[[AvatarTheLastAirbender http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Avatar___The_true_showdown_by_sora_ko.jpg]] [[caption-width:578:[[http://sora-ko.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-The-true-showdown-41464296 When fanbases go mad.]]]]

->''... and the shipping wars... my God, the shipping wars...''\\
-- '''J.K. Rowling''', off the introduction from ''[[HarryPotter Harry]]: A History''

->Casey Jones: Not even close, Zip-neck. Professor and Mary Ann. Happily ever after.
->Donatello: No way, Atomic-mouth, Gilligan was her main man. They'd be married and have six kids by now.
->Casey Jones: Gilligan was a geek, Barfarooni.
->Donatello: *You're* the geek, Camel-breath.
->Casey Jones: Dome-head.
->Donatello: Elf-lips.
-- ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''

AKA Shipping Wars. Nothing to do with naval warfare ([[SpaceIsAnOcean or space warfare for that matter]]).

Most fans [[{{Shipping}} ship]]. Some of them have [[{{OTP}} a distinct ship that they like over all others]], while some of them support several, sometimes contradictory, pairings. Some of them like to debate a pairing while keeping in mind its status in canon, while some of them discuss it believing their pairing IS {{Canon}} (or will inevitably be).

Now throw in the power of the Internet to connect everybody (and everybody's opinions) with everybody else...

[[SeriousBusiness Shippers tend to become emotionally invested in their pairings]], and Internet shipping discussions can be hard to keep peaceful. All too often, however, they can't help but devolve into heated quarrels where preferences are insulted, [[FlameWar ad hominem attacks are thrown]], and [[GodwinsLaw comparisons to Nazis are made]] (though, to be sure, the latter aspect is just as capable of arising from ''any'' subject of disagreement currently known to exist).

These [[FlameWar Flame Wars]] are known as Shipping Wars: [[FanDumb verbal arguments between people with different opinions about romantic relationships between fictional characters]]. There are those who bash whoever doesn't like their ship of choice, those who bash whoever likes a certain ship, and those who do both, usually basing their attacks on how canon/{{Fanon}} the discussed ship is. The fact that most ships really aren't canon and will never be is usually ignored. Particular hatred for a pairing or a character who gets in the way of a pairing manifests in the form of DieForOurShip.

Common victims include TheStraightWillAndGrace, the HeterosexualLifePartners, and the LovelyAngels, as lots of fans see {{Subtext}}, hints, and evidence [[FreudWasRight where there really isn't]]. The DracoInLeatherPants also tends to be paired up a lot, and Shipping Wars erupt when deciding to whom he belongs.

[[http://sora-ko.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-The-true-showdown-41464296 This comic]] takes the trope to its literal extreme- or perhaps [[IncrediblyLamePun its littoral extreme]]. (And [[http://rufftoon.deviantart.com/art/Shipping-Wars-1-43734136 this one]] does the same, but speaks more for those who tend not to ship).

TropeCo, we'd like to order an emergency supply of {{MST3K Mantra}}, please.

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* What is generally considered the bloodiest ship war ever took place in the ''[=~Pokemon~=]'' fandom (this editor is not a hardcore fan, so feel free to elaborate). The main debate seems to be what combination of the constantly-fluctuating PowerTrio should hook up; there's at least thirty possible sides, each with a knife to the throat of the others. Also, there's the "Rocketshipping" (Jessie/James) debate, a particularly odd one in that there's often no one else to pair them up with, but some fans just prefer them single. ''Violently'' prefer them single...
** This editor was one of the frontline fighters in that war. To clarify, the main war was between PokéShippers (pairing up Ash/Satoshi and Misty/Kasumi) and [=PalletShippers=] (Ash/Satoshi and Gary/Shigeru) from late 1999 to late 2001. Prior to the war ending in the nuclear blast of the "grand rebuttal" (A ~50,000 word multi part essay co-authored by 5 of the biggest PokéShipping debators of the time, including Archaic, who later went on to become webmaster and owner of [[http://www.bulbagarden.net Bulbagarden ]]/[[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net Bulbapedia]]), the two sides were both highly regimented and organized, to the point where a cease-fire treaty called the "Pact of Pallet" between the two main groups on each side, "Official PokéShippers" (a.k.a. OPS, headed by Archaic) and Palletshippers International (a.k.a. PI, headed by [=ChaosRocket=]) was able to be effectively enforced for a significant period of time on a good proportion of the entire online fandom. Archaic and [=ChaosRocket=] both having mod/admin powers on the biggest boards at the time, BMG and TPM, probably had a lot to do with that. When the war ended, most of the big-name [=PalletShippers=] retreated from shipping and/or the fandom completely (Ketsuban, now staff on Bulbagarden/Bulbapedia, being the only notable exception), while a disproportionately large number of the victorious PokéShippers have gone on to become mods or admins on the two main sites in the modern fandom, Bulbagarden and Serebii. Of course, that hasn't stopped successor wars between the [=PokéShippers=] and [=AdvanceShippers=] (Ash/Satoshi and May/Haruka) and [=PearlShippers=] (Ash/Satoshi and Dawn/Hikari), but none of them have been anywhere near as fierce as the old ones used to be....except for the occasional instances where the vets of the original war decide to step into the fray, which are thankfully rare.
*** Also, out of interest the "official" [[http://www.freewebs.com/incompletelove/listaz.htm list of named ships]] for the fandom passed [[OverNineThousand several thousand]] a while back...
**** To put things in perspective, as well, it should be noted that Pokemon is a show targeted at children and the protagonists tend to be around 10 years of age.
***** To put them in ''even MORE perspective'', the above was written as though it were a '''history about warfare'''. ThisTroper is speechless that shipping wars could reach the level of organization and craziness detailed above.
****** You're suprised? This is the internet. There are no suprises and no limits.
* ''{{Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle}}'' fans tend to pick a side between Kurogane/Fay and Kurogane/Tomoyo. All of this is based on subtext (this is ''{{CLAMP}}'', after all), but ''{{Die For Our Ship}}'' is common.
* Spike/Julia vs. Spike/Faye for {{Cowboy Bebop}}. Many Spike/Julia fans insist Faye is a slutty, obnoxious bitch who's too immature and whiny for Spike, while Spike/Faye fans often believe Julia's a fickle syndicate whore who destroyed Spike's relationship with his former best friend and ultimately [[spoiler:got him killed]].
* Many ''{{Naruto}}'' fans enjoy milking the loads of possible combinations within the FiveManBand for all they're worth.
** The ''Naruto'' fandom's version is Naruto/Sakura fans versus Naruto/Hinata and Sasuke/Sakura fans. Starting a shipping thread on any of these couples, on any anime/manga message board, is tantamount to [[InternetBackdraft throwing a live hand grenade]].
*** Now, it's getting interesting, since [[spoiler:Hinata confessed her love to Naruto... then immediately was severely wounded by Pain, prompting the fans to clash over whether she would or [[DieForOurShip should]] survive. She did, and now the debate's shifting to whether she should get together wtih Naruto]].
