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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]].

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* The Four Horsemen: Specifically, the original iteration with [[Ric Flair]], Arn and Ole Anderson, and Tully Blanchard. Arn Anderson said in Flair's autobiography that the Horsemen became a "full-blown shoot".

* [[The Kliq]]: [[Shawn Michaels]], [[Kevin Nash]], [[Scott Hall]], Sean Waltman/the 1-2-3 Kid, and [[Triple H]]. Probably the best-known True Companionship in wrestling after the Horsemen.

* The [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Organization_of_Modern_Extreme_Grappling_Arts~~ OMEGA] Clique: Matt and Jeff Hardy, Gregory Helms, Shannon Moore, and prior to her break-up with Matt, Lita. This also applies to Matt & Jeff's onscreen relationship in the WWE run. Obviously, because they're really brothers, but even when the two have had feuds (at one point, Matt was slated to reveal he started the [[Real Life]] fire that destroyed Jeff's home & killed his beloved dog, Jack), their issues have been resolved the moment someone tried to injure the other.

* The [[wikipedia:Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts|OMEGA]] Clique: Matt and Jeff Hardy, Gregory Helms, Shannon Moore, and prior to her break-up with Matt, Lita. This also applies to Matt & Jeff's onscreen relationship in the WWE run. Obviously, because they're really brothers, but even when the two have had feuds (at one point, Matt was slated to reveal he started the [[Real Life]] fire that destroyed Jeff's home & killed his beloved dog, Jack), their issues have been resolved the moment someone tried to injure the other.

* The WWE locker room as a whole - When one of them falls, such as Owen Hart or Eddie Guerrero, they can all be seen to be hurting and will put the storylines on hold to pay tribute to their fallen comrade.

* The entire wrestling business has been described numerous times as "one of the largest fraternities in the world". There's a reason why "brother" is such a common epithet (and no, not just because of [[Hulk Hogan]]) and why wrestlers band together so tightly against outsiders.

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** If Fall-From-Grace is with you, she will give Sarhava (who, it turns out, was raised at her brothel) such a talking-to for being a disgrace and an embarrassment she basically shrivels up. That's fun to see, but it's notable that Grace is defending Annah, who is cold at best towards her.

*** A noteworthy subversion: {{spoiler|the relationships may be genuine, but it's the Nameless One's Mark of Torment that's magically compelling the team to stay together.}}

* ''[[Mario and Luigi Bowsers Inside Story (Video Game)|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]'' revealed [[Big Bad|Bowser]] and his various minions to be this. Although one wouldn't think this because of Bowser's nature as an [[Evil Overlord]], the game makes it very clear that a large part of the troops have more respect for him than fear. In fact, during {{spoiler|Bowser's fight with Fawful, [[The Goomba|the Goombas]] ''offer themselves to be punched'' so that Bowser can counter-attack Fawful}}. In the epilogue, {{spoiler|Bowser even forgives three minions who trapped him in a safe after being presumably brainwashed by Fawful as long as they help fix up his castle while Kamek was telling them to scram}}.

* ''[[Cave Story (Video Game)|Cave Story]]'' shows this forming, but it only comes to fruition if you get [[One Hundred Percent Completion]]. {{spoiler|Quote}} and Curly Brace go from fighting each other, to fighting side-by-side, and they even convince [[Recurring Boss]] Balrog to help them at one point. In the [[Multiple Endings|Standard Ending]], this is as far as it goes. But if {{spoiler|Quote}} saves Curly after the Core battle, and then restores her memories, she gives him the Iron Bond: "Your tie to Curly Brace, the only warrior you would trust your back to." The endgame then involves them fighting the [[True Final Boss]] together as [[Back-to-Back Badasses]], with {{spoiler|Balrog swooping in to rescue them at the end. And then the three of them decide to move someplace with a nice view and live together.}}

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** The [http://www.nuzlocke.com/?page_id=2 Nuzlocke Challenge] puts severe limitations on what Pokémon you can catch, and forces you to release or permanently box any Pokémon that gets [[Killed Off for Real|KO'd for real]]. Several players, including the creator who initially challenged himself for the lulz, have admitted that the challenge actually makes them feel much more passionately about the few, fragile Pokémon they have, especially breeds that they would normally pass over without a second thought.

** Also the rescue team and the Guild of ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]''.

* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (Video Game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'' is all about this. In the original game and the [[Sequel]] you have a team of misfits (some of whom have very good reason to resent each other), and yet the team sticks together by the player character's leadership. Then the sequel turns right around and [[Deconstruction|Deconstructs]] it by giving a slightly discomforting reason as to ''why'' [[Character Magnetic Team|your party forms around you.]]

* ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (Video Game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'' is all about this. In the original game and the [[Sequel]] you have a team of misfits (some of whom have very good reason to resent each other), and yet the team sticks together by the player character's leadership. Then the sequel turns right around and [[Deconstruction|Deconstructs]] it by giving a slightly discomforting reason as to ''why'' [[Character-Magnetic Team|your party forms around you.]]

* ''[[Nie R]]'': Neir forms one with the maladjusted but sympathetic freaks he meets along his journey, extending his [[Papa Wolf]] nature onto them. Even the arrogant Grimoire Weisse sees the group as friends.

* ''[[Exit Fate (Video Game)|Exit Fate]]'': To varying degrees, the Elysium Army -- particularily [[The Hero|Daniel]], [[The Obi-Wan|Ljusalf]] and [[Bodyguard Crush|Ayara]], who join together early on. At one point, when you've amassed many followers and generals, Ayara runs off, believing that you don't need her anymore, and you have to track her down and convince her that she's important too. And then there are Daniel's friends since childhood, Angel and Jovian - much of Daniel's grief stems from his fear that Jovian betrayed him due to their conflicting ideals. {{spoiler|He didn't. Jovian would never betray him. Ever.}}

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* The general theme of the ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' series is [[The Power of Friendship]], so it's not surprising that Geo, Sonia, Luna, Bud and Zack form one of these.

