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{{quote|''"After a fair and square fight, everyone becomes friends -- That's the Rule of Right of Shonen Manga!"''
|'''Ken Matsushiro''', ''[[Yakitate!! Japan]]''}}
In a series based around an endless series of [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|one-on-one fights]], defeating a [[Worthy Opponent]] or [[The Rival]] will sometimes [[Magnetic Hero|convert them to the hero's side]], if not always to his cause. Furthermore, no matter how many people the [[Worthy Opponent]] has killed, how much grief he has caused, even if he slaughtered helpless children or the hero's own family, as soon as he shows a bit of remorse or goes out of his way to help the hero even once, he will be welcomed into the hero's circle of [[True Companions]] [[Easily Forgiven|with open arms]].
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From the writers' standpoint, this trope is a way to keep characters around longer. If it's a show about fighting, and if the hero is always getting stronger, what's the use of a defeated enemy? We want to see him fight some more, but he can't fight the hero again because that would be repetitive and we all know he would lose. So instead, he becomes an ally and gets to assist the hero.
In video games, this may simply be an instance of the designers wanting to include more [[Boss Battle
Compare [[Kill Me Now or Forever Stay Your Hand]], another way to win over your enemies. Also compare [[Let's You and
See also [[Love At First Punch]] and [[Best Her to Bed Her]] for romantic variations, [[Defeat Means Playable]], [[I Fight for
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Pretty Sammy
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
** That she tried the understanding plus violence tactic without actually ''knowing'' Crona's background made the sequence all the more awesome.
** Was perhaps the expected outcome of Black Star's encounters with Mifune, and indeed turned out that way in the anime. In the manga, however {{spoiler|defeat means ''death''. In a large, obstinate amount of honour over reason, Black Star ends up killing Mifune because neither could conceive of an alternative to fighting to the death. Nice aversion (?), interesting outcome, total [[Tear Jerker]].}}
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*** Though, according to ch78, not the entire story - {{spoiler|Kid, being a naive rich guy with symmetry on the brain, comes to find the pair known as the 'Demons of Brooklyn' to have them as his Weapons. They agree originally because they want his money, and only later come to realise they genuinely [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|like]] being with the boy.}} The Defeat's there, but the Friendship took time.
** Black Star tries a new job as Warrior Therapist when he faces Crona. It doesn't work, for if anything Crona's mental state is worse, and no amount of [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours|Kung Fu Strength]] was enough to snap them out of it.
* It is wryly noted that this is how Nanoha of ''[[Lyrical Nanoha]]'' seems to make all of her friends, both [[Muggles]] and other mages. So much so that fans use the word "[[Befriending|befriend]]" as a synonym for "beat the crap out of". Before anyone is deemed worthy of her affection, (s)he first has to miraculously survive one of her [[Wave Motion Gun|massively aggressive onslaughts]], which Fate experiences first-hand.
** The current title of most befriended goes to Vivio, who took the title from Fate when {{spoiler|she received five [[Wave Motion Gun|Starlight Breakers]] ''at the same time'' and managed to remain conscious ''and'' stand on her own afterwards. A considerable feat since Fate couldn't even claim that when Nanoha struck her with one.}} Nanoha officially adopts Vivio as her daughter afterwards.
*** {{spoiler|In Fate's defense, Vivio was powered up well beyond her normal capacity by a Lost Logia at the time. Also, Fate was weakened by a Divine Buster just prior to being hit by the Starlight Breaker.}}
** That explains why she isn't as close to Chrono as to the rest of her friends. She never blew him up! [[Gay Option|Het Option]] Yuuno is around, but has less and less presence each season.
*** It should be noted that in ''[[Triangle Heart 3
** Coincidentally, the first time Nanoha met Fate, the latter "befriended" her nearly into the hospital. Is it any wonder she fell in [[Love At First Sight]] [[Love At First Punch|Punch]]?
** Lampshaded in the [[All There in the Manual|third Megami]] [[Audio Adaptation|sound stage]], where Hayate, in response to Erio and Caro becoming friends with Lutecia (whom they had defeated in the final battle), and the reformed Numbers cyborgs, notes that children have an amazing capacity for forgiveness. Similarly, in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
** Referenced in episode 12 of ''[[
** Nanoha has finally explained the whole "[[befriending]]" process herself in the movie manga when she thinks back to how she became friends with Arisa only after they fought.
** Jokingly brought up in [[The Movie]] sound stages, the full excerpt is on the [[Ascended Meme]] page.
* This is a recurring theme in ''[[Pokémon (
** Many of the Pokémon the characters capture either only agree to join them after they prove themselves by beating and catching the Pokémon in a battle. Main character Ash Ketchum had to earn the obedience of Pokémon like Bulbasaur, Snorunt, Treecko, and many more this way, even after he'd already befriended them.
** And then there are the Pokémon who are just plain ''hostile'' and only become friendly after the characters have beaten and captured them. Ash only befriended Pidgeotto, Krabby, Muk, Corphish, and several other Pokémon after he'd beaten them up and caught them in a Poké Ball.
** Many of the human relationships are this way too. At first, Ash couldn't stand either [[The Rival|Gary or Paul]], but once he'd fought them in the Pokémon League he formed a new friendship, or at least mutual respect, with the both of them. More generally, the [[To Be a Master]] nature of the series means that many non-evil characters are after the same goals as the protagonist, and while they compete against one another there's no real hatred between the majority of trainers.
** This was subverted to hell and back in at least one episode, though. After being tormented the entire episode by a wild Rotom in an abandoned hotel, Ash and Dawn eventually use their combined powers to defeat it, and then are concerned for its safety when it seems down for the count. The Rotom wakes up and looks ashamed, and Ash conjectures that Rotom was just lonely and wanted someone to play with. Rotom nods in agreement... then shocks all of them before darting away, cackling madly.
* Naturally ''[[
** The original ''[[
** Avo and Cado from the JUMP Super Anime Tour special have got to be fastest example in the history of fiction.
** Subverted with Tenshinhan, though. He beats both Kamesennin and Goku, but still does the [[Heel Face Turn]], mostly after Kamesennin gives him a good talking-to about why idolizing an assassin kind of sucks and he realizes that he doesn't want to kill Goku, he just wants to fight him square.
* Ippo in ''[[
** Itagaki and what's-his-name might be considered another example.
*** Arguably a [[Truth in Television]] for boxing and other sports. Foreman and Ali is the best known example.
* Ryuji Otogi (Duke Devlin in the dub) begins his appearance on ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (
** Bear in mind, Ryuji's entire case was "Pegasus's defeat was bad for me, so clearly Yugi is a cheating bastard". It wasn't so much Yami winning the game as Ryuji getting over himself. Yugi beating him in a 'fair' game, or one where Ryuji is cheating, and the fact that he got back the publishing deal, too.
