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-->'''Dean:''' There's Sam Girls and Dean Girls and...What's a slash fan?
-->'''Sam:''' As in Sam slash Dean. Together.
-->'''Dean:''' Like together, together? They do know we are brothers right?
-->'''Sam:''' Doesn't seem to matter.
-->'''Dean:''' Well that's just sick!
-->-''{{Supernatural}}''

-->'''Grace:''' Tedd said if I was Superman, he'd be Batman.
-->'''Justin:''' And you're dating. I think I've read that fan fiction.
-->-''[[ElGoonishShive El Goonish Shive]]''

The ''other'' reason you should use protection when reading FanFic (see {{Fanwank}}).

The most common definition has Slash as a FanFic that [[{{Shipping}} pairs]] two (or more) characters of the same sex (a manifestation of FanYay).

There are a few other definitions around:
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* Originally, the term "Slash" was more specific, referring only to sexually explicit homoerotic FanFic (even more specifically, to male homosexual experiences). For some, to qualify as "Slash", a work must still be sexually [[{{Lemon}} explicit]].
* Some people think that {{fanfic}}s about characters who are gay (or bi) and already paired with each others in the {{canon}} do not count as Slash, that only uncanonical homosexual pairings qualify.
* More rarely, it is used to mean fics about any pairing that is not found in canon, be they heterosexual or homosexual.

Bottom line: Slash fic is about romantic entanglements among the characters.

The term "[=FemSlash=]", "[=FemmeSlash=]" or "Saffic" are often used for lesbian pairings specifically.



Slash is generally also used to pair up {{Heterosexual Life Partners}}. Of course, some canonical works, especially BoysLove and BlueBishonenGhetto, invite such reading by playing the ambiguity for all its worth.

In addition to the "obvious" pairings, it is also common to (sexually) pair characters who are nemeses in the source material, in FanFic's own version of SlapSlapKiss, FoeYay and TheMasochismTango.

Some {{Fanfic}}s are so low in erotic and romantic content that although it focuses on the relationship between two samesex characters, it's not obvious if it's slash or not. They're closer to HoYay themselves. Such fics are often called [=PreSlash=] or slash if-you-squint.

Most SlashFic authors have historically been women, and heterosexual women in majority. This could [[SitchSexuality stem from the fact]] that the traditional Slash subjects are overwhelmingly male-dominated: if you want to write FanFic in the style of a romance novel, and you don't want to use a ditzy GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe, you're pretty much going to have to pair two men, or invent a MarySue. Then again, some slashers say that they just find two men together to be hot, just like [[GirlOnGirlIsHot men like watching Lesbian porn.]]

If the author has much exposure to Japanese BoysLove at all, expect characters to be noticeably shoehorned into dominant {{seme}} and submissive {{uke}} roles.

According to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_fiction the Other Wiki]], the origin of the term predates the World Wide Web, going back to 1960s fanfic writers, specifically those interested in StarTrek, who wrote "Kirk/Spock" fiction, pronounced "Kirk Slash Spock". In some communities, the ordering of the names is used to indicate a [[{{seme}} power]] [[{{uke}} relationship]].

Series with plenty of HoYay will naturally result in plenty of SlashFic between the characters in question, but for some reason will also encourage a wide variety of other pairings (including the [[CrackPairing crack-induced kind]]). Perhaps the writers decide the obvious couple has become too easy a target?

See also {{Lemon}}, {{PWP}}, EveryoneIsGay, YaoiGuys, YaoiFangirl and MostFanficWritersAreGirls. See IKEAErotica for what tends to happen when the girls in question are unfamiliar with having sex. Not to be confused with fics about the guitarist from Guns 'n' Roses (although I'm sure there's some overlap).

Incidentally, in Great Britain, "taking a slash" is a slightly coarse way of describing urination, so the innocent Brit who's never heard of the concept is likely to be even more squicked at the term...
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'''Examples:'''

