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| 12 | ->''"Did you just ''smell'' me?"'' |
| 13 | -->-- '''Will Graham''' to '''Hannibal Lecter''', ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' |
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| 15 | Examples of ShipTease in live-action television. |
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| 17 | Examples with their own pages: |
| 18 | [[index]] |
| 19 | * ''ShipTease/DoctorWho'' |
| 20 | * ''ShipTease/GoodOmens2019'' |
| 21 | * ''ShipTease/{{Llanargollen}}'' |
| 22 | [[/index]] |
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| 24 | !!Other Examples: |
| 25 | * Creator/TinaFey has said that her ''Series/ThirtyRock'' character will never hook up with Jack, but she seems to be going out of her way to imply that they might. |
| 26 | ** Particularly in "The Problem Solvers". |
| 27 | ** We even had an episode entitled "Mrs. Donaghy" in which Liz and Jack are AccidentalMarriage'd. It's over by the end of the episode. But serious trope-age here. |
| 28 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'': |
| 29 | ** Creator/JossWhedon employed the crueler variety in the last season, when [[spoiler:after three years' worth of teasing, Fred and Wesley finally hook up...only for Fred to be killed and replaced with a demonic entity in the ''very next episode'']]. But this is Joss. Sex and relationships only lead to suffering. |
| 30 | ** There was some definite ship tease between Spike and Illyria during the Hell part of ''After the Fall'', but since the "Only Human" arc they have lessened. |
| 31 | ** Fred and Angel also had a little tease in "[[Recap/AngelS04E19TheMagicBullet The Magic Bullet]]". They kiss to conceal their identities from Jasmine's spies. When they break apart, Fred asks "do you think they bought it?" and Angel replies "I did" but then quickly coughs and they separate. Earlier on, Fred developed a schoolgirl-like crush on Angel, but later got past it. |
| 32 | ** Angel and Cordelia from Season 2 onward, of course the relationship goes though hell with unholy intervention and the protagonist's own son sleeping with Cordy. [[spoiler: Angel does get one final episode with Cordelia but then it turns out she's DeadAllAlong and was only there in spirit.]] |
| 33 | * ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' started teasing Felicity/Oliver pretty much immediately. Between her innuendo-laden speech, him comforting her after a particularly bad day, the fact that they're both drop dead gorgeous, and that Oliver tells Felicity he's in love with her at the end of season two, only for it to be revealed to be a trick to fool [[BigBad Deathstroke]]. This mostly picked up during the second season when the writers picked up how popular the pairing was. [[spoiler: They were upgraded to canon in Season 3.]] |
| 34 | %%** Oliver pretty much gets teased with every woman he's not related to (and even arguably them as well), and even the men as well. |
| 35 | * Started early on ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' between Leonard and Penny and ran with it. It started with Leonard crushing hard on the oblivious GirlNextDoor and most of the series has been about her figuring out her feelings for him in return. In the first season she first showed some interest in return by kissing him when drunk and he proved to be AboveTheInfluence. Once his feelings were made clear in the first season finale it upgraded from mere ShipTease to UnresolvedSexualTension throughout the second season, and Penny started to fall for him in return was made obvious in the lead up to the second season finale. They get together in the third season opener. |
| 36 | ** Sheldon and Penny are blatantly teased in some episodes (mostly in ones where one or both sing ''Soft Kitty''), despite WordOfGod (both the writers ''and'' the actors) saying the pairing will never happen. Sheldon's DistaffCounterpart Amy Farrah Fowler came in and after a season and a half of developing them as JustFriends they made a RelationshipUpgrade. Very noticeable is that in the same episode there was a scene devoted between Sheldon and Penny that [[ShipSinking systematically breaks down all possibility]] that they would actually get together ("You're always calling me sweetie." "[[VerbalTic I call everyone sweetie]]." "...you tramp!"). |
| 37 | ** Although there was a lot of teasing involving [[HoYay Howard and Raj]] being [[MistakenForGay mistaken]] for (and acting like) a couple in the early seasons, it seemed to pick up quite a bit more ''after'' Howard became involved in a relationship with a woman. |
| 38 | %%* Betty and Kate on Canadian period drama ''Series/BombGirls''. |
| 39 | * ''Series/{{Bones}}'' Season 3 is largely considered a tease for Booth/Brennan, well the whole show's purpose seems like a big tease for the {{OTP}}. |
| 40 | ** Bones/Angela, Booth/Angela, Bones/Zach, Zach/Jack(Hodgins), and Cam/Booth and Bones/Sully (even though most fans hated both official relationships, they had some shippers back in their day) have canon ship tease as well ("sweetie", Angela's near constant checking out/complimenting of Booth in the first few seasons, Zach looking very interested when told of Bones' grad advisor's relationship with her because she was "exceptional" and then saying something along the lines of "I'm exceptional too", and King of the Lab have all been cited as back up for their respective ships). |
| 41 | * ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' had a bunch of this between Corey and Topanga in the first two seasons before they get together for the first time in the season 3 premiere. These included the kiss against the lockers from her debut appearance in early season 1, and the "You are you and I am I" speech from late season 2. |
| 42 | * Part of the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' is a heavy amount of Ship Tease for an eventual relationship between Detectives Boyle and Diaz in the first season. For numerous reasons -- among them, the fact that Boyle's "DoggedNiceGuy dealing with AllLoveIsUnrequited" routine frequently came off as unintentionally stalkerish -- the fanbase was largely not on board, however. To their credit, the writers eventually got the message, had Diaz bluntly (but not unkindly) point out to Boyle that nothing was going to happen between them, and Boyle eventually accepts this and moves on to other people. By the end of the season it's clear that the two were BetterAsFriends, and one scene even has Boyle apologise to Diaz for his weirdness earlier in the season. |
| 43 | * Joss learned to do this on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. The Xander/Willow ship was hinted at from day one. But then in Season Two, Xander was paired up with Cordelia (taking everyone by surprise, but none more so than Xander and Cordelia), and Willow got together with Oz. The Xander/Willow ship seemed dead...only to rise again in Season 3, where Xander and Willow had to deal with a sudden mutual attraction that eventually destroyed the Xander/Cordelia relationship, and inflicted serious damage on the Willow/Oz one. Joss twisted the dagger with the very next episode, which depicted an AlternateUniverse where Xander and Willow were together...as vampires. |
| 44 | ** Shortly after that, he began teasing us with the prospect of pairing up Cordelia with new arrival Wesley. They shared a kiss in the season finale...which was so awkward that it obliterated half a season of mutual infatuation in a single moment. |
| 45 | ** And ''then'' Willow was made into a lesbian, thus negating any meaningful relationship with any male character. And then her girlfriend Tara [[spoiler: got killed off,]] leading to Willow going evil and eventually trying to destroy the world -- and who delivers the CooldownHug that eventually snaps her out of this? Xander. |
| 46 | ** In season 6, the episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E8TabulaRasa Tabula Rasa]]" goes crazy ship teasing ''[[CrackPairing Giles/Anya]]'' |
| 47 | ** In the season 6 episode "Hell's Bells", there's a single throwaway line from Buffy, where she rather intimately brushes imaginary lint off of Xander's tuxedo, and mutters, "You know I really think I missed my chance with you." When Xander, looking like he just got hit in the face with a shovel, asks her to repeat it, she responds "Nothing, it was nothing." But all those fans heard it loud and clear. |
| 48 | ** "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E6BandCandy Band Candy]]" ship teased Giles and Joyce, while simultaneously bringing the actual chances of the ship occurring down several notches. |
| 49 | ** The season 7 episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E18DirtyGirls Dirty Girls]]" teased at Faith and Spike. At the time, Joss was trying to get a Faith spinoff off the ground, and apparently intended to have Spike on it. |
| 50 | ** ''Every'' episode with Faith and Angel(us) in it teases us quite a lot. First, her coming on to him, and then him pretending to be on her side, and then her practically idolising Angel ("he's the only person who never gave up on me"). Meanwhile, Angelus intends to turn her, makes her a giant welcome sign, and saves her from the Beastmaster for no apparent reason. |
| 51 | ** For that matter, every episode with Faith and Buffy in the same scene feels like there's an attraction between the two characters, and a few episodes even suggest that the cause of some of Faith's later hostility towards Buffy was anger over the realization that no matter what she did, Buffy was never going to love her. |
| 52 | ** Giles and Ethan were written, acted and shown as unofficial lovers with enough Foe Yay between them that many fans didn't even realize at first that it was subtext. Whenever the two meet it's always about why Giles left Ethan, not why he doesn't mess around with dark magic anymore. |
| 53 | ** In the season 8 comics, issue 28, Buffy comes to the conclusion she may have romantic feelings for [[spoiler:Xander]], goes to tell him, but catches him kissing [[spoiler:Dawn]]. |
| 54 | ** Speaking of the comics, season 10 seems to be teasing the [[FanPreferredCouple ever popular]] Spuffy pairing. Whether this means the writers are planning on hooking them up for real or are just doing it to bring in more readers is anyone's guess. [[spoiler: They hooked up, and stayed together for the rest of the season and the following one.]] |
| 55 | *** Before that, they were teased in the season 4 episode "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E9SomethingBlue Something Blue]]" where they spend an entire episode macking on each other [[KissingUnderTheInfluence while under the influence of a spell]]. Mind you, this was ''well'' before any actual romantic/sexual attraction was established between the pair and was ''meant'' to be an in-universe CrackPairing and Buffy's way of getting over her "[[AllGirlsWantBadBoys bad boy]]" fixation... [[HilariousInHindsight boy did that not stick]]. |
| 56 | * ''Series/CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture'' had a Ship Tease going on between Jonathan Power and Jennifer Chase throughout the series, but the [[KilledOffForReal latter's death]] and the show's cancellation ended it just when it really started to develop. |
| 57 | * ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' is one big, giant, delicious, awesome ship tease for Castle/Beckett. |
