History Main / ShippingGoggles

* An interesting case is Guy and Marian from the BBC’s ''Series/RobinHood''. Naturally there was plenty of ShipTease between them despite the ForegoneConclusion of the OfficialCouple, though some Guy/Marian shippers took their desired pairing to ludicrous extremes. At the end of the first season Guy and Marian’s wedding is aborted after Marian realizes that Guy has lied to her about the circumstances of the king’s return and her father’s safety. Having already been physically prevented from leaving, she uses her wedding ring as a knuckle-buster to punch him out and facilitate her escape. However, the shippers argue that according to 12th century law, the very act of Marian putting on a wedding ring in front of a clergyman meant that she was legally married to Guy. But to say that writers DidNotDoTheResearch for this show is an understatement (each episode includes modern slang, contemporary costumes and complete disregard to anything even ''remotely'' resembling medieval history). The writers were ''clearly'' oblivious to this particular fact about 12th century weddings, and in the following season neither Guy nor Marian act as though they have any marital obligation to one another, the relationship is never consummated, and Marian eventually gets engaged to Robin Hood. The fact that Guy and Marian are ''not'' married is so obvious that no one even bothers to mention it. However, the hardcore shippers watch the rest of the show under the interpretation that Guy and Marian are legally married to the point where they refer to Marian as "Guy's wife" and discuss all their interactions under the assumption that they are husband and wife. This is even in the face of events transpiring that demonstrate that they are very clearly NOT (such as Guy ''repeating'' his proposal of marriage). The absurdity of this theory cannot be measured, and the gusto with which shippers hold to it is really quite sad.

* HarryPotter - of course - probably has enough goggles to fill an entire page, but probably the best example is from what has been dubbed [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic "The Symbolic Flight"]] from PrisonerOfAzkaban. This theory states that because Harry and Hermione flew together on Buckbeak together and without Ron, that they are destined to be together - ignoring the fact that Ron was only not present because he broke his leg earlier.

* ''{{iCarly}}'': Shippers of the Sam/Freddie pairing fandom are well known for their 'secret Seddie', where they considered any form of interaction, chatting, talking, [[AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale Sam hitting Freddie]], fighting, both having the colours red and blue OR purple on, mentioning the other or just being in the same room together as blatant evidence that they are going to become a canon couple.

* An interesting case is Guy and Marian from the BBC’s ''Series/RobinHood''. Naturally there was plenty of ShipTease between them despite the ForegoneConclusion of the OfficialCouple, though some Guy/Marian shippers took their desired pairing to ludicrous extremes. At the end of the first season Guy and Marian’s wedding is aborted after Marian realizes that Guy has lied to her about the circumstances of the king’s return and her father’s safety. Having already been physically prevented from leaving, she uses her wedding ring as a knuckle-buster to punch him out and facilitate her escape. However, the shippers argue that according to 12th century law, the very act of Marian putting on a wedding ring in front of a clergyman meant that she was legally married to Guy. But to say that writers DidNotDoTheResearch for this show is an understatement (each episode includes modern slang, contemporary costumes and complete disregard to anything even ''remotely'' resembling medieval history). The writers were ''clearly'' oblivious to this particular fact about 12th century weddings, and in the following season neither Guy nor Marian act as though they have any marital obligation to one another, the relationship is never consummated, and Marian eventually gets engaged to Robin Hood. The fact that Guy and Marian are ''not'' married is so obvious that no one even bothers to mention it. However, the hardcore shippers watch the rest of the show under the assumption that Guy and Marian are legally man and wife to the point where they refer to Marian as "Guy's wife", even in the face of events transpiring that demonstrate that they are very clearly NOT (such as Guy ''repeating'' his proposal of marriage). The absurdity of this theory cannot be measured, and the gusto with which shippers hold to it is really quite sad.

* An interesting case is Guy and Marian from the BBC’s ''Series/RobinHood''. Naturally there was plenty of ShipTease between them despite the ForegoneConclusion of the OfficialCouple, though some Guy/Marian shippers took their desired pairing to ludicrous extremes. At the end of the first season Guy and Marian’s wedding is aborted after Marian realizes that Guy has lied to her about the circumstances of the king’s return and her father’s safety. Having already been physically prevented from leaving, she uses her wedding ring as a knuckle-buster to punch him out and facilitate her escape. However, the shippers argue that according to 12th century law, the very act of Marian putting on a wedding ring in front of a clergyman meant that she was legally married to Guy. But to say that writers DidNotDoTheResearch for this show is an understatement (each episode includes modern slang, contemporary costumes and complete disregard to anything even ''remotely'' resembling medieval history). The writers were ''clearly'' oblivious to this particular fact about 12th century weddings, and in the following season neither Guy nor Marian act as though they have any marital obligation to one another, the relationship is never consummated, and Marian eventually gets engaged to Robin Hood. The fact that Guy and Marian are ''not'' married is so obvious that no one even bothers to mention it. However, the hardcore shippers watch the rest of the show under the assumption that Guy and Marian are legally man and wife, even in the face of events transpiring that demonstrate that they are very clearly NOT (such as Guy ''repeating'' his proposal of marriage). The absurdity of this theory cannot be measured, and the gusto with which shippers hold to it is really quite sad.

