Fighting Your Friend: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"Have you been keeping well? Thank you for [[The Climax|Mt. Coronet.]] I'm truly grateful. [...] The power you learned... I can feel it emanating from you. But that's enough talk. Let's get on with why you're here. As the Pokémon League Champion, I accept your challenge! There won't be any letup from me!"''|'''[[Final Boss|Champion]] [[Big Good|Cynthia]]''', ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]''}}

 

'''Yuri''': (teasingly) Hahaha... Loser. }}

** Yuri also fights {{spoiler|a [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Estelle}} in an [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]].

*** Also in the arena Karol (in a poor disguise and loudly claiming not to be Karol) will fight alongside his Hunting Blades guildmates if he's not in your current party. In addtion {{spoiler|If Raven isn't with you he'll appear as Captain Schwann alongside the Schwann Brigade also claiming not be Raven, although he's aware he's fooling no one.}}

* Happens in every [[Tales (series)]] game, actually, with the exception of [[Tales of Eternia]] and [[Tales of Phantasia]]. Oftentimes it gives a nice battle?

** ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days|358/2 days]]'' also does this even more.

*** Aqua has to fight {{spoiler|both her friends, Ventus possesed by Vanitas at the end of her chapter, and Terra possessed by Xehanort in the final chapter. Both of these character are being directly controlled by another though and in fact will help Aqua out by resisting as best they can.}}

* ''[[Xenosaga]]'' stayed away from this trope until Episode III when {{spoiler|you had to fight Shion after Kevin convinced her that siding with him was the only way to be happy}}.

* The final battle of ''[[Mother 3]]'' is a great example of this, in which {{spoiler|Lucas must fight his brother Claus, who has no idea who he actually is. However, for most of the fight, Lucas refuses to attack. By the end, Claus realizes who he is and commits suicide.}}

* In ''[[Shiren the Wanderer]] 3'', Shiren and Asuka fight because Sensei disagreed with her. Even if you have Shiren say that Asuka's right, the fight happens anyway (and Sensei backs out of the fight, which Koppa calls him out for) So, basically, they're fighting because they had Sensei as a boss, so why not Asuka?

* The penultimate fight of Story Mode in ''[[Mortal Kombat 9]]'' is {{spoiler|Raiden vs. Liu Kang.}} '''[[Tear Jerker|It doesn't end well.]]''' It also happens a bit earlier in Kitana's chapter, where she duels her [[Heterosexual Life Partners|servant]] Jade (the latter having been sent by Shao Kahn to keep an eye on Kitana). This fight isn't nearly as emotionally heartwrenching {{spoiler|and doesn't come at the cost of presumably destroying a long-lasting friendship.}}

{{quote|"I didn't want to have to do this... but neither of us have a choice, do we...?"}}

* [[The Dragon]] of ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]'' will try to convince some of your party members to join him and the [[Big Bad]] against you. If you fail Influence checks with these characters, they will be swayed. Special mention goes to Qara and Sand: their rivalry means it is literally impossible to keep one without having the other turn on you.

 

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