Line #50 DieForOurShip/WesternAnimation


1	WesternAnimation has a surprising amount of {{Shipping}}, both in {{canon}} and out of it. So the DieForOurShip mentality can pop up here, too...
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3	!!Series with their own pages
4	[[index]]
5	* ''DieForOurShip/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''The Legend of Korra''
6	* ''DieForOurShip/SouthPark''
7	* ''DieForOurShip/TotalDrama''
8	[[/index]]
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10	!!Other series
11	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
12	** Marceline the Vampire Queen is not the favorite character of Finn/Princess Bubblegum shippers when she gets paired with either character. It died down after Finn and Marcie both sunk the pairing in the episode "Go With Me", and ''especially'' after Marceline and Princess Bubblegum rekindled their friendship and [[spoiler:got back together in the series finale]].
13	** In addition to RonTheDeathEater, Princess Bubblegum gets this from those who ship Finn with anyone else besides her, painting her up as a heartless jerkass who toys with Finn's feelings without a care. Nevermind that they are still good friends after Finn's crush finally wanes, and Finn is still dedicated to protecting her.
14	** Both Marceline/Finn and Finn/Bubblegum shippers [[ShipToShipCombat were reduced to screaming messes]] after the appearance of [[ThirdOptionLoveInterest Flame Princess]]. And then Finn and Flame Princess broke up. Things got very bad when "Red Throne" came out, wherein Cinnamon Bun admitted his love to Flame Princess. That led to the Finn/Flame Princess to become so outraged that many ragequit the show. This rage simmered down after WordOfGod confirmed that things between Cinnamon Bun and Flame Princess are strictly platonic, as FP is 16 and CB is 30.
15	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Gumball and Darwin both have girlfriends, respectively Penny and Carrie, but they're much more shipped with each other, despite being (adoptive) brothers (as they have accidentally kissed once, hugged many times, and Gumball's love with Darwin, a goldfish, is the reason the latter grew legs). The episode "The Shippening" makes fun of this by depicting Gumball and Darwin as anime-style humans getting married.
16	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': Many Jake/Rose shippers became irate when Jake flirted with Dannika Hunicutt because she was a girl who Jake was attracted to and [[OneTruePairing who was not Rose]]. She was even speculated to be the "siren" of a later episode and working for the [[BigBad Dark Dragon]]. As the show played out, however, the girl proved to be nothing more than an extra with a few lines. Oddly, the ''actual'' siren who brainwashed Jake into loving her is an EnsembleDarkhorse (probably [[BrainwashedAndCrazy because brainwashing]] doesn't ''quite'' count as actual romantic feelings, and she was only in one episode).
17	** Jake/Trixie shippers tend to ignore Rose's HeelFaceTurn, or rewrite it so that she [[FaceHeelTurn falls back into villainy.]]
18	* Even ComicBook/{{Batman}} gets this treatment in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''. Nightwing, Batgirl, ''and'' Batman fans absolutely loathe how he had a thing with Batgirl. Dating your son's love interest breaks so many things to people. [[spoiler:The fact that Bruce officially impregnated Barbara makes it worse, though she had a miscarriage]].
19	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': The [[FanPreferredCouple Terry/Maxine and Terry/Melanie]] fans ''really'' hated Terry's canon girlfriend, Dana. Some even think that she's less sympathetic than the StalkerWithACrush who tried to kill her and/or that she deserved to die, just because she got fed up with being constantly StoodUp.
20	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'':
21	** For Ben himself, Kai is often portrayed in fanfiction as a snobby RichBitch-esque character who gets in the way of any other ship Ben finds himself a part of, though she's just as likely to be ignored wholesale outside works that aren't shipping infused rewrites of canon episodes. Despite being the OfficialCouple by way of {{foregone conclusion}}, it's rare to find any shipper in the fandom that even tolerates the character.
22	** At one time, Kevin/Gwen shippers perceived Charmcaster as getting in the way of their ship due to her seducing Kevin in her Alien Force debut episode, and Michael Morningstar/Darkstar got a similar reaction due to his constant flirtations toward "lovely Gwen". Sometimes there was no DieForOurShip, though, and Charmcaster and Darkstar ended up being [[PairTheSpares paired with each other instead.]] Then that pairing actually ''happened'', [[AbandonShipping and many fans thought better of it.]]
23	** Ben's love interests Julie and Kai are not liked by the Kevin/Ben shippers, and later Ben/Rook shippers. Or by Ben/Gwen shippers, who also bash Kevin for getting together with Gwen in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''.
24	* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'':
25	** Ulrich/Yumi shippers tend to take the flawed character aspects of alternate love interests Sissi (who is canonically outwardly annoying, but does show JerkWithAHeartOfGold depths) and William (a canonical StalkerWithACrush, but more dark than evil) and exaggerate them beyond recognition until there's ''no'' way they could threaten their beloved ship. Or the writers save themselves the trouble and kill them off, or pair them with each other. All of which is really unnecessary, since both Sissi and William are canonically {{Hopeless Suitor}}s (Sissi from the beginning and William once [[spoiler: he becomes BrainwashedAndCrazy.]]) Ulrich/Yumi is in much more danger from [[UnresolvedSexualTension Ulrich and Yumi themselves]] than outside forces.
