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Sub-Zero

SCORPION AND SUB-ZERO WERE ORIGINALLY BROTHERS In the backstory as John Tobias initially conceived it, the two ninjas were brothers who became enemies. That was later scrapped. — Source: MEL Magazine

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Nobuo Fujita

Nobuo Fujita Fujita firebombed Oregon in 1942, in the only wartime bombing of the American mainland. Then in the 1960s, he visited the city he'd bombed, handed a 400-year-old sword over as his final surrender, and the cheering crowd welcomed him. — For details, read 6 Sworn Enemies Who Teamed Up and Kicked Ass

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Daredevil

CRACKED.COM CHURCH ACTION DAREDEVIL Arch enemies face off in an environmental fun house, blinding and deafening each other. — Watch it on YouTube

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Doom II

The Icon of Sin exists because there wasn't time to create a new boss. The new enemies in Doom II were easy they were either based on other enemies, or made for the first Doom but unused. A boss is a different thing, so level designer Sandy Petersen thought of just hanging a demon texture on a wall and releasing the game on time. — Source: Donanım Günlüğü

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Chris Carrier

Chris Carrier In 1971, David MCAllister kidnapped Chris Carrier, stabbed him, and shot him in the head. 25 years later, now blind and in a nursing him, he confessed to the crime. Carrier visited him and became his only friend in his final days. — For details, read 5 Sworn Enemies Who Formed Inspiring Friendships

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Daryl Davis

Daryl Davis Ceabitianalit 3ateriean miglt La lux ale 010 BnLBeria CRACKED.COMT In 1983, Davis Cleft) struck up a conversation with a Klansman in a bar. In the decades since, Davis has befriended hundreds of Klansmen and convinced them to leave the organization. They give him their rObes as trophies. — For details, read 6 Sworn Enemies Who Teamed Up and Kicked Ass

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Microsoft

Microsoft Sure, Microsoft and Apple have long been rivals. But in 1997, Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple, and agreed to keep making software for Macs. These moves saved Apple from collapsing. — For details, read 6 People Saved by Literally the Last Person They Expected

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Ted Morris

Ted Morris CRACKED COM Tommy Pigage, drunk, hit Ted Morris with his car, killing him. He got just probation as a punishment, so Ted's parents started stalking him. They discovered he really was penitent, and they mentored him, eventually helping him kick the booze habit. — For details, read 5 Sworn Enemies Who Formed Inspiring Friendships

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Dark Souls

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Ann Atwater

Ann Atwater When Durham, North Carolina, saw Ann Atwater was chairing a community meeting on combating racism, they appointed a KKK member as co-chair, to mess with her. Didn't work. She and Claiborne Ellis became friends, and he left the KKK. — For details, read 5 Sworn Enemies Who Formed Inspiring Friendships

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50 Cent

50 Cent and Ja Rule. ny ? In 1999, a friend of 50 stole Ja's chain at gunpoint, and 50 dropped a track mocking Ja's Murda chant. In an Atlanta nightclub, Ja's friend Black Child was arrested for stabbing 50. In 2002, 50's hit Wanksta basically ended Ja's career, and they've traded insults ever since. CRACKED — Source

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Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber and Orlando Bloom. In 2014, Orlando Bloom punched Bieber for being overly flirtatious with his then-wife Miranda Kerr (effectively ending their marriage). Bloom was photographed with Bieber's ex Selena Gomez in 2016. CRACKED — Source

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Elton John

Elton John and Madonna. In 2002, Elton called Madonna's track for Die Another Day the worst Bond tune of all time. In 2012, they were both nominated for a Best Original Song Golden Globe, and Elton said that Madonna had no chance of beating him, but Madonna won. In 2016, he saw her in a restaurant, and sent over an apology note. CRACKED — Source / Source

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Sex and the City

Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker. Since a pay disparity in 1999, there's been tension on and off set. In 2017, Kim said she's never been friends with her costars, and SJP said she was heartbroken. When SJP sent condolences, over Kim's brother's passing, Kim blasted her for being fake. CRACKED — Source / Irish Central

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Thrash Metal

Metallica and Dave Mustaine. motorhead Mustaine was an original member, but was kicked out in 1983. Не formed Megadeth out of revenge and animosity towards Metallica, and they trashed each other in interviews. They reunited once in 2011 for a 30th anniversary show, but kept publicly discussing their issues, and have never fully reconciled. CRACKED — Source

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The Late Night Wars

Letterman vs. Leno: The Late-Night Wars. When Johnny Carson left The Tonight Show, Letterman was widely expected to replace him, but Leno got the gig. Letterman left NBC to host The Late Show on CBS - opposite Leno's time-slot. They competed for ratings over the next two decades, and the Conan situation really amped up the beef. CRACKED — Source / CNBC

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Stephen King

PEOPLE GET MAD WHEN HE'S HONORED CRACKED Some literary critics are never happy when someone SO popular wins awards, but legendary scholar Harold Bloom carried a particular grudge against him. — Source: CNBC

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Superman

POST-SUPERMANRETURNS, WHAT HAPPENS TO CLARK'S SON? Having been abandoned by his father for the second time, he now has good reason to bear a grudge ag

