History Main / SnarkToSnarkCombat

* Just about any conversation in ''Series/RedDwarf''.

* Whenever Tora or Sarakshi from ''{{FanFic/Seduction}}'' talk.

* Film/JamesBond vs. [[JohnCleese R]].

* ''Literal'' Snark To Snark Combat breaks out toward the end of ''ErrantStory'', when DeadpanSnarker Sarine engages in a duel to the death with SnarkKnight Sarna, who also had been Sarine's best friend for centuries. Snarkage mixes with blood and gore right up to the moment someone dies.

** In ''TheWorldIsNotEnough''...

** ... and ''DieAnotherDay''.

* Just about any conversation in ''RedDwarf''.

* ''{{Blackadder}}'' and anyone who's as smart as he is. Blackadder usually butts heads with this person, (Melchitt, Lord Flashheart, Captain Darling) and wins in the end. Usually hilariously.

-->'''Zoe:''' You paid money for this, sir? On purpose?\\'''Mal:''' Ship like this, be with you till the day you die.\\
'''Zoe:''' Because it's a death trap.

* Tends to happen a lot with {{Nightwing}}, particularly when going up against {{Batman}} himself or Alfred. On that note, many of Batman and Alfred's more casual conversations with Alfred tend towards this - Alfred usually wins.

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* {{Spiderman}} and [[FantasticFour The Human Torch]] have been doing this sort of thing whenever they team up or are even in the same story together for decades. It's kind of their thing.

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--> '''Tora:''' Who do you think Hoseki's representatives would believe? One of the maids from a café that has done a grand event for the first time, or the well-mannered and chivalrous Igarashi heir?
--> '''Sarakshi:''' Well-mannered. Chivalrous. Excuse me while I gag, Igarashi.
--> '''Tora:''' I'm sure something as unattractive as that would be right up your street.

* JamesBond vs. [[JohnCleese R]] in ''TheWorldIsNotEnough''
-->'''Bond:''' If you're Q does this make him R?
-->'''R:''' Ah yes, the [[BondOneLiner legendary 007 wit]]...or half of it anyway.
** ...and ''DieAnotherDay''.
-->'''Bond:''' Give me the old firing range anyday, Quartermaster.
-->'''R:''' Yes well they call it the Future, so get used to it. ''(takes Bond into a museum of {{Call Back}}s)''
-->'''Bond:''' This where they keep the old relics, is it?

* Half of the conversations in ''HarryPotter''.

* Gilmore Girls. The scripts of that show do not call for pauses.
* MST3K. The boys try to out-snark one another on some topic when one of them makes a seminal joke.
* Jim Brass and Gil Grissom sometimes used to get into this in ''{{CSI}}''.

* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' uses this a lot. Lampshaded in Season 4 by a random vamp:

* Most of the main cast of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' gets in on this. Sherlock vs. John, Sherlock vs. Lestrade, John vs. Mycroft, Sherlock vs. Mycroft, etc.
* Being a JossWhedon show, ''{{Firefly}}'' had a lot of this going on. Virtually all of Mal and Zoe's dialogue, for example.
-->'''Zoe''': You paid money for this, sir? On purpose?
-->'''Mal''': Ship like this, be with you till the day you die.
-->'''Zoe''': Because it's a death trap.
* Jeff and Britta from ''{{Community}}'' are masters of this.

-->'''Jackson''': They'll never see it coming.
-->'''O'Neill''': Which is one of the advantages of a totally ''insane'' idea.
-->'''Jackson''': Yeah, where'd I learn that from?
* Chuck and Blair on ''GossipGirl'', from time to time. Actually, nearly all the time - one of the other characters refers to it as foreplay.

* ZerothLaw example: Benedick and Beatrice of ''MuchAdoAboutNothing''.
* Cecily Cardew and Gwendolyn Fairfax in ''TheImportanceOfBeingEarnest''

** And Lane and Algernon... Actually, pretty much every conversation in this play is SnarkToSnarkCombat.

* ''MassEffect2'' cheerfully descends into this in ''Lair Of The Shadow Broker'', when Shepard and Liara snark to each other about game mechanics.
-->'''Shepard:''' [[NoOSHACompliance Not even a guard rail]]. I bet the Broker's agents love patrolling the hull.
-->'''Liara:''' At least the view is nice.

* ''QuestionableContent'' likes having people try to out-sass Faye. It never works.
* ''{{Homestuck}}'': Almost every conversation with [[BlackMagicianGirl Rose]] and [[TheLancer Dave]] ever. In fact, most conversations between most of the cast lean this way, given how many of them trade in [[DeadpanSnarker the snarky goodness]].

* [[TalkingAnimal Brian the Dog]] and [[BrainyBaby Stewie Griffin]], from ''FamilyGuy'', are two of the snarkiest characters on the show. As such, conversations between them involve them being especially snarky. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMf6V5ct29I Here is an example.]]

* Pretty much every BattleCouple in ''[[JusticeLeagueUnlimited Justice League]]'' is like this. Green Lantern/Hawkgirl, Green Arrow/Black Canary, Huntress/Question...
* This seems to be the only way anyone is capable of communicating on ''{{Archer}}''.

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* Chuck and Blair on ''GossipGirl'', from time to time.

-->'''Shepard:''' Not even a guard rail. I bet the Broker's agents love patrolling the hull.

* MST3K. Obviously, no citation needed.

* ''{{Blackadder}}'' and anyone who's as smart as he is. Blackadder usually butts heads with this person, (Melchitt, Captain Darling) and wins in the end. Usually hilariously.

* ''{{Edmund Blackadder}}'' and anyone who's as smart as he is. Blackadder usually butts heads with this person, (Melchitt, Captain Darling) and wins in the end. Usually hilariously.

Much like having [[HamToHamCombat different hammy actors in the same work]], sometimes putting two [[DeadpanSnarker snarky characters]] into the same works, and having them interact in some form of discussion (especially an argument) can seem like a competition in sarcasm.