Tropescilloscope: Enemy Mine

Enemies team up against a common threat. (read more at tvtropes.org)

More Tropes Toplessness from the Back Mistaken for Gay Dies Wide Open Rewatch Bonus Karmic Death Insult Backfire He Who Fights Monsters Honor Before Reason Sole Survivor Red Right Hand Sci-Fi Horror Face Death with Dignity Historical-Domain Character Humans Are Bastards Taking the Bullet Those Wacky Nazis Psychological Thriller The Cavalry Dual Wielding For Want of a Nail Due to the Dead Never Trust a Trailer Destination Defenestration Gorn Show Within a Show The Chessmaster Outrun the Fireball Tranquil Fury How We Got Here Room Full of Crazy Animal Motifs Politically Incorrect Villain Artistic License – Military As You Know Affably Evil Too Dumb to Live Up to Eleven Ms. Fanservice Break the Cutie Anti-Villain Unresolved Sexual Tension Drill Sergeant Nasty O.O.C. Is Serious Business Good Is Not Nice Silence Is Golden Batman Gambit Vomit Discretion Shot Suddenly SHOUTING! Aside Glance Death Seeker Index of Film Westerns Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Spiteful Spit Posthumous Character Shipper on Deck Bar Brawl And the Adventure Continues Death by Sex Sacrificial Lion Nice Guy Monumental Damage Parental Incest Adaptation Dye-Job The Musical Bolivian Army Ending Scare Chord Historical Villain Upgrade Deliberately Monochrome Deadpan Snarker Conspicuous CG Non-Indicative Name Self-Deprecation Obstructive Bureaucrat Hollywood Darkness Everyone Has Standards Kick the Son of a Bitch No-Sell Leitmotif Police are Useless Horror Films Super Strength Abhorrent Admirer Shut Up, Hannibal! Call-Forward Take That! Book-Ends The Lancer The '60s Serious Business True Companions There Is No Kill Like Overkill The Stoic Properly Paranoid Naïve Newcomer Not Even Bothering with the Accent Rousing Speech Femme Fatale Aluminum Christmas Trees It Can Think Implacable Man Jitter Cam What You Are in the Dark In the Back Car Fu folderlabel Shower Scene Darker and Edgier What the Hell, Hero? Dutch Angle Covers Always Lie Mind Screw Adult Fear Does This Remind You of Anything? Random Events Plot From Bad to Worse Pre-Mortem One-Liner Dull Surprise Award-Bait Song Ass Shove Daylight Horror Dramatic Gun Cock Villainous Breakdown Bi the Way Off with His Head! Obfuscating Stupidity Straight Gay Arch-Enemy Taking You with Me Funny Background Event Dark Action Girl Red Herring You Have Failed Me Chekhov's Gun Fourth Date Marriage Public Domain Feature Films Plot Hole Accidental Murder Exactly What It Says on the Tin Your Cheating Heart Damsel in Distress Broken Aesop Nothing Is Scarier The Ditz Overly Long Gag "Well Done, Son!" Guy Action Survivor Decoy Protagonist Psycho for Hire Fanservice Punctuated! For! Emphasis! Green-Eyed Monster Make It Look Like an Accident Jerk Jock Television Movie Index Children Are Innocent Gilligan Cut "Shaggy Dog" Story Recap / RiffTrax aka: Riff Trax Movies Bald of Evil Paper-Thin Disguise Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! Asshole Victim Manipulative Bastard Canadian Movies Parental Substitute Bound and Gagged Retcon Only a Flesh Wound Overprotective Dad The Dreaded Genre Throwback You Have Got to Be Kidding Me! Slap-Slap-Kiss Scenery Porn This Is Gonna Suck Offscreen Moment of Awesome B-Movie Race Against the Clock Nice Job Fixing It, Villain! Adults Are Useless Big "NO!" Girl-on-Girl Is Hot Wrong Genre Savvy Peek-a-Boo Corpse Domestic Abuse Babies Ever After Friend to All Children He Knows Too Much Drugs Are Bad Ax-Crazy Deliberate Values Dissonance A.I. Is a Crapshoot All There in the Script