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8	[[LauncherOfAThousandShips Launchers of a Thousand Ships]] in VideoGames.
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19	* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
20	** Phoenix Wright gets paired up with everybody: his cheerful sidekick Maya Fey, [[GhostShipping the deceased Mia Fey]], [[TheRival Miles Edgeworth]], Franziska von Karma, Godot, [[YamatoNadeshiko Iris]] from Hazakura Temple... and [[ScrewYourself himself]].
21	** There's the {{Memetic Molester}}s Gant and Gourdy (that's the [[TheCatfish Lake Monster]] in case you're wondering).
22	** As one fan put it, "If it's breathing and in the ''Gyakuten'' series, it'll get shipped with [[StoicWoobie Edgeworth]]. [[MrFanservice It's inevitable]]". However, in ''Spirit of Justice'', Edgeworth makes clear that he's got absolutely no intention of marrying anyone.
23	** Apollo is shipped with {{Shrinking Violet}}s Juniper Woods and Vera Misham, his FieryRedhead co-worker Athena Cykes, Trucy Wright [[spoiler:(which crosses into incest territory, as they're half-siblings but they don't know it)]], scientist Aura Blackquill, his childhood friend Clay Terran, [[FriendlyRival rock star and prosecutor Klavier Gavin]], forensic detective Ema Skye...
24	* ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars]]'' has three. You have Eagle who gets all the good guys, Hawke who gets all the bad guys and some of the good guys, and Andy who gets it up the butt from everyone. ESPECIALLY Eagle and Hawke.
25	* ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}:'' About half of the characters get shipped at one point or another. But the most prominent are Spring Man, Min Min and Twintelle. While Spring Man's funny personality can lead to some of the meaningful ships, Twintelle's [[MsFanservice beauty and poses]] led her some of the ships early on. Min Min has been shipped quite alot thanks to her inclusion in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''.
26	* Jin Kisaragi from ''Franchise/BlazBlue''. Aside from him being coupled with his older brother/rival [[IncestYayShipping Ragna the Bloodedge]] and childhood friend [[OfficialCouple Tsubaki]], Jin has been coupled with almost every character from the series even if it's almost impossible to happen. Despite him being a total [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]], this must be just a huge turn-on for the fandom.
27	** He has never been coupled with [[AnimeChineseGirl Litchi Faye-Ling]], though.
28	** Ragna himself enjoys a fairly substantial shipping base as well, having, in addition to Jin, been paired with Noel, Rachel, Taokaka, Nu ([[StalkerWithACrush kinda]]-[[{{Yandere}} sorta]]), Celica, and several characters who aren't even from the same franchise.
29	** Carl Clover also enjoys a fair amount of popularity amongst shippers as well, ranging from Noel and Makoto, to Litchi and his own sister, Ada, and, like Ragna, with several characters who aren't even from the same franchise.
30	* Rhys Strongfork from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' gets shipped with basically everyone, mostly [[FoeYayShipping Handsome Jack]], Jack's BodyDouble Timothy, his bro Vaughn, ConWoman Fiona and [[AmbiguousGender Zer0]] despite having a canon LoveInterest in Sasha (Fiona's sister).
31	* Almost every protagonist in every ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' visual novel can be viewed as one as they are all pretty shippable with each other. As for non-protagonist characters, honorable mentions should go to these people.
32	** While Kiyotaka from [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first game]] is [[HoYay primarily paired up with Mondo]], he is also frequently paired up with Chihiro, Celeste, Leon, Makoto, Daiya, [[spoiler:Mukuro]], and [[spoiler:[[ScrewYourself Kiyondo]]]].
33	** Nagito Komaeda from [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair the second game]] also has this going on to some extent. Some of the people he's paired with include Hajime, Chiaki, Junko, Mikan, [[NoYay Monaca]], Makoto, Izuru, [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Kokichi]], Kazuichi, Fuyuhiko, and even [[CrackShip Monomi the robot bunny]].
34	** Despite him being TheFriendNobodyLikes, Kokichi Ouma from [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony the third game]] is one. He is [[FoeYayShipping primarily paired up with Shuichi, Rantaro, and Ki-bo though]]. However, he is also paired up with Himiko, Kaito, Kaede, Tenko, Miu, Kirumi, and Gonta.
35	** Also, from the third game, Ki-bo is this due to his personality and him [[spoiler: having NoBiologicalSex]]. The common ones are him with Miu and Kokichi. He also has been shipped with Kaede, Rantaro, Tsumugi, Shuichi, Tenko, Gonta, and Korekiyo.
36	** A rare villainous example exists in [[spoiler:[[BigBad Junko Enoshima]]]], partly thanks to being an implied DepravedBisexual. This character has been shipped with just about everyone; [[FoeYayShipping Makoto, Kyoko, Hajime, Chiaki, Komaru]], Sayaka, Celeste, Aoi, Monomi ([[spoiler:in Junko’s Monokuma persona]]), [[spoiler:and many of her minions, such as Hajime’s [[SuperpoweredEvilSide alter-self Izuru]], [[IncestYayShipping her own sister]] Mukuro]], Nagito, Mikan, Yasuke ([[spoiler:in Junko's amnesiac Ryoko persona or otherwise]]), Monaca, Chisa, Ryota, [[spoiler:and even the AlternateUniverse V3 characters like]] Kaede, Kokichi, and Tsumugi, and probably several others.
37	* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive''
38	** Kasumi is shipped with multiple characters, ranging from the fairly mainstream [[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]], the more [[YuriFan yurilicious]] Hitomi or Christie, all the way to straight up [[BrotherSisterIncest incest]] with her half sister Ayane, or their older brother Hayate. It would seem that whoever the preferred character is, shippers generally feel they go nicely with the cute redheaded kunoichi.
39	** [[DefrostingIceQueen Ayane]] is just as popular for shipping, most often with her half-sister/cousin Kasumi. Though she's also been paired with their brother (Hayate) and with Hayaubusa. ''DOA Dimensions'' and [=DOA5=] added ShipTease between her and newcomer Elliot, and Ayane/Momiji has been popularized by numerous H-vids.
40	* Dante of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' fame gets this, mainly due to his status as an ActionHero. Not only is he paired with his {{Implied Love Interest}}s from the first three games (i.e. [[HighHeelFaceTurn Trish]], [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan Lucia]], and [[BelligerentSexualTension Lady]]), but {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s just love to pair him up with [[CainAndAbel Vergil]] (''[[{{Twincest}} his own brother]]''), [[WorthyOpponent Nelo Angelo]] ([[spoiler:who ''is'' Vergil]]), and [[RedOniBlueOni Nero]] ([[spoiler:who, as of the fifth game, is confirmed to be Vergil's son and therefore Dante's ''nephew'']]). People also love to CargoShip Dante with his Devil Arms (''especially'' Nevan). Very few notable characters are excluded from Dante's "harem"; [[ParentalIncest Sparda and Eva]], Kyrie (Nero's [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Victorious Childhood Friend]]), the side characters from the second game and novels, [[MagnificentBastard Arkham]], [[HeroAntagonist Credo]], [[CrystalDragonJesus Sanctus]], and [[{{Satan}} Mundus]] seem to be untouched, but it would be no surprise if said pairings had their own niche. Finally, there's the [[FanPreferredCouple Fan-Preferred Couples]] of Dante and VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} (his DistaffCounterpart) or [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]] (you can mainly thank ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 MvC3]]'' for this one). Naturally, some ''epic'' ShipToShipCombat ensues.
41	* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' has a rather small shipping base, in that most of its characters are only commonly shipped in one or two pairings each... the second pairing usually being with [[LittleMissSnarker Etna.]] Seriously, Etna gets paired with ''everybody'', including but not limited to: [[BelligerentSexualTension Laharl]], [[HoYay Flonne]], [[MayDecemberRomance Mid-Boss]], [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Adell]], [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Rozalin]], [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Axel]]... even the Prinnies, which are penguin-like creatures.
