History DieForOurShip / Pokemon

** Blown up to even larger proportions as her ship grew with her characterisation. It very quickly became perhaps the most heated rival to PokeShipping, especially among newer fans who didn't grow up with the original series vs those who did. ([[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Serena season! Misty season! Serena season! Misty Season!]])

* Meowth/Pikachu fans often don't take well to Buneary and make her into a creepy JealousClingyGirl.

* Anime characters get thrown into the game fanfiction for no reason other then counterpart shipping fuel, and the game characters ignored or derailed. For [[BigBad Galactic]] related pairings other then Cyrus/Dawn, most Galactic admins are seen as incompetent.

* Calem/Serena ([=KalosShipping=]) fics [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderize]] Shauna's TheDitz trait, while Calem/Shauna and Serena/Shauna ([=BrightTomorrowShipping=]) make Calem/Serena arrogant and their FriendlyRivalry with their counterpart a lot less friendly.

* Not even the ''Pokémon'' games are excluded from this, though the game shipping fandom was quite passive until [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Generation IV]]. Now, though, it's arguably the most fertile breeding ground for [[ShipToShipCombat shipping warfare]], where characterization is thrown out the window. To elaborate:
** In [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Silver/Lyra fics]], Ethan is often a jealous clingy kid. In [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Barry/Dawn fics, Lucas plays the role]]. In Lucas/Dawn fics, Barry gets an immaturity boost.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Unova is even ''worse'' in this regard]]. To wit: [[FoeYay N/Hilda]] fics depict Hilbert and/or Cheren as a clingy, jealous JerkAss, while [[HoYay N/Hilbert]] fics depict Hilda as either incredibly abusive or too masculine for either. [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Cheren/Hilda]] and [[DistaffCounterpart Hilbert/Hilda]] fics outright ignore all of N's redeemable qualities and portray him as a psychotic, sociopathic [[StalkerWithACrush creeper]]. And when Cheren/Bianca is the focus rather than a BetaCouple expect to see Hilbert/Hilda portrayed as a hyper-controlling, vicious {{Yandere}}. [[LesYay Bianca/Hilda fans]] will sometimes make Cheren into a self-centered JerkAss who wants Bianca all for himself; the opposite goes for [[HoYay Cheren/Hilbert]], where Bianca is too much of a ditz to even be capable of being in a relationship.
** Anime characters get thrown into the game fanfiction for no reason other then counterpart shipping fuel, and the game characters ignored or derailed. For [[BigBad Galactic]] related pairings other then Cyrus/Dawn, most Galactic admins are seen as incompetent.
** Silver/Kris and Ethan/Kris fics often portray Lyra as either ditzy or a ClingyJealousGirl. Expect a line or two about Lyra "replacing" Kris and being a bragging brat about it. Ethan/Silver fics also do the same to Lyra sometimes (minus the replacing). Occasionally, Kris gets the same treatment in Silver/Lyra and Ethan/Lyra fics, only instead of her "replacing" Lyra, Lyra is constantly overshadowed by her.
** Some Brendan/May fans do this to Wally. He's often written as a CrazyJealousGuy despite him being more quite meek in the actual game.

** The worst part is that there are barely any true canon pairings in the games, let alone ones involving the protagonists. N/Hilda is just as canon as N/Hilbert, which is just as canon as Hilbert/Hilda, and so forth. The Die For OurShip in game fics is solely to either create a cheap conflict or to take a jab at rival ships, especially if said rival ship is [[ItsPopularNowItSucks popular]].
** Calem/Serena ([=KalosShipping=]) fics [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderize]] Shauna's TheDitz trait, while Calem/Shauna and Serena/Shauna ([=BrightTomorrowShipping=]) make Calem/Serena arrogant and their FriendlyRivalry with their counterpart a lot less friendly.

