Line #61 FanPreferredCouple/LiveActionFilms


1	%%This trope needs a canon couple to overshadow for it to count. The canon/ones with no canon couples to compete with are removed. The ones without mentioning them are hidden/rewritten. If you want to unhide one please add a canon couple or come to this thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14860997890A40152400&page=1
2	!!Films with their own subpage:
3	[[index]]
4	* ''[[FanPreferredCouple/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Cinematic Universe]]''
5	* ''[[FanPreferredCouple/PowerRangers Power Rangers]]''
6	* ''[[FanPreferredCouple/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes]]''
7	[[/index]]
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9	!!Other Films
10	* ''Film/NineteenSeventeen'': The Schofield/Blake pairing has taken off within the fandom, due to them becoming FireForgedFriends throughout the movie. While we learn that Schofield has a wife and child within the last few minutes of the movie, that has done nothing to stop the shippers.
11	* ''Film/AdventuresInBabysitting2016'': While Jenny ends up with Zac and Lola gets together with with Officer James. Most fans prefer to ship Jenny and Lola together instead. This is mostly due to the chemistry between Music/SabrinaCarpenter and Music/SofiaCarson, as well as the LesYay between them. On both Website/FanfictionDotNet and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, the pairing dominates the fanfiction about the movie. It's also usually one of the first things to come up when discussing the film.
12	* ''Film/AllCheerleadersDie'': While Maddy/Leena do have some fans, [[spoiler: and end up getting back together,]] Maddy/Tracy gets more attention and shipping, despite [[spoiler: Tracy's death and the reveal that Maddy was essentially using Tracy.]]
13	* ''Film/Barbie2023'': Despite the fact that Gloria is married, most fans ship her with Barbie instead, due to the chemistry between their actresses, Barbie being Gloria's doll, and the fact that Gloria's husband is only in two scenes and doesn't even get a name. It also doesn't hurt that both Creator/MargotRobbie and Creator/AmericaFerrera have called Barbie and Gloria a [[https://twitter.com/sagewlw/status/1760757329140523099 love story]].
14	* ''Film/BarelyLethal'': Despite Megan ending up with Roger and Liz ending up with Gooch, the Megan/Liz pairing is easily the most popular pairing in the fandom.
15	* ''Film/BendItLikeBeckham'': Jess and Jules are such a popular ship that it led to rumors about this being [[HideYourLesbians the original plan in the script]] and are easily more popular than the canon Jess/Joe. Even Creator/KeiraKnightley gave her approval, saying she'd do a sequel where Jules and Jess become a couple.
16	* ''Franchise/BillAndTed'' has, well, [=Bill/Ted=]. The fact that their actual girlfriends qualify as [[SatelliteLoveInterest Satellite Love Interests]] helps. Most fanworks for the film tend to be for the ship, especially on Tumblr.
17	* ''Film/TheBlackPhone'': The ending of the film [[ImpliedLoveInterest implies that Finney starts a relationship with his crush, Donna]]. However, most fans prefer to pair him with his friend Robin, mainly due to their chemistry and Robin encouraging Finney to stand up for himself, plus many feeling that Donna is not given much in the way of character.
18	* ''Film/BlueCrush'': While Anne Marie ends up with Matt in canon, very few fans of the film actually ship her with him. Instead, most fans ship her with close friend Eden due to the chemistry between Creator/KateBosworth and Creator/MichelleRodriguez, along with Eden being the most encouraging towards Anne Marie to try to surf again. For example, Anne Marie/Eden takes up most of the films fics on [=AO3=], while Anne Marie/Matt has no fics for them on the site.
19	* Forget the fans, even the haters agree when it comes to ''Film/TheBookOfMasters''. Yangul/Katya is vastly preferred over the OfficialCouple Ivan/Katya. Yangul has several poignant IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy scenes with Katya and shows readiness to make sacrifices for her sake (culminating in a full-fledged HeroicSacrifice). Meanwhile, most viewers think Ivan and Katya barely get any chemistry and Ivan just gets bonus after bonus thanks to their relationship.
20	* ''Film/BringItOn'': Most of the fans of the first movie pair Torrance with Missy instead of her brother Cliff. This is due to their friendship that is littered with heaps of LesYay, as well as Torrance really wanting Missy on the team and the two instantly hitting it off. Also, many fans feeling that they have better chemistry than her with Cliff. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn they have the most fanfiction of any ship from the film series.
