| 1 | * ''Manga/InuYasha'': |
| 2 | ** [[http://avalondemona.deviantart.com/art/kitsunekrush-037-41970809 Shippo and Koga]] (Shoga?). |
| 3 | ** There is also [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2572835/1/The_Truth_About_Cats_and_Dogs Sesshoumaru/Kirara]]. Would that be [[{{Pun}} SessKi]]? |
| 4 | ** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TD0uxy9iwh4 This]] includes Rin/Sota, Kagome/Miroku, and Inuyash/''Tessaiga''. A '''Sword'''. |
| 5 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is the single most popular source material for anime fanfic on fanfiction.net. Given its numerous characters and plenty of hints towards potential romance but extremely rare actual commitment, it's been the source of a firestorm of shipping with many stories pairing ships in parallel fleets across the cast. While fandom seems to put its most ''[[DieForOurShip strenuous]]'' support behind [[ShipToShipCombat Naruto/Sasuke, Naruto/Hinata, Sasuke/Sakura, and Naruto/Sakura]], several crackish pairs with little to no canon interaction have become somewhat popular: |
| 6 | ** People like to ship Naruto with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/2042/0/0/1/ Ino]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/2066/0/0/1/ Anko]] due to some similarities in character despite only minimal interaction in canon. An arranged, political marriage is often the device for shipping with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/2057/0/0/1/ Temari]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/27469/0/0/1/ Mei Terumi]]. Naruto doesn't interact much with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/2052/0/0/1/ Tenten]] either, but people like to make up a shared background as orphans. There are also many fics with him and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/2138/0/0/1/ Tayuya]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/2121/0/0/1/ Hanabi]], and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/6959/0/0/1/ Yugito]] despite never once saying a word to any of these characters. All of these pairings have 100+ or even 1000+ fics, but you can safely say that if a character is female, Naruto has been shipped with her. Or if not, we'll just ''make'' the character female, as with the [[https://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/?&srt=1&lan=1&r=10&c1=2039&c2=2523&pm=1 Kyuubi]] or the [[DudeLooksLikeALady androgynous]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/2061/0/0/1/ Haku]]. Or we'll just make ''Naruto'' female and ship her with the guys. Or we'll keep him male and ''still'' ship him with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/2050/0/0/1/ Itachi]] of all people or [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2039/2051/0/0/1/ Kakashi]]. |
| 7 | *** They even pair him with his [[ParentalIncest mother]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6434067/1/A_Sons_Desire Kushina]] or [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6136846/1/Family_Bonds_Run_Deeper_Than_Love his father]] There's even [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8076267/1/Wayne_what_happened_to_those_fountains one story]] that pairs Naruto with Sakura's ''mother''. |
| 8 | *** To show you how much Naruto can be an AuthorAvatar for some writers, over 80% of the fanfics featuring the minor character [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/15090/0/0/0/1/ Samui]] on fanfiction.net have her paired with Naruto. |
| 9 | *** And then there's all the fics in which Naruto is shipped with every single woman over 20 in the show, regardless of the fact that he's 12-16. Anko is obligatory, and members can reach up in age to even [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2139/2039/0/0/1/ Tsunade]]. |
| 10 | ** Sakura and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2041/2051/0/0/1/ Kakashi]] are almost a mainstream pair at this point despite no romantic tension in canon and a [[{{Squick}} large age difference]]. This isn't helped by Kishimoto's drawing of [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/4c61c0420899bc00abb41bdb994a0715/tumblr_nbftt7SwDD1s4uahfo2_500.png panels]] [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/f370b5d647cb9bddaa17b53945b88ce1/tumblr_nbdj1m9uVQ1shw248o1_500.png like]] [[http://iconosquare.com/p/806618386651577956_28277718 these]] (warning for manga spoilers). Sakura also gets a huge amount of villain-shipping. When she's not with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2041/14209/0/0/1/ all of Akatsuki]], she's often with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2041/2050/0/0/1/ Itachi]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2041/2117/0/0/1/ Deidara]], or [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2041/2136/0/0/1/ Sasori]]. On the good guy side, [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2041/2044/0/0/1/ Neji]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2041/2055/0/0/1/ Gaara]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2046/2041/0/0/1/ Shikamaru]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2041/2054/0/0/1/ Kiba]] are common ships as well as going yuri or threesome with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2041/2042/0/0/1/ Ino]]. In short, if a character is male, Sakura has been shipped with him. If a character is female and either her age or from Leaf Village, she's probably been shipped with her too. |