*** It's different in the manga version where Ryuji fought against Yugi to take revenge for his father's loss against Yugi's grandfather (which made his father's face monstrous) as well as to take possession of the Millenium Puzzle. Yugi was almost killed as Ryuji's store burned afterwards.
** MANY other important characters in the show follow this trope ranging from Mai and Mokuba and even to villains like Pegasus and Marik. Seto Kaiba is very unusual in that although he is repeatedly beaten by Yugi and has had the invitation of friendship extended to him by the group more than once, he only admits to respecting Yugi but never would call him his friend.
** ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (
** The whole of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (
*** That would explain [[Serious Business|A LOT]].
* ''[[
** Ichigo has a habit of befriending the people he defeats: Ishida, Ganju, Ikkaku, Renji, Kenpachi and Byakuya (in that order) all end up becoming his friends. He even manages this with several Arrancars he fights. Dordoni tried to hold off other Arrancar pursuing Ichigo after he was defeated by him.
** After Chad defeated Arrancar #107 (Gantenbainne Mosqueda), Mosqueda warns him to run rather than fight an even more powerful Arrancar.
** Perfectly summed up by Tsukishima's Fullbring. {{spoiler|One cut of his sword, and he will insert himself into your life in whatever way he wants and a second cut ends the effect. It's so powerful it can break strong bonds although he quickly learns Byakuya's loyalty to Ichigo is unbreakable even when under this effect.}}
* Pretty much the same story with Sagara Sanosuke in ''[[
** It helped that Kenshin [[Warrior Therapist|monologued]] at Sanosuke for [[Walls of Text|a couple of pages]], and admitted that the revolution Kenshin helped push through was very superficial and still had a long way to go before true equality happened. Sano realized that they were fighting for the same cause and therefore gave up, letting himself pass out from the injuries he'd sustained in the battle.
** Kenshin would then go on to monologue at just about everybody else while beating the snot out of them and winning. It only failed to work against Shishio Makoto, but [[Deus Ex Machina]] kicked in and Kenshin didn't have to break his [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|all-important vow]].
* ''[[Rosario
** Change Tsukune to everyone except Tsukune for Mizore, and Moka for Kurumu and... well, they all wanted to kill someone in the group, right?
*** Except for Yukari. She was just being a harmless prankstress who managed to be more annoying than dangerous.
**** It would probably be more accurate to say that they became friends because Tsukune always forgave them for everything.
* A longstanding tradition in ''[[
** Not
** And Mikitaka, but he may or may not be all there.
*** Who, himself, does the same. No, really, he got a [[Yandere]] to become a nice girl, and started dating her. By (accidentally) throwing her
* Misaki from ''[[
* The entire Shuffle Alliance in ''[[
* Various antagonists in ''[[
** Naruto ''is'' a [[Warrior Therapist]], so it isn't just that he defeats them.
** Averted with Ino and Sakura, who renew their friendship after fighting to a draw. The nature of their rivalry suggests that a clear victor would have been detrimental to reconciliation. Then again, technically, they '''both''' lost, since as a result of the draw, both failed that attempt at the Chunin exam.
** Mostly inverted with Tsunade; Naruto loses both his "[[Curb Stomp Battle|fights]]" against her, but technically wins her bet.
** Naruto's actually gotten so used to this happening that when Sasuke, his best friend and [[The Rival|rival]], [[Face Heel Turn|becomes a villain]], Naruto just seems to ''assume'' that beating Sasuke in a fight will make him a good guy again.
*** He's probably right, too.
*** Sasuke and Naruto are something of an inversion, since Sasuke was ready to admit that yes, they are best friends, though this wasn't necessarily a ''good'' thing since [[Aloof Big Brother|Itachi]] told him, even advised him, that killing his best friend would unlock a new power, a power he'd need if he wanted his revenge. When it came to it Sasuke (barely) defeated Naruto, but chose not to kill him because he still thought of him as his friend, and he didn't want to achieve power by following Itachi's ways. {{spoiler|May or may not be played straight now that Sasuke is batshit insane, but still an inversion since every time Sasuke was about to get better and abandon his vengeful power-seeker ways, some evil villain came along and deliberately put a stop to it by giving him another reason to dive off the deep end. So, Naruto really has to deal with the people corrupting Sasuke first before defeating him.}}
** Kabuto [[Playing
** Now Naruto's even gone so far as to have this trope happen with {{spoiler|not only the [[Eldritch Abomination|Nine-Tailed
* It would take less time to list the antagonists in ''[[
** Ditto for its <s>spiritual successor in the department of [[Merchandise
* In ''[[Ranma
** In Ryoga and Mousse's cases, battling common foes and saving each other's lives have made them [[True Companions]], however. But not friends.
* And, of course, a key plot point in ''[[
* Subverted in ''[[
** Also, the younger Toguro is not only fully aware of this fact, he welcomes it. The elder Toguro, on the other hand, is simply unkillable and thus has no reason to care.
** Chu, although he didn't wait for defeat, Rinku, Jin, Toya, arguably Kuwabara (and his posse by proxy, although that's practically manga-only), reluctantly both Shishiwakamaru and Suzuki, Murota, Mitarai, slightly Amanuma, hell all of the seven except Sensui, Itsuki, and Gourmet (did we ever learn his name?), although the Doctor and Sniper just went non-antagonist. AND Sayaka in the pre-resurrection arc, although in the anime she was merely a Spirit-World inspector. Suzuki even went so far as to {{spoiler|provide Kuwabara and Kurama with weapons that they would have been pwned without}}, although technically this was to further his own ends. Yomi became friendlier after the Demon Tournament arc, although he was by no means a friend or ally, as well as Mukuro and Raizen's old friends. Luka {{spoiler|got out of the force-field for hire and switched to doing a radio show with Koto and Juri after nearly being incinerated by Hiei.}} This series exploits the trope almost as much as ''DBZ''.
* Happens several times in ''[[
** Not really, as after defeating them, or not quite defeating them, Yoh has gone to great lengths, (or in one case Anna didn't go to great lengths, just lengths) to help them find what they sought. In two cases, this won Eternal undying loyalty. And Lyserg took ages to figure it out anyway.
* Gokudera Hayato in ''[[
** Er, not to mention that Gokudera was about to die from setting off his own dynamite, and Tsuna saved his life?
** After being defeated by defeated {{spoiler|Gokudera, Gamma seems to be going this way}}
** In a way, this happens to two of the major [[Big Bad
* In ''[[
* Arguably subverted in ''[[
** Also arguably subverted with {{spoiler|the Iscariot organization in the final chapter. At first it seems that Iscariot, who lost almost everyone during the war, have formed a somewhat friendly relationship with the Hellsing organization afterward. It turns out that they're really just waiting until they've properly rebuilt themselves to launch their next crusade.}}
* Lampshaded in the final episode of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* The girls from ''[[
** Presea's death only occurs in the anime. In the manga, it's his idea of letting his beasts use the unconscious Hikaru and Fuu as toys that really upsets Umi, especially when he calls them stupid for trying to protect Umi.