21	* ''Film/{{Burnt}}'': Even though Adam/Helene is the OfficialCouple, Adam/Tony has far more support and fans due to Tony's popularity as a character and his crush on Adam, Creator/BradleyCooper and Creator/DanielBruhl's strong chemistry, and many finding Adam's relationship with Helene to be underdeveloped and rooted in toxicity.
22	* ''Film/TheCabinInTheWoods'': Dana and Marty are the subject of the lion's share of shipping fics written about the film. It is also far more popular than the canon Dana/Holden. This seems to be because Dana/Holden being forced by The Organization InUniverse to emulate a horror movie, along with Dana Marty being the only two survivors.
23	* ''Film/CampRock'':
24	** Many fans prefer to ship Nate with Caitlyn over his canon girlfriend Dana, despite the two barely interacting with each other in either movie. This is due to the feeling that their personalities would work better together than Nate and Dana.
25	** On Website/FanfictionDotNet, the number of crossover fics that pair Mitchie with [[Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace Alex Russo]] rival or even surpass those that pair her with her actual boyfriend Shane, likely due to fans feeling their personalities would work well together and the real life relationship between [[Music/DemiLovato their]] [[Music/SelenaGomez actresses]]. These fics tend to either be the two meeting in a canon-like situation or complete [=AUs=] that reinvent both settings from the ground up.
26	* ''Film/CharliesAngels2019'': Jane is canonically paired with Langston, but next to no fans ship her with him. Instead, most fans ship her with her fellow angels Elena and Sabina, either individually or [[OneTrueThreesome both at the same time]], mainly due to them feeling that she has better chemistry with them.
27	* Fans of the Creator/RupertGrint movie ''Film/Cherrybomb2009'' can generally be split into two categories: devoted [[HoYay Malachy/Luke]] shippers who simply ignore Michelle's existence; and batshit crazy, ''foaming-at-the-mouth'' Malachy/Luke shippers who openly detest Michelle and loudly [[DieForOurShip wish her dead]]. This is a pretty extreme reaction given that in canon, both guys are seemingly straight and spend most of the movie competing for Michelle's affections. That said, several cast members have alluded to the strong homoerotic subtext of Malachy and Luke's relationship, so it probably doesn't exist ''entirely'' in the minds of [[YaoiFangirl yaoi fangirls]].
28	* ''Film/{{Chloe}}'': The film ends with Catherine reconfirming her love with her husband David, but next to no fans ship her with him. Instead, most fans ship her with the titular Chloe, who becomes [[{{Yandere}} obsessively in love with Cathrine]], due to them finding Chloe sympathetic and feeling that they have better chemistry.
29	* ''Film/TheCraft'': Sarah and Nancy is the most popular ship in the fandom. It doesn't help with Nancy's AmbiguouslyBi moments, her obsession with Sarah, and the fact that Sarah's LoveInterest, Chris, is a sleazy asshole who mistreats her.
30	* ''Film/CruelIntentions'': There are very few fanfics for the canonical pairing of Sebastian/Annette around the internet. Most fans were rooting for Sebastian to end up with his scheming stepsister Kathryn, due to the main instigating force being them making the bet, which involves Kathryn letting him sleep with her, and Kathryn getting the DracoInLeatherPants treatment due to being played by Creator/SarahMichelleGellar.
31	* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': Despite Clark Kent being in a loving relationship with Lois Lane, most fanfiction about the films instead pairs him up with rival turned ally Bruce Wayne. This is due to the tension between the two during ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and the fact that the pairing was already very popular in the comics. This only grew after ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', where Bruce spends much of the movie trying to revive Clark and increased the HoYay between the two further. They have the most fanfiction of any pairing in the DCEU tag on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn. ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' adds Bruce's pleading with Clark when the latter has gone berserk. It makes him sound positively broken-hearted.
32	* ''Film/TheDeerHunter'': The movie's small but dedicated fandom is way more attached to Mike/Nick than to [[OfficialCouple official couples]] Mike/Linda or Nick/Linda.
33	* ''Film/{{Descendants}}'': Mal/Evie is more popular than Evie/Doug. This is mainly due to the LesYay between them throughout the three movies. Many fans feel that the two had better chemistry with each other than Evie does with her actual boyfriend. Such as the scene where Evie is complimenting Mal's appearance in the mirror with her head on Mal's shoulder. Their duet [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NalipNz4e3g Space Between]] also got many to jump on board the ship.
34	* ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'': Most fans of the film adaptation prefer to ship Andy with Miranda over her canon love interest Nate. Reasons for such seem to be Creator/MerylStreep's seductive performance, and feeling that they have better chemistry then Andy did with Nate. (It helps that Nate is pretty much TheScrappy.) As well as the fact that their growing relationship drives the film. The fanfiction about the two being in the 2000s on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, and it remains quite popular on sites like Tumblr and [=YouTube=] to this day.
