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* The marlin that nearly kills Santiago in ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'' is strongly portrayed this way.
* Martel is portrayed this way in [[The Elenium]], despite his betrayal of the Pandion Knights. Before the final duel, he espresses a similar sentiment about Kurik. {{spoiler|When Martel is killed, Sparhawk and Sephrenia both mourn over him, and Martel calls them "the only two people that I ever loved"}}
* [[Poul Anderson]] has a fondness for this trope. Many of his conflicts allow both sides a claim to justice, and even those that don't usually have sympathetic individuals or cultural traits on the bad guy side.
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* When Taylor and Mira have to team up to save themselves in ''[[Terra Nova]]'' from some slashers, Taylor finding out Mira's backstory leads them both to this understanding. When they've survived, they peaceably go their separate ways back to their communities.
* ''[[Sherlock]]'': the whole reason [[Manipulative Bastard|Moriarty]] fucks with Sherlock's life. Sherlock doesn't seem to mind it so much...until [[Dogged Nice Guy|John]]'s life is threatened.
* Eyal Lavin(Mossad) is by turns an ally and a [[Worthy Opponent]] of Annie Walker(CIA) in [[Covert Affairs]].
**In ''Good Advices'' rather comically they end up as both on the same show. Both their patron agencies want them to try to turn the same asset who is clever enough to spot what they are up to and tell them that the agency that pays the most can have her. This follows with a hilarious bidding war between the CIA and Mossad. Which turns serious when the asset is killed and both Annie and Eyal find themselves trying to avoid the same fate.
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