Cock Fight: Difference between revisions

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[[The Hero]] and the [[Romantic False Lead]] have one goal in common: getting the girl. In essence, a Cock Fight is what happens when the vying between the two suitors escalates into open hostility. Often occurs if neither was aware of the existence of the other, or when the hero has been courting the girl for a while. Typically, the fighters tend to focus on each other with the woman becoming secondary goal or, in a nastier tone, treated as a trophy.

As the title implies, this trope is [[Always Male]] and is very different from a [[Betty and Veronica]] situation in its execution. Namely, it is more about posturing and machismo and much less about emotions; it tends to be more violent and physical, instead of being catty and verbal.

 

 

 

During such conflicts, the girl can either stay [[Neutral Female|neutral]] or try to intervene whether or not her choice is made. If she takes the second option, what she does can go from trying to soothe the guys's differences, telling them to shut up and stop fighting over her, or even [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here|get the HELL out]] at least until they stop being stupid.

 

 

 

Not related to [[Cat Fight]]. (Though if two girls have mutual interest over the same dude, they ''can'' get into one.)

* Pictured above: ''[[Inuyasha]]'': Inu-Yasha and Kouga over Kagome.

* Godai and Mitaka over Kyoko in ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'' ([[Rumiko Takahashi]] count: 2).

* A brutal variation in ''[[Berserk]]'', during the Eclipse, for Casca, Guts and Griffith. The development of this situation began when Guts left Griffith and came to a head when Griffith learned that Guts and Casca, both of whom he was [[Yandere]] for at this point, were in a relationship together. It did not end well for either of the [[Star-Crossed Lovers]].

* Narrowly averted in ''[[Junjou Romantica]]''. [[Crazy Jealous Guy|Akihiko]] was about ready to storm in his brother's room and give him a good punch in every imaginable part of his body when he found out that his brother was 'going to take Misaki from him', had [[The Messiah|Misaki]] not held him from going through the door.

* In ''[[Akazukin Chacha]]'', Shiine and Riiya are constantly squabbling over Chacha, who remains blithely oblivious.

* ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'': Speedy and Guido fight each other over Lucille.

** {{spoiler|Kyatto Ninden Teyandee - Yattaro and Sukashii fight each other over Omitsu.}}

* Putting [[Disney Comics|Donald Duck, Gladstone Gander, and Daisy Duck]] in the same story is a recipe for disaster... and humor. It's interesting to note that in Daisy's eyes she is "officially" engaged to Donald, and the boys' attempts to impress her romantically either go unnoticed or frustrate her to no end. These stories also tend to play up Donald's bad luck and contrast it with Gladstone's legendary good luck, such that the former is desperately afraid of losing his girl while the latter is desperately trying to win the one thing his luck can't provide. Jealousy, envy, and wacky hijinks all around.

 

 

== Films -- Animation ==

* In ''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'', Bernard competes with Jake over Bianca's affections. Though in this case, Jake isn't openly competing with Bernard, just unaware of his relationship status with Bianca.

 

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* Lampshaded in the [[Blake Edwards]] film ''[[Skin Deep]]'':

'''Man''': Cockfighting. }}

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Variation in ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes]]'': In the book, Ruth's husband fights with Ruth's lesbian lover, Imogen (Idgie), when Ruth says she wants to escape her abusive marriage to live with her.

* ''[[Colas Breugnon]]'' has the protagonist reminiscencing on his young love, which eventually drove him to fight his friend Pinon for her affections, to the death (but nobody died, though there was a lot of bleeding). Both competitors are even referred to as roosters.

* An ongoing character arc between Gilgamesh Wulfenbach and Tarvek Sturmvoraus in ''[[Girl Genius]]'', both vying for the affections of Agatha Heterodyne and neither holding the other's integrity of character in particularly high regard. Played with at least a couple of times where Agatha has shown herself to be willing and capable of stepping in and kicking ''both'' of their asses just to get them to behave for a while.

** Of course given that they are [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] 'and' each others political rivals, they do surprisingly little fighting over Agatha. After all [[Threesome Subtext|they don't mind Agatha being the boss of them.]]

'''Jon:''' ... Ah. Now see, guys don't have those kinds of talks. We just whip it out and see whose is longer. }}

* In ''[[The Dreamer]]'', Alan Warren and Alexander Hamilton often get into snippy fights around each other, often involving Beatrice as the subject.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* This is the premise of nearly every ''[[Popeye]]'' cartoon ever made, ever.

 

 

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