35	* Rahul and Nisha from ''Film/DilToPagalHai'' have a following, if only because Pooja is sometimes considered TOO perfect...
36	* ''Film/DoRevenge'': Drea Torres and Eleanor Levetan/Nora Cutler instantly proved to be an insanely more popular pairing together than Drea with her canon pairing with Russ or Eleanor's canon one with Gabbi Broussard. This is attributed heavily not only to the LesYay between the two characters and their complex and challenging relationship, but by means of the strong chemistry between actors Creator/CamilaMendes and Creator/MayaHawke as well.
37	* Fans of ''Film/AnEducation'' like to pair Jenny with Danny, especially since her love interest in the film [[spoiler:is married]].
38	* Fans of the BritCom film ''Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral'' often complain that the main character's witty, lovelorn friend Fiona is a far better match for him than the vacuous American he ends up with.
39	* ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'': Despite Janine ending up with Louis in the [[Film/GhostbustersII second movie]], most fans don't ship her with him. Instead, most fans preferred her awkward chemistry with Egon. This is also helped by the fact that she had a crush on him in the original (along with the novelization having a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue where they got married) and the cartoon having ShipTease between the two. Egon's actor and franchise co-creator, Creator/HaroldRamis, had removed the romance from the movie during rewrites due to how busy the script was, there already being a romantic pairing with Peter/Dana making Egon/Janine redundant and feeling that such a thing didn't seem right for Egon anymore.
40	* Some ''Film/TheGreatRace'' fans consider Maggie/Professor Fate as having more chemistry than Leslie/Maggie. Probably not helped by how one scene has her actually ''kissing'' the guy. There's actually some RealitySubtext here. Creator/NatalieWood was forced by the studio to do this movie against her wishes, then to make matters worse she was paired up with Tony Curtis. They'd already done two films together and had developed a passionate hatred for each other, so the lack of chemistry between Maggie and Leslie was genuine.
41	* ''Film/TheHangover'': Most fans liked the pairing between [[HoYay Stu and Phil]], and were disappointed to see that the sequel has Stu engaged and eventually marries Lauren.
42	* The most popular pairing in the fandom for ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'' by far is [[IncestSubtext Hansel/Gretel]]. This is despite a short-"haired" witch taunting them by saying they should fornicate with each other in the film, which only disgusts them. Hansel also has a canonical female love interest (who isn't Gretel) in the [[TokenHeroicOrc white witch]] Mina, but chemistry between their actors was rather lacking (with it coming off as the two of them being StrangledByTheRedString). Add a case of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading with Hansel and Gretel themselves (both characters are quite physically affectionate with one another, several scenes where they show concern for the other can come across as pining, and both actors being rather attractive), and you get this.
43	* After all the strife Harper put Abby through in ''Film/HappiestSeason'', quite a number of viewers expressed a desire to see Abby get together with Harper's ex Riley instead, including Riley’s actress Creator/AubreyPlaza.
44	* ''Film/{{Heat}}'': The most popular ship in the fandom is Vincient/Neil. It greatly overshadows their canon pairing, Justine for Vincient and Eady for Neil, due to the chemistry between their actors and the film centering on their rivalry.
45	* ''Film/{{Heathers}}'': While the OfficialCouple of Veronica and JD is the most popular straight pairing by far, even this is outstripped by the LesYay shippers, themselves roughly evenly split into pairing Veronica with Heather Chandler or Heather [=MacNamara=] - the former being popular for the two girls' LikeAnOldMarriedCouple bickering being easily read as BelligerentSexualTension, and the latter for the scene where Veronica saves Heather's life, which is one of the few [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments genuinely heartwarming]] scenes in this pitch-black comedy.
46	* ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' fans have been shipping Chad and Ryan ever since the second movie. Ryan's ''"You'll never know if you never try"'' and Chad's ''"I'll show you how I swing"'' have served as innuendo, while [[SexyShirtSwitch wearing each other's clothes]] fueled additional locker room images. Chad's relationship with Taylor and Ryan's LoveInterest Kelsi (added in the third movie) have not deterred shippers the slightest. Chad/Ryan seem to be more popular than series OfficialCouple Troy/Gabriella, with Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn featuring four times as many tags for Chad/Ryan than for Troy/Gabriella.
