Friendship Tropes



"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Aristotle"

"A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter; he who finds one finds a treasure.

Sirach"

"No one has greater love than this, that one should lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13"

Tropes

 * Love Tropes


 * Accidental Hug
 * Band of Brothers
 * Bash Brothers
 * Bathtub Bonding
 * Bear Hug
 * Beleaguered Childhood Friend
 * Best Friend Manual
 * Best Friends-in-Law
 * Better As Friends
 * Big Bad Friend
 * Big Brother Mentor
 * Black Best Friend
 * Blind and The Beast
 * Blood Brothers
 * A Boy and His X
 * The Bro Code
 * Bros Before Hoes
 * Bromantic Foil
 * Can't Stand Them Can't Live Without Them
 * Caretaker Reversal
 * Circle of Friendship
 * Chain of People
 * Childhood Friends
 * Childhood Friend Romance
 * Cloudcuckoolander's Minder
 * Conflicting Loyalty
 * Defeat Means Friendship
 * I Fight for The Strongest Side
 * Duet Bonding
 * Dying Alone
 * Enter Stage Window
 * Equippable Ally
 * Et Tu, Brute?
 * Evil Former Friend
 * Fair-Weather Friend
 * Fat Best Friend
 * Feud Episode
 * Fighting Your Friend
 * Fire-Forged Friends
 * First-Name Basis
 * Forbidden Friendship
 * Forgotten Fallen Friend
 * Forgotten First Meeting
 * Forgotten Friend, New Foe
 * A Friend in Need
 * The Friend Nobody Likes
 * Friendless Background
 * Friendly Rivalry
 * Friendly War
 * Friend Versus Lover
 * Friends All Along
 * Friends With Benefits
 * Friendship Moment
 * Gender Bender Friendship
 * Give Me a Sword
 * Greater Need Than Mine
 * Group Hug
 * He's a Friend
 * Heterosexual Life Partners
 * Honorary Uncle
 * Hug and Comment
 * Human Ladder
 * Hypocritical Heartwarming
 * I Don't Want to Ruin Our Friendship
 * "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight
 * I Just Want to Have Friends
 * Imaginary Friend
 * I'm Not Here to Make Friends
 * Interacting With Shadow
 * Intergenerational Friendship
 * Interspecies Friendship
 * Involuntary Battle to The Death
 * I Want You to Meet An Old Friend of Mine
 * I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure
 * Just Friends
 * Leave Behind a Pistol
 * Like Brother and Sister
 * Lonely Together
 * Misfit Mobilization Moment
 * Odd Friendship
 * Old Flame Fizzle
 * Old Friend
 * Only Friend
 * The Only One I Trust
 * Opposites Attract
 * Pet Homosexual
 * Platonic Life Partners
 * Please Don't Leave Me
 * Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure
 * Poisonous Friend
 * The Power of Friendship
 * Remember That You Trust Me
 * Social Circle Filler
 * Staying With Friends
 * Stay With Me Until I Die
 * Stupid Sexy Friend
 * Symbiotic Possession
 * Talking Down the Suicidal
 * Tastes Like Friendship
 * Team Handstack
 * To Absent Friends
 * Tragic Bromance
 * Translator Buddy
 * True Companions
 * Tulpa
 * Vagabond Buddies
 * Vitriolic Best Buds
 * We Really Do Care
 * We Used to Be Friends
 * Whoa, Bundy!
 * With Friends Like These...
 * ...Who Needs Enemies?
 * You Are Not Alone