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** And Amon/Tarrlok gained a small MindGameShip / FoeYay following after [[spoiler:Amon de-bends Tarrlok]] in a fairly HoYay-tastic scene, only to fall into this trope once it's revealed [[spoiler:they're brothers]], meaning that anyone who didn't like [[spoiler:incest]] j umped ship, and resulted in a few HilariousInHindsight pieces of fanwork before that particular revelation.

** Interesting enough, a lot of people [[AbandonShipping abandoned shipping]] Akito [[HoYay with any of the guys]] once it was revealed that [[spoiler:he was actually a girl]], making it a rather interesting case of [[spoiler:HetIsEw]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' shippers of Finn/Princess Bubblegum got excited at the end of Season 2, but when Too Young rolled around in Season 3, well... That caused many shippers to walk the plank. If you were still a fan of the couple, even the remotest chance of them being together was evaporated by the Season 3 finale. Shippers of the couple are scarce, ''very'' scarce.
** Finn/Marceline shippers saw hope at the ending of Too Young, but like the Finn/Bubblegum shippers, they too took a dive after Incendium.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Unbelievably this happened to a dozen of Roy/Riza doujin circles during the Briggs Arc, when their OTP went {{out of focus}} after the Ishval memories chapters; while said chapters also had their own effect in driving away some of the fans who were more for the standard office romance. [[spoiler:Recently, the series finale didn't help, either. WorddOfGod saying they were canon in an interview came a bit too late.]]

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Unbelievably this happened to a dozen of Roy/Riza doujin circles during the Briggs Arc, when their OTP went {{out of focus}} after the Ishval memories chapters; while said chapters also had their own effect in driving away some of the fans who were more for the standard office romance. [[spoiler:Recently, the series finale didn't help, either.]]

* Although readers of the HarryPotter books were already clued in by the time the first film came out, the decision to pair Ron and Hermione off (which started to become evident in the third film) caught those who assumed Harry and Hermione were destined for shipping a little offguard.

*** It also saw the once-popular Percy/Penelope ship (it had the advantage in the early days of being the only {{canon}}ical ship whose characters weren't old, dead or both. For a time, it was probably the largest ship not involving some permutation of [[TheHero Harry]], [[TheSmartGuy Hermione]], [[TheLancer Ron]] and [[AntiVillain Draco]].) dwindle away to virtually nothing, for [[FaceHeelTurn a different reason.]] J.K. Rowling later stated in an interview that [[spoiler:Percy went on to marry a woman who was not seen in the books]], which killed off a lot of the remaining shippers.

** When the book series began, the natural assumption of many was that Harry and Hermione were destined to be a couple (owing to the trope that the lead male and lead female characters in such storylines are often paired up), but within a few books it became obvious that Rowling was pairing Hermione with Ron instead.

* ''Series/{{iCarly}}'': The Seddie ([[AmbiguouslyGay Sam]]/[[HollywoodNerd Freddie]]) ship seems to lose shippers every time [[TheMcCoy Sam]] ups the ComedicSociopathy against [[TheSpock Freddie]] or she bumps her MoralEventHorizon. Examples include throwing [[TheSpock Freddie]] out of a treehouse after delivering to him a harsh beating with a tennis racquet in "iMeet Fred" and running a child labor sweatshop during "iSell Penny Tee's."
** As with many pairings that get together and then break up later, there are fans who abandoned Seddie after their break up in ''iLove You''. Either through having seen the relationship and not be satisfied with it or because they were satisfied by what they saw and wanted the show to go back to being about comedy.

** And Amon/Tarrlok gained a small MindGameShip / FoeYay following after [[spoiler:Amon de-bends Tarrlok]] in a fairly HoYay-tastic scene, only to fall into this trope once it's revealed [[spoiler:they're brothers]], meaning that anyone who didn't like [[spoiler:incest]] jumped ship, and resulted in a few HilariousInHindsight pieces of fanwork before that particular revelation.

* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': During the first couple of seasons all signs pointed towards a ship between Captain Archer and T'Pol, until the third season when all of a sudden the ship turned into one between T'Pol and Trip Tucker.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': In a subversion the previous examples, after it was revealed that [[spoiler:Rei is a genetic construct formed by mixing the DNA of Shinji's mother and Lilith, effectively making her his half-sister]], the Shinji/Rei shippers appeared, if anything, to get ''stronger'', in what is either a very strong case of FanPreferredCouple or simple desperation.
** RomanticComedy [[AlternateContinuity 'official spinoffs']] such as the video games ''Girlfriend of Steel 2'' (adapted into the ''Angelic Days'' {{manga}}) and ''Ikari Shinji Raising Project'' actually encourage this at a certain level. But then, most of Hideaki Anno's characters seem to have a massive [[OedipusComplex mother or father complex]].
** And then, of course, there's the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' {{film}}s, which brings along a nuclear-powered bilge pump to the ship. At this point it's hard to tell if the {{film}}s are a result of Shinji/Rei shippers RunningTheAsylum or if Anno is just screwing with us.
** By 3.0 however, [[spoiler: not anymore]].

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': The Ross/Rachel ship was popular when the show started, but much of the fandom tired of the pairing somewhere around the end of season 3/early season 4, prefering the more stable Chandler/Monica ship. The writers annoyingly remained hooked on the ship, keeping the UnresolvedSexualTension drawn out for the rest of the show's run, with WordOfGod even later admitting that whenever there weren't any major relationship-related plots going on they could always bring out another airing of "Ross and Rachel", believing this to be what the fandom wanted.

* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': The Ross/Rachel ship was popular when the show started, but much of the fandom tired of the pairing somewhere around the end of season 3. The writers annoyingly remained hooked on the ship, keeping the UnresolvedSexualTension drawn out for the rest of the show's run, with WordOfGod even later admitting that whenever there weren't any major relationship-related plots going on they could always bring out another airing of "Ross and Rachel", believing this to be what the fandom wanted.

* In the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' fandom, most of the Chloe/Oliver shippers seems to come from the Chloe/Clark shippers during the late seasons, as [[ForegoneConclusion Lois closes in on Clark]] and the producers [[ShipSinking fires about a billion torpedoes at the Chloe/Clark ship]]. However, many Chloe/Oliver shippers remain straddling the fence between Oliver and Clark and of course there are still lots of diehard fans who sticks with Clark even after he is married to Lois.

* GetBackers, manga only. Ship abandoned for Ban & Himiko because [[spoiler: Not only is she his little sister, but she's not even a real person. To make things worse, she dies]].
* ''[[BloodPlus Blood+ ]]'': The [[{{Fandom}} fandom's]] small group of Saya/Diva shippers died off after [[spoiler:Diva [[MoralEventHorizon raped Saya's adoptive brother]] Riku to become pregnant and then killed him]]. Apparently this was enough to kill off the "[[EvilTwin Evil]] {{Twincest}}" {{fandom}} that had sprung up.
* ''FruitsBasket'': In a similar situation, after Yuki Sohma realized that he thought of Tohru as more of a [[ParentalSubstitute mother figure]] than a love interest the overall support for Yuki/Tohru appeared to die down considerably, though [[FanWank not everyone agreed...]]

* ''GundamSeed'' had, during the initial run, a small but devoted group of loyal Kira/Cagalli shippers existed for a time... until it was revealed that [[spoiler:Kira and Cagalli were [[{{Twincest}} twins]] a la Luke and Leia, which WordOfGod confirms was a direct allusion to ''StarWars''.]] There are still some shippers out there, though, especially after Kira [[SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace rescued Cagalli from marrying the wrong guy]] and carried her away in a wedding dress in ''GundamSEEDDestiny''.