| 58 | * ''Series/Charmed1998'' had lots of FoeRomanceSubtext between Prue and Cole and the episode "The Good, The Bad & The Cursed" gave them a bit of a tease (it probably helped that the actors dated on set). Cole also got teased with Paige as he kissed her while Phoebe was in her body and the episode "Sympathy For The Demon" teased them even further. According to WordOfGod, a Cole/Paige relationship was in the plans but Creator/RoseMcGowan objected to it. |
| 59 | * ''Series/ChicagoFire'' teased the romantic pairing of Leslie Shay and Gabriela Dawson, the two paramedics, right from the get-go. It got to the point where the actresses, Lauren German and Monica Raymund, were Website/{{Tumblr}}-infamous for sending ridiculously shippy tweets at each other and [[ShipperOnDeck commenting on their sexual tension]]. |
| 60 | * ''Series/{{Community}}'': All of the possible pairings between two members of the study group have at one time or another been teased. Gets pretty crazy when even Abed/Pierce is given scene time with a montage of private moments set to music. |
| 61 | ** Jeff/Annie get by far the most ShipTease throughout the series, to the point that after the first season, casual viewers often mistake them for an actual couple. In addition to the [[Recap/CommunityS1E09Debate109 actual times]] [[Recap/CommunityS1E25PascalsTriangleRevisited they've kissed]], they've [[Recap/CommunityS1E15RomanticExpressionism been jealous]] [[Recap/CommunityS2E12AsianPopulationStudies over each other]] [[Recap/CommunityS2E21ParadigmsOfHumanMemory getting dates]] and [[Recap/CommunityS2E23AFistfulOfPaintballs UST with other people]], [[Recap/CommunityS2E09ConspiracyTheoriesandInteriorDesign fake confessed their love to each other]] [[Recap/CommunityS6E08IntroToRecycledCinema multiple times]], [[Recap/CommunityS3E01Biology101 sung about eventually getting together]], [[Recap/CommunityS3E02GeographyOfGlobalConflict admitted that they only act like family to avoid admitting their real feelings for each other]], [[Recap/CommunityS3E04RemedialChaosTheory hooked up in]] [[Recap/CommunityS4E13AdvancedIntroductionToFinality multiple alternate timelines]], [[Recap/CommunityS3E10RegionalHolidayMusic seduced each other]] [[Recap/CommunityS3E17BasicLupineUrology into doing things]], [[Recap/CommunityS3E14PillowsAndBlankets acted like lovers torn apart by war]], [[Recap/CommunityS4E02ParanormalParentage done couple's Halloween costumes together]], [[Recap/CommunityS4E03ConventionsOfSpaceAndTime pretended to be married]], [[Recap/CommunityS4E10IntroToKnots acted like they're living together]], [[Recap/CommunityS5E02IntroductionToTeaching acted out the first steps of a teacher/student romance]], [[Recap/CommunityS5E03BasicInterglutealNumismatics admitted that they get involved in the campus-wide events so that they can spend time together]], [[Recap/CommunityS5E05GeothermalEscapism become a battle couple in a post-apocalyptic lava game]], [[Recap/CommunityS5E13BasicSandwich saved the school using their feelings for each other]], [[Recap/CommunityS6E04QueerStudiesAndAdvancedWaxing left the others to go off to a bar alone]], and [[Recap/CommunityS6E12WeddingVideography danced together at a wedding]]. And those are just the '''obvious''' moments, skipping countless examples of HeldGaze and subtler teasing. In the series finale, [[spoiler:they both admit that while they're not in a good place for a relationship right now--Annie is leaving town for an FBI internship that is too valuable to pass up, and Jeff needs to work on his codependency with the group--they share a passionate kiss because "they would regret not doing it"]]. |
| 62 | ** Of course, you'd assume that the Troy/Abed ship teasing would lessen once Troy and Britta [[RelationshipUpgrade got together]] (after they'd received their own teasing in Season 3). But no, if the first few episodes of Season 4 are anything to go by, the teasing has only gotten worse. "Conventions of Space and Time" takes a lot of the previous teasing up a notch, with Britta even warning Troy that someone is "trying to steal your boyfriend." |
| 63 | ** Parodied to the point of deconstruction in "Paradigms of Human Memory". Annie confronts Jeff about the "Jeff-and-Annie of it all", only for Jeff to look at her as if she's crazy and express no knowledge of what she's talking about. As Annie explains, we cut to a montage of apparently romantic moments between Jeff and Annie set to Sara Bareilles 'Gravity' (itself a parody of a then-popular fan shipping video on Website/YouTube). Afterwards, Jeff protests that she's reading too much into things and that you could hypothetically do the same with [[CrackPairing Pierce and Abed]]. We ''then'' see a montage of clearly-innocent moments between Pierce and Abed put to the exact same music and presented in the exact same way. While the show (via Abed) does acknowledge that there is clearly something going on between Jeff and Annie, the point is clearly made that not every moment a shipper views as ShipTease actually is so, and it's very easy for someone so inclined to layer any given moment with unintended levels of meaning based on their own desires and preconceptions. |
| 64 | ** Annie and Abed get some ShipTease, most notably in the season 2 finale when they actually kiss. However, since every moment of ShipTease between them involves Abed intentionally invoking Jeff's archetype (in the season 2 finale, he was specifically [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]]), it's less that there's any real possibility of Annie/Abed and more that he just knows how to push her buttons. |
| 65 | * Morgan and Garcia in ''Series/CriminalMinds'' playfully flirt ''constantly''. |
| 66 | * ''Series/{{CSI}}'': Grissom and Catherine playfully flirt with each other and it never goes anywhere. To wit: |
| 67 | -->'''Catherine to Grissom:''' ''(while helping the latter put on a tie)'' You need a woman. |
| 68 | ** Grissom, when Catherine returns from Miami in which she helped investigate a case there, "I missed your tush". |
| 69 | ** The "[[NeedAHandOrAHandjob How can I help?]]" scene (see link for details). |
| 70 | ** There have also been hints towards possible Nick and Sara - WordOfGod states that Sara's phonecall at the end of "You've Got Male" was originally intended to be to Nick, and they have had moments of reciprocated flirting. Likewise, Catherine and Warrick, to the point where Catherine is upset to learn of Warrick's marriage and even outright comments on losing the dream. |
| 71 | ** Grissom and Heather could also fall under this as it's never outright confirmed that anything happened between them. Heavily implied, yes, but always in a way that, taking Grissom as being Grissom, could have a perfectly innocent explanation. |
| 72 | ** There were hints here and there for Greg and Sara as well, especially during her time mentoring him in the fifth season. A notable example comes from the episode "4x4": |
| 73 | --->'''Greg:''' Sara, I just want you to know that when we were in the shower, I didn't see anything.\ |
| 74 | '''Sara:''' Really? Gosh, I saw ''everything''. |
| 75 | ** Grissom and Sara themselves in the first season. |
| 76 | --->'''Sara:''' Do you want to sleep with me?\ |
| 77 | '''Gil:''' ...Did you just say what I think you said? |
| 78 | *** Although that was a RuleOfDrama moment, as Sara was setting him up for her rationale for taking their current case personally, that if they slept together, then he would know how serious her nightmares were regarding the victim. |
| 79 | * ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Matt and Karen sport lots of sexual tension from the get-go. Even Foggy can't help but notice it when they flirt in front of him. |
| 80 | * In ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'', Brea's flattered by Rek'yr's words and finds the bone necklace he gives her charming. |
| 81 | * Anyone who watches ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'' should know that episode 19 is a huge tease between Tsurugi Hiryuu and Sayaka Nagisa, starting from him being the only one to trust her after one failure nearly killed everyone, to Sayaka crying over Tsurugi looking like dying due to yet another error of her calculations, then topped off with the end of the episode where both of them are in the room [[strike:kissing]] shaking hands with Sayaka being thankful for Tsurugi's continual trust on her. |
| 82 | * Given that it was created by Creator/JossWhedon, it was a given that ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' would feature quite a bit of this. Probably the most notable example occurred between Topher and [=DeWitt=] in "Echoes", which had number of fans wanting them to drop everything and have sex right there. "Omega" even teases Topher/Echo. |
| 83 | ** This is made worse with the reveal that Adelle isn't above hiring Dolls for romantic assignments with herself, and is willing to look the other way when other Dollhouse employees do it too. This allows for an extraordinary amount of pairings to be explicitly shown onscreen without any baggage in future episodes. |
| 84 | ** The second season premiere ramps this up to a new level. In addition to the expected Ballard/Echo and Victor/Sierra, there's some gratuitous Whiskey/Echo and Ivy/Sierra, as well as a rather disturbing Topher/Claire scene. |
| 85 | ** Echo/Bennett and Caroline/Bennett are both heavily implied in different ways. |
| 86 | ** The sheer mass of awkward, adorable moments between Topher and Bennett threatened to shatter the world. One of the most awkward moments comes when Topher tries to use his Doll-stunning "disruptor" on Bennett, thinking she might be an Active. When she asks him why he thinks she would be one, he flubs out a response, and then she says that there's no way she's an Active, as Actives tend to be perfect and beautiful and....''oh''.... |
| 87 | *** A later episode featured [[spoiler:Topher and Bennett kissing]], which had shippers exploding with glee right up until [[spoiler:Saunders kills Bennett.]] Talk about your MomentKiller… |
| 88 | * Alex and Kuru from ''Series/TheElephantPrincess'' spend plenty of time hugging, grabbing each other's hands, and in one case, Alex kisses him on the cheek. |
| 89 | * An early ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode has D'Argo hallucinating that Zhaan is his long-dead wife, and making out with her, with Zhaan obliging to protect his fragile mental state. Lots of speculation followed that the writers were building to the two getting together, especially when the makeout session appeared in the opening credits for a while. Nothing ever happened. |
| 90 | ** Also, some of the very early episodes hint that Zhaan and Crichton would hook up, which was abandoned pretty quickly in favor of Crichton and Aeryn. |
| 91 | * ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' continually teases both Simon/Kaylee and Mal/Inara. The latter's biggest moment is definitely at the end of "Our Mrs. Reynolds". |
| 92 | ** The comic spin off ''Better Days'' contains outright indications of Simon/Inara, [[spoiler:although her comment about him being both a friend and a doctor when Mal tries to berate her for servicing crew indicates that the ShipTease is really a cover for for her FeigningHealthiness status, something she would need a doctor for]]. |
| 93 | ** While River/Jayne shipping is controversial among fans, there is little denying they have several... suspect moments, such as the "Copper for a kiss?" line, or their fight in the Big Damn Movie involving Jayne wrapping his arms around River and her ''grabbing his crotch''. |
| 94 | *** A small, brief scene in "The Shepherd's Tale", where Jayne talks to Book about things that will make sure he doesn't go to hell, and then gestures to River, saying he's taking care of her and affectionately calling her "jelly-brain," and she seems more amused by it than anything. |