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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* [[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]] is unique in that since the title character has two forms - one of each gender - poor Ranma has been cast in SlashFics with ''almost every single cast member''. Including his official heterosexual love interest.
* ''{{DGray-man}}'': Allen has been paired with just about [[LittleBlackDress every other guy in the series]]. Especially with Lavi and Kanda.
* A majority of ''{{Bleach}}'' fanfics are pretty much comprised of SlashFic's. And you'd be hard pressed to find one that doesn't somehow involve Ichigo.
* [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon/Viral.]] Both pre- and post-TimeSkip. [[{{Squick}} Oh god no.]]
** There's plenty of Simon/Kamina too.
* ''{{Naruto}}'' and Sasuke share a ''Canon'' kiss ''on screen'', however, it wasn't voluntary (which fangirls refuse to believe) and they were both gagging in disgust afterwards. Kishimoto has came on the record it was a joke scene, saying 'never have rivals kissed before'. Sasu/Naru is practically the Official Couple for a few people, mostly fangirls. Not to mention all of the other various slash pairings.
** Which is, by the way, incorrect in a way. While this was in a dream sequence (it's a long story), rivals Kuwabara and Yuusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho kissed in an early episode.
* Practically the entire realm of {{Death Note}} fanfic/art centres around this trope.
** Well, yeah, with the whole L and Light [[spoiler:being chained to each other]] for months, they were practically begging for it.
*** Not to mention that L's heavy surveillance of Light can also be interpreted as a case of Stalker With a Crush.
** The fact that Misa, Light's girlfriend, does not have much of a personality outside of her love for Light also contributes. Light also makes it pretty clear to Ryuk that he has absolutely no romantic interest in her.
* Pick any CLAMP series. Pick two characters. They have been Slashed. Current popular flavours are Kurogane and Fai of TsubasaReservoirChronicle, Doumeki and Watanuki of [[{{ptitletanigjtzzgkp}} xxxHoLic]], and the never-ending shipping of Yukito and Touya of CardcaptorSakura fame.
**Though to be fair, CLAMP ''really'' likes making most of them practically canon. ([[AreTheyOrArentThey You're never sure if they're close friends, or...]]) And sometimes, they ''do'' make it canon.
** To say nothing of the number of [[CodeGeass Suzaku/Lelouch]] SlashFic's out there. And Lelouch/Rolo is not uncommon.
* At the rate {{Bishonen}} characters in KatekyoHitmanReborn is increasing, fanfic writers will soon run out of numbers and alphabet to denote the number of possible pairings availiable.
** And most of them ''will'' involve [[CuteShotaroBoy Tsuna]]. Typically as the {{Uke}}.
*{{Neon Genesis Evangelion}} is almost plagued with Kaworu/Shinji fics, though the shower room scene definitely has slashy overtones and the dating sim tie-in game had this option.
** Gendo Ikari/Kozo Fuyutsuki fic, which is a "What subtext? Where?" pairing, since both guys were involved with ''Yui'' on some level (Gendo was married to her and destroyed the world to get her back; Fuyutsuki was her mentor and carried a torch for her for over fifteen years).
* {{Fullmetal Alchemist}} fandom is full of this. Mostly Roy/Ed. And Envy/Ed.
*''SailorMoon'' is known for its fandom putting together any two female characters, even though the series has two canon lesbians already.
** And by Stars, four, if you count Lead Crow and Aluminum Siren.
*Pick any combination of characters to have ever appeared in {{Pokemon}}. There is slash of them. [[FoeYay Ash/Gary]] seems to be especially popular.
* ''YuGiOh''. There's Kaiba/Joey, Yami Yugi/Yugi, Yugi/Bakura, Yami Bakura/Bakura, Tristan/Duke, Bakura/Yami Marik, Bakura/Marik Yami Bakura/Yami Yugi and many, many, many more. Really, name just about any two characters on the show, no matter how minor, and you can find them together somewhere in the dark void that is the internet.
** There are even {{Serious Business}} ship names. [[http://romantic-fanfiction.deviantart.com/art/Master-Yu-gi-oh-Shipping-List-96342642 Here]] is a close-to-complete list of these names. The most popular pairings in the fandom are Yugi/Yami Yugi, Bakura/Yami Bakura, and Malik/Yami Malik, just to weird things up even more. O_o Add Joey/Kaiba, and you've got about 95% of the romantic fandom. When a show has [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters as many characters as YuGiOh]], that's pretty impressive.
* In SayonaraZetsubouSensei, there is a Slash Machine. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQOxIVFGudU Like so]].