* Not even the ''Pokémon'' games are excluded from this, though the game shipping fandom was quite passive until ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite''. In Silver/Lyra fics, Ethan is often a jealous clingy kid. In Barry/Dawn fics, Lucas plays the role. In Lucas/Dawn fics, Barry gets an immaturity boost. The Unova fanfics are all over the place...
** Specifically: N/Hilda fics often have Hilbert and/or Cheren as a clingy, jealous JerkAss. Hilbert sometimes gets the same in Cheren/Bianca fics, which, alongside N/Hilbert fics, portray Hilda as a hyper-controlling, vicious {{Yandere}}. Cheren/Hilda and Hilbert/Hilda fics outright ignore all of N's redeemable qualities and portray him as a psychotic [[StalkerWithACrush creeper]]. Bianca/Hilda fans will sometimes make Cheren into a self-centered JerkAss who wants Bianca all for himself.

Despite having little to no couples, the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} FanDumb manages to get its own page for the shipping wars that go on here.

** Blown up to even larger proportions as her ship grew with her characterisation. It very quickly became perhaps the most heated rival to PokeShipping, especially among newer fans who didn't grow up with the original series vs those who did. ([[LooneyTunes Serena season! Misty season! Serena season! Misty Season!]])

** Calem/Serena ([=KalosShipping=]) fics [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderize]] Shauna's TheDitz trait, while Calem/Shauna and Serena/Shauna ([=BrightTomorrowShipping=]) make Calem/Serena a [[BitchInSheepsClothing "friendly rival" who is annoying and/or jerky deep down]].

* Another startling fanfiction trend relates to Contestshipping (May/Drew) fics. As of late, some writers seem to have developed a fixation with plucking Brendan (the male playable character from the R/S/E games) out of nowhere to act as a generic villain who [[StalkerWithACrush underhandedly plots to steal May away from Drew]]. This is a particularly strident example, in that Brendan hasn't even ''shown up in anime continuity'' aside from some very fleeting cameos that had little, if anything, to do with May and Drew. Worse yet, he has no established personality in any fiction, and people that ship him with May are relatively few (nowadays, anyway).
** On a similar note, Advanceshippers (Ash/May) tend to portray [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Drew]] as a lecherous young man who only wants one thing from May. Aside from the sheer absurdity of portraying [[WorthyOpponent a friendly rival]] that way, does anyone think a television show like Pokémon would explore issues like this?

** Some Gymshippers treat Ash like an annoying little kid and make it seem like Brock and Misty couldn't care less about him.
* Rocketshippers do have valid reasons for disliking Jessiebelle (her being a sadist and all), but some of the more extreme ones will portray her as trying to outright sabotage Jessie and James's True Love. One particular 'shipper also deemed one-episode character Doctor Proctor from "A Chansey Operation" a "horse's ass" for flirting with Jessie.
** Anti-Rocketshippers, on the other hand, will portray Jessie as an abusive harpy who doesn't care a whit about James in order to justify his running away from her to hook up with Butch or a MarySue. After he gives her a giant TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, of course.

*** Even PearlShippers, who are known for being flexible with other ships with Ash, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness have been]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ZsWPRnpqE hating]] [[http://pearlshipping-datacore.webnode.com/in-depth-study/ on]] [[http://pearlshipping-vault.boards.net/thread/84/bulbapedia-amourshipping Serena]].

** In anti-AmourShipping fanfics that takes place during ''XY'', Serena is often given AlternateCharacterInterpretation to the point where she's [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into a ClingyJealousGirl bordering on {{Yandere}}.

* ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' has had a particularly brutal war surrounding the Kanto characters. The main ships were Red/Blue, Red/Yellow, Red/Misty, Blue/Green, Blue/Silver, Green/Yellow and Lance/Yellow. The opposing characters typically get {{Flanderized}}; for example Blue's, Green's, and Silver's get made into abusive [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] and Red goes back into an IdiotHero or his ObliviousToLove trait is amplified. Most communities have however pretty much settled on Red/Yellow and Blue/Green.

** The worst part is that there are barely any true canon pairings in the games, let alone ones involving the protagonists. N/Hilda is just as canon as N/Hilbert, which is just as canon as Hilbert/Hilda, and so forth. The DieForOurShip in game fics is solely to either create a cheap conflict or to take a jab at rival ships, especially if said rival ship is [[ItsPopularNowItSucks popular]].