| 95 | ** A conversation in "Ariel" featured warm golden lighting, and an extremely intimate shot of the two subjects sitting quite near to each other. It's [[BrotherSisterIncest Simon and River]]. "Safe" has River feeding him berries with the exact same candle-lit dinner atmosphere. This was probably done to highlight their platonic closeness, but taken out of context... (That's before considering when River, in a period of [[CloudCuckooLander less-than-total-lucidity]], asked Shepherd to ''marry'' the two of them.) |
| 96 | * ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': It gradually builds up for Henry and Jo. |
| 97 | ** "The Ecstasy of Agony" When Henry and Jo visit Iona Payne at her practice, she assumes they're a couple who are there for therapy. Jo corrects her. |
| 98 | ** "Diamonds Are Forever" When Henry finds Jo at the scene where [[spoiler:she crashed a car on his instructions after being kidnapped]], he's immensely relieved to see she's okay. The camera briefly cuts to a close-up of him taking her hand. |
| 99 | ** In "Social Engineering" Henry and Jo are lying in bed together in a small apartment [[ItMakesSenseInContext with gas masks on]], [[note]]for the purpose of testing whether or not the gas released in a given amount of time could have killed the victim[[/note]] and turn to lie facing each other while talking softly. |
| 100 | ** When Henry and Jo are waiting in a hospital hallway in "The King of Columbus Circle" and Jo is holding a baby, Henry is clearly reminded of the first time he saw [[TheLostLenore Abigail]], holding an infant Abraham. After Jo passes the baby to Henry, a passing nurse mistakes them as the baby's parents, which Jo awkwardly tries to correct. |
| 101 | ** During the voice-over at the end of "Punk is Dead," the gang are at a karaoke bar, laughing in delight at Hanson's performance, but Henry looks over and his smile disappears when he sees Jo kissing her boyfriend. The voice-over ends with, "If we root ourselves too deeply in the past, we'll miss what's right in front of us," while on the screen Henry looks at Jo pensively. |
| 102 | ** At the end of "Best Foot Forward," Jo enters the antique store after calling off her trip to Paris and her relationship with her boyfriend, Isaac, and tells Henry that she realized she "didn't want to go to Paris... with Isaac." She's implying and clearly trying to work up the courage to say out loud that she ''does'' want to go with Henry, but Abe bursts in with important news for Henry and she leaves. In the next episode, "The Night In Question," she learns Henry took time off and expresses worry that it's because of her, and Lucas brings up the idea of them being a couple. |
| 103 | ** In the finale, Henry, justifiably afraid that Adam will be targeting Jo if he doesn't intervene, says, "This would all be so much easier if I didn't..." and trails off, before firmly concluding, "whatever feelings I have for Jo are not relevant." Later, when he thinks he's dying his final death, his last thoughts are equally split between Abigail and Jo. |
| 104 | ** The last scene of the series [[spoiler: ends with Jo showing Henry a photo she found, along with his [[IconicItem watch]], in an abandoned subway tunnel, showing Henry, Abigail, and baby Abraham, and asking him to explain it to her.]] It looks like he's about to finally tell her his secret, opening with the CatchPhrase "It's a long story..." |
| 105 | * ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' and Roz get this during a later episode, the scene card is titled [[LampshadeHanging 'Like Two Ships Sinking In The Night']] [[spoiler:Which becomes relevant after Kenny intrudes on them, [[ShipSinking making them realize it was all a mistake]] just before they made it.]] |
| 106 | * Joey and Phoebe in ''Series/{{Friends}}'' are teased a bit. In several instances, they favor each other over the other friends, and with the Monica/Chandler and Ross/Rachel deals, it makes sense for them to be together. At one point, Joey even proposes to Phoebe, but it turns out it's only because he thinks she's pregnant and doesn't want her to do it alone. She still accepts his proposal enthusiastically. [[spoiler: Phoebe only said she was pregnant to cover for Rachel, who really was pregnant. When Joey finds this out, he proposes to Rachel instead, who rejects him. Phoebe says she will "take him back."]] The ship was well and truly sunk when Phoebe met [[spoiler: and married Mike Hannigan.]] Him and Phoebe did have two passionate kisses across the series though. The first was when Phoebe was pretending to be her twin sister Ursula[[note]]who had been seeing Joey and was planning on ditching him. Phoebe wanted to give Joey some closure in Ursula's place[[/note]]. The second was on Phoebe's birthday where she laments that she hasn't had the perfect kiss yet. |
| 107 | -->'''Joey''': You know, Monica and Chandler are married. Ross and Rachel are having a baby. Maybe you and I should do something.\ |
| 108 | '''Phoebe''': All in good time, my love. All in good time. |
| 109 | ** Matt [=LeBlanc=] and Lisa Kudrow were reportedly keen on the idea that Joey and Phoebe were having casual sex behind everyone's backs, but the writers vetoed the idea. |
| 110 | *** Producers David Crane and Marta Kauffman have said that they "always assumed Joey and Phoebe were having a secret affair". Which may count as WordOfGod. |
| 111 | ** The only time the writers didn't have Ross and Rachel in this trope is when they were actually dating, which was like a fifth of the series' run. |
| 112 | ** Chandler/Monica were teased mildly in early seasons, with Chandler describing her as the most beautiful woman he's ever known[=/=]favorite person, offering a [[{{FallbackMarriagePact}} FallbackChildrenPact]], and spending two episodes trying to prove to Monica that he's good "boyfriend material". [[spoiler:In season 5 they slept together, fell in love and ended up HappilyMarried.]] |
| 113 | ** A lot of pairings had this at some point, mostly PlayedForLaughs. It helps that all the six friends, except Phoebe and Monica, have kissed each other (although the kisses between Ross/Chandler, Rachel/Monica and [[IncestSubtext Ross/Monica]] happened off screen and the Joey/Monica one was only a fictional kiss in an AlternateRealityEpisode). |
| 114 | * Early episodes of ''Series/{{Fringe}}'' tease the fans insanely with the possibility of Peter/Olivia. Though it can be argued that they just have really really really good character chemistry whenever they're onscreen together. |
| 115 | ** The second season teases [[MayDecemberRomance Astrid and Walter]]. |
| 116 | ** The out of left field ship tease of all ship teases happened in "Brown Betty." There is a scene with Astrid caring for a wound on Olivia's chest as Olivia describes the kind of man she is looking for. Obviously, the writers ship Olivia/Peter, but that doesn't mean that they don't mind playing with an out of continuity Astrid/Olivia moment. |
| 117 | ** And now they are obviously ship teasing [[spoiler: Altlivia/Alt Lincoln Lee.]] |
| 118 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' |
| 119 | ** Arya/Gendry get a fair bit of teasing, despite their young ages, as they forge an incredibly close friendship, Arya checks him out when he's shirtless and [[spoiler: even tells him that he could "be her family", although the wording didn't make it clear whether she had deeper feelings for him or just didn't want to lose her only friend. (Gendry returns that he can't because she'll always be "m'lady" with the obvious implication that their difference in status -- the daughter of a lord vs. a blacksmiths apprentice -- would make any future romantic relationship or close friendship impossible.)]] |
| 120 | ** Daenerys with Daario Naharis from the end of Season 3 to Season 6 to the point that they become lovers. Unfortunately for him, though, she is only interested in him for his body and the two eventually part ways by the end of Season 6. |
| 121 | ** Grey Worm with Missandei, as she starts to teach him the Common Tongue. They have TheBigDamnKiss in "Kill the Boy" after he is wounded by the Sons of the Harpy. Becomes a true relationship several seasons later. |
| 122 | * ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': In the pilot, Mysaria offers to set up a sexual encounter for Daemon that sounds like a Rhaenyra fantasy. |
| 123 | -->'''Mysaria:''' I could [[AThreesomeIsHot bring in another]]. Perhaps [[MoreExperiencedChasesTheInnocent a maiden]]. I have several. I could even arrange [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute one with silver hair]]. |
| 124 | * A RunningGag for the Professor in Season 2 of ''Series/GilligansIsland''. He gets teased with Mary Anne in "Beauty Is As Beauty Does," gets way too into TheBigDamnKiss with Ginger when the castaways make a movie-message for help, gets an AccidentalEngagement with wealthy visitor Erika Tiffany Smith, and even helps Mrs. Howell pull off an OperationJealousy. |
| 125 | * As one of the most popular ships on ''Series/{{Glee}}'' (even though it isn't canon), Faberry is ship-teased quite a bit. |
| 126 | ** Rachel: "Do you not understand what you mean to me?" |
| 127 | ** Rachel: "You're a very pretty girl Quinn, the prettiest girl I've ever met. But you're a lot more than that." |
| 128 | ** Rachel: "You don't think people whisper about me in the lunch room or draw pornographic pictures of me on the bathroom walls?" Quinn: "That was me, actually." |
| 129 | ** Santana: "Stop making out with Berry and get to the Spanish room, Quinn." |
| 130 | * Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle in ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', [[DatingCatwoman naturally]]. Interesting because Bruce has yet to meet Selina yet Selina always watches Bruce in the distance, including being the only other witness to the Waynes' murder. |
| 131 | ** They finally meet in Episode 9...and the Ship Tease goes up several notches. |
| 132 | * In ''Series/{{Greek}}'', the main ship is Cappie/Casey. So in one promo when Cappie wants to talk about dating with Casey, squees are heard far and wide. Then the ep airs, and Cappie tells Casey he's dating her arch-rival (and [=ZBZ=] little) Rebecca. HilarityEnsues. |
| 133 | * In ''Series/TheGuardian''[='s=] first season, Lulu was torn between protagonist Nick Fallin and her fiancé, Brian. (Nick and the viewers knew Brian was a jerk, but Lulu didn't.) The preview for the finale showed Lulu telling Nick saying "We called it off...the wedding." Good news for shippers, right? Might have been, if [[NeverTrustATrailer the context in the actual episode]] hadn't been as follows: |
| 134 | -->'''Lulu:''' ...So we called it off.\ |
| 135 | '''Nick:''' I think that's good. That's good.\ |
| 136 | '''Lulu:''' No. We called off the big wedding and... we went to Atlantic City and got married. |
| 137 | * Some fans theorized that Peter Petrelli saving Claire in ''{{Series/Heroes}}'' was set up so as to appear to be a potential ship by a particularly creative writer, but then she was revealed to be his niece. Though this revelation didn't stop some of the shippers... |
| 138 | ** Not did it stop the actors from [[CastIncest dating for a while]]. But then, they presumably ''aren't'' uncle and niece. |
| 139 | ** Sylar and Mohinder have "trust issues". |
| 140 | * ''Series/HolbyCity'': Creator/JemmaRedgrave and Catherine Russell were told from the outset that their characters -- ex-Army trauma surgeon Bernie Wolfe and vascular surgeon Serena Campbell -- were going to end up in a romantic relationship, and so started playing the [[HeldGaze sizzling glances]], flirtation, and lack of personal space right from the word 'go'. Fans noticed, coining the PortmanteauCoupleName of "Berena" with the characters' very first scene together. The two went on to become one of the landmark lesbian {{Super Couple}}s of British television. |
