks to the Fugitoid beaming them to his spaceship and setting in motion the space arc for next season to undo the damage.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'': This is pretty much the crux of the episode "Let's Save The World, You Jerk". Dexter and Mandark both see a meteor heading for Earth and want to use their smarts to save the planet. Having a common goal, they agree to put aside their differences, cobble together a mech from both their parts and destroy the meteor. Naturally however it doesn't take long for their egos to start flairing up and it soon devolves into them focusing their attention on each another [[spoiler: that their mechs end up destroyed (save for the head parts) as well as Earth because their hate for each other is too strong to achieve their main priority. [[DownerEnding The episode even ends with them]] ''[[DownerEnding still]]'' [[DowerEnding fighting despite everything]].]]

It doesn't have to exclusively be from good guy to bad guy either. A villain can still acknowledge that now they agree with their old enemies beliefs, but still hate them too much to join them, even if now they would fight for the same cause. The same can be said for two villains or two heroes that while having similar mindsets and objectives, can't overlook the hate they still feel for the other. Specially with villains, that because they are more willing to hold grudges, and because they are Main/StupidEvil, they will ruin a perfect alliance out of personal hate. This is also the case for characters that are actually working together for the same cause or faction, but that hate each other so much that they would sabotage the other, even if that meant harming their goal.

This more often occurs when a villain tries to recruit a former hero to their cause, after the moral alignment of the latest has changed. It's important to note that the attacker wasn't pretending. They agreed with almost everything the villain said, maybe even wanting to go further than them. But because either Main/EvilIsPetty, and they simply dislike this bad guy's personality, or because for them Main/ItsPersonal, since the bad guy provoked the death of a loved one, they don't want to join the villain. The first thing they want to do is kill them, entering many times into Main/RevengeBeforeReason.