42	** ''Especially'' the Prinnies, given the release of [[VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero a certain game.]]
43	* ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'': Being a ChickMagnet in canon that [[EvenTheGuysWantHim even the guys want]], it’s honestly hard to think of characters that [[TheHero Euden]] ''hasn’t'' been shipped with. Just to give a few examples, he’s been shipped with Zethia, Nedrick, Zena, Elisanne, Mym, Midgardsormer, Notte, Ranzal, Cleo, Luca, Ilia, Mordecai, Audric, Alberius, Sheila, Origa, Emile, Leonidas, Chelle, and that’s just characters from the main campaign.
44	* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
45	** Hawke as either gender in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' bounces from person to person in fanfics like a ping pong ball. Fenris gets this as well, being shipped with Hawke of both genders, [[FoeYayShipping Anders, Merrill]], [[FriendsWithBenefits Isabela]], Sebastian, [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Zevran, Dorian]], and then there's [[NoYay Danarius]]...
46	** In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition,'' the ''player character'' can become this trope in-universe if they're a bisexual female elf. Unlike ''Dragon Age II'', the love interests in ''Inquisition'' vary based on your character's gender, sexuality, and race. Most player characters have four romance options: two of the opposite sex, two [[GayOption of the same]]. A female elf, however, also has access to two more: Cullen (who is only into humans and elves) and Solas (who is only into other elves). This brings her total to ''six'' potential suitors.
47	* For some obscure reason, ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' Sun Shang Xiang is fair game with everyone in Wu, [[BrotherSisterIncest including her brothers]], half the folks in Shu, and ''[[CrackPairing Sima Yi]]'' if you look hard enough. Although she may have to compete with her husband Liu Bei, honored with the [[http://community.livejournal.com/capslock_koei/profile Capslock_Koei]] tag "Shu mourns the loss of its bicycle." Bei's epic {{shiptease}}ry is [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms completely historical]].
48	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
49	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'': Perhaps as a result of the game having no OfficialCouple, [[TheHero Bartz]] gets shipped with everyone and everyone gets shipped with Bartz. The two most popular are [[FirstGirlWins Bartz/Lenna]] and [[BattleCouple Bartz/Faris]] (and of course, he also gets shipped with [[OneTrueThreesome both of them at the same time]]), but really, he does get shipped with ''everyone.'' Naturally, ''Dissidia'' has only increased the number of pairings involving Bartz.
50	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' fans can throw Edgar together with anyone and everyone despite the fact that the poor guy couldn't get a date in-game, though he ''does'' have the best pick-up line in video game history.
51	** In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fandom, you've got Cloud, Sephiroth, Zack, Aerith and Tifa.
52	*** Though canonically straight (and [[OfficialCouple spoken for]]), Cloud is a favorite of [[YaoiFangirl the yaoi fandom]], who ships him with just about every other male character from ''"The Compilation"''; most often with [[FoeYayShipping Sephiroth]], Zack, and Vincent. But thanks to ''[[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia]]'', he's also a favorite for crossover shipping, with Cloud/[[Characters/FinalFantasyVI Terra]] and Cloud/[[Characters/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] both being popular fan pairings. Cloud's cameo appearance in [[Creator/MontyOum Monty Oum's]] ''WebAnimation/DeadFantasy'' lead to him being shipped [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX2 with Yuna.]] And [[TheGadfly Jessie's]] newfound popularity and her flirty interactions with Cloud in the ''FF VII Remake'' quickly lead to loads of fan art and H-vids of her with him as well.
53	*** Zack gets paired with Aerith, due [[TogetherInDeath their official status]], and [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc with Cissnei]] because of his interactions with her in ''VideoGame/CrisisCore''. But, like Cloud, he mainly gets shipped with the other male characters. Mostly with: [[MentorShip Angeal]], Cloud himself, [[FoeYayShipping and Genesis.]]
54	*** Tifa and Aerith being two of the most iconic and beloved female characters the ''Final Fantasy'' series has produced are of course shipped with dozens of other characters besides the aforementioned boys, both in franchise and out (Squall/Leon is a popular one for Aerith thanks to ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' as well as Tifa and Lightning). The aforementioned ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake Remake]]'' also gave the girls [[HomoeroticSubtext subtext with each other]], so Tifa/Aerith has become quite popular as well.
55	** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', Squall seems to be pretty paired with everyone [[YaoiFangirl who isn't]] [[DieForOurShip Rinoa]]. It's not like the game's entire plot revolves around them falling in love with each other or anything.
56	** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', we have Lightning. Two major reasons for this are the fact that she has no canon love interest, and the game has a not-inconsiderable amount of [[HoYay Les Yay]] between her and [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Fang]]. Then there's her "motherly" relationship with Hope. If you want to go into {{Crossover Ship}}s, there's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV Noctis]], and being a DistaffCounterpart of Cloud Strife you can pair her up with him or any of his love interests.
57	*** She's also paired with the other party members quite often. Snow X Lightning usually interprets their clashing personalities and Lightning's initial hostility as BelligerentSexualTension and takes it from there. Some Sazh X Lightning pair start with them talking about their parental experiences. Oh, and there is some Lightning X Vanille too. [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight She barely talks to Vanille in-game]]. Her crossover pairings more than doubled after ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.
58	*** After the teaser trailer for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'' was revealed, the [[FoeYayShipping Caius/Lightning]] pairing also became a thing.
59	** The Warrior of Light in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' starts gaining many, ''many'' admirers as the game progresses, particularly from the ''Heavensward'' expansion onward. Whether it's comrades in the Scions of the Seventh Dawn or whatever major allies you meet along the way, quite a few of them will express a level of admiration for the [=WoL=] that looks like a romantic crush [[EveryoneIsBi regardless of gender]].
60	** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'', Noctis gets paired up with just about ''everyone''. There's his official love interest Lunafreya, Iris who has a crush on him, his three friends whom he shares HoYay with, Nyx from ''Anime/KingsglaiveFinalFantasyXV'' (despite only meeting him once offscreen), temporary party members Cor and Aranea, as well as FoeYayShipping with his enemies Ravus and Ardyn. Heck, even the pairing of him and ''[[TagalongKid Talcott]]'' has a fandom (although only once he's an adult). And of course there's the aforementioned CrossoverShip with Lightning.
61	** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'':
62	*** First we have [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI Terra]], [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only default female hero in the group]] and one of only a few main characters to be canonically single in her home game. Naturally, the fans are all too eager to pair her with [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove someone to show her what "love" is.]]
63	*** Following somewhat close behind her, there's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall]], who for some reason seems to be paired a lot with several characters.
64	*** And in Japanese fandom, the one who stands head and shoulders above ALL of them is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Firion]], for some inexplicable reason. He is paired with ''everyone''. It's the Rose. That rose has been in the hands of at least nine characters throughout the course of the two games. In fanshipping land this automatically means he is paired with everyone who has obtained it. People even ship him with Aerith for their mutual love of flowers, even though the two have never canonically met! However perhaps the only pairing that has any real basis in the events of the games is Lightning, due to their undeniably [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiBng6ju4mQ&playnext=1&list=PLE2A507B0C217B42F cute scene in the reports]] [[spoiler:(turns out he just wants that pesky flower back but still who wants to crush a shipper's dreams!)]]
65	*** Lightning's paired with a fair amount of men in ''Dissidia''[='s=] sequel (technically prequel), too. Mainly, Kain Highwind, Firion, and the Warrior of Light.
66	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'': Thanks to the support mechanics, ''most of the cast'' falls under this, with the fandom merely taking this up to eleven.