** They also managed to convince Caldina to back off through their passion and commitment to their
* In ''[[
** Rakan appears to be a subversion. His version of this tropes sounds more like "Draw Means Friendship". Just take a look at his fights. He fought Nagi to a draw, Friendship, he fought Vrixas Nagasha, the ancient dragon, to a standstill and they were on good terms since then, his fight with Kage-chan never reached a conclusion so it can be considered a draw, after the fight they went drinking and became friends.
*** {{spoiler|Though in the latter case, it's more like they became drinking buddies before the fight, hinting that he arranged the whole thing to look like this trope.}}
** Appears to be the same deal about to happen with {{spoiler|Luna (Shiori) ... though it might more be [[Defeat Means Love]]}}.
** Seems like this is about to happen again, since as of {{spoiler|chapter 292 Negi wants to be best friends with Fate. And it seems to be mutual, too... in a way.}}
*** While hinted, this is doubted by many given {{spoiler|Fate's disguised [[Omnicidal Maniac|Omnicidal Maniacal goals and tendencies]]}}. Not to mention that fact that far too many people want that boy dead.
*** As of chapter 328, {{spoiler|1=It [http://andarion.deviantart.com/art/Befriending-Complete-213440838?offset=10 finally happened], with an epic friendly beatdown, though Fate is still [[Tsundere]] about it.}}
* In ''[[
** Might be a bit of an inversion - Bad Bird actually won the battle and had Speedy helplessly trapped. He was planning to leave him there to die when the comet struck, but the defeated Speedy appealed to him and was able to convert him to goodness just in time. It might have helped that, having proven his combat superiority in a way, Bad Bird had less of a motive to be evil.
* ''[[
** And one of them creates a fan club for Fuko.
* This shows up as a recurring theme in ''[[Hayate
* In ''[[Harlem Beat]]'', almost all rival teams become this with Johnan team.
* Possibly subverted in ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Cynthia the Mission]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Cybele does this. All of her subordinates became her loyal and loving followers after she destroyed them in battle. Phantom got his lips torn off. The guy in the glasses got his eyes gouged out. Bridget got her arm torn off. And the boxer guy got his neck slit. Yes, the least crippling injury was a throat cutting. Cybele herself gave Bridget and the boxer medical attention and a prosthetic arm in Bridget's case.
* Interestingly inverted ''[[
** Also kinda subverted during the fight between Sanji and Mr. 2 Bon Clay, in which Sanji wins. Bon Clay tells him to finish him off and instead...Sanji offers his hand to apparently help him up. Bon Clay is touched (his inner thoughts say stuff about 'enemies becoming friends!' or something like that), and then Sanji promptly knocks him out and retrieves Usopp's goggles from him.
** ''[[
** The only major exception is that a defeated villain (again, usually a minion) gets a mini title-arc where they sometimes become more humane, and sometimes even end up [[Heel Face Turn|helping the hero later on]], like with Hachi.
** Minor villain Duval is an exception. He decides he likes the Straw Hats and pledges loyalty to them as soon as he's defeated. Though it may have something to do with Sanji giving him reconstructive facial surgery with his feet, turning him from [[Gonk]] to [[Bishonen]].
** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] by the [[Badass Crew|Whitebeard Pirates]]. When these guys kick your ass, they don't just become your friends. They become your [[Badass Family|''family.'']] Whether you want to or not.
* All but a few members of the Shinpaku Alliance in ''[[Kenichi:
* Seen more or less often in ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', where the Bronze Saints and [[The Messiah|Saori]] manage to make several of their enemies realize they should join their cause ''after'' Seiya and Co. defeat them in battle.
* Subverted in ''[[
* Many of the highlighted players from teams defeated by the Deimon Devil Bats (even some of the freakishly destructive ones) in ''[[Eyeshield 21]]'' end up as personal trainers for the players they opposed when the Devil Bats are preparing to {{spoiler|play in the Christmas Bowl}}. They genuinely seem to want to be helping out (in other words, they're not there because Hiruma threatened them) and cheer their formal rivals from the stands.
** Though really, it's because they're all from the same region of Japan, and they want them to win against Kansai. Plus, since their teams were out of the running, they didn't have anything better to do anyway.
*** This continues to the next phase when they form the Japan All-Star team and go international.
** [[Blood Knight|Gaou]] takes this to the next level. If someone he faces proves themselves to be a [[Worthy Opponent]] (such as Bamba, Riku and Kurita), Gaou will become a surprisingly loyal friend to them and he will defend them in every sense of the word (including attacking ANYONE who insults them).
* Sixknight becomes an ally of the Autobots after his defeat at the hands of Ginrai in ''[[
* Local gang leader Anego in ''[[
** Given that the alternative would be regular fights against a frighteningly powerful opponent who usually considers it standard practice to utterly cripple her foes upon defeat, Anego is only being sensible. And very, very lucky.
** There's also Paya-tan. And Elise. Actually, including Anego, I would put them not so much as "become her friends" as "are conquered and become bondsmen.
* Inverted a bit in ''Yugo the Negotiator''. Yugo always get his ass handed to him, but he manages to get all cooperation he needs from them in the end, [[Determinator|being the stubborn person he is.]] As a negotiator, it helps that he is also always looking for the best outcome for all sides involved.
* Graham Spector of ''[[Baccano
** Good thing [[Psycho for Hire|Ladd]] is too.
* A strange semi-example in a bit of [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|Star Wars Manga]] - yes, there is ''[[Star Wars]]'' manga ([[Canon
** ... The whole thing comes off as [[Shotacon]]-ish fanfiction that stops just short of actual sex. Still, after having his people killed and being curb-stomped by the Dark Lord, Tao randomly became very loyal, and Vader for his part [[Morality Pet|went a little soft]].
* ''[[
** Note: the damage they had done was to a place called "The Pleasure Palace". While the insta-redemption might be a bit "Huh?"-worthy, it's honestly not that odd for a bunch of guys who have just had some sense beaten into them to realize "Hey, helping out a lot of really hot women works out a lot better than threatening them!"
* Near the end of Adachi Mitsuru's ''H2'', Hiro receives encouraging letters from various defeated players and teams. Even Hirota, the series' jerk, writes {{spoiler|"You're an eyesore. Lose already."}}.