* Due to the fact that she actually has feelings for Ash, most shippers have declared open season on Serena. It's worth noting with Serena that she is the first female companion to get actual ''intentional'' ShipTease from the writers. [[note]]A lot of Ash//Misty ShipTease was infamously the result of DubText added by 4Kids.[[/note]] The fact that this completely flies in the face of the series being known for NoHuggingNoKissing has resulted in Serena getting bashed on two fronts: from people who would rather for Ash to be with someone else and being accused of [[CharacterShilling favoritism from the writers.]]
** Blown up to even larger proportions as her ship grew with her characterisation. It very quickly became perhaps the most heated rival to Pokeshipping, especially among newer fans who didn't grow up with the original series vs those who did. ([[LooneyTunes Serena season! Misty season! Serena season! Misty Season!]])
*** Even Pearlshippers have been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ZsWPRnpqE hating]] [[http://pearlshipping-datacore.webnode.com/in-depth-study/ on]] [[http://pearlshipping-vault.boards.net/thread/84/bulbapedia-amourshipping Serena]].
**** Most of the attacks against Serena devolve around to "She doesn't have a goal (false)", she's a shallow character/badly developed (opinions), and is just in the show for fanservice (ignoring the fact their own female end of their OTP has been subject to fanservice)

*** Even PearlShippers have been [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ZsWPRnpqE hating]] [[http://pearlshipping-datacore.webnode.com/in-depth-study/ on]] [[http://pearlshipping-vault.boards.net/thread/84/bulbapedia-amourshipping Serena]].

* Due to the fact that she actually has feelings for Ash, most shippers have declared open season on Serena. It's worth noting with Serena that she is the first female companion to get actual ''intentional'' ShipTease from the writers. [[note]]4Kids was actually infamous in some circles for adding subtext to Pokeshipping.[[/note]] So not only does Serena get it from people who would rather for Ash to be with someone else, but she's also accused of [[CharacterShilling favoritism from the writers.]]

* Due to the fact that she actually has feelings for Ash, most shippers have declared open season on Serena.

* ''Manga/PokemonSpecial'' has had a particularly brutal war surrounding the Kanto characters. The main ships were Red/Blue, Red/Yellow, Red/Misty, Blue/Green, Blue/Silver, Green/Yellow and Lance/Yellow. The opposing characters typically get {{Flanderized}}; for example Blue's, Green's, and Silver's get made into abusive JerkAss's and Red goes back into an IdiotHero or his ObliviousToLove trait is amplified. Most communities have however pretty much settled on Red/Yellow and Blue/Green.

* Due to the fact that she actually has feelings for Ash, Most shippers have declared open season on Serena.

Despite having little to no couples, the Pokemon FanDumb manages to get its own page for the shipping wars that go on here.

* Not even the ''{{Pokemon}}'' games are excluded from this, though the game shipping fandom was quite passive until ''PokemonBlackAndWhite''. In Silver/Lyra fics, Ethan is often a jealous clingy kid. In Barry/Dawn fics, Lucas plays the role. In Lucas/Dawn fics, Barry gets an immaturity boost. The Unova fanfics are all over the place...

* ''PokemonSpecial'' has had a particularly brutal war surrounding the Kanto characters. The main ships were Red/Blue, Red/Yellow, Red/Misty, Blue/Green, Blue/Silver, Green/Yellow and Lance/Yellow. The opposing characters typically get {{Flanderized}}; for example Blue's, Green's, and Silver's get made into abusive JerkAss's and Red goes back into an IdiotHero or his ObliviousToLove trait is amplified. Most communities have however pretty much settled on Red/Yellow and Blue/Green.
** To say nothing of the ship war between the Sinnoh trio. You have four options surrounding this one: ship [[BodyguardCrush Diamond/Platinum]] and paint Pearl as an annoying brat who does nothing but abuse Dia, ship [[BelligerentSexualTension Pearl/Platinum]] and have Dia be a wimpy glutton who thinks about nothing except food, ship [[HeterosexualLifePartners Diamond/Pearl]] and characterize Platinum as a spoiled {{Rich Bitch}} who just gets in the way of their friendship, or just [[OneTrueThreesome ship all of them together at the same time.]]
* Rocketshippers do have valid reasons for disliking Jessiebelle (her being a sadist and all), but some of the more extreme ones will portray her as trying to outright sabatoge Jessie and James's True Love. One particular 'shipper also deemed one-episode character Doctor Proctor from "A Chansey Operation" a "horse's ass" for flirting with Jessie.
** Anti-Rocketshippers, on the other hand, will portray Jessie as an abusive harpy who doesn't care a whit about James in order to justify his running away from her to hook up with Butch or a MarySue. After he gives her a giant TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, of course.