67	** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'', there's Roy. He has six possible wives, subtext with two girls he can't support, and can support with 4 other males, one of which is his milk brother (or male maid), and is obviously a target for BodyguardCrush. Not to mentioned that he's often shipped with the other fighters on the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'' roster...
68	** Roy's got some brutal competition for the "Pimp Lord of ''Fire Emblem''" from Seliph in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar'', who can take to his side one of fifteen possible wives (seven female second-gen characters and their potential replacements, plus [[BrotherSisterIncest Yuria]]).
69	** Lyndis from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' already has four ''canon'' love interests (five if you count [[LesYay Florina]] as one). Also, Sain and Wil are considered extremely plausible lovers, Karel/Lyn and Lyn/Ninian have niche followings in the fandom, and one author even managed to pair her with ''Renault'' and make it plausible. There's the infamous Lyn/Tactician fics.
70	** My Unit (or Kris) in the remake of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem'' is an '''in-universe''' Launcher, capable of supporting with ''the entire cast of the game''. They don't have as many potential love interests as Roy or Seliph, though; male MU has three, and female MU has five.
71	** The My Unit (or Avatar as s/he's called in the west) from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this one step further. S/he can marry '''any''' player character (including the [=SpotPass=] Paralogue characters [[spoiler:[[TheCaligula Gangrel]], [[TheConqueror Walhart]], [[EvilSorcerer Aversa]], Emmeryn, and Ike's descendant Priam]] ''and'' the [[TimeTravelRomance child characters]] like [[spoiler:Lucina, Nah, or Yarne]]... and yes, s/he can have a kid with them), provided they're of the opposite gender. The exception is, obviously, [[spoiler:Morgan,]] their predetermined kid.
72	*** Heck, the only ''Awakening'' characters that ''can't'' be paired with everyone else in-game are later pre-promotes like Say'ri, Tiki, Anna and the [=SpotPass=] characters. And even that doesn't stop fans from coming up with their own fanon ships.
73	*** And now that the Avatar (or [[CanonName Robin]]) is in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', people are already coming up with new "[[CrackPairing support conversations]]" with [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Samus]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Rosalina]], [[VideoGame/FZero Captain Falcon]], [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Shulk]], you name it. God only knows how [[spoiler:Morgan]] would turn out with any of ''them'' as his/her other parent.
74	*** And to complete the ridiculousness, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOP3nlQBIgs at least one player]] has [[PoesLaw (satirically, but still...)]] shipped Robin with Corrin, his/her counterpart in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''. [[spoiler: Never mind that in some canon supports, Corrin is implied to ''be'' [[ScrewYourself another incarnation of Robin]].]] And now Corrin is in ''Smash'' too, so don't expect this to go away anytime soon.
75	** It's worth noting that for the same reasons as Robin, the My Unit (aka Corrin) from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'' is also a textbook example of this trope.
76	** Ike from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn''. On the canon side? ShipTease with Princess Elincia, HoYay with Soren, and another GayOption with Ranulf, plus Marcia constantly calling him "handsome." And of course, Aimee's relentless chasing of him. The fans, however, have added Mia, Geoffrey, Zelgius, Boyd, Tibarn, [[FoeYayShipping Shinon]], Titania, [[HeroWorshipper Sothe]] and even [[PhysicalGod Yune]]. [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros "We Like Ike"]] indeed...
77	** And now ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes''... oh GOD. It already has an INCREDIBLE amount of characters from all over the ''Fire Emblem'' universe (with the implication that they're planning to eventually incorporate EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER in the franchise) and there's a support system with the player character summoner (comparable to the tactician from ''The Blazing Blade'') and between characters. Therefore, ANY ship is possible.
78	* In spite of all the major characters being animatronics, the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' series has a lot of these, but out of all of them, [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation Ballora]] takes the cake. She had been shipped with Baby, Funtime Freddy, Funtime Foxy, Ennard (who she is canonically ''a part of'', by the way), Springtrap, the, the Puppet and even Bonnie and Freddy!
79	* In ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'', ''everyone'' is a Launcher of a Thousand Ships.
80	** And then the '''Lighthouses''' are jokingly considered as such in both the phrase's literal and other metaphorical sense, thanks to the fact that more than a half of the non-crack pairings (and a few crack ones) get their biggest ShipTease in them.
81	* [[KnightInShiningArmor Ky Kiske]] and [[TheIngenue Dizzy ]] are the biggest ship launchers in ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' then [[spoiler:they became the OfficialCouple]].
82	* Haseo of ''[[VideoGame/DotHackGU .hack//G.U.]]'', poor guy, virtually has a harbor reserved for him. From Atoli to Shino to Ovan to Endrance to Skeith to even the Grunties, he's been stuck with EVERYONE. Find someone that he HASN'T been shipped with.
83	** Like Lloyd in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Haseo is an actual canon launcher, since at the end of the third game, you can choose to "marry" ([[ItMakesSenseInContext the characters are playing an an MMORPG]]) any party member, regardless of gender or even age. When trying to do it with a man, usually it leads to a "best buddy" scene rather than marriage, but there are a few exceptions like [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Endrance]] or even [[spoiler:Azure Kite]] who want a little more than being friends...
84	* ''VideoGame/HeavyRain'': Norman Jayden, the only one of the four heroes without a canonical love interest, is consequentially paired with everyone in the game, from [[HoYay Ethan Mars]] to [[FoeYayShipping Carter Blake]].
85	* Aloy from ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'' gets shipped with a lot of the [=NPCs=], both male and female. It helps that a lot of them flirt with her to one degree or another during the dialogue. Teb, Vala, Varl, Erend, Talanah, Vanasha, Petra, Nil, Avad, Ikrie, Kotallo, Alva, Beta, Zo, Tilda and Seyka all have varying amounts of chemistry with her.
86	* Endou from ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' seems to get paired up with every other major character in the series, both male and female, most likely because he [[AllLovingHero can and does become good friends with anyone and everyone]]. Then there's a bunch of {{Starboarding}} with Endou on the receiving end, since he's a [[ObliviousToLove completely oblivious]] ChasteHero. Plus there are some fans who jokingly ship Endou x Soccer (yes, as in UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball).
87	* Everyone in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' has been a LauncherOfAThousandShips at some point. Everyone. It helps given ''Kingdom Hearts''' universe where any crossover has at least the slightest bit of plausibility.
88	** Roxas get the most hetero pairings out of everyone, especially with Namine, Xion, Olette, and Kairi. Then there's the HoYay...
89	** Throughout the internet, there have been pairings for almost every combination possible between the members of Organization XIII sans Lexaeus/Saix, making 90 pairings.
90	** It's so extreme and ridiculous, that there are various "Random Pairing Generators" arount the Internet. Prince Charming X Sephiroth? Mulan x Larxene? Sure, why not?
91	* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'': You'd probably expect it to be [[Characters/FatalFury Mai Shiranui]], but it's actually [[Characters/ArtOfFighting Yuri Sakazaki]] who holds the distinction of being [[Creator/{{SNK}} SNK's]] most shipped character -- in both doujinshi, and fanfiction.
92	** She has her very own series by Saigado Comics, aptly titled: ''[[GirlOnGirlIsHot "Yuri]] [[FriendsWithBenefits & Friends"]]'', which pairs her with multiple characters from the ''[=KoF=]''. Most often [[OneTrueThreesome with Mai and King]][[note]]which is a nod to the fact that Yuri, Mai, and King were the original three members of the [[AmazonBrigade All Womens Team]][[/note]], but she's also been paired with Chizuru Kagura, Kasumi Todoh, and even ''[[BrotherSisterIncest her own brother]]'', Ryo. Plus, there was a bonus crossover story featuring her with Creator/{{Capcom}}'s [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Ryu]] and [[Characters/StreetFighterAlpha Sakura.]]
