Anime & Manga
"You'll always be my dear comrades, right up until I've killed you."
— Bertholdt, Attack on Titan
Comic Books
Hal: Were we ever truly friends?
Sinestro: That's the tragedy of all this, Jordan. Hal. We'll always be friends.
Films — Animated
Hang Kasa: Retak'ka and I were the best of friends. He found the Power Sphera Light Gamma, I found the Power Sphera Quake Crystal. But as we grew older, he became greedy. He stole five more Elemental Powers! And then, he came after my power. How could he? What do you think? Huh?!
BoBoiBoy: No, he shouldn't have.
Hang Kasa: And that is why I had to stop him. I used a special Power Sphera, Ochobot, to drain all of Retak'ka's Elemental Powers.
Films — Live-Action
Nick Fury: You know, there was a time I would've taken a bullet for you.
Alexander Pierce: You already did. You will again, when it's useful.
Dutch: What happened to you, Dillon? You used to be someone I could trust.
Dillon: I woke up. Why don't you? You're an asset. An expendable asset. And I used you to get the job done, got it?
Dillon: I woke up. Why don't you? You're an asset. An expendable asset. And I used you to get the job done, got it?
Live-Action TV
"I had a friend once. We ran together when I was little and I thought we were the same. When we grew up, we weren’t. And now she’s trying to tear the world apart and I can’t run fast enough to hold it together."
— The Doctor, Doctor Who
Music
Our path diverged upon a road
You chose a darker fate to sow
I watched you turn from friend to foe
It had to end like this I finally know
— The Megas, "(I Want to be The One) To Watch You Die"
Video Games
Sly Cooper: You don't know anything about me or my father.
Dr. M: Really? Who let you in on the secret of this place, eh? Was it my old pal McSweeney, perhaps?
Sly Cooper: McSweeney works for you? This was all a setup to get the cane!
Dr. M: No, m'boy. Once upon a time, he and I worked together... for your dear old dad.
Sly Cooper: My father wouldn't have run with a guy who'd try to steal from the Cooper Vault... let alone attempt to kill his son.
Dr. M: Time does strange things to people.
Dr. M: Really? Who let you in on the secret of this place, eh? Was it my old pal McSweeney, perhaps?
Sly Cooper: McSweeney works for you? This was all a setup to get the cane!
Dr. M: No, m'boy. Once upon a time, he and I worked together... for your dear old dad.
Sly Cooper: My father wouldn't have run with a guy who'd try to steal from the Cooper Vault... let alone attempt to kill his son.
Dr. M: Time does strange things to people.
Anakin/Vader: Don't make me kill you.
Obi-Wan: I will do what I must.
Anakin/Vader: You will try... my old friend.
Obi-Wan: I will do what I must.
Anakin/Vader: You will try... my old friend.
— From the Video Game, Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith
Web Animation
The immediate context the audience had for this movie is the dynamic we see in the first three X-Men movies where Magneto and Xavier are that fascinating combo of "old friends" and "archrivals" and really they kinda give off that vibe of two people who have broken up for years but stayed friends but the reasons they broke up are still very much present and every once in a while one of them is like "We should give it another try" and the other one's like "Are you still going to try to orchestrate the downfall of humanity?" And the other one's like "I knew you'd bring that up!" And it's just a whole mess.
— Red, Overly Sarcastic Productions, "One X-Cellent Scene - Rage and Serenity"
Western Animation
Livingstone: We were best friends, Wease. You broke my heart back then.
The Creeper: Now it's time to break the rest of you.
The Creeper: Now it's time to break the rest of you.
— Animalia
