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See also [[Two Rights Make a Wrong]], [[Poor Communication Kills]], [[Let's You and Him Fight]], [[Interservice Rivalry]], [[Civil Warcraft]] (often a result of this trope), [[Conflict Ball]], and [[We ARE Struggling Together]]. A romantic version is the [[Two Person Love Triangle]]. No connection to [[Evil Hand]] or ''[[The Night of the Hunter (Film)|The Night of the Hunter]].''
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'', both Takumi Inui and Yuji Kiba were fighting against the evil Smart Brain corporation. But thanks to a whole heap of misunderstandings, [[Contrived Coincidence|Contrived Coincidences]] and stolen [[Transformation Trinket|Transformation Trinkets]], each thought that the other was [[The Dragon]] of Smart Brain. For a time, they were even friends in their human forms and enemies in their battle forms and never knowing.
** In ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]],'' the [[Heroes -R -Us]] organization has some highly shady higher-ups that our heroes and their [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] don't realize they're fighting, though the viewer does. And it turns out ''their'' allies aren't on the level. ''Then'' it turns out that {{spoiler|the non-shady side of ZECT is unknowingly working for the Natives, that is, the non-shady members of the monster race known as the Worms. But one of them is in fact ''very'' shady and has his own plan different from that of anybody else.}} In other words, it's ZECT versus ZECT from start to finish, Worm vs. Worm with the introduction of the Natives, ''and'' Native Worm vs. Native Worm with the revelation of {{spoiler|that hidden scheme revealed near the end.}} On top of that, ZECT has a "with us or against us" policy, and not all Riders are working for ZECT, so it's Rider vs. Rider more often than in any other series other than ''[[Kamen Rider Ryuki]]'' and its ''[[Highlander (Franchise)|Highlander]]''-like [[There Can Be Only One|situation]] despite no Rider wanting the Worms to exterminate and replace humanity.
** Even the [[Non Serial Movie]] manages to pit ZECT against itself twice over: There's ZECT vs. Neo-ZECT (former ZECT members who want to create an organization that's like ZECT minus the douchebaggery) and then ZECT vs. {{spoiler|the higher-up who wants the Worms to win because they store the memories of the humans they replace - he believes this is the only way for something of humanity to survive the post-apocalyptic world that occurred in the movie timeline [[For Want of a Nail]].}}
* ''[[Arrested Development (TV)|Arrested Development]]'': Nearly every episode is a mash-up of characters trying to keep the family out of trouble, but only making things worse. In the penultimate episode the criminal charges were dropped when it was learned {{spoiler|that CIA East was using the Bluth family as a puppet for espionage, which the CIA West knew nothing about. The two department desks were right next to each other.}}
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* Played in the ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' episode "Javelin Catcher". While Nash is trying to locate and apprehend a man before he blows up his former boss with a rocket launcher, Evan arrests the suspect for soliciting a prostitute. After the suspect is released, Nash almost mentions the trope by name.
* Subverted on [[Prison Break]]. Linc and Michael are working at cross purposes during season four, and decide to go after Scylla separate from each other. [[Ho Yay|But because of]] [[Big Brother Instinct|brotherly love]], they still share information.
* In the ''[[Burn Notice]]'' episode "Mind Games" Michael and Co. attempt to take down a loan shark. The first step of their plan: convince him that his trusted lieutenant is actually an undercover cop. Unfortunately, {{spoiler|the guy actually ''is'' an undercover cop. So instead of framing him, they [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|inadvertently blow his cover.]]}} Oops.
* Season 1 of ''[[Twenty Four|24]]'': Gaines asking Jack to kill {{spoiler|Nina}}.
* In Seasons 2 and 3 of ''[[The Wire]]'', Stringer Bell becomes the [[Dragon Ascendant]] of the Barksdale gang after Avon Barksdale is sent to prison. Stringer and Avon have very different visions for how the future of the gang should play out, and spend much of their time covertly undermining each other's work, both intentionally and otherwise.
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* ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'''s [http://www.teamfortress.com/war/administrator/index.htm War! Update] has since revealed that {{spoiler|both the RED and BLU team are controlled by the same Administrator. In fact, the whole War! was started just to prevent this fact from getting out}}.
* Due to paranoia, many of the assassins in Hephaestus in [[Bio Shock]] thought the others were snitches or rats. A notable example is {{spoiler|Kyburz, one of the assassins, turning in Anya Andersdotter who was asking questions so she could get past Ryan's defences.}}
* ''Technically'', you and Zeeaire in [[Neverwinter Nights 2]] have a common enemy, but you find yourself at cross-purposes with her soldiers until you kill her at the end of the first chapter and she gives you a [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] speech.
** Depending on your choices in the dialogue, this can be highly underserved as Zeeaire was an enormous [[Knight Templar]] who insisted you should be killed for getting a shard of their sword stuck in your body when it exploded, even if the player wants to give it back.
* Basically, in [[Kingdom Hearts|358/2 Days]], Saix vs any Organization XIII member who was talented in anyway that could threaten his status as Xemnas' right hand man. And just who does he use to do this? His friend, Axel. He does this so much that Axel gives him a nice little warning:
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