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** On several occasions, Akane has actually attacked Ranma, ''while he was in the middle of fighting somebody else'', further proving their subversion of this trope. This tends to happen more in the manga than in the [[Lighter and Softer|anime]].
** They've proven that they're capable of fighting together properly. During the last part of the martial arts cheerleading arc and the martial arts ice skating battle in the manga, they seem to fight together just fine, even while arguing. Maybe their lack of a Battle Couple status is more of an anime thing.
* Earlier examples: [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Sayaka and Kouji]] in ''[[Mazinger Z]]''. And then again, in ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' and ''[[Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-hen]]''.
** This trope was enforced by [[The Professor]] Dr. Kabuto, that created Minerva-X to be Mazinger-Z's [[Battle Couple]] because he thought all great heroes fight alongside strong and beautiful [[Action Girl|Action Girls]].
** Also, Tetsuya Tsurugi and Jun Honou from ''[[Great Mazinger]]''.
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** There's also Wolf and Fox -- she's the reason he lost all that weight.
* Popo and Nana (Ice Climbers) from [[Super Smash Bros]]. Though not much is known about them, their friendship towards each other is obvious. Though they might not classify as a couple because they are still just young kids.
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots]]'' {{spoiler|Johnny}} eventually manages to win {{spoiler|Meryl's}} heart, by saving {{spoiler|her}} life on not one but three occasions. In a scene that [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QofhJhJGBjw has to be seen to be believed], they hold a door against seeming endless waves of attackers while slipping new magazines into each others guns, and proposing each other for marriage.
** Of course, in the third game ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater|Snake Eater]]'', {{spoiler|The Boss and The Sorrow had such a relationship before suffering a fate much worse than [[Star-Crossed Lovers]], namely being forced to fight each other in order to uphold loyalty to their respective nations, namely the US and the USSR. Said fight ended in The Sorrow's death. However, before being forced to split, The Boss gave birth to The Sorrow's son while participating in the D-Day invasion.}}
*** {{spoiler|In what may be considered either the most [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]] or [[Metal Gear Solid/Heartwarming|heartwarming]] conclusion to that relationship, the Sorrow actually ''encouraged'' the Boss to kill him to complete her mission. This strongly implies that the Sorrow wasn't even willing to fight to defend himself against her, showing that his loyalty was first and foremost to her.}}
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