History FanPreferredCouple / WesternAnimation

** While pretty much every main character is a LauncherOfAThousandShips and the main characters are paired in every combination, the most popular ships seem to be Dash×Pinkie, Dash×Applejack, Dash×Fluttershy, and Rarity×Applejack. These are in large part due to their chemistry and to their screentime together, especially in early episodes.

** ''Gravity Falls'' gives [[{{Adorkable}} Dipper]] and [[GenkiGirl Mabel]], who fit pretty nicely into the SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl archetypes perfectly and are extremely close to each other. There's just one detail in that, [[IncestYayShipping they're brother and sister]]. Twins at that. No, this doesn't deter the fanbase one bit in case you were wondering, much to the creator's dismay, as he based the duo on himself and his own twin sister. The pairing even has its own IdiosyncraticCoupleName, Pinecest.

** ''Gravity Falls'' gives [[{{Adorkable}} Dipper]] and [[GenkiGirl Mabel]], who fit pretty nicely into the SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl archetypes perfectly and are extremely close to each other. There's just one detail in that, [[IncestYayShipping they're brother and sister]]. Twins at that. No, this doesn't deter the fanbase one bit in case you were wondering, much to the creator's dismay, as he based the duo on himself and his own twin sister. The pairing even has its own PortmanteauCoupleName, Pinecest.

** That said, everyone ships Laney and Corey, with the vast majority of fan art featuring them.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': The producers promised that the much-anticipated pairing of Harley and Poison Ivy would ultimately happen and it did in the final episode of Season 2, but Ivy's relationship and near-marriage to the clear RomanticFalseLead Kite Man got an unexpected amount of popularity among fans who found Kite Man to be a surprisingly sweet and endearing character and didn't like that the setup for Harley/Ivy involved Ivy [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on him with Harley]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', the main shipping of Danny and [[GranolaGirl Sam Manson]] became quite polarizing by the show's end. Almost all of the criticism is directed at Sam, for her [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical morals]], the related CharacterShilling, and a [[SeasonalRot panned third season]] that only lead credence to the AlternateCharacterInterpretation that Sam is in love with Danny ''Phantom'', not Danny ''Fenton''. As such, Danny is often shipped with other characters, with the most notable being Valerie Gray and Ember [=McLain=], especially due to how he was actually in a relationship with the former that only ended due to an ironic case of ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies, and the latter due to a [[DarkAndTroubledPast sympathetic backstory]] and WordOfGod confirming that Ember [[{{Tsundere}} is in love with Danny but unwilling to admit it]].

* The producers of ''WesterAnimation/HarleyQuinn'' have promised that the much-anticipated pairing of Harley and Poison Ivy will ultimately happen, but not before they toss in one significant roadblock...Ivy's seemingly stable romance with lovable loser Kite Man. Some fans, however, are tired of the Harley and Ivy pairing dominating each characters's lives, and actually PREFER Ivy with Kite Man and would much rather they stick together. They were particularly elated when the pair [[spoiler: got engaged]] early on in the second season. Hell Yeah.

* ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'' has El Tigre and Black Cuervo, which was only helped by the show confirming that the men in the former's family are destined to end up in a (short-lived) relationship with the women in the latter's at some point during their lives. It was so popular that 'Tigre + Cuervo Forever', a catch phrase for the following, became the title of an episode. Meanwhile, Frida gets paired with either Dr. Chipotle Jr. or Sergio a lot. Frida/Django is quite popular, too.

** Another ship that is very popular on /co/ is Steven/Spinel, which vastly outshines the popularity of the canon Steven/Connie ship. Connie is very often the subject of DieForOurShip from this group of fans.

* So far there is no Love Interest for anyone in ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'', but Wander/Lord Hater is already being hardcore shipped.

* Fans of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' took no time at all to land on [[FoeYayShipping Adora/Catra]]. It's very easy to read their relationship as "girlfriends who broke up due to outside circumstances and are pretending they don't still love each other", and [[AuthorAppeal given the showrunners]], this was most likely intended. It's seen as less a question of "were they together", and more "will they ''get back'' together", with most fans leaning towards "yes."

* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', the main shipping of Danny and [[GranolaGirl Sam Manson]] became quite polarizing by the show's end. Almost all of the criticism is directed at Sam, for her [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical morals]], the related CharacterShilling, and a [[SeasonalRot panned third season]] that only lead credence to the AlternateCharacterInterpretation that Sam is in love with Danny ''Phantom'', not Danny ''Fenton''. As such, Danny is often shipped with other characters, with the most notable being Valerie Gray and Ember [=McLain=], especially due to how he was actually in a relationship with the former that only ended due to an ironic case of ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies.