26	** Theo Gautier, a one-shot character who displayed interest toward Sissi then toward Yumi, is either used to get Sissi out of the way while averting this trope, or portrayed as a {{Jerkass}} and abusive boyfriend toward Yumi so she can run into Ulrich's arms (despite the fact he is even less of a threat than Sissi is).
27	** The treatment that Jérémie gets from a lot of Odd×Aelita supporters in fanfiction. Good luck finding Oddlita fanfiction that doesn't feature Jérémie as physically, verbally, emotionally, or sexually abusive towards Aelita. At best he's retroactively revealed to have been [[BrainwashedAndCrazy possessed by XANA]] [[EvilAllAlong the entire time]], or [[PosthumousCharacter dead before the story starts]].
28	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': Lizzie Devine, Numbuh One's girlfriend gets a fair bit of hate from the fandom for [[TheScrappy several reasons]], but as far as shippers are concerned, her worst crime is simply being the canon girlfriend for most of the series of the main LauncherOfAThousandShips. Lizzie gets it worse than most as she's already considered to be rather unpleasant even in canon, making it even easier for fans to justify Numbuh 1 dumping her in favor of whoever they ship him with.
29	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'':
30	** Samantha "Sam" Manson (the one Danny ended up with) was subjected to this trope early in the fandom; she was hated, despised, and bashed in fanfiction written by Danny fangirls who paired Danny with the writer's OriginalCharacter. However, the hate for Sam lessened when [[WellIntentionedExtremist Valerie]] [[FallenPrincess Gray]] went through, not only CharacterDevelopment, but also a GondorCallsForAid episode in which she and Danny become friends, and eventually ended up in a temporary DatingCatwoman situation before breaking up. After which, Valerie became despised by both these shippers and Danny/Sam shippers, as the breakup wasn't because they lost interest in each other, but purely because [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies Valerie didn't want to put Danny in danger]]), leaving her as a "threat". Years after the shows' end, and Sam bashing would once again take the lead, but fanfics in which Sam is depressed over Danny and Valerie's relationship, and it turns out that Danny is only dating Valerie because he thinks Sam will never love him and never loved Valerie in the first place are still easy to find.
31	** Danny/Valerie shippers frequently claim Sam is some kind of manipulative shrew who thinks of Danny as a tool for her own agendas. It got even worse after the finale had Danny and Sam officially get together.
32	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'':
33	** Some fans are still upset that Daria got over her crush on the cool slacker Trent and ended up with the charming preppie Tom, even though Tom is ''[[DeadpanSnarker exactly]]'' like [[SnarkKnight Daria]], only male and well-adjusted and it's also made clear in the series that she would have been ''really'' unhappy with Trent. Perhaps some of this antipathy stems from the fact that, initially, it seemed like Daria "stole" Tom from Jane; in canon, the characters all eventually got past it and agreed it was unintentional and probably inevitable. The weird part is that Tom and Daria broke up at the end of the series anyway, so they're free to ship her with anyone else... and yet they still try to kill him.
34	** There are the bitter LesYay shippers who are still convinced Tom was invented for the sole purpose of ruining their fantasies. This despite both Daria and Jane (''especially'' Jane) constantly showing interest in and pursuing men.
35	** There's also a group of fans that believe Daria ''must'' remain single for eternity in order to [[RealWomenNeverWearDresses maintain her status as a strong female character]]. Therefore, any scene that depicted Daria being attracted to men, displaying a wish of having a fulfilling heterosexual relationship, or actually dating, is bashed for trying to "ruin" Daria's independence.
36	** Trent's on-and-off girlfriend Monique is also portrayed as an evil bitch in several Daria/Trent fics, despite her canon self being sweet and friendly.
37	** It should be noted that after a decade, however, the whole ShipToShipCombat in the fandom has died down a lot; the old fans have gotten over it and many of the newer ones went into the series knowing what was going to happen. These days, Tom-bashing is more a tongue-in-cheek joke than anything, and Daria/Trent, while still popular, is often seen as kind of cliché. Meanwhile, {{Crack Pairing}}s are prominent.
38	** Back in the day there was a short-lived blow-up over [[HomeschooledKids Ted]], introduced in the episode "The New Kid." He and Daria were clearly TwiceShy and went out on what could [[NotADate arguably be called a date]]. This episode happened to air right before a hiatus, giving Daria/Trent shippers a few months to freak out. Ted was never meant to be an important character, however, and only had two small cameos (one non-speaking) throughout the rest of the series.
39	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
40	** There are a few Edd/Marie fics that go out of their way to depict Nazz as a bitch and/or a slut. Particularly noticeable in that the former sums up Marie's entire [[DiabolusExMachina canon]] [[{{Jerkass}} personality]] quite well.
41	** Edd/May shippers really dislike Marie. In a weird inversion of how it usually goes, it's not about making the "third wheel" worse, but about making the shipped girl ''better'' while keeping the hypotenuse on roughly the same moral level as in the original show.