*** Interesting? [[spoiler:Sakura has told Naruto that she loves him and not Sasuke]]. This has started TWO new flame wars: [[spoiler:A VERY BLOODY [=NaruSaku vs NaruHina=] war]] and a war that questions [[spoiler:Sakura's morale]].
**** Now that the manga seems to be on the road towards resolving the shipping situation once and for all, [[ItGotWorse the "debates" are starting to intensify.]]
*** Even side ships are not safe. Shikamaru x Temari and Shikamaru x Ino wars can pop up at any time. And you're just asking for it if you say Sasuke should end up with [[DarkChick Karin]] and not Sakura or [[HoYay Naruto]].
** And never, '''ever''' get yaoi involved, because then hell really has broken loose. Most yaoi shippers will stay out, but [[{{Troll}} the ones out for more amusement/blood]] will insert themselves into the argument by saying their ship is better/more canon than the others being "discussed".
*** Heck, even people on the ''same side'' of shipping can be incredibly vicious. [[HoYay Sasuke/Naruto vs. Naruto/Sasuke]], anyone? And don't you ''dare'' say these are the ''same'' pairing deep down. For those of you who are understandably confused, the order apparently indicates who the [[{{Seme}} dominant person]] in the relationship is....
** [[{{KissingCousins}} Neji/Hinata]] vs. [[{{FanPreferredCouple}} Naruto/Hinata]] has been known to get pretty messy, too. Naruto/Hinata shippers can't seem wrap their heads around the fact of Neji's {{Heel Face Turn}}, claim that Hinata had absolutely ''nothing'' to do with it, or else they claim that Hinata will [[{{UnfortunateImplications}} lose her purpose as a character if she ever gets over Naruto and moves on with her life]]. Neji/Hinata shippers tend to demonize Naruto as someone who is so {{Oblivious To Love}} that he would downright ''forget that he was dating her'' and go running off to try to woo Sakura at a moment's notice, ooor they'll put up the defense that "Neji and Hinata HAVE to get married, so they can keep the [[{{Applied Phlebotinum}} genetic phlebotinum]] in the family". Nevermind that an {{Arranged Marriage}} is no guarantee of love and decidedly ''not'' a replacement for {{Character Development}}.
* ''{{Bleach}}'': The ShipToShipCombat between fans of Ichigo/Orihime versus fans of Ichigo/Rukia is particularly bloody.
** After several years of Ichigo/Rukia and Ichigo/Orihime fights, Ishida/Orihime has taken more and more strength. You can guess what happened when [[spoiler: Ichigo almost died at the hands of Ulquiorra, Orihime has an HeroicBSOD and Ishida is, for a while, the only one standing... and then Ichigo came back as a ''Hollow'' obsessed with protecting Orihime from ''anyone'' nearby]].
*** And don't forget what the last panels of Chapter 353 [[ShipSinking did for]] [[spoiler:Ulquihime]].
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP-h-sC75VI&feature=related 19th ending]], with its heavy ShipTease for Ichi/Ruki and romantic lyrics (particularly the part starting at 1:14 where Orihime has a disappointed look on her face as Ichigo and Rukia run off together), ignited quite a few shipping arguments.
*** The anime's obvious preference for the Ichi/Ruki pairing (which goes to the extent of downplaying Orihime's feelings in the first two arcs and [[DemotedToExtra demoting her to barely even extra]] in the anime original stories while [[PromotedToLoveInterest promoting Rukia to Ichigo's love interest]] despite WordOfGod saying [[TheStraightWillAndGrace otherwise]]) is the source of many combats as well. So, if it turns out that somehow Orihime's feelings, or possibly Ichigo's, are important to the ending...[[RelationshipWritingFumble well...]]
** Most of the existing Bleach forums (including the default named one) out there were established during the Soul Society arc, a period of time when the fandom considered Ichigo/Rukia to be [[FanPreferredCouple canon]] and Ichigo/Orihime to be mere [[CrackPairing crack shipping]]. However, as the latter pairing gained development, the forum environments turned hostile (as some moderators were more likely supporters of the former) and wank ensued (possibly causing the downtime of an entire forum during a peak period). To this day, shipping sections on Bleach forums are usually heavily regulated (in one case, completely missing), and the majority of Ichigo/Orihime fans have banded together on their own ship-oriented forum for protection.
*** Something like this happened in Japan as well. One reason why there are so few Ichigo/Orihime websites despite the pairing and Orihime herself being quite popular is that rabid Rukia and Ichigo/Rukia fangirls tend to troll Ichigo/Orihime sites and communities and few are willing to put up with it. Interestingly, in the Japanese fandom this ShipToShipCombat and the DieForOurShip effect seems to be one-sided: while rabid Ichigo/Rukia fans display the same vicious hatred of Orihime as their Western counterparts, Ichigo/Orihime fans usually like Rukia and they rarely fight back.
**** It's not just the Japanese fandom. In the aforementioned Ichigo/Orihime forum (which has an international membership), bashing Rukia and Ichigo/Rukia is strictly forbidden as some members are not only multi-shippers, most of the members actually ''like'' Rukia. Or course, this may be supported by the theory that ''[[ShipperOnDeck Rukia is also an Ichigo/Orihime shipper.]]'' Cue irony.
*** Another famous incident is even a subversion: a case of [[http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/1009473.html Ichigo/Rukia vs Wikipedia editors]], wherein the wank was sparked over [[SeriousBusiness alphabetical order]] of the characters' names.
* ''{{Rurouni Kenshin}}'' fandom has no shortage of shipping wars to decide who was/would be be better for Kenshin: Kaoru or Tomoe. Though they're usually one-sided: Tomoe wasn't introduced till the final arc of the manga and doesn't even show up in the anime (only the excellent Tsuiokuhen OVA) [[spoiler:and is the tiniest bit ''dead'' by the time the main story starts]]. Guess who has the bigger fanbase.
* ''{{Digimon}}'' fandom suffered from a terminal case of PairTheSpares in its early years that went something like this: "Digidestined must be paired up in descending order by importance." Thus, Taichi/Sora, Mimi with either Koushiro, Yamato, or Jyou (despite that she rarely even ''speaks'' to the first two) and Takeru/Hikari. Then Hikari was bumped up to female lead in the next season opposite newcomer Daisuke, and a whole new pairing sprang up. Which wasn't helped at all by the continued and increased ShipTease of Takeru/Hikari. Then everybody stopped keeping track when the DistantFinale paired [[{{Ships That Pass In The Night}} Yamato with Sora.]]
** Taichi/Sora and Yamato/Sora fanboys still have it out once in a while. Taichi/Sora fanboys rationalize that Yamato comes off as a huge douche for part of the second season, and therefore can't stand the thought of him ending up with Sora. Yamato/Sora fanboys just use the DistantFinale for rationalization.
* On the flip-side, in some series, you must beware any pairing that blasphemes against the HoYay. There's a reason that ''FinalFantasy'', ''KingdomHearts'', ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'', and ''GundamWing'' are shipping minefields.