| 141 | * "Don't Ever Change", the last pre-strike episode of ''Series/{{House}}'', seemed to be taking a nearly unholy glee in teasing as many shippers as possible. In one episode, they managed to tease 13/Cuddy, Wilson/Cuddy, House/Cuddy, House/13, 13/Cameron, and '''House/Wilson'''. There's really no explanation other than that the writers, faced with the strike, decided to go out having as much fun as possible. |
| 142 | -->Wait a second, this isn't just about the sex. You like her personality. You like that she's conniving. You like that she has no regard for consequences. You like that she can humiliate someone if it serves--''[his eyes widen, long pause]'' Oh my God! You're sleeping with me! |
| 143 | ** The writers have been doing this with House/Cuddy for ages. By season three it was pretty clear that he has strong feelings for her, but whenever they seem to bring it to a point where it could lead anywhere they drop it and ignore it for a few weeks, before starting it up again. |
| 144 | ** In season 6, the House/Wilson text has ceased to be anything even close to "sub," and entered a whole new realm of Ho Yay shipper baiting. While it's obviously there just for laughs, it's also clear that the writers are aware of the slasher-base, and have decided to take the "married couple routine" one step further. In one scene, ''Wilson publicly got down on his knees and proposed'' to House. It was completely part of a ruse and not real at all, but still, damn. Talk about a big shiny present for the House/Wilson shippers. Season 8 went even harder, with both of them making casual comments about fucking each other, and when Wilson gets cancer, House does the hugely selfless thing of realizing he can change and faking his death (which means no job and being alone or in jail for years after Wilson's death) to be with him in his last few months. |
| 145 | ** Before [[HeterosexualLifePartners Wilson]], before [[BelligerentSexualTension Cuddy]], the writers began piling up so many [[MentorShip House/Cameron]] moments that this entry would triple in length if we tried to list them all. In the first season alone, House: asks Cameron to a [[NotADate monster truck rally]], the passes for which cost him ''one thousand dollars'' (and whereat, for only the second time in the series, he not only looks completely relaxed, but gives a [[WhenSheSmiles genuine, wholehearted smile]]); looks devastated when she quits during the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Vogler]] arc; asks her to come back after Vogler leaves; agrees to go on a date with her in order to get her to come back; [[PetTheDog goes out of his way to make that date as nice as possible]], even taking advice from [[VitriolicBestBuds Wilson]] (and, when it [[StatusQuoIsGod inevitably goes south]], makes it clear that he is pushing Cameron away because [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he feels as though he doesn't deserve her]]); mentions in the very first episode that he hired her because she was "extremely pretty" - and damaged, the very word he uses during their date to describe himself; and, most subtly and most significantly, makes it clear to a random clinic patient (and Wilson) that he does not anticipate sex at the end of that date, even though he'd usually be more than happy to make people believe something happened even when nothing did. To put it mildly, defending Cuddy's or Stacy's honor was [[MyGirlIsASlut never high on House's list]] -- but the instant there's a possibility of a serious misunderstanding of Cameron, especially by a complete stranger, [[MyGirlIsNotASlut he makes the truth quite unambiguous]]. In season two, to take just one example, there's the [[{{Fanservice}} red dress]] Cameron wears during the charity benefit, which makes House [[DistractedByTheSexy completely lose his train of thought]] even while trying to solve a mystery that had troubled him for ''twelve years''. Season two is also the time when House opines that "There are two things people get stupid for: money and sex." Well, since he's made it plain that sex isn't on the table (wait, ThatCameOutWrong) where Cameron is concerned, what could possibly make him stupid, even momentarily, for her? [[LoveAtFirstSight What]] [[LoveMakesYouDumb indeed...]] |
| 146 | * Cleverly used by the writers of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. Barney and Robin have had a huge fanbase since season one, and in the season three episode ''Sandcastles in the Sand'' Barney offers Robin comfort after a breakup and the two of them get cosy at the bar before Robin asks Barney to come back home with her. Cut to Robin's apartment where Barney asks if she's sure about this and she insists that it is, prompting him to ask "So should I just...put it in?" And it turns out he's talking about her second Robin Sparkles video. Cleverly done because [[spoiler:they actually do hook up in that episode, but when it happens they don't build up to it, it just happens.]] |
| 147 | ** Lily and Barney have been teased on a recurring basis for a long time. |
| 148 | ** In fact, in Season 4, they re-tease Ted and Robin, ending in a "backup marriage" proposal. This is for a couple that the show ''already broke up''. |
| 149 | * ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' has teased multiple ships. |
| 150 | ** [[JustFriends Carly/Freddie]] have "iSpeed Date" and "iSaved Your Life" dedicated to it and constantly references to Freddie's crush on Carly. |
| 151 | ** The [[SlapSlapKiss Sam/Freddie]] ship had the first ShipTease with the episode "iKiss". It also had the CliffHanger episode "iOMG" which lead into a 4 episode story arc where they eventually broke up but continued to get teased. |
| 152 | ** [[MayDecemberRomance Sam/Spencer]] had Sam come right out and tell everyone she had a crush on Spencer. And Spencer revel in that several episodes later. |
| 153 | ** In-universe, Carly had done some ShipTease to Freddie, like asking Freddie if he wanted to taste her lip gloss, he closes his eyes.. she smooshes it onto her hand and rubs it in his face. |
| 154 | ** Sam provides an in-universe example in "iStart A Fan War": At one point, to Carly's and Freddie's chagrin, she tells their shippers, "It's true -- Carly and Freddie are deeply in love" just so she can sit back and watch the ShipToShipCombat with an amused smile, a popular motive ascribed to ship teasing writers. |
| 155 | ** Creator/DanSchneider wrote ''iStart A Fan War'' and ended it with Carly delivering a blatant AuthorTract against how much emphasis {{Shipping}} has in the fandom. After a storm of fan criticism he wrote a blog defending the episode and confirming the AuthorTract. It also said that an upcoming episode had an unspecified something that would please people. Everyone assumed it would be ship-related, and thus was another blatant moment of ShipTease right after denouncing the Shippers. |
| 156 | *** The unspecified something turned out to be a CliffHanger episode "iOMG" where Sam kisses Freddie and looks like the start of a Sam/Freddie/Carly love triangle. ''iStart A Fan War'': Don't watch for {{Shipping}}. ''iOMG'': Here is EVERYTHING THE SHIPPERS HAVE EVER WANTED, and you've got 6 months to argue before the next episode airs to resolve it. |
| 157 | ** The show managed to keep both sides teased and hooked for ''five years'' and all the way until the final episode, and even with the last episode to come, both ships ''and'' the possibility that neither ship would happen were legitimate. |
| 158 | *** That final episode ended with a LastMinuteKiss between Carly and Freddie, initiated by ''Carly'', and celebrated by Freddie. Despite this seemingly obvious RelationshipUpgrade ending, the writers knew they had an upcoming SpinOff, named ''Series/SamAndCat'', involving the now third wheel, and thus decided to keep teasing Sam/Freddie shippers in the hope they would keep watching the new show in the hope that Freddie would come back to that show to sink Creddie and confirm Seddie. In one episode, Freddie did guest-star, and there were a few teases, but it still remained unresolved. And with the sudden cancellation of the series, it'll appear to stay that way forever. |
| 159 | *** Except that they made a reboot, ''Series/ICarly2021'', which due to the absence of Sam, seems to firmly sink all her ships, but floats Creddie back again, with the same mostly subtle hinting that they both (now that they're single again) have more than just friendly feelings for each other. They do some slow dancing in one episode, they share a bed in another, after being MistakenForRomance they also get propositioned for a threesome and unsurprisingly Freddie is into the idea. |
| 160 | * Ted and Peggy in ''Series/JustCause''. The writers stick them together for three episodes that make it look like they're starting a relationship, beginning with him teaching her how to rollerblade and ending with her inviting him to a Christmas party at her parents' house. It's later implied that they talk regularly, although not necessarily that they're dating, but they [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight never interact on screen again for the rest of the series]], before or after. |
| 161 | * ''Franchise/KamenRider'': |
| 162 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' featured the time-traveling hero Ryotaro and his {{tsundere}} sidekick Hana. Over the course of the series, Ryotaro threw a ''lot'' of "my god, you're so sexy" looks at her, resulting in some pretty early shipping for the two. The finale revealing [[spoiler:she was his niece from a destroyed future timeline]] [[AbandonShipping sank the ship]] pretty fast, but to this day, people still wonder whether the show writers did that on purpose or whether the actor just couldn't stop himself from drooling over his fellow actress long enough to actually act. |
| 163 | ** The fact that Toei included Ship Teases like this in ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' and practically every episode of ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' hints at the former though. ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' introduced Ship Tease between Wakana and Philip early on in the series, despite it being fairly obvious he would turn out to be her brother. |
| 164 | ** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' started to have this for Ryusei and Tomoko during and after the Cygnus Zodiart arc. To teh point that [[spoiler: he was the most upset that she has disappeared]]. |
| 165 | ** To be fair to Magiranger, everyone is related to begin with, so it's sort of unavoidable. |
| 166 | * In the second half of the season 9 opener of ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', [[spoiler: Detective Alex Eames is promoted to captain and given the painful responsibility of firing her longtime partner Bobby Goren. Goren takes it well, which only fuels Eames's tearfulness, and the exit interview concludes with the only hug shared by the partners, as well as a remarkably lengthy kiss to Eames's cheek. After Goren leaves the room, Eames resigns, and both characters bow gracefully out of the show.]] As the relationship has been fraught with UnresolvedSexualTension for years, it's clear that this is set up for the benefit of the shippers. |