* This trope is part of the bread and butter of ''[[
* Invoked (badly) in ''[[
* Averted in ''[
* In the [[Shoujo Demographic]] manga ''[[
* In the ecchi romance ninja manga ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20101108091347/http://www.sendspace.com/file/bcfff6 Ninja Girls]'', this is how the rivals in the [[Love Triangle]] for Raizo's affections become friends... during a friendly game of kemari that turns violent. If they weren't [[Stripperific]] you could almost mistake this as an occurrence in a typical male oriented sports manga, as they fall down laughing, and handclasping.
* ''[[
* From ''[[
** Also subverted spectacularly with Yokoya who walked away with a huge sum of cash and his own teammates in debt. All of his teammates were not pleased at all. In fact, Fukunaga who wasn't even on his team and had his debts all paid in full, returned to the revival game so he could "rip every last yen outta that damn bastard".
* In the ''[[Dai no
* Hayato from ''[[
* Played straight with some villains-of-the-week (such as Bucci) in ''[[
* Not only used multiple times, but practically trumpeted as an ideal in martial arts in ''[[
* ''[[
* This is standard operating procedure for ''[[
* One arc of ''[[
* There's an interesting variant in ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Girls und Panzer]]'', every team leader that Miho defeats during the TV series - and two that she doesn't - ends up respecting her ability and [[Magnetic Hero|coming to her aid]] during ''[[The Movie|der Film]]''
== Comic Books ==
* In ''[[Elf Quest]]'', after centuries of festering rivalry (not to mention Rayek abducting ''Cutter's entire family'' so that he has to be lonely for a couple hundred years!), Cutter and Rayek decide to settle their differences by beating the crap out of each other. Once the fight is over they don't exactly become friends, but they're at least willing to cooperate with each other.
** The Wolfriders tend to treat all internal conflicts this way, which makes sense given that their society is modeled on the wolf pack.
* In the original ''[[
* Defeat means switching sides? In ''[[X Wing Series|Rogue Squadron]]'', Baron Fel, the best surviving pilot in the Empire, is captured after a Y-wing shoots him with some ion bolts. He asks to talk to the leader of the Rogues. Turns out Wedge Antilles's sister is Fel's wife, and despite being very, very good at killing Rebels, he'd been having doubts ever since his wife told him about her brother, and he was [[Defector From Decadence|disgusted by his side]]. The gist of it is captured on this page [http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5797/blz41.jpg here]. They take him up on it.
** Defeat definitely means switching sides, at least if ion bolts are involved. In the first ''[[
*** Her biography [[All There in the Manual|in the manual]] identifies her as [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Alderaanian]]. Why it took her over a year to find an opportunity to jump ship is another matter, however.
**** Well, the Rebels didn't exactly make a habit of being easy to find, especially to the Imperial Navy. Defections are somewhat more difficult when the enemy army is almost always in hiding.
* In the ''[[
* A [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] character in ''[[Birds of Prey (comics)|Birds of Prey]]'' {{spoiler|that later becomes Misfit}} assumes this is the reason Oracle ends up attacking her when she breaks into the clocktower.
* This trope is how [[Popeye (
* In a rare example of the villain winning, Meteor defeats [[Kamen America]], before realising that they're [[Not So Different]] after all.
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[
* The vermin who join up with Urthblood's army in ''[[The Urthblood Saga
▲* ''[[Hogyoku Ex Machina (Fanfic)|Hogyoku Ex Machina]]'' lampshades this when [[Bleach (Manga)|Ishida]] asks, "Kurosaki, is there anyone you've fought that you haven't become best friends with?"
* Two examples in ''[[
▲* The vermin who join up with Urthblood's army in [[The Urthblood Saga (Fanfic)|The Crimson Badger]], a [[Redwall]] fanfic.
▲* Two examples in ''[[With Strings Attached (Fanfic)|With Strings Attached]]'', though in both cases the “defeats” were pretty mild:
** As'taris, dying to take the newly revealed Kansael from John, threatens to cut it out of his chest. Ringo [[Mind Over Matter|telekinetically]] shoves him away, takes his sword, and threatens to drop him in the ocean if he tries it again. As'taris is so impressed that Ringo actually fought back that he immediately drops his main objection to the four (that they were noncombatants) and thereafter views them as peers—more or less.
** The four “defeat” {{spoiler|the Hunter (and by proxy Jeft)}} simply by [[True Companions|being themselves]]; their obvious love for one another makes him long for an alternative to his friendless, loveless life of adventure and murder. He becomes the best friend they make in the entire book.
* ''[[
* Back in ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch|Deathbowl 98]]'', [[Marilyn Manson]] was hoping the two bands he killed would be in hell, only for [[Hanson]] show up again. Except for one thing, ''[https://www.wattpad.com/story/173566505-final-stand-of-death Final Stand of Death]'' Hanson had made peace with their [[Spice Girls| opponents]], resulted in this. This leads becoming Fusion Gundam after they were able to [[Bargain with Heaven]].
== Film ==
* ''[[
* In [[The Remake]] of ''[[
* It's a one fight thing, but when the documentary film, ''When We Were Kings'', won its Oscar, [[Muhammad Ali]] and George Foreman went to the podium with the winners as a gesture to show they'd reconciled over the 1974 bout. (Particularly touching was Foreman's very gentle attempts to assist Ali up the steps). No such luck getting Smokin' Joe to forgive the Uncle Tom comments, though.
* In the 2008 ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]'', Horton is triumphant getting his neighbours to believe the microscopic Whos exist and is hailed a hero of the ages. However, he can't help but notice the Sour Kangaroo is now alone, ashamed and hated for what she did to him and almost to the Whos. Fortunately, Horton has a heart as big as his ears and he immediately goes to offer his forgiveness to the Kangaroo. The Kangaroo, realizing how lucky she is to have a friend as noble as Horton, immediately offers to help him shelter the Whos for the trip to Mount Nool.
* Puss in Boots, in ''[[
* The [[Disney Channel]] seems to like the trope. Well, there's no actual fighting, but after the [[Mary Sue|protagonist]] wins/beats their opponent/whatever, the antagonist suddenly becomes BFFs with them.
* ''[[Blazing Saddles]]''. After Sheriff Bart blows up Mongo and captures him:
{{quote|
'''Waco Kid:''' Uh oh, you better watch out, big fella. I think Mongo's taken a little fancy to you.
'''Mongo:''' Aww, Mongo ''straight!'' }}
* In the [[
* In Boorman's ''[[Excalibur (
** Lancelot is seeking to serve the man who can best him in combat. Arthur loses to Lancelot, then cheats by using Excalibur's power to knock Lancelot silly. Lancelot doesn't realize what happened when he wakes up and agrees to join Arthur. Of course, things don't turn out so great in the end...