* The ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' franchise has the battles between the Nanoha/Fate and Nanoha/Yuuno factions, which is not helped by the creators [[GenreSavvy knowing about it and fueling both sides]] with loads of ShipTease to keep the flames burning. There even seems to be a division in the lesser ranks of the production themselves; for example the [[FourthWallMailSlot Megami Sound Stages]] seem to support Nanoha/Yuuno; while the actresses who play [[YukariTamura Nanoha]] and [[NanaMizuki Fate]] are convinced they're a couple, as well as the creator of Nanoha, Masaki Tsuzuki (who heavily imply they are a couple and a family). These flames, however, while apparently violent tend to be pretty friendly overall (perhaps due to the theme of the show itself), and people who take it as too much SeriousBusiness are routinely mocked in the fandom.
** Nanoha/Chrono was a third fleet in the running for a long time, too. You should have ''seen'' the looks of disbelief when the authors [[ShipSinking sank]] the possibility of Chrono/Nanoha or Chrono/Fate by pairing him up with [[BridgeBunnies Amy]] and making his mother [[LikeBrotherAndSister adopt Fate]] (not that this last one [[NotBloodSiblings would stop some people]], of course). At least the shippers of that have ''some'' comfort: it's canon in ''TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'', in which neither Yuuno, Fate nor Amy exist.
** Frequenters of the [=AnimeSuki=] forum would've known the infamous [[MemeticMutation 300 against Legion]] {{Flamewar}}. The supporters of [=NanoFate=] shipping called themselves Legion due to their [[YuriFanboy sheer numbers]], while [=YuuNano=] shippers called themselves 300 [[SelfExplanatory since]] [[StraightOption they're so few]].
***Things Have settled down since Strikers/Vivid/C76 Comiket Soundstages settled the obvious pairing of Nanoha and Fate as a couple, as well as a family with Vivio (altought it's [[HideYourLesbians never said outright]]). It is now basically limited to "canon" [[PortmanteauCoupleName NanoFate]] shippers against any non-canon shipping figuring of any of the [[PortmanteauCoupleName NanoFate couple]] (Nanoha and Fate).
* ''ThePrinceOfTennis'' fandom is FULL of passive-aggressive fights because of its HoYay and FoeYay. The Tezuka x Fuji pairing is often bashed by fans who ship them with others, specially Fujicest and Atobe x Tezuka fans ([[spoiler: And it's made worse after Fuji and Tezuka DO get ShipTease in the ''manga'' itself]]), the few Ryoma x Sakuno and An x Momoshiro fans are often automatically accused of being "homophobic" or "having the [[HetIsEw icky, useless girls take Ryoma away from Momo]]" by slash shippers, Inui x Kaidoh fans bash Yanagi and the Inui x Yanagi pairing and fans, Sanada x Yukimura do the same with Atobe and Atobe x Sanada and vice-versa (Atobe x Sanada peeps retort by bashing Yukimura)...
* ''MacrossFrontier'' fandom has fighting between those who want Alto to end up with Sheryl Nome (the accomplished star), or with Ranka Lee (the MoeMoe starlet). Naturally, this irks the fans who are in it for the HumongousMecha, the story or the music, or some combination thereof, as one anonymous 4Chan user put it: "This kind of ship-to-ship combat doesn't belong on /m/!"
** More interesting is that while all Macross Shows have love triangles, this one is especially complicated since there is some subtext between Ranka and Sheryl and even some scenes that can imply a threesome end. So the shipping War is actually between Ranka/Alto, Sheryl/Alto, Sheryl/Ranka and Ranka/Sheryl Alto.
* The ''InuYasha'' fandom is more or less evenly divided between fans who think that Kagome is an abusive [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] whose love for Inu-Yasha isn't nearly as true as that of tragic paragon Kikyō, and fans who think that Kikyō is a psycho ex standing in the way of Inu-Yasha and Kagome's true redeeming love.
** Now mindboggle at the realization that they're [[{{Reincarnation}} the same person]].
** Though nowhere near as terrible as the aforementioned Kikyo vs. Kagome craziness, there's some... tension between Sesshoumaru/[[{{MoralityPet}} Rin]] shippers and those who prefer Sesshoumaru/[[{{LadyOfWar}} Kagura]]. Likewise, the three-way battle between Inuyasha/Kagome, Kouga/Kagome, and Sesshoumaru/Kagome is as enduring as it is mystifying.
** Also, [[{{HikaruGenjiPlan}} Sess/Rin]] vs. [[{{ToyShip}} Kohaku/Rin]].
* Tamao and Yaya didn't have it easy despite a good army of shippers for their side for ''StrawberryPanic''. While the original vote was open ended, the anime had the pairings settled as Nagisa with Shizuma and Hikari with Amane. And Tamao doesn't even have another girl to fall back on... talk about fighting for a sinking ship.
* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is rife with this, though of a more subtle and insidious brand than any of those above. Although there is the usual mutual enmity between the [[TheWoobie Rei/Shinji]] shippers, the [[SlapSlapKiss Asuka/Shinji]] shippers, the more controversial [[{{CakeEater}} Misato/Shinji]] shippers, the [[HoYay Kaworu/Shinji]] shippers, and (God forbid) the occasional vicious fans of Mana Kirishima, the worst offender is the [[WeAreStrugglingTogether internal strife]] amongst the [[OneTruePairing most devoted]] Asuka/Shinji shippers. These are typically the same [[FanBoy people]] who have watched the series and [[MindScrew the movie]] twenty times, and feel vindicated that theirs is the only ship that is ''[[FanDumb canon]]'', thanks to the WordOfGod in regards to [[GainaxEnding the admittedly ambiguous movie]]. A/S shippers, while agreeing on the basic tenet of their mutual ship (that two people, [[NotAsYouKnowThem commonly referred to as Asuka and Shinji]], are romantically entangled in some way) agree on little else. There are vicious, exhaustive arguments about the dynamics of the relationship, the [[FanDumb canonicity]] of the relationship, and the [[SeriousBusiness canonicity of the dynamics of the relationship]]. Thanks to the [[MindScrew ambiguity]] and [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible infinite variability of interpretations]] of the series, each shipper has their own [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation personal character interpretation]] which each defends with fanatical fervor even against others within the same shipping ''subset.'' A/S fans will frequently forgo the more vulnerable targets of R/S and M/S shippers to attack ''each other'' over perceived slights to their interpretations. Simple statements will spark slow-burning guerrilla wars which smolder for years. This has been made worse in the recent months by the recurrence of arguments over the validity of Asuka/Shinji ''yuri, yaoi, and gender-swap pairings'' versus the original ship, further factionalizing the demographic.
** Yes, ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' deconstructs shipping, too!
* Back in the early days of the Internet the large and prolific ''RanmaOneHalf'' fanfic community engaged in a huge three-sided shipping war among the partisans of Ranma's three "official" fiancées. The {{flanderization}}, mischaracterization, recriminations, demonization, and outright nastiness still echoes through {{fanon}} more than a decade later.
** Mid-nineties Usenet group rec.arts.anime was once victim of the "Who is [[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.anime/search?group=rec.arts.anime&q=%22Ranma%27s+best%22&qt_g=Search+this+group Ranma's Best Babe]]" thread, debating the merits of ''[=Ranma ½=]'''s rivals for the title. Eventually it degenerated into an actual, role-playing trench war that became a fixture on the newsgroup for over eight years.
