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== ''[[Discworld]]'' ==
* The Ogg extended family
{{quote|... [Granny Weatherwax] really couldn't be having at all with Nanny Ogg, who was her best friend. (''[[
==Other works ==
* Rudy and Liesel from ''[[The Book Thief]]'' sort-of become friends after Rudy is forced to walk Liesel to school as an apology for hitting her in the face with a snowball, and their interactions always involve lots of [[Cluster F-Bomb|cursing]] and [[I Shall Taunt You|insults]].
* Jo and Laurie in ''[[Little Women]].'' This is exactly why she turns him down when he proposes to her.
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* Marco and Rachel of ''[[Animorphs]]'', with Rachel always jabbing at Marco and his jokes but still having his back when things got serious on them.
* And Grag (robot) and Otho (android), faithful but bickering allies of ''Captain Future''.
▲* The Ogg extended family in ''[[Discworld]]'' is full of a dozen long-running petty feuds and twice as many short-term fights at any given point. However, if any outsider dares to openly agree with any one side, the family, as one, will close ranks, and the interloper might not be long for this world.
▲** Similarly, Nanny Ogg's relationship with Granny Weatherwax:
▲{{quote|... [Granny Weatherwax] really couldn't be having at all with Nanny Ogg, who was her best friend. (''[[Discworld/Witches Abroad|Witches Abroad]]'')}}
▲** [[Fur Against Fang|Sergeant Angua and Lance Constable Salacia]] from ''[[Discworld/Thud|Thud]]!'' seem to be becoming this.
▲** Rincewind and Twoflower—Rincewind does technically like Twoflower, but he is frequently exasperated and snarky with him. Twoflower never picks up on it. This is especially apparent in {{spoiler|their reunion}} in ''[[Discworld/Interesting Times|Interesting Times]]''.
▲** Gaspode is like this with Angua in ''Men at Arms''. Despite having nothing in common, Angua tolerates Gaspode because he is the only being she can be honest about regarding her werewolf nature, and he follows her around because as a werewolf she's one of the few humans who don't ignore him because Dogs Can't Talk. In ''The Fifth Elephant'', Gaspode instead becomes this to Carrot.
▲*** Also in ''Men At Arms'', Cuddy and Detritus start out hating each other (Dwarfs and Trolls traditionally do), but soon become this.
* In the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' series, Rachel's adopted father Chase frequently tells her (most affectionately) what an ugly little girl she is, to which her typical response is to burst out into giggles.
* Mundo Cani Dog and Chauntecleer of ''[[The Book of the Dun Cow]]'' are faithful allies when push comes to shove. However, the arrogant Chauntecleer constantly belittles the self-hating Mundo Cani, who is all too happy to accept and even agree with the verbal abuse.
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* Ron and Hermione from ''[[Harry Potter]]''. ''[[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Extremely]]'' [[Incredibly Lame Pun|straight.]] Post-[[Character Development]], of course.
* [[The Watson|Doctor Watson]] and [[Sherlock Holmes]]. Holmes pokes fun at Watson's writing, Watson complains about things like the use of a gun indoors, the constant chemical odor, and the fact that his roommate won't clean up after himself, but when Holmes is in Europe and sick it's Watson who comes for him and when Watson's been shot it's Holmes giving the assailant death threats.
* In [[The Multiverse|Crystal-verse]] series by Vladislav Krapivin, two interspatial physicists and good friends, prof. Darensky, a hardcore Atheist and prof. Esposito, a pious alumnus of Jesuit college. They didn't have major theoretical disagreements, but constantly bantered over The Creator / Lack Thereof, as well as [[Raised by Grandparents|upbringing of Darensky's grandson]], one of protagonists. Whose stepfather [[Hands-Off Parenting|thought he's okay as is]] and father was in permanent "official journey" at a city [[Alternate Universe|absent on all available maps]], after [[They Called Me Mad|in-law accused him of
{{quote|- You spoil me the kid! You teach a boy not to heed his own grandfather! That's your christian morality?
- [...] Just don't scream "Jesus!" if you're such an ardent materialist... }}
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* [[Combat Medic|Pavel]] and [[Lovable Rogue|Will]] from ''[[Forgotten Realms|The Year Of Rogue Dragons]]''. Will calls Pavel a charlatan, Pavel tells him "Silence, insect", and both of them constantly insult the other's intelligence. Yet they can always count on each other for anything serious.
* G'Joth and Davok in the [[Star Trek: Klingon Empire]] books, of the "equally insulting" variant.
* A lot of the friendships in [[P. G.
* Renton and Sick Boy in [[Trainspotting]]. In the book, Renton notes that he and Sick Boy started insulting each other in a joking way, but that over time they are starting to really mean it.
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