History HoYay / Pokemon

* You can literally invoke this to most of your Genderless Pokemon! If you bring one (like a Metang) to a Daycare Center together with a Ditto (another genderless Pokemon), you will eventually recieve an egg containing a non-Ditto baby (for this case, Beldum).

* During X and Y, if the player goes to the Transportation Services building in Lumiose City, they can go to the second floor and talk to the NPCs who work there. One of them, a blond man, will be startled and proclaim that you shouldn't sneak up on him like that and that his heart is beating so fast because of you. If you talk to him again he'll claim [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial he's not in love with you.]] He'll say this to the male player character as well as the female one.

* When N showed up in Best Wishes, fandom speculated there'd be some of this between N and Ash. (Never mind N is a lot older and Ash is 10.)... [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a86f5b31c828b93115368da319dc684/tumblr_mjew4f5mj11s3at53o1_400.jpg sadly]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/cf7da6f737f62b706fa2de1fa9842a06/tumblr_inline_mh65jvGyqO1r786j2.jpg the shippers]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/af6be48e8938306fe9cc475983e2e1fe/tumblr_inline_mh65ka8PEu1r786j2.jpg were accurate]]. (Freaking eyesmex under a sunset?! I swear the animators did that on purpose!)

* There may be something [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/shinou/617.shtml Some]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY9Xx-2ef-s=related thing]] between Ash's Pikachu and Dawn's Piplup? (Granted that ending includes the other Pokémon too but still). If not, they're at least HeterosexualLifePartners or ThoseTwoGuys.

* Is this troper the only one who sees [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/shinou/617.shtml Some]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY9Xx-2ef-s=related thing]] between Ash's Pikachu and Dawn's Piplup? (Granted that ending includes the other Pokémon too but still). If not, they're at least HeterosexualLifePartners or ThoseTwoGuys.

** Also, regarding [[AmbiguousGender the ambiguity of Ash's Pikachu's gender]], [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_Pikachu the argument for "it's male" is rather long, while the argument for "it's female"]] mainly consists of the fact that [[AllLoveIsUnrequited it does not return the feelings]] of Dawn's Buneary, who has a crush on it and has been confirmed as female (the existence of said crush in the first place is part of the argument for male), and that Ash's Bayleef, who has a crush on ''[[InterspeciesRomance Ash]]'' and has ''also'' been confirmed as female, sees Pikachu as a rival for Ash's attention. You see where this is going, right? (Bulbapedia even treats its status as "confirmed male in dub only", which reaffirms this position.)
*** To further compound this, the Diamond & Pearl episode "Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!" has a female Togepi's Attract working on Pikachu, meaning it's male, if Attract works the same way in the anime as it does in the games.
** Then there's Ash and Gary once it stops being FoeYay.
** Morty spends nearly all of ''For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll'' withdrawn and sullen. Bear in mind that in previous episodes he was outgoing and happy. The target of his attitude switch is his friend Eusine, who's shown up with a Suicune fixation and a bad temper, leading many in the fandom to believe that the two have an unresolved past relationship. Also bear in mind that Eusine's subsequent Legend of Thunder appearance has him in turn being upbeat and caring, so it may be a two-way street.
** Brock and Ash have their fair share as well. Particularly in the episode "Two Degrees of Separation" where in one instance Brock introduces Ash to a female driver named Claudina who he'd been hoping to score with. Interesting to note that in the entire time he's doing so he's being all touchy feely with Ash, hugging him close and poking and prodding at his face in a playful manner. Later, he finds out that Claudina already has a boyfriend and she drives away. Which leads to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGW2jT0iR5E=related this scene]] from the English dubbed version.
** In the episode ''Love at First Flight'' May tricked Ash into dressing up as a woman they had just met, named Juliet, in order to help a man named Romeo confess the feelings that he had for Juliet. Brock tried to help out too and ended up getting carried away, even chasing poor Ash around and trying to hug him while declaring "My sweet Juliet! Heal me with your love!" * releases hearts*
** Is this troper the only one who sees [[http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/shinou/617.shtml Some]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY9Xx-2ef-s=related thing]] between Ash's Pikachu and Dawn's Piplup? (Granted that ending includes the other Pokémon too but still). If not, they're at least HeterosexualLifePartners or ThoseTwoGuys.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8QcM1l7EsM&feature=related This scene]], where Seymour hugs Ash for saving him.