*** It got so silly that people actually accused a group called "The Defenders of the True Fiancée" of spreading viruses and hacking websites. One particularly notorious shipper even accused the animators of [[FanDumb conspiring against his favorite character.]]
* For ''BlackCat'', fans of Creed x Train and fans Saya x Train don't really get along. Huge arguments were made over whether Train ever liked Saya as more than a friend, which evidently would make it more canonical than the pairing of Creed and Train. Not that any of this really matters, considering that Saya [[spoiler: died very early in the story]].
* Amongst ''ShugoChara'' fans there is definitely animosity between the Tadase/Amu and Ikuto/Amu factions, with the expected DieForOurShip mentalities.
** Same with Konata/Kagami vs. Konata/Miyuki camps in ''LuckyStar'', even though this anime spends much of its time SATIRIZING anime tropes and conventions.
* Among ''CodeGeass'' fans the pairing wars between Lelouch/Kallen and Lelouch/C.C. shippers could get pretty vicious at times.
** Lelouch's dad, the Emperor, had 108 wives. Lelouch eventually becomes Emperor. [[TenchiSolution There is a possible solution for this.]] Kaguya even suggests this to Kallen and C.C. at one point.
** Lelouch/Kallen and Lelouch/C.C. were ''hardly'' the only two ships out there. There's also [[FoeYay Lelouch/Suzaku]], [[BrotherSisterIncest Lelouch/Nunnally, Lelouch/Euphemia]], Lelouch/Shirley, [[HoYay Lelouch/Rolo]]...[[LittleBlackDress yeah.]]
**This doesn't even touch the Suzaku ships
** On livejournal there's one big flame war between Kare/Lulu and everybody else.
* ''{{Shuffle}}'', dear God, ''{{Shuffle}}''.
** The fiercest ShipToShipCombat happens between the [[InstantFanclub Instant]] [[SeriousBusiness Fanclubs]] ''Ai Ai Asa-senpai'' and ''Kitto Kitto Kaede-chan''.
** Generally, ''Ai Ai Asa-senpai'' members are the targets of an EnemyMine by all the other fanclubs, even going as far as to call [[GenkiGirl Asa]] a "selfish bitch." YourMileageMayVary on Asa in general.
* ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' seems to suffer from this quite a bit. Between all the people who want Gokudera with Yamamoto and all the people who want him with Tsuna instead, it all seems a bit pointless. Don't even get started on the [[LittleBlackDress Magical Tsuna Bicycle]], Rokudo/Basil or Hibari/anyone.
** Though Reborn fans are notoriously easy to convert. It only takes a few good fanfics for [[ThisTroper someone]] who was previously against a pairing to change to tolerating it or outright enjoying it.
* If you ever see the name "''SuzumiyaHaruhi''" used in conjunction with the word "{{shipping}}", ''get out while you still have the chance.'' [[InternetBackdraft Someone is going to get flamed. Odds are, everyone will]].
** In other words, never discuss your favorite pair with [[LittleBlackDress Kyon]] involved.
* ''X1999'': [[http://www.moonpants.org/comics/fangirl.jpg Seishirou/Subaru VS Subaru/Kamui]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/583537/1/XMail anyone]]?
* ''FruitsBasket'' fandom has had many a pairing war between [[OfficialCouple Kyo/Tohru]] and [[FanPreferredCouple Yuki/Tohru]] fans, with the occasional alternate pairing thrown into the mix (Kyo/[[ClingyJealousGirl Kagura]], [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds Yuki/Machi]], [[MayDecemberRomance Shigure/Tohru]]...[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Momiji/Tohru]]...[[LittleBlackDress anyone/Tohru]]...).
* ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' has a somewhat mild case of this. There's Rika/Hanyuu vs Rika/Satoko vs Rika/Keiichi vs Keiichi/Satoko vs Akasaka/Rika. However, the most obvious is Keiichi/Rena vs Keiichi/Mion. For some reason, Keiichi/Rena was more popular in the past, but now Keiichi/Mion is. Same with Rika/Satoko and Rika/Keiichu, they were the least popular Rika pairings.
** Even worse, the anime says that Rena, Mion, Satoko and Rika all like Keiichi.
** In the drama cd, all of the original girls fall in love with Keiichi when he becomes more {{Bishonen}} then usual. Mion obviously likes him, and Rena [[spoiler:even confesses to him]], but Rika and Satoko? There's also Shion..
* ''DGrayman'': The shipping wars of pairing [[LittleBlackDress Allen]] with their favorite {{OTP}}. The sad thing is that he hasn't even really shown ''that'' much interest in ''any'' of them. There's the obvious wars between Lenalee/Allen and Road/Allen fans, and ''then'' there's the HoYay / FoeYay shippers (Kanda/Allen, Lavi/Allen, [[FoeYay Tyki/Allen]])...
* ''AxisPowersHetalia'' is mostly free of this since the shippers can pretty much mix and match characters and find foundation for virtually any ship if they're good at Wiki-fu. However, this doesn't mean that STSC does ''not'' exist. The biggest example is the struggle between Poland/Lithuania and Russia/Lithuania, where shippers regularly engage in DieForOurShip against the other's preferred Liet suitor -- specially the rabid Poland/Liet fans, who cash on Russia's status as the local PsychopathicManchild ''and'' MemeticMolester by turning him into a CompleteMonster, but the other camp is not far behind, [[{{Flanderization}} exaggerating Poland's selfishness to JerkAss levels]].
** The fact that Russia/America, America/England, and France/England are ''all'' popular ships in the fandom seems to practically invite a three-way shipping war, but the shippers are civil with each other for the most part, and it isn't uncommon for a fan to like more than one of the aforementioned ships. America/England gets the most vocal anti-sentiment for apparently [[ItsPopularNowItSucks being too popular]] [[FanDumb for its own good]], and England (and to a smaller extent, America) tends to fall victim of DieForOurShip, but it hasn't escalated to open {{Hatedom}} or FlameWar levels yet, although there have been flamewars on anon territories.
* ''HayateNoGotoku'' has had a lot of escalating ShipToShipCombat ever since the introduction of [[spoiler:Athena]], Hayate's canonical ex. While the old shipping lines (Hayate x Nagi vs. Hayate x Hinagiku vs. Hayate x Nishizawa vs. Hayate x Maria, etc.) still exist, the major battle seems to be between those who think Hayate and his NewOldFlame are [[ToyShip destined to]] [[FirstGirlWins be together]] and those who think that she ruined Hayate's life by [[HeroicBSOD utterly destroying his]] [[FailureKnight self-esteem]].
* ''DeathNote'' has a couple pairings, such as [[FoeYay Light/L]], Mello/Near, and Mello/Matt, along with pairing any of the above with an original character in fanfiction.
** There's also a minor shipwar between Light/Misa and L/Misa shippers. Needless to say, neither get on well with the Light/L shippers. The Light/L fangirls were as much of an inspiration for the HetIsEw trope as [[GundamWing Heero/Duo]]. The shipping wars simply tend to be more along het and slash lines rather than within the HoYay and het fandoms, with Misa and Halle getting bashed because they take Light and Mello away from their potential male partners.