* Guy from [[Final Fight]] has this relationship with Cody Travers, Mike Haggar (and arguably his daughter Jessica too), and likely with his sister-in-law Maki.

** The [[Street Fighter]] series adds Rose. ([[Fan Preferred Couple|Though fandom would say otherwise.]])

** The [[Street Fighter]] series adds Rose. ([[Fan-Preferred Couple|Though fandom would say otherwise.]])

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* Dejoru of ''[[Juathuur]]'' tried to inspire a sense of family in his original team, but it didn't work out. He tries in his second team too {{spoiler|and fails. By the time we meet him again, he has lost his faith on group cohesion.}}

* ''[[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'' is all about this.

* In ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', The Other Warriors are seemingly the closest thing the series has to this, though the Dark Warriors seem to become close later on. All other groups range from [[Teeth Clenched Teamwork]] or flat-out [[Enemy Mine]] in the case of the Light Warriors.

* In ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'', The Other Warriors are seemingly the closest thing the series has to this, though the Dark Warriors seem to become close later on. All other groups range from [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]] or flat-out [[Enemy Mine]] in the case of the Light Warriors.

* ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'' is all about how some people just seem to tumble into your life unexpectedly and stick with you for life.

* [[Unfazed Everyman|Bob,]] his girlfriend [[Hot Scientist|Jean,]] their "synthetic pink daughter-thing" [[Cute Monster Girl|Molly,]] and [[Green-Skinned Space Babe|Auntie Princess Voluptua]] in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]].'' Oh, and Molly's pet tentacle-bunny, [[Ugly Cute|Snookums.]]

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* If you have an account on [[Game FAQs]], you have a chance to join the Yusketeers. Its members have become this.

* ''[[Whateley Universe]]'':

** The teenagers of the group Team Kimba, at the [[Super Hero School]] Whateley Academy. Not only are they brought together by a common characteristic, but many of them have the classic family issues: Phase (disowned), Generator (mother dead, abusive father in prison), Bladedancer (orphaned), Lancer (his brother sicked an anti-mutant military force on him), Tennyo (forced to leave her family because of assassins and ''worse''), Carmilla (mother dead, father a demon), Heyoka (orphaned)... Only a couple of them have a supportive family. This true-companion group ends up shifting quite a bit. Carmilla forms her own, loosely allied team. (Sara's Pack). Also, it is stated in Jade's stories that Poe is designed to specifically create this, and Whateley itself has some elements of it.

** The teenagers of the group Team Kimba, at the [[Super-Hero School]] Whateley Academy. Not only are they brought together by a common characteristic, but many of them have the classic family issues: Phase (disowned), Generator (mother dead, abusive father in prison), Bladedancer (orphaned), Lancer (his brother sicked an anti-mutant military force on him), Tennyo (forced to leave her family because of assassins and ''worse''), Carmilla (mother dead, father a demon), Heyoka (orphaned)... Only a couple of them have a supportive family. This true-companion group ends up shifting quite a bit. Carmilla forms her own, loosely allied team. (Sara's Pack). Also, it is stated in Jade's stories that Poe is designed to specifically create this, and Whateley itself has some elements of it.

** There is a second team of true companions, who band together almost specifically because they are all ridiculously outcast from rest of the school due to bad fashion sense (on purpose) and severe GSD (they look like monsters).

** There is a villainous (sorta) version with the bad seeds, who all watch each others backs, as they are all the children of [[Super Villain|supervillains]], more, they are KNOWN to be the children of supervillains, although some have not had their parents identities outed to the public.

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* The idea of True Companionship gains a lot of currency in the field of queer theory as an example of an alternative to the traditional "nuclear" or "sanguinuptial" family - and yet one that, like the "traditional" family, is not of one's choosing. Some see it as the best argument against the fact that "family" needs to be defined by blood and/or marital relations. Johns Hopkins professor Sam Chambers uses examples of it from media in his book ''The Queer Politics of Television'', with ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' as his main example.

* The casts of a couple of different sitcoms eventually came to be this after a while. When former ''[[Full House]]'' star Jodie Sweetin became addicted to meth, her fellow former cast members all helped intervene to get her into rehab. Meanwhile, the cast of ''[[Married With Children]]'' became very close to each other as well, with Ed O'Neill almost becoming a surrogate father to Christina Applegate, whose own parents were divorced.

* [[The Inklings]], an Oxford-based group of writers and scholars that included [[CS Lewis (Creator)|CS Lewis]] and [[JRR Tolkien (Creator)|JRR Tolkien]] (among many others) in their membership, functioned very much as a true companionship group for its members. [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Inklings The other wiki] has details.

* [[The Inklings]], an Oxford-based group of writers and scholars that included [[CS Lewis (Creator)|CS Lewis]] and [[JRR Tolkien (Creator)|JRR Tolkien]] (among many others) in their membership, functioned very much as a true companionship group for its members. [[wikipedia:Inklings|The other wiki]] has details.

* The Z-Boys, a group of skateboarders in the 1970's from South Santa Monica and Venice California who are credited with inventing modern skateboarding and essentially creating the punk/skater subculture that now exists. Their name is derived from the name of the team they competed with together, the Zephyr Competition Team. AKA [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0K6lUm5ynw The Lords of Dog Town]

* When you go to the Canadian Improv Games, spot any high-energy team. Any. These teens are usually closer than blood, and it shows in how powerful they are.

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