47	* ''Film/HouseOfWax2005'': Even though Carly is dating Wade, a lot of fans like the idea of pairing [[BrotherSisterIncest Carly and Nick]] together instead. Their story plays out more like estranged lovers than estranged siblings -- not helped by the fact that they save each other's lives like a BattleCouple, Nick's blatant dislike of Wade comes across more like jealousy than just him [[BigBrotherInstinct being an overprotective sibling]], and the twins' SiblingRivalry-laden arguments [[BelligerentSexualTension all coming across as pretty flirtatious]].
48	* ''Film/JamesBond'':
49	** James Bond is, of course, [[TheCasanova hardly the type to settle down]] (except [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService that one time]], and it's implied he was at least considering it [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe a few]] [[Film/LicenceToKill other]] [[Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough times]]), but with fans who think he ''should'', the most popular pairing, at least among female fans on Platform/LiveJournal, seems to be not with any of his [[BondGirl lovely companions]] from his adventures but rather with his perennial {{UST}} object, [=MI6=] secretary Moneypenny. The ones that aren't YaoiFangirls, anyway; those typically pair him with [[Film/GoldenEye Alec]]. They shared ''everything'', you know...
50	** Creator/DanielCraig's version of Bond is often the subject of far more shipping than his predecessors, but the most popular is him with the version of Q that was introduced in ''Film/{{Skyfall}}''. Many felt that Craig and Creator/BenWhishaw had far better chemistry than Bond had with any of his one-off love interests, and in no time at all, the pairing had dominated fanfiction for the series on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, with over 7000 fics, while the next most popular only has 700. Even when ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' gave him a real love interest, Madeleine Swann, Bond/Q remained far more popular.
51	* ''Film/JennifersBody'': Most of the film's fandom ships Jennifer and Needy together. Other ships are basically nonexistent. This is mostly due to the huge amount of LesYay between them, to the point that it's barely subtext. Even Creator/MeganFox has said she played Jennifer as a lesbian with a crush on Needy. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Website/FanfictionDotNet, this pairing has the most fanfiction of any other pairing. Needy/Chip barely has any on either website, though he does surprisingly manage to avoid DieForOurShip due to the character and relationship respectively both being presented in a positive and likeable light in the film proper.
52	* ''Film/JohnTuckerMustDie'': Despite Kate ending up with Scott, most fans don't ship her with him. Instead most fans prefer to pair Kate with Beth. This is usually due to the fact that they actually kiss, Beth often being interpreted as bisexual, and the chemistry between the two actresses. There's not much fanfiction about the film, but most of it is Kate/Beth.
53	* By far, the most popular pairing in the ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'' fandom is Harry/Eggsy. Despite the fact that Harry [[spoiler: seemingly dies at the end of the film and Eggsy marries Tilde in [[Film/KingsmanTheGoldenCircle the sequel]]]].
54	* ''Film/LastNightInSoho'' has Eloise paired canonically with John. However, it is more popular, at least in fanfiction, to ship her with Sandie. The fact that Eloise spends the film seeing flashbacks to Sandie's younger life, tries to solve her [[spoiler: supposed]] murder, and that Sandie's ghost ends up watching over Eloise at the end certainly helps. It also doesn't hurt that Sandie is played by Creator/AnyaTaylorJoy.
55	* ''Film/Legend1985'': Lili/Darkness is actually quite popular, despite Lili's canon love interest being Jack. You can find a lot of fan fiction dedicated to this pairing.
56	* While Mo is paired up with Scott in ''Film/LemonadeMouth'', fans like to ship her with Charlie instead.
57	* ''Film/LiveFreeOrDieHard'': While John [=McClane=] had his tumultuous marriage to Holly in [[Franchise/DieHard previous movies]] and Matthew Farrell has his budding romance with Lucy in this one, fans expressed far more interest in [=McClane=] and Farrell getting together due to the movie being centered around their dynamic and Creator/BruceWillis and Creator/JustinLong having good chemistry too. Most of the fanfiction about the film series as a whole is John/Matt.
58	* ''Film/TheLostBoys'': Michael's canon love interest is Star, but you wouldn't think so with all the fanfics pairing him with David. This is mostly due to the HoYay between the two, as well as the fact that David often gets the DracoInLeatherPants treatment from fans due to being played by Creator/KieferSutherland. On most sites like [=AO3=] or Tumblr, Michael/David dominates the shipping for the series.
59	* ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'': Fans prefer to ship Aurora with Maleficent over her canonical husband Phillip, despite the fact that former's relationship is more intended to be familial than romantic.