* Back in the early years of the {{Slayers}} fandom there some pretty heated ship wars between Lina/Gourry and Lina/Zel shipper. Its calmed down considerably since.
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* During the time when [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] was trying to decide between Mina and Sally, there were flame wars over which was better for him. Things died down a bit when Mina got her own boyfriend and Sonic and Sally got engaged. (Of course, then they went and broke the engagement off...)
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* Back in its heyday, ''{{Pirates of the Caribbean}}'' fandom was split into approximately three groups: the people who wanted Will/Elizabeth ([[PortmanteauCoupleName Willabeth]]) to happen, the people who wanted Jack/Elizabeth ([[PortmanteauCoupleName Sparrabeth]]) to happen, and the ''tiny'' group who completely stayed out of it and just watched the madness, usually complete with pointing and laughing. On one forum, these "debates" got to be ''so'' bad that the administrators ''completely'' shut down all "shipping debates", and had to relegate the respective shippers to their own discussion threads
** And it wasn't just that forum either... fans on a [[http://www.imdb.com/ certain website's message board]] did it too. To extreme levels. There was a point where there was ''nothing'' on said forum but shipping "team" threads, and bashing of X character.
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* ''HarryPotter'''s up there too, in an interesting case in that the pairing debates here could be very civil -- the pairings were generally about equally probable until the last book -- if not for the inclusion of the Harmonians, a particularly insane [[VocalMinority fringe group]] of the Harry/Hermione ship who are the rough shipping equivalents of kamikazes. And by that we mean, they drop into innocent Harry/Ginny, Harry/Luna, and Ron/Hermione discussions, which promptly explode into a sea of InternetBackdraft. Not to say they're the only problem; many OBHWF (Ron/Hermione-Harry/Ginny shippers) [[NotSoDifferent aren't without their own stains]], insulting ''every'' Harry/Hermione shipper regardless of their actions and calling them retarded and delusional for daring to continue shipping a non-canon pairing. And [[DracoInLeatherPants there are plenty of Draco Malfoy fangirls]] running around ready to ship him with anything with a pulse. Also, may God} have mercy on you should you get into a discussion on Remus's sexuality (or Dumbledore's, for that matter).
** In the fanbase's defense, a not insignificant fraction of those Harmonians may be [[http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Msscribe Msscribe]].
*** Hell, half the wank in the fandom at the time might have been Msscribe.
** The H/Hr and R/H ship war became pretty ridiculous after a post-HBP interview with J.K. Rowling by Mugglenet creator Emerson Spartz and Leaky Cauldron webmistress Melissa Anelli. When Rowling confirmed Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione, Spartz snicked that Harmonians were delusional. The comment probably wasn't called for, but the reaction was definitely uncalled for. All three got death threats, and people even accused Rowling of "not understanding the subtext throughout the novels". The novels... which ''she wrote''.
* Perhaps the oddest fandom to have this going on is ''LesMiserables'' of all things, vis, Marius/Eponine vs. Marius/Cosette. Stupidest arguments from each side are the argument that Marius/Cosette reeks of YamatoNadeshiko and that Marius/Eponine shippers are so socially locked out that they feel better looking up to a street urchin. Try not to trip on the [[MarySue Eppie Sues]]. Avoid any variations on the phrases "FirstGirlWins" or "StalkerWithACrush" if you want to keep all your limbs.
* HilarityEnsues when ShipToShipCombat breaks out [[ArmedWithCanon between the writers of a collaborative work.]] This has happened at least ''twice'' to the ''StarWars'' ExpandedUniverse:
** Timothy Zahn wrote Mara Jade as a LoveInterest for Luke Skywalker. Other writers had other ideas, and she ended up not-quite paired with Lando Calrissian. On Zahn's (evidently rather irate) return, he {{retcon}}ned Mara's implied courtship of Lando to a ''spying mission'', and to further hammer the point home had Luke propose to her. Which she naturally accepted. [[spoiler:And other authors promptly killed her off in the most recent set of books.]]
*** On the other hand, the Lando/Mara was very heavily implied in ''Children of the Jedi'', possibly just to get her out of the way so Luke could be paired off with [[CanonSue Callista Ming]].
*** To be fair, Mara/Luke lasted quite a while, all through the New Jedi Order and Swarm War. And then when Mara died she got 2-3 books about how much her death impacted everyone. So she probably wasn't actually killed because the writers didn't want her paired with Luke... just because they weren't allowed to let the series' BigBad kill anyone else in the Skywalker-Solo clan/important.
*** Mara wasn't written as a love interest at first; that only happened because the fans started to, well, react strongly. [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wookieepedia:Interview/Kevin_J._Anderson Check questions 17-20]].
*** Lando, incidentally, later married a woman for her money and genuinely fell in love with her.
** In the ''New Jedi Order'' cycle, which of [[ActionGirl Jaina Solo's]] suitors she prefers (if any) is strongly dependent on who's writing this month's novel. Even after that, Troy Denning broke up her and the "winner" in his trilogy of [[strike:bullshit]] [[SoBadItsHorrible very silly novels]] taking place immediately afterwards, reportedly because he doesn't like the couple. Hilariously, though, ''Dark Horse Comics'' seems to have gotten in the last word by setting up an Empire run by a dynasty with the New Jedi Order winner's last name... and Force-sensitivity.
** Don't even get started on Jacen Solo. First he liked [[ActionGirl Tenel Ka]], then he liked some random girl out of nowhere, then Tenel Ka again. He just can't make up his mind, can he?
** Poor Ben Skywalker is just as unlucky as his father when it comes to pairing debates, [[http://boards.theforce.net/literature/b10003/26825062/ if this thread is anything to go by]]. He's not even 20, gods...
* The biggest pity in the world is that ''LittleWomen'' wasn't written 150 years later. It would have been grand to watch the Jo/Laurie and Amy/Laurie Ship Wars unfold, the outrage when the author deliberately [[ShipSinking sunk]] the FanPreferredCouple's ship, and the [[DieForOurShip various creative and excruciatingly painful ways Amy must die]]. But unless Alcott's fans' letters are preserved in a museum somewhere, one of the earliest {{Shipping}} frenzies is lost to time.
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* In ''[[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]]'' fandom, if you suggest that Angel is Buffy's true love and their relationship is the most romantic ever, the Spuffy 'shippers will hit you. If you suggest that Spike is Buffy's true love and their relationship was gritty and realistic compared to the hopeless and boring idealism of Buffy/Angel, the Bangel 'shippers will hit you. If you suggest that Angel and Spike had no interest in Buffy at all except for fighting over her because they're really in love with each other, the het 'shippers will hit you. If you suggest that neither Spike nor Angel had interest in each other and they both love Buffy more than anything else in the universe (including beer, pizza, chocolate and any ex-girlfriends they might have had long commitments with), the slashers will hit you. If you admit to 'shipping anyone with Riley Finn, they'll all hit you.
