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* The [[Let's You and Him Fight|"misunderstanding fight"]] is a ubiquitous trope in superhero comics: X mistakes Y for an enemy and the punching begins. It's particularly likely to happen when two heroes meet for the first time. Any semblance of plot is just for show: this is largely an excuse to show the readers the spectacle of two powerhouses duking it out. [[Superman]] and [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] have had a lot of fights like this, despite being two of the most unambiguously good guys in the DCU.

* The ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]'' crossover in the [[Marvel Universe]], where superheroes fought each other over a [[Super Registration Act]]. (At least, this trope was the intention - there's a lot of [[Depending on the Writer]] involved as to "who's right" and if/how much the other side gets demonized. Final score tends to rule that the pro-registration heroes were ultimately the "bad guys".)

* The ''X-Men vs Avengers'' crossover back in the 80's, where the two teams were fighting over the fate of Magneto, who [[Heel Face Revolving Door|at the time]] had reformed and joined the X-Men. The ~~Avengers--who~~ generally turn a blind eye to the X-Men's actions since they know the mutants are ~~heroes--wanted~~ to bring a known terrorist to justice, while the X-Men wanted to protect their ally.

* The ''X-Men vs Avengers'' crossover back in the 80's, where the two teams were fighting over the fate of Magneto, who [[Heel Face Revolving Door|at the time]] had reformed and joined the X-Men. The Avengers—who generally turn a blind eye to the X-Men's actions since they know the mutants are heroes—wanted to bring a known terrorist to justice, while the X-Men wanted to protect their ally.

** It's happening again in 2012 (as ''Avengers vs X-Men'' this time); now over Hope Summers, who is expected to become the next host of the Phoenix Force. The X-Men again want to protect one of their own, the Avengers [[The Dark Phoenix Saga|justifiably]] see the Phoenix as a potential threat.

* Just prior to the latter scrap with the Avengers, the X-Men (mainly Cyclops and Wolverine) fought amongst themselves in ''Schism'' over whether or not the younger members should be involved when the group faces life-or-death battles.

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* The conflict between Woody and Buzz in the first ''[[Toy Story]]''.

* Unfortunately a big downer in [[The Matrix]]. Neo and his allies frequently kill/injure law enforcement agents, who are simply not aware being part of the Matrix.

** They are also [[Moral Dissonance|extremely ruthless about it]]; in the first movie especially they don't so much ''fight'' law enforcement officers as ''massacre'' them, particularly in the Hallway scene (Neo even machine guns a guard who was ''reading a newspaper''). Morpheus gives their stone cold philosophy on the subject early on- everyone they are trying to save is plugged into the system<ref> For instance, they could at any moment be possessed by an Agent, not to mention Agents can actually see and hear what they see and hear</ref>, and "that makes them our enemy". Its actually quite chilling when you consider the [[Fridge Horror|implications]] of that, since in theory they are willing to kill even civilians to achieve their end. In the sequel, in fact, they do just that, when they blow up a power station and kill everyone who stands in their way, or beat them up and leave them to die

** They are also [[Moral Dissonance|extremely ruthless about it]]; in the first movie especially they don't so much ''fight'' law enforcement officers as ''massacre'' them, particularly in the Hallway scene (Neo even machine guns a guard who was ''reading a newspaper''). Morpheus gives their stone cold philosophy on the subject early on- everyone they are trying to save is plugged into the system,<ref>For instance, they could at any moment be possessed by an Agent, not to mention Agents can actually see and hear what they see and hear</ref> and "that makes them our enemy". Its actually quite chilling when you consider the [[Fridge Horror|implications]] of that, since in theory they are willing to kill even civilians to achieve their end. In the sequel, in fact, they do just that, when they blow up a power station and kill everyone who stands in their way, or beat them up and leave them to die

* [[The Fugitive]] has US Martial Sam Gerard, whose job is to capture murder suspect Richard Kimble. Richard Kimble is innocent however, and his job is to find the real murderer and clear his own name.

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* The ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' series. With the exception of three or four characters, they're mostly heroes who will battle whoever it takes to obtain Soul Edge.

* The ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' series. Especially the N64-version. Not a single 'evil' character.

* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the main conflict between Alliance and Horde is [[Grey and Grey Morality]], but it contain pockets of [[Good Versus Good]] as well as [[Evil Versus Evil]]. When it's [[Black and White Morality]], the "white" side is sometimes the Alliance and sometimes the Horde.

* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the main conflict between Alliance and Horde is [[Grey and Grey Morality]], but it contain pockets of Good Versus Good as well as [[Evil Versus Evil]]. When it's [[Black and White Morality]], the "white" side is sometimes the Alliance and sometimes the Horde.

* Very, very common in the ''[[Tales (series)]]'', although the good side ''not'' controlled by the player is generally more "ends justify the means" and willing to employ genuine evil in their pursuit of noble goals.

* In [[Metroid|Metroid Prime Hunters]], at least one rival ([[An Ice Person|Noxus]]) is unambiguously good. Samus and he fight anyway.