42	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
43	** Timmy/Trixie shippers end up bashing Tootie, and Timmy/Tootie shippers bash Trixie. In one fanfic, known as "Trixie's True Self 2", [[RonTheDeathEater Tootie even went to the evil side]] -- something she would never do on the show -- after Timmy started dating a new tomboy-fied Trixie. It is even said to happen [[ArmedWithCanon with the writers]].
44	** Missy, a one-episode character from Season 9 who reciprocated Timmy's crush in said episode, got this treatment from both sides, especially since neither character appeared that season.
45	** Chloe joining the cast as a main character for the last season and becoming Timmy's best friend also had Tootie and Trixie fans riled up. Not helped by said characters having disappeared completely from the show by that point.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' fans who pair Brian with Jillian hate Derek Wilcox.
47	* Leela from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' often gets shafted in Fry/Bender fics as [[RonTheDeathEater a cruel, snobbish, manipulative, ungrateful bitch]]. Stories like this often culminate in Bender protecting Fry from Leela, leading Fry to realize that Bender is his true love, and [[LoveMartyr his (Fry's) longing for Leela is unhealthy]] because she, unlike Bender, doesn't give a damn about how much Fry loves her and/or is extremely abusive towards him. This despite the fact that Bender is canonically ''far, far'' more [[{{Jerkass}} physically and emotionally abusive]] towards Fry than Leela is, not to mention ''canonically'' [[LivingEmotionalCrutch manipulative and needy]] [[{{Yandere}} and near-psychotically possessive]]. Since [[DysfunctionJunction everyone in Futurama is royally screwed up]], having Leela being mildly abusive (but far less abusive than Bender) towards Fry would be acceptably in-character—it's only when Leela manages to top Bender in abusiveness that signals that this trope has come into play.
48	* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'':
49	** Despite Arlene not appearing in the series outside of cameos and background dressing, Garfield/Arlene shippers treat [[CanonForeigner Penelope Pussycat]] like utter garbage.
50	** Shelia from the DTV movie gets less hate, probably due to yelling at Garfield for flirting with her just to get a slice of anchovy pizza she stole.
51	--> '''Arlene:''' He's more loyal to his stomach than he is to me!
52	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'':
53	** Fans have never entirely forgiven [[ActionGirl Angela]] for picking [[BigGuy Broadway]] over [[EnsembleDarkhorse Brooklyn]]. Some of them (the ones that don't kill him off) even derail Broadway from a GentleGiant into a wife-beater in their fics so that Angela can go running into the arms of Brooklyn.
54	** There's an in-show example too, as Demona ships herself with Goliath even in the 1990s. Thus, she particularly hates Elisa more than she hates the rest of humanity.
55	* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'':
56	** Many Helga/Arnold shippers hate and despise Lila for Arnold's former crush on her throughout the last part of the series. Which is odd, because Lila did nothing but gently and repeatedly ''turn Arnold down'', and even ''helped'' Helga kiss him after getting her to admit her crush. Granted, it ''has'' been said by WordOfGod that Lila is really [[PlayingHardToGet subconsciously stringing Arnold along]] due to a repressed sexual side, but that still doesn't make her [[RonTheDeathEater the Evil Bitch from Hell!]]
57	** Ruth and Summer also don't get spared from this, despite the fact that Ruth was insignificant to Arnold after season 1 and Summer was just a one-shot character who was just using Arnold to begin with and already had a boyfriend.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'':
59	** Riot/Jerrica shippers are quick to note how overly jealous Rio is and how he outright cheats on Jerrica (with herself but still). It comes off as hypocritical how he thinks every guy is out for Jerrica, and Jem, but makes out with Jem behind Jerrica's back. At least Riot only flirts with Jem.
60	** Rio/Jerrica fans point out what an arrogant jerk Riot is. He often gets exaggerated into an abusive boyfriend or someone who is overly violent.
61	* Jimmy/Cindy shippers in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' do not approve of the existence of Betty, or in some cases April. Though, for what it's worth, ''Cindy'' doesn't exactly approve of Betty either. Made weirder because Betty made it clear at one point that she ''didn't'' have any romantic interest in Jimmy and basically told Cindy that she could have him. Some fans just can't accept that Cindy is in the wrong with her behavior here.
62	** Nick can also be a victim here. Jimmy/Cindy shippers like to depict him as a controlling/abusive boyfriend who wants to take Cindy away from Jimmy, despite that he has never returned Cindy's one-sided crush in canon.
63	* Surprisingly, there's little to none of this immature behavior in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' fandom, despite the LoveTriangle between [[FieryRedhead Shayera/Hawkgirl]], Mari/Vixen and [[Comicbook/GreenLantern John/Green Lantern]]. Maybe it's helped by how, yanno, the three ''act more or less like adults'' in canon about it? [[spoiler: Then again, it ''is'' also canon that Rex/Warhawk is Shayera and John's KidFromTheFuture, so maybe the GL/HG fans don't feel ''that'' threatened since they know Mari will be out of the picture later without any need to derail her.]]
64	* Dawn from ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam!'' probably gets a lot of hate from Henry/June shippers, when in her first (and probably only) appearance, Henry started flirting with her. [[ShipTease June was not pleased.]]