** The first knight Arthur bests in
* When the [[Wrench Wench|mechanic]] [[Mama Bear|mom]] finally accepts the evidence that her son was murdered, she still harbors a grudge against ''[[
* When Matthias and Balthazar go at it in ''[[The Scorpion King]]'' we ''know'' how it's going to end. Call it a curious form of pre-historic male bonding.
* Rocky and Apollo from the ''[[Rocky (
* ''[[The King and
* In ''[[Avatar (
** That's likely a dominance thing. They want the most dominant, spirited ikran they can find in a flock, and that'd be the one that'd meet a challenge and go toe to toe rather then fly away. Also doubles as a way to get warrior cred; much tougher to break an animal that's trying to kill you then one that just wants to run away.
* Double subverted in ''[[Ip Man]] 2''. After Ip trashes Wong Leung the first time they meet, the latter up and leaves. He comes back with three friends to try to defeat Ip. It's only when this fails that Wong asks Ip to accept him as a student.
** Played straight from the first movie to the second: The leader of the ne'er-do-wells from the first movie gets defeated by Ip in it, and in the second movie comes to his aid. He even credits Ip for helping to turn his life around.
* In ''[[The Horror of Party Beach]]'', shown on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000
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* After Jerry beats up his bully in ''[[Three O
* At the end of ''[[Back to
* ''[[American Ninja]]'' has this. Jackson starts a fight with Joe, when Joe effortlessly kicks his ass, Jackson becomes his buddy, willing to risk court-martial for his new friend.
* In the [[Directors Cut]] of ''[[Legend (
* The villains of the ''[[
* Swede, the violent and unruly marine from ''[[Heartbreak Ridge]]'' has been in and out of the brig on one charge or another until Recon Platoon recruit him to remove [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] Tom Highway. Highway himself has been on a great many charges for violent disorder and when Swede offers to turn himself in after losing, Highway instead orders him to get on parade. Later when a Lieutenant is trying to get evidence against Highway after he embarrassed the local Major, Swede stands in his way and he backs down.
* 'Borsalino' starts with Roch Siffredi and François Capella beating each other up over a woman. The rest of the movie is about their friendship.
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== Literature ==
* [[Older Than Dirt]], coming from the oldest surviving written heroic epic (ca. 2700 BCE): In ''[[
* [[Robin Hood]] and Little John.
** A very large number of Robin Hood ballads were based on the same formula of a sturdy fellow defeating Robin Hood and being welcomed into his band, to such an extent that he is threatened by [[The Worf Effect]].
* ''[[
* Similarly, Dantes and Jacopo from [[The Count of Monte Cristo|le Compte de Monte Cristo]].
* Somewhere in between: [[Irish Mythology|Fionn mac Cumhaill]] and Goll mac Morna (in some versions).
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** The aforementioned meeting of Robin Hood and Little John is a subversion of the trope, since John wins but joins Robin's band anyway.
*** Robin got more or less all of his band this way, and he won some and lost some. He considered it necessary to building a good band, as a sort of test to make sure that each new man was both strong and loyal, so that in a pinch they would be competent and true.
*** In many versions of the tale, a key aspect is that Robin Hood lost to every single Merry Man he recruited ''and then congratulated the winner unabashedly''. Merely defeating them would have proven nothing to them about his worth as a leader. What inspired them to join him was that his will and wry good character could not be defeated by any amount of physical
** While perhaps a very long bow to draw, it's not impossible that both stories were influenced by the Epic of Gilgamesh. Sumerian culture had demonstrable influence (either directly or through its cultural successors) on all subsequent Old World cultures, except sub-Saharan Africa.
* ''[[Rudolph the Red
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* In ''[[Tales of MU]]'', Sooni's belief in this trope is central to her [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]. She believes herself to be in a Shojo anime, with herself as [[The Hero]] and Mack as the evil, demonic, [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Schoolgirl Lesbian]] [[The Rival|Rival]] who needs to be defeated to become her friend. When Mack continues to refuse to admit defeat and cede the election to her, she flies into a homicidal rage and begins attacking her, to the extent that the almost-invulnerable Mack ends up in the hospital (granted, this was mostly because Mack was using more magic than she should have been, but still). Sooni later visits Mack and happily [[Invoked Trope|tells her]] that she has defeated Mack, and therefore they can be friends now. Mack is naturally furious, but then the story heads for a [[Double Subversion]] when Mack agrees out of exasperation, pity... and [[Foe Yay]]. Blatant Foe Yay:
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* In Christopher Stasheff's ''[[Warlock of Gramaraye|The Warlock In Spite of Himself]]'', a goon named Big Tom picks a fight with the hero, Rod Gallowglass; when Rod proves he can best him, Tom asks humbly to be Rod's man. Subverted in that {{spoiler|Tom is a canny agent of Rod's enemies, taking advantage of this trope to get close to him}}.
* A rare example of ''pre-emptive''
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* In ''[[
* While the Great Skeeve normally plays this straight during his ''[[Myth Adventures]],'' he subverts it in the sixth book, ''Little Myth Marker.'' After thwarting the Ax, a "character assassin" hired to ruin his reputation, Skeeve flatly refuses a request to join his group, which the Ax had grown fond of. His reason is that, while he doesn't hold a personal grudge against the assassin, because Skeeve's team often succeeds on [[The Power of Friendship]] the fact that the Ax makes money be betraying that leaves a bad taste in his mouth.
* Happens rather regularly in Stackpole's ''[[X Wing Series]]'' books. All right, so the Rogues kill or drive off most of their enemies, and the retreating ones are still enemies. But when they, for example, shoot down the freighter ship that is the only way the TIE fighters could get out of the system, the TIEs tend to surrender, and Rogue Squadron accepts readily. Once this happened near a station that the Rogues had just captured, and the highest-ranked TIE pilot who had just surrendered warned the leader of Rogue Squadron that the station master was wily. It's a little different in [[Aaron Allston]]'s parts of the series.
* Justified group example in ''[[Council Wars|There Will Be Dragons]]'' by [[John Ringo]]. The inhabitants of a town are rather irritated with the legionnaires stationed nearby. The farmers and craftsmen all work hard for their living, while the soldiers are just lazing around in the woods, and coming to town with lots of unearned money and making trouble... Tension is high and there are fights between townspeople and soldiers. To solve the situation, the legionnaires challenge the town militia to a mock battle, and proceed to beat them soundly. The townspeople realize that the soldiers are not just lazing around, but are training hard to be able to defend the town if needed. And all are friends again.
* ''[[Dave Barry]] Slept Here'' outright parodies this, repeatedly using the term "befriend" to describe [[Gunboat Diplomacy]].
* Aliens try this on an interspecies scale in [[Larry Niven]]'s ''[[
== Live Action TV ==
* On ''[[
** Andrew was originally one of the Big Bads for Season 6, was a hostage for a bit after {{spoiler|killing long-time minor character Johnathan}} and then became one of the Scoobies.
