History ShipToShipCombat / WesternAnimation

** Seventh Sister/Kanan was considered upon the announcement of the former character as well as [[RelationshipVoiceActor who their voice actors were]], but ended up not garnering much attention as the two barely interacted, the Inquisitors ended up with [[TheScrappy an unpopular reputation with their story arc]], and Kanera completely overshadowed it.

** {{L|auncherOfAThousandShips}}incoln has been hinted to have a crush on various girls throughout the series. However,the most popular of them is Ronnie Anne, a Hispanic girl who was a former bully of his, but gradually developed feelings for Lincoln in the show's early episodes. Despite being one of the most popular ships in the fanbase, various detractors are quick to point out that Ronnie Anne's treatment of Lincoln is borderline abusive and that she started off viciously bullying him. Some have alo made note of how Lincoln and Ronnie Anne have shown very little (if any) romantic interest in one another since the latter moved to Great Lakes City in the show's second season, and are now just seen as friends. The fact that Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BNxHfShhPoc/ officially debunked]] Ronniecoln hasn't helped to settle these shipping wars, with Ronniecoln supporters arguing Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's denial of being significant others as behavior typical of kids their age. In the series' live-action adaptation, ''Series/{{The Really Loud House}}'', Lincoln developed a crush on a girl named Charlie, with Ronnie Anne completely absent from the series. Ronniecoln supporters were angered by this change, considering it unrelated to the original series' canon.

** {{L|auncherOfAThousandShips}}incoln has been hinted to have a crush on various girls throughout the series. However,the most popular of them is Ronnie Anne, a Hispanic girl who was former bully of his, bur gradually developed feelings for Lincoln in the show's early episodes. Despite being one of the most popular ships in the fanbase, various detractors are quick to point out that Ronnie Anne's treatment of Lincoln is borderline abusive and that she started off viciously bullying him. Some have alo made note of how Lincoln and Ronnie Anne have shown very little (if any) romantic interest in one another since the latter moved to Great Lakes City in the show's second season, and are now just seen as friends. The fact that Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BNxHfShhPoc/ officially invalidated]] Ronniecoln hasn't helped to settle these shipping wars, with Ronniecoln supporters, arguing Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's denial of being significant others as behavior typical of kids their age. In the series' live-action adaptation, ''Series/{{The Really Loud House}}'', Lincoln developed a crush on a girl named Charlie, with Ronnie Anne completely absent from the series. Ronniecoln supporters were angered by this change, considering it unrelated to the original series' canon.

** {{L|auncherOfAThousandShips}}incoln has been hinted to have a crush on various girls throughout the series. However,the most popular of them is Ronnie Anne, a Hispanic girl who was former bully of his, bur gradually developed feelings for Lincoln in the show's early episodes. Despite being one of the most popular ships in the fanbase, various detractors are quick to point out that Ronnie Anne's treatment of Lincoln is borderline abusive and that she started off viciously bullying him. Some have alo made note of how Lincoln and Ronnie Anne have shown very little (if any) romantic interest in one another since the latter moved to Great Lakes City in the show's second season, and are now just seen as friends. The fact that Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BNxHfShhPoc/ officially sunk]] Ronniecoln hasn't helped to settle these shipping wars, with Ronniecoln supporters dismissing Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's denial of being romantic partners as behavior typical to kids of their age. In the series' live-action adaptation, ''Series/{{The Really Loud House}}'', Lincoln developed a crush on a girl named Charlie, with Ronnie Anne completely absent from the series. Ronniecoln supporters were angered by this change, considering it unrelated to the original series' canon.

** {{L|auncherOfAThousandShips}}incoln and Ronnie Anne may have been the closest thing the show has had to canon, but a massive swath of the fandom famously (or ''infamously'', depending on your point of view) ships Lincoln with [[IncestYayShipping one or more of his own sisters]]; usually Lynn, but any of his ten sisters are common, and not even Lily, TheBabyOfTheBunch, is safe. Ronniecoln fans often denounce the Loudcest shippers as [[{{Squick}} depraved]] [[NoYay sickos]], while the Loudcest shippers are quick to point out that Ronnie Anne's treatment of Lincoln is borderline abusive and that she started off viciously bullying him. The fact that Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BNxHfShhPoc/ officially sunk]] Ronniecoln hasn't helped to quell the ship-to-ship combat, with Ronniecoln fans dismissing Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's mutual denial of being boyfriend and girlfriend as behavior typical to kids that age.