| 167 | ** The characters return for the tenth and final season, in which Bobby is required to attend weekly counseling sessions with a psychiatrist. Said psychiatrist gives a nod to the ShipTease in one episode by asking Bobby if he's in love with Alex (he denies it, a little too vehemently). In the series finale, [[spoiler:Alex comments to Bobby that everyone wants to believe they can find true love. Later, she picks him up from his psychiatrist's office, smiling at him in a way that seems to indicate she's realized her own feelings for him. They drive away - still partners, still unconfirmed.]] |
| 168 | * ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit'': |
| 169 | ** The second half of Alex Cabot's farewell episode throws a bone to the Alex Cabot/Olivia Benson shippers in almost ''every scene''. |
| 170 | --->"Stay with me sweetheart. Alex. Alex. ''Alex''." |
| 171 | ** There's really no other excuse than this for the [[HeldGaze long, lingering looks]], late-night drinks, subtle touches, and open concern shared between ADA Rafael Barba and Olivia Benson. Perhaps not incidentally, actors Raúl Esparza (Barba) and Mariska Hargitay (Benson) have openly admitted to [[ShipperOnDeck shipping their characters with each other]]. In season 19, Olivia goes from calling him "Barba" to, of all things, "''Rafa''" -- and then there's the scene in 19x09 in which he not only holds her tenderly, but ''strokes her hair''... Season 19 is basically a [[PortmanteauCoupleName Barson]] cornucopia |
| 172 | ** The writers flip-flopped back and forth between LikeBrotherAndSister, HeterosexualLifePartners, and ShipTease with Rollins and Carisi for a few seasons, largely DependingOnTheWriter. By season 20, though, the relationship had grown too close to be platonic, exemplified by fan confusion and outrage that the writers decided to write in the actress's pregnancy as a glorified one night stand with a random guy introduced just for this plotline, rather than Carisi. To fans' surprise, the writers leaned into this rather than away from it like they usually would, and turned Rollins and Carisi into the franchise's first WillTheyOrWontThey couple--and hit nearly all the subtropes that implies. They got their RelationshipUpgrade at the end of season 22. |
| 173 | * Up until the last season, the creators of ''Series/LifeWithDerek'' did this with [[FlirtyStepsiblings Derek and Casey]]. |
| 174 | * ''Series/LockwoodAndCo2023'': |
| 175 | ** Lockwood and Lucy grow very close over the season. Lockwood gives Lucy a family heirloom necklace for the Fittes ball, and seems jealous when she admits Kipps asked her on a date. |
| 176 | ** Flo asks George out, and he seems inclined to go with her before other matters divert his attention. |
| 177 | ** More creepily, the middle-aged Joplin's behavior towards teenager George carries some clear grooming vibes - she takes him to dinner at her house, serves him alcohol and tries to drive a wedge between him and his friends by convincing him she's the only one who can understand him. |
| 178 | ** Norrie and Lucy bond very quickly and intensely in "This Will Be Us", to the point where both of them [[SayMyName call out for each other]] when attacked by a ghost and later sit on Norrie's bed together leaning closer and closer towards each other while looking into each other's eyes as Norrie talks excitedly about the idea of their running away to London together. They're also very physically affectionate (Norrie kisses Lucy's head and Lucy kisses hers later [[spoiler:after she's been ghost-locked]]), and have photos of the two of them embracing on their mirror (which Lucy takes with her to London and stares at while making audio recordings for Norrie and talking about how she "should have helped" her more before breaking down and sobbing over how much she misses her). The most obvious tease is in "Let Go of Me", where Lucy leaves a note for Norrie's mum telling her to tell Norrie that she loves her. |
| 179 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': |
| 180 | ** One is implied and seems to be forming between Galadriel and [[KingIncognito Halbrand]], between him coming back for her in the ocean after leaving the rest of his companions for dead, saving her life when she nearly drowns, their [[BelligerentSexualTension frequent bickering]], him retrieving her beloved dead brother's dagger for her when it is taken from her, their HeldGaze moments, quiet conversations and her evident determination to redeem him alongside herself by working together to retake the Southlands from Sauron's Orc forces and reclaim his kingdom, believing they are bound together by something greater than destiny. |
| 181 | ** A bit between Miriel and Elendil too. After everything that has happened since arriving on Middle-earth, Miriel tries to comfort Elendil over the loss of his son, and leans her head on him after. And as the dutiful captain that he is, he is the one helps blind Miriel to walk around. Is worth noticing that Elendil is the only person Miriel is so personable with, despite her being his Queen, and him her subject. |
| 182 | * The constant Ship Teasing between [[LoveTriangle Jack, Kate, and Sawyer]] fueled much of the first two seasons of ''Series/{{Lost}}''. |
| 183 | ** Starting in Season Three, you can add Juliet into the mix. |
| 184 | * ''Series/MaddigansQuest'' gives us Timon and Garland, who spend the first few episodes irritating each other, the next half dancing round each other, and in the final episode, openly flirting [[spoiler:which, considering [[BodyHorror the form Timon's in at the time]], is a tiny bit disturbing]] before Timon is finally forced to return home (several hundred years into the future, with the implication that [[BittersweetEnding they'll never see each other again]]). |
| 185 | * ''Series/TheMandalorian'': |
| 186 | ** In Chapter 4: "Sanctuary" Mando [[spoiler: aka Din Djarin]] on the planet Sorgan becomes very close to a windowed mother Omera and his friend Dune [[ShipperOnDeck suggests]] that he settle down with her. Omera even tries to remove his CoolHelmet at the end of the episode to see his face but Mando stops her saying "the helmet stays on". |
| 187 | --->'''Dune:''' That's it? So you can slip off the helmet and settle down with that beautiful young widow and raise your kid sitting here sipping spotchka? |
| 188 | ** In Chapter 6: "The Prisoner" there's FoeRomanceSubtext going on between Mando and the knife-wielding Twi'lek lady Xi'an, it's strongly suggested they've had a relationship before and Mayfeld even asks if The Child is theirs. [[spoiler: Subverted though as Xi'an betrays and tries to murder Mando who chucks her in a cell to rot]]. |
| 189 | ** In Chapters 7 and 8, Mando and Dune's friendship becomes much more intimate as she refuses to leave him when he's mortally wounded and even helps him walk when he recovers. It also helps they've been effective BattleCouple up to that point and she acts like a surrogate mother to his adoptive child. |
| 190 | * In ''Series/TheMentalist'', there's Rigsby and Van Pelt, who seem to be the OfficialCouple, and [[spoiler: do get together, with somewhat disastrous results]]. Then there's Lisbon and Bosco, which, while canon, is almost universally hated by the fans. The crowner is Lisbon and ''Jane'', which has included some fairly un-platonic touching, an anguished declaration of ''caring'', which was heartbreaking, at least two UndercoverAsLovers gambits, and one slow dance. Yuh-huh. Slow dance. [[SarcasmMode Sure. You're just co-workers. How on earth would anyone think otherwise?]] |
| 191 | * ''Series/Merlin2008'' does this for every combination imaginable. The 1st season had the creators teasing Arthur/[[spoiler:his sister]] Morgana, Gwen/Merlin, Gwen/Arthur, and always, ALWAYS ship teases Arthur/Merlin. They've even ship teased Morgana/Uther. |
| 192 | ** Trailers for season 4 were largely centered on the famous LoveTriangle between Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot, with one scene depicting a Gwen/Lancelot kiss. |
| 193 | ** Morgana/Merlin was teased throughout season 2 but was decidedly sunk when [[spoiler: Merlin was forced to poison her]]. |
| 194 | * On ''Series/{{Misfits}}'', the b-plot of season 2 episode 3 (in which Nathan, under the influence of someone else's LovePotion-esque superpower, temporarily falls madly in love with Simon) was a clever way of [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the escalating levels of HoYay between the two characters, and appealing to the sizable number of fans who ship them. In short, it gave the {{YaoiFangirl}}s what they wanted without de-railing the plot or characters, and gave everyone else the opportunity to laugh their asses off at Nathan's outlandish seduction technique (which involved him gyrating around to George Michael's ''Careless Whisper'' in a highly misguided attempt at being alluring) and poor Simon's abject terror. |
| 195 | ** Season One teased the day lights out of Nathan/Kelly, and Season Two only served to escalate things [[spoiler: [[BetterAsFriends until Kelly decides to cut things off]] [[ShipSinking before they can really start.]]]] |
| 196 | * ''Series/MrYoung'': Adam and Echo. '''Constantly'''. A lot of the show is predicated on Adam trying hair-brain schemes to get Echo interested in him. There was a point in "Mr. Dog" when Adam's walking a seeing eye dog through the school and Echo comments on how cute he is. The dog, not Adam. Adam also nearly responds, but stops when that's clarified. |
| 197 | * ''Series/MysteriousWays'': Declan got plenty of ShipTease with both his female sidekicks, but nothing ever came of it. It's heavily implied that both Peggy and Miranda have feelings for Declan, but it's unclear how he feels about them. |
| 198 | * ''Series/TheNanny'': |
| 199 | ** There was a small amount of this between Fran and [[TheJeeves Niles]], mostly in the early seasons. They semi-seriously flirt on occasion, in an early episode she one-ups the HeadbuttThermometer by checking his temperature by ''kissing'' his forehead, and he is shown to peek into her room to watch her changing. However, as Fran is in love with Maxwell and Niles is the world's biggest ShipperOnDeck for them, nothing ever comes of it. |
| 200 | ** Also, there was carefully scattered hints that Niles and C.C. don't hate each other quite as much as they seem. [[spoiler:It culminates with their wedding during the finale.]] |
| 201 | * ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' ship-teases [[HandsomeLech Tony]] and [[ActionGirl Ziva]] at every opportunity, no doubt to capitalize on the characters' massive UnresolvedSexualTension. As well as former canon pairing [=McGee=] and [[PerkyGoth Abby]]. |
| 202 | * Due to ''Series/{{Noob}}'' having a couple of more or less official couples [[spoiler:(one of which only lasted about a season)]] for a little more than twenty characters, many pairs that seem a little closer to each other than to the rest of their circle come off as this. Also, the fact that one of the characters is a YaoiFangirl who keeps picturing two of the male characters together makes same-sex shipping feel less of a leap than in most series. |
| 203 | * ''Series/{{NUMB3RS}}'' has David and Colby, especially in the last two seasons. The crowing moment is in "Friendly Fire", in which Nikki bets them that neither of them can get a date, and they win the bet by bringing ''each other''. |
| 204 | * ''Series/OneOfUsIsLying'': |
| 205 | ** Nate and Bronwyn have a lot of sexual tension over time which builds until they finally have sex, becoming a couple too. |
| 206 | ** Subverted with Addy and TJ. He liked her at first, but between her obsession with Jake and her later suspecting him of murder, she eventually drives him away. |
