History Main / SmallTownRivalry

* Residents of Dog River, the setting of ''Series/CornerGas'', have a deeply entrenched dislike for nearby Wullerton [[RunningGag *spit*]]. {{Exploited}} by Emma in "TV Free Dog River":

** TruthInTelevision: The Dog River - Wullerton rivalry was inspired by the real rivalry between Brent Butt's hometown of Tisdale, Sask. and nearby Melfort.

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* There are two towns in Montana that were once one combined town called Vida. The split was due to an argument over what to name the place, and so both names are now used for the separate towns on opposite sides of the highway. There's still some contention.
* This is the entire reason UsefulNotes/{{Milwaukee}} came into existence. Before the city was incorporated, there were three small settlements along Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River: Juneautown, Kilbourntown, and Walker's Point. Juneautown (East Side) and Kilbourntown (West Side) in particular had a rivalry that frequently erupted in violence, culminating in the Bridge Wars on 1845 in which all three bridges that had been erected across the river being burned as each town attempted to isolate the other from it and Walker's Point. As a truce, all three were incorporated as the City of Milwaukee in 1846.
* [[UsefulNotes/TwinCities Minneapolis and St. Paul]] in Minnesota.
* UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}, Ohio and UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}}, Pennsylvania

* Springfield and Shelbyville from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' hate each other despite being directly adjacent. It turns out that cause of the hatred is due to Jebediah Springfield falling out with Shelbyville Manhattan, when the latter expressed a desire to [[IncestIsRelative marry his cousins]] in the town they would found together.

* In Creator/PGWodehouse's Literature/JeevesAndWooster story "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" the towns Upper Bleaching and Hockley-cum-Meston have a heated rivalry which is expressed in the form of an annual rugby game known for its violence and injuries.

** Hooterville and Pixley on ''PetticoatJunction'' and ''GreenAcres''

'''Jebediah Springfield:''' AbsoluteLiterature/ly not!

* In a LuckyLuke album, Luke is leading a group of railway builders when they come to the two rival towns East City and West City. Both want the railway to come to their city and when one of them holds a party for Luke and his horse Jolly Jumper, the other attacks. Luke and Jolly flee from the brawl, thinking that they are all crazy. While the inhabitants are busy fighting, the railway gets built right between the two cities.

* The two towns on either side of the wall in DrSeuss's ''The Butter Battle Book'', named so because the conflict began on how the two groups of people have differing ideas on how butter should be eaten with toast.

* Lancre Town and Ohulan Cutash (which Lancrastians consider a big city because it contains over a thousand people) in the ''{{Discworld}}'' novels. Their rivalry comes to a head in the annual Morris Dancing championships, which in the Ramtops is an extreme sport.

'''Jebediah Springfield:''' Absolutely not!

* This is the entire reason {{Milwaukee}} came into existence. Before the city was incorporated, there were three small settlements along Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River: Juneautown, Kilbourntown, and Walker's Point. Juneautown (East Side) and Kilbourntown (West Side) in particular had a rivalry that frequently erupted in violence, culminating in the Bridge Wars on 1845 in which all three bridges that had been erected across the river being burned as each town attempted to isolate the other from it and Walker's Point. As a truce, all three were incorporated as the City of Milwaukee in 1846.
* [[TwinCities Minneapolis and St. Paul]] in Minnesota.

* Spanish TV series ''Villarriba y Villabajo'' is about two rival adjoining towns - they even share the main square and the bar, even if each town belongs to a different political-administrative division.
** These fictional locales had previously appeared in Spanish TV advertisements where the towns have had their respective fiesta with a huge paella, but Villabajo fails to clean the big paella dish because only Villarriba thought about buying the correct washing liquid.

* [[TwinCities Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota.]]

Note that this is sometimes TruthInTelevision: small towns are more likely to have residents whose families have lived there for generations and often have rocky histories. If something happened a long time ago to spread bad blood between the two, the current population may well continue the fighting, especially if it's over something still relevant such as boundaries or land development. Team sports, particularly football, are a popular focus point for the rivalry now that cattle raids and arson are emphatically discouraged.

* In ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' there's Arlen and McMaynerberry

* Springfield and Shelbyville from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' hate each other despite being directly adjacent.

Tropeville and Laconictown are right next door to each other, and they're both fairly quaint, rural towns full of nice loving people...unless you happen to mention one while in the other, in which case [[BerserkButton all hell breaks loose]]. The residents of the two towns hate each other with a passion, either due to some old score that remains unsettled or just because they don't like the looks of each other. If it's the former, you can bet the hero will delve into it.

Aliceville and Bobtown are right next door to each other, and they're both fairly quaint, rural towns full of nice loving people...unless you happen to mention one while in the other, in which case [[BerserkButton all hell breaks loose]]. The residents of the two towns hate each other with a passion, either due to some old score that remains unsettled or just because they don't like the looks of each other. If it's the former, you can bet the hero will delve into it.

* In the AvatarTheLastAirbender episode "The Great Divide," the [[FanNickname Gaang]] mediate for two tribes (here used as the nomadic equivalent of towns, not extended families) whose conflict began over either [[KillTheMessenger a ritual courier being attacked]] or a wrongfully accused GoodSamaritan, [[RashomonPlot depending on who you ask]].
* Dimmsdale and Brightburg in TheFairlyOddparents.
* Springfield and Shelbyville from TheSimpsons hate each other despite being directly adjacent.

* In the WesternAnimation/VeggieTales segment "The Story of Flibber-O-Loo" (a re-telling of the Good Samaritan story), the towns of Flibber-O-Loo and Jibberty-Lot have a heated rivalry, where they launch [[ItMakesSenseInContext shoes and pots]] at each other with catapults and other devices.

* ''SouthPark'', North Park, and Middle Park have this relationship.

* ''[[GulliversTravels Gulliver's Travels]]'': Lilliput and Blefuscu are neighboring islands which are at war with each other over which end of an egg one should open.

* In PGWodehouse's Literature/JeevesAndWooster story "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" the towns Upper Bleaching and Hockley-cum-Meston have a heated rivalry which is expressed in the form of an annual rugby game known for its violence and injuries.

* In the WesternAnimation/VeggieTales segment "The Story of Flibber-O-Loo" (a re-telling of the Good Samaritan story), the towns of Flibber-O-Loo and Jibberty-Lot have a heated rivalry, where they launch [[ItMakesSenseInContext shoes and pots]] at each other with catapults and other devices.

Note that this is sometimes TruthInTelevision: small towns are more likely to have residents whose families have lived there for generations and often have rocky histories. If something happened a long time ago to spread bad blood between the two, the current population may well continue the fighting, especially if it's over something still relevant such as boundaries or land development.

* In the VeggieTales segment "The Story of Flibber-O-Loo" (a re-telling of the Good Samaritan story), the towns of Flibber-O-Loo and Jibberty-Lot have a heated rivalry, where they launch [[ItMakesSenseInContext shoes and pots]] at each other with catapults and other devices.

* In PGWodehouse's short story "The Ordeal of Young Tuppy" the towns Upper Bleaching and Hockley-cum-Meston have a heated rivalry which is expressed in the form of an annual rugby game known for its violence and injuries.