* [[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} Amphibia]] has an InUniverse example in the episode “Civil Wart.” After the residents of Wartwood watch a [[Film/{{Twilight}} Twilight-esque]] film on Anne’s phone, they [[SillyReasonForWar wage war]] over it.

*** Both the comics and ''Legend of Korra'' complicate matters. ''Korra'' confirms that Zuko has at least one daughter and one grandson, but never states who his wife was. If you weren't aware of the comics, you'd assume it was Mai. But she and Zuko break up in [[Comicbook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise The Promise]], followed by both it and ''The Search'' teasing at [[BodyguardCrush Zuko/Suki]]... but then ''Smoke and Shadows'' hinted that Maiko could make a return at some point. Sokka/Suki fans have grabbed their war paint, my friends.

** [[http://sora-ko.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-The-true-showdown-41464296 This comic]] takes it to its literal extreme -- or perhaps [[IncrediblyLamePun its littoral extreme]]. (And [[http://rufftoon.deviantart.com/art/Shipping-Wars-1-43734136 this one]] does the same, but speaks more for those who tend not to ship).

** Even before Book 1, there was already a huge brewing shipping war between Korra/Mako fans and Asami/Mako fans. It didn't help that many Zutara shippers [[IncrediblyLamePun Jumped Ship]] to Makorra after Zutara was definitively [[ShipSinking Sunk]]. There also was a war brewing between Korra/Mako fans and Korra/Bolin fans as well, including arguments on which brother [[UnfortunateImplications "deserves Korra more"]] and vice versa. Asami and Mako became a couple early on, though with continuous {{ship tease}} between Mako and Korra. Despite Episode 5 [[ShipSinking sinking]] [[PortmanteauCoupleName Borra]], it grew massively in popularity to due to the chemistry between the two, turning the shipping wars into a duel between Borra and Makorra. Mako's poor treatment of Asami caused most to [[AbandonShipping jump ship]] and turned Makorra's {{Official Couple}} status divisive, which was not helped by the ambiguous breakup between Mako and Asami to assume that Mako was cheating on both of them. [[LesYay Korrasami]] grew as a [[CrackPairing fringe ship]] that mostly started as a protest against the {{Love Triangle}} that everyone was quickly becoming frustrated with. Remember that for later.

** [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Lincoln]] and Ronnie Anne may have been the closest thing the show has had to canon, but a massive swath of the fandom famously (or ''infamously'', depending on your point of view) ships Lincoln with [[IncestYayShipping one or more of his own sisters]]; usually Lynn, but any of his ten sisters are common, and not even Lily, TheBabyOfTheBunch, is safe. Ronniecoln fans often denounce the Loudcest shippers as [[{{Squick}} depraved]] [[NoYay sickos]], while the Loudcest shippers are quick to point out that Ronnie Anne's treatment of Lincoln is borderline abusive and that she started off viciously bullying him. The fact that Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} [[https://www.instagram.com/p/BNxHfShhPoc/ officially sunk]] Ronniecoln hasn't helped to quell the ship-to-ship combat, with Ronniecoln fans dismissing Lincoln and Ronnie Anne's mutual denial of being boyfriend and girlfriend as behavior typical to kids that age.

** Some plot points to the [[ValentinesDayEpisodes Valentines Day episode]], [[YouMeanXMas Hearts and Hooves Day]], were revealed early. It was revealed that the [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife Cutie Mark Crusaders]] try to hook up [[GentleGiant Big Macintosh]] and [[SchoolMarm Cheerilee]]. Big Mac and [[ShrinkingViolet Fluttershy]] is one of the most popular ships in bronydom, so naturally, the [=FlutterMac=] shippers [[DieForOurShip took exception]] - before the episode had even '''aired''' and before it was established that [[StatusQuoIsGod anything had changed in the first place]]. And a lot of people found the episode a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} because in a way it said "shipping is bad" since the plot was about making two people fall in love because you think they'll work. Cue a bunch of teasing fanart all around.

** The fandom also is split on whether the Mane 6 are {{Heterosexual Life Partners}} or possible lovers.

** The biggest question is with whom Isabella should end up with. Fans usually ship her with the two principal brothers. That's because she's the only one female character of their age with an important role. A joke in "Quantum Boogaloo" [[ShipTease Ship Teased]] Ferb/Isabella (Ferbella), but this pair was never developed in the series. Isabella has a crush on [[ObliviousToLove Phineas]]. Because of this, Phineas/Isabella (Phinabella) simply has much more canon evidence and a significantly larger fanbase.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' fandom there are many ship wars, but the main ship war being Spitfire (Artemis/Wally) and Traught (Artemis/Robin). [=BirdFlash=] (Wally/Robin), Chalant (Robin/Zatanna), and Babs/Robin often get caught in the crossfire. Some people have compromised with an OT3, Museum Heist (Robin/Wally/Artemis), which occasionally expands into four with Babs or Zatanna.