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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}''. Ohsoverymuch. Wolverine, Gambit, and Iceman are far and away the three [[LittleBlackDress biggest sluts on the team]], if the fics are to be believed. But you could probably play the {{Heroes}} dartboard game with any of guys on the team. Even the villains get to ride quite a bit, namely the "sexier" ones like Sabretooth and Magneto, though I'm sure Apocalypse joined the party at least once.
* {{Captain America}}/{{Iron Man}} Which has a [[http://community.livejournal.com/cap_ironman community on lj]] and a archive called [[http://talesofsuspense.net/ Tales of suspense]]
* {{Batman}}/{{Superman}} has its fandom. Possibly influenced by the DC title Superman/Batman, which "explores the camaraderie, antagonism, and friendship between its titular characters," to quote TheOtherWiki. Preceded by The Batman/Superman Hour in 1968, which merely aired episodes of either show back-to-back.
* BirdsOfPrey produces a lot of femslash - mostly of the Canary/Oracle variety, though the TV show had a huge Huntress/Oracle following due to the [[AdaptationDecay very different relationship dynamics]] that spills over into the comics fandom as well.
* {{Booster Gold}}/{{Blue Beetle}} has a quiet, friendly, prolific, ''extremely committed'' fanbase, with the obligatory LJ community, sprawling AUs, and widely-known handle of [[PortmanteauCoupleName Boostle]].
* Cable / {{Deadpool}}. They do have the LJ community.

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[[folder: Film ]]

* Obi-Wan Kenobi/Darth Maul was inexplicably popular right after ''StarWars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace'' was released, because chopping in half the guy who's just killed your friend and mentor is a perfectly healthy basis for a relationship.
** To be fair, the main Obi-Wan/Maul site back in the day was meant to be ''very'' tongue-in-cheek.
** The main slash pairings for the prequel are still Obi-Wan Kenobi/Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker.
** It continues into the OT with Luke/Han and Luke/Wedge. In the ExpandedUniverse: Corran and Wedge. Corran and Luke. [[FoeYay Corran and Kyp]] Luke and Kyp. Any combination of the guys [[YaoiFangirl Jaina]] has dated. Expect their wives to be [[YaoiFangirl Yaoi Fangirls]] in any ''StarWars'' slash, a clear example of AuthorAppeal. On the yuri side of things, Mara/Mirax is surprisingly popular, as is Exile/Traya.
* Post-''CasinoRoyale'', there is a ''lot'' of JamesBond/Le Chiffre out there, and about as much Bond/Villiers (say it with me now... Mannypenny.) Not as much as, say, ''HarryPotter'' or something, but probably more than your average Bond film. Maybe it's the [[FanDisservice knotted rope scene]]. Wince.
** There was a lot of 006/007 after ''GoldenEye''.
* As the IceAge series continues to grow, so does the fandom around [[DeadpanSnarker Diego]]/[[TheDitz Sid]].
** Also people like to pair up the two [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]] of the series, Manny and Diego.
*** With the third movie, apparently Diego/Buck (?) has been winning itself some fans. Diego's apparently the LittleBlackDress for this series.
*** On the subject of Buck, Buck/Rudy is a paring that has been slowly but surely appearing.

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* SherlockHolmes/Dr. Watson.
**Sadly, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. If Holmes isn't paired up with some ditz of a Mary Sue, it's a fair bet he'll be paired up with Watson... the canonically straight, ladies man Doctor Watson...
*** Technically, what's canon is that Watson, who is after all the author in-'verse, made himself out to be a ladies' man. He could be an UnreliableNarrator; being gay ''was'' really illegal back then, and worth going a bit OTT to conceal.
*** Fuel is added to this fire by Watson referring to Sherlock Holmes as a [[HaveAGayOldTime 'confirmed bachelor']], which became shortly, was it not already, a euphemism. Odds are Watson - I mean, Doyle, - wasn't aware of the connotations the phrase had.
*** Especially baffling because any true student of Doyle knows the ''real'' UnresolvedSexualTension is between Watson and Lestrade.
* The most popular ''HarryPotter'' slash pairings are Harry/Draco Malfoy, Remus Lupin/Sirius Black (puppy love, slashers often call themselves puppyshippers), Snape/Harry (talk about SlapSlapKiss) and Snape/Remus Lupin. The {{Squick}}iest ones are such as Harry/Voldemort, James/Harry, Draco/Lucius Malfoy, the infamous "twincest," Dumbledore/Harry...
** There is a [[CrackPairing Harry/Sirius/James Potter's Rotten Corpse]] pairing.
**The most infamous is "Rubber Duck", a Snape/Giant Squid fic.
** Ironically, Harry/Ron isn't nearly as common as most of those, if it even exists.
* Frodo/Sam in ''TheLordOfTheRings''. Some will argue the overtones were there in the novels, though the movies certainly didn't help.
** Even the Nostalgia Critic ships Frodo and Sam! Or at least agrees with it. Somewhat. Probably for the sake of comedy. (Watch his Harry Potter Book Seven Release video. He asks 'Gandalf' about it.)
** Same goes for Aragorn/Legolas, or Gimli/Legolas. And to a lesser degree, every [[CrackPairing combination of male characters]].
**Oh, there are definite overtones for Gimli/Legolas in the novel.
*** Only to modern perverted audiences. Tolkien would probably have had a heart attack if he found out.
* Aziraphale/Crowley of ''GoodOmens''. Hardly surprising, considering the canon HoYay and the "[[DatingCatwoman forbidden love]]" appeal of an angel and demon loving each other. More surprisingly, fandom portrayal seems to be evenly split between subtle {{UST}} that toes the [[HeterosexualLifePartners gen]]/slash line and full-blown slash.
** The early stage of GO fandom (before 2005) apparently contained less smut than new {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s expected, to the point that some complained (though it may have been because they anticipated ''HarryPotter''-esque amounts of slash in a fandom that's just a blip on the radar compared to ''that'' one). It wasn't until the GO Exchange and Switchythings [=LiveJournal=] communities were created that the porn reached "acceptable" levels. OrSoIHeard.
* {{Narnia}}, for want of 'human' companions for its main characters, tends to have a decent bit of this in the fanfic sections. Tends to be incest as well, which doesn't really seem a whole lot better than bestiality with perfectly decent, talking animals, but there we go.
** Contributors to this include even [[NeilGaiman Neal freaking Gaiman]]. Don't believe me? Check out The Problem with Susan, from the Fragile Things anthology, if you dare - but be warned, as it ''goes there''. As in the ''there'' mentioned above. [[spoiler:And I'm not talking about the incest.]]
*Even though it has a smaller following then most pairings, [[TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy Arthur/Ford]] is surprisingly popular within the fandom(And some of it's not that [[http://imperfectcircle.livejournal.com/13417.html bad]]).

