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{{quote|'''Lisa''': What's so special about this game anyway? It's just another chapter in the pointless rivalry between Springfield and Shelbyville. They built a mini-mall, so we built a bigger mini-mall. They made the world's largest pizza, so we burnt down their city hall.
'''Homer''': Heh, heh, heh. Yeah, they swore they'd get us back by spiking our water supply. But they didn't have the guts.
'''Marge''': (drinks the tap water) Ooooh. The walls are melting again.
|''[[The Simpsons]]''}}
Aliceville and Bobtown are right next door to each other, and they're both fairly quaint, rural towns full of nice loving people...unless you happen to mention one while in the other, in which case [[Berserk Button|all hell breaks loose]]. The residents of the two towns hate each other with a passion, either due to some old score that remains unsettled or just because they don't like the looks of each other. If it's the former, you can bet the hero will delve into it.
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These towns may have some [[Feuding Families]], or if the trope is taken [[Up to Eleven]] one town's name may be [[The Scottish Trope]] in the other. This trope is also commonly used to throw out the [[Conflict Ball]] for a [[Feud Episode]].
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== [[Animated Films]] ==
* The two yards of Lawn Gnomes from [[Gnomeo and Juliet]] are towns to the Gnomes, and each side hates the other.
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** [[Truth in Television]]: The Dog River - Wullerton rivalry was inspired by the real rivalry between Brent Butt's hometown of Tisdale, Sask. and nearby Melfort.
* Pawnee vs. Eagleton on ''[[Parks and Recreation]]''.
== [[Real Life]] ==▼
* There are two towns in Montana that were once one combined town called Vida. The split was due to an argument over what to name the place, and so both names are now used for the separate towns on opposite sides of the highway. There's still some contention.▼
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* ''[[South Park]]'', North Park, and Middle Park have this relationship.
* In the [[Veggie Tales]] segment "The Story of Flibber-O-Loo" (a re-telling of the Good Samaritan story), the towns of Flibber-O-Loo and Jibberty-Lot have a heated rivalry, where they launch [[It Makes Sense in Context|shoes and pots]] at each other with catapults and other devices.
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
▲* There are two towns in Montana that were once one combined town called Vida. The split was due to an argument over what to name the place, and so both names are now used for the separate towns on opposite sides of the highway. There's still some contention.
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