** Season 2 added Luka and Kagami to the mix as possible love interests for Marinette and Adrien, respectively. While the resultant "Lukanette" and "Adrigami" factions tend to unite against the wrath of the Love Square shippers, they're also prone to their own fights because of how said factions (partly) formed: some Lukanette shippers got fed up with Adrien's EntitledToHaveYou behavior towards Ladybug and doormat tendencies and decided Marinette would be better off without him, while some Adrigami shippers got fed up with Marinette's [[StalkingIsFunnyIfItIsFemaleAfterMale stalking tendencies]] and actions towards her romantic rivals and thought Adrien would be better off without ''her''. Hence, their differing opinions on the show's two leads cause them to argue independent of their preferred ships.

** If you pair Lyra or Bon Bon with anypony other than each other, you can expect to at least a few times be called a troll, a homophobe, an idiot, or all three. Many [=LyraBon=] fans are perfectly normal, but a lot of them are so possessive of both characters that if you don't accept the shipping of them as "almost canon," you'll soon meet a lot of people who neither love nor tolerate your opinion.

** And then came ''Omniverse'', which gave us [[TheyFightCrime Ben/Rook]], [[FirstGirlWins Ben/Kai]], and Ben/Esther, among too many others to list. Eventually, many of these shippers pulled an EnemyMine against Ben/Kai, due to [[StrangledByTheRedString how the pairing was handled when it finally became canon.]]

* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts characters usually avoid this due to how concrete the {{Official Couple}}s are. WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} is the exception. Goofy has never had one exact love interest like WesternAnimation/{{Mickey|Mouse}} or WesternAnimation/{{Donald|Duck}}. In the 2000s Disney revived Clarabelle and began shipping her with Goofy. The problem is that Clarabelle traditionally ''has'' a boyfriend--Horrace. A lot of Goofy/Clarabelle versus Horrace/Clarabelle tension exists. Then there's Goofy's girlfriend in the ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'' universe, Sylvia from ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie''. She never became a CanonImmigrant like Max, however she occasionally gets drawn in.

** Season 2 added Luka and Kagami to the mix as possible love interests for Marinette and Adrien respectively. "Lukanette" fans argued that since Marinette didn't have her signature word-tripping awkwardness with Luka he'd be a much better match for her. Conversely, "Adrigami" shippers were fed up with Marinette's obsessive borderline stalking of Adrien and wanted him to be ith someone better.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Say one shipping, and you'll have shippers SWARMING YOU WITH FURY. For example - 4/86 - You'll have 2/86 after you and 4/3 after you, and 2/86 will have 2/5 after them, which will have 1/5 after them, and [[OverlyLongGag will have]] 1/Lizzie AND 1/362 after them, and so on and so forth. You may want to wear [[FunWithAcronyms battle ready armor]] for this.

** How bad was it, you ask? Well, anyone who supported "Fanon" pairings were considered an "Anti-Fan" whom the "True-Fans" disregarded as propagating "filth and pornography" (even if artwork/fanfic of said pairing was completely "G" rated). Likewise, the supporters of "Canon" pairings were called "Canon Nazis" whom the "Anti-Fans" would often accuse of "not understanding artistic freedom". Not to mention that simply being friends or liking the artwork of someone on one side of the battlefield automatically made you enemies with the other. Thankfully, these days, the war seems to have died down a bit.

** ...but during ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'', all hell broke loose when Gwen/Kevin became canon. Ben/Gwen shippers still protest about [[DieForOurShip how much discontinuity problems this causes for the series]], while Gwen/Kevin shippers bask in the light of their newly canon ship and Ben/Kevin shippers stay well out of the way, enjoying the {{subtext}} the [[RelationshipWritingFumble writers seem to be handing out]].