65	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}}'':
66	** Rayllie shippers aren't too fond of [[DarkMagicalGirl Alakshmi]] or [[GirlNextDoor Lucy]], considering that the former girl got to give Ray a peck on the cheek first [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall (while grinning snarkily and winking at Allie)]], and the latter was put into a 2-episode LoveTriangle with the couple and had some pretty ShipTease-y moments with Ray before and after that.
67	** Gabe/Sasha shippers, in an admittedly more platonic sense than usual, [[RonTheDeathEater make Gargle whiny and obnoxious]] to the Nth degree despite the two creatures reconciling in canon.
68	* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
69	** Josh Mankey was often vilified for standing in the way of Kim/Ron before Kim stated that they had drifted apart in the third season. He was usually depicted as womanizing, manipulative, or abusive. This, even though he was shown as caring and understanding the few times he dated Kim. Although, since he was simply a [[CharactersasDevice character as a plot device]] he was very poorly defined and thus open to wide interpretation with what little was shown of him in the show.
70	** Kim suffers from this in stories that pair Ron with other characters, such as Shego, Yori, or Bonnie. Often, Kim is transformed into a demanding, jealous bitch who takes Ron's help for granted and treats him like dirt. One fic had her [[EmoTeen slash her wrists]] after Ron and Shego get married.
71	** Ron is sometimes [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into a completely incompetent, useless tag-along who doesn't have any redeeming qualities -- that is, someone who doesn't "deserve" Kim. The more extreme shippers portray his friendship with Kim as little more than "generosity" (that is, pity) on Kim's part. He usually isn't killed by such writers, but he usually has his role reduced to TheFriendNobodyLikes.
72	** A plot device popular after "So the Drama" was having Ron being a rebound, which could go two ways. On one hand, it was used against Ron so Kim can dump him for someone else the shipper prefers her with. On the other hand, it was used to make Kim look like a bitch so Ron can run into the arms of another who presumably ISN'T a rebound for comfort. To the point that one infamous fanfic had that "another" be ''Kim's own mother.''
73	** Then there's Yori, Ron's {{Ninja}} friend who was clearly in love with him. Oddly enough, despite Kim's own in-universe jealous behavior towards the character, the fans don't utilize this trope with the character. This may be thanks to her [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy quickly accepting]] Kim and Ron as a couple when they tell her.
74	** Kim/Shego writers also have a habit of taking Drakken to one of two extremes to get him out of the picture. One has him be a bigoted {{Jerkass}} who can't stand to see Shego with anyone else [[HeteronormativeCrusader (especially not a woman)]]; the other has him be a worthless loser who couldn't tie his shoes without Shego and is holding her back from being successful.
75	* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Bugs/Lola shippers detest Honey Bunny, rewriting her as a nutjob who feels like [[EntitledToHaveYou she deserves Bugs for no good reason.]] A bit of a moot point, since only the most diehard fans of the franchise know who Honey Bunny even ''is'', since not only did she disappear from all ''Looney Tunes'' products as soon as Lola was created, but she never even appeared in a single short (only appearing sporadically in comics). That said, ''any'' female character Bugs has remotely interacted with is treated like Satan to these shippers ([[HoYay Daffy too]], but they usually ignore him [[ShipMates or slap him with some other girl]]).
76	* From ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'', Ronnie Anne Santiago received backlash from the [[IncestYayShipping Loudcest]] shippers very quickly, even more after the events of "Save the Date". After she moved away to star in her own SpinOff, some of the hate transferred over to Lincoln's new friend Stella. Not all mind you, as Lincoln and Ronnie Anne still visit each other regularly.
77	* There are the type of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' fans that believe Abigail gets in the way of their favored slash ships, even though she did not show as much interest in Pickles as he did for her. She still gets hate regardless, [[spoiler:particularly as she ''does'' end up hooking up with Nathan]].
78	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
79	** Luka and Kagami get bashed on a lot by Adrienette shippers, all because they think "they are in the way of my ship". While Kagami bashers usually just remove the "heart of gold" and "defrosting" parts from her canonical JerkWithAHeartOfGold and DefrostingIceQueen traits, Luka's canonical NiceGuy MellowFellow personality means that his bashers usually just make up negative character traits for him on the spot.
80	** Marinette and Adrien themselves tend to get hit with this in fics that don't go for the Adrienette pairing. If Marinette is being paired with someone else, expect Adrien to become a spineless victim-blamer as well as have his EntitledToHaveYou traits as Cat Noir become far more pronounced; if Adrien is being paired with someone else, expect Marinette's StalkerWithACrush tendencies to get blown into full-on {{Yandere}} status and for her to act as a ControlFreak as Ladybug.
81	* ''Toys/MonsterHigh'': Despite the franchise being all about accepting your "freaky flaws", many Frankie/Jackson shippers give a lot of hate towards Neighthan Rot (Frankie's Love interest in the Freaky Fusion movie.) as well as Claire (Jackson's love interest in the Ghouls Rule movie.)
82	* ''WesternAnimation/MuchaLucha'': The owner of the Rikochet/Buena Girl Yahoo! group once ran a poll asking "Do you hate Penny Plutonium because her crush on Rikochet interferes with his relationship with Buena Girl?" Immediately following, he got responses voting for "Yes! Death to Penny Plutonium!"