| 11 | ** Sasuke's signature, semi-popular crack ship is with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2040/2045/0/0/1/0/ Hinata]], [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight who he rarely speaks to]] (except for one or two occasions, such as the second Shippuden movie) and who is the only girl in his class that wasn't interested in him. This is often why he goes for her in the first place. Some people have Sasuke develop an unrequited crush on Hinata to close the loop with the Team 7+Hinata love triangle- Hinata loves Naruto, who loves Sakura, who loves Sasuke, who loves Hinata. It should be noted that Sasuke & Hinata as a couple have a reasonably large fanbase on Website/{{deviantART}}, and Website/{{Tumblr}}, with multiple pages supporting the pair. |
| 12 | ** Kakashi gets shipped with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2051/2059/0/0/1/ Iruka]] very often despite them rarely speaking; they argue over whether it's too soon for his team to take part in the Chunin Exams, and Kakashi later saves Iruka from Pain. He also ends up with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2051/2066/0/0/1/ Anko]] a fair share as a secondary pair despite them never talking. (The latter is likely because, until recently, there were few females anywhere near his age in canon at all.) |
| 13 | *** If it doesn't work, [[OppositesAttract make it]] [[NiceGuy Iruka]] / [[TheVamp Anko]] (often as background pairing instead of the main one). If you read most fic in the FanFicRecommendations page, you will get the idea. |
| 14 | ** When Gaara isn't paired off with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2055/2039/0/0/1/ Naruto]] or [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2055/2041/0/0/1/ Sakura]], he can be seen with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2055/2045/0/0/1/ Hinata]] for some strange reason. |
| 15 | ** Despite having an extremely close relationship with Choji in the manga, you are more likely to find Shikamaru in yaoi fics with [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2046/2044/0/0/1/ Neji]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2046/2039/0/0/1/ Naruto]], and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/anime/Naruto/10/0/1/1/0/2054/2046/0/0/1/ Kiba]]. |
| 16 | ** [[http://naruto.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600094664 This fic]] (warning, NSFW), includes Hinata/Kiba/Shino threesome, Genma/Shizune, Gaara/Neji, and Kankuro/Anko, as well as more common pairings like [=KakaIru=] and [=SasuNaru=] |
| 17 | * From ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', there's the curiously semi-popular [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Kyon,_Asakura,_and_their_kid.jpg Kyon/Asakura pairing]]. Asakura [[spoiler:(a humanoid interface like Nagato) is ''deleted'']] partway through the first novel, you see, after [[spoiler:trying to ''kill'' Kyon to provoke a reaction in Haruhi]]. It gets better. In ''The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya'', Kyon winds up in an AlternateUniverse where everything is "normal" and [[spoiler:winds up getting stabbed by her ''again'' near the end, this time for trying to return the world to the way it was ("That was the reason why I was created.")]]. {{Yandere}}-fandom, anyone? |
| 18 | ** [[spoiler:Saving Kyon from Suou with a BigDamnHeroes moment, a knife-wielding arm over his shoulder and her mouth directly at the nape of his neck whispering "This human is my prey. If you mean to take him away from me, why, I'd rather do this"]] probably fuels this pairing quite a bit. It also makes her a lot creepier and {{Yandere}}. |
| 19 | ** Some re-imaginings of the first incident involve her trying a ''different'' tactic. Haruhi nearly [[spoiler:remade the world for catching Asahina ''playfully pushing against Kyon's back'']]; one can hardly imagine what might happen if she caught him doing something ''more''. It ''is'' the obvious, sane choice and likely the one she would've made if she'd only thought of it. You can easily imagine Kyon talking her into it out of self-preservation. |
| 20 | ** [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Taniguchi/Kuyou]], anyone? [[spoiler: The tenth book reveals that Kuyou is Taniguchi's ex-girlfriend from the fourth book.]] |
