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{{quote|'''Robin:''' I'm going solo!! ''(storms off)''<br />
'''Commission Gordon''': What the hell happened?|Jim Gordon echoing the thoughts of the audience, ''[[Batman and Robin (Filmfilm)|Batman & Robin]]''}}
 
This is when, just before the [[Three Act Structure|third act]] and when things are at their worst, the protagonist is abandoned by their best friend. Here's how it normally plays out:
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== [[Film]] ==
 
* [[The Movie]] of ''[[Get Smart (Filmfilm)|Get Smart]]'' features this split between Agents 86 and 99.
* ''[[The Green Hornet (Filmfilm)|The Green Hornet]]'' [[The Movie|movie]] has a falling out between Britt and Kato over who gets the girl and who the real hero is. It culminates with an argument over whether they're a boss and employee, or friends. They make up in time to face off with the [[Big Bad]].
* In ''[[Shrek (Animation)|Shrek]] the Third'', when Shrek and Artie are captured by Prince Charming, Shrek says how little Artie means to him. Artie seems very upset until, after Charming releases Artie, Donkey tells him Shrek did that to save his life.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Filmfilm)|The Lord Of The Rings: Return of the King]]'': Inverted. Just when he needs him most, Frodo ''sends'' ''Sam'' away [[Villains Never Lie|due to Gollum's ploy]]. Moments later {{spoiler|he's paralyzed by Shelob}}. Luckily, [[The Power of Friendship]] prevails. (In the book, they're just separated in the maze of caves.)
* ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'': When Sully and Mike are banished to the Himalayas, and Sully's first concern is Boo, Mike tells him "you're on your own."
* The ''[[Rush Hour]]'' movies feature this betwen [[Jackie Chan]] and [[Chris Tucker]].
* ''[[Shanghai Noon]]'' features such a split between [[Jackie Chan]] and [[Owen Wilson]].
* ''[[WaynesWayne's World]]'': After Wayne erupts into a total Jerkass and [[Friend Versus Lover|ditches him]] during a live taping of the titular show, Garth dumps him. Their make up leads directly into Wayne hatching the plan to defeat the [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'': Phil, Lil and Chuckie abandon Tommy and Dil in the forest when the twins get sick and tired of Tommy constantly protecting Dil over them. In the twins' case, though, it may be more of [[With Friends Like These...]], as they've been shown to abandon ship whenever things go wrong for them.
* Noteably averted in the [[Bill and Ted]] movies--they don't have such a falling-out.
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== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* One ''[[Saved Byby the Bell]]'' episode featured [[High School Hustler|Zack]] and [[Hollywood Nerd|Screech]] making a friendship bracelet business only to be upstaged by the rest of the [[Six-Student Clique]], who were selling [[Shameless Ripoff|"Buddy Bands"]]. Before the last commercial break, Screech quits (albeit after Zack, desperate for sales, gives Screech away as a "friend for an hour"), leaving Zack alone. This example is unusual in that it did not result in a [[The Power of Friendship]] moment, it instead resulted in Zack exacting revenge by destroying their business by buying a Buddy Band and giving it to the school principal, [[Your Approval Fills Me Withwith Shame|whose proud display of it makes it instantly unpopular to wear]].
 
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Meaningful Name|Discord]] breaks apart the friendship between the mane six in the 2-part premiere of the second season of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. He cheats on this one; while he pretends that he's doing it via [[More Than Mind Control]], its quite clear that no, it isn't really more. He just [[For the Evulz|gets kicks out of breaking them emotionally before brainwashing them to stop being friends]].
* Happened a lot in [[Trollz]], usually because of Simon. [[Justified]] as their friendship was the key to defeating him.
* "The Night Of The Living Burger," an episode of [[A Pup Named Scooby Doo]], starts off right away with Shaggy and Scooby on the outs. It was never made clear what they were arguing about, but they end up reconciling at the conclusion.
** In [[Scooby -Doo! Mystery Incorporated]], Scooby and Velma were on the outs with each other, quarreling over Shaggy for a time.
 
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