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While [[Big Bad Friend|he spread terror near and far]]''|Lorne Green, "Ringo"}}

Our [[Band of Brothers]], the [[Five Man Band]], whatever, are pretty close. They share a tight relationship, trust and protect each other, would die for each other, if it might be necessary.

Our [[Band of Brothers]], the [[Five-Man Band]], whatever, are pretty close. They share a tight relationship, trust and protect each other, would die for each other, if it might be necessary.

Only, what's this? [[The Lancer]], [[The Scrappy]] -- or even -- [[The Hero]], at least a member of the team, [[My Greatest Failure|makes a mistake or the wrong call]].

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The song by the Dandy Warhols is the trope namer, it being the theme from ''[[Veronica Mars]]'' kinda figures.

== Anime ==

* Arashi Kishu in ''[[X 1999]]''. In order to spare her lover Sorata from his obligation to sacrifice himself for her, she joins the Dragons of Earth to bypass fate. [[We Used to Be Friends|She battles her former Dragons of Heaven friends]] and eventually [[Self Fulfilling Prophecy|triggers said prophecy]] with her [[Face Heel Turn]].

* Arashi Kishu in ''[[X 1999]]''. In order to spare her lover Sorata from his obligation to sacrifice himself for her, she joins the Dragons of Earth to bypass fate. [[We Used to Be Friends|She battles her former Dragons of Heaven friends]] and eventually [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy|triggers said prophecy]] with her [[Face Heel Turn]].

** In the manga, by all appearances, {{spoiler|Arashi ends up [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] at the hands of Hinoto. With the same result, fighting for the Dragons of Earth. }}

** If there's going to be an X1999 example, it ought to be {{spoiler|Kamui and Fuma. They were best friends as children, and destined to be on opposite sides of the battle for the future of mankind. Whichever side Kamui chose, Fuma would automatically take the empty seat on the opposite side as a substitute "Kamui".}}

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{{quote| '''Anakin''': "I hate you!"<br />

'''Obi-Wan''': "You were a brother to me... I loved you." }}

* ''[[~~Thirteen~~ Going On ~~Thirty~~ (Film)|Thirteen Going On Thirty]]'' deals with this. Jenna abandons Matt when she becomes more popular. They reconcile, though. Has something to do with [[Time Travel]].

* ''[[13 Going On 30 (Film)|Thirteen Going On Thirty]]'' deals with this. Jenna abandons Matt when she becomes more popular. They reconcile, though. Has something to do with [[Time Travel]].

* In ''[[Fire Over England]]'', Sir Richard Ingolby, the English <s>[[Pirate]]</s> [[Privateer]], unknowingly attacks the galleon of his former friend, Don Miguel de Casanz -- when they encounter each other in battle, Ingloby tells his son, Michael, "We were friends once." "Enemies now!," shrieks Michael, and attacks.

* ''[[Spy Kids]]'' had Gregorio and his estranged brother, [[Machete]]. [[Noodle Incident|Neither one can remember why they are estranged]], so they team up.

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* Michael from [[Lost]] is another good example. During Season 1, he seems to be a nice and well-liked member of the Losties. When his son Walt is kidnapped in the Season 1 finale, he knocks out Locke and Jack in order to get a head-start going after the Others. When he returns eventually, he decides to betray his friends and lure them into a trap to retrieve Walt.

* General Hague in ''[[Babylon 5]]'' is killed in battle after organizing a mutiny against [[President Evil|President Clark]]'s authoritarian regime. It's mentioned that his final engagement was against a fellow Earthforce carrier, captained by a close friend who had known him his days at the academy but nonetheless had remained loyal to Clark.

** In the fourth season Michael Garibaldi and [[The Captain|Sheridan]] have a falling out, evidently caused by Garibaldi's [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder]] after being captured by the Shadows. It is later revealed that he has been [[Brainwashed]] by {{spoiler|[[The Chessmaster|Alfred Bester]]}}, who uses the [[The Pawn|unwitting]] {{spoiler|Garibaldi}} as a lever to alienate {{spoiler|[[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds|Lyta]]}} so they'll be forced to make a deal with {{spoiler|Bester}}, [[Heel Face Turn|trick]] {{spoiler|Sheridan}} into [[Knockout Ambush|walking into a trap]] so he can be arrested by {{spoiler|[[President Evil|President Clark's]]}} men, and [[The Mole|discover]] the plot by {{spoiler|[[Well Intentioned Extremist|William Edgars]]}} to infect {{spoiler|[[Fantastic Racism|Telepaths]]}} with an engineered plague. Of course, once {{spoiler|Garibaldi}} has been released from the conditioning, [[Reformed but Rejected|none of his friends will have anything to do with him]], and the only way for him to regain their trust is to [[Big Damn Heroes|bust]] {{spoiler|Sheridan}} [[Great Escape|out of prison]]. It's easy to see why {{spoiler|Bester}} is considered to be the [[Magnificent Bastard]] of the show.

** In the fourth season Michael Garibaldi and [[The Captain|Sheridan]] have a falling out, evidently caused by Garibaldi's [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder]] after being captured by the Shadows. It is later revealed that he has been [[Brainwashed]] by {{spoiler|[[The Chessmaster|Alfred Bester]]}}, who uses the [[The Pawn|unwitting]] {{spoiler|Garibaldi}} as a lever to alienate {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Lyta]]}} so they'll be forced to make a deal with {{spoiler|Bester}}, [[Heel Face Turn|trick]] {{spoiler|Sheridan}} into [[Knockout Ambush|walking into a trap]] so he can be arrested by {{spoiler|[[President Evil|President Clark's]]}} men, and [[The Mole|discover]] the plot by {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist|William Edgars]]}} to infect {{spoiler|[[Fantastic Racism|Telepaths]]}} with an engineered plague. Of course, once {{spoiler|Garibaldi}} has been released from the conditioning, [[Reformed but Rejected|none of his friends will have anything to do with him]], and the only way for him to regain their trust is to [[Big Damn Heroes|bust]] {{spoiler|Sheridan}} [[Great Escape|out of prison]]. It's easy to see why {{spoiler|Bester}} is considered to be the [[Magnificent Bastard]] of the show.

* Ted and Barney for some time at the end of the third Season of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]''.

* Briefly lampshaded in the fifth season of ''[[Friends]]'' when Ross tries to work things out with Emily by agreeing to never see Rachel again. Phoebe and Rachel even discuss setting up a new 'group'. It didn't happen. Apparently.

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== Web Animation ==

* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'': [[Anti Hero|Agent]] [[Deuteragonist|Washington]] and {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|the]] [[Hero Killer|Meta]]}}. Season 9 revealed that they were closer to each other than really any other Freelancer.

* ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'': [[Anti-Hero|Agent]] [[Deuteragonist|Washington]] and {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|the]] [[Hero Killer|Meta]]}}. Season 9 revealed that they were closer to each other than really any other Freelancer.

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