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Related to [[We Can Rule Together]], but rather than offering a position, offers a study period. Note that this requires a ''mentoring'' role--[[Worthy Opponent]] offering a team-up doesn't cut it.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Gauron/Sousuke in ''[[Full Metal Panic]]''.
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* [[The Hero|Danny]] and [[Manipulative Bastard|Vlad]] from ''[[Danny Phantom]]''. Vlad is [[Unrequited Love Lasts Forever|fixated]] on Danny's mother, Maddie, and ultimately hopes to steal her away from Jack. Add the fact that Vlad and Danny are pretty much the only half-ghosts in existence, and Vlad sees Danny as the perfect [[Parental Substitute|Child Substitute]]. Naturally Danny doesn't see it this way.
* Rex and Van Kleiss from ''[[Generator Rex]]''. Although it seems that he is more interested in Rex's nanites than the boy himself.
** Van Kleiss himself supplied that he would be happy if Rex was a vegetable as long as he was still breathing. Unlike some other examples, Rex is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to take advantage of this without entering such a relationship. In the episode "Alliance" Rex uses guile and half-truths to undermine Van Kleiss in various ways. Most notable of them is getting Circe to defect from the Pack. Circe was convinced that Van Kleiss wants to take Rex in like he did with her. So when Rex is forced into an arena with No-face for a [[No
* Omi and Chase Young from ''[[Xiaolin Showdown (Animation)|Xiaolin Showdown]]''.
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