| 21 | * [[EnsembleDarkhorse Margrave Jeremiah Gottwald]]/[[NinjaMaid Sayoko Shinozaki]] has lately become kinda popular in the ''Franchise/CodeGeass'' fandom. [[http://community.livejournal.com/code_geass/969582.html#comments The pretty fanarts also help]]. It's '''[[MemeticMutation "A FUCKING STORM OF LOYALTY"]]'''. |
| 22 | ** Fanon is quite clear on how the Grand Finale plays out: [[spoiler:Only Anya and Orange are shown in the ORANGE GROVE because of the "fact" that Sayoko is back at the house cooking for her dear husband and their adopted daughter. Or scaring off thieves and birds eating/stealing the fruits with her l33t NinjaMaid skillz and then joining her little family at home for a nice dinner.]] |
| 23 | ** [[CargoShip NinaXTable-kun]] {{O|neTruePairing}}TP. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezwhZC4R-eI It even has some basis in canon]] |
| 24 | * The ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' fandom made a sport of it, with many characters and fewer canon ships than you can count on one hand. Fans would spend plenty of time thinking up interesting pairings, giving them clever names, and adding them to a large list. And these ships were not just for humans - Pokémon were used frequently, too. At one point, there was even a subsection for ''[[CargoShip shippings with inanimate objects]]''. |
| 25 | ** [[http://shipping.bulbagarden.net/listaz.html Bulbagarden has a comprehensive list of basically every Pokémon shipping in existence]]. It's ''523 pages long''. |
| 26 | ** [[AbusiveParents Ghetsis]][[ParentalIncest /]][[UnwittingPawn N.]] [[MindScrew It exists.]] There's even [[http://n-ghetsislove.com a Website/DeviantArt page on it.]] |
| 27 | ** The Delia/Oak fic ''Fanfic/TilDeathDoUsPart'' reveals near the end that Gary married the oneshot character Lara Laramie. This is implied to be because she had a large herd of Ponyta. Gary had previously married Duplica, but they ended up divorcing. The fic also ships Brock with Gary's sister May (AKA Daisy from the games, who likely doesn't even exist in anime canon). |
| 28 | * ''Manga/FairyTail'': ''Weaponized'' InUniverse in one arc, wherein partners Elfman and Evergreen get the drop on their opponent (Elfman's sister) by declaring that they're getting married. Up to this arc, their biggest interaction was Evergreen defeating Elfman and [[TakenForGranite petrifying him]] during an arc where Evergreen was a villain. |
| 29 | * ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 30 | ** Giorno/Jolyne, who not only have never met in canon, but are also blood related. There's even [[http://i39.tinypic.com/vess5u.jpg official artwork]] of this one. |
| 31 | ** CLAMP took the cake when they massively shipped Jotaro/Kakyoin with the creation of Jota: their son who hatched from an egg. It took off so well that what was arguably one of the most nonsensical couplings within Part 3's main cast went on to become one of the biggest {{Fan Preferred Couple}}s for the whole series. |
| 32 | *** In what may be a bit of AscendedFanon, it seems [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKL2mituEgo Jolyne]] [[http://i.imgur.com/j389mf3.jpg Kujo]] may also be Kakyoin's stepdaughter. |
| 33 | ** One of the official artbooks has a series of pictures showing the whole cast having a big dance party, and includes a number of pairings that range from the plausible ([[BodyguardCrush Trish/Mista]], [[MinionShipping Dio/two of his female minions]]) to the unlikely ([[HoYay Avdol/Polnareff, Wham/ACDC]]) to the truly bizarre ([[UnholyMatrimony Killer Queen/The World]] and [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Silver Chariot/Moody Blues]]). |
| 34 | * ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': A more far-fetched one about Minako has her paired with [[Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan Broly]]. Admittedly, this one comes from a humoristic facebook group... |
| 35 | * ''Manga/DeathNote'': |
| 36 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5RWlC3eMic&feature=related#movie_player There's a video out there dedicated to Light's crackpairings...]] |
| 37 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4024213/1/What_Were_You_Thinking Ryuk/Light]], [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/disturbing_2710.jpg for those yet unfamiliar with the series, this is why.]] [[http://carrotcakebandit.deviantart.com/art/bruise-pristine-211352971]] [[http://chibistarproductions.deviantart.com/art/Please-don-t-kill-me-RyukxLight-Crack-pairing-425168983]] |
| 38 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5949144/1/All_You_Need_is_Love Light x Naomi Misora]]. In canon they share one scene together and [[spoiler: he killed her at the end of it.]] Also very cracky because [[HetIsEw Het is very much Ew in this fandom]]. |
