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== [[Film]] ==
* Inverted in ''The Frisco Kid'': "This is a very big country. How about I take California, and you take the rest?"
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'': One of the phrases that Woody says when his string is pulled is "This town ain't big enough for the two of us!".
** He never says it directly ''to'' Buzz, but the town not being big enough for the two of them is a plot point.
* ''[[Bedtime Stories (film)|Bedtime Stories]]''
{{quote| '''Young Skeeter''': ''The galaxy's not big enough for the both of us.''}}
* ''The Virginian'' (1929)
{{quote| '''Trampas''': ''This world isn't big enough for the both of us!''}}
* ''The Western Code'' (1932)
{{quote| '''Nick Grindell''': ''This town ain't big enough for the both of us and I'm going to give you 24 hours to get out. If I see you in Carabinas by this time tomorrow, it's you or me!''}}
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* There's a Tanya Huff short story called "This Town Ain't Big Enough" in which Vicki Nelson, {{spoiler|who's now a vampire, fights another vampire to keep her territory.}}
* ''[[Asian Saga]]''
{{quote| Dirk Struan: Hong Kong is big enough for Struan's and the other british traders. It's big enough for Britons and Americans. Whether it's big enough for the Brocks and the Struans is a different matter.<br />
Tyler Brock: I'll tell you this, boy; China isn't big enough for the two of us. }}
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Night Court]]'' episode "Harry on Trial"
{{quote| '''Judge Willard''': ''On July 12th of this year, didn't the defendant, claiming quote, "This courtroom ain't big enough for the two of us," unquote, squirt you in the face with a water pistol in open court?''}}
* [[Soap Opera]] ''[[Home and Away]]''. During a dream sequence:
{{quote| '''Dr. Phillip Matheson''': ''I warned you, dude, Summer Bay ain't big enough for the both of us.''}}
* ''[[Even Stevens]]'' episode "Short Story"
{{quote| '''Louis Stevens''': Now listen, the school ain't big enough for the both of us, so you just get out of here.}}
* ''The Gene Autry Show'' episode "Feuding Friends"
{{quote| '''Pat Buttram''': ''I told you before, Autry, no town is going to be big enough for the both of us.''<br />
'''Gene Autry''': ''Then you better find yourself another town.''<br />
'''Pat Buttram''': ''I will not! I found this one first.''<br />
'''Gene Autry''': ''I'm stayin' here tonight. You can do what you want.''<br />
'''Pat Buttram''': ''And I'm doin' it - right now!'' [Slugs Autry in the jaw] }}
* A ''[[Sesame Street]]'' short on the history of movies used this line as a running gag. At the beginning, Grover, dressed as a cowboy, is in a black-and-white silent film, accompanied by the title card "This town ain't big enough for the two of us!" This is followed by variations of the scene that add sound, color, a wide screen, musical numbers, and special effects.
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== [[Music Tropes]] ==
* Rock band Sparks released a song in 1974 called "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us". According to [[The Other Wiki]], the song originally was going to be full of [[TV Tropes|TVTro...]]--um—um, I mean movie clichés.
 
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' has a parody. The two of them are wearing [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|white and black cowboy hats]].
{{quote| '''Calvin''': ''This town just ain't big enough for the both of us.''<br />
'''Hobbes''': ''Yep, I reckon we'll have to annex part o' the ''county''.'' }}
* From a 1993 ''[[Garfield]]'' strip:
{{quote| '''Garfield''': Spider, this house isn't big enough for both of us. Well, actually it probably is... ''[smashes the spider with a newspaper]'' So let's just do this for fun.}}
 
== [[Radio]] ==
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* One adventure in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' involves both you and an unnamed NPC making this remark about the other. You both decide that the appropriate response is to take out your carpentry tools, do a bit of construction, and make the town a bit bigger.
* ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]: Fate of Two Worlds'': Dr Doom will use this as his intro line against the likes of Dormammu.
{{quote| '''[[Doctor Doom]]''': ''This DIMENSION is NOT BIG ENOUGH for the BOTH of US!''}}
** Nova's win quote against Magneto involves regarding their [[Cool Helmet|helmets]].
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[A Softer World]]'' provides an interesting resolution:
{{quote| "This town isn't big enough for the both of us. Let's run away together!"}}
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]''
** ''[[wikipedia:Bugs Bunny Rides Again|Bugs Bunny Rides Again]]''
{{quote| '''Yosemite Sam''': ''This town ain't big enough for the two of us.''<br />
'''Bugs Bunny''': ''It ain't? Pardon me, Mac.'' [Runs offscreen, building noises ensue]. ''Now is it big enough?'' [Bugs has built an entire city nearby]<br />
'''Yosemite Sam''': ''No, it ''still'' ain't big enough!'' }}
** ''[[Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century|Duck Dodgers in The Twenty Fourth And A Half Century]]'': when Marvin lands on Planet X, Dodgers tells him "this planet ain't big enough for the two of us." After they blow it up during an [[Escalating War]], the statement becomes quite literal.
{{quote| '''Daffy:''' As I was saying, buster, this planet ain't big enough for the two of us, so... ''(shoves Marvin off the remains of Planet X)'' off you go!}}
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'': quoted when SpongeBob and Patrick were talking about the advantages of being felons.
{{quote| '''SpongeBob''': ''And you get to talk tough.'' [gruff voice] ''This town ain't big enough for the two of us.''}}
* ''[[Transformers]]''
{{quote| '''Metroplex''': This planet's not big enough for the both of us!}}
* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''
** Episode "Project A, for Astral". Shendu is in Jade's body.
{{quote| '''Jade''': Sorry Charlie, but my body ain't big enough for both of us!}}
** Episode "Black Magic"
{{quote| '''Captain Black Dark''': ''Oh Captain Black, I don't think Section 13 is big enough for the both of us.''}}
** Episode "Little Valmont, Big Jade"": again by Jade, only this time's she's 50 feet tall, and fighting a giant ogre.
{{quote| '''Jade''': ''Okay Handsome, this town ain't big enough for the both of us!''}}
 
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