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* The "classic" - some might say definitive -- Slash pairing is Kirk/Spock (from ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''). It has been suggested that the term "slash" came from the slash (the "/") between Kirk and Spock. According to TheOtherWiki, there was a time in the 70's when the terms "slash" and "K/S" were used interchangeably.
** So would their PortmanteauCoupleName be "Spirk" or...
**Interestingly, among Star Trek slash writers, the most common Slash pairing is Garak/Bashir, from ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. This could be because the ground is more fertile - the actors and writers played up the HoYay possibilities, and at least one of the actors is on record as having asked that the relationship be shown in canon, in 1995.
***Links?
** There's also McCoy/Spock, probably the second most popular slash pairing in the ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fandom.
** Is K/S shipping the TropeCodifier, then? Or possibly the TropeMaker?
*** TropeCodifier, TropeMaker and UrExample. ''StarTrek'' was the first fandom to write stories detailing an explicitly romantic relationship between two same-sex characters. (As ''[[TheShipsCloset The Ship's Closet]]'' points out, the fact that slash emerged during such a homophobic era is quite telling and points to a tremendous amount of subtext. Of course, when you consider that Gene Roddenberry himself invented the Vulcan word ''t'hy'la'', meaning "friend/brother/'''lover'''", it becomes less about {{Subtext}} and more about GettingCrapPastTheRadar.)
* {{StargateSG-1}} fanfic has lots: Sam/Janet, Jack/Daniel, Sam/Vala, Jack/Teal'c, Teal'c/Daniel, and many more.
** {{Stargate Atlantis}} has a lot too: [=McKay=]/Sheppard is predominant, but there's plenty of Ronon/Sheppard, [=McKay=]/Zelenka, Teyla/Weir, and the list goes on. The show has not been shy about providing plenty of slashfic fodder.
*** Stargate SG-1 goes further to play with this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzWpCcKIMVc&feature=related in their goofy episode 200]].
* Blake/Avon, from ''BlakesSeven''.
* Clark Kent/Lex Luthor, in the [[SpinoffBabies teenage]] ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' series ''{{Smallville}}''.
* [[DoctorWho The Doctor]]/The Master. This is almost explicit with the newest version.
** See also: The Doctor / Any Male Companion (with the possible exclusion of [[TheScrappy Adric]]), with Captain Jack being the current favourite. The fact that the Doctor has had more female than male companions, however, means that the slashers have to take what they can get here.
*** There's a good bit of Two/Jamie fic out there too. Not surprising imho. They spent three years practically sitting in each other's laps, and Jami looked quite good in a kilt.
* [[HeterosexualLifePartners House/Wilson]] slash is easily one of the most popular pairings for ''HouseMD'' fanfic. While the subtext in the show is often for humourous effect and frequently {{Lampshaded}}, it might be intentional, too: Katie Jacobs, [[WordOfGod executive producer]], once stated that there are equal chances of House ending up with Cuddy, Cameron, or '''Wilson'''.
** And then there was [[http://www.fanhistory.com/w/images/d/d6/House-poll_06-10-26.jpg this poll]] posted on the Fox website. With those numbers, maybe not just the fangirls want to see it. ;)
* [[http://fantasticpants.livejournal.com/35297.html Here's a game to try at home.]] Print out the names of all of the male characters, no matter how obscure, from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', put them all on the wall and throw two darts at it. Using this method, try to find a pair somebody ''doesn't '' ship.