| 39 | ** BB x Light [[http://rhymeswithmonth.deviantart.com/art/Mass-Murderer-Pickup-lines-145854261]], [[http://takabi-tenshi.deviantart.com/art/If-B-N-Kira-Ever-Met-121141427]] They never met in canon and [[spoiler: it's implied that Light killed him.]] |
| 40 | ** Mello x Light [[http://sugarsugarhyperlolly.deviantart.com/art/Hey-you-51408937]], [[http://iyka.deviantart.com/art/Mello-x-Light-request-245238326]], [[http://mineko.deviantart.com/art/DN-Couples-Mello-x-Light-152998985]] enemies that never met in canon. |
| 41 | ** [[http://mewmewichigoshana.deviantart.com/art/DN-Mello-x-Misa-113620379 Mello x Misa]] enemies that never met in canon and {{Het}}. |
| 42 | ** [[http://suigetsuei.deviantart.com/art/L-x-Matt-246003517 L x Matt]] they never met in canon and the age difference is disturbing. |
| 43 | ** [[http://go-devil-dante.deviantart.com/art/Raito-and-Matt-is-love-68414445 Light x Matt]] enemies that never met in canon. |
| 44 | ** [[http://requiemflames.deviantart.com/art/BB-x-Misa-Famous-Last-Words-175083939 BB x Misa]] they never met in canon and again it would be {{Het}}. |
| 45 | ** [[http://lennylein.deviantart.com/art/Kakao-Cards-30-31-RyukxRem-103037507 Ryuk x Rem]] very cracky because 1) Shinigami can't have sex and 2) it would be {{Het}} and ''canonically'' Rem [[LesYay loves]] [[YuriGenre Misa.]] |
| 46 | ** [[ScrewYourself Kira x Light]] (often shipped as an EnemyWithin sort of thing) [[http://karlafrazetty.deviantart.com/art/Light-and-Kira-87445687]], [[http://valerie-haru.deviantart.com/art/lmfao-selfcest-134812369]], [[http://valerie-haru.deviantart.com/art/KiraRaito-86463448]] |
| 47 | ** [[http://go-devil-dante.deviantart.com/art/Watari-X-Yagami-for-bunkun-11747442 Watari x Mr. Yagami]] NoYay at it's finest. |
| 48 | ** There's Mr. Yagami x Mello doujinshi out there. The one time they met, they tried to kill each other. Not to mention Mello kidnaps his daughter... |
| 49 | ** [[http://dn-kink2.livejournal.com/1491.html?thread=152531#t152531 Tetris Block x Mello (NSFW)]] |
| 50 | ** How about the ContinuationFic [[http://dn-kink2.livejournal.com/1491.html?thread=420563#t420563 where Light is romanced by the flying spaghetti monster?]] |
| 51 | ** Matt x Misa: Although Matt ''did'' take notice of her beauty while spying on her, they never met in canon. Besides, Misa has eyes for Light ''only.'' |
| 52 | ** [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/120087 Everyone Wants L]] (Very NSFW) features every bizarre, nonsensical, and [[{{Squick}} squicky]] pairing imaginable involving L. |
| 53 | * "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2196165/1/My_Jersey_Boy My Jersey Boy.]]" Carl from ''[[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce ATHF]]'' and Manga/InuYasha. Yeah. |
| 54 | * [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Bandit Keith]] X [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers America]] X [[Series/TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]] [[http://angelofhappiness.deviantart.com/art/Bandit-Keith-I-Am-America-86835395 fanart]]. |
| 55 | * ''Manga/GunsmithCats'' has possibly the first canon crack pairing ever with the latest volume of ''Gunsmith Cats Burst'' having [[spoiler:Misty and ''Iron Goldie Musou'']] end up together by the end. In a threesome with the maid, no less. |
| 56 | * Thanks to the fact that the characters are all countries, even the canon pairings in ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' could qualify as crack. Then read the history of each nation and it's not too hard to come up with some reason for a romantic pairing for each and every single pairing: |
| 57 | ** [[http://itoshikinozomu.livejournal.com/10309.html England/Mochimerica]] has been done in accordance with RuleThirtyFour. |
| 58 | ** [[http://media.photobucket.com/image/hetalia/alrisha/tonyliet500.jpg?o=196 Tony]][[http://media.photobucket.com/image/hetalia/alrisha/12558.jpg?o=486 /Lithuania]]. Be warned, following these links may bring bouts of nausea. |
| 59 | ** Music/LadyGaga[=/=]Canada [[http://ladygagaxcanada.deviantart.com/ has a group]] on deviantART. |
| 60 | ** Thanks to the 2010 World Cup, Spain x Paul (The ''octopus'') has a [[http://utentsu.deviantart.com/art/TENTACLE-LOVE-170661494 small]] fan following. |
| 61 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6580306/1/Always_Eat_Your_Vegetables America/Lettuce exists.]] America being ''[[BlackComedyRape raped]]'' by lettuce, to be exact. |
| 62 | ** Fanfiction exists of [[http://hetalia-kink.livejournal.com/6850.html?thread=10750146#t10750146 France making out with a gazebo.]] |
| 63 | ** [[http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/turkice Turkey/Iceland]] became popular after the two were shown hanging out together during the 2010 Christmas event. |