** ''Teen Titans'' was famous for ship wars during its run. Most notably, [[FanPreferredCouple Beast Boy/Raven]] shippers vs. Beast Boy/Terra shippers, [[SlapSlapKiss Beast Boy/Raven]] shippers vs. Robin/Raven shippers and [[OfficialCouple Robin/Starfire]] shippers vs. Robin/Raven shippers. All they need is a Starfire/Terra ship, and the MexicanStandoff will be complete. WordOfGod saying that any Beast Boy/Raven ShipTease was [[RelationshipWritingFumble accidental]] gets scoffed at by fans. ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' would cause the ship wars to start up again after years of rest due to actively teasing Beast Boy/Raven on several occasions (one episode even being called [[PortmanteauCoupleName BBRae]]), and the lack of mutual Beast Boy/Terra (Terra has her old manipulative comic book persona) and Robin/Starfire (Starfire openly rejects his advances).

* Largely averted by ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''; While two ships involving the main character, Luz, namely Lumity (Luz x Amity), and Lunter (Luz x Hunter) exist and have their fans, the former is overwhelmingly more popular, to the point where it makes up more than 60% of all Owl House fanfiction on [[Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn AO3]], more than any competing or unrelated pairs combined. As [[spoiler:Lumity]] has recently ascended to OfficialCouple status, the fandom has largely moved on to other conflicts.

** That's also a rather controversial question of who Ferb should wind up with. Canonically, he has a PrecociousCrush on [[MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter Vanessa]], who at sixteen is about [[VagueAge two-to-six]] years older than him. Many fans, however, decided to pair him with [[{{Meganekko}} Gretchen]], who originally seems to be chosen simply because she was the first girl his age (other than Isabella) to [[NominalImportance have a name]]; [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight they have never interacted]], though, despite how many times the [[ScoutOut Fireside Girls]] have helped in Phineas and Ferb's projects. And of course, some fans TakeAThirdOption and just invent an OriginalCharacter, pair Ferb with somebody else in the show, or [[OneTrueThreesome have a threesome]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' has a complicated situation, due to LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and lots of ShipTease:

*** After the fandom settled down post-finale, interactions between the Makorra and Korrasami camps have been largely respectful, or at least civil due to the former group continuing to shrink with each passing day. While there's still debate, both sides are much more inclined to agree to disagree, never quite reaching the emotional fervor of the Kataang-Zutara days. That is, until the concept of homo/biphobia comes up. Then a whole different sort of argument starts, [[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad and]] [[HeteronormativeCrusader it]] [[NoBisexuals isn't]] [[MoralGuardians pretty]].

* The shipping wars within the ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fandom became (in)famously known as the "True-Fan vs. Anti-Fan" wars, and ran rampant throughout sites like Website/DeviantArt. The wars involved the canon pairing of (Danny/Sam) vs. the popular fanon pairing ([[DatingCatwoman Danny/Valerie]]), but also had a huge focus on heterosexual parings (Danny/Sam, Danny/Valerie) vs. homosexual/slash pairings ([[FoeYay Danny/Vlad]], Danny/Dash, and even Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' has its own, with the main combatants seeming to be Timmy/Tootie (Tootie is obsessed with Timmy but he doesn't like her back), Timmy/Trixie (Timmy likes Trixie but she [[ShipTease usually]] brushes him aside), and Timmy/Chloe (Chloe being Timmy's new neighbor introduced in the last season). However, Veronica/Timmy also has its own devoted fanbase (even though Veronica was only shown to like Timmy in two episodes and she expressed it in a very... interesting way). There is also a minority of Timmy/Vicky shippers, who enjoy the FoeYay between them or want Vicky redeemed.

* The ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' fandom has little fighting, probably because the show only focuses on a few main characters and Dib/Gaz is unpopular for [[BrotherSisterIncest obvious reasons]]. The biggest ship war is actually just between those who like [[FoeYay ZADR]] and those who despise it, especially since Creator/JhonenVasquez [[WordOfGod says]] it makes him "sick to his ill-prone belly." Building on that, there is a small collection of anti-shippers who are [[NoHuggingNoKissing against pairings]] in general, but ZADR is where they direct most of their ire. There is also actually a pretty big fight between [[FoeYay Zim/Dib]] shippers and [[SlapSlapKiss Zim/Gaz]] shippers. And let's not forget [[FoeYay Zim/Tak]] and Dib/Tak. Or [[LesYay Gaz/Tak]].

** Shipping wars have gotten especially common since ''You're Getting Old'' aired, where Kyle didn't want to be Stan's friend anymore, and was seen playing with Cartman and smiling at him at the end of the episode, implying that the whole FoeYay between Cartman and Kyle is slowly replaced with a building friendship. The rabid [[HeterosexualLifePartners Stan/Kyle]] and [[FoeYay Cartman/Kyle]] fans went crazy, especially since there was a war between the ships even before the episode. Although their friendship ended the following episode, tensions remained high.