->'''Hancock''': Say Luffy, tell me about your crewmates.
->'''Luffy''': Well, which one of them should I start with? Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, [[spoiler:Brook, Franky]], Nami, Robin...
->'''Hancock''': Nami? Robin? There are girls?! [[ImagineSpot * imagine spot* ]]
->'''Luffy''': I'm sorry but I can't be with you.
->'''Hancock''': Why?! Why, Luffy?!
->'''Luffy''': [[http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9339/lunaro.jpg Because I'm with them.]]
---> ''OnePiece''

** This isn't limited to just the main characters. As in many stories with huge [[EnsembleCast Ensemble Casts]], there can be bases of fans for the shipping of minor characters. One particularly interesting example is [[NobleSavage Wiper]]/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Wyper]], a ProudWarriorRaceGuy, being paired with [[SmallGirlBigGun Conis]], a girl coming from the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle73f32qzu people that kicked his ancestors off their homeland.]] The characters have a maximum of three panels of interaction and people like to give them a RomeoandJuliet-like relationship in AfterActionReport stories, but with a happier ending.

[[quoteright:330:[[{{Persona4}} http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Persona4Goggles_1873.png]]]]

[[caption-width-right:330:The standard conclusion to seeing your {{OTP}}. [[hottip:* :Though Yosuke is [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday far from being a shipper.]]]]]]

* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is known for its devoted shippers, Zutarians (Zuko x Katara) being at the forefront. In many communities, Zutarians are infamous (or, in pro-Zutara communities, encouraged) for their use of ShippingGoggles. The strongest example that comes to mind is a pro-Zutara documentary series on Youtube whose videos were over three hours long combined; the documentary analyzed every single scene from the series featuring either character, plus every scene featuring either character's canon love interest- these scenes were then broken down to "prove" that Zutara was ''objectively'' correct. Most of the details they picked apart were unimportant, and when they picked apart the major scenes, they seemed to imply that shipping Zutara was the show's main purpose. Not the story about Aang defeating the Fire Lord, no- the documentaries seem to buy into the idea that the series' major directorial intent is in regards to Zutara as canon.
** The application of ShippingGoggles in a more light-hearted sense resulted in a great deal of the show's fanon ships, from Jet/Zuko to Zucest to any combination of the [[FanNickname Dangerous Ladies]].

* Duval does this as well; when Nami was wiping her mouth after eating some food, he mistakens this for her blowing a kiss at him.

* ''KingdomHearts'' shippers. [[BlueBishonenGhetto Organization XIII]] spend most of their time doing villainous stuff, but apparently fangirls are more into which members are having sex together than any of the stuff that's in the actual games.
** They also focus on the romance ''behind'' the sex, completely ignoring the whole "no hearts" thing that forms ''the entire basis of the Organization's motivation as characters''. Even Roxas clearly has no idea about romance in his interactions with Axel in ''358/2 Days'', and Axel's obsessive [[HoYay and questionable]] behavior toward him later actually drives him and Roxas apart rather than give them any shot at being together.
** Similarly, Sora/Riku shippers throw out any concept of platonic love and interpret any form of emotion between Sora and Riku as UST. Some have even claimed that the inside artwork of an audio CD released only in Japan featuring Sora and Riku standing on a heart meant they loved each other, completely ignoring the fact that the heart is Kingdom Heart's symbol and shows up everywhere (and that the game uses the heart to represents one's emotions and soul than romantic love)
* {{iCarly}}: Shippers of the Sam/Freddie pairing fandom are well known for their 'secret Seddie', where they considered any form of interaction, chatting, talking, [[AbuseIsOkayWhenItsFemaleOnMale Sam hitting Freddie]], fighting, both having the colours red and blue OR purple on, mentioning the other or just being in the same room together as blatant evidence that they are going to become a canon couple.

* ''LittleWomen'': Jo starts viewing Beth and Laurie with Shipping Goggles. Even taken in context, the narrator is obviously mocking the practice. Yes, in 1869, rabid shippers were already frustrating authors enough to earn a FandomNod, no Internet required.
** It's better than that. This was in Book II, which was demanded by the publishers after a plethora of fan letters arrived asking Alcott when [[FanPreferredCouple Jo and Laurie]] would marry. In the scene, she was [[TakeThat mocking]] her own fans for [[CompletelyMissingThePoint focusing on romantic attraction rather than Jo's independence,]] and then sent them off in different directions, [[TheWoobie maximised their suffering]], and then finally [[{{Jossed}} married Laurie off]] to [[SettleForSibling another.]]