| 64 | ** Germany/Fem!Canada [[http://hetaliatranslations.tumblr.com/post/12929553207/prussia-x-fem-canada-x-germany-requested/ exists in doujinshi form]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9455555/1/Alphabet and]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7676501/1/Being-Discovered in]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7607420/1/Ortona-Memories fanfic]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7434273/1/Never-wanted-to-Dance form]] despite the fact that the characters (that is, non-genderbended) ''never even interacted in canon.'' |
| 65 | * In the ''Literature/{{Baccano}}''! visual novel, you can choose an option for Ladd and Claire to get married. Yes, Ladd and Claire. The 2 {{psycho for hire}}s who hate each other can get [[http://community.livejournal.com/baccano/91407.html married]], despite (or even ''because'', knowing these two) it's 1931 and gay marriage wouldn't become legal for close to a century. |
| 66 | * In the ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' Italian fandom, Shaoron/Yuui (the twin brothers of two of the protagonists in the AlternateUniverse omakes) started out as this. Then the pairing caught on (with the help of some very willing fanwriters and [[http://week.boo.jp/img/asagao.jpg pretty Japanese fanart]]), and it's now considered on par with the series' main ships- in Italy, of course. We are waiting for the right time to export it and conquer the world. |
| 67 | ** A much more serious but still crack pairing is Syaoran/Kurogane which is heavily featured, deconstructed and popularized by {{FanFic/Shatterheart}} by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3306328/Tonight-s-The-Night Tonight's The Night]]. WordOfGod is that the story had to be [[DoorStopper massively]] [[AdaptationExpansion expanded]] in order for the relationship to develop naturally within the context of the story. |
| 68 | * ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': A series of Deviantart comics called ''Hellsing Bloopers'' pair off [[http://fireheart1001.deviantart.com/art/Hellsing-bloopers-22-Alone-119333534 Incognito and Zorin Blitz]]. It even became a plot point in the comic [[http://fireheart1001.deviantart.com/art/Great-idea-pg-1-127224601 Oblivion]]. |
| 69 | * ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': |
| 70 | ** A two part side story written by the canon's author sees the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Stakes]] give chocolat to other characters on Valentine's Day. [[ShipTease Battler just happens to show up when the oldest sister is trying to figure out who she wants to give her's to]], and he gives her nicely packaged black tea in return in part two. Off the wall since their only interaction up until that point was her torturing and tormenting him. And fatally wounding him when he went to offer her a croissant. |
| 71 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGqnZaZteeE&feature=video_response EVA-Beatrice x Ange has a small following.]] |
| 72 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWPlIQNFATw&feature=channel Beatrice x Ange as well.]] |
| 73 | * ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'': Whispy Woods/Lovely. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CldiBHUVxLU&feature=fvsr Yes]]''. Note that they are, respectively, a talking apple tree and a flower. Also note that this is ''canon''. |
| 74 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'': |
| 75 | ** Izaya/Mikado/Anri/Kida. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx7cVic-qSw It]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOY9diHSjc exists]]. |
| 76 | ** In canon, both Walker and Erika are total crack shippers. Pairings they've wrote include (but are no way limited to) Kadota/Chikage, Erika/Kadota (with BDSM), Shizuo/Izaya, Kadota/Walker (as butlers), Walker/Girls, [[AttractiveBentGender Female!Kadota]]/Girls, Shizuo/Kadota/Izaya ([[LauncherOfAThousandShips you may be sensing a trend here]]), Fans/Trolls, [[CargoShip [=CDs=]/DVDs]]... |
| 77 | * ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'': |
| 78 | ** ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Kimblee x Winry. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8072976/1/A-Storm-of-Ice It]] [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/70244?view_adult=true exists]], and it probably [[http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh31/Colt66152/Eclipse_Fullmetal_Alchemist_Brot-4.jpg has a reason]]. |
| 79 | ** And while we are on the subject, Father and [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 Dante]]. No, [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=It+Dante+happen#/d3870fr really.]] |
| 80 | ** As a side couple, ''Fanfic/BloodTiesFullmetalAlchemist'' pairs up Winry with Sig Curtis' assistant Mason. |
| 81 | * ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Chiyo's dad ([[MindScrew that... cat-potato thing]]) [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh x Sakaki]]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek-f1XKM-GY |