** Funnily enough, averted with Willow/Tara vs Willow/Oz shippers who generally tend to get along just fine. In their mutual hate of the Willow/Kennedy shippers, that is (yes, all 14 of them).
* In {{Angel}}: Methinks it is not wise to bring up Buffy's name when there are Angel/Cordelia shippers about. [[{{Replacement Love Interest}} Nina]] doesn't fare much better- not since Cordelia was effectively {{Put On A Bus}}.
** Then there's all the fun that goes on between [[{{NerdsAreSexy}} Wesley/Fred]] vs. [[{{BaldOfAwesome}} Gunn]]/[[{{HotLibrarian}} Fred]] vs. [[{{HoYay}} Wesley/Gunn]] shippers. It is not helped that by the fifth season, [[spoiler:EVERYONE WAS FRIKKIN' IN LOVE WITH FRED.]] Seriously, rewatch the episodes surrounding [[spoiler:her death]]. You will understand.
*** And then when Fred was permanently possessed by Illyria (no need for spoiler tags, {{You Should Know This Already}}), and you had Fred/Wes fans versus Illyria/Wes fans [[{{ShipToShipCombat}} arguing over which was better]]. Which is kind of... weird, when you think about it. Oh, and Wesley's {{Betty And Veronica}} situation with Fred and [[{{TheVamp}} Lilah Morgan]].
* The fans of Jake/Heather (''{{Jericho}}'') would argue pretty frequently with the also ship teased Jake/Emily fans. Jake/Emily is canon, Emily is a regular to Heather's guest star, and got far more screentime in Season One. Jake/Heather is more popular, Heather is rather well-liked in the fandom as a whole compared to Emily being at least a moderate case of TheScrappy, and Heather got far more screentime in Season Two. Jake/Emily fans say that they have a history together and have fittingly similar personalities, while Jake/Heather are nothing alike and she's naive and annoyingly perky. Jake/Heather fans say that Jake needs someone who's less trigger-happy, impulsive and angsty than he is, while Jake/Emily have a ''bad'' history together, and she's useless, self-entitled and a bit of a FauxActionGirl. Oh, there's even conflict amongst TBTP, John Turteltaub supported Jake/Heather while Carol Barbee supported Jake/Emily. Barbee won.
* Rose vs. Martha bitchfights in ''DoctorWho'' fandom get ''epic'', complete with racism, classism, occasionally ageism and sometimes, hilariously, speciesism - some fans are actually capable of arguing that other than the Doctor's true love, all other companions are goldfish to him. Or hamsters. And then some fans follow up on this arument and elevate Doctor/Master to somewhat distressing levels. At large, whenever finding any post at all that discusses the Doctor's love life, the only right response is "in before [[http://wiki.fandomwank.com/index.php/Doctor_Who Fandom Wank]]".
* In the ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'' fandom, the two major ship factions were the Sam/Jack faction, and the Daniel/Jack slash faction.
** With Sam/Daniel, and Janet/Daniel shippers getting railroaded by both sides.
* ''Stargate Atlantis'' tends to split between John/Elizabeth and John/Teyla, with most of the brutal fighting occuring in season two before the writers ruined the show.
** In the last few seasons it became more like [[WriterOnBoard McKeller]] (McKay/Keller) vs The Internet.
* While not as severe as many examples, there is tension in the ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' {{Fandom}} between Mohinder/Sylar shippers and Mohinder/Matt shippers.
* VeronicaMars is the centre of some refreshingly vitriolic [[FlameWars flame wars]]. The two dominant camps are the Logan/Veronica and Duncan/Veronica ones -- in spite of [[spoiler:Duncan absconding to Australia at the end of season 2]] -- followed up by the progressively-smaller Piz/Veronica, Wallace/Veronica, [[CrackPairing Mac/Veronica]] and [[{{Squick}} Keith/Veronica]]. You'd think the latter two didn't exist, but they're out there. [[NightmareFuel Oh yes, they're out there.]]
* ''[[ICarly iCarly]]'' has "Creddie" [[GirlNextDoor Carly/Freddie]] vs. "Seddie" [[SlapSlapKiss Sam/Freddie]]. It really blew up once the TonightSomeoneKisses episode featured [[spoiler: Sam and Freddie kissing]] and again after a 2nd TonightSomeoneKisses. Probably Nickelodeon's biggest shipping war since Kataang vs. Zutara.
* The ''HouseMD'' fanbase is a fairly even split between Huddy (House/Cuddy), Hameron (House/Cameron) and Hilson (House/Wilson) all of whom spend a lot of time at each other's throats. All insist their ship is canon, based on purely circumstantial evidance.
** Hameron shippers are particularly rabid at the moment over [[spoiler:Chase and Cameron's engagement, and continue to insist that they will DieForOurShip.]] See UnpleasableFanbase
** It doesn't help that Hugh Laurie himself thinks the show will go through Huddy, Hameron, and Hilson if the show lasts long enough. Or that Robert Sean Leonard (who plays Wilson) has called the House/Cuddy storyline "boring" a number of times.
* ''{{Lost}}'': Jate and Skate shippers continue to be locked in battle.
** And in Season Five, the writters decided to add Suliet into the mix.
*** Everyone always forgets poor Jacket!
** Not to mention the Desmond/Claire or Charlie/Claire shipwars that happened in the earlier seasons, and the Michael/Sun Jin/Sun shipwars...in fact, why don't you just go look at the season 1 Lost promo for the UK on youtube, it's a minute and a half of beautiful ship war dancing.
* ''{{Firefly}}'' shippers of [[MentorShip River/Mal]] and [[FoeYay River/Jayne]] are locked solidly at each others' throats, if only because both of them have about the exact same amount of canon support for their respective ships.
** And it's probably a good idea to keep both sides isolated from the [[BrotherSisterIncest River/Simon]] shippers.
** For that matter, the Simon/Kaylee and Jayne/Kaylee shippers don't really see eye-to-eye on a lot of things.
** And once you add ShipMates into the mix, the whole thing escalates into a full scale war between the Mal/Inara-Simon/Kaylee-Jayne/River alliance and the Mal/River-Jayne/Kaylee-Simon/Inara faction. And that's without even getting into the rivalries between popular slash pairings like Mal/Simon and Jayne/Simon or River/Kaylee and Inara/Kaylee.
*** And god forbid shipping the crazy underaged broken girl with anyone {{Squick}} you out, and thus you ship Simon/Inara, Jayne/Kaylee and Mal/Zoe. The Jayne and Wash fangirls will hunt you down.
* While most of the time the ''OneTreeHill'' fandom passes under the radar, if they really want to, they can make [[{{Naruto}} [=NejiHina=]/[=NaruHina=]/[=NaruSaku=]/[=SasuSaku=]]] fandoms seem sane by comparison.
* ''Smallville''. The Clanaphiles, the Cloisers, and the Chlarkers have all been at each others' throats.
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* Not even the {{Vocaloid}}s could avoid this one, despite the fact that the canon changes with ''EACH. FREAKING. SONG.'' Because there is no ''official'' canon source to determine who should be paired with who, you'd think the fans would just mind their own business, right? Nope.