93	** In fanfiction, Yuri's been paired with Kyo Kusanagi, by fans who [[FanPreferredCouple find her preferable to Kyo's canon girlfriend]], Yuki. While the now defunct shuojoai.com archive featured stories pairing her with: Chun Li, Sakura, [[Characters/StreetFighterIII Makoto, and Ibuki.]]
94	* Considering what the cast of ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series looks like, there is a surprisingly good amount of these.
95	** Kirby is [[FanPreferredCouple mainly shipped with Ribbon]], but he also has been shipped with Meta Knight, [=ChuChu=], Tiff, Marx, Magolor, and Susie.
96	** Not to be outdone, Meta Knight is shipped with Kirby, Tiff, Garlude, King Dedede, Galacta Knight, Magolor, Susie and Francisca.
97	** [[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Magolor]] gets a decent amount of play as well, being shipped with Kirby, Meta Knight, Marx, Taranza and Susie.
98	** [[VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe Taranza]] ReallyGetsAround in {{Fanon}}. He's been shipped with his master, Queen Sectonia [[spoiler:(and it's implied it was canon at one point)]], [[HoYay Kirby]], [[AbductionIsLove Dedede]] (mostly due to [[spoiler:their team-up at the end of the game]]), [[BodyguardCrush the final boss]], his predecessor Magolor, and Paintra. After the release of ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'', shipping him with [[BirdsOfAFeather Zan Partizanne]] has begun to pop up.
99	* In the ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' fandom, the first game's PlayerCharacter [[spoiler: Revan]] is shipped with [[OfficialCouple Carth]], Canderous, [[GayOption Juhani]], [[OfficialCouple Bastila]], Malak, and [[FoeYayShipping the Exile]], to list the most popular ones.
100	* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has over 100 playable characters so it has thousands of ships by itself but two characters deserve mention, [[{{Adorkable}} Ezreal]] and [[MagicalGirl Lux]]. Despite Ezreal/Lux being [[ShipTease pseudo-canon]], these two get paired with too many different characters, friends, enemies, people they never talked, creatures...
101	* Ellis from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' ends up with everyone. Although 90% of the time it's with [[YaoiFangirl Nick]], you can find him with his canon love interest Zoey, teammate Rochelle, [[{{Squick}} Coach]], the Hunter, the Witch, the Smoker and his friends that don't even appear in the game like Keith. Ellis will also usually be the target of any fanfic writer's OriginalCharacter.
102	* Due to dating sims-esque nature of the game, Rean Schwarzer from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' has been paired with all members of Class VII, his adoptive sister, his adoptive sister's best friend, a commander in an army, a bracer, a "traitor", the BigBad, [[CrackPairing a giant robot, a motorbike]]...
103	* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Link is easily the video game town bicycle; he's paired with everyone from the eponymous Princess Zelda to... well, to the Shinto goddess Amaterasu as seen in wolf form in ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', given that Wolf Link from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' is one of Link's most famous incarnations[[note]]If there were a Shinto Hell, whoever first did that would be going there. Nor is this the only strange ship involving Amaterasu, in [[CrossoverShip or out]] of ''Okami'' itself[[/note]]. It doesn't hurt that Link tends to be an in-universe ChickMagnet who gains a new harem with each major entry. We've got the [[http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs8/i/2005/322/d/3/Link__s_Harem_by_Scribbles02.png Ocarina of Time Harem]], the [[http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs41/i/2009/011/1/8/Links_Harem_by_Slush_A.jpg Wind Waker Harem]], the [[http://th06.deviantart.net/fs38/300W/i/2008/366/b/8/Twilight_Girls_by_justmeandmypencil.jpg Twilight Princess Harem]], and much much more!
104	* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'':
105	** The fandom cleary thinks that Max Caufield must be the hottest girl in Arcadia Bay, because she's been shipped with just about every major character. The main ones being: her childhood friend Chloe, the loveable geek Warren Graham, resident church girl Kate Marsh, and Blackwell Academy's supreme AlphaBitch, Victoria Chase. She's also been paired with Nathan Prescott and [[spoiler: Mark Jefferson]], the latter of whom is creepily obsessed with Max and he's [[spoiler: a serial killer]]. Rachel Amber isn't exempt either, despite having never met Max [[spoiler: due to Rachel having been killed]], while others opt for [[OT3 Amber/Price/Field]]. [[InSeriesNickname "Max]] [[ChickMagnet Factor"]] indeed.
106	** Max's popularity with shippers also includes multiple crossover pairings. There's H-art depicting her with everyone from [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors Alex Chen]], to Ellie from ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsII'', and even the likes of ''[[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 Lara Croft]]'', among others. To say nothing of countless [[PerverseSexualLust self-insert OCs]]. Point being, that Max is the undisputed fandom bicycle.
107	* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon:'' [[TheProtagonist Kiryu Kazuma]] has been shipped with '''nearly every character [[HoYay (mostly male)]] in the franchise'''. Not that the games [[ChickMagnet don't]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim encourage]] [[MagneticHero it.]]
108	** Besides his [[LoveInterest canon love interests]], [[ActionGirl Kaoru]] and [[FirstLove Yumi]], he is often shipped with [[TheRival Majima]], [[EvilFormerFriend Nishiki]], and [[HandicappedBadass Tachibana.]]
109	** Even [[FoeYayShipping antagonists]] and his [[EvilCounterpart Evil Counterparts]] can't resist! [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne Ryuji]], [[TragicVillain Mine]], [[ShadowArchetype Someya...]] Hell, some even ship him with the ''[[EvilOldFolks Dojima Lieutenants!]]''
110	* As the only female character in ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' who can be brought to the final battle, and hence the only one who can canonically meet the protagonists from other eras, Lei Kugo has been shipped across time and space. Popular love interests include Akira and [[FoeYayShipping Odio]], but Masaru and Oboromaru are also occasional fic subjects, as is Yun Jou in the {{Fix Fic}}s where [[spoiler:they both survive.]]
111	%%* Atsuki Saijo from ''VisualNovel/LuxPain'' has a good amount of ShipTease with everyone.
112	* Another canonical example is Vayne of ''VideoGame/ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis'', who has an [[MultipleEndings ending]] with each of the other party members. The ones that aren't clearly romantic are laden with subtext.
113	* ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'':
114	** Poor, poor [[VideoGame/MegaMan9 Splash Woman]]. It doesn't help that she's one of the only two lady bots in a cast nearing 100 (in case you were wondering, the other lady bot is Roll).
115	** Looking at the fan art, [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Metal Man]] gets this treatment too.
116	** In general, ANY Robot Master, including the [[VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge Rock]][[VideoGame/MegaManII man]] [[VideoGame/MegaManIII Kill]][[VideoGame/MegaManIV ers]] and the [[VideoGame/MegaManV Stardroids]]. Each of them have launched enough ships to make a tangled love web. Perhaps the most common: little Mega Man himself!
117	** Like their [[RoboFamily brother]], Roll and Proto Man also have launched their own fleets. Proto Man is especially popular judging by the sheer volume of fan art and fiction that exists. In Roll's case, she gets paired so often for [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the same reason]] Splash Woman does.
118	* ''VideoGame/MegaManX'':
119	** X and Zero might be the two most shipped characters of the franchise. The reunion scene between X and a NotQuiteDead Zero in ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' simply added more fuel to the fire.
120	** X has been paired with Alia, [[VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission Nana]], his love interest from the manga Marty, [[VideoGame/MegaManXtreme2 Berkana]] because of the FoeYayShipping potential, on occasion with Axl for those who prefer HoYay, and even Vile. There's even a couple of fan art of X with Iris, Zero's love interest.
