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| - Basic Trope: Two guys compete for a girl's affections, sometimes violently.
* Straight: Marcus and Josh are both interested in Deidre and become antagonistic once both are aware of the other's intentions.
* Exaggerated:
* If I Can't Have You
* Groups of men go at war over Deidre.
* Justified: Deidre is the only attractive single female of the whole cast.
* Inverted: Betty and Veronica
* Subverted:
* Deidre settles everything by saying that she isn't interested by either of them.
* Marcus and Josh end up growing attracted to one another and go for the Gay Option.
* Double Subverted
* Not like that makes either of them stop...
* Except that they both eventually realize they were Better As Rivals and go right back to what they originally wanted.
* Parodied:
* The Cock Fight becomes literal.
* The Cock Fight becomes metaphorically literal.
* Deconstructed: The fight becomes so violent that Marcus eventually kills Josh, who was the one Deidre was pining for and she refuses to be with Marcus as a result.
* Reconstructed: ...wait, no, Josh was only knocked out, like he'd knocked out Marcus before. Still, the scare makes them agree to not fight as violently anymore, and to keep it to showing off.
* Zig Zagged: ??
* Averted: Deidre isn't pined for by anyone.
* Enforced: "Hey guys, we need to show that this girl's worth more than the others. Let's have the two most desirable dudes in the show fight over her!"
* Lampshaded: "Oh God... There they go again!"
* Invoked: ??
* Defied: "Fighting over a girl? What are we, high school boys?"
* Discussed: "Marcus and Josh are such idiots fighting over you like that, Deidre. When are you gonna sit them down and talk to them about it?"
* Conversed: "Hey, look at those guys, fighting over a chick! I wonder who'll win..." Compete over the Main Article and prove your manliness!
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