Vitriolic Best Buds/Theatre

Examples of in  include:

"Rod: We live together - Nicky: We're close as people can get. Rod: We've been the best of buddies, Nicky: Ever since the day we met. Rod: So he knows lots of ways to make me really upset! [Nicky: What?!] Oh, every day is an aggravation - Nicky: Come on, that's an exaggeration! Rod: You leave your clothes out, you put your feet on my chair. Nicky: Oh yeah? You do such anal things like ironing your underwear! Rod: You make the very small apartment we share a Hell! Nicky: So do you! That's why I'm in Hell too!"
 * The broadway musical Mame features a song about this, entitled "Bosom Buddies", where Vera and Mame take turns sniping at each other while still simultaneously declaring their great affection. This is a type two.
 * Rod and Nicky in "Avenue Q" are this way too. From the song "It Sucks to be Me":


 * By the end of the play,.
 * Why, Bialystock & Bloom, of course! Their friendship comes into question, but by the end, they've become Fire-Forged Friends.