So you're watching a show, and you want to see what it would be like if two of your favorite characters [[{{Shipping}} end up in a relationship]]. As you become more invested in your 'ship, you may start writing [[FanFic fan fiction]], drawing [[FanArt fan art]], and [[ShipToShipCombat defending your 'ship against those imagined by other fans]].

ShippingGoggles is when a viewer interprets the smallest, most ambiguous [[{{Canon}} canonical]] evidence in favor of your 'ship of choice. Maybe that glance lasted just a ''little'' too long, or that remark in that conversation could be interpreted as innuendo. The 'ship in question can range from one that seems entirely plausible but doesn't yet have clear canon evidence, right up to a CrackPairing between characters who are [[FoeYay bitter enemies]], or live in different universes, or whose sexuality or circumstances makes any relationship between them extremely unlikely. Reasons for putting on ShippingGoggles vary; sometimes it's just wishful thinking, sometimes it's to defend the 'ship against other competing 'ships, and sometimes it's JustForFun.

Note that this is [[TropesAreNotBad not bad]]. Many shippers would admit to doing this to some extent; in fact, having your own interpretation of {{Canon}} is part of the fun of Shipping. However, it can become FanDumb when people try to [[ShipToShipCombat force their ships on others.]] Not to mention what happens when such fans are RunningTheAsylum....

A subtrope of EpilepticTrees. Creators aware of their fans' ShippingGoggles can play to it with a ShipTease; this can be interpreted as FanService or just cruelty in suggesting a relationship that isn't going to materialize. Sometimes, the shipper turns out to be [[IKnewIt right]].

Examples should generally go on one of the other ShippingTropes pages, like CrackPairing - particularly dubious interpretations may be listed here though.
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!!Examples
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* Sessh/Rin shippers of ''{{Inuyasha}}'' often spin around the smallest, most minor things such as kimonos to try to [[DieForOurShip justify their pairing]] as canon, [[FanDumb completely ignoring]] the fact that Takahashi has portrayed these kinds of relationships as laughable in the past (with Miroku and Koharu-and even before then with Dr.Tofu and Akane) and the fact that Rin herself supports Sessh/Kagura, those being very obvious signs that this is not a romantic pairing but a platonic one.

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