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[[File:three_musketeers_movie_paul_ws_anderson_3078.jpg|link=The Three Musketeers (2011 film)|frame| All for one, and one for all!]]

{{quote|''"As long as you have friends, you have family."''|'''Jeff''', ''[[Community]]'', "[[Community/Recap/S1 E18 Basic Genealogy|Basic Genealogy]]"}}

{{quote|''"As long as you have friends, you have family."''|'''Jeff''', ''[[Community]]'', "[[Community/Recap/S1/E18 Basic Genealogy|Basic Genealogy]]"}}

True Companions are just like a real family -- they may not necessarily ''like'' each other, but they know they can depend upon each other in a crisis. It is a relationship considered to be deeper than mere friendship but more innocent than romance.

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* [[Fire-Forged Friends]] <br />People who specifically didn't care for each other but form a bond after a conflict forces them to work together.

Compare [[The Power of Friendship]], [[A Friend in Need]], [[Close Knit Community]]. Contrast [[Enemy Mine]], [[A House Divided]], [[We ARE Struggling Together!]], and occasionally [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]].

Compare [[The Power of Friendship]], [[A Friend in Need]], [[Close-Knit Community]]. Contrast [[Enemy Mine]], [[A House Divided]], [[We ARE Struggling Together!]], and occasionally [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]].

[[Heterosexual Life Partners]] and [[Platonic Life Partners]] are this trope distilled down to a two-person group (same sex and opposite sex, respectively). Often, a group of characters become true companions after a [[Misfit Mobilization Moment]]. If the characters happen to be particularly [[Badass]], you get a [[Badass Crew]].