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* Sheena/Lloyd vs. Colette/Lloyd in ''{{Tales of Symphonia}}'' fandom, with Sheloyd shippers arguing that Colette is too [[LoveFreak annoying]], and Colloyd shippers arguing that Sheena is favored because of her MsFanservice role.
** Oddly enough, the {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s don't do this as often. Key words: ''as often''. You don't get between a Genis/Lloyd fan and Zelos/Lloyd fan if you value your brain cells.
** Another war has been brewing for ''{{Tales of Graces}}'' between the Asbel/Cheria shippers and Asbel/Sophie shippers. You know, that game that is still ''in development''?
* ''FireEmblem'' fandom is ''stuffed'' with this, especially the 4th and 7th installments. Word of advice to forum newbies? ''Do not'', under any circumstances, bring up the subject of Roy and Lilina's mothers. Or Wolt's father. Heck, don't question or mention the parentage of any kid whose name isn't Klein, Clarine, Hugh, Ingrene, Rei, Lugh, or Fir. You'll be sucked into a neverending stream of arguments and namecalling.
** Given that ''Genealogy of Holy War'' made shipping a ''[[RelationshipValues game mechanic]]'', we probably shouldn't be all that surprised...
** Plus, even Rei and Lugh could be argued, since their mother Nino has two potential husbands. There's enough in-game evidence to support Jaffar as Nino's canon love interest, but she ''can'' marry Erk if you get them to A support. And their supports are just as meaningful and sweet even without outside interaction. Oddly enough, though, this doesn't create as big of an argument as discussing the Lords' pairings does.
*** Possibly because it's heavily implied in the character endings of ''The Sword of Flame'' that [[DeathByOriginStory whoever marries Nino dies.]]
*** Actually only Jaffar dies if he A supports Nino, if Nino gets an A with Erk, she dies.
** There have been more than a few terse words over who Ike might possibly end up with, though it tends to be divided between people who ship [[HoYay Ike/Soren]], and those who deny that Ike could be anything other than 100% heterosexual. It's usually not TOO bad, unless someone happens to mention that Ike shows zero interest in women and that Ike/Soren is practically canon. Then things can get ugly. Oddly enough Ike/Ranulf gets a pass, probably because it's not nearly as popular.
* Not the worst problem of the immensely BrokenBase of ''SonicTheHedgehog'', but it pops up from time to time. See [[ToyShip Tails/Cream versus Tails/Cosmo]] for the tip of the iceberg, along with the [[{{Understatement}} mixed consensus]] on Sonic/Amy.
** There's quite a bit of animosity between fans of Sonic/Amy and Sonic/Sally. Somewhat odd because Sally and Amy mostly don't exist within the same series -- Sally does not appear in the games or ''Sonic X'', while Amy does not appear in SatAM. The only version of the franchise where both Amy and Sally exist is the Archie comic, in which Amy has a large hurdle to getting Sonic's attention -- having a 10-year-old mind in a 15-year-old-body.
* The ''[[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]]'' community, while small and generally quiet and civil on the subject, features an interesting and unusual take on ShipToShipCombat, in that there's virtually no discussion, and a great deal of fan art and fan fic, many of which espouse one (or more) ships and ignore, or on a rare few occasions, publicly torpedo other ships.
** This is mainly because everyone except for the main character is an OptionalPartyMember.
* The ''KingdomHearts'' fandom, especially as of the second installment, seems to be comprised of two groups: those who regard shipping as SeriousBusiness, and those that ship for fun and to point at laugh at the first group. The introduction of Organization XIII basically just gave the former group license to spark flame wars over the relative merits of the gay ship of the day (12 males that hang out in a castle all day? Why, it's like shooting fish in a barrel!). Oh, and never mention AkuRoku if you value your head.
** [[HoYay Riku/Sora]], [[OfficialCouple Kairi/Sora]], and [[FanPreferredCouple Riku/Kairi]], anyone?
* Pick a ''FinalFantasy'' pairing, ANY FinalFantasy pairing, but in particular, '''BEWARE''' of ''FinalFantasyVII'', and ''especially'' [[FanDumb any pairing with the words 'Aerith' or 'Tifa' involved anywhere at all.]] The only pairing immune to this is, weirdly, Aerith/Tifa.
* ''GoldenSun''. The wars between the four combinations coming from Isaac, Garet, Jenna, and Mia (just to clarify, I'm talking ''hetero'' pairings here) are kinda like a MexicanStandoff, except everyone is, well, shooting at each other. Heck, the four pairings from that one group could easily fuel debate for several years without touching the dozens of other pairings in the GS 'verse. However, a lot of the pairings are just for fun (Magmashipping, anyone?).
** Poor Ivan. He really gets left out of it, doesn't he?
*** Don't feel sorry for him, he's got Sheba. That is, unless Felix (and at least five other characters) have something to say about it.
** The third game is set to star the descendents of the heroes from the first two games. Things are already getting ugly.
* Don't get started on ''[[{{AceAttorney}} Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]''. There's '''LOTS''' of Phoenix x Edgeworth shipping and lots of Phoenix x Maya shipping, both of which are hostile to other ships (Phoenix x Iris for starters) and ''each other.'' In fact, yaoi is the main ship, the figurehead being P x E. If you don't ship that or if you don't ship yaoi and instead ship a hetro that isn't P x M, you are totally in for a nightmare of harassment and ridicule. Also beware of Mia x Diego shippers, though most are friendly enough if you don't question the canonicity of their ship.
* Go to any forum about ''{{The Legend of Zelda}}'' and you'll find ample discussion about which woman ([[HoYay or man]]) Link should end up with. Given that Link has no real personality but the player's, you have to wonder if shipping debates are more about which person the [[PerverseSexualLust player wants to end up with.]]
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* ''{{Misfile}}'' contains a rare example of a ship fighting itself. Ash/Emily shippers all want to see Ash and Emily hook up, but because Ash is a [[GenderBender boy turned into a girl]] they can't agree on how the comic should end. One side desperately wants Ash to decide to stay a girl, the other wants to see Ash back as a guy. The fighting hasn't yet reached [[InternetBackdraft dangerous levels]], but the arguments crop up with regularity.
* While the ''{{Megatokyo}}'' fandom as a general rule tends to be quite civil, there does seem to be a distinct undercurrent of dislike between fans who think Piro should stay with his current girlfriend, Nanasawa Kimiko, and those who would like to see him get back together with his previous girlfriend, Tohya Miho. One can generally tell which girl a particular fan supports by whether he refers to Kimiko by her given name, or by her familly name (Nanasawa).
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* Depending on the board, ''{{Avatar the Last Airbender}}'' fandom is either surprisingly civil or at least as bad as any other. The main fight is between Kataang (Katara/Aang) and Zutara (Zuko/Katara) (and yes, there are {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s for all of them). Watch out for PairTheSpares.
** The series finale features ''literal'' Ship To Ship Combat, in addition to ungodly amounts of ShipTease. Given the creators' awareness of their fanbase's tendencies, the odds of this being intentional are excellent.
*** Any chance of that NOT being intentional went out the window after the ship-tease short they put together for Comic-Con.