83	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'':
84	** Flash Sentry was hit by loads of fandom flak before he even got a name (even before the movie came out, bringing with it every last ounce of ShipTease you'd expect). Just seeing official artwork of him standing next to Twilight was enough to spark enough shipping rage to last a decade. Hell, just pick out a random piece of fanart of Flash and Twilight on Derpibooru and you're bound to find said rage.
85	** ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree'': After a sneak peek showed Timber Spruce flirting with Human Twilight Sparkle and her seeming to return it, the fans immediately started raging about it, some comparing him to Flash Sentry.
86	** And then there came Ragamuffin from ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsSpringBreakdown Spring Breakdown]]''. As soon as Rarity fell for him, Rarijack shippers fell upon him like a pack of hounds on a three-legged cat.
87	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': You'd think a NoHuggingNoKissing cartoon wouldn't have this be present in fanworks, but let it be known that shippers find a way.
88	** Miss Cheerilee used to be a well-liked background pony. Then the synopsis for the episode "Hearts and Hooves Day" said she would be going on a date with Big Macintosh. Since Big Mac was a LauncherOfAThousandShips, the fallout from [=FlutterMac=], [=TwiMac=], etc. shippers was ''vicious'', even when it turned out to be a LovePotion episode that ended on a ''very'' ambiguous MaybeEverAfter that was never followed up on. But try telling that to those wishing death on Cheerilee and calling her among other things, a scarlet woman (because according to the fandom, she is older than Big Macintosh, despite her saying they've been friends since childhood). The hate would later be transferred to Sugar Belle a few seasons later, with whom Big Mac ''does'' enter a relationship with.
89	** Spitfire is often killed off or made even worse so Rainbow Dash can be with the innocent woobie Soarin. She's often seen as a hellish harpy for daring to get in between Soarin and Rainbow Dash. On the other side of the coin, we have Wonderbolts shippers who absolutely despise Rainbow Dash for getting in the way of Spitfire/Soarin even though it's been clearly said they all think of each other as friends and no romantic feelings are between them. And then we also have rabid [=FlutterCord=] shippers who want to hunt Tree Hugger down just for the heinous crime of being Fluttershy's "plus one" at the Grand Galloping Gala.
90	** Some fans who ship Spike with anyone besides Rarity don't think highly of her, depicting her as a ManipulativeBitch who takes advantage of Spike's crush to use him as slave labour, or outright abuses him. Her ClingyJealousGirl streak in "Dragon Dropped" gave them even more ammunition.
91	** Strangely enough, Princess Cadence is usually well loved by almost everyone in the general consensuses. However, on the Rule34 side of the fandom, she is loathed by most of the yaoi fans, incest fans, and especially fans of pairings of Shining Armor with any pony (e.g Shining/Trixie, Shining/Big Mac, etc) but her. As of late, the Shining Armor/Cadence pairing is one of the least popular (ironically enough, the pairing is well beloved by almost every fan of the series) in shipping. However, some people end up having ''Shining Armor'' die, though not for their ship, but rather the [[FridgeHorror implied]] MayflyDecemberRomance.
92	** Much like Flash Sentry, many fans tend to hate on Soarin/Rainbow Dash for getting in the way of either Soarin/Spitfire or Rainbow Dash/Any Other Pony. Sadly, some of these debates crack out the [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer age old mistake]] that is "Rainbow Dash is a lesbian because of her rainbows". The fire has only intensified after the episode Rainbow Falls, where Soarin and Rainbow Dash had a small scene together and the fact that Rainbow is becoming a Wonderbolt.
93	** Discord, while often beloved by the fandom for being a delightfully hilarious Q Expy, has gained lots of ire for getting in the way of Flutterdash and Pinkieshy. Bulk Biceps even got some hatred for simply being with Fluttershy on the same relay team in Season 4.
94	** In Season 8, Maud Pie got a boyfriend named Mudbriar. Many fans who shipped her with Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, etc started hating on him.
95	** [[spoiler: Since the distant series finale confirms them as a MaybeEverAfter]], [=FlutterDash=] or Dislestia fans have been accusing Discord of "pedophilia" despite the fact Fluttershy is a consenting adult, and think Discord should be with Celestia and Fluttershy with someone her own age.
96	** The distant Finale also confirms [=AppleDash=] as a MaybeEverAfter, and this does not bode well to those who believe Rainbow should have ended up with Fluttershy, or Soarin', or Spitfire, [[LauncherOfAThousandShips or Pinkie Pie, or Twilight Sparkle, or Zephyr Breeze, or Rarity, or Scootaloo, or Quibble Pants]].
97	* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'' has a truly bizarre example with FanPreferredCouple Wirt/Beatrice vs. [[spoiler:MaybeEverAfter couple]] Wirt/Sara. [[spoiler:Because the entire show takes place in a DyingDream and/or the afterlife, with Wirt eventually returning to his old life and his schoolboy crush Sara, the fashion is to kill off not Sara, but ''Wirt'', ensuring him a permanent place in the Unknown and leaving him free to court Beatrice ([[TemporaryLoveInterest or Lorna]]).]] A common AU starting point has Wirt either [[spoiler:make a HeroicSacrifice to save Greg's life]] or [[spoiler:consent to take the Woodsman's place as the Lantern Bearer]].