| 82 | * Considering the amount of characters, you'd think ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' would have a lot more of this than it does. ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6111924/1/Tales_of_Yues_Harem Tales of Yue's Harem]]'', however, has a little snippet devoted to one that breaks the mind just to consider; [[spoiler: Tsukuyomi/Paio.]] |
| 83 | ** And [[PlayingWithATrope played with]] somewhat canon [[PerversePuppet Chachazero]] and [[WeaselMascot Chamo]]. |
| 84 | ** Another bizarre canon example occurs in the epilogue, where it's heavily implied that Hakase marries [[spoiler: ''Kurt Godel'']], whom she'd never met in the main story. |
| 85 | * ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': |
| 86 | ** Legions of [[YuriFan Yuri Fans]] are fond of shipping [[CoolBigSis Mami]] and [[AdorableEvilMinions Charlotte]] together, as hundreds of fan artists can attest. One of those yuri fans seems to be the ''series's character designer/creator'', Creator/UmeAoki. It's pretty [[{{Squee}} cute]], until you remember that [[spoiler:Charlotte was the Witch that ''[[EatenAlive ate Mami alive]]'']]. As of TheMovie, this is ''even more of a crack pairing'': it turns out she has a pretty strong kinship with Mami in the right situation [[spoiler: as well as a human form]]... except [[spoiler:she's a literal child and the kinship is sisterly/parent-child]]. |
| 87 | ** Mami is occasionally paired with the nameless OfficeLady she helped save in Episode 2. |
| 88 | ** As of late, [[TheCape Sayaka]] and [[AloofDarkHairedGirl Homura]] are paired together frequently... which seems fine, except [[spoiler: Homura attempted to kill Sayaka once and]] the two simply don't get along in canon. They have the most openly hostile relationship of the five main characters in the series, which ironically might have spurred this ship. Between their open clashes drawing fans' attention and the fact that this series is very tragic for everyone (which would inspire fans who want to see them have happier outcomes), this might be the ultimate "screw tragedy" pairing for the series - if ''they'' can make it work and anyone can make it work. It's a Crack Pairing because of its unlikelihood in the setting (i.e., Homura and Sayaka already have a far more obvious pairing with Madoka and Kyouko, respectively). |
| 89 | *** Related works [[spoiler: set in previous timelines]] such as the ''[[Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica Oriko]]'' manga have shown Sayaka can be friendly to Homura, and Homura does regret in Episode 5 that she let Sayaka make a contract (though chiefly because [[spoiler: Sayaka's eventual downfall into a Witch would deeply sadden Madoka]]). Another occasion is in the first Drama CD [[spoiler:set in the first timeline]], where Sayaka actually helped Homura by stealing Hitomi's math note for her. [[spoiler:justified that the event happened before Madoka making a contract for the first time.]] |
| 90 | ** Some fans have even gone ahead to pair up Sayaka Miki's love interest, Kyousuke Kamijou, with another male classmate, Nakazawa who has a grand total of four lines in the whole series. In a yuri dominated fanbase, the introduction of a boy/boy pairing is just as surprising as the big shock of episode three. A certain fan has even gone ahead to replicate the famous Kyouko/Sayaka art from the end of episode 9 with the two boys [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1iZz9pnJSw here]]. |
| 91 | ** Most ridiculous of all are the fanarts pairing one of the magical girls with Kyubey--who is [[InterspeciesRomance an alien ferret]], physically incapable of feeling affection, and [[spoiler:a SatanicArchetype]]. Yes, this exists, in surprising quantities, and [[BrainBleach it's often pretty explicit]]. |
| 92 | * While there are not too many crack-ships that are super popular from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', the writers from the DBZ kink meme seem to be trying their hardest to increase the popularity of crack-pairings. Some examples are: |
| 93 | ** Bulma/Yamcha/Vegeta: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6594040/1/The_Princess_Prince_Charmings 1]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7392810/1/Welcome_to_Earth 2]] |
| 94 | ** Android 17/Yamcha: [[http://dragonkink.livejournal.com/721.html?thread=4049#t4049 1]] [[http://dragonkink.livejournal.com/721.html?thread=740817#t740817 2]] |
| 95 | ** Yamcha/Future Trunks [[http://dragonkink.livejournal.com/721.html?thread=162513#t162513 1]] |
| 96 | ** Marron/Maron (as in pairing up Krillin's daughter with Krillin's ex-girlfriend):[[http://anime2.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600023696 1]] |