| 207 | %%* Pepper Dennis and Curtis Wilson on the tv show ''Pepper Dennis''. It was mostly a tease for obvious reasons. |
| 208 | * ''Series/PhilOfTheFuture'' does this incessantly with Phil and Keely up until the very last possible moment, and it all serves to make TheBigDamnKiss that much more awesome when it finally happens. |
| 209 | * ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' has Pee-wee Herman and Miss Yvonne. Teasing so much that in spite of some occasional kisses on the cheek from Yvonne to Herman, they only have one date, they play a married couple when they play house in "Ants in Your Pants", and Herman does ''not'' give a LoveConfession. |
| 210 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has at least one tease per show. Actual couples are pretty rare (and, unfortunately, there's a NoHuggingNoKissing rule since after the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' era). |
| 211 | ** ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': [[OfficialCouple Kimberly and Tommy]], Tommy and Kat. |
| 212 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'': Tommy and Kat, Tanya and Adam. |
| 213 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'': Cassie and TJ, Carlos and Ashley. |
| 214 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'': [[OfficialCouple Andros and Ashley]], Ashley and Zhane, [[DatingCatwoman Zhane and Astronema]] |
| 215 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'': Leo and Kendrix. |
| 216 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue'': Joel and Ms. Fairweather (who actually ended up getting married!). Also, Carter and Dana. |
| 217 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersTimeForce'': Alex and Jen, who went on to have a SecondLove with Wes. |
| 218 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'': Cole and Alyssa, Merrick and Shayla. [[BelligerentSexualTension Taylor and Eric]] during [[CrossoverShip the Time Force crossover]]. Jindrax and Toxica. |
| 219 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'': Tori and Blake, Tori and Cam, [[DatingCatwoman Dustin and Marah]] |
| 220 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': Kira and Trent, Anton and Elsa, Cassidy and Ethan, Cassidy and Devin. |
| 221 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'': Nick and Madison |
| 222 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersJungleFury'': Lily and Theo, Dominic and Fran. Jarrod/Dai Shi and Camille. |
| 223 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'': Dillon and Summer, Summer and Scott, Dr. K and Ziggy, Flynn and Gemma |
| 224 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'': Mike and Emily, Kevin and Mia |
| 225 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'': Jake and Gia |
| 226 | * ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK'' is one big Stuart/Vince tease. They are obviously in love with each other, but what with Stuart's [[AllGaysArePromiscuous constant one-night-stands]] and Vince's reluctance to initiate anything, they remain in UST territory. They wind up together at the end of the series, but it is left ambiguous as to whether they are a romantic couple or not. |
| 227 | * ''Series/RedDwarf'': Rimmer and Lister [[HoYay kissing]] in "Blue". |
| 228 | ** The teasing for this pairing started as early as ''the second episode''. "Two babies? How do I get two babies?" (looks at Rimmer's crotch) |
| 229 | * ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' might as well be titled "How Can We Make Jane and Maura Look Like An Old Married Couple This Time?". Literally ''every single episode'' has at least one adorable scene that would make just as much sense if they were HappilyMarried, it's confirmed on numerous occasions that theirs' is the most important relationship in each of their lives (indeed it's heavily implied this is the ''only'' close relationship that Maura has ever had), and they repeatedly go out of their way to protect each other even if it means going against a value they hold dear. |
| 230 | * ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'' teases in the direction of Rani and Clyde. In "The Vault of Secrets", they have the following conversation while holding hands: |
| 231 | -->'''Clyde:''' Maybe it wouldn't have made any difference. Look, I know Sarah Jane doesn't believe in fate, but I reckon that Time and the Universe...They're not random. Everything's sort of tied together by these invisible strings. Like your mum joining BURPSS, or Ocean Waters having that disk thing.\ |
| 232 | '''Rani:''' You mean if something's gonna happen, it's gonna happen? [They notice they're holding hands and let go.] |
| 233 | ** And in "The Empty Planet", Rani and Clyde are the only two ones left in the whole wide world. Clyde muses that perhaps, the one who stole away all humanity wanted the human race to start again; and as they're the only ones left, they've got [[AdamAndEvePlot the roles of Adam and Eve]] in that plan. Rani doesn't like the idea. At the end of the episode, when the human race is back again, they say that they'll never be alone - they've always got each other. |
| 234 | ** The last story, "The Man Who Never Was", is basically an hour of ship tease, as we first learn that Luke refers to them by their [[PortmanteauCoupleName Shipping Portmanteau]] (a habit Sky seems to pick up) and then they have to ''pose as a married couple'' (a rather eye-opening thought when one considers the characters are only supposed to be 16 or 17). |
| 235 | * ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' has a huge following of Ricky/Amy, likely because they have a baby together. The writers picked up on it, and seem to adore [[ShipTease teasing it]]/[[ShipSinking smashing it]]/[[ShipTease teasing it again]] as much as they can. There have been quite a few previews with various characters saying "Do you still have feelings for Ricky?" to Amy or vice versa before fade to black. When the episode is actually shown, Ricky or Amy follows the question with a fierce NO! |
| 236 | ** Then there was the episode where Amy thought a guy she had gone on a date with hadn't called her back because she was a lousy kisser. Ricky volunteered to practice kissing with her, because they're friends and friends can do that apparently. They have a make-out session and squees were heard around the country. Then the very next episode the two of them insisted to everyone they hadn't felt anything from it. |
| 237 | ** There was also the episode of their son's first birthday party, where Amy ended up spending the night at Ricky's apartment. It's vague enough that she could have just spent the night....or she could have spent the night. |
| 238 | ** Eventually by the penultimate season of the show, they began to tease the prospect of Amy and Ben getting back together. |
| 239 | * The ''Series/ShakeItUp'' episode "Add It Up" brings a ship tease for the Ty/Tinka pairing. However, it's never mentioned again. |
| 240 | * ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' |
| 241 | ** Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Complete with multiple HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday, MistakenForGay and LikeAnOldMarriedCouple moments, and entirely too much flirting. |
| 242 | --->'''Watson''': Good thing no one saw that: [[ItMakesSenseInContext You, ripping my clothes off in a darkened swimming pool]]... People might talk.\ |
| 243 | '''Sherlock''': People do little else. |
| 244 | ** And, of course, [[Recap/SherlockS02E01AScandalInBelgravia Sherlock and notorious Femme Fatale Irene Adler]], complete with GibberishOfLove, {{Held Gaze}}s and Irene's very unsubtle overtures. (Though nothing actually happens save for a kiss on the cheek, and Irene [[spoiler:vanishes from Sherlock's life]] at the end of the episode, ostensibly forever.) |
| 245 | --->'''Irene:''' I would have you ''right here,'' on this table, 'til you begged for mercy twice. |
| 246 | ** Theories of how Sherlock [[spoiler:survived the Fall]] are shown as {{Fantasy Sequence}}s in what is not so much Ship Teasing as [[TrollingCreator Ship Trolling]]. Anderson's theory has him smash through a window, kiss Molly Hooper passionately, and vanish. A rival theory sits him giggling next to Moriarty - they stare into each other's eyes - they lean in... ''aaand'' FadeToBlack. Pity. |
| 247 | * Harry and Nikki in ''Series/SilentWitness''. One kiss in the tenth series and nothing other than cute hugs with hints of potential since. Nikki even comments on it. |
| 248 | * ''Series/Siren2018'': Ryn gets some very blatant teasing with both Ben and Maddie. It's quickly approaching ThreesomeSubtext levels. |
| 249 | ** In the pilot, she uses her siren song on Ben. |
| 250 | ** In "The Lure", she gets ''very'' handsy with Maddie, yanking her by the hair and touching her breasts (specifically the feather tattoo on her right breast, but still). |
| 251 | ** In "Interview With a Mermaid", when Ben is measuring her dimensions, she starts feeling his muscles and they AlmostKiss, but he pulls away at the last moment. Later, after getting knocked into a pool, Maddie tries to dry her off and Ryn, sensing that Maddie is afraid of her, attempts to assuage her fears by laying her head on her chest. Finally, when it comes time to go to sleep, Ryn climbs into bed with Ben and Maddie, though only to sleep. |
| 252 | ** There's not much in "On the Road" due to Ryn's worsening condition, though there is still a HeldGaze or two in the early parts. |
| 253 | ** In "Curse of the Starving Class", Ryn compliments Maddie's dress and they have an emotionally intimate conversation about family and love. Ryn tells Maddie "You are love" and "I miss you", and then they share a lingering kiss--full on the lips. |
| 254 | ** In "Showdown", after seeing Maddie give Ben a kiss and tell him "I love you", Ryn does that too. Not on the cheek, mind you, but full on the lips. Ben and Maddie seem unsure of how to react, though Maddie does mention the kiss from previous episode. Then, when Donna accuses Ryn of "liking human", the former doesn't specify ''which'' human and the latter doesn't deny it. |
| 255 | ** As of "Natural Order", it's officially no longer a tease, as Ryn and Maddie kiss at length passionately in a way that simply can't be chalked up to confusion or imitation. Following this, she, Maddie and Ben frankly discuss things, soon becoming lovers a few episodes later. |
| 256 | * ''Series/{{Skins}}'' does this quite a bit - most notably in the third series with the Cook/JJ ship. Teases (usually one or more in each episode) include Cook putting his hand on JJ's knee less then five minutes into the first episode, hugging JJ, kissing JJ's cheek twice, licking JJ's cheek, touching JJ's crotch while talking about the time they went to a brothel together, clinging to JJ while dancing, tickling JJ, doing a strange victory dance which consisted of grinding against JJ's thigh and not much else, pulling down JJ's pants (not seen, but described by another character) and ''grabbing JJ's head, pulling it into his lap and playing at 'JJ is giving me a blowjob'.'' |
| 257 | ** And somewhere around the middle of Katie's [=S4=] episode, Katie/Effy teasing - which had been around as a kind of background for a while - suddenly kicked into overdrive. |
| 258 | ** [=LilyKat=] (the ActorShipping version of Naomily) know about the shipping tendencies and are more than willing to play along. Particularly with the Lily's Perfect Date interview. |
| 259 | ** Mini and Franky repeatedly since the first episode of series 5. They took the teasing and ran with it in Grace's episode, when they are told to kiss in rehearsal for a play. |