98	* One-shot character Kitka the Falcon from ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'' occasionally gets hate from Skilene shippers. Said shippers also don't like seeing Marlene paired with Julien or Fred the Squirrel, either.
99	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
100	** Suzy Johnson is an odd example of this because she is Jeremy's little sister. However, she's violently opposed to him dating Candace and tortures her at every opportunity, making her highly unpopular with C/J shippers.
101	** Johnny occasionally got this from some [[PrecociousCrush Ferb/Vanessa]] shippers, though it largely subsided when it seemed he would just be a [[GirlOfTheWeek Boy of the Week]]. More than a season later he's back as Vanessa's [[OfficialCouple official boyfriend]] ([[HookedUpAfterwards in series]] of the Latin American version at least), and it's started up again.
102	** Vanessa isn't too liked by a small number of [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Ferb/Gretchen]] shippers, or just people who find the idea of her and Ferb together---which seems sort of unnecessary, since she doesn't even ''know'' [[PrecociousCrush Ferb likes her]] anyway.
103	** Peter isn't too well liked by the [[FoeYayShipping Perry/Doofenshmirtz]] shippers.
104	** Isabella gets this from time to time for her crush on [[CheerfulChild Phineas]], especially from [[NotBloodSiblings Phineas/Ferb]] shippers.
105	* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' fandom, Powerpuff/Rowdyruff shippers are surprisingly vicious towards anyone who even touches pairings but the Girls and their color counterparts, even though the Boys are their [[EvilTwin Evil Twins]] and Buttercup canonically having a PrecociousCrush towards Ace as opposed to Butch.
106	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'':
107	** Janine Melnitz often becomes the target because of her [[ShipTease love interest Egon Spengler.]] Usually vilified as either an over controlling harpy or a heartless slut. If the pairing is OC/Egon, then this can get especially bad. Doesn't help that Ramis wasn't too fond of Janine/Egon either in the original movies.
108	** The above ShipSinking of Egon and Janine's attraction in the movies had also led to Louis Tully getting a load of hate and revenge fic from Egon/Janine shippers, despite the fact that the animated Louis barely got to have much a chance with her.
109	* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': Margaret and Eileen are hated by the Mordecai/Rigby [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Fangirls]] (and some Fanboys).
110	* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': Some characters are hit with this big time by the Catdora/Adora fans.
111	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'' fandom, Kitty and Vana are despised by the Trevor/Eric [[YaoiFangirl fangirls]] for obvious reasons.
112	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons:''
113	** Many people who ship Marge x Ned Flanders (or any other Marge ship that isn’t Homer x Marge) tend to play up Homer’s alcoholism and {{Jerkass}} tendencies, to the point of making him [[DomesticAbuse outright abusive towards Marge]].
114	** It’s common for Ned Flanders/Reverend Lovejoy fans to have Helen Lovejoy divorce her husband to get her “out of the way” in their fan works, if they don’t just [[DeathByAdaptation kill her off]] or [[FanonDiscontinuity ignore her existence altogether]]. Though this may not be solely done for shipping reasons, as Helen is repeatedly characterized as a nosy ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife who’s always trying to one-up Marge (albeit one who [[HappilyMarried loves her husband very much]]), so it’s easy to see why many fans dislike her.
115	** In an odd case of this being done to a character who was already a villain, Mr. Burns is despised by Smithers/Moe shippers (due to Smithers’ canonical [[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling crush on Burns]] and Burns/Smithers being a massive FanPreferredCouple in the ''Simpsons'' fandom), and Smithers/Moe fan works tend to emphasize his negative qualities or portray him as even ''worse'' than he is in canon. Smithers/Moe shippers are also more likely to complain about the AgeGapRomance and SleepingWithTheBoss elements of the Burns/Smithers ship, and tend to circulate the [[CommonKnowledge widely-held misconception]] that Burns became Smithers’ ParentalSubstitute after his father died.
116	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'':
117	** When Liz Allen came onto the scene, many viewers hated her for getting in the way of Peter/Gwen... but then this trope ended up becoming ''subverted'' when these viewers' hatred gave way to pity as it became clear that Peter loved Gwen and Liz was just a HopelessSuitor. It helped that her inevitable breakup with Peter was a TearJerker.
118	** A reversed situation happened with Harry/Gwen. When Gwen starts dating Harry, it's clear that she's doing so just because she feels sorry for [[TheWoobie him.]] Shippers agreed with her decision [[BreakTheCutie (Harry went through some Grade-A Shit last season)]] and they waited patiently for them to break-up so we could get to the Peter/Gwen. Just when the build-up to the fabled ship arrived, Harry found out Gwen's true feelings and became jealous. Then another woobie moment happens, and Harry decides to KickTheDog by manipulating Gwen into staying with him to "ease the pain," though it's evident he's just jealous of Peter. Shippers promptly went to war.