| 97 | ** [[ScrewYourself Bulma/Future Bulma]] [[http://dragonkink.livejournal.com/721.html?thread=633809#t633809 1]] (Note that Trunks/Future Trunks also exists, just not on that meme. [[http://mirai-masenko.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/di6ge5 1]]) |
| 98 | ** There’s also the ever-popular Android 17/Krillin/Android 18 [[http://dragonkink.livejournal.com/721.html?thread=49361#t4936 1]] [[http://dragonkink.livejournal.com/721.html?thread=353233#t353233 2]] [[http://dragonkink.livejournal.com/721.html?thread=362961#t362961 3]] |
| 99 | ** Actually, all of Dr. Gero's creations seem to like Krillin [[http://dragonkink.livejournal.com/721.html?thread=647633#t647633 1]] [[http://dragonkink.livejournal.com/721.html?thread=815313#t815313 2]] |
| 100 | ** It should be noted that most of these stories have parts that are not safe for work. Also, there are even more pairings on the meme that can be considered crack pairings. |
| 101 | ** Piccolo/[=ChiChi=] seems to be rather popular on [=FFnet=] for some reason (second entry NSFW). [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/632192/1/Piccolo-and-Chi-Chi 1]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1679797/1/Flesh-Entwined 2]] |
| 102 | ** Trunks/Pan [[http://crazygirlx.deviantart.com/art/Trunks-x-Pan-115785585 is one of the most popular ones]], [[SickAndWrong despite their age gap.]] |
| 103 | ** Goku Black/Future Zamasu, which is especially disturbing considering [[ScrewYourself they are actually the same person]]. |
| 104 | ** Zamasu/Cus, is fairly popular since with Cus being the only female deity from Universe 10. |
| 105 | ** In ''Dragon Ball Super'' a few tension-laden scenes and a few... ''[[AccidentalInnuendo questionable]]'' dialogue choices were enough to turn Goku/Frieza into an item. [[spoiler: It doesn't help when they turn out to be surprisingly effective tag-team partners at the climax of the Tournament of Power.]] |
| 106 | ** In a [[WhatCouldHaveBeen deleted scene]] from the ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' version of ''Anime/DragonBallZTheHistoryOfTrunks'', Future Bulma has sex with Future Gohan. Creator/TeamFourStar claimed that they were all glad that they didn't go in that direction. |
| 107 | * ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': And then there's Kaworu/Asuka [[SincerityMode Yes, it really does exist]], as [[MindScrew mind-boggling]] as it sounds. Proof [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/909274 here]], [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/909276 here]], and [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/909267 here]]. |
| 108 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8030225/1/Cross_Compatible This]] Shinji/Kyoko fic takes arguably up to eleven. Why is that? Because it's Shinji with ''Asuka's mother'', a PosthumousCharacter whose only scene was basically [[spoiler: hanging herself in front of Asuka as child]]. |
| 109 | * ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': |
| 110 | ** ''Higurashi When They Cry'' decided to play with some CrackPairing of their own, and actually gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_0WsgccBNI Rena and Takano]]. You may reach for the BrainBleach at any time. |
| 111 | ** An OVA teased Keiichi/Satoshi in [[spoiler:a dream sequence]]. It's cracky because the two have never met outside of the game-only "true" ending. Satoshi went missing a year before Keiichi moved to town and [[spoiler:is in a coma]]. |
| 112 | * ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'' gives us [[FanNickname Kanekicest]], the tendency of fans to pair various incarnations of Kaneki with himself. Fueled by Kaneki's tendency to have disturbing conversations with himself during particularly surreal moments -- particularly when he performs a HeadbuttOfLove to comfort himself during a surreal dream sequence. [[http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Kaneki%20Ken*s*Kaneki%20Ken/works Suffice to say]], it's quite a popular pairing since the poor kid has the most sexual tension with the voices in his head. |
| 113 | * ''Anime/AquarionEVOL'' gives us [[http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B0%E3%82%BC%E3%82%B7 Kagura/Zessica]], in a strange mix of PairingTheSpares and CrackPairing. [[TheTease Zessica]] and [[StalkerWithACrush Kagura]] have never interacted in the entirety of the show, and never cared about each other until the lasts minutes of the last episode, [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds right after both were rejected by their respective love interests]]. Kagura spent most of the show trying to kill Zessica's love interest, and Zessica even attempted to kill Kagura to save Amata from him. Is even more cringe worthy when you remember Kagura's entire character had to be erased and rewritten at the last minute for him to take interest in Zessica and stop chasing Mikono. Likewise, Zessica had to magically forget that [[MurderTheHypotenuse Kagura tried to kill Amata multiple times]], sometimes in very painful ways and in front of her. Some fans don't care about this, though, and ship it because they don't want them to be heartbroken for the rest of eternity, while also admitting is pretty ridiculous. |