| 260 | * ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' does this with ''everybody.'' In Season One, when Lana is dating Whitney, they tease Clark/Lana on a weekly basis, throwing in Clark/Chloe as another teased ship starting at the end of the same season. They also teased Clark and Lois (before they became the OfficialCouple), Pete and Chloe, Clark and Lex, and [[TheBaroness Tess]] with, well, ''everyone'', from [[TheHero Clark]] to [[{{Antihero}} Oliver]] to [[BigBad Major Zod]] to (most recently) [[GadgeteerGenius Emil]]. Lionel and Martha. Jimmy and Kara. Lana and Bizarro. Even Lois and Jimmy. |
| 261 | * ''Franchise/{{Stargate|Verse}}'': |
| 262 | ** ''Series/StargateSG1''. WordOfGod says that the writers originally did not intend to create such a massive ShipTease between Jack O'Neill and Samantha Carter, but when they realized the fans were picking up on the impressive on-screen chemistry between Richard Dean Anderson and Amanda Tapping, they changed their minds. |
| 263 | *** When they saw how much fun the fandom and writers were having with the Jack/Sam ship, the actors playing Daniel Jackson and Janet Fraser decided to throw in as much ship tease they could wherever they could get away with, resulting in some big body-language teases, such as holding hands and intense HeldGaze scenes. The actors admitted that their actions often confused the writing staff, since it wasn't scripted, but that the directors were willing to leave the ship tease in. |
| 264 | *** Later in ''SG-1'', General Landry and Dr. Lam are introduced in the same episode, and have quite a few scenes which seem to imply without explicitly stating that they have a prior relationship. Eventually it's revealed that he's actually her father. |
| 265 | *** Supposedly, the Powers That Be planned to have a relationship between Dr. Lam and Colonel Mitchell, so they get a few teasing scenes near the beginning of season 9. Cam and Sam also get teased a fair bit, like when they're stuck in an alternate dimension together and when Sam gets injured during an Ori attack and Cam takes care of her. |
| 266 | ** ''Series/StargateAtlantis'': |
| 267 | *** John Sheppard and Elizabeth Weir. The actors reportedly played to it behind the writers' backs, who denied any such development in their characters' relationship. However this is a little hard to believe as - while the actors can account for their NoSenseOfPersonalSpace and [[{{LongingLook}} Longing Looks]] - there are plenty of shippy moments in the script, including John being the only one able to reach Elizabeth when she was being mindraped by [[{{HoldingHands}} grabbing her hand]], the first season ending [[{{PreSacrificeFinalGoodbye}} with the pair exchanging a heartbroken goodbye]] as John flies to his death, Elizabeth vehemently [[{{UndyingLoyalty}} defending Sheppard against anyone who questions him]], John going on a killing spree when a villain claimed to have murdered Elizabeth, at least half the episodes ending with them standing together on their seemingly personal balcony and even [[{{EveryoneCanSeeIt}} other characters dropping comments]] about how close they are. |
| 268 | *** Teyla gets teasing with both Sheppard and Ronon, at least in early seasons before WrittenInInfirmity strikes her and [[ShipSinking sinks that ship.]] The last one for her and Sheppard is in the season 5 premiere where they seem to share a romantic dinner... only for Sheppard to realize that he is dreaming and the setting quickly turns into a nightmare about his past failures and to go off on a different track. She and Ronon get plenty of quiet moments until partway through Season 4 when they both get different love interests. By Season 5 Teyla' settled into platonic, LikeBrotherAndSister relationships with both men. |
| 269 | *** Rodney [=McKay=], whilst experiencing a second childhood (basically fantastic Alzheimer's), is distressed and calls only for John Sheppard in "The Shrine", despite the fact that Jennifer Keller, the woman he supposedly loves, is sitting right in front of him. |
| 270 | ** On ''Series/StargateUniverse'', one of the Kino webisodes has a female soldier using the [[BodySwap communication stones]] express an interest in Eli...while using Chloe's body. Just to make things worse, she is played by Chloe's actress (Elyse Levesque), while the normal convention has the character portrayed by whoever is using the body in question. |
| 271 | * A ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode in which Lwaxana Troi gets a psychic illness that makes her project her affection towards Odo onto others, exists almost solely for this: We have [=Sisko/Dax, Bashir/Kira, Bareil/Dax, Jake/Kira,=] and [[{{Squick}} Quark/Keiko]]. |
| 272 | ** Even though it wasn't intentional on the part of the writers, the chemistry between Garak and Bashir was so incredible that many of their scenes took on this tone. When the writers realized this, they paired Garak off with Ziyal [[ShipSinking to shut down this possibility]] at least as far as canon was concerned, much to the disappointment of many fans who had hoped the writers might make the pairing official. |
| 273 | ** Dax and Bashir were also teased heavily, to an extent that was clearly intentional, as a potential ship in earlier seasons, only to be abandoned in favor of the Dax[=/=]Worf pairing. Gets a further boost after the fact when Ezri Dax tells Bashir that if Worf hadn't come around, "it would have been you". |
| 274 | * ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' seemed to ship Picard and Dr. Crusher, especially in the PsychicLink episode "Attached". |
| 275 | -->'''Crusher''': Why didn't you ever tell me you were in love with me? |
| 276 | ** Very notably in the episode "The Naked Now", where a virus of sorts makes everyone act as if they are drunk, and Crusher and Picard are very obviously attracted to each other. |
| 277 | ** The implied shipping is effectively delivered in "All Good Things", the last episode of the series. It's the future, and it's revealed that [[spoiler:Picard and Crusher not only had a relationship, they eventually married. And then divorced]]. |
| 278 | ** This trope is huge in the [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness first season]], almost to the point that [[CreatorsPet Wesley]] being revealed as Picard's son would not have been completely unbelievable. (It's ''especially'' blatant in the pilot, where Beverly seems to react oddly to a mention of Picard not having children and Picard seems very interested on learning Wesley is her son.) A lot of the momentum was lost, however, when Crusher was [[PutOnABus Put On A Shuttlecraft]] in the second season. |
| 279 | ** There was far more subtle ship tease between Tasha and Geordi. In "The Naked Now", when she was tasked to find Geordi (who is AWOL from sickbay), Tasha was clearly worried when she does find him. She sees that something is clearly upsetting him and wishes to talk to him about it later. It's evident that she isn't just saying this to get him to come back with her peacefully to sickbay. It's also telling that she didn't simply order her security men to go search for him. Nor did she bring security men with her to collect him. |
| 280 | *** In this scene, his gentle touching of Tasha's face (which she clearly doesn't mind), and his stated wish that he could see like everyone else foreshadows what he tells her in "Hide and Q". |
| 281 | *** In "Hide and Q", when [[TouchedByVorlons Riker uses his new powers]] to give Geordi normal eyesight, the first thing Geordi does is turn to Tasha and say "You're as beautiful as I ever imagined". She smiles at him in response. |
| 282 | *** In "Skin of Evil", Tasha's farewell hologram thanks Geordi for helping her through times of despair "taking her hand and helping her see beyond the moment". |
| 283 | *** At the conclusion of "Yesterday's Enterprise" after the timeline is set back to normal, Guinan sits at Geordi's table in Ten Forward and asks him to tell her about Tasha Yar. |
| 284 | ** There's considerable teasing for Tasha/Data. In ''The Naked Now'' Tasha (affected by the drunk and silly retrovirus) gets rid of someone else she was making out with when she hears that Data is being sent to look for her. She dresses provocatively and comes on to him when he finds her, but she also tells him about her DarkAndTroubledPast and asks him for "gentleness and love" before she drags him into bed. Picard's dialogue about resisting temptation at the end of the episode is played over a significant look between them, implying things aren't over. |
| 285 | *** Later [[spoiler: after Tasha's death]], Data keeps a small hologram of her in his quarters [[spoiler: for the rest of his life]]. |
| 286 | *** Their rendezvous is revealed to have been of enormous significance to Data and that plays an important part in his fight to have his sentience recognized by Starfleet. |
| 287 | *** The ship is teased retroactively by the appearance of Tasha's sister and her relationship with Data. |
| 288 | * The first couple of seasons of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' appeared to be building up to a relationship between Captain Janeway and her second-in-command Chakotay, only for nothing to happen. According to the WordOfGod the whole issue was 'resolved' in the end-of-season episode "Resolutions", yet such hints continued throughout the series until the LastMinuteHookup between Chakotay and Seven of Nine. |
| 289 | ** B'Elanna fantasises having sex with Chakotay, but this is never followed up with B'Elanna/Tom becoming the OfficialCouple. Likewise Tom and Kes are shown to be married in an alternate future. And an [[BodySurf alien-possessed Kes]] taunts Tuvok about having a sexual attraction to her in "Warlord". |
| 290 | * Joyce and Hopper throughout ''Series/StrangerThings'' helped by the [[UnresolvedSexualTension fact]] they were apparently very close in high school (often skipping class to smoke together) as well as in general being the '''[[ParentalObliviousness only]]''' [[AdultsAreUseless decent and efficient pair of adults in Hawkins]]. When Joyce's son Will disappears in Season 1, Hopper becomes the only one who believes her when she claims he's been taken and Hopper remains her moral support for rest of the series especially when her boyfriend Bob dies at the end of Season 2 and Hopper comforts her in the car park outside prom. In Season 3 Hopper and Joyce get a RelationshipUpgrade towards the end realizing how they care about each other [[spoiler: '''however''' since Joyce is [[CartwrightCurse apparently cursed]] when it comes to men, Hopper seemly dies in a HeroicSacrifice when destroying the Russian's portal to Upside Down leaving Joyce [[TearJerker heartbroken once again]]. Though thankfully she adopts Eleven (who Hopper was looking after) to honor him]]. |
| 291 | ** [[https://youtu.be/9Acx1nW8VoA?t=47 Billy and Karen]] in Season 2. [[spoiler:It gets sunk in Season 3 as Karen stays loyal to her husband and Billy's feelings for her are mainly due to his MissingMom]]. |
| 292 | ** It seems like Steve and Robin would be a wonderful couple throughout Season 3, [[spoiler: then it's revealed Robin is actually a closet lesbian who hides her desires away because society [[ValuesDissonance in the 80s is bigoted as hell]]. Robin does still care deeply for Steve though just not in a sexual manner]]. |
| 293 | ** [[LesYay Eleven and Maxine]] sleep in the same bed together in Season 3, make of this what you will. |
| 294 | * ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'' |
| 295 | ** In "Appointment in Samarra", this happens: |
| 296 | --->'''Balthalzar''': Well, then go ask your boyfriend.\ |