* SherlockHolmes - It's gotten to the stage where the term "I'd be lost without my Boswell" has been so charged with HoYay overtones that you forget that the real Boswell was Dr Johnston's biographer, and it's not just a weird nickname Holmes came up with.
* Even if you are not a slash fan, thanks to the {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s, it is a little hard to watch StarTrekTheOriginalSeries now without the accidental glorious gayness of it all hitting you in the face like a homoerotic tidal wave, even if you believe this was [[MisaimedFandom not what the writers intended.]]
** Amok Time. That is all.
* In the ''AceAttorney'' series, Pearl Fey displays this trope towards Phoenix and Maya. While that example isn't exactly improbable, the fanbase goes to a whole new level with ships that are practically nonsensical.
** Phoenix/Maya may make less actual sense than Phoenix/Edgeworth, though both are only fanon. Still, it's one of the most probable non-canon slash pairings in this shipper's opinion.

* In ''TheDreamer'' webcomic, it's Bea and Alex.
* TeamFortress2 - To the point where there is a [[YaoiFangirl large section of the fanbase]] that [[PeripheryDemographic doesn't even play the game]], preferring to spend all their energy on pairing the characters together in every way possible. Although {{Valve}} has done some mild Heavy/Medic [[ShipTease ship teasing]], the justification for shipping other characters range from run of the mill FoeYay to just straight-up [[CrackPairing crack pairings]].

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** Similarly, Sora/Riku shippers throw out any concept of platonic love and interpret any form of emotion between Sora and Riku as UST.

** Hancock is perhaps a deliberate attempt at mocking such behavior, as she sees ''everything'' through Shipping Goggles, yet Luffy is painfully oblivious to her feelings.

ShippingGoggles is when a viewer interprets the smallest, most ambiguous [[{{Canon}} canonical]] evidence in favor of your 'ship of choice. Maybe that glance lasted just a ''little'' too long, or that remark in that conversation could be interpreted as innuendo. The 'ship in question can range from one that seems entirely plausible but doesn't yet have clear canon evidence, right up to a CrackPairing between characters who are [[FoeYay bitter enemies]], or live in different universes, or whose sexuality or circumstances makes any relationship between them extremely unlikely. Reasons for putting on ShippingGoggles vary; sometimes it's just wishful thinking, sometimes it's to defend the 'ship against other competing 'ships, and sometimes it's JustForFun.

* ''GundamWing''. The show's staff has [[WordOfGod gone on record]] as saying they didn't include any romance between the younger members of the cast (namely, the Gundam Pilots and their female counterparts). That doesn't stop [[YaoiFangirl fangirls]] from interpreting every line, every glance, every '''everything''' in the series as "definitive proof" that the boys are all shagging one another off-camera and [[HetIsEw they despise the girls with the passion of a thousand burning suns]]. Never mind the fact that the boys are actually [[ShipperOnDeck try to get one another to hook up with their counterpart]], especially Heero and Relena.

* TeamFortress2 - To the point where there is a [[YaoiFangirl large section of the fanbase]] that [[PeripheryDemographic doesn't even play the game]], preferring to spend all their energy on pairing the characters together in every way possible. Although {{Valve}} has done some Heavy/Medic [[ShipTease ship teasing]], the justification for shipping other characters range from run of the mill FoeYay to just straight-up [[CrackPairing crack pairings]].

* In the AceAttorney series, Pearl Fey displays this trope towards Phoenix and Maya. While that example isn't exactly improbable, the fanbase goes to a whole new level with ships that are practically nonsensical.

* TeamFortress2 - To the point where there is a large section of the [[YaoiFangirl fanbase]] that doesn't even play the game, preferring to spend all their energy on pairing the characters together in every way possible. Although {{Valve}} has done some Heavy/Medic [[ShipTease ship teasing]], the justification for shipping other characters range from run of the mill FoeYay to just straight-up [[CrackPairing crack pairings]].

* ''GundamWing''. [[XJustX Just...]] ''[[XJustX Gundam Wing]]''. The show's staff has [[WordOfGod gone on record]] as saying they didn't include any romance between the younger members of the cast (namely, the Gundam Pilots and their female counterparts). That doesn't stop [[YaoiFangirl fangirls]] from interpreting every line, every glance, every '''everything''' in the series as "definitive proof" that the boys are all shagging one another off-camera and [[HetIsEw they despise the girls with the passion of a thousand burning suns]]. Never mind the fact that the boys are actually [[ShipperOnDeck try to get one another to hook up with their counterpart]], especially Heero and Relena.

* In ''TheDreamer'' webcomic, it's Bea and Alex, [[XJustX just Bea and Alex]].

* {{iCarly}}: Shippers of the Sam/Freddie pairing fandom are well known for their 'secret seddie', where they considered any form of interaction, chatting, talking, [[BelligerentSexualTension hitting each other]], fighting, both having the colours red and blue OR purple, mentioning the other or just being in the same room together as blatant evidence that they are going to become a canon couple.

A subtrope of EpilepticTrees. Creators aware of their fans' ShippingGoggles can play to it with a ShipTease; this can be interpreted as FanService or just cruelty in suggesting a relationship that isn't going to materialize. Sometimes, the shipper turns out to be [[IKnewIt right]]. [[GogglesDoNothing Other times...]]