60	* ''Theatre/MammaMia'': In the film adaptation, Rosie has a crush on Bill and eventually gets with him in the climax of the movie. They break up sometime between movies, but get back together in the second one. However, most fans prefer to pair her with Tanya. This is due to it being hinted that Bill cheating on her being the reason they brook up and the LesYay between the two.
61	* ''Film/MeanGirls'': In both the film and musical adaptation, Cady is in love with Aaron, but most of the fanfics and fanart which centers around her instead pair her with Janis, due to the authors and artists feeling that they have better chemistry. Meanwhile, Janis hooks up with a Kevin Gnapoor in the film (the musical removes this plot point), but most fans ship her with Regina, mainly due to the film having multiple scenes in which many characters claim Janis has a crush on Regina.
62	* ''Film/{{Minutemen}}'': Despite Virgil being in love with Stephanie to the point that the film ends with them getting a MaybeEverAfter, you will find next to no fanfiction pairing him with her. Instead, most fans prefer to pair him with either of his co-male leads, Zeke or Charlie. Zeke/Virgil is arguably the most popular due to the chemistry between Creator/JasonDolley and Creator/NicholasBraun and Zeke being the most popular character from the film. Charlie/Virgil is popular because of the large amount of screentime dedicated to their friendship and is also more popular than Charlie's canon relationship with Jeanette.
63	* ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'':
64	** Ethan Hunt/Benji Dunn aka [[PortmanteauCoupleName Benthan]] is the biggest ship in the fan base. This is mainly due to the chemistry between Creator/TomCruise and Creator/SimonPegg and the HoYay that they have in later films. On most sites like Tumblr or [=AO3=], Ethan/Benji easily outranks Ethan being shipped with either his former wife Julia Meade or his new canon LoveInterest Ilsa Faust.
65	** Julia was married to Ethan before eventually getting remarried to Erik. Despite this, pairing Ethan and Julia also remains very popular among fans today, mainly because Erik has very little characterization beyond being a NiceGuy.
66	* ''Film/Mulan2020'': [[LesYay Mulan/Xian Lang]] is easily more popular than [[ImpliedLoveInterest implied to be canon Mulan/Chen]] on almost every site, due to many feeling that they have better chemistry and Xian Lang's attempts to convince Mulan to join her, before [[spoiler:sacrificing herself to save Mulan]]. It helps that Xian is a fan favorite, while Chen is often seen as ReplacementScrappy for Li Shang.
67	* ''Film/NationalTreasure'': In canon, Ben ends the film with Abigail. However, while that does have its fans, more fans prefer to pair Ben with Riley. This is mainly due to the chemistry between the two and the large amount of HoYay between them. Most of the fanfiction for the films around the internet is Ben/Riley and it usually easily outranks Ben/Abigail.
68	* Disney's black sheep turned cult classic movie-musical ''Film/{{Newsies}}'' has a small but rabid fandom that definitely seems to prefer [[HoYay Jack and David]], instead of the canon Jack and Sarah, sister of David. [[SatelliteLoveInterest It's not hard to see why.]]
69	* A chunk of the ''Film/NowVoyager'' audience seem to prefer Dr Jaquith as a romantic partner for Charlotte, finding Jerry a little dull in comparison to the charming Jaquith. Bette Davis herself said that she imagined Charlotte marrying Dr. Jaquith after the film ended, as Jerry was 'too weak' for Charlotte.
70	* ''Film/OceansEleven'': Danny/Rusty is more popular than Danny/Tess is. Due to the HoYay between the two. As well as the fact that Creator/GeorgeClooney and Creator/BradPitt have better chemistry than Clooney with Creator/JuliaRoberts. Together they make up the most popular pairing of the trilogy.
71	* ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'': Despite Rick and Cliff pursuing their own separate romances, fans like to ship them together because of their strong friendship and due to coming across like an old married couple rather than a longtime pair of buddies at some points, not to mention their actors' chemistry. It also helps that Rick's wife Francesca isn't introduced until very late into the movie while any romance that's built up between Cliff and his own love interest Pussycat gets thoroughly sunk.
72	* ''Film/{{Oppenheimer}}'': The titular Oppenheimer is canonically paired with his wife Kitty, but online his ship with Ernest Lawrence is more popular due to their close friendship and the chemistry between Creator/CillianMurphy and Creator/JoshHartnett. Those who don't ship Oppenheimer with Lawrence tend to [[CrossoverShip ship]] him with Barbie from the [[Film/Barbie2023 film of the same name]] over any of the canon options, due to the Barbenheimer memes and the fact that the two [[FriendlyFandoms fandoms get along very well]].
