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But not this time. No, ''this'' time the argument becomes truly heated. Voices are raised. Curses are spit out. Friends are insulted. Furniture is thrown across the room in fury. No one involved is willing to back down until they convince the others that they are right ''right'' ''RIGHT'', ''DAMMIT!!''
... all over something as mundane and inconsequential as whether or not peanut butter technically counts as a sauce[[hottip:*: [[Self
Needless to say, [[Truth in Television]] - just see [[Unpleasable Fanbase]], [[Broken Base]], and [[Base Breaker]] for a number of media-centric examples. Frequently overlaps with [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny]].
Not to be confused with the 1960s Astronauts in Caveman Days comedy ''[[
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== Comic Books ==
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** Henchmen #21 and #24 seem to have these debates a lot. Another episode showed them arguing over whether or not [[The Smurfs|Smurfs]] lay eggs.
** Not only 21 and 24, but the creative minds behind the show themselves have these kind of debates all the time. In one [[Word of God|commentary track]] Doc references a heated argument they had about what woman was hotter: [[Fiona Apple (Music)|Fiona Apple]] or Jewel. Another time on a convention panel, a fan wanted to know their opinions on the Lizzie Borden v. Anne Frank debate but accidently asked their opinions on a ''Helen Keller'' v. Anne Frank debate. [http://video.adultswim.com/the-venture-bros/the-venture-bros-dragon-con-panel-2009.html The results can be seen here at 6:49].
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has the ever-continuing 'best pony' debate.
** The answer is clearly {{spoiler|Pinkie Pie.}}
* In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode 'Homer at the Bat,' Wade Boggs is knocked out cold by Barney after the two argue over who's the best British Prime Minister of all time.
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** And its [[Nickelodeon]] [[Shipping Wars|Ship War]] [[Spiritual Successor]] Seddie vs Creddie on ''[[I Carly]]''.
*** No love for Sarly?
** [[Or So
*** Hey, no love for Team Mike? Which this troper is quite possibly the only member of?
**** Not to mention the [[True Blood|Team Bill vs Team Eric]] argument.
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* In an interview with [[The Daily Show|Jon Stewart]], Bill Clinton discussed this essentially happening in politics. When you have two similar candidates (in this case Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton), the campaign becomes about stressing the minor differences between them. That can lead to them passionately stressing and arguing about a stance that the candidates don't actually find that important.
** Heck, ''any'' random, small, and otherwise irrelevant, difference in political, philosophical or religious views could turn into this. We could give examples of this, [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|but we're not going to.]]
* Even this wiki isn't immune: [[Timey
* [[The Other Wiki]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars has these in spades]. For example: is that city in northern Poland called "Danzig" or "Gdańsk" in English? There's even been wars about ''punctuation''!
** Though to be fair to punctuation, incorrect punctuation can dramatically change the meaning of a statement. "Let's eat, Grandpa." means something different than "Let's eat Grandpa" just as "Let's help your Uncle Jack off a horse." is something different than "Let's help your Uncle jack off a horse."
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