119	** And then there's the small contingent of Mary Jane/Peter shippers who want Gwen to die for the ship because, well, [[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied that's exactly what happened in the comics]]. They're mostly pretty quiet, though.
120	* Despite what some people think, the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' fandom does have shippers, and more than enough of the ones who pair [=SpongeBob=] with either Patrick, Squidward, or some other male character from the show have a blinding hatred for Sandy Cheeks and those who support the [=SpongeBob=]/Sandy couple for having the nerve to think [=SpongeBob=] likes her. Surprisingly, there doesn't seem to be much argument between those who ship other slash pairings, nor do they seem to do the same with Pearl. (Then again, [[TheScrappy it's Pearl]] and not too many people ship her with [=SpongeBob=] anyway.)
121	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'':
122	** Anakin/Ahsoka shippers utterly love to make Captain Rex an abusive boyfriend or husband for [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Ahsoka]] so that she'll go to Anakin for help. Or they make Padme out to be a domineering, emotionally distant bitch to get Anakin to run to Ahsoka. Or both.
123	** Boba/Ahsoka, Rex/Ahsoka, and Lux/Ahsoka fans like to give Anakin this treatment. Given that the entire point of the Prequel Trilogy was to show [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain the downward descent]] of Anakin Skywalker, this is a tricky one to judge as there is a measure of JustifiedTrope in play here.
124	** Then there came Steela in the Season Five Onderon arc. Cue fangirl jabs about her being a "cougar" (because she's got a crush on a guy a few years younger than her), in addition to the usual accusations of "bitch" and "slut". This died down at the end of the arc, when she turned out to be a RomanticFalseLead who [[spoiler:actually did die]]. Cue the hurt/comfort Luxsoka fics with Ahsoka consoling Lux over this development.
125	* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'':
126	** Star/Marco shippers heavily disliked their respective love interests Oskar and Jackie. Fans went ballistic when "Bon Bon the Birthday Clown" aired, where Marco and Jackie went on a date and kissed.
127	** Tom received this twofold, getting hate from Star/Marco shippers because he was seen as a threat to ''both'' sides of the party. On Star's side, he was canonically her ex-boyfriend, and the two later began dating again. On Marco's side, he's seen as having a lot of AmbiguouslyBi HoYay moments with the human. It became more downplayed as the series went on however, and Tom became a more popular character; by series end, Starco fics had shifted to have him kindly step aside of his own volition rather than suddenly relapse into an asshole, and end up with [[PairTheSpares Janna]].
128	* An in-universe example occurs in ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''. Peridot is a fan of ''Camp Pining Hearts'', a Canadian soap opera, and she has a hatred for Paulette because Paulette interferes with the "superior pairing" that is Percy and Pierre.
129	* Lo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Stoked}}'' is public enemy #1 for Reef/Fin shippers.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'':
131	** The fandom has many cases of HoYay ships that invite hatred towards any female characters who are deemed to "interfere" with male-on-male pairings. It is incredibly rare to see male characters hated for interference with female-only ships, due to the show's SmurfettePrinciple. The two biggest cases are the Mistress, who received some very over-the-top hatred from fans who preferred shipping the Warden with Lord Stingray or felt she was getting in the way of any of their pairings (despite the fact that she and Warden were ''not'' an official couple), and Charise who some Warden/Jared shippers wish would die or disappear.
132	** Not even Alice is immune to this, as a vocal minority of Warden/Mistress fans have invoked this trope on her for allegedly "stealing" Mistress from Warden, and for Warden having an (unrequited) crush on her instead of having feelings for the Mistress. In some cases, she gets hate for being in the way of shipping Warden with {{Original Character}}s, even though it's repeatedly shown that she doesn't feel the same for the Warden as he does for her. Less commonly but most egregiously, transphobic comments wind up leveled at her for not being a "real woman" for Warden to lust over.
133	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
134	** Terra was absolutely ''loathed'' by Beast Boy/Raven shippers after she appeared in season two. After her [[TheMole revelation as Slade's apprentice]], the hate magnified even more; many fics were written featuring Terra as a maniacal sociopath... which, ironically, fits the '''original''' [[ComicBook/TeenTitans comic version]] of her. The show's version is quite [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds different.]]
135	** Starfire, as part of the OfficialCouple, tends to get a LOT of hatred from Robin/Raven fans.
136	** Robin and Beast Boy occasionally get hatred from Beast Boy/Raven shippers and Robin/Raven shippers respectively.
137	** After ''Lightspeed'' premiered, the love for the Kid Flash/Jinx pairing that emerged from that episode and eventually became an OfficialCouple was almost unanimous; however, there were still some that much preferred the Cyborg/Jinx pairing that was teased several times throughout the series, most prominently in ''Deception'', and thus thrust their hatred onto Kid Flash. Many post-''Lightspeed'' Cyborg/Jinx fics portray Kid Flash as someone who inevitably cheated on Jinx after they started dating. Some Kid Flash/Jinx shippers also hate Cyborg as a result.