** There seems to be a good amount towards Rex/Breach.

** There is also a sizable set of Doofenshmirtz/Linda shippers, to the point that it's a YMMV/WMG that he is Phineas' father. Doesn't help that it's canon that they used to date.

** While the vast majority of the cast is shipped with everyone else, [[FanNickname Lyra and Bon Bon]] tend to be paired almost exclusively which each other. Case in point, do a search for either character and you'll get almost nothing but Lyra/Bon Bon pictures, whereas if you try a similar search with any other characters you'll probably get five or six different pairings before you get past the first page. There are outliers that pair them up with other characters, of course, but the pairing is so widespread in the fandom that in most fanworks its assumed to be the case unless it's explicitly stated otherwise. When the two met up at a Ponyville market in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]]", their saddle bags had each other's cutie mark on them And ''then'' [[UpToEleven sent over the top]] by their human versions' "love duet" performance in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''. While "Slice of Life" had them constantly refer to themselves as "best friends", their constantly looking at each other with bedroom eyes and having blatantly romantic body language has many in the fandom convinced that not only has their ship sailed it is on an around-the-world journey. And in the end [[spoiler:they became an OfficialCouple]].

** The [[WesternAnimation/Ben10 original series]] had the preferred couple as [[KissingCousins Ben and his cousin Gwen]], mostly (if not purely) as a result of them being the only kids in the show that were recurring characters outside the villain Kevin 11.

* [[WordOfGod Rob Renzetti]] confirmed that, had ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' continued, Jenny would have ended up with Sheldon... no doubt upsetting a majority of the fandom, who are Jenny/Brad supporters.

* Keith and Lance in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', so much so. Something like half of all Voltron fics on [=AO3=] are these two getting together. Its only real competition is Shiro and Keith (which, though just as non-canon, also outstrips all other pairings by a pretty wide margin). They've had varying levels of HoYay throughout the show, but that's about it. This even earned the fandom [[FandomRivalry a somewhat cold reception]] when Klance outtrended fellow red-and-blue gay pairing [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rupphire]] on Tumblr, on the week that the latter pairing got ''[[OfficialCouple married.]]'' This was emphasized in later seasons with the lion switch, where Keith becomes the leader and Lance becomes his right hand man. There is also preference from the fans due to the writers noting that they had influence from Macross, an anime with a famous LoveTriangle. As of the end of the series, though, it's still non-canon.

* [[BadassAdorable Lucky]]/[[TimeTravelRomance Rebecca]] and [[LittleMissSnarker Cadpig]]/[[HandicappedBadass Tripod]] are two notable examples in the ''Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' animated series fanbase.

** While the vast majority of the cast is shipped with everyone else, [[FanNickname Lyra and Bon Bon]] tend to be paired almost exclusively which each other. Case in point, do a search for either character and you'll get almost nothing but Lyra/Bon Bon pictures, whereas if you try a similar search with any other characters you'll probably get five or six different pairings before you get past the first page. There are outliers that pair them up with other characters, of course, but the pairing is so widespread in the fandom that in most fanworks its assumed to be the case unless it's explicitly stated otherwise. When the two met up at a Ponyville market in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]], their saddle bags had each other's cutie mark on them And ''then'' [[UpToEleven sent over the top]] by their human versions' "love duet" performance in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''. While "Slice of Life" had them constantly refer to themselves as 'best friends', their constantly looking at each other with bedroom eyes and having blatantly romantic body language has many in the fandom convinced that not only has their ship sailed it is on an around-the-world journey. And in the end [[spoiler: they became an OfficialCouple]].
** Vinyl Scratch(DJ-[=Pon3=])/Octavia shipping is also extremely popular, with both of them being fan favorite musicians. The episode "Slice of Life" even canonized that the two are roommates.

