To add to your point, there have been many examples of foils on TV Tropes that didn't interact at all (eg. Arcturus Mengsk and Alarak of Starcraft 2) so the interaction part might need to be edited/removed
Personally, from what I can see in the examples Foils are characters have traits that are considered counterparts to each other (defining what traits are considered counterparts is more of an art than a science)
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The Amazing World of Gumball: Penny is a foil to Rob. Both of them became much closer to Gumball in season 3, but while Penny became his girlfriend, Rob became his nemesis. Both of them ran away from everyone, but Penny came out of her shell and turned out to be a shape shifting creature under her peanut shell (and became a Demoted to Extra as of season 5), and Rob became horribly disfigured (and became an Ascended Extra).
Miraculous Ladybug: Lila is a foil to Chloe. Both girls are mean, but while Chloe becomes a better person, Lila becomes a worse person. Chloe is honest with everyone while Lila is a Manipulative Bastard who lies to everyone but only Marinette and Adrien know that Lila is a liar. Chloe becomes Ladybug's ally and Lila becomes Hawk Moth's ally.
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In the James Bond films, do Scaramanga, Alec Trevelyan and Red Grant qualify as foils to Bond?
Note for macks2010: The inline example you added was not needed and served to make the thesis paragraph murky with digression. Also, please see the Para Bombing article.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. — H.L. Mencken
Exactly how much interaction is necessary for characters to be considered a foil? Does the interaction need to be a regular occurrence, or do the characters simply need to have shared screen time/panel space at SOME point?
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