73	* ''Film/PacificRim'': When Newton Geizler's actor said that he played his character as being in love with Hermann Gottlieb, they instantly became the fandom's #1 couple, far above any pairings for the film's main characters Raleigh and Mako, even though Hermann may be married to someone else [[UnreliableCanon depending on how much stock you place into the novelization]] and the sequel ''Film/PacificRimUprising'' had [[spoiler:Newt become the BigBad]].
74	* Raoul and Christine end up together in ''Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', but most fans prefer Christine to be with Erik - ''especially'' the ones that go by [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004 the 2004 version]] of it (where the Phantom is portrayed by [[AdaptationalAttractiveness Gerard Butler]]). Also see the series' entry in the Theater section.
75	* ''Film/PitchPerfect'': Beca/Chloe, aka [[PortmanteauCoupleName Bechloe]], is the most popular ship in the fandom and easily more so than Beca's canon ship with Jesse. In fact, fans had already started shipping them from the [[PreemptiveShipping first trailer]], and this increased tenfold when the film came out and had loads of LesYay between them, such as the infamous scene where Chloe walks into Beca's shower to force her to sing. Even when the third film gave Chloe a love interest in the form of Chicago, more fans still shipped her with Beca.
76	* Rosie/Carter is the most popular ship for ''Film/PrincessProtectionProgram''. This is due to the great chemistry between Music/SelenaGomez and Music/DemiLovato. As well as their well-developed friendship that is the emotional center of the film. It's rare to find a fanfic with either ending up with Ed or Donny. Most of the canonical fanfiction (as opposed to ones based on Selena and Demi which are slotted there falsely at times) are about the Princess and the Bait girl living happily ever after.
77	* Shaw is in a relationship with Holloway in ''Film/{{Prometheus}}'', but most fanfiction you'll find will [[RoboShip pair her with]] [[ArtificialHuman David]].
78	* In ''Film/{{Push}}'': Compare Nick and Cassie's number of Website/YouTube videos (over twenty) to Nick and Kira's (none). Yeah.
79	* The ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' fandom in general favors the vampire/vampire pairing Lestat/Akasha over the human/vampire pairing Lestat/Jesse. This despite Akasha being portrayed as pure evil and a bloodthirsty megalomaniac who wants to drink the world dry, Akasha was sexy while Jesse was made into a DamselScrappy and mousy VampireVannabe who just got on viewers' nerves.
80	* ''Film/RealityBites'': Most fans prefer Lelaina/Michael over Lelaina/Troy. The film clearly wants you to root for Lelaina to get together with Troy, although he's really a terrible choice in every single way. Michael, on the other hand, is a nice guy who has a job, but because of that, that makes him [[DesignatedVillain a sell-out to "The Man"]] who should be dumped.
81	* ''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'': Though Alice is given ship tease and has UnresolvedSexualTension with Carlos, to the point that a clone of him was selected to play her husband in a sequel, most fan prefer to pair her with Claire, due to the fact that she is the only game character who appears in ''Film/ResidentEvilTheFinalChapter'', and the fact that Claire has to kill her boyfriend Doc when he betrays her. It helps that Creator/MillaJovovich and Creator/AliLarter also have good chemistry with each other. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn and Website/FanfictionDotNet, the pairing dominates the fanfiction about the movies.
82	* ''Film/Rush2013'': While due to being a biopic, James' canon romance is with Suzy (even if it doesn't work out) and Niki is HappilyMarried to Marlene, most fans walked away from this film shipping James and Niki together due to the film being centered around their rivalry and the chemistry between Creator/ChrisHemsworth and Creator/DanielBruhl. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, for example, James/Niki easily outranks their canon pairings.
83	* In ''Film/SawI'', Lawrence is married to Alison, but next to no fans ship him with her. Instead, most ship him with Adam, mainly due to them being the only two people in most of the film, the two being forced to work together, and Adam being a fan favorite. Even after many sequels and Adam being long dead, Adam/Lawrence (also known as [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Chainshipping]]) remains the most popular pairing from the ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise as a whole.
84	* ''Film/{{Scream}}'':
85	** Despite it being revealed that Billy Loomis [[spoiler:never loved her and was plotting to kill her]], many fans to this day still ship Sidney Prescott with Billy, mainly due to their chemistry and Billy getting a healthy dose of DracoInLeatherPants. It is far more popular than her pairing with Mark Kincaid, [[spoiler:who the [[Film/Scream2022 fifth film]] reveals she married and had children with.]]