Frame-Up Title Drop Creepy Child The Dragon The Alleged Car The Stinger Failed a Spot Check Early Installment Weirdness Funny Foreigner Dwindling Party Cloudcuckoolander The Smurfette Principle Adaptational Villainy Greater-Scope Villain Arranged Marriage Beware the Nice Ones Take a Third Option Dying Moment of Awesome Double Entendre Slasher Movie Adaptation Expansion The Ace Dropped a Bridge on Him Closed Circle French Films Not Quite Dead Film Series The Alcoholic Irony Grievous Bottley Harm Comically Missing the Point Impaled with Extreme Prejudice Lock and Load Montage Left the Background Music On Demonic Possession Bad "Bad Acting" Composite Character Totally Radical Fate Worse than Death Leave the Camera Running Insistent Terminology Alpha Bitch No Celebrities Were Harmed All Just a Dream Villain Protagonist Catapult Nightmare Laser-Guided Karma Real Life Writes the Plot She's Got Legs Despair Event Horizon Flashback Death by Irony Danny Peary Cult Movies List Morality Pet The Starscream Documentary The Bad Guy Wins Very Loosely Based on a True Story Celebrity Paradox Here We Go Again! Boom, Headshot! Male Gaze Crazy Jealous Guy Cain and Abel Hair-Trigger Temper Deus ex Machina Blood from the Mouth Apocalypse How Martial Arts Movie Fatal Family Photo Reasonable Authority Figure Blood Knight Canon Foreigner Cool Old Guy Historical In-Joke Berserk Button Names to Run Away from Really Fast Ambiguously Gay Curb-Stomp Battle Unreliable Narrator Smoking Is Cool Rape as Drama And Starring Large Ham Eagleland Improvised Weapon Slashed Throat Ambiguous Disorder Say My Name Five-Man Band Romantic Comedy Captain Obvious Hollywood Law Pet the Dog Crucified Hero Shot Agony of the Feet Getting Crap Past the Radar Bloody Hilarious Mundane Made Awesome Death Glare Toilet Humour aka: Toilet Humor Hidden Depths Soft Glass Amoral Attorney Cool Old Lady Guile Hero Bitch in Sheep's Clothing Attempted Rape Bullying a Dragon Developing Doomed Characters Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds The Stoner Shell-Shocked Veteran Cool Car Based on a True Story Would Hit a Girl Amusing Injuries The Remake Maybe Ever After Redemption Equals Death Fish out of Water Malevolent Masked Men "Awesome McCool" Name "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue Took a Level in Jerkass Roaring Rampage of Revenge Bittersweet Ending Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! A God Am I Our Vampires Are Different Mad Scientist Fun with Acronyms The Faceless Jerkass Has a Point Psychopathic Manchild All Men Are Perverts Evil Is Hammy Reckless Gun Usage The Lost Lenore Kids Are Cruel Badass Longcoat In Medias Res Anti-Hero Karma Houdini From Nobody to Nightmare timeperiod Antagonist Title Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other Corrupt Corporate Executive Victoria's Secret Compartment Disproportionate Retribution My God, What Have I Done? Wounded Gazelle Gambit Cat Fight Woman in White Ripped from the Headlines The Power of Love Dumb Blonde Works Set in World War II Chase Scene Rule of Cool Soundtrack Dissonance Gold Digger Jerkass Hate Sink Badass Grandpa Stock Footage Police Brutality Anyone Can Die Pun aka: Incredibly Lame Pun Death of a Child Bring My Brown Pants Put on a Bus Zombie Stories All There in the Manual Anguished Declaration of Love Evil vs. Evil Eye Scream The '50s Extremely Short Timespan Affectionate Parody Catch-Phrase Intergenerational Friendship Scary Black Man Sadistic Choice Twist Ending Diabolus ex Machina As the Good Book Says... Big Applesauce I Want My Beloved to Be Happy Jerk with a Heart of