** The aforementioned Garasoka ended up not lasting long since [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight they ended up never interacting onscreen before Ahsoka left the cast]], as well as the growth of [[FoeYay Kallus]][[HoYay /Zeb]] (Kalluzeb) at the same time.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Ahsoka]] is paired with ''every single male character on the show''. Lux/Ahsoka (Luxsoka), Captain Rex/Ahsoka (Rexsoka) and Anakin/Ahsoka (Anisoka) are the three biggest ones, but then of course [[FoeYay Boba/Ahsoka]], [[LesYay Barriss/Ahsoka, Riyo/Ahsoka, Ventress/Ahsoka]], [[NoYay Bane/Ahsoka]] all exist and are somewhat popular. The show also has some very disturbing pairings being supported. Count Dooku/Ahsoka is what we're talking about here. Considering Ahsoka was a KidHero as well as a rolemodel to numerous young girls at the time (emphasis on ''kid'' and ''girl''), you kind of have to wonder if her LGBTFanbase resulted as backlash from the prevalence of Luxsoka (which garnered BrokenBase status as some felt that the two were StrangledByTheRedString) and the shipping of her with ''older men''.

* Oh, be thankful that the shipping wars of ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' are over! There are ''STILL'' Daria/Trent shippers out there -- the biggest contingent, who were set to declare holy war when the WordOfGod ''{{Jossed}}'' that pairing in the third season finale by showing that reality would never support the pairing. Still, that's '''NOTHING''' compared to what happened a season later. Want to start a war in Daria fandom? Two words: ''"The Kiss."'' Daria/Tom shipping has caused heated arguments the way the Sun provides heat and light for the Earth. And the real irony is that in the end of the show, they ''broke up'' and Daria stayed single, so ''neither'' pairing is is OneTruePairing. This isn't even mentioning those who still cling desperately to [[LesYay Daria/Jane]] versus those who dislike it.

** Seventh Sister/Kanan was considered upon the announcement of the former character as well as [[RelationshipVoiceActor who their voice actors were]], but ended up not garnering much attention as the two barely interacted, the Inquisitors ended up with [[TheScrappy an unpopular reputation with their story arc]], and [[FanPreferredCouple Kanera]] completely overshadowed it.

* Kion/Jasiri and Kion/Fuli are two of the most popular {{Toy Ship}}s in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard''. Ship wars have popped up as a result, despite the [[NoHuggingNoKissing lack of actual romance]] in the series.

** Kimber has Kimber/Sean versus Kimber/Stormer, Kimber's main boyfriend against Kimber's RomanticTwoGirlFriendship. Jeff rarely gets brought into the debate.

* Largely averted by ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''; While two ships involving the main character, Luz, namely Lumity (Luz x Amity), and Lunter (Luz x Hunter) exist and have their fans, the former is overwhelmingly more popular, to the point where it makes up more than 60% of all Owl House fanfiction on AO3, more than any competing or unrelated pairs combined. As [[spoiler:Lumity]] has recently ascended to OfficialCouple status, the fandom has largely moved on to other conflicts.

* Largely averted by ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''; While two ships involving the main character, Luz, namely Lumity (Luz x Amity), and Lunter (Luz x Hunter), but the former is overwhelmingly more popular, to the point where it makes up more than 60% of all Owl House fanfiction on AO3, more than any competing or unrelated pairs combined. As [[spoiler:Lumity]] has recently ascended to OfficialCouple status, the fandom has largely moved on to other conflicts.

* As [[http://trurotaketwo.deviantart.com/art/The-Fat-Controllers-problem-110937810 this fanart]] will demonstrate, not even ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' fandom is safe from shipping wars. It does not help however that that some of the episodes have hinted towards crushes between the engines (such as Rosie trying to follow Thomas everywhere in her introductory episode, or Thomas blushing on seeing Flora in her introductory episode).

** Die-hard Makorra shippers continued to hope that their ship would get back together in Book 3, though it never happened. This season also saw the meteoric rise of Korrasami to OneTruePairiing as the series explored their friendship (once again, remember that for later). Hopes for any other ships involving Bolin collapsed with the introduction of [[TheCutie Opal]] as his new love interest, who proved to be fairly popular.