| 114 | * ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator'' has Shoko×L-Elf, despite both of them having two or three conversations throughout the entire show and both having their respective love interests. Let's not forget L-Elf has attempted to kill Shoko should she not act according to his plans, and that his main character motivation is to make a peaceful country where he can live with Lieselotte, Dorsia's Princess. On the other hand, Shoko never shows much interest in L-Elf, and spends most of the show worried over Haruto. Fans still ship it mostly because of Shoko's [[GenkiGirl cheerful personality]] and L-Elf's [[TheStoic stoic attitude]]. |
| 115 | * ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'': |
| 116 | ** Erwin x Bertolt is becoming a popular crack-ship (partly due to the Series/SesameStreet name overlap), often with a dash of [[PropertyOfLove Dom/Sub]] for flavor. As for why it's a crack pairing, [[spoiler:Bertolt is the "warrior" with the powers of the Colossus Titan, while Erwin is the commander of the Survey Corps, and his enemy. In the Return to Shiganshima arc, the protagonists had planned on turning the mortally wounded Erwin into a titan and letting him eat Bertolt to steal his powers and return to human form.]] |
| 117 | ** Also Rogue Titan x Female Titan, for obvious reasons. |
| 118 | * ''Anime/BakutenShootBeyblade'' has sometimes featured Mariam X Kai, two characters with an admittedly similar bad temper that [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight barely interact]], with most of said interactions being indirect and as enemies (Mariam ''does'' have some ShipTease, but it is with Kai's friend Max). Gleefully {{Lampshaded}} in the remake of ''FanFic/BattleFantasiaProject'', where the reason they started to take interest in each other is [[spoiler:a drunken one-night stand, in which Mariam, when she wakes up in Kai's bed, gets scared and runs away with Kai's ScarfOfAsskicking instead of her bra, resulting in them making many failed attempts at meeting alone and giving back the misplaced clothing items]] until they succeeded...and found out they were in love (bonus points for explaining why Kai was scarfless in the second season of the anime). |
| 119 | * ''Manga/BloomIntoYou'' has Yuu/Sayaka. It's a less extreme case than most of these on here, since IncompatibleOrientation is averted (Sayaka is a lesbian and Yuu falls in love with another girl), the two are only a year apart, and despite butting heads at a few points, they actually develop an understanding of sorts. That said, considering that most of Yuu and Sayaka's interactions revolve around their contrasting relationships with Touko, the girl they both love, there's virtually no chance of them getting together as long as Touko is around. |
| 120 | * ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' doesn't have much romantic subtext, let alone text. That said, a small but significant portion of the fanbase ships Miho with [[JerkAss Erika]], the girl who's nastiest to her, and practically [[NiceGirl Miho]]'s polar opposite. The ''Phase: Erika'' spinoff made this pairing a bit more popular, since it shows that Erika had known Miho since the start of middle school, resulting in doujins pairing the two during their time at Kuromorimine. |
| 121 | * ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': |
| 122 | ** For the sheer hilarity of seeing Killua's reactions to his loved ones getting together, some fans have shipped his BestFriend [[HeterosexualLifePartner Gon]] to his sibling [[BigBrotherInstinct Alluka]] when they only interacted once like [[https://preview.redd.it/0vmae53k5sz41.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=fc274904169087718cebe5bf3d4e6dc6df1bbc82 this one]] and [[https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4d/f4/a8/4df4a80d77745c82f8ae2dccbdc329e3.jpg this one]]. A doujinshi of the two can be found ''years before'' Alluka made her actual debut in the manga when she was just foreshadowed in the Zoldyck family ThemeNaming. |
| 123 | ** Despite only interacting once that ends with [[spoiler:Kite killed off]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Kaito%20%7C%20Kite*s*Neferpitou%20(Hunter%20X%20Hunter)/works fanfics]] and fanart of Kite, in his [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/26/99/77/2699776daa0eeb1bacaa7ea9fc296205.jpg original]] and [[spoiler:later, her [[https://twitter.com/ke02152/status/1109058564385996801/photo/1 reincarnated]] body]], and Pitou exists. |
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