121	** For Zero, there's the canon (and {{memetic\|Mutation}}ally [[ILetGwenStacyDie tragic]]) pairing with [[VideoGame/MegaManX4 Iris]], [[VideoGame/MegaManX8 Layer]] because of ShipTease (despite Zero being both [[ObliviousToLove dense]] and probably not in the mood for romance given what happened to Iris), [[VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission Ferham]] because of [[FoeYayShipping Foe Yay]] (she really seemed to [[{{Sadist}} enjoy whipping him]]...), and -- though less frequently -- Axl for reasons similar to X (only magnified because, if ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX7 X7]]'' is any indication, Zero had to babysit Axl while out in the field before X came out of his TenMinuteRetirement). Going forward to ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' adds Ciel and Leviathan -- the former is all but stated to be in love with him (which makes [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies the ending]] of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero4 Z4]]'' that much more heartbreaking]]) while the latter is fond of both [[TheTease teasing]] and [[BloodKnight fighting]] Zero in a manner that's borderline FoeRomanceSubtext. One can even find pics of Zero and Roll.
122	* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'': Geo goes with everyone, mostly because the game and anime each drop plenty of scenes for him that could be interpreted as {{Ship Tease}}s -- with several different characters. LoveTriangle with [[BettyAndVeronica Luna and Sonia]], HoYay with Pat and Ace, FoeYayShipping with Solo and Jack. (And perhaps maybe with "imagination"!)
123	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'''s Snake tends to be paired up with almost everyone in the series, and outside of it -- even before his appearance in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]''. It really doesn't help that he's the Prince of the EvenTheGuysWantHim trope (Big Boss being the king).
124	** In the ''[=MGS=]'' fandom itself, Otacon's probably earned this. He's been paired with Snake, Mei Ling, Raiden, Liquid, Grey Fox, Big Boss, Mantis, and [[Fanfic/{{Stray\|Dahne}} young Ocelot]], time paradoxes and plausibility be damned.
125	* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'': Sub-Zero. [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII The younger one, anyway.]] Canonically, the closest thing he has to a girlfriend/partner/lover is [[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Sareena]], whom he enjoys a hefty amount of ShipTease with. But thanks to the magic of ShippingGoggles, all of his friendships and rivalries are misconstrued as possible ships. HeterosexualLifePartners with Smoke and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Kenshi]]? HoYay. Former archnemesis of Scorpion? FoeYayShipping. [[DeceptiveDisciple Former pupil]] Frost is [[FoeYayShipping eerily-obsessed with him?]] MentorShip. Not even his older brother, Elder Sub-Zero/Noob Saibot [[IncestYayShipping is safe from being paired up with Subby]] (it doesn't help that there's a LoveTriangle-esque relationship between them and Sareena, as Sareena also had feelings for the original Sub-Zero). [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight He also tends to be paired up with females he's only acquaintances with at best.]] Sub-Zero/Kitana, Sub-Zero/Jade, and Sub-Zero/Mileena have all popped up before on several occasions, and all are popular in their own right. Smoke (in most titles) [[RoboShip is a cyborg]], whereas Scorpion and Noob are undead and Sareena is [[InterspeciesRomance a demon]] [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction in human guise.]] It doesn't hurt that he's also [[MrFanservice fangirl bait]], so expect the female fans to create [=OC=]s to jump Sub-Zero's bones as well.
126	** Reptile seems to be working his way up, too. Although the only character that shows romantic interest in him is probably [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 Khameleon]] (due to the whole AdamAndEvePlot thing), he's additionally paired with [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII Mileena]] and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Nitara]] on a somewhat regular basis. Apparently, the lizard man has moxie.
127	* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': Out of the eight main characters, Therion tends to be shipped around the most. He's been shipped with Ophilia, Primrose, Tressa, Alfyn, Cyrus, Cordelia...
128	* As mentioned above in the discussion on Link, ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'''s Amaterasu gets shipped with far, far more characters than a non-talking wolf should ever be. Most of these rely on Ammy having a human form that we never see.
129	* Due to vagueness of the character interactions in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' most characters are shipped with about four other characters. Somehow some characters avoid being shipped in general (Bastion, Torbjorn, and Winston) or are just so overwhelmingly shipped with one certain character that no one seems to even ''think'' about shipping them with someone else (Hanzo).
130	** Mercy is currently shipped with the most characters which includes: Junkrat, Roadhog ([[OneTrueThreesome or Junkrat and Roadhog]]), Genji, Soldier: 76, Cassidy, Widowmaker, Pharah, Zarya, Reaper, Mei, Reinhardt, Hanzo and Ana.
131	** Zarya is shipped with Reinhardt, Mei, Widowmaker, Mercy, Tracer, Pharah, and Genji.
132	** Strangely enough, Junkrat is this as well. He's been paired with Mercy, Roadhog, Mei, Symmetra, Lucio, D.Va, and Cassidy.
133	** Ana. Being one of the only characters with a known child, everyone speculates as to who Pharah's father was. The dialogue she has with most of her old teammates is full of ShipTease, with all of them upset that they didn't know she was still alive, her complimenting Reinhardt and Soldier:76 on how good they look, and Reinhardt and Cassidy flat out flirting with her. Even Reaper is upset that she sided with Jack over him, which has fanned flames of a possible LoveTriangle or LoveDodecahedron; after all, if fans can't decide which of the original team she slept with to conceive Pharah, then the next best thing is to assume she slept with them ''all''.
134	*** Father speculation aside (which currently includes Soldier: 76, Reaper, and Reinhardt) she's also shipped Cassidy, Mercy, and Widowmaker. Also, she's currently the ''only'' person shipped with Torbjorn. This is especially impressive since she is 60 years old.
135	*** Has died down a bit since [[ShipSinking Reinhardt was confirmed to not be Pharah's father]]. However, whether or not Pharah's father is aware that Ana [[FakingTheDead didn't actually die]] has remained [[ShrugOfGod unconfirmed]], leaving the idea of a post-Overwatch relationship between Ana and her old teammates open for interpretation.
136	*** Died down even more with the Uprising event, as Ana's new spray shows her and her husband holding baby Pharah. Said husband's features look nothing like any other character.
137	** Cassidy has been paired with quite the number of characters due to a large number of fans think he is attractive and his unique cowboy aesthetic. He's frequently paired with [[FanPreferredCouple Hanzo]], Symmetra, Lucio ([[CrackShip all of whom he never met or interact with]]), his former superiors Reaper, Soldier: 76 and Ana, his former Overwatch fellow teammates Genji, Mercy and Mei, his former Deadlock gang member [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple Ashe]], and Echo.
138	* Applies to all of ''Franchise/{{Persona}}''[='s=] player protagonists since the third game, with both the male and female protagonists of ''VideoGame/Persona3'', [[CanonName Yu Narukami]] of ''VideoGame/Persona4'', ''and'' [[CodeName Joker]] of ''VideoGame/Persona5'' having been paired with virtually every other cast member at one point or another. Somewhat justified since building relationships has been a major part of gameplay since ''3'', including the option to romance characters of the opposite sex (with Joker in particular being able to romance even adult women); it's even possible in-game for the player characters to build an outright harem (though you'll eventually be punished for it in ''Persona 4 [[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'' and ''Persona 5'').
139	** Crossover ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' only added fuel to the fire, thanks to a fake wedding ceremony scene where Yu and the P3 protagonist have the option to "marry" anybody from ''3'' and ''4''[='s=] main cast regardless of their gender (even HeroicDog Koromaru).
140	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
141	** This happened to Dawn and Lyra, ''especially'' [[{{Moe}} Lyra]]. The most popular characters to pair Lyra with (in Japan, at least) are [[TheRival Silver]], [[MysteriousProtector Lance]], [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Ethan]], and ''[[MasterOfDisguise PETREL]]''. These are just the ''popular'' ones. In the west (and East at that), Morty and [[PsychoForHire Proton]] are also often shipped with her as well.
142	** Silver himself is a shipping magnet, too, especially when you factor in his ''[[Manga/PokemonAdventures Adventures]]'' manga counterpart.