86	** Despite the [[Film/ScreamVI sixth film]] having Tara Carpenter get together with Chad Meeks-Martin, it is still far more popular to pair Tara with Amber Freeman, even with Amber being [[spoiler:dead after trying to kill Tara and her friends in the fifth film]]. This is mainly due to the chemistry between Tara and Amber and the fact that Tara and Amber were dating in the original script for ''Film/Scream2022''. It's also easily more popular than the canon Amber/Richie Kirsch.
87	* ''Film/ShesTheMan'': Most fanfiction about this film on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn has Viola and Olivia ending up together rather than with their respective love interests, Duke and Sebastian. This is mostly due to flirting and build-up occurring between them rather than between Olivia and Sebastian. It also stems from fans feeling that Viola and Olivia have more chemistry than Duke and Viola.
88	* Many ''Film/SierraBurgessIsALoser'' fans think that Sierra/Veronica would have been a much more likable and compelling couple than Sierra/Jamey, due to [[LesYay how close]] they end up becoming and the character development that arises from their friendship. Jamey however averts DieForOurShip due to being a genuinely NiceGuy and Sierra/Jamey's detractors, if anything, point out that Sierra and Veronica hardcore catfished Jamey.
89	* ''Film/ASimpleFavor'': Stephanie/Emily is easily the most popular pairing in the fandom and almost all of the fan content for the film is dedicated to the pairing. It is also more popular than either Emily or Stephanie with Sean, Emily's husband who Stephanie has an affair with and whom Stephanie was supposed to end up with until they changed the ending. It helps that not only do Stephanie and Emily share a lot of LesYay, but their actresses, Creator/AnnaKendrick and Creator/BlakeLively respectively, also have great chemistry.
90	* ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': Both Warren/Layla and Warren/Will are more popular than the canon Layla/Will. The former because of their chemistry while pretending to date and the latter because of the HoYay between the two.
91	* Fans of ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'' prefer Snow White/Huntsman as opposed to Snow White/William. It does ''not'' help that the Huntsman [[spoiler: kissing Snow White is what [[PowerOfLove awakens her from death]] after eating the poisoned apple, whilst William's kiss did nothing]], carrying the implication he’s her OneTrueLove, but in the sequel she’s [[spoiler: married to William]] and the Huntsman ends up [[spoiler: back with his NotQuiteDead wife, Sara]].
92	* ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'': Mark/Eduardo beats the canon pairings of Mark/Erica and Eduardo/Christy by a very large margin, partially due to the chemistry between Creator/JesseEisenberg and Creator/AndrewGarfield. On Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, Mark/Eduardo has 1,649 fanfics (by comparison, the second most popular pairing, Sean/Eduardo, only has 74 fics).
93	* ''Film/{{Speed}}'': Jack Traven and Annie Porter, though they've split up between this movie and the next one, still get a lot of support from the fans given not only how loved this movie is and [[FanonDiscontinuity how reviled]] the [[Film/Speed2CruiseControl sequel]] is, but also given both the very well-received chemistry between Creator/KeanuReeves and Creator/SandraBullock and that Annie's new LoveInterest Alex Shaw (Jason Patric) is essentially just a less-interesting {{Expy}} of Jack.
94	* In the DVD commentary for ''Film/StarshipTroopers'', director Paul Verhoeven says fans wanted Carmen to die and Johnny to end up with Dizzy, proving that it isn't only fans who have preferred couples. Considering that in the original book Dizzy is ''male'' (not to mention dead for a good chunk of the book) and Johnny and Carmen have at most a one-night stand together, this wouldn't have been such a bad change compared to most of the rest of the changes Verhoeven actually did make.
95	* The OfficialCouple in ''Film/StarTrek2009'' is Spock/Uhura. There is a sizable section of the fandom for whom Kirk/Spock is the FanPreferredCouple, a carry over from the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original TV series]] where Kirk/Spock was vastly more popular than any other ship, and some of them believe that Spock/Uhura was put in purely to dissuade Kirk/Spock shippers. In the second reboot movie they introduced Dr. Carol Marcus as Kirk's potential love interest, but this did little to stop Kirk/Spock from being the most popular ship in the fandom.
96	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
97	** Finn/Poe was initially the sequel trilogy's most popular pairing overall thanks to their shippy interactions in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. Although an official love interest for Finn was introduced in the form of ''Film/TheLastJedi'''s Rose Tico, and ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' introduced Jannah and Zorii Bliss seemingly as ImpliedLoveInterest figures for the two, it's still easily the most popular pairing for both characters and the characters' actors have expressed their support of it in interviews.