** And then, of course, there's the ''RebuildOfEvangelion'' {{film}}s, which brings along a nuclear-powered bilge pump to the ship. At this point it's hard to tell if the {{film}}s are a result of Shinji/Rei shippers RunningTheAsylum or if Anno is just screwing with us.
* ''ParadiseKiss'': During the first volumes, Arashi Nagase and Miwako Sakurada attracted massive amounts of {{shipping}}. However, as the series progressed, readers tended to gradually back away from the (''{{canon}}'') ship, as Arashi's attitude towards Miwako started to become aggressive and sometimes violent, [[spoiler:and then came TheReveal that he [[RapeAsDrama raped her]] during their first time]]. Even though Miwako doesn't hold it against him, [[TheAtoner Arashi feels]] ''[[TheAtoner very]]'' [[TheAtoner guilty]] about his behaviour, [[MustMakeAmends and tries to correct what he has done]]. Despite this, [[spoiler:the fact that they end up together and even have a child]] has proven too {{squick}}y for many fans to overcome.
* ''ShoujoKakumeiUtena'': Many fans dropped Mikage/Mamiya (the show's first {{canon}}ically gay couple) when it turned out that [[spoiler:Mamiya was an illusion acted out by Anthy, a ''girl''. Even without the HetIsEw aspect, the fact that it was all an elaborate ploy by her brother Akio to make Mikage an UnwittingPawn was also more than enough for the ship to be abandoned.]]
* ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'': What had been a very vocal group of Fay/Chii Shippers (in contrast to the majority of Kurogane/Fay shippers) mysteriously disappeared after it was revealed that [[spoiler:Fay had based the design of Chii off of his late mother]]. Apparently this was enough to turn most, if not all, of the Shippers away from the pairing (and the former TropeNamer comes from the reaction of a poster on an internet forum.) There was also the small fact that [[spoiler:Chii disintegrated after the [[SoulJar Feather]] used to create her was removed]], and that probably put a major damper on the idea of them being involved in the future.

* ''LightNovel/ZeroNoTsukaima'': More than one Louise/Saitou fan [[AbandonShipping abandoned the ship]] when, in the second light novel, Louise's beatings of Saitou went from RunningGag to downright DomesticAbuse. Seriously, Louise, using a ''real whip'' on Saitou and making him pass out from the pain? ''After you beat him last night''? That's not being a {{Tsundere}}, that's just being a [[JerkAss bitch]].

* ''ElfQuest'': Ember hooked up with Mender once she reached puberty. The {{fandom}} generally liked him until he went off to fight in the war and was replaced by Ember's second love interest, Teir - who came literally out of ''nowhere''. Now, the original authors and the guest artists/writers alike all collectively prefer Teir over Mender now... the fandom, predictably, is much more [[BrokenBase split]] on the subject, evenly between forgetting Mender even existed, and seeing Teir as an abhorrent CreatorsPet.

* ''StarWars'': Despite it coming out of nowhere and being obvious in its intentions, the revelation that [[TheHero Luke]] and [[TheChick Leia]] were siblings ''did'' kill off the {{fandom}} (and there was a {{fandom}} after the first two movies)...for a while. Since then they've grown up and have [[BrotherSisterIncest resumed shipping them]].
* Early on, the ''WreckItRalph'' fanbase shipped Ralph with Vanellope. As it turns out, Vanellope is a cute little ''nine'' year old girl. The fanbase immediately stopped shipping them and instead preferred a big brother-little sister, or even father-daughter, friendship.

** ''OrderOfThePhoenix'':

** ''HalfBloodPrince'':

** Believe it or not, Sirius/Narcissa was actually a moderately popular ship during the "Three-Year Summer" between the releases of ''GobletOfFire'' and ''OrderOfThePhoenix''. (The ship's popularity probably had much to do with it being a significant part of the ridiculously influential ''Fanfic/TheDracoTrilogy'' {{fanfic}}.) When it was revealed in ''[[OrderOfThePhoenix Order]]'' that Narcissa was actually a Black and [[KissingCousins Sirius's cousin]] ([[spoiler:and then Sirius went ahead and died, to top it all off]]), the ship vanished from {{fandom}} seemingly overnight. Ironic, really, since incest and death haven't stopped [[CrackPairing plenty of other Harry Potter ships.]] Or the Blacks, for that matter, since they canonically married within the family to keep their bloodline "pure".

* In the ''{{Smallville}}'' fandom, most of the Chloe/Oliver shippers seems to come from the Chloe/Clark shippers during the late seasons, as [[ForegoneConclusion Lois closes in on Clark]] and the producers [[ShipSinking fires about a billion torpedoes at the Chloe/Clark ship]]. However, many Chloe/Oliver shippers remain straddling the fence between Oliver and Clark and of course there are still lots of diehard fans who sticks with Clark even after he is married to Lois.

