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*** Most Loki/Jane shippers also ship Thor/Sif (which is helped by the fact that they are an OfficialCouple in Norse mythology and Sif in the movies’ canon has feelings for Thor) and vice versa.

*** Most Loki/Jane shippers also ship Thor/Sif (which is helped by the fact that they are an OfficialCouple in Norse mythology) and vice versa.
** After ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' paired up Bruce and Natasha, Bruce/Betty rose in popularity among fans who shipped Natasha with someone else (most notably Clint, Steve and Bucky).

** Some Sleeping Warrior (Aurora/Mulan) shippers also ship Neal/Philip.

** After the comic series made Zuko/Suki more popular, while it did cause new rivalries, the ship was also welcomed amongst many. In particular, many Zuki shipper also ship Katara/Aang and/or Sokka/Toph and visa versa.

* The ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]'' fandom often makes use of this concept, particularly with the inclusion of DatingSim elements from [[VideoGame/Persona3 the third game]] and beyond.

* The Fanfic/RiseOfTheBraveTangledDragons fandom is built on this. Fans who enjoy Hiccup/Merida are likely to also ship Jack with Rapunzel, and vice versa. Those who like Hiccup with Rapunzel are likely to ship Jerida (Merida/Jack) as are those who prefer Hiccup and Punzie with their canon love interests. And those who prefer slash pairings are perfectly happy with Hijack and Meripunzel, respectively. And then there are those who [[{{Polyamory}} see no reason to pick and choose.]]
** The release of ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' brought said movie into this fandom (in most cases anyway) and also brought its own set of ships and mates. The most common ones consist of the canon couples Eugene/Rapunzel, Anna/Kristoff, and Hiccup/Astrid, plus the CrossoverShip Jack/Elsa. Merida is left as the odd one out, unless the fans would rather her paired with one of the previously mentioned characters, or bring in another to pair her with.

*** Zuki is also liked among Mai/Ty Lee and Sokka/Ty Lee shippers.

** Most Katara/Aang shippers also ship Sokka/Toph and/or Mai/Zuko, whereas most Zuko/Katara shippers also ship Toph/Aang and Sokka/Suki.

** After the comic series made Zuko/Suki more popular, while it did cause new rivalies, the ship was also welcomed amoungst many. In particular, many Zuki shipper also ship Katara/Aang or Sokka/Toph or both and visa versa.

*** Zuki is also liked amoung Mai/Ty Lee and Sokka/Ty Lee shippers.

** After the comic series made Zuko/Suki more popular, the ship was welcomed amoungst Sokka/Toph, Katara/Aang, and Mai/Ty Lee shippers.
*** There is also overlap between Zuko/Suki and Sokka/Ty Lee shippers.

** Almost all fans who ship [[OfficialCouple Arnold/Helga]] (which is pretty much all of them) also ship the BetaCouple [[BlackBestFriend Gerald]] / [[AsianAndNerdy Phoebe]], as per canon.

** Following Mako and Korra breaking up, [[BiTheWay Korra/Asami]] rose to prominence [[spoiler:and became canon.]] While Mako officially ends the series unattached, Korrasami fans tend to ship him with Prince Wu thanks to the plentiful HoYay between the two. Bolin/Opal also fits in nicely with both.

* Camp Rock fans are notorious for this. Main characters Caitlyn and Tess are constantly paired with minor characters Nate and Jason despite practically zero interaction in the first movie.

* Fans of Disney's ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' tend to see Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Hans paired up in various combinations. For those less willing to forgive [[spoiler:Hans']] actions in the film, [[CrossoverShip Jack]] [[WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians Frost]] is substituted, though this almost always results in Jack/Elsa with Anna/Kristoff (though Jack/Anna isn't unknown).

* For ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}} fans, the canonical pairings of Magnus/Alec and Jace/Clary often go hand-in-hand.

* WesternAnimation/GravityFalls and WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty are known FriendlyFandoms, but you'd be surprised by how often Fiddleford/Ford shippers also ship Rick/Stanley.
** The four are known as the Mystery Quartet, since it's the [[Jossed Mystery Trio]] plus one.

Also known as, often more derogatorily, sideshipping.

** In the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Tellius]] games, Ike/Soren tends to go hand in hand with whichever is relevant out of Boyd/Mist and Elincia/Geoffrey, if not both, while Lethe/Jill fics will feature the Kyza/Ranulf/Lyre triangle as the Beta Threesome.

* Fans of''Literature/It'' will often pair up Ben with Beverly, Richie with Eddie, Stan with his wife Patty, and Bill with Mike. Alternatively, many pair Bill with Stan, especially when the protagonists are depicted as teenagers.

** After [[spoiler:Neal was killed off]], Hook/Emma fans often found themselves allying with [[OneTrueLove Robin/Regina]] fans to prevent [[CrackPairing Emma/Regina]].

* Fans of the ''Literature/It'' ship featuring Eddie and Richie will often pair up Ben with Beverly, Stan with his wife Patty, and Bill with Mike. Alternatively, many pair Bill with Stan, especially when the protagonists are depicted as teenagers.

** Anyone who ships Rarity with anyone else tends to ship Fancypants/Fleur, going with the assumption that she's his wife. (Fancypants' first appearence and a few of his cameos hint at this, but it's never stated directly) [[PrecociousCrush Spike/Rarity]] fans have a tendancy to ship [[FoeYay Applejack/Rainbow Dash]] as well.