* And on ''[[
* Invoked on ''[[
* On ''[[
* On [[Disney]]'s ''[[Davy Crockett]]'' mini-series, Mike Fink becomes friends with Davy and Georgie after the beat him in a riverboat race.
* In ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey|Rumpole and the Married Lady]]'' Horace Rumpole by an underhand trick makes neophyte barrister Phillida Trant (acting for the prosecution against him) quote legal precedent to such an extent that it antagonizes the judge and she loses the case. It turns out to be the beginning of a beautiful friendship...
* [[Discussed Trope]] and then [[Defied Trope]] in ''[[
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* Happens a lot in [[Professional Wrestling]], as well; for example, this was the impetus for [[AJ Styles]] and [[Christopher Daniels]] to form a tag team and go after the NWA Tag Team Championship. Usually comes with a [[Heel Face Turn]] for the [[Heel]] side of the previous rivalry, though the opposite happens occasionally.
* Hilariously subverted at [[Wrestlemania]] XIX - after losing to [[Shawn Michaels]], [[Chris Jericho]] seemed to be going in for the big weepy [[Heel Face Turn|face-turning]] hug... and instead [[Groin Attack|boots HBK full force in the crotch.]]
* In 1954 Japan started getting into professional wrestling (their own professional wrestling (admittedly with some foreign actors)). This trope was pretty popular then [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2016-04-06/the-pro-wrestling-shonen-anime-connection/.100727]
== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Command
** ...and vice versa in the Allied Campaign, although the Soviets using time travel to force a different outcome is much more plot-critical.
* ''[[
** The Mongol scenario also has militaristic city-states provide you with soldiers when you conquer them.
* ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''[[
** Zigzagged in the ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' remake, where in order to summon Sheva, Fat Chocobo, Leviathan, and Bahamut, you first have to defeat simulations of them via Chadley's VR Missions. Once you defeat the simulation, Chadley is able to craft a Summon Materia attuned to the ''actual'' entity, allowing you to summon it. Thus, the entity is only defeated by the player in spirit in order to gain its friendship.
* In ''[[Castlevania III:
* In the ''[[
** ''[[
* Star Wolf in ''[[Star Fox (
* This is the hallmark of the ''[[
** It's also heavily implied in the backstory of the goddesses in ''Mountain of Faith''. Kanako defeated Suwako to conquer her kingdom, but didn't exile her and even agreed to share the shrine.
** One of Reimu's alternate outfits/color schemes in 12.3, ''Hisoutensoku'', is a [[Shout
** In ''Labyrinth of Touhou'', a fanmade CRPG based on ''[[
* A continuing video game example: Many newcomers in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' franchise fight Sonic, [[Let's You and Him Fight|usually out of misunderstanding]], before joining his side. This dates back as far as Knuckles (from 1994's ''[[
** Shadow in ''[[
*** Speaking of ''Sonic Adventure 2'', this is definitely played straight with Knuckles, who manages to befriend Rouge {{spoiler|after he defeats her in a battle, and soon afterward saves her life and earns her respect.}}
** Though with Shadow and Silver, Sonic never actually defeated them (events with the Last Story seem to imply that their fight ended in a draw), and Silver actually beat Sonic, so basically, you become Sonic's ally regardless of whether or not he beats you.
* ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' uses this as a common means of getting new allies in the Subspace Emissary mode. The odd thing is that you can often fight as ''either'', so it works both ways.
* [[Nippon Ichi]] really likes to use this one. In addition to the storyline battles mentioned below, this is the standard method of recruiting [[Secret Character
** In ''[[
*** However, Hoggmeiser and Maderas are noted as joining ''without Laharl's approval'', and plenty of the other cases are "Laharl beats the crap out of someone so they'll become his new vassal".
*** Also, defeating a monster-type enemy makes it available for you to create and use in battle. Killing more and more of the same type results in it costing less and less Mana to summon. If you're impatient and have strong characters not in play on the field, you can also just throw an enemy monster-type into your base panel (where your characters start in a given battle) and, if your reserves can subdue the monster, that monster will join your team assuming you defeat the others.
** ''[[Disgaea 3
** All the members of the main cast of ''[[Disgaea 4:
** In ''[[
** In ''[[La Pucelle
** In ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', Zetta can challenge and beat most of his fellow overlords and obtain either them or some other form of stand-in (they've got netherworlds to run, after all) as party
*** {{spoiler|Cept it does. It just gives you a bad ending on top of it. You get her after going through the bad ending, there just [[Subverted Trope|isn't an actual event of it happening]]}}
** ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' has Yukimaru, who joins you after Adell beats her in the tournament and talks her down from probably-very-honorable-but-not-really-wished-for suicide.
** ''[[
* In the [[Expansion Pack]] to ''[[
** Shar-Teel, in the first ''[[
* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (
* ''[[Bully (
** Though in Jimmy's defense, this is after the Nerds tried to stab him in the back after he spent 2/3 of the game protecting them from pretty much the rest of the school. Otherwise, this is pretty much a clear cut example.
* ''[[
** Don't forget {{spoiler|Kratos}}. After defeating him three times, the third being a [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself|one-on-one duel]] between Lloyd and the aforementioned character. Depending on [[Guide Dang It|certain conditions filled earlier in the game]] the aforementioned character may join your party.
** The sequel, ''Dawn of the New World'', gives you the option (almost requirement) of recruiting monsters after defeating them in battle.
* ''[[
** Also with {{spoiler|Raven}}, only the eventual defeat didn't so much cause the friendship as affirm it.
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* Both subverted and played straight in ''[[Grandia (
* The GBA remake of ''[[
** You can even recruit the old [[Big Bad]] to use against the new [[Bonus Boss]]!
* An odd variant occurs in ''[[Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
** Officially, Kota knew it was Starkiller but pretended not to recognize him from their earlier fight so he could secretly try to turn him to the light side and use him against Vader. From Kota's perspective, he is using Starkiller; and meanwhile, Starkiller thinks he is duping Kota.
* [[Metal Gear|Big Boss]], as a younger man, seemed to attract a number of allies in this way. Ocelot, Python, and even {{spoiler|Gray Fox}}. Though in Python's case, they were already friends before they were [[Let's You and Him Fight|dropped on opposite sides of the conflict]], and after finishing their fight, they were friends again.
* [[
** This is, however, a bit of an aversion as well...Sega couldn't join [[Sony]] due to the demographics Sony typically aims for, especially in the US, meanwhile Microsoft wants too much control over projects. Nintendo allowed Sega to do their own thing, Nintendo makes the most non-gory platformer games, and their rival mascots were both the most well-known in the business, leading to a naturally forming in-game plotline reflecting this as well.
