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[[File:thepoweroffriendship 9816.jpg|frame| [[Portal (series)|This was a triumph...]]]]
{{quote|''"I don't need a weapon. My friends are my power!"''
|'''Sora'''|''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''}}
{{quote|''"Two are better than one: they get a good wage for their labor. If the one falls, the other will lift up his companion. Woe to the solitary man! For if he should fall, he has no one to lift him up."''|'''[[The Bible|Ecclesiastes 4:9-10]]'''}}▼
▲{{quote|''"Two are better than one: they get a good wage for their labor. If the one falls, the other will lift up his companion. Woe to the solitary man! For if he should fall, he has no one to lift him up."''
|'''[[The Bible|Ecclesiastes 4:9-10]]'''}}
A major theme in all media. The [[Loners Are Freaks|villain]] or [[Ineffectual Loner]] mocks the idea of relying on others, insisting that friends make you weak and [[Machiavelli Was Wrong|only fear brings servitude]]. Then he discovers to his [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|extreme shock and dismay]] that [[True Companions|the hero's friends]] really do stand up for him, and this really does enable the hero to kick the crap out of the bad guy. The [[An Aesop|Aesop]]: Having friends makes you strong, [[Friendless Background|being alone]] [[Lonely at the Top|makes you weak]]. Even [[What You Are in the Dark]] can depend on your memory of your friends.
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* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' is built entirely on this trope, but Hikaru in particular has it really bad. The [[OAV]] is even more explicit.
* Although the series is more focused on individual empowerment, ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' often indulges in The Power of Friendship. More often than not, combining everyone's Cosmo through their friendship is the only way to overcome the current arc's [[Big Bad]].
* ''[[Flint the Time Detective]]'' has this in most if not all of the episodes with frienship not only being what is needed to void the effects of the Petra Stamp but also
* This is a major theme of the [[A Mech by Any Other Name|Headmasters and Powermasters]] in ''[[Transformers]]''. In the American continuity, the Transformers and his/her organic pilot must cooperate extremely closely in order to be an effective fighting unit. ''[[Transformers Headmasters]]'' has a technique called Head Formation, which allows the Autobot Headmasters to share energy between themselves and power up. The first time it is used, the [[Narrator]] helpfully notes that we're seeing the power of friendship in action. They can use 'the power of friendship' to fire a great big ''death ray.''
* Parodied in ''[[Soul Eater]]'':
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