** To say nothing of the ship war between the Sinnoh trio. You have four options surrounding this one: ship [[BodyguardCrush Diamond/Platinum]] and paint Pearl as an annoying brat who does nothing but abuse Dia, ship [[BelligerentSexualTension Pearl/Platinum]] and have Dia be a wimpy glutton who thinks about nothing except food, ship [[HeterosexualLifePartners Diamond/Pearl]] and characterize Platinum as a spoiled {{Rich Bitch}} who just gets in the way of their friendship, or just [[OneTrueThreesome ship all of them together at the same time.]]

** To say nothing of the ship war between the Sinnoh trio. You have four options surrounding this one: ship [[BodyguardCrush Diamond/Platinum]] and paint Pearl as an annoying brat who does nothing but abuse Dia, ship [[BelligerentSexualTension Pearl/Platinum]] and have Dia be a wimpy glutton who thinks about nothing except food, ship [[HeterosexualLifePartners Diamond/Pearl]] and characterize Platinum as a spoiled {{Rich Bitch}} who just gets in the way of their friendship, or just [[OneTrueThreesome ship all of them together at the same time.]]

* Meanwhile, if we look away from our heroes to our cadre of villains, we get [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shipping:RocketShipping RocketShipping]], or Jessie/James pairings. This one, oddly enough, [[WordOfSaintPaul got some support from Toshihiro Ono's manga]] ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu''. See the link for details.

* ''PokemonSpecial'' has a particularly brutal war surrounding the Kanto characters. The main ships are Red/Blue, Red/Yellow, Red/Misty, Blue/Green, Blue/Silver, and Green/Yellow. The opposing characters typically get {{Flanderized}}; for example Blue's, Green's, and Silver's get made into abusive JerkAss's and Red goes back into an IdiotHero or his ObliviousToLove trait is amplified.

*** Not always true, but a decent yardstick of what you can expect from a shipping fic with Ash is to hit Ctrl-F and type "Pikachu". The ones that actually bother to include him at some point are usually the ones proficient enough with characterization to not feel too [[CookieCutterfic cookie cutter]].

** On a similar note, Advanceshippers (Ash/May) tend to portray [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Drew]] as a lecherous young man who [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean only wants one thing from May]]. Aside from the sheer absurdity of portraying [[WorthyOpponent a friendly rival]] that way, does anyone think a television show like Pokémon would explore issues like this?

** To say nothing of the ship war between the Sinnoh trio. You have four options surrounding this one: ship [[BodyguardCrush Diamond/Platinum]] and paint Pearl as an annoying brat who does nothing but abuse Dia, ship [[BelligerentSexualTension Pearl/Platinum]] and have Dia be a wimpy glutton who thinks about nothing except food, ship [[HeterosexualLifePartners Diamond/Pearl]] and characterize Platinum as a spoiled {{Rich Bitch}} who just gets in the way of their friendship, or just [[OneTrueThreesome ship all of them together at the same time.]]

Despite having little to no couples and very few [[Ship Tease]]s, the Pokemon FanDumb manages to get its own page for the shipping wars that go on here.

* ''PokemonSpecial'' has a particularly brutal war surrounding the Kanto characters. The main ships are Red/Blue, Red/Yellow, Red/Misty, Blue/Green, Blue/Silver, and Green/Yellow. The opposing characters typically get {{Flanderized}}; for example Blue's, Green's, and Silver's get made into abusive JerkAss's and Red goes back into an IdiotHero or his ObliviousToLove trait is amplified.