History HoYay / Pokemon

* When Ash and Go meet for the first time, Go ''immediately'' calls Ash friend. Deliah specifically asks Go to look after her son (to which he replies he will with sparkles) and they also share a room together.
** In ''[=SS03=]'' Go is ''blushing'' at Ash after being embarrassed for how they fought earlier on asking if they can be friends, to which Ash states they already are friends. It wasn't even the first time in that ''episode;'' Go was frequently blushing towards Ash in either bashfulness or awe throughout the runtime as they interacted with one another.

** One of the Japanese endings (which was sung by Meowth's seyiuu) even featured the two [[DanceOfRomance dancing together]]. [[note]]A rather humorous bit of trivia regarding this pairing--Meowth and Pikachu are part of the same egg group, meaning that if one of them was female, they'd be capable of ''breeding''![[/note]]

* Pairing the female protagonist, Gloria, with [[{{Kuudere}} Marnie]] is very popular. They have relatively few interactions in the game's story--three battles, and one optional scene where Gloria accidentally walks in on Marnie while she's psyching herself up for the league tournament--so this apparently comes mostly from both characters being fan-favorites on their own.

** In ''[=SS03=]'' Go is ''blushing'' at Ash after being embarrassed for how they fought earlier on asking if they can be friends, to which Ash states they already are friends.

* When Ash and Go meet for the first time, Go ''immediately'' calls Ash friend. And in ''[=SS03=]'' Go is ''blushing'' at Ash after being embarrassed for how they fought earlier on asking if they can be friends, to which Ash states they already are friends.

* When Ash and Go meet for the first time, Go ''immediately'' calls Ash friend. And in ''[=SS03=]'' Go is ''blushing'' at Ash after being embarrassed for how they fought earlier on.

* The first episode of ''Pokemon 2019'' has Ash and Go deliver immediately good chemistry for one another.

* The previews for the 2019 anime have Ash and Go deliver immediately good chemistry for one another.

* Dawn and Zoey's [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship relationship]] 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.

*** Even [[http://www.serebiiforums.com/showthread.php?t=155968 before]] Zoey appeared in an episode, the pairing had tons of fans.

* There's also a bit of this between Pikachu and Meowth, doubling as FoeYay. One of the Japanese endings (which was sung by Meowth's seyiuu) even featured the two [[DanceOfRomance dancing together]]. [[note]]A rather humorous bit of trivia regarding this pairing--Meowth and Pikachu are part of the same egg group, meaning that if one of them was female, they'd be capable of ''breeding''![[/note]]

* 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 seems like]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/cf7da6f737f62b706fa2de1fa9842a06/tumblr_inline_mh65jvGyqO1r786j2.jpg the shippers]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/af6be48e8938306fe9cc475983e2e1fe/tumblr_inline_mh65ka8PEu1r786j2.jpg were right]].
* Annie and Oakley in ''Anime/PokemonHeroes''.
* The B&W episode ''All For The Love of Meloetta'' brought back Cynthia. When Ash talks to her, he and Cilan act as they usually do while Iris stares vacantly at her. When Cynthia does try to talk to her, Iris [[LesYay outright blushes and twiddles her fingers as if she were talking to someone she had a major crush on.]] Cynthia's outfit doesn't help considering how much more relaxed it is compared to her Sinnoh outfit. Turns out she just wanted to battle the fellow dragon trainer and was too nervous to ask, but still...

** In Sun and Moon Episode 93, Mallow and Lillie do a full blown {{Anime/Revolutionary Girl Utena}} [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/data/__himemiya_anthy_lillie_mao_and_tenjou_utena_pokemon_pokemon_anime_pokemon_sm_anime_and_shoujo_kakumei_utena__53d5b93ccc63b15616bc4d18e1255488.gif reference]], which added even more fire to their ship.

* ''Manga/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 [[{{Transgender}} a trans boy]], and his friend didn't believe him in all his years he knew him.
* ''Manga/PokemonGoldenBoys'' has Gold and the AmbiguouslyGay Bugsy. Their friendship is quite interesting and Bugsy is really camp here.
* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' 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.

* 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGW2jT0iR5E=related this scene]] from the English dubbed version.

* At one point in HGSS, Blue calls you up, and comments on how you remind him of Red. (He seems to be crying while he tells you this.) He then goes on to wonder what Red is up to on Mt. Silver.

* Red and Blue. Blue's description of having been your friend gone rival makes him sound {{Tsundere}} toward Red, you have FoeYay for most of the original games, and once you go back to being friends he seems to think about him a lot.

* ''Manga/{{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.

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* Dawn and Zoey's [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship relationship]] in ''{{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.

* Harley! The LGBT Universalist God has blessed us with a supreme bounty of Ho Yay! Please make a whole section for this! Harley swooned and fan-boyed over (James dressed as) Norman, and he blew a kiss towards Drew (while cross-dressing as May). Also in the English ddub they really amped up the homoeroticism by having Harley say "Out of my way, that big boy (translation: it is exactly how it sounds) is a good friend of mine, right!?" Basically what happened is that Brock was holding a Bonsly, and a bunch of girls were surrounding him and saying how cute the Bonsly was. Then, out of the blue, Harley came and said "Can I hold Bonsly too?" (wink wink) Neither Brock nor the camera turned to see Harley yet, so Brock still with hearts in his eyes, said "OF COURSE YOU CAN!" before immediately realizing Harley is a boy (ha) and uttering an "uh." Hah-hah! And that's when the camera shows Harley sashaying over, wiggling his hips and saying "OUT OF WAY! THAT BIG BOY IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, RIGHT!~~~~~" And then May said something, making Harley run over to her in a fast anime High School Girl fashion. At least when Harley turned to May, we got to see Harley stick his butt in Brock's face! (The lovely fat thigh-butt-hip in-between area), and Harley is double jointed because I have never seen anyone turn like that in real life!

* One could also argue that Giovanni is the center of a LoveTriangle with Meowth and Persian. Meowth's Boss fantasies sometimes make Giovanni go Chibi and other times make him very Musclebound. But typically Meowth's ultimate goal seems to be just being petted by Giovanni.

** In Sun and Moon Episode 93, Mallow and Lillie do a full blown ''{{Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena}}'' [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/data/__himemiya_anthy_lillie_mao_and_tenjou_utena_pokemon_pokemon_anime_pokemon_sm_anime_and_shoujo_kakumei_utena__53d5b93ccc63b15616bc4d18e1255488.gif reference]], which added even more fire to their ship.

** In Sun and Moon Episode 93, Mallow and Lillie do a full blown [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Revolutionary Girl Utena]] [[https://danbooru.donmai.us/data/__himemiya_anthy_lillie_mao_and_tenjou_utena_pokemon_pokemon_anime_pokemon_sm_anime_and_shoujo_kakumei_utena__53d5b93ccc63b15616bc4d18e1255488.gif reference]], which added even more fire to their ship.

** Mallow and Lillie are also seen later in a full blown RevolutionaryGirlUtena reference, which added fire to their ship.

* Harley! The LGBT Universalist God has blessed us with a supreme bounty of Ho Yay! Please make a whole section for this! Harley swooned and fan-boyed over (James dressed as) Norman, and he blew a kiss towards Drew (while cross-dressing as May). Also in the English ddub they really amped up the homoeroticism by having Harley say "Out of my way, that big boy (translation: it is exactly how it sounds) is a good friend of mine, right!?" Basically what happened is that Brock was holding a Bonsly, and a bunch of girls were surrounding him and saying how cute the Bonsly was. Then, out of the blue, Harley came and said "Can I hold Bonsly too?" (wink wink) Neither Brock nor the camera turned to see Harley yet, so Brock still with hearts in his eyes, said "OF COURSE YOU CAN!" before immediately realizing Harley is a boy (ha) and uttering an "uh." Hah-hah! And that's when the camera shows Harley sashaying over, wiggling his hips and saying "OUT OF WAY! THAT BIG BOY IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, RIGHT!~~~~~" And then May said something, making Harley run over to her in a fast anime High School Girl fashion. At least when Harley turned to May, we got to see Harley stick his butt in Brock's face! (The lovely fat thigh-butt-hip in-between area, and Harley is double jointed because I have never seen anyone turn like that in real life!

* It isn't just Lillie that Mallow seems to be shipped with, as she's also shipped with Lana, as episode 59 revealed that they've been ChildhoodFriends, even holding hands a few times kids. Also, during Kukui's wedding, they were seen celebrating pretty close together.