Gold Adaptation Distillation Crazy-Prepared Mood Whiplash Improbable Weapon User Fiery Redhead Pragmatic Villainy Freeze-Frame Bonus My Greatest Failure Heroic Sacrifice Establishing Character Moment Vacation Films Stuff Blowing Up Woman Scorned Papa Wolf Redshirt Army Running Gag Captain Ersatz Would Hurt a Child Drowning My Sorrows Moment Killer Mexican Standoff Same Language Dub Immune to Bullets Dramatic Irony Beard of Evil Rated M for Manly Yandere Training Montage What Happened to the Mouse? Narrator Horror Comedy Expy The '70s Big Fancy House Spiritual Successor Handicapped Badass Early-Bird Cameo Tap on the Head Tagline Sexy Discretion Shot Cowboy Cop Driven to Suicide Recycled IN SPACE! Those Two Guys As Himself Happily Married Rasputinian Death Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer Motor Mouth The Sociopath Credits Gag Parental Abandonment Australian Movies Smug Snake The Place Abusive Parents '80s Hair Let's Get Dangerous! Badass in a Nice Suit Central Theme Japanese Films Defiant to the End Better to Die than Be Killed Bond Villain Stupidity Silent Movie A Father to His Men Meet Cute Bunny-Ears Lawyer Hong Kong Films No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Freudian Excuse And I Must Scream The '90s Guns Akimbo Cool Guns Animated Credits Opening One-Word Title The X of Y Genre Shift Married to the Job Needs Wiki Magic Love Author Avatar The '80s Dirty Cop Broken Bird Cluster F-Bomb The Reveal Mystery and Detective Films Man on Fire Rule of Symbolism Black Comedy Product Placement Science Fiction Films Breaking the Fourth Wall Calling the Old Man Out The Oner Animal Title Index Time Skip Ship Tease I'm a Humanitarian Mama Bear Defrosting Ice Queen Only One Name Ugly Guy, Hot Wife Earn Your Happy Ending Evil Is Petty Extreme Doormat Every Car Is a Pinto Bavarian Fire Drill Retired Badass MacGuffin Cold-Blooded Torture The Great Depression Chekhov's Skill Casting Gag Bad Boss Double-Meaning Title Translation Convention Loophole Abuse Distracted by the Sexy Dissonant Serenity Dirty Coward World of Ham "The Reason You Suck" Speech Lighter and Softer Anachronic Order Groin Attack One Steve Limit Retirony It's All About Me Insane Troll Logic Camera Abuse Four-Temperament Ensemble Creative Closing Credits Hell Is That Noise Improbable Infant Survival aka: Infant Immortality Camp Gay Nice Hat Unusually Uninteresting Sight Whole Plot Reference Final Girl Rule of Three Almost Kiss As Long as It Sounds Foreign Epic Movie No OSHA Compliance BFG Video Credits Villain Opening Scene Pyrrhic Victory Light Is Not Good The Big Guy It's Personal Knife Nut Rule of Funny Heroic BSoD Star-Crossed Lovers Red Eyes, Take Warning Black Best Friend Foregone Conclusion Mooks Homage Slasher Smile Evil Sounds Deep Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism Made of Explodium Awesome, but Impractical Reality Ensues Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? Word of God Pay Evil unto Evil Big Brother Instinct The Cameo Unwitting Instigator of Doom Vampire Fiction Market-Based Title Fatal Flaw Not So Above It All Actually Pretty Funny Worthy Opponent Disney Death Obviously Evil Mugging the Monster Eyepatch of Power Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Adapted Out Darkest Hour No Ending The Quiet One Hooker with a Heart of Gold Male Frontal Nudity Big-Bad Ensemble Exact Words Epic Fail Riddle for the Ages Fan Disservice Hoist by His Own Petard Arc Words Cat Scare Fantastic Racism Evil-Detecting Dog Ungrateful Bastard Throwing Your Sword Always Works Break the Haughty Visual Pun Easily