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Basically, depictions of God and Satan or general equivalents to them as [[Friendly Enemy|friendly towards each other]], or at least allied rather than antagonistic.
See also [[Go-Karting
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Ah!
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087835/ Oh, God! You Devil]'', [[God]] and [[The Devil]] are adversaries, but [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVZdVlWzWP0 it's a rather friendly competition].
* A "friendly bet" version in ''[[
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Angela Dodson: Why?
Constantine: Who knows? Maybe just for the fun of it. }}
* At the end of the remake of ''[[Bedazzled]]'', the Devil and God/Jesus are seen playing a friendly game of chess in the park.
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* God and Mephistopheles seem to be on remarkably good terms at the beginning of Goethe's ''[[Faust]]''.
* God and the Devil are on good although misunderstanding terms on the fate of humans in [[Anne Rice]]'s ''[[Memnoch The Devil]]''.
* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s ''[[
* In [[Steven Brust]]'s ''[[To Reign in Hell]]'', Yaweh, Satan, Michael, Lucifer, Raphael, Leviathan and Belial are all friends and basically brothers (born of the 'First Wave' of order and chaos from which they created themselves and Heaven). The Second and Third Waves created the archangels and angels (including Beelzebub, Lilith, Harut, Ariel, Asmodai, Mephistopheles, Uriel, Abdiel, Gabriel and Zaphkiel), and aside from worrying about [[The End of the World
== [[Music]] ==
* In "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels, Satan and a young fellow named Johnny engage in a fiddling competition. The prize for Johnny is a golden fiddle, but the prize for Satan is Johnny's soul.
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* Possibly the [[Ur Example]], [[Alternate Character Interpretation|depending on your interpretation of their relationship]]. [[
** In Judaism, the Devil is traditionally not seen as God's enemy. Instead, he works with God's permission, tempting mortals to test their faith in God (see the [[The Bible/Source/Job|Book of Job]]), and after their deaths pointing out the sins they've committed in life that might prevent them from getting to Heaven (essentially working as a prosecutor in God's court).
*** A Minority of Christians also take this view. Others merge the Traditional Satan with the prosecutor, and see Satan as Truly evil, yet also as the prosecutor who simply likes his job too much.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'' has God and Satan as husband and wife, respectively.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The devil in ''[[
* Occasionally, ''[http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/ The Devil's Panties]'' shows "JC" and the Devil hanging out together.
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* [[Mr. Deity]] and Lucy(fer) tend to be on relatively friendly terms. What antagonism does exist between them is more down to their on-and-off relationship than any major rivalry.
* [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=86929 The Devil went home crying and Jesus never even showed up]
* ''The Game of The Gods'' has Varda (and diverse other gods and great heroes of [[The Lord of the Rings]] lore) all playing a game with [[Ultimate Evil|Morgoth]] which involves the latter creating [[Mary Sue
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Lucy, the Daughter of
* In an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', [[God]] and [[The Devil]] are seen at a bar together.
* One episode of ''[[South Park]]'' has Satan go to God for relationship advice. Note that they ''are'' portrayed as enemies,
** Amusingly, when God hears the details of Satan's problem (having to pick between two different guys), He actually calls him out for going from a "headstrong rebel" to a "[[The Devil Is a Loser|whiny little bitch]]" who can't stand up for himself.
* ''[[The Simpsons (
* Often done in ''[[God, the Devil
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