*** To further compound this, a recent episode had a female Togepi's Attract working on Pikachu, meaning it's male, if Attract works the same way in the anime as it does in the games.

* With N now showing up in Best Wishes, fandom speculated there'd be some of this between N and Ash. (Never mind N is a lot older and Ash is 10.)... [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a86f5b31c828b93115368da319dc684/tumblr_mjew4f5mj11s3at53o1_400.jpg sadly]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/cf7da6f737f62b706fa2de1fa9842a06/tumblr_inline_mh65jvGyqO1r786j2.jpg the shippers]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/af6be48e8938306fe9cc475983e2e1fe/tumblr_inline_mh65ka8PEu1r786j2.jpg were accurate]]. (Freaking eyesmex under a sunset?! I swear the animators did that on purpose!)

-->'''Anna:''' "I wouldn't treat you like a slave, Meg! You're too special to me!"

* Professor Sycamore is so enamored by Lysandre's "passion" when he angrily explains to the player how unjust the world is, the idea Lysandre alludes that [[spoiler:''genocide'' was a viable option to deal with it]] seemed to fly straight over Sycamore's head. The fact they're said to have had a friendly past together does not help quell the shipping that ensued.

* Lumiose City's (female) hairdresser will get rather... distracted... by the cute looks of your female player character once you raise your [[GuideDangIt hidden Style rating]] enough and become a 'regular' customer. She'll also start making more small talk with you while asking you how you want your hair done, and one of things she can do is compliment you on your choice of fashion.

* There is a Brains-and-Brawns Double Battle formation with a male Martial Artist and a male Psychic trainer. When you win, the Martial Artist will ''cry'' and the Psychic will try to comfort him in a surprisingly tender fashion.

* In X and Y, if you play as Serena instead of Calem, Shauna's very visible attraction to the player character remains. This can get delightfully yuri-ish during such wonderful moments like the emotionally-charged fireworks cutscene at the palace.

* In Black 2 and White 2, when they visit Join Avenue, Elesa keeps up the trend of looking for stores run by ''dazzling cute girls'' while Marlon asks for stores run by ''very energetic men''.

* With N now showing up in Best Wishes, fandom speculated there'd be some of this between N and Ash. (never mind N is a lot older and Ash is 10.)... [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/5a86f5b31c828b93115368da319dc684/tumblr_mjew4f5mj11s3at53o1_400.jpg sadly]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/cf7da6f737f62b706fa2de1fa9842a06/tumblr_inline_mh65jvGyqO1r786j2.jpg the shippers]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/af6be48e8938306fe9cc475983e2e1fe/tumblr_inline_mh65ka8PEu1r786j2.jpg were accurate]]. (Freaking eyesmex under a sunset?! I swear the animators did that on purpose!)

** Not to mention everyone taking N and Hilbert's ferris wheel scene as HoYay as well.

** Morty spends nearly all of ''For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll'' withdrawn and sullen. Bear in mind that in previous episodes he was outgoing and happy. The target of his attitude switch is his friend Eusine, who's shown up with a Suicune fixation and a bad temper, leading many in the fandom to believe that the two have an unresolved past relationship. Also bear in mind that Eusine's subsequent Legend of Thunder appearence has him in turn being upbeat and caring, so it may be a two-way street.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' manga are not exempt from this trope. ''HowIBecameAPokemonCard'' features one chapter with two boys who have a very close friendship and constantly blush around each other; it doesn't help that one of them is biologically [[{{Transsexual}} a girl]], and his friend didn't believe him in all his years he knew him. ''PokemonGoldenBoys'' has Gold and the AmbiguouslyGay Bugsy.
* ''{{Pokemon Special}}'' has its fair share of {{Ho Yay}} moments. In the FRLG arc, fans have taken to pointing out that Green is Red's coathanger. Gold and Silver had some rich {{Foe Yay}} vibes in the GSC arc when they first met, and by the end of the arc has Silver tearing up a little when he thought that Gold was lost in the timestream. It culminates to the point that Gold blushes when Silver reveals that he was conscious when Gold called him his friend in the Emerald arc. Dia and Pearl [[HeterosexualLifePartners need no explanation]], and their brief falling out in the middle of the arc can almost be taken to be a breakup.

* The [[FerrisWheelDateMoment ferris wheel dates]] in ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' are full of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in the Japanese version. Two of the characters you can date are of the same gender as the protagonist - Waitress Aurora for the female protagonist and Hiker Andy for the male. Andy comes off as a HardGay who constantly talks about the heat and asks you ''if you've ever had a lover'' (in context it sounds like he's seducing you). Aurora sounds like she's coming onto you, though the Japanese version has her talking about a boy. In the English version the LesYay was upped due to lack of reference to the boy and in the French they made the boy into a Pokemon of hers.

* The ferris wheel dates in ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' are full of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in the Japanese version. Two of the characters you can date are the opposite gender as the protagonist - Waitress Aurora for the female protagonist and Hiker Andy for the male. Andy comes off as a HardGay who constantly talks about the heat and asks you ''if you've ever had a lover'' (in context it sounds like he's seducing you). Aurora sounds like she's coming onto you, though the Japanese version has her talking about a boy. In the English version the LesYay was upped due to lack of reference to the boy and in the French boy they made the boy into a Pokemon of hers.
** Not to mention everyone taking N and Hilbert's ferris wheel scene as ho yay as well.

* The ferris wheel dates in ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' are full of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in the Japanese version. Two of the characters you can date are the opposite gender as the protagonist - Waitress Aurora for the female protagonist and Hiker Andy for the male. Andy comes off as a HardGay who constantly talks about the heat and asks you ''if you've ever had a lover'' (in context it sounds like he's seducing you). Aurora sounds like she's coming onto you, though the Japanese version has her talking about a boy. In the English version the LesYay was upped due to lack of reference to the boy and in the French boy they made the boy into a Pokemon of hers.

* ''MagicalPokemonJourney'' does have Squirtle who has a [[InterSpecies crush on]] Almond. Charmander is quite obsessive about Eevee and is implied to have a crush on him.
* Satoshi and Shigeru in ''PokemonZensho'' have the same FoeYay as Red and Blue in the games. To top it off, at the end they have a sincere moment and end up becoming friends again.

* The ferris wheel dates in ''PokemonBlackAndWhite'' are full of DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything in the Japanese version. Two of the characters you can date are the opposite gender as the protagonist - Waitress Aurora for the female protagonist and Hiker Andy for the male. Andy comes off as a HardGay who constantly talks about the heat and asks you ''if you've ever had a lover'' (in context it sounds like he's seducing you). Aurora sounds like she's coming onto you, though the Japanese version has her talking about a boy. In the English version the LesYay was upped due to lack of reference to the boy and in the French boy they made the boy into a Pokemon of hers.

!!Video Games

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' manga are not exempt from this trope. ''HowIBecameAPokemonCard'' features one chapter with two boys who have a very close friendship and constantly blush around each other; it doesn't help that one of them is biologically [[{{Transsexual}} a girl]], and his friend didn't believe him in all his years he knew him. ''PokemonGoldenBoy'' has Gold and the AmbiguouslyGay Bugsy.

* Dawn and Zoey's [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship relationship]] is ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' is just tinged with romantic [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shipping:AppealShipping subtext]], to the point in Zoey's first Japanese appearance many fans on a ''certain'' forum made jokes about her and Dawn.