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Line 6: Two characters in the middle of a bitter argument make up their differences over a common love of abusing someone else - usually, but not always, the person who tries to get them to make up in the first place. They'll tend to start out with grudging [[Dumbass Has a Point]] and [[Actually Pretty Funny]]'s, before really warming to the tag-team beatdown. ~~Can~~'''Mediation Backfire''' can cross over with [[Truth-Telling Session]]. The [[Ass in Ambassador]] often invokes this trope, albeit unintentionally. Subtrope of [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]], and related to [[Stop Helping Me!]]. Inversion of [[Apple of Discord]], when a third party makes two allies ''start'' arguing - this is about making two arguers temporarily join forces against the intruder. Compare/contrast [[Enemy Mine]], when two mortal enemies join forces to defeat a mutual threat., and [[Ignored Enemy]], when two allies start fighting with each other and ignore their mutual enemy, who tries to get them to focus on him again. ~~----~~ {{examples\|Examples. }}▼ ▲{{examples~~\|Examples.~~ }} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * As Revy and Roberta are beating the nine hells out of each other in ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', Rock gets the bright idea to try to get them to talk about their problems. Being as both of them are in full-on violent mode, the response from the two is unsurprising: {{quote\|'''Revy and Roberta:''' (''simultaneously'') STAY THE FUCK OUT OF THIS!}} * ''[[Ranma ½~~\|Ranma 1/2~~]]'': When Gosunkugi gets ahold of paper dolls capable of controlling anyone he wishes, he tries to use this opportunity to win Akane's heart. Unfortunately, after he test-drives a few of his dolls on Ranma to see if they actually work, Ranma's suspicions are raised to the point where he openly confronts him about it. Akane immediately rushes to Gosunkugi's defence and our two opposing sides begin to bicker. {{quote\|'''Ranma:''' How come you're bein' so stupid, stupid?! '''Akane:''' Speaking of stupid, look in a mirror! Line 23 ⟶ 22: '''Akane:''' This is between me and Ranma! }} * In the ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' comic strip, [[Kindhearted Cat Lover\|Sakaki]] once sees two cats about to fight. She instantly rushes in to stop them, but since [[Animals Hate Him\|the affection is pretty much one-sided]] [[The Woobie\|on Sakaki's part]], they both settle for chomping her hands instead. * This is a pretty common fate for anyone who steps in between Ryoko and Ayeka in any version of ''[[Tenchi Muyo!~~\|Ryoko and Ayeka~~]].'' The biggest one comes towards ''Tsunami'', who finds her explanation about herself and Sasami interrupted because the two are more worried that [[She's All Grown Up\|Tsunami is gonna be Sasami in the future]] and when she tries to get their attention, they both tell her to shut up! == [[Literature]] == Line 30 ⟶ 29: * Very deliberately [[Invoked Trope]] by [[Saki (author)\|Saki]] in "Excepting Mrs. Pentherby". * In ''[[Dresden Files]]'', Harry tries to defuse what's about to go down between Ebenezer McCoy and Jaren Kincaid. He ends up with a gun pointed at his face and his spine. * Discussed and defied by the Feegles in ''[[~~Discworld/I Shall Wear Midnight\|~~I Shall Wear Midnight]]'' - "Any man who interferes with the arguin' of women is gonnae find himself with both of them jumpin' up and doon on him in a matter of seconds". == [[Live-Action TV]] == Line 50 ⟶ 49: == [[Western Animation]] == * In ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter is upset that he can't find way to bond with Stewie, until he discovers that [[Refuge in Audacity\|beating up Lois]] is the perfect way to do it. [[Crosses the Line Twice]] when they lock her in the trunk of a car and ''sink it in a lake''. * On ''[[The Simpsons (animation)\|The Simpsons]]'' when Marge went after Itchy and Scratchy, the series staff did an episode where a squirrel character based on Marge tries to stop a fight, but the duo decides to knock her head off instead. Given that the only other time they've worked together against someone else was an old wartime special where they beat up Hitler... {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Mediation Backfire~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Index Backfire]] [[Category:Insult Tropes]] ▲[[Category:Mediation Backfire]]