Favorite rivalries

[Turbo Kid]

This can be anything from friends, enemies, frenemies, or even rivalries that evolved from one category to the other over time. Even though I'm posting this in movies & TV, you can include anime, cartoons, comics, and video games too. Here are some of mine:

Buffy Summers/Faith Lehane - From friends to enemies to...sort of friends in an uncomfortable way, to enemies again, etc. It's been fun seeing this relationship develop throughout the original show, the Angel spinoff, and finally reaching a conclusion in the comic books. There was originally only ever supposed to be one slayer in existence at a time and when that changed it felt like fate put these two on a collision course.

Robby Keene/Miguel Diaz - Robby is my favorite Cobra Kai character and it was interesting seeing this rivalry play out on the show with him being the real "Karate Kid" and Miguel embodying Cobra Kai.

Kakarot/Vegeta - Classic shōnen rivalry that continues to this very day. The commoner vs the prince. The path of angels versus the path of destruction. They are friends now but still keep trying to out do each other.

Darkwing Duck/NegaDuck - You might say that NegaDuck is a straight up antagonist rather than a rival, but they completely mirror each other in every way.

Zuko/Azula - This one had been simmering (see what I did there) throughout the Avatar series and really got paid off in the finale

 

[alpha_wolf24]

Batman and Joker

Aumuro and Char

Guts and Griffith

Goku and Vageta

Red and Blue (Pokemon)

Rebellion and the Empire (Star Wars)

Cloud and Seperoph

Sonic and Eggman

Mario and Bowser

Link and Gannon

im sure theres more but thats what comes to mind now

 

[happymasksalesman happymasksalesman]

Laurel and Hardy

Michael and wiliam(fnaf)

These guys.

Naruto and sasuke(still want to shoot those guys say saske like sasoke!)

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Honestly, I love the classic video game example of Ryu and Ken a lot.

I love the idea of natural talent VS dedication to training, and the sportsmanship of two rivals who constantly push one another to improve and grow. As someone who's also into martial arts and has a close friend I did it with, it really resonates with me.

 

[RageBurner]

Does myself vs. my backlog count? no? okay. Then I guess I'll go with:

 

[happymasksalesman happymasksalesman]

Does myself vs. my backlog count? no? okay. Then I guess I'll go with:

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.....samurai showdown?
Well it is a good example,if game didn't have....I mean it I'm not a fan of it.

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

Char Aznable and Amuro Ray

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Sakuragi and Rukawa from Slam Dunk.

 

[Jayonnaise6105]

I only started watching it this weekend, but My Melody & Kuromi from Onegai My Melody

They are the protagonist & antagonist respectively, and it's one of those dynamics where one character (Kuromi) is entirely motivated by the rivalry and the other (My Melody) is completely oblivious to it.

Also, Kiryu Kazuma & Goro Majima from the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series. It's pretty much the Goku/Vegeta dynamic, but I think it works better.

 

[RageBurner]

.....samurai showdown?
Well it is a good example,if game didn't have....I mean it I'm not a fan of it.

Yeah, Samurai Shodown. Though Genjuro was introduced in the second game, he became the defacto rival to Haohmaru since.

 

[happymasksalesman happymasksalesman]

Yeah, Samurai Shodown. Though Genjuro was introduced in the second game, he became the defacto rival to Haohmaru since.

intersting. I'm more like that character say hanate and wear knight set.

 

[qw90700]

I can't think of any legendary rivals than the 10th Doctor and John Simm's The Master ayy lmao:

 

[Bonkers225]

Ranma/Ryoga (Ranma 1/2)
White Spy/Black Spy (Spy vs Spy)
Calvin/Susie (Calvin and Hobbes)
Sakuragi/Rukawa (Slam Dunk)
Homer/Ned (Simpsons)
Heisenberg/Gus (Breaking Bad)
Coreone/Five Families (Godfather)
Doyle/Charnier (French Connection)

 

[nobitakun]

One of my favourites, Dai & Baran: