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* Bismarck: A ship that people put every effort necessary into sinking.

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* Bismarck: A ship that people put every effort necessary into sinking.sinks a very popular ship, resulting in all of that ship's fans and their friends ganging up to destroy it.
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## Shipping Franchise/FinalFantasy characters. Or Webcomic/GirlGenius characters. Or [[CrossoverShip both]].
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Foe Yay has been cut.


## Alternative name for FoeYay.

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## Alternative name for FoeYay.FoeYayShipping.



* Champion Ship: Pairing two top-ranked and decorated athletes/martial artists/soldiers/[[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming gamers]], possibly from [[FoeYay rivaling schools/dojos/armies]].

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* Champion Ship: Pairing two top-ranked and decorated athletes/martial artists/soldiers/[[UsefulNotes/ProfessionalGaming gamers]], possibly from [[FoeYay [[FoeYayShipping rivaling schools/dojos/armies]].



## Another alternative name for FoeYay.

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## Another alternative name for FoeYay.FoeYayShipping.



## A ship with a strong S&M vibe, either because of the power dynamics involved, the sheer violence of the FoeYay, the fact that one of the parties involved just happens to wear fetishy stuff, or, well, anything, really.

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## A ship with a strong S&M vibe, either because of the power dynamics involved, the sheer violence of the FoeYay, the fact that one of the parties involved just happens to wear fetishy stuff, or, well, anything, really.
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* Millennium Falcon: A ship that, despite being controversial, has never managed to be taken down permanently.
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** Stede Bonnet: A fan who tries to take advantage of ships but tends to fail.


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* Noah's Ark: A ship involving animals.
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* One Little Ship: A small, seemingly insignificant ship that turns out to have a huge impact on the fandom.
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Jo Jo reference

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* Strength: A ship involving a [[Main/FunnyAnimal funny animal]] and a human.
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** Transphasic Torpedo: A torpedo purposefully designed to sink a specific ship or ship class.
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** [Series/StarTrekDiscovery USS Discovery]]: A ship that ends up splitting the fandom because of its effect on previously established ships.

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** [Series/StarTrekDiscovery [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery USS Discovery]]: A ship that ends up splitting the fandom because of its effect on previously established ships.
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That's what Discovery did

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** [Series/StarTrekDiscovery USS Discovery]]: A ship that ends up splitting the fandom because of its effect on previously established ships.
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Just for clarification in case people recognize it but not the Battle Off Samar

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** Taffy III: The underdog ship in question.
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Every fandom [[{{Shipping}} ships]], known fact. Often there is ShipToShipCombat, and sometimes there are a few {{Ship Sinking}}s, causing fans to AbandonShipping.

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Every fandom [[{{Shipping}} ships]], known fact. Often there is ShipToShipCombat, and sometimes there are a few {{Ship Sinking}}s, causing fans to AbandonShipping.
[[AbandonShipping Abandon Ship]].
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** Or a ship where one or both of the shipped is [[ALoadOfBull a bull/are bulls]].
*** Or vaguely bull-like creatures, such as [[ALoadOfBull minotaurs]], [[spoiler: Ichigo's Hollow transformation]] in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', and random people wearing horns on their head.

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** Or a ship where one or both of the shipped is [[ALoadOfBull a bull/are bulls]].
bulls.
*** Or vaguely bull-like creatures, such as [[ALoadOfBull [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaurs]], [[spoiler: Ichigo's Hollow transformation]] in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', and random people wearing horns on their head.
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* Overnight Shipping: A ship that immediately explodes into widespread popularity, within a day or two.

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* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hringhorni Hringhorni]]: A ship between MarySue and MartyStu.



## In FanFic, when the author matches a canon character with MarySue.
## Alternatively, when the fanfic author treats Mary Sue as the LauncherOfAThousandShips.
* Queen Mary 2: The same, but with an utterly overdone MarySue (who is also utterly rich) on a utterly overdone scale. Bonus points if the shipped characters travel to Hamburg at some point where at least the MarySue is highly popular.

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## In FanFic, when the author matches a canon character with MarySue.
an OC.
## Alternatively, when the fanfic author treats Mary Sue their OC as the LauncherOfAThousandShips.
* Queen Mary 2: The same, but with an utterly overdone MarySue OC (who is also utterly rich) on a utterly overdone scale. Bonus points if the shipped characters travel to Hamburg at some point where at least the MarySue OC is highly popular.
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* Ever Given: A ship that becomes so big that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Given#2021_Suez_Canal_grounding it disrupts the fandom's attempts to ship anything else]].

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* Ever Given: A ship that becomes so big that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Given#2021_Suez_Canal_grounding org/wiki/2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction it disrupts the fandom's attempts to ship anything else]].
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The tropers saw this, and decided that there were not enough puns. So they gathered their collective insanity, and built '''The Ship Yard'''!

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The tropers saw this, and decided that there were not enough nautical puns. So they gathered their collective insanity, and built '''The Ship Yard'''!
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* Cape Horn: A fandom where shipping is infamously dangerous.


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* Ferry: A ship that keeps going back and forth between being {{Fanon}} and AscendedFanon.


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* Kattegat: A fandom where shipping turns out to be ''surprisingly'' dangerous.


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* Raft: Pairing up two characters just to have ''some'' ship, but not putting much effort into it.
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**** Or a mighty Battle Ship that's nonetheless sunk by whatever it was prepared for the best.


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* Boat Lift: An author who is known for [[AscendedFanon making all kinds of ships from the fandom official]].


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** Alternatively, one involving [[WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman BoJack]].


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* Seawise Giant: A ship that's so blown out of proportion that it doesn't have the slightest chance of ever entering anything that counts as canon.


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* Three Sisters: A trio of female siblings who manage to interfere with a ship in such a way that they end up sinking it.


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* Wilhelm Gustloff: A ship that, when sunk by the authors, will deal immense collateral damage to the fandom.

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* Court Ship: A ship involving lawyers, judges, or jurors.



* Friend Ship: Shipping two characters who claim to be JustFriends or LikeBrotherAndSister.



* Friend Ship: Shipping two characters who claim to be JustFriends or LikeBrotherAndSister.
* Frigate: Any ship of medium-sized popularity.



* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Revenge HMS Revenge]]: When shipping meets RevengeFic. For example, pairing TheScrappy with an AbhorrentAdmirer, or pairing two Scrappies together.



* Houseboat:
** Shipping characters in a house together.
** Alternatively, shipping {{Sapient House}}s.
** Or [[CargoShip shipping a character with their house]].
** Or shipping characters from ''Series/{{House}}''.



* Inflatable Raft: A ship whose very small fanbase is getting bigger.



* Mid Ship Man: Someone who is still in the middle of deciding who they ship.



* Ship Happens: A common response from the audience to a ship they did not expect.
* Ship in a Bottle: A small, self-contained ship with little impact on the surrounding work and fandom.
* Ship Keeper: A fan who persists in their minority ship, or becomes its main supporter.



* Ship in a Bottle: A small, self-contained ship with little impact on the surrounding work and fandom.
* Ship Keeper: A fan who persists in their minority ship, or becomes its main supporter.
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** Imperial Fleet: A series where multiple such possibilities are [[ShipTease made/suggested in canon]]. Examples: ''Anime/MyHime'' and ''Anime/MaiOtome'', which makes/implies connections with Shizuru×Natsuki, Haruka×Yukino, Chie×Aoi, Arika×Mashiro, and Mai×Mikoto. [[GirlsLove Notice a pattern?]]

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** Imperial Fleet: A series where multiple such possibilities are [[ShipTease made/suggested in canon]]. Examples: ''Anime/MyHime'' and ''Anime/MaiOtome'', ''Anime/MyOtome'', which makes/implies connections with Shizuru×Natsuki, Haruka×Yukino, Chie×Aoi, Arika×Mashiro, and Mai×Mikoto. [[GirlsLove Notice a pattern?]]
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*** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Lakes Queen of the Lakes]]: Title awarded to the biggest lake freighter of them all, generally judged in terms of disparity between the importance of the characters and the popularity of the ship.

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*** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Lakes Queen of the Lakes]]: Title awarded to the biggest lake freighter of them all, generally judged in terms of disparity between the importance of the characters and the popularity of the ship. [[note]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittleponyFriendshipIsMagic LyraBon]] may very well be the current Queen, but such things are difficult to measure objectively.[[/note]]

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** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Lakes Queen of the Lakes]]: A ship between minor characters that becomes disproportionately popular, e.g. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittleponyFriendshipIsMagic Lyra and Bon Bon]].

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** Lake Freighter: A ship between minor characters that becomes disproportionately popular, e.g. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittleponyFriendshipIsMagic Lyra and Bon Bon]].
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[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Lakes Queen of the Lakes]]: A ship Title awarded to the biggest lake freighter of them all, generally judged in terms of disparity between minor the importance of the characters that becomes disproportionately popular, e.g. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittleponyFriendshipIsMagic Lyra and Bon Bon]].the popularity of the ship.
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* Going Down With The Ship: [[AteHisGun An extreme reaction]] to seeing one's favourite ship sunk. In other words, taking DieForOurShip rather too literally.

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* Going Down With The Ship: [[AteHisGun [[DrivenToSuicide An extreme reaction]] to seeing one's favourite ship sunk. In other words, taking DieForOurShip rather too literally.
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* Obra Dinn: A [[ShipSinking Sunken Ship]] that [[VideoGame/ReturnOfTheObraDinn was never real in the first place.]]
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* Ever Given: A ship that becomes so big that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Given#2021_Suez_Canal_grounding it disrupts the fandom's attempts to ship anything else]].
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** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Lakes Queen of the Lakes]]: A ship between minor characters that becomes disproportionately popular, e.g. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittleponyFriendshipIsMagic Lyra and Bon Bon]].
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** Imperial Fleet: A series where multiple such possibilities are [[ShipTease made/suggested in canon]]. Examples: ''Anime/MaiHime'' and ''Anime/MaiOtome'', which makes/implies connections with Shizuru×Natsuki, Haruka×Yukino, Chie×Aoi, Arika×Mashiro, and Mai×Mikoto. [[GirlsLove Notice a pattern?]]

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** Imperial Fleet: A series where multiple such possibilities are [[ShipTease made/suggested in canon]]. Examples: ''Anime/MaiHime'' ''Anime/MyHime'' and ''Anime/MaiOtome'', which makes/implies connections with Shizuru×Natsuki, Haruka×Yukino, Chie×Aoi, Arika×Mashiro, and Mai×Mikoto. [[GirlsLove Notice a pattern?]]
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** Or any pairing between characters from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''.

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** Or any pairing between characters from ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia''.''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''.

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* Grand Admiral: A {{BNF}} who reached that status through frequent shipping of a particular pairing.

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* Grand Admiral: A {{BNF}} FandomVIP who reached that status through frequent shipping of a particular pairing.

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