Forgiven Black Dude Dies First The Casanova I Need a Freaking Drink Hero Antagonist Sequel Hook Brother–Sister Incest Bilingual Bonus The Un-Favourite aka: The Un Favorite The Dog Bites Back Adaptational Attractiveness Back from the Dead Heel Realization Fire-Forged Friends I Just Shot Marvin in the Face Demoted to Extra German Films Stalker with a Crush After the End Eldritch Abomination Token Minority Wretched Hive Cruel and Unusual Death Artistic License – Gun Safety Manly Tears Accidental Misnaming Laughing Mad Punny Name Adorkable Evil Laugh Not So Stoic Character Development Coming-of-Age Story Stylistic Suck Villain Ball Not So Different Poor Communication Kills A Date with Rosie Palms Actor Allusion Evil Brit Loads and Loads of Characters Important Haircut Chekhov's Gunman Country Matters Our Zombies Are Different All for Nothing Rich Bitch Those Two Bad Guys The Smart Guy Chewing the Scenery Combat Pragmatist Brick Joke Deconstruction Kick the Dog Evil Counterpart Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking Shout-Out Evil Plan Creator Cameo You Have Outlived Your Usefulness Artistic License – Geography Small Name, Big Ego Dark Reprise Enemy Mine Serial Killer Becoming the Mask Brainless Beauty Fanservice Extra Pretty in Mink Reality Is Unrealistic Butt-Monkey Sir Swears-a-Lot Film Noir The Chick No Name Given Only in It for the Money Refuge in Audacity Sealed Evil in a Can Never Trust a Trailer aka: Trailers Always Lie Imagine Spot Auto Erotica Dogged Nice Guy Why Don't You Just Shoot Him? Love Triangle Disguised in Drag Badass Boast Contrived Coincidence Henpecked Husband Really Gets Around Well-Intentioned Extremist Lampshade Hanging Spanner in the Works Alas, Poor Villain Never My Fault Black Comedy Rape Sanity Slippage Tempting Fate An Arm and a Leg Kill It with Fire Hero of Another Story Shoot the Shaggy Dog Sequel Escalation Eureka Moment Ironic Echo Biopic Anachronism Stew Big Bad Call-Back Adaptational Heroism Evil Cannot Comprehend Good Screw the Money, I Have Rules! Dark and Troubled Past Punch-Clock Villain Only Sane Man Real Life Villain Song Not What It Looks Like Blackmail Oh, Crap! Hypocrite The Film of the Book Russian Films Gory Discretion Shot Meaningful Name Big Bad Duumvirate Disappeared Dad Knight Templar Gone Horribly Right Vomit Indiscretion Shot Be Careful What You Wish For Re-Cut In Name Only Framing Device Grey and Gray Morality Heel–Face Turn Fantasy Films Armor-Piercing Question Artistic License – Physics Spared by the Adaptation Older Than They Look Artistic License – Biology Colour-Coded for Your Convenience aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene Leaning on the Fourth Wall Humiliation Conga Ambiguous Ending Bare Your Midriff Interrupted Suicide Screw the Rules, I Have Money! Unusual Euphemism Roger Ebert: Great Movies List Ominous Latin Chanting Mr. Fanservice Sports Stories Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep" Only Known by Their Nickname Major Injury Underreaction Artistic License – History Stepford Smiler Kill 'em All Match Cut Ragtag Bunch of Misfits Sinister Minister Jump Scare Half the Man He Used to Be 20 Minutes into the Future Music Stories Bond One-Liner Determinator aka: The Determinator Does Not Like Shoes Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass Disney Villain Death Spell My Name with an "S" Gratuitous English Men Are the Expendable Gender Unspoken Plan Guarantee Death by Adaptation Love at First Sight Took a Level in Badass Facial Horror Parental Neglect The Atoner Foil Stealth Pun Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane Playing Gertrude Superhero Costume Porn Action Genre Stealth Hi/Bye Romantic False Lead Wicked Cultured Once More, with Clarity! Pimped-Out Dress Made of Iron Mythology Gag The Hero The Vamp All Girls Want Bad Boys The Hero Dies Even Evil Has Standards Mighty Whitey The Brute The Un-Reveal Hope Spot Not Using the "Z" Word Bait-and-Switch Race Lift Downer Ending Bloodier and Gorier Off-into-the-Distance Ending Informed Ability The Ghost An Axe to Grind Villain with Good Publicity Body Horror Scenery Gorn Crapsack World Ghost Fiction The Mole Cool Shades Hypocritical Humor Wham Shot Naked People Are Funny Deal with the Devil Gender Flip Adaptation Name Change War Is Hell Instant Death Bullet Advertised Extra Big Eater Shirtless Scene Noodle Incident Setting Update Improbable Aiming Skills NO INDOOR VOICE Action Girl Faking the Dead Together in Death The Voiceless Fainting Sassy Black Woman Cassandra Truth Face–Heel Turn Flipping the Bird Meaningful Echo My Beloved Smother No-Holds-Barred Beatdown Film Noir Index No Antagonist Annoying Younger Sibling Last-Name Basis Badass Normal The Bully Skewed Priorities Get Out! Pre-Asskicking One-Liner Neck Lift Missing Mom Line-of-Sight Name Intrepid Reporter Thriller Authority Equals Asskicking Mr. Exposition The Mafia La Résistance Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping Undying Loyalty Depraved Bisexual Brutal Honesty Plucky Comic Relief Dramedy Gainax Ending Wham Line Famous Last Words Red Shirt Badass Bookworm Fingore Trailers Always Spoil Air-Vent Passageway Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday Expository Hairstyle Change Alliterative Name Storming the Castle Heroes Want Redheads Manchild Historical Hero Upgrade Offscreen Teleportation Suspiciously Similar Substitute Truth in Television Logo Joke Dirty Old Man Determinator Your Head A-Splode Chiaroscuro Corpsing Pretty Little Headshots An Aesop She Cleans Up Nicely Fake Shemp Italian Films Big Damn Heroes Suspiciously Specific Denial Protagonist Title Belligerent Sexual Tension Eiffel Tower Effect Ascended Extra Screw This, I'm Outta Here! Bottomless Magazines Red Oni, Blue Oni Heterosexual Life-Partners Didn't Think This Through One-Man Army Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy Did Not Get the Girl Black and Gray Morality Fat Bastard Bloodless Carnage Action Prologue Pragmatic Adaptation Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil Artistic License – Law Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold Age Lift Killed Mid-Sentence Have a Gay Old Time Genre Savvy Faux Affably Evil Author Appeal N-Word Privileges Bury Your Gays Card-Carrying Villain Reality Has No Subtitles Revenge Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique Neck Snap Dressing as the Enemy Idiot Ball Manic Pixie Dream Girl Daddy's Girl Continuity Nod Mercy Kill May–December Romance Bowdlerise Precision F-Strike Foreshadowing Never Found the Body Beauty Is Never Tarnished You Killed My Father Dark Is Not Evil Blatant Lies Vitriolic Best Buds Empathic Environment I Did What I Had to Do Drives Like Crazy It Will Never Catch On Betty and Veronica Beta Couple Shown Their Work Curse Cut Short Broken Pedestal Department of Redundancy Department For the Evulz Christmas Movies Index Even Evil Has Loved Ones Military and Warfare Films Madness Mantra Bland-Name Product Kubrick Stare Novelization The Load British Films A Minor Kidroduction The End... Or Is It? Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas I Have Your Wife More Dakka Adaptational Badass Meaningful Background Event