143	** With ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', we have the male protagonist Hilbert, who's being paired with practically every female in the game (and [[MostFanficWritersAreGirls plenty of]] [[BoysLove pretty]] [[HoYay boys]].) On the opposite side of things, the female protagonist Hilda has inspired plenty of pairings as well.
144	** The real winner of this trope, as far as Generation V goes, is N Harmonia. The fact that he's characterized as socially awkward has not stopped fans from pairing him with (drumroll): [[FoeYayShipping Hilda]], [[HoYay Hilbert]], [[OneTrueThreesome both]], Nate, Rosa, Bianca, Cheren, Serena, Red, [[InterspeciesRomance Zoroark]], and '''[[IncestYay Ghestis]]'''!!
145	** Red gets shipped with everyone, Pokemon and people outside the Kanto-Johto games included.
146	** Karen, final Johto Elite Four member, got this treatment, mostly because of being the MsFanservice of the region's [=E4=]. She's been shipped with: [[LargeHam Sidney]], [[DragonTamer Lance]], [[PsychicPowers Will]] and [[TallDarkAndHandsome Grimsley]].
147	** In-game, a lot of players ship [[{{Shapeshifter}} Ditto]] with everyone, due to its ability to [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction mate with (almost) any Pokémon]] and produce eggs.
148	*** There's a reason a why a lot of players name their Ditto "pimp".
149	** Protagonists in general get shipped with everyone. Calem and especially Serena from ''X'' and ''Y'' are no exception. They're shipped with all of their rivals, each other, Professor Sycamore, most of the gym leaders, Emma, the BigBad...
150	* Chell has been paired up with nearly every character in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}''. Wheatley is paired with almost as many. And Chell/Wheatley is the most popular ship in the fandom.
151	* One would be quick to dismiss that ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' doesn't have much ship fuel, being a puzzle game, but you'd be wrong.
152	** Schezo is paired with Arle, Rulue, Witch, Satan, Seriri, Lagnus, Incubus, Lemres, and Doppelganger Schezo, out of way too many characters to count. Yes, he ships with his own doppelganger. When he says "I want you!" did he really mean it this way? Nobody knows.
153	** Sig is just as big of an example, with Amitie, Strange Klug, Klug, Arle, Lidelle, Raffina and Lemres only being the tip of the iceberg. Even characters who he has yet to interact with, like Maguro, Seriri, Draco or Doppelganger Arle are paired with him.
154	* ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2'': Arthur Morgan has been shipped with just about every character in the game, both female and male. Most fans like to have him shipped with Sadie, Mary-Beth, Charlotte, Tilly, Marston, Charles Smith, Albert Mason, and Dutch, if they aren't shipping him with themselves (male ''and'' female readers alike).
155	* Leon Kennedy, of ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' is a classical Type A, sometimes even to the point of EvenTheGuysWantHim among players. His canon love interest is Ada (and to a lesser extent, Angela, who appeared once and then was PutOnABus), but he's also regularly paired with Ashley, Claire, Jill, Steve, Chris, Wesker, Luis, Krauser, Hunnigan, Kevin, Manuela, Buddy, Helena, Sherry, and Mike the Helicopter Guy. In addition to the large amounts of zombie porn that affect all characters within the fandom and countless self-inserts. Admittedly, the fact that he almost always ends up with a female character for a partner and the fact that at least two of them seem to have crushes on him does not help, nor does his (failed) attempt to get Hunnigan's number.
156	** Claire Redfield, however, falls quite neatly under Type B as the "kickass everygirl" who has no special training and a kind heart, but still keeps up with the rest of the characters. Her ships includes Steve, Leon, Ada, Sherry, Alfred, Wesker, Jill, Rebecca, [[spoiler:Carla]], and her brother Chris, though many crack pairings exist for whatever character the author deems most attractive.
157	* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory2'' has an ''official'' LauncherOfAThousandShips candidate in the form of Yue. When the main character marries a girl who was destined for another guy, that guy will automatically end up with Yue.
158	* Sonic and Tails in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series go with everyone... even though they show the ''least'' romantic interest of the entire cast.
159	** [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Shadow]]. Although he's more commonly shipped with Sonic, Rouge and Amy (and occasionally Maria), he has gotten shipped with [[CrackPairing plenty of characters you wouldn't expect]].
160	** Really, almost ''everyone'' has been paired with everyone else in Sonic, regardless of gender, [[MayDecemberRomance age]], or [[InterspeciesRomance species]].
161	** The ''Sonic'' {{Fanvid}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZaQ9_-ahGY set to "Womanizer"]] ''(has flashy effects, not recommended for the photosensitive epileptic)'' by Music/BritneySpears mocks this phenomenon, depicting the many heterosexual ships of the fandom as harems held by the male characters, making their most popular love interests [[ClingyJealousGirl jealous]].
162	* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'':
163	** Siegfried, bar none, has become this. Being both the main protagonist and -- [[BrainwashedAndCrazy as]] [[BigBad Nightmare]] -- SeriesMascot, Siegfried has been paired with practically every female character in the series at some point. His most popular pairings (from most popular to least) are with Sophitia, Hilde, Ivy, Tira, and Cassandra.
164	*** Sophitia/Siegfried is the series' long-enduring FanPreferredCouple, and it even has some support in official circumstances, what with the very few times the two characters have interacted in-game dripping with subtext: Sophitia collapses prior to the events of ''Soulcalibur'' after having a vision of Siegfried as Nightmare. In the same game, Sophitia shares a Destined Battle with Nightmare (keep in mind that Destined Battles tend to occur between characters with a significant connection, such as family, mortal enemies, or even lovers); Sophitia steps forward to challenge him and states her resolve with the words "I want to... save you," possibly implying she knows that Siegfried is Nightmare (or at least that Nightmare is really a tortured soul under Soul Edge's sway). Siegfried also rescues a captured Sophitia early on in the admittedly non-canon ''Legends'' (which would be set between ''Edge'' and ''Calibur'' [[CanonDiscontinuity were it canon]]) and she's one of three women to face Siegfried in his ''IV'' story right before his final battle with Nightmare (the others being Hilde and Ivy, who likewise have strong ties to Siegfried). ''[[VideoGame/SoulcaliburVI VI]]'' also has Sophitia personally seek out a post-possession Siegfried for what is basically a re-enactment of the aforementioned Destined Battle, but despite the warm, vaguely romantic undertones in their scenes together, she's already engaged to Rothion. Speaking of whom, the only thing that seems to stand in the way of this ship is Sophitia's husband Rothion, [[DieForOurShip who fans would like nothing more than to see die or otherwise removed from the picture]]... at least until he ''finally'' made an in-game appearance in ''VI'', portrayed as a loving and devoted partner to Sophitia. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap The fandom mostly warmed up to him after that]], though shipping-related hostilities still persist.
165	*** Hilde, being the most stalwart [[ShipToShipCombat competitor]] to Siegfried/Sophitia despite making her debut ''four'' games after them, also has strong ties to Siegfried, with her story in ''IV'' dovetailing with his (he wields Soul Calibur, which was integral to the founding of Wolfkrone and thus revered as a holy sword by her kingdom) and both characters appearing in each others' stories at some point. Most telling is the fact that Hilde's ending is the only one in ''IV'' where Siegfried is present but ''doesn't'' die (either by [[DeathSeeker his own hands]] or someone else's); she instead gives him the one thing [[TheAtoner he's been searching for ever since breaking free of Soul Edge's influence]]: {{forgiveness}}. (The warm, vaguely flirty smile she gives a gobsmacked Siegfried also did not go unnoticed by shippers.) Hilde even works under him in ''[[VideoGame/SoulcaliburV V]]'', having been invited into Schwarzwind (Siegfried's band of mercenaries) after [[YouCantGoHomeAgain the fall of Wolfkrone]], and seems to be somewhat playful with him when they spar together in-game, though -- to the disappointment of many -- [[ShipSinking he isn't the father of her kids]].