| 297 | '''Sam''': Cas can't help me. |
| 298 | *** Don't forget in "The Song Remains the Same" when Castiel tells [[spoiler:Anna]]: “You come near Sam Winchester and I'll kill you.” |
| 299 | ** The pairing Megstiel was largely ship teased since Castiel and Meg shared a steamy "pizza man" kiss in "Caged Heat" after Castiel watched porn, although Meg had shown a rather twisted interest as early as season 5. |
| 300 | *** The pairing was continuously ship teased into season 7 until it finally came to a head in "Goodbye Stranger" when [[spoiler:Castiel admits to having a crush on her, and vice versa]]. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:Meg dies, unbeknownst to Castiel]]. |
| 301 | ** Listing all the Destiel (Dean & Cas) moments would take [[HoYay/{{Supernatural}} too much room]]. |
| 302 | ** Also, Crowley and Dean/Sam/Cas. |
| 303 | ** In Season 3, there are plenty of flirtatious moments between Dean and Bella, including a moment where she admires him in a tuxedo and suggests they have angry sex. |
| 304 | ** Jo was set up to be Dean's love interest in Season 2, is written off, and then returns in Season 5. The two share an almost kiss, before she playfully rejects him and later [[spoiler: dies in a rather epic HeroicSacrifice.]] |
| 305 | ** The angel Hannah develops a crush on Castiel, and he takes a liking to her, but nothing comes of it. |
| 306 | * ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' has ''more'' than a few indications of this between John and [[RobotGirl Cameron]], not the least of which is a scene at the end of "Vick's Chip" where John, leaning over Cameron while she is still deactivated, stops to affectionately stroke her hair. |
| 307 | ** There's also some Ship Teasing between Future!John Connor and Cameron, as well as some subtle indicators of Future!John and Allison. It does ''not'' help that Cameron and Allison look ''exactly'' alike and that Cameron can apparently ''become'' Allison in personality... |
| 308 | ** In "Mr. Ferguson Is Ill Today", John and Cameron are shown ''lying side by side in bed.'' She tells John, outright, that she knows that "being John Connor can be lonely," and she's extremely scantily clad (deliberately, she sheds her jacket before going to see John). Possibly this was meant to say something about John Connor's willpower. |
| 309 | ** Cameron is ''quite'' clearly upset ([[EmotionlessGirl at least, as far as she is capable of being upset]]) when she discovers John kissed Riley in "Self Made Man". |
| 310 | ** The exclusive [=WonderCon=] trailer is ''packed'' with this. Among the highlights are John getting extremely mad that Sarah suggests Cameron doesn't "love" him, as well as a scene where John is repairing Cameron's arm, and she holds his hand while doing so. Then there's the ending of the trailer, which shows John ''lying on top'' of Cameron in bed. |
| 311 | ** Cameron's little rant in "Samson and Delilah", which John didn't exactly deny at the time. There's been surprisingly little fallout from that. |
| 312 | ** [[http://io9.com/5145575/summer-glau-explains-the-nature-of-robot-love In this interview,]] Creator/SummerGlau [[IKnewIt confirms it:]] Cameron ''does'' love John. Which, as of the Season Two finale, is almost certainly requited. |
| 313 | ** There's a little bit of teasing with Derek and Cameron, such as the scene in "The Demon Hand" where he ends up staring at her for a prolonged time while she does a ballet dance, and in "To The Lighthouse," which has very suggestive shots of Derek shoving Cameron up against a wall in close proximity. |
| 314 | ** If you want to head into that territory, "Allision from Palmdale" has some teasing between ''[[ScrewYourself Allison and Cameron]].'' |
| 315 | * The ''Series/TrueBlood'' writers are infamous for freaking out their viewers with as many [[CrackPairing crack pairings]] and strange ship teases as possible. Bonus points if it's sex dreams induced by drinking vampire blood. |
| 316 | ** We have Bill/Sam (in season three) and Jason/Hoyt (dream sequence sex scene in season four) as the prime examples. But there's a lot more than that. Season two had heavy undertones for [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu Sam/Maryann]] and season four gravitated towards [[StalkerWithACrush Steve McNewlin]]/Jason in the season finale. |
| 317 | ** Eric/Lafayette too. |
| 318 | ** It reaches its zenith in season seven, wherein Jason has a blood-induced dream that not only has him and Eric having sex, but also adds to the fantasy that they are in some kind of tumultuous ''relationship''! |
| 319 | * Nickelodeon's ''Series/TrueJacksonVP'' teased the main ship True/Jimmy all throughout season one with no resolution or hookup until the next season. |
| 320 | * ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' |
| 321 | ** Loads between Damon and Elena, but a particularly mean one happens in the first season finale when Damon, thinking he's talking to Elena, wonders when she started thinking he's worth saving. He then kisses her cheek and when he starts to pull away, the two kiss passionately, but are interrupted by Jenna. It's only when 'Elena' stabs John that we realize it wasn't Elena, but her doppelganger Katherine. |
| 322 | ** And the show teases Bonnie/Jeremy, until they get together for real, of all things she is surprised that he's all grown up, and he's fascinated by her magic. |
| 323 | ** Caroline and Tyler were teased a lot. |
| 324 | ** Caroline and Klaus also got their fair share of this trope. |
| 325 | * ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' is a very rare example of ship teasing using actual historical figures, specifically Queen Victoria and her first prime minister, Lord Melbourne (or "Lord M" as she called him). The series includes many shippy moments between the two, culminating in [[spoiler: an attempted marriage proposal by Victoria to Lord M, which he stops]]. Historical sources are split as to how much of this is TruthInTelevision. But history aside, the first four episodes of the series are filled with shipping angst between the two. |
| 326 | * The writers of ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' latched onto the popular Jade/Tori pairing. One acting exercise has the two of them playing a married couple. Later, their acting teacher not only cast them as husband and wife in a play, he forced them to ''go on a date'' to help them portray the couple more convincingly. Existing couple Jade and Beck broke up which enabled more teasing of Jade/Tori ''and'' Beck/Tori, Robbie/Cat shippers have been strung along, Robbie/Trina, Trina/Beck have been teased as well. One episode even had the CrackPairing of Andre/Jade be canon by [[{{Starboarding}} Andre for Jade]]. |
| 327 | * The writers of ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' have been consciously torturing the [[FanPreferredCouple Nancy/Andy]] shippers since at least season four, what with them often [[SleepCute sleeping in the same bed]], [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace constantly invading each other's personal space for no reason at all]], [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Andy being in love with her]], [[FakeOutMakeOut fake-out make-outs]] and tons of other teasing scenes. [[spoiler:And then, their actual hook-up in the final season was just heart-breaking.]] |
| 328 | * ''Series/TheWestWing'' had ''seven years'' of ShipTease for Josh/Donna. It also teased [[DatingCatwoman C.J./Danny]] for quite some time before they finally got serious in the final season, and did a bit of Sam/Ainsley teasing as well. |
| 329 | * ''Series/WonderWoman1975'': Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor Sr. are frequently teased during season 1. Perhaps owing to the 16-year age difference between Creator/LyleWaggoner and Creator/LyndaCarter, this is downplayed in seasons 2 and 3. |
| 330 | * ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' |
| 331 | ** The series repeatedly establishes on more occasions that can be counted that Xena and Gabrielle are each other's most important person, they owe each other their lives in more ways than one, they would die and go to [[GoshDangItToHeck Tartarus]] and fight all the monsters the universe can throw at them to protect each other, and they share a connection that literally transcends time and space. By the final seasons it seems the writers threw up their hands and go "Yeah, we know and you know they're in love, but we can't actually say it so we'll do everything we can otherwise." |
| 332 | *** This probably reached its height when [[ItMakesSenseInContext a TV reporter and camera crew who have been following them around]] finally pin them down for an interview and asks them flat out if they're lovers. Xena's reply starts out, "Well, ''technically...''" before being cut off by static. |
| 333 | ** In "A Comedy of Eros", Gabrielle is hit by Cupid's arrow, which causes her to fall in love with the next person she sees. She almost lays eyes on Xena but at the last minute, Joxer gets in between them. The sad fact is, Joxer didn't need Cupid's arrow to fall for her. He felt that way genuinely, so he is left in the lurch when she's "cured" and thinks there was nothing between them. There would be plenty of ship teases between Joxer and Gabrielle after that. |
| 334 | ** One semi-persistent tease was Xena and Ares. |
| 335 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'', despite having an onscreen chemistry that was practically explosive, the writers ignored the dramatic potential of a Mulder-Scully relationship until just prior to David Duchovny's departure (and, arguably, until long-time fans no longer really cared). The 2nd movie resorts to cheap {{Handwave}} and ItsTheOnlyWay plot twists to play this aspect of the series down. |
| 336 | ** Given that the pairing of Mulder and Scully as romantic partners was supposedly accidental, there is a surprising amount of sexual tension and ship-teasing the first and second seasons. Like the neck-inspection scene in "Ice", with sexual tension so thick you could cut it with a knife. |
| 337 | ** In ''the pilot episode'', Scully goes to Mulder's motel room in the middle of the night, wearing a robe and not much else, and asks him to look at some marks that have appeared on her back. Then they seemingly have a slumber party. And this isn't deliberate?! |
| 338 | ** Scully's sister goes to Mulder's darkened apartment in "One Breath" (when Scully is comatose in hospital) and has a nice and tense conversation with him. Unsurprisingly, the writers later admitted that this was remnants of a possible relationship that had been nixed. |
| 339 | *** For being the remnants of a Mulder/Melissa relationship, that scene oddly seems to cast Melissa as a ShipperOnDeck for Mulder/Scully. After chewing him out for being negative about her new-age ideas, she asks him why it's "so much easier for you to run around trying to get even than just expressing to her how you feel?" and that even if it didn't bring her back, "at least she'll know...and so will you." Though Mulder takes this to mean telling Dana that he feels it isn't her time to die, the way Melissa says it implies something different. |
| 340 | ** Chris Carter has said a good deal of that tension was more or less a happy accident, that came about mostly because Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny just have a crazy amount of natural chemistry. The writers took that and ran with it like a football. |
| 341 | ** There's also a good case for some shipteasing between Mulder and Krycek, particularly the kiss in "The Red And The Black". |
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