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== Anime and Manga ==

* The ''[[Patlabor]]'' [[OAV]] 'Seven Days of Fire' starts off with a rebellion against the maintenance chief over privileges (basically, fishing and girly magazines). Within days, there are literally dozens of splinter groups, each with its own agenda (some pro-chief), soon resorting to violence (with paper fans—this is Japan). Director Mamoru Oshii hung around a lot of radical student groups during his college days; one gets the impression that he wasn't left with a very high opinion of radicalism.

* The Allied Powers in ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' seem only moments from tearing each other's throats out, even the ones that should have a lot in common (like America and England). As described [[We ARE Struggling Together/Real Life|here]], this is [[Truth in Television|Truth In Web Manga]]. Other historical examples are also mentioned, including the political fracturing of Italy and the decline of the (neither)Holy (nor)Roman (nor)Empire.

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXqkP865j4c United Nations Star,] preformed by all five of the Allies, is basicically We ARE Struggling Together!: The Song.

** In [[The Movie]] ''Paint It White!'' China has this brilliant line.

{{quote|'''China:''' We're too busy fighting together to figure out if we should be fighting together anyway.}}

* The Japanese resistance in ''[[Code Geass]]'' is like this in the beginning, until resident [[Magnificent Bastard]] Lelouch and his [[Black Knight]]s wipe out or take over all the other groups.

** It's even mentioned as being part of the Kyoto Group (the main benefactor for all the Japanese rebellion factions) main motivation for funding so many groups. Lelouch forces them to pledge their complete allegiance to him, by which anything other than minor resistance factions have been rolled into the Black Knights.

* In the world of ''[[Freezing]]'', the world is being invaded by [[Eldritch Abomination]]s, and yet most of mankind's hopes are more interested in rankings and beating the crap out of each other. Well, that's what you get when the fate of the world is in the hand of temperamental teenage girls.

* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', there are several important factions. One, Negi's group. Two, Cosmo Entelechia. Three, Megalomesembria politicians led by Kurt Godel. Mahora academy seems to be involved to some extent. The goal: {{spoiler|save everyone possible when the magic world collapses}}. Negi and Fate are [[Arch Enemy|archenemies]], Negi thinks Kurt is too practical (and Kurt thinks Negi is foolishly idealistic) and Fate's group just wiped out most of the military as part of their plan to "help". And it's not clear what Mahora is doing, but they definitely disapprove of Fate's destruction of the gates. It's getting to the point that Negi and Fate are only fighting about {{spoiler|who can do a better job of saving the world}}.

* Early episodes of ''[[Transformers Headmasters]]'' had elements of this trope between the [[Cool Train|Trainbots]] and [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|Headmasters]], until they had to team up to save Japan from [[Ninja|Sixshot]].

* All of the military factions (Mustang, Grumman and General Armstrong at least) in ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' agree that King Bradley needs to be 'dethroned' and seem to understand that part of each other- yet when it all comes down to it the cooperation starts to disintegrate into 'who-will-get-the-big-seat-afterward' plotting rather than standing as a more united front.

* In ''[[Vandread]]'', the various factions/groups that the crew of the Nirvana come to assist them in the final episodes of Season 2, when the [[Big Bad]]'s fleet shows up. Prior to this, they were either being harvested by the [[Big Bad]], or were at odds with each other.

== Comic Books ==

* Superheroes in the [[Marvel Universe]] since the [[Marvel Civil War]] have spent about as much time [[Let's You and Him Fight|fighting each other]] as they have fighting super villains.

* In ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]'', [[The Question]] and [[Green Arrow]] come to blows over whether the new world order should be a Marxist Socialist Utopia, or a Randian Objectivist Utopia.

* In the revival of ''[[The Punisher]]'' that made him famous again, ''Welcome Back, Frank,'' three copycat vigilantes appear in the wake of the Punisher's return. One's Payback, a guy who targets corrupt rich folks. One's his polar opposite, a well-dressed man called "Elite" who's obsessed with killing people who "dirty" his neighborhood, starting mostly with some minor drug-peddlers moving in but working his way down to ''hot dog vendors'' and dogs that make a mess on the sidewalk. Between them is a literally [[Axe Crazy]] priest who tends to chop up gang members who confess their crimes in his church. When all three meet up, none of them can decide on how to cooperate. {{spoiler|And then when they finally just about figure out how to get along, the Punisher -- who doesn't look kindly on copycats -- kills them all anyway, much to their surprise.}}

* In most versions of ''[[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]]'', Ming the Merciless maintains his grip on power despite being a [[Ax Crazy|complete psycho]] who's [[0% Approval Rating|universally despised by everybody]] because all his subjects hate each other more than they hate him.

* [[The Defenders]], in almost all incarnations, are comprised of people who have almost nothing in common but will still unite to face major threats, often of a magical or supernormal nature. Typical Defenders dialogue consists of a ''lot'' of backbiting—sometimes [[Vitriolic Best Buds|affectionate]], sometimes [[With Friends Like These...|not]].