166	*** Ivy worked for Siegfried while he was Nightmare, so the two have a deeper connection than the others -- as evidenced by Ivy being present alongside the aforementioned Sophitia and Hilde in the penultimate battle of Siegfried's story in ''IV''. Their common nature as beings corrupted by Soul Edge makes them stand out from other examples.
167	*** Though Siegfried had abandoned the identity of Nightmare by the time of ''III'' (with Nightmare instead becoming [[AnimatedArmor Soul Edge's will bonded to the Azure Knight's discarded armor]]), Tira first offered her services to Nightmare back when he was still Siegfried -- the ravens seen the opening cinematic for ''II'' belong to her. Tira sees Soul Edge/Nightmare as a kindred spirit and even fell in love with the cursed sword, spending a good portion of Tales of Soul (''III''[='s=] Story Mode) playfully teasing Siegfried about his time as the Azure Knight. She continues to playfully antagonize Siegfried in the next installment.
168	*** While Cassandra ''doesn't'' have any major interactions with Siegfried (unlike the other four ladies), she is [[GorgeousGreek buxom, hot, and blonde]] (much like her older sister Sophitia); thus the fans have taken it upon themselves to ship her with Siegfried. Interestingly, the idea of pairing Siegfried [[OneTrueThreesome with both Alexandra sisters]] is not terribly common in the fandom.
169	*** Furthermore, WordOfGod and [[AllThereInTheManual artbook-exclusive plot details]] from the time of ''VideoGame/SoulcaliburV'' states that Salia Olschmidt, a fellow and senior member of Schwarzwind, canonically is interested in Siegfried (with possible further backing from one quest in ''SCVI''[='s=] Libra of Soul where Salia expresses hope that Siegfried will return to them and thus needs a home to come back to), though her role as a minor supporting character and Siegfried's CelibateHero credentials haven't resulted in a lot of traction for this pairing. As irony would have it, Salia is the one responsible for Wolkfrone's alliance with Schwarzwind and [[HeterosexualLifePartners is best friends with Hilde]] because of it.
170	** Sophitia, conversely, has become "the Siegfried" for yuri fans; people have hooked her up with Taki, Ivy, Tira, and [[BrotherSisterIncest even her younger sister Cassandra]]. While Taki and Tira make sense (Taki is the one who brought Sophitia home and nursed her back to health after her battle with Cervantes, Tira is canonically obsessed with the heroine and her family due to their connection to Soul Edge), Ivy has the smallest connection to Sophitia (though Project Soul ''did'' fan the flames with [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/soulcalibur/images/e/e8/Ivysophie.jpg a render depicting Sophitia at Ivy's mercy]]) and Cassandra seems to be nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of [[IncestYayShipping certain shippers]].
171	* Despite the {{meme\|ticMutation}} "Everyone is [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]] for Krystal," [[note]]the BerserkButton of all who are not, especially those who have gone furry for [[ComicStrip/StarFox Fara]][[/note]] Krystal from ''Franchise/StarFox'' is not the most prominent example of this trope from the series. Instead Fox tends to be paired with most of the other characters, [[HoYay yet he is rarely paired with any of the female characters aside from Krystal]].
172	** While Krystal is being shipped with anyone.
173	%% Clarification for the above entry (if it differs from anything added above) would be nice.
174	* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
175	** Chun-Li is the series' primary "go to" character when it comes to shipping, 'cuz she's hot plus she's canonically single. So fans can freely pair her with just about anybody, regardless whether male, [[HoYay or female]]. They're especially fond of pairing her [[FanPreferredCouple with Ryu]], but she's also been shipped with Charlie, Ken, and Guile (and to a lesser extent Cammy).
176	** In fanfiction (and hentai art), she's mainly seen with other women, mostly with Cammy and, occasionally, Sakura. Crossovers tend to pair her with [[VideoGame/FatalFury Mai Shiranui]] and [[VideoGame/ArtOfFighting Yuri Sakazaki]] of ''Franchise/TheKingOfFighters'' fame.
177	** Ryu gets his share, too, despite his [[ChasteHero lack of interest]] in love life, being paired with Chun-Li, Cammy, Sakura, Juri Han, Rose, Ibuki (?), Makoto (??), Ken ([[HoYay oh boy]])... and [[CrackPairing Bison]]? And maybe [[FoeYayShipping Sagat]], that is, if he's not busy with his [[MemeticMutation cornflakes]].
178	*** Juri Han, being the {{depraved\|bisexual}} {{psycho\|Lesbian}} that she is, gets this treatment too. It doesn't help that Juri [[MemeticMolester might be trying to make it canon from her side]].
179	*** Add [[VideoGame/FinalFight Guy]] to that list. While it's been established that Guy already has a fiancee, Rena (the DamselInDistress of ''Final Fight 2''), he has (to date) ''three'' additional partners according to the fandom. The first is Maki, Rena's younger sister who displays a very curious {{Tsundere}}-like complex towards her brother-in-law [[note]]this [[FoeYayShipping "Rival Yay"]] is instead likely her desire to beat Guy and become the 40th Bushin Master; [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou if she doesn't, someone else could come up and steal the chance to do so away from her]][[/note]]. ''Super Street Fighter IV'' then added [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Ibuki]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Rose]]. Whereas the former is more centered around the basis that [[ThemePairing both characters are]] {{ninja}}s, the latter is pretty damn close to a case of PlatonicWritingRomanticReading. Most fans who have seen Guy's [[FightingYourFriend Rival Battle]] and [[ShipTease both his and Rose's ending cutscenes]] in ''SSFIV'' [[ShippingGoggles have been subsequently unable to see them as anything other than]] lovers or (at the very least) two very, ''very'' [[TrueCompanions close friends]] with a lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]], leading Guy/Rose to very quickly rise to FanPreferredCouple status.
180	* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] goes with everybody. It's not just limited to female characters, either. [[IncestYayShipping Luigi]] is sometimes paired with him, and so is [[FoeYayShipping Bowser]].
181	** Peach, too, especially when she followed TheSmurfettePrinciple back in the day. It doesn't help that she's a [[ChickMagnet Dude Magnet]] in-universe. [[RescueRomance Mario]], [[WeaknessTurnsHerOn Luigi]], [[CrackPairing Wario]], [[StockholmSyndrome Bowser]], [[LesYay Daisy]], [[LesYay Rosalina]]... {{Crossover Ship}}s based on ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' hook her up with [[LadyAndKnight Marth]], [[LesYay Zelda]], [[LesYay Samus]], [[CrackPairing Kirby]], the list goes on and on.
182	** [[EnsembleDarkhorse Rosalina]] is one in a very similar way to Peach. And now that she's being introduced to ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''...
183	** In terms of spin off characters, Vivian from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''. Not only is she easily the most popular partner to see shipped with Mario, she has also been shipped with Goombella, Koops (who canonically has a girlfriend), Lady Bow, Doopliss, Geno, and even Larry Koopa.
184	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
185	** ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' protagonist Samus Aran easily falls into this due to not having any romantic interest in her own series (or more than a handful of characters per game other than herself, for that matter). [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} Master Chief]], [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]], and ComicBook/IronMan are common choices due to [[PoweredArmor Shared concepts]], but she seems to pick a new one up every new game in the ''Smash Bros'' series: Captain Falcon in ''Melee'', Solid Snake in ''Brawl'', and now [[VideoGame/PunchOut Little Mac]], due to the latter's introductory trailer, even though it primarily involved him [[LoveAtFirstPunch punching the hell outta her]] for making fun of his height. Pikachu/Samus was a popular crack ship during ''Brawl'' but it usually wasn't presented too romantically. Also, oddly enough, [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]] and Franchise/MegaMan in the latter two games as well. It is not certain why parts of the fandom have deemed her a paedophile, out of all the characters.