* ''[[
* More like Defeat Means Grudging Allegiance in ''[[Mechwarrior]] 4: Mercenaries''; you can challenge a Clan colonel to an honor duel. If you win, she is bound by honor to serve your merc company (as a ''pilot'', so don't get any wrong ideas, mkay?). Your second-in-command calls this out as an unreasonably bad idea, and while Falcon doesn't disobey orders, she's not exactly happy with the whole arrangement.
* In ''[[Pokémon]]'', the Friend Ball automatically makes anything it catches friendly to its owner. Otherwise, catching a Pokemon only guarantees [[Defeat Means Playable|obedience]]; captured Pokemon will start with a rather low happiness rating.
** The fan comic ''[[Char Cole]]'' shows some more reasons for Pokémon to follow their trainers: "Charlie" Cole eventually agrees out of concern for Brian and his other Pokémon<s>(s)</s>, while Raijal's Pikachu, Kraker, apparently just likes to <s>kick</s> fry some Pokémon butt and be praised for it.
* This trope has a major role in ''[[
** To be more specific, after an enemy faints there's a percentage chance that they will want to join your rescue team. How likely this is is affected by the many different aspects, such as level, the Pokémon being recruited, etc. So basically, it's a whole game based on this trope. However, you have to leave the dungeon "successfully" in order to keep them, and not all Pokémon can be obtained this way.
*** In ''Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2'', it's changed so all you have to do is beat them. If your party's full, they just teleport out. You no longer have to complete the dungeon with them. Success!
** The entire concept behind the captures in ''[[
** The [[Pokémon Black and White
*** It may be the fact that the Pokémon respect you because you were able to catch them. This may also apply to the Legendaries that you catch, including ones like Dialga, Palkia, Arceus, and Giratina, who are essentially the pantheon of the ''Pokémon'' world. It was alluded to as far back as the first generation when you're told that if your Pokemon don't respect you, they won't listen to you anyway. To earn a Pokemon's respect, you have to have the Gym Badge that ensures that Pokemon below a certain level will obey you, which symbolizes your increasing skill as a Trainer.
** Shows up in ''[[
* In ''[[Pokémon]]'' fashion, certain monsters have a [[Random Number God|random chance]] of doing this in ''[[
** You can recruit monsters in ''[[
* This is one of the ways to obtain additional Pokémon in ''[[
* In ''[[Telefang]]'', when defeating enemy Denjuu, they often offer you their phone number so that you can befriend them and use them to battle other opponents.
* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' spoofs this with the "Friendship" [[Finishing Move]].
* In ''Battle For Meridell'', a game available on the website [[Neopets]], you battle monster versions of the species you can fight as. When defeated, they turn good and fight for you. This also works both ways, as them defeating one of your characters turns them evil (and makes them lose any equipment they were carrying).
* This happens to [[The Rival|Roxis]] of ''[[Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al
* In the NES version of ''[[
* In ''[[Mega Man Powered Up]]'', The [[Updated Rerelease]] of ''[[
* This is the standard mode of character recruitment for the Wei campaign in ''[[Warriors Orochi]]'', though most of the time it's more "defeat = forced to join your side". Eventually, though, Wei defects from Orochi control and a large chunk of disgruntled ex-Wei officers show up to help. The other campaigns are a mix of this and [[Big Damn Heroes]].
* In ''[[
* Marcus the super mutant from ''[[
** Arguably this applies to all the mutants in broken hill, who after the death of the master at the hands of the vault dweller, reconcile with humanity and try to live in peace with the towns humans (most of them anyway). Also Marcus becomes friends with the PC, whose grandfather destroyed Unity.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'', this can happen with Zevran, potentially leading to a romance, as well as {{spoiler|Loghain}}.
** Played with in the case of {{spoiler|Loghain}} though; while the player may forgive him for showing remorse as he is defeated, {{spoiler|Alistair}} will most certainly NOT. {{spoiler|He becomes infuriated with the player, reminding them of all the evil Loghain has done in the recent past, contrition or no.}}
* ''[[Marvel Ultimate Alliance
* In ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]'', Spiritia has to fight her friends to get them to listen to her, which is no easy task given they are all [[Magical Girl|magical girls]]. And then there's {{spoiler|Grolla trying to convince them that an "unassuming" child is behind all the madness.}}
* The ''[[
* This occurs once in ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]''. Throughout the game, you witness the deaths of heroes, and recruit their souls for Ragnarok. At one point, the Valkyrie is commanded by the goddess Freya to kill a wizard named Gandar and take his soul. After he's dead, he refuses to join up with Valkyrie. She gives him the ultimatum of joining her or being sent to Hell. He grudgingly accepts.
* In ''[[Paper Mario (
* A few of ''[[
* In ''[[Recettear:
* In ''[[Banjo-Kazooie
* Inverted and lampshaded in ''[[Golden Sun
* ''[[
* Opponents also become allies after they are beaten in ''[[
* In ''[[Sin
* In ''[[Solatorobo]]'', a quest with Alman has him asking Red to teach his new apprentice to work harder. The apprentice wants none of it, telling them to leave him alone, and eventually prompts Red to fight him. Once beaten, his attitude does a 180 and he'll do anything "Boss" Red tells him to, including working as hard as he possibly can.
* Whenever you defeat an enemy in ''[[Monster Girl Quest Paradox]]'', there's a chance that they'll regain consciousness and ask to join the party. Many bosses are outright guaranteed to do this when defeated. This is justified in-universe as well, since monsters follow [[Authority Equals Asskicking]].
* After beating Hagata, Kitako and Dibot in ''[[Battle Golfer Yui]]'', they all aid Yui by giving them their skills. They even give hints to unlock the door behind the rec room if she beats them in rematches.
== Visual Novels ==
* In ''[[Maji
* [[Ace Attorney
* In ''[[Violated Hero]] IV'', defeated enemies will automatically join you.
== Web Comics ==
* Played with in ''[[
* Played straight in ''[[
** Though just about everyone at least suspects that mind control is involved, with most people believing it completely.
* ''[[
* Played straight in ''[[
** Inverted later in the comic when [[Talking Animal|Norveg]] 'defeats' [[Jerkass|Angelika]] by deflecting a thrown bottle at him back at her. Norveg joins her after as her familiar.
* A rather extreme example in ''[[Fite!]]''