98	** ''Film/SoloAStarWarsStory'' gives Han a pre-Leia love interest in the form of Qi'ra - one that the fandom seems to have completely shrugged off, in favor of Lando. In an odd case of this, it rarely supersedes Leia entirely; it just seems to be strongly agreed that Han and Lando were together and are AmicableExes by the time of the original trilogy, while Qi'ra barely even rates a blip. Even Billy Dee Williams suggested at a convention that they'd had sex at least once.
99	* Most ''Film/TeenBeachMovie'' fans seem to prefer pairings Lela and Mack together over their canon pairings with Tanner and Brady. They have the [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/LelasMcKenzie%20(Teen%20Beach%20Movie)/works most fics]] about them on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn. Reasons why may include their LesYay in the films or their expanded relationship in the second movie that is hinted to have survived the 53 years of history reset.
100	* ''Film/TopGun'' attempts to sell Maverick/Charlie as the OfficialCouple, however very few people really buy into it, pointing out that there's more chemistry between Maverick and his rival, Iceman.
101	* This happens in-universe in ''Film/TheTrumanShow'', where it's revealed that Truman's wife, Meryl, is rather unpopular among the audience--she's not a great actress, quite a few of her lines are ProductPlacement, and her attempts to show that she loves Truman are way too over-the-top to believe. Instead, Truman seems drawn to Sylvia, his old high-school flame, whom he had a much better connection with but [[PutOnABus who was written out of the show]] because she tried to tell him the truth. It's suggested that the audience actually agrees with Truman, thinking that him and Sylvia had better chemistry and calling Meryl "the rebound."
102	* Ryan and Natalie from ''Film/UpInTheAir'', mostly due to the fact that in the final act it's revealed Ryan's love interest, Alex, [[spoiler:is married with a family]].
103	* ''Film/Venom2018'': Eddie/Venom has become incredibly popular amongst the fandom, being paired up together constantly despite Venom being an extraterrestrial blob of tar not confirmed capable of sexual reproduction. Reasons why tend to be their dynamic being seen as the best part of the film, the fact that they actually kiss, though Venom was bonded with Anne at the time, and the fact that their bonding is the emotional center of the film. It is incredibly popular on Tumblr and other fanfiction sites, and easily tops the canon Eddie/Anne.
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105	* ''Film/VictorFrankenstein'': Despite the fact that Igor ends up with Lorelei, far more fans ship him with Victor. This is due to feeling that he has far more chemistry with Victor and their HoYay filled friendship being the main focus. Add the fact that Creator/DanielRadcliffe plays Igor and Creator/JamesMcAvoy plays Victor, plus both actors knowingly encourage shippers in interviews, and it's little wonder that fans on Tumblr or who write fanfiction latched onto the pairing.
106	* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
107	** After the release of the first movie most fans found themselves shipping Logan and Rogue together instead of their canon ships of Jean and Bobby respectively. This mostly due to their growing relationship being a main focus of the movie and Rogue having an unrequited crush on Logan. Even after Logan gets multiple love interests and dies in his solo films, Rogan still outshines every other film pairing besides Charles x Erik. (It helps Rogue is one of the few women who is romantically teased with Logan who [[CartwrightCurse doesn't die]] afterwards.)
108	** Charles/Erik is ''the'' official pairing in ''Film/XMenFirstClass'', even according to certain screenwriters and actors. It's incorporated even in fics that involve the younger X-Men (by having them act as parents), and those who do ship Erik/Raven or Charles/Moira are a small minority. Charles/Erik even managed to supplant Logan/Rogue as the most popular pairing of the film series--just look at the [[http://archiveofourown.org/tags/LogansRogue%20(X-Men)/works difference]] in the sheer [[http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Erik%20LehnsherrsCharles%20Xavier/works number]] of stories on ''Archive of Our Own'' for proof. Creator/JamesMcAvoy wasn't kidding when he called it the "[[https://vimeo.com/84781468#t=4m35s Brangelina of X-Men]]"; Cherik has become such a phenomenon that British TV host [[Series/TheGrahamNortonShow Graham Norton]] took notice of it and showed [=McAvoy=] and Fassbender some of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwnzT8vK0w fanart and fanfiction]]. On the other side of the pond, [[Series/{{Conan}} Conan O'Brien]]'s [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x320yqo interview with the two actors]] was almost exclusively about their onscreen/offscreen HoYay, and a Cherik fanvid was screened at the end.

Context FanPreferredCouple / LiveActionFilms