186	** ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' characters pretty much instantly get turned into this when they're revealed. Marth and Ike have especially been paired with everyone constantly since ''Melee'', though it's most common to ship them with Link, Zelda, Peach, or each other.
187	** This is inevitable for VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} once she was announced and it's becoming apparent. For a dose of irony, the two earliest (and so far most prevalent) are [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit and Palutena]].
188	** When it comes to the [[PuppyLove younger characters]], Ness is the most shipped. Ness/Red, Ness/Toon Link, Ness/Lucas, etc.
189	** Sonic has been paired with nearly ''every'' female fighter since his first appearance in ''Brawl'', along with quite a few men.
190	* ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'':
191	** Leon Magnus from ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'', as the fan favourite, has been paired with everyone. Marian, Stahn, [[ShipMates Philia]], [[CargoShip Chaltier]], [[BrotherSisterIncest Rutee]], [[ParentalIncest Hu]][[MemeticMolester go]], [[spoiler: [[ScrewYourself Judas]]]], [[CrackPairing Lilith]], sometimes even [[CrossoverShip Yuri]]. Oddly, [[spoiler: Judas]] is rarely shipped with anyone besides Harold or Philia.
192	** Lloyd Irving from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. Seriously, he's paired with everyone in the game, although he's frequently shipped [[ChildhoodFriendRomance with Colette]], [[FanPreferredCouple and Sheena]]. There are many who pair him with Raine or Presea. [[HoYay Maybe even Zelos]]. Or even [[FoeYayShipping paired with Yggdrasill]].
193	*** He has been paired with ''his own father''. Granted it's usually before TheReveal, but some even have the relationship continue ''afterward.''
194	*** Because of the MultipleEndings, Lloyd is a ''canonical'' Launcher of a Thousand Ships.
195	*** It even continues in the sequel! ''Dawn of the New World'' confirms that [[SchrodingersQuestion Lloyd scored with whomever you want him to]].
196	** [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Emil]] seems to be this, too -- he's been paired with a good chunk of the new cast [[spoiler:including [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Ratatosk]] and Aster (who Ratatosk killed about ''a year and a half before Emil even came into existence''.)]] Plus several of the original cast.
197	** As far as ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' goes, Luke/Everyone might as well be canon. ... Well, everyone important. At the very least you cannot deny that Luke/[[FiveManBand The Party]] (or [[FiveManBand The Party]]/Luke, as it is...) is very nearly canon.
198	** If you are a ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia'' character, the fandom has decreed that you want to have sex with [[MemeticBadass Yuri]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Lowell]]. Period. He's probably most often shipped with [[HoYay Flynn]], but Estelle and Judith aren't far behind... and then there are people who ship him with Raven or Duke or Rita or even Ioder, and, appropriately enough given the above, Yuri/Luke is a popular crossover pairing.
199	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'' has ''two'', in both Ludger, the new silent protagonist, and Jude, whose ShipTease has gone up to eleven since the last game. They get shipped with each other, of course, but Jude also gets shipped with Alvin, Milla, Ivar, Gaius (thanks, Hot Springs ending), has a canonical alternate-universe-bird-spirit boyfriend ([[ItMakesSenseInContext it's complicated]]) and even gets some ShipTease with ''Elize'' in a victory quote. Ludger gets shipped with Alt!Milla, his brother, Nova, and...pretty much every member of the playable party since they've all got relationship values now. It's madness.
200	* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' -- The [[TheTwink Scout]] and the [[TheMedic Medic]] get paired with every class, including [[ScrewYourself their own]]. The Sniper is also popular thanks to his low, [[MrFanservice gravelly voicelines]].
201	* [[{{Miko}} Reimu]] and [[BlackMagicianGirl Marisa]] from the ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' games tend to have [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Relationshipping#Main_Character_Harems their own mini-harems]], most of their pairing options being {{youkai}}s [[DefeatMeansFriendship they've defeated in previous battles]].
202	** [[MarionetteMaster Alice Margatroid]] is also subject to almost as much pairing-off as Marisa. There's a notable fanartist who paired the dollmaker off to [[http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=568241 nearly]] ''[[http://moe.imouto.org/post/show/64468 everyone]]'', and did fanart of ''[[http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=396427 herself]]'' {{glomp}}ing Alice!
203	** Rinnosuke Morichika, being TheOneGuy, seems to get this treatment by default unless he's being portrayed as the MemeticMolester. If you scroll down [[http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E6%A3%AE%E8%BF%91%E9%9C%96%E4%B9%8B%E5%8A%A9 this page]], you will see a chart that breaks down his ships with every character in the series by source material.
204	** Though specially Marisa, with more than seven ''frequent'' pairings, is who stands out in this trope. In some works to GAR [[http://genso.ws/post?tags=cho_marisa levels.]]
205	%%** Yuuka has quite a few ships too.
206	* Due to the PlayerCharacter [[spoiler:Frisk]] having no [[AmbiguousGender defined gender]] in VideoGame/{{Undertale}}, they are depicted as whatever gender needed to push a ship forward, typically female for the majority of ships, however some male examples exist, such as being shipped with Muffet or [[spoiler:[[ScrewYourself Chara]]]].
207	** Sans has been put with almost every character including Toriel, [[spoiler:Frisk and/or [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Chara]]]], Muffet, ''[[BrotherSisterIncest Papyrus]]'', Asgore, and even AlternateUniverse versions of himself.
208	* Rudy Roughnight from ''VideoGame/WildArms1''. In addition to all the females he gets paired with, ''VideoGame/WildArms'' shippers also put him together with Jack and, [[CrackPairing for some reason]], Zed. This even gets referenced in ''VideoGame/WildArms5'', where the main ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' related sidequest has Dean resolving which one amongst Jane, Cecilia, and Mariel does Rudy eventually end up with.
209	* Seeing as how it's from the creators of ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', it's not too surprising that''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' has plenty of these:
210	** Neku's been paired with everyone and their mother. ''Minamimoto''/Neku? Where'd that come from?
211	*** It came from [[ShipperOnDeck Josh]].
212	-->"Think he's got a thing for you, Neku? (...) Oh, please! The way he follows you around?"
213	** Minamimoto himself is paired with everyone. Neku, Beat, Konishi, Megumi, Joshua...''Especially'' [[AmbiguouslyGay Joshua]].
214	*** Every''one''? [[CargoShip MinamimotoxMicrophone]] is a popular pairing... unsurprisingly.
215	---->'''Minamimoto:''' Why, hello there! This mic is zetta sexy!
216	*** Also calculators and math books.
217	** Joshua too. Although Neku is by ''far'' his most popular option, he regularly gets shipped with Hanekoma, Minamimoto, Kitaniji, and [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Rhyme]]. Shiki and Beat are rarer but also exist, and he's a favorite for crossover ships.
218	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
219	** The games fan fiction's poster girl is Lady Jaina Proudmoore by far. She's often shipped with Sylvanas Windrunner, Arthas (pre- and post-undeath), Warchief Thrall (a pairing once characterized on the official Blizzard [=WoW=] General Discussion Forum as "Bow-Chikca-Lok'Tar"), and every fan fic writer who writes about his own [=PCs=] will have them meet Jaina at some point. There are also those that ship her with Kael'thas Sunstrider, who had a crush on her (although it was apparently unrequited).
220	%%** Thrall and Sylvanas fit this trope for Horde aficionados.
221	** Outside of canon characters, elves in general seem to fill this role. ''Especially'' [[{{Bishonen}} blood elves]].
222	** And as of Patch 5.1 and the ''Tides of War'' tie-in novel, Jaina is ''canonically'' hooked up with Kalecgos, who is literally a ''dragon''.

Context LauncherOfAThousandShips / VideoGames