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William Shatner

William Shatner and George Takei. They've been at odds since 1966, and in 1988 Takei initially refused to reprise his role for Star Trek V because Shatner was directing. For Shatner's roast in 2006, Takei said, I had 40 years of material, and they only gave me four minutes. CRACKED — Source

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McDonald’s

McDonald's changed its French fry recipe because of a customer with a grudge. Businessman Phil Sokolof spent $3 million on ads scolding fast food restaurants for their unhealthy food. When he targeted McD specifically, they folded. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source

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Friends

David Schwimmer and Marcel's monkey trainer are in a long-standing feud Schwimmer said the trainer didn't let him bond with the monkey while the trainer accuses the actor of being jealous of the laughs his animal costar got. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM — Source: EW

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Andre Agassi

Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi were bitter tennis rivals. Chenpibnsis The Wmslea: And it came to a head during a charity match. Sampras and Agassi feud

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Captain America: Civil War

Behind-the-scenes Drama Captain America: Civil War Marvel's CEO tried to get Robert Downey Jr. fired. Kevin Feige and lke Perlmutter's long simmering feud came to a head when Perlmutter tried to get Feige to cut RDJ from the film over his steep paycheck. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Paleontologists

Petty beefs among dignified folks OTHNIEL MARSH VS EDWARD COPE Together, these paleontologists discovered Triceratops and Stegosaurus, but fossil disputes caused a 30-plus- year feud known as the Bone Wars. CRACKED — Library of Congress/Wiki Commons,
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Jon Stewart

Wrestling Celebrities JON STEWART Stewart got involved with WWE programming in 2015. First in an on-camera feud with Seth Rollins, and then actually costing John Cena the WWE Championship against Rollins at SummerSlam 2015. NEVER TN CRACKED.COM — Sources: WWE/YouTube, WWE/YouTube, WWE/YouTube

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New Girl

THERE WAS A PRINCE/ KARDASHIANS FEUD BEHIND THE SCENES OF NEW GIRL. Prince was a fan and got a cameo role on the show, but when he heard the Kardashia

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Family Feud

Orange is the new Yellow. Family Feud There have been a million terrible answers on the show, but Joanne's is just the best of the worst. When asked to name a yellow fruit, she confidently yells orange before immediately squirming in embarrassment. CRACKED — Source / Youtube

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Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart and Gwyneth Paltrow have a bitter-sweet feud. Ever since Stewart said that Paltrow wouldn't be copying her as a lifestyle guru if she w

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Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. The feud started in 1933 over competing for headlines, and the affection of actor Franchot Tone. It reached a boiling point on and off set of their 1962 film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? The life-long feud inspired the FX show Feud. CRACKED — Source

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Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts has a long-running feud with her brother Eric. It may have started over a custody battle. Eric has an ugly past involving violent assaul

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The Blair Witch Project

The cast was subject to constant psychological torture. THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT CRACKED COM They were periodically told to pick fights with each other, while being stalked through the woods day and night by crew members. — Source

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Street Fighter

STREET FIGHTER WAS BORN DURING A DULL MEETING. 100 STALEST FREHER Capcom programmer Takashi Nishiyama was getting really bored during a long meeting, so he started thinking about martial arts games, and the boss fights in those games, and wouldn't it be cool to make a game that was all about those boss fights. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mothra

Bugs in pop culture Mothra from Toho This kaiju fights on the side of humanity (unless humanity pisses her off). A solid savior against the majority of mega monsters. CRACKED.COM — Toho
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Batman

CRACKED.COM CHURCH ACTION BATMAN A gargoyle fights a comedian atop a cathedral at the top of Gotham. — Watch it on YouTube

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Bayonetta

The creator of Bayonetta wanted the fight scenes to be sexy. So Bayonetta gets naked as she fights. Bayonetta is a beautiful, sexy video game hero who

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Kung Pow!

THE CHOSEN ONE KUNG POW! ENTER THE FIST THE CHOSEN ONE Не is literally called Chosen One, and he fights a cow. What more could you ask for? Yeah, we could actually ask a lot more from this movie (jokes that actually land, for example), but come on-dude fights a cow. CRACKED.COM — Movieclips/YouTube

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Gladiators

Gladiator fights weren't a gory free-for-all, but had strict rules and referees. One gladiator's tombstone inscription complains that a bad referee ca

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Ren & Stimpy

According to Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi, in 1987 CBS executives refused to grant Ralph Bakshi and him a contract unless they had the fights

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World of Warcraft

CRACKED.COM WORLD CRAFT WoRLD OF WARCRAFT DEVELOPERS USED INVISIBLE, UN-TARGETABLE BUNNY RABBITS AS TARGETS FOR BOSS ONYXIA TO ATTACK DURING FIGHTS AG

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Girl Fights

WORST REALITY TV TROPES GIRL FIGHTS People watch reality TV for the drama, but let's be real about what drama really means. It means fights, and mainly fights between women. Trashy fights with insults our innocent little minds could not possibly conceive. And if the fight includes tactical loogies? Apparently that's even better. CRACKED.COM — Source: drzgangsta10031/YouTube

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