138	* Some fans of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' dislike Casey because he gets in between Donnie and April. They takes his jerkish traits up to eleven. They will also ignore the fact that April and he do share some sweet and flirty moments. On the flip side, Capril fans and Anti- Apriltello claim that April has showed no interest in Donnie despite kissing him several times (once on the lips). Some refuse to forget Donatello's stalker with a crush moments despite only appearing for a few minutes in a handful of episodes. Not to mention April herself gets this from fans who think she's leading both boys on.
139	* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fans are often the ''embodiment'' of this trope, with Prowl/Jazz frequently serving as the poster child.
140	* The ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender '' grew an intense infamy to the point where people would censor its name in posts because they were afraid for them to show up in the tags. See WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings for some examples, as many of the issues have arisen from shipping motives.
141	* ''WesternAnimation/WildKratts'': Youtube was the real warzone for a while, until one user put their foot down and put a stop to the bashing. It then moved to Fanfiction, up until yet another user put their foot down. The VocalMinority claimed that the show has evidence (which was parodied in another Youtube video, which has just as much "evidence" as [[OneTruePairing Martin/Aviva]]). And Chris, who did nothing wrong, was [[DroppedABridgeOnHim victimized]], all for being Martin's brother. The only way to stop it is to fight fire with fire. The VocalMinority count is set to 4 total- that person created approximately 20 sockpuppets.
142	* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
143	** There are a lot of Sky/Diaspro fans that loathe Bloom to death.
144	** Aisha/Nabu fans HATE Roy and Nex. Roy gained a little popularity in the sixth season, but Nex ultimately won the LoveTriangle and became Aisha's official new boyfriend. The shippers hate him even more.
145	** Musa/Riven fans freaked out when Musa and Orlando got close in the seventh season. Fortunately for them, it didn't work out for her.
146	* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''
147	** Caleb, Caleb, Caleb. Either he's [[PutOnABus taken out of the picture all together]], or [[RonTheDeathEater he's turned into a douchebag]] for Cornelia to leave in the dust for Irma or Elyon. It doesn't help how his personality was drastically changed from the comics.
148	** Matt Olsen is flat-out ignored by slash fic involving Will.
149	** Oddly (but thankfully), Orube and Miranda aren't really treated that wrongly by Phobos/Cedric shippers. Granted, Orube is only in the comics and never got to be in the series proper, and [[VagueAge Miranda's]] romantic situation with Cedric is a bit... contested, so to speak.
150	* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':
151	** The hate against the {{Tsundere}} Jean Grey was a given because her "love rival" for Scott's affection was the very popular and {{wangst}}y {{Goth}} Rogue. Amazingly, Gambit is never usually bashed, and his fans don't tend to bash Scott either, both preferring to pretend the other doesn't exist. Lance, ''aka'' Avalanche, who thanks to CharacterizationMarchesOn became a TroubledButCute JerkWithAHeartOfGold with [[EvenEvilHasStandards strong lines he will not cross, and effectively the most moral of the Brotherhood, and even helped save the entire city of Bayville]] is usually bashed by the more rabid fans of [[PlatonicLifePartners Kitty and Kurt]]. If he is lucky, he will get paired off with Tabitha, Wanda, Pietro, or a new character. But sometimes he is made a rapist and girlfriend beater in their fanwork to favor Kurt. Kurt's girlfriend [[FanOfUnderdog Amanda Sefton]] can also be portrayed as an AlphaBitch who is mean to Kitty and treats Kurt like garbage.
152	** Some Lance/Kitty fans are getting just as rabid as Kurtty fans. Yeah, overall they're not as bad, but some are ''really'' [[HeWhoFightsMonsters getting vicious towards Kurtty fans, and even Kurt in general.]] Usually they tend to just stick him with Amanda or even Wanda, but now, well, he's just as likely to get bashed. Although some do it to defend Lancitty from attack, some do take it too far, and accuse anyone who doesn't ship Lancitty, no matter the reason, of just being narrow-minded Kurtty fans. All this fighting over little [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Kitty]]!
153	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
154	** In light of the recent timeskip for Season 2, "Invasion", every fan who has shipped Superboy and Miss Martian together are all up in arms over their breakup and her being with Lagoon Boy. There is so much hate for poor La'gaan that it's starting to turn into [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks hate for the show in general]] as far as they're concerned. Those fans of the show who remember the MST3KMantra have started referring to them as [[FanCommunityNickname "Keezy Fem,"]] a derogatory term in [[WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes Interlac]], used InUniverse by Lobo in reference to ComicBook/WonderGirl and ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, who were in his way on a bounty-hunting job in the first episode of Season 2.
155	** Also, while Nightwing is loved by just about everyone in the fandom, if you pair him up with either Wally or Artemis, some [[OfficialCouple Spitfire]] shippers can get ugly.
156	** Bette Kane's appearance in the tie-in comic and the revelation that [[spoiler: she and Nightwing had a one-night stand together (which Greg Weisman teased "could lead to something more")]] got shippers of Nightwing/Batgirl angry, as it was given as one reason why Barbara wasn't ready to settle down into a relationship with Dick just yet (between that, and his flirting with Rocket and Zatanna). To add to the distaste for Bette, she was portrayed as having forgotten Dick's name and not even remembering who he was.

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