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Two characters in the middle of a bitter argument make up their differences over a common love of abusing someone else - usually, but not always, the person who tries to get them to make up in the first place. They'll tend to start out with grudging [[Dumbass Has a Point]] and [[Actually Pretty Funny]]'s, before really warming to the tag-team beatdown.
Subtrope of [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]], and related to [[Stop Helping Me!]]. Inversion of [[Apple of Discord]], when a third party makes two allies ''start'' arguing - this is about making two arguers temporarily join forces against the intruder. Compare/contrast [[Enemy Mine]], when two mortal enemies join forces to defeat a mutual threat
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* As Revy and Roberta are beating the nine hells out of each other in ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', Rock gets the bright idea to try to get them to talk about their problems. Being as both of them are in full-on violent mode, the response from the two is unsurprising:
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* ''[[Ranma
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'''Akane:''' Speaking of stupid, look in a mirror!
'''Gosunkugi:''' Um, Akane? Ranma? Please calm down. I haven't put the doll on, so can you not fight until I-
''*both Ranma and Akane send him airborne*''
'''Ranma:''' You stay outta this!
'''Akane:''' This is between me and Ranma! }}
* In the ''[[
* This is a pretty common fate for anyone who steps in between
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the Robert Asprin book ''[[Myth Adventures|The Sweet Myth-tery of Life]]'', Guido describes this as an inevitable result of getting involved in a domestic dispute.
** As previously shown by Skeeve in ''Hit or Myth'', when he got the reluctantly married king and queen to get along by telling off both of them.
* Very deliberately [[Invoked Trope]] by [[Saki (
* In ''[[Dresden Files]]'', Harry tries to defuse what's about to go down between Ebenezer McCoy and Jaren Kincaid. He ends up with a gun pointed at his face and his spine.
* Discussed and defied by the Feegles in ''[[
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
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** Until Fran leaves the room.
* From ''[[Scrubs]]'' after JD intervenes in an argument between [[Slap Slap Kiss|Dr. Cox and Jordan]];
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* In the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' episode "Been There, Done That", Joxer attempts to invoke this trope in order to stop the feuding families. He gets a couple dozen arrows to his face for his trouble (but again, this being a [[Groundhog Day Loop]], he gets better).
* Played with on ''[[
== [[Theatre]] ==
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''Flame Warriors''' typically verbose description of forum users has this to say about the archetype they call Diplomat:
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* Invoked by ED-tan in [http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/gaia-community-projects/2k7-summer-plot-serious-business-part-2-complete/t.31360233/ this] user-created [[Gaia Online]] comic episode.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[Family Guy]]'', Peter is upset that he can't find way to bond with Stewie, until he discovers that [[Refuge in Audacity|beating up Lois]] is the perfect way to do it. [[Crosses the Line Twice]] when they lock her in the trunk of a car and ''sink it in a lake''.
* On ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' when Marge went after Itchy and Scratchy, the series staff did an episode where a squirrel character based on Marge tries to stop a fight, but the duo decides to knock her head off instead. Given that the only other time they've worked together against someone else was an old wartime special where they beat up Hitler...
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