** While pretty much every main character is a LauncherOfAThousandShips and the main characters are paired in every combination, the most popular ships seem to be Dash/Pinkie, Dash/Applejack, Dash/Fluttershy, and Rarity/Applejack. These are in large part due to their chemistry and to their screentime together, especially in early episodes.
** When it comes to the popularity of ships in its spin-off ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' involving either Twilight or Sunset, even ships with each girl's {{Implied Love Interest}}s usually take a backseat to the Twilight x Sunset ship. It began as a FoeYay ship in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls2013 the first movie]], with Sunset having a bit of an antagonistic obsession with Twilight, with some her interactions with Twilight (like her lifting Twilight's chin with her finger) looking like aggressive flirting, but it shifted to a more LesYay ship for the following movies and shorts ever since the two developed a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship in its sequel, ''Rainbow Rocks''.
** The popularity of the Sunset x Twilight shipping above increased dramatically further when the human counterpart of Twilight arrived in ''Friendship Games''. The immense positive reception that followed after Sunset and the human Twilight (known as [=SciTwi=] in the fandom) bonded as friends and [[ImpliedLoveInterest Implied Love Interests]] saw a massive number of fans switching from Princess Twilight to [=SciTwi=] as Sunset's most popular potential romantic partner. Many of these supporters have also frequently cried DieForOurShip when [=SciTwi=] was given a canonical love interest in ''Legend of Everfree''. The less said about him, the more likely chance you have of living a long life. On a more humorous note, a few fan works depict Sunset romancing both versions of Twilight... with commentary that she has a thing for Twilights.

** Several episodes of ''Be Cool Scooby Doo'' also touch on the Shaggy/Daphne 'ship, with the more zanier, flakier Daphne trying to help out Shaggy with his fears or bring out the best in him and Scooby, one episode even has her pretending to be Shaggy's girlfriend for the duration of the story and seemingly enjoying it too much.

** Peridot/Lapis started out as [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight a ship passing in the night]], as it was just a pairing of two unrelated but popular new characters. Then they became roommates in the third season, slowly becoming LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. On both [[Website/{{Fanfictiondotnet}} FF.net]] and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, their pairing has the most works dedicated to it, surpassing canon ships like Rose/Greg and Ruby/Sapphire. However, like the ''Invader Zim'' example above,[[BrokenBase the ship also has a vast]] {{Hatedom}}.

** One episode of ''Be Cool Scooby Doo'' also touches on the Shaggy/Daphne 'ship, with the more zanier, flakier Daphne pretending to be Shaggy's girlfriend for the duration of the story and seemingly enjoying it too much.

** Peridot/Lapis started out as [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight a ship passing in the night]], as it was just a pairing of two unrelated but popular new characters. Then they became roommates in the third season, slowly becoming LikeAnOldMarriedCouple. On both [[Website/{{Fanfictiondotnet}} FF.net]] and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, their pairing has the most works dedicated to it, surpassing canon ships like Rose/Greg and Ruby/Sapphire.

** Jinora is the subject of two such pairings, with Opal Beifong and Korra. She's usually [[AgeLift aged-up]] to be closer to their ages and both pairings seem equally popular, judging from the amount of fan art dedicated to them.

* Keith and Lance in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'', so much so. Something like half of all Voltron fics on [=AO3=] are these two getting together. Its only real competition is Shiro and Keith (which, though just as non-canon, also outstrips all other pairings by a pretty wide margin). They've had varying levels of HoYay throughout the show, but that's about it. This even earned the fandom [[FandomRivalry a somewhat cold reception]] when Klance outtrended fellow red-and-blue gay pairing [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rupphire]] on Tumblr, on the week that the latter pairing got ''[[OfficialCouple married.]]'' This was emphasized in later seasons with the lion switch, where Keith becomes the leader and Lance becomes his right hand man. There is also preference from the fans due to the writers noting that they had influence from Macross, an anime with a famous LoveTriangle. As of the end of the series, though, it's still non-canon. There are some accounts that there was disagreement, with things like the animation team choosing to light scenes involving Lance with the colors of the bisexual pride flag, while the executive producers stuck firmly to "no."

** While the vast majority of the cast is shipped with everyone else, [[FanNickname Lyra and Bon Bon]] tend to be paired almost exclusively which each other. Case in point, do a search for either character and you'll get almost nothing but Lyra/Bon Bon pictures, whereas if you try a similar search with any other characters you'll probably get five or six different pairings before you get past the first page. There are outliers that pair them up with other characters, of course, but the pairing is so widespread in the fandom that in most fanworks its assumed to be the case unless it's explicitly stated otherwise. When the two met up at a Ponyville market in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E19PuttingYourHoofDown Putting Your Hoof Down]], their saddle bags had each other's cutie mark on them And ''then'' [[UpToEleven sent over the top]] by their human versions' "love duet" performance in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''. While "Slice of Life" had them constantly refer to themselves as 'best friends', their constantly looking at each other with bedroom eyes and having blatantly romantic body language has many in the fandom convinced that not only has their ship sailed it is on an around-the-world journey.