* ''TeenTitans'' was famous for ship wars during its run. Most notably, Robin/Starfire shippers vs. Robin/Raven shippers, Robin/Raven shippers vs. Beast Boy/Raven shippers, and Beast Boy/Raven shippers vs. Beast Boy/Terra shippers. All they need is a Starfire/Terra ship, and the MexicanStandoff will be complete.
** Did poor Cyborg have no one? Or were those among the parts he had replaced with unfeeling mechanisms?
** Most likely, which is why he told Sarasim it would never work out and why Jinx chose Kid Flash.
*** Comic Cy got {{GroinAttack}}ed by Robin once when he was brainwashed, so there's a chance.
*** This reminds me of a certain [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5333768/1/One_Mans_Junk fanfic]] where Cyborg's [[IncrediblyLamePun mechanical Grayson]] ReallyGetsAround with the gals. So point is kiddos, unfeeling mechanisms shouldn't really be an excuse. Cyborg just tends to get short stick in fanfics, regardless.
** There's always [[ActionGirl Bumblebee]].
** [[ArrangedMarriage Starfire/Glurdleskletch 4EVUR]]
** Cyborg was most popularly paired with Jinx, and was a popular alternative ship with Raven in the show's early days.
*** But then Jinx pulled a HeelFaceTurn because of [[TheCharmer Kid Flash]], so [[ShipSinking that ship sank]].
* Oh, be thankful that the shipping wars of ''{{Daria}}'' are over! There are ''STILL'' Daria/Trent shippers out there -- the biggest contingent, who were set to declare holy war when the WordOfGod ''{{Jossed}}'' that pairing in the third season finale by showing that reality would never support the pairing. Still, that's '''NOTHING''' compared to what happened a season later. Want to start a war in Daria fandom? Two words: ''"The Kiss."'' Daria/Tom shipping has caused heated arguments the way the Sun provides heat and light for the Earth. And the real irony is that in the end of the show, they ''broke up'' and Daria stayed single, so ''neither'' pairing is is OneTruePairing.
** Then don't forget those who still cling desperately to [[HoYay Daria/Jane]].
* Where to start with the convoluted ''{{Ben 10}}'' fandom? Said fandom has three major ships, [[RomanticPlotTumor Gwen/Kevin]], [[KissingCousins Ben/Gwen]] and [[HoYay Ben/Kevin]]. During the air of the original series, the Ben/Gwen and Ben/Kevin shippers were the most common (Gwen/Kevin was still a CrackPairing).
** But during ''{{Ben 10 Alien Force}}'', all hell broke loose when Gwen/Kevin became canon. Ben/Gwen shippers still protest about [[DieForOurShip how much discontinuity problems this causes for the series]], while Gwen/Kevin shippers bask in the light of their newly canon ship.
*** And the Ben/Kevin shippers stay well out of the way, enjoying the {{subtext}} the [[RelationshipWritingFumble writers seem to be handing out]].
* The ''CodeLyoko'' fandom features a large group of people who ship Aelita and Odd and are combated vigorously by the people who support Aelita and Jérémie, the show's OfficialCouple. But of course this is nothing when it comes to the Ulrich/Yumi/William/Sissi debates.
* As [[http://trurotaketwo.deviantart.com/art/The-Fat-Controllers-problem-110937810 this fanart]] will demonstrate, not even ''{{Thomas the Tank Engine}}'' fandom is safe from shipping wars. It does not help however that that some of the episodes have hinted towards crushes between the engines (such as Rosie trying to follow Thomas everywhere in her introductory episode, or Thomas blushing on seeing Flora in her introductory episode).
** BrainBleach is on offer [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/th_brain_bleach.jpg here.]]
* The ''KimPossible'' fans of the [[{{Canon}} Kim/Ron]] pairing will viciously attack any fans of [[{{Ho Yay}} Kim/Shego]] like a piranha feeding frenzy. Any sign of Kigo {{Fan Art}} will invariably get several negative comments from a Kim/Ron supporter, same can be said of any {{Fan Fic}}tion.
** There was a major fight that occurred between the [[DieForOurShip Kigo and K/R shippers]] a while back. Nowadays, the topic is kept out of most forums for [[InternetBackdraft obvious reasons]]. Most enjoy both shipping sides nowadays and there are some that even enjoy [[TriangRelations mixing the ships]].
* The ''{{Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers}}'' ShipToShipCombat is actually about only one pairing, namely Chip/Gadget. Those who favor that pairing oppose those who do not want to see Chip and Gadget together, regardless of alternatives. This led to two flame wars on the Usenet in 1997 and at the fan forum [[http://www.theacorncafe.org Acorn Cafe]] in 1998. Further flame wars could only be prevented by the experience gained during 1998's St. Valentine's Day Massacre and by "agreeing to disagree". A third, rather small faction among them call themselves the Neutrals and dislike the wary ways of both Pro and Anti fundamentalists. Mind you that there has never been a canonical pairing in this show.
** The St. Valentine's Day Massacre is also a perfect example for InternetBackdraft.
* ''TotalDramaAction'': When Duncan and Gwen got close, the shippers went pretty ballistic.
** And Cody/Gwen vs. Trent/Gwen vs. Duncan/Gwen vs. '''Noah/Cody'''.
* Strangely, the HappyTreeFriends fandom engages in this. The wars often revolve around who Flaky will end up with (the most noteworthy pairing is Flaky x Flippy). Never mind that Flaky is a character who is never romantically involved ''and'' her [[ViewerGenderConfusion gender]] is still [[SeriousBusiness quite the subject of debate]].
** Hey, man, all I know is [[{{Meganekko}} the chick who voices Flaky is fucking hot]]!
* The ''InvaderZim'' fandom has little fighting, probably because the show only focuses on a few main characters and Dib/Gaz is unpopular for [[BrotherSisterIncest obvious reasons]]. The biggest ship war is actually just between those who like [[FoeYay ZADR]] and those who despise it. ''What'' girl Zim or Dib winds up with seems far less important than whether or not they get a girl at all.
* Subverted and averted in ''{{Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers}}'' where out of the four main characters: Zach is HappilyMarried and unquestionably devoted to Eliza and his children. Shane and Niko are shipped together (despite his tendency to acquire a mostly-UnwantedHarem), and [[WordOfGod Robert Mandell]] admits he was planning to marry them off. Walter manages to charm a RecurringCharacter who left Shane's UnwantedHarem when she saw that Walter [[TookALevelInBadass wasn't the useless goof she initially thought he was]].
* {{Phineas and Ferb}} have a whole bunch of shipping wars, the most notable being Ferb and Gretchen VS Ferb and Vanessa. It really is a lesser of two evils arguement, however, as Vanessa is dislike due to age, and Gretchen is disliked due to not being in the show much.
* {{Metalocalypse}}, despite its veritable buffet of pairings and a fandom that just loves the [[HoYay Ho Yay]], has thus far avoided this. Every possible pairing has its supporters, some quite staunch, but as a whole the fandom is laid back enough to live and let live, with the Skwisgaar/Toki, Toki/Nathan, and Nathan/Charles supporters sharing forums and communities in relative harmony.
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