* ''{{Friends}}'': The Ross/Rachel ship was popular when the show started, but much of the fandom tired of the pairing somewhere around the end of season 3. The writers annoyingly remained hooked on the ship, keeping the UnresolvedSexualTension drawn out for the rest of the show's run, with WordOfGod even later admitting that whenever there weren't any major relationship-related plots going on they could always bring out another airing of "Ross and Rachel", believing this to be what the fandom wanted.

* ''{{LOST}}'': A decent amount of shippers in the {{fandom}} jumped ship when it was revealed that Jacob and the Man in Black are [[spoiler:twin brothers. Others have continued to ship it.]]

* ''{{Kamen Rider Den-O}}'' appeared to have quite a bit of ship tease between Ryotaro and Hana, until Hana's actress left the show and the character reverted to her ten-year-old self, "Kohana." However, Ryotaro/Hana remained popular in fandom until the reveal that Hana was Ryotaro's niece; fans jumped ship abruptly.

** Mickey/Jackie, formerly a popular ShipMate to Tenth Doctor/Rose, has pretty much died off since the pairings of [[spoiler:Jackie/alternate Pete]] and [[spoiler:Mickey/Martha]] became canon.

* ''SuperSentai'':
** In ''SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'', Genta/Kaoru became very popular after episode 47, causing pretty much all other ships involving Genta to be abandoned.
** [[TroubledButCute Masumi]]/[[{{Kawaiiko}} Natsuki]] was a popular pairing during the run of ''GoGoSentaiBoukenger'', but saw a drop in shippers when it failed to become canon and then when Masumi's actor [[ShipSinking sank the ship]] in an interview.

* ''ShadowHearts Covenant'': [[spoiler:Aw, Yuri and Karin make such a cute couple. Oh, wait. She's his mother!? Icky! Wait, how does that work? Stupid time paradox!]]

* ''TotalDramaWorldTour'' provides an in-universe example: LoonyFan Sierra seems to have been a ShipperOnDeck for FanPreferredCouple [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Duncan]]/[[PerkyGoth Gwen]], at least in part because Cody has a crush on Gwen and ''Sierra'' has a crush on him. ([[AllLoveIsUnrequited You following this]]?) However, Duncan was already with [[WellExcuseMePrincess Courtney]], and when he and Gwen [[YourCheatingHeart hooked up behind her back]], Sierra turned on Gwen out of principle. (Though the fact that Cody ''[[SubvertedTrope didn't]]'' abandon the himself/Gwen ship probably helped.)

* Early on the ''WreckItRalph'' fanbase shipped Ralph with Vanellope. As it turns out Vanellope is a cute little ''nine'' year old girl. The fanbase immediate stopped shipping them and instead preferred a big brother-little sister, or even father-daughter, friendship.

* In the ''{{Smallville}}'' fandom, most of the Chloe/Oliver shippers seems to come from the Chloe/Clark shippers during the late seasons, as [[ForegoneConclusion Lois closes in on Clark]] and the producers [[ShipSinking fires about a billion torpedoes at the Chloe/Clark ship]]. However, many Chloe/Oliver shippers remain straddling the fence between Oliver and Clark.

---> They did it. They actually did it. Bryke killed the show's one otp.

** Believe it or not, Sirius/Narcissa was actually a moderately popular ship during the "Three-Year Summer" between the releases of ''GobletOfFire'' and ''OrderOfThePhoenix''. (The ship's popularity probably had much to do with it being a significant part of the ridiculously influential ''Fanfic/TheDracoTrilogy'' {{fanfic}}.) When it was revealed in ''[[OrderOfThePhoenix Order]]'' that Narcissa was actually a Black and [[KissingCousins Sirius's cousin]] ([[spoiler:and then Sirius went ahead and died, to top it all off]]), the ship vanished from {{fandom}} seemingly overnight. Ironic, really, since incest and death haven't stopped [[CrackPairing plenty of other Harry Potter ships.]]
*** Or the Blacks, for that matter.

** Ironically enough, the implication of incest didn't stop Claire and Peter's actors from hooking up... so why should it stop the shippers? Of course, their subsequent break up (and rumors of Hayden Panettiere trying to get Milo Ventimiglia thrown off the show) might spike those particular wheels.