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has two borderline cases. They earlier did some police work which involved arresting for disturbance, endangering and hacking a [[Le Parkour|parkour]] gang who turned out to be a bunch of former {{spoiler|UNS military intelligence people}} bored enough to practice an exotic martial art as a performance art, and there were some hard feeling on both sides over the whole mess, though they managed to get over it. Later it turned out that they retired specifically after destruction by a third party of the very ship that came closest to actually wiping out the Tagon's Toughs. Then one of Toughs' teams (with one of those amateur acrobats as a driver, at that) quickly ran into [[Law Enforcement, Inc.|rent-a-cop team]] led by Major Murtaugh with mixed results - eventually even were arrested, but this didn't work out well. After the smoke cleared, they came to an agreement - but she ended up fired by her company. Eventually they all were hired by the Toughs, mainly on Karl Tagon's initiative (of course, one reason was that [[I Want Grandkids|he wants grandkids]], so once Karl became the boss, his reorganization of the company "coincidentally" placed Kaff Tagon and Alexia Murtaugh in the same rank, and not in one chain of command - no great surprise for the readers).
== Web Original ==
* Wyn from the web fiction serial ''[[Dimension Heroes]]'' makes a deal with Rob: if he can defeat him in battle, he'll join them in their fight against the Dark Overlord Clonar. And maybe become their friend, as well, but that might be pushing it.
* On ''[[The Guild]]'', Codex manages to defeat Fawkes, leader of the Axis of Anarchy. {{spoiler|He invites her to drinks, and [[Bedmate Reveal|she wakes up next to him in the morning]].}}
* In ''[[
* Played somewhat straight in ''[[
* Appropriately enough, given Stinkoman's clichéd [[
* In ''[[Greek Ninja]]'', Sasha and Daichi came close to defeating each other. Later on, Daichi joins her and her team on their quest.
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== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'': in the first episode with the singing ants, Garfield joins their ranks at the end after they ruin his picnic.
* Dinobot, of ''[[Transformers]]: [[
* Lockdown in ''[[
* In the first episode of ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
* Happens a lot in ''[[
** Also likely because they are using their imaginations and are all friends anyway.
* In ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (
* In a ''[[Popeye (
* A very rare ''[[Space Ghost]]'' example in the episode "The Time Machine". After Space Ghost defeats him, the 12th Century Viking Tarko invites him back to his lodge as his guest.
* ''[[
* Happens to Lightning McQueen and Francesco Bernoulli at the end of ''[[Cars 2]]''.
* Nightmare Moon from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Discord actually manages to [[Subverted Trope]] this. He is defeated the same way, but the Elements deem him to be undeserving (or incapable) of redemption and instead [[Taken for Granite|stick him right back]] in the [[Fate Worse Than Death]] he crawled out of. Before the attack, Discord even goes so far as to dare them to "Friend me".
*** [[Word of God]] states this is because Nightmare Moon was under the [[More Than Mind Control|influence]] of [[The Corruption]], while Discord, by contrast, is himself [[Reality Warper|a corrupting force]], not to mention a [[Nietzsche Wannabe]].
*** However, Discord undergoes a more traditional [[Heel Face Turn]] after being let out of his confinement in season 3... and then relapses in season 4... and then face turns ''again'' after being betrayed by [[Big Bad]] Lord Tirek.
* In an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (
* In a ''[[
* This is how [[
== Real Life ==
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* Salah-al-Din, a Muslim warlord of Kurdish ancestry, became something of a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|"Noble Heathen"]] folk hero to Europeans following his conquest of Jerusalem, which inspired the Third Crusade. According to legend, Saladin made friends with Richard the Lionheart, although in real life they more or less fought each other to a standstill and never met in person.
** Most importantly was what Salah-al-Din (romanticized as Saladin) ''didn't'' do: when he conquered Jerusalem, he ''didn't slaughter the Christians or Jews living there.'' This is the absolute opposite of what European Crusaders had done when they first took Jerusalem - the Crusaders mercilessly slaughtered every Muslim and as many Jews as they could find. When Salah-al-Din took Jerusalem back, Europe was positive news of massacre would follow, but they never did. Salah-al-Din simply took the city back and nothing more. Hence, the legend of the Noble Heathen.
*** Also more of a case of the above, most European countries had other conflicts to worry about and was perfectly happy to ignore the Middle East as long as there was no compelling motivation to have another war. Massacres in Jerusalem or the destruction of Christian holy
* Britain is perhaps the best example. After fighting the [[American Revolutionary War]] and the [[War of 1812]] with the USA, relations between the two have been quite peaceful.
** Even before the War of 1812, [[Alexander Hamilton]] was a big advocate of this as a way to develop America's commercial economy, though his preferred policies didn't go over that well in the climate of Anglophobia immediately following the Revolutionary War.
* Also the reason why the Nepali Gurkhas fights in the British Army. In 1814, the British invaded the Kingdom of Nepal in order to expand the British Empire; however the Gurkhas fought the British so hard that the British only managed to conquer a third of Nepali land and even than it took them two years and large numbers of casualties to do so. The British were however impressed by the Gurkhas' fighting spirits and abilities so ever since 1816 they have recruited Gurkhas in their forces.
* [[Abraham Lincoln]] and the man who was previously the
** The trope was still played straight with white Northern and Southerners after the end of the Civil War, unlike some other places where a civil war leads to a [[Cycle of Revenge]]. Unfortunately it was done at the expense of America's black population, who lost a lot of the initial gains (there were several black members of Congress during Reconstruction, and many black members of southern state governments; after that it was effective disenfranchisement and Jim Crow in the south, and a refusal to recognize black contributions to the Union cause during the Civil War) they had made post-war.
* This is actually how Rome grew as fast as it did. Those it defeated in battle were treated well and made a part of the Roman Empire. This is actually why Carthage was unable to defeat Rome despite doing so well earlier on in the Punic wars; [[The Power of Friendship|Rome's allies wouldn't abandon it.]] Even though the Roman Empire [[What You Are in
* In one of the most epic boxing matches ever, George Foreman was defeated by [[Muhammad Ali]] in 1974. The two became good friends
* [[
* The first encounter of Turkey and Australia was on opposing sides of a battlefield in [[World War
* [[Jimmy Carter]] became good friends with former rival [[Gerald Ford]] after his presidency ended.
** Likewise with [[Bill Clinton]] and [[George Bush]], who seem to have spent most of the last decade co-organizing charity events.
*** Speaking of Bush, in 1980 he and [[Ronald Reagan]] were competing for the Republican nomination. When Reagan won, Bush agreed to be his running mate.
* [
* In the [[
* One of the oldest ones in the book: When Persian King Cyrus the Great conquered a country, he often let its king live, letting him become a royal advisor instead. This most famously happened to Croesos (the King of Lydia and literally the man who invented money, or rather his grandson), whose later loyalty to Cyrus is documented in several places.
* This is pretty much how early man tamed and bred dogs by establishing dominance as the "pack Alpha" while offering food and affection. Even nowadays dog owners need to make sure their dogs know that the dogs are ''their'' pets [[This Is My Human|and not the other way around]].
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