** Hiro/Ando is canon, what are you talking about?
*** Kensei saw him first. XP
* Mal/Jayne of ''{{Firefly}}'' seem to catch an inordinate amount of attention; probably has something to do with all that [[HoYay power struggle going on for control of the ship]].
** Simon/Jayne is also popular, and is not helped by all of the [[HoYay deliberate subtext the writers and actors put in]].
** And on the female side, there's also River/Kaylee and Inara/Kaylee.
* Jon/Stephen on ''TheDailyShow''. The amount of deliberate HoYay in the source material has not lessened the number of fics on this pairing, but it has encouraged fics on just about every other pairing possible.
* Just to further prove that there's porn of EVERYTHING somewhere on the net, there is apparently Slash Fiction of British improvisation PanelShow ''MockTheWeek'' involving Frankie Boyle and Hugh Dennis. Boyle brings it up on the show as well as giving a quick description of Slash Fiction in general.
** Notably, part of the description is "People who write about Captain Kirk and Spock shagging each other".
* Slash writers of ''TheXFiles'' fan fiction like various combos of Mulder, Skinner, and Krycek (including throwing all three together, with Doggett occasionally getting shuffled into the mix somewhere). There's also a not-insignificant amount of Scully/Reyes.
* [[GilmoreGirls Gilmore Girls]]: [[SchoolgirlLesbians Rory/Paris]].
* ''{{Merlin}}''. Just... ''Merlin''.
* ''StarTrekVoyager'' was fertile ground for this given Captain Janeway's touch-feely body language -- it was said that Janeway only had to give her famous [[PuppyDogEyes Gooey Look]] in the vague direction of a bulkhead and there'd be a dozen Janeway/Bulkhead fanfics the next day -- coupled with the failure of the PowersThatBe to [[CelibateHero join her up with anybody]] despite them all being trapped alone in the Delta Quadrant (and when they did hook up the captain after '''six years''' it wasn't with a crewmember but a hologram). Then a blatant MsFanservice joins the crew in the shapely shape of Seven of Nine, whose ongoing mother/daughter relationship was [[HoYay/LiveActionTV open to interpretation]] by lesbian fans...
** Some of them, such as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3726342/1/My_BuffyStar_Trek_Voyager_Crossover this J/7 shipper]] (which is also a crossover with BuffyTheVampireSlayer) make the idea work.
**[[spoiler:C'mon, if you can't see the love in Admiral Janeway's eyes at "Endgame" when she sees Seven, you must be blind. Also, it only takes Seven's name mention to crack the 'self-righteousnes' of the Captain. To the hell with the Temporal Prime Directive!]]
* The eponymous {{Captain Scarlet}} was paired up so often (and so badly) with his partner Blue that the webmaster of the leading CS website put a ban on slashfics.
* ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fanfic has plenty of slash, but has the added complication of a canonical lesbian couple (Willow/Tara). Other popular pairings include Willow/Buffy (based on the characters being [[HeterosexualLifePartners extremely close]]), Buffy/Faith (based on the Slayer bond and significant subtext in season 3), and Spike/Angel (based on both actors being extremely hot).
** Spike/Angel happened at least once. As Whedon put it, they were horny vampires with no morals who happened to be around each other a lot. These things happen.
* There is ''{{Scrubs}}'' slashfic out there too. JD/Cox is the most common pairing. [[YourMileageMayVary And the most mentally scarring.]]
* ''JeevesAndWooster'' has the obvious but indomitable Bertie/Jeeves, an extremely rare breed of pairing because of the actors who play them. [[ABitOfFryAndLaurie Let's just say]] that StephenFry and HughLaurie are '''''very''''' okay with [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lUX0Wr90X8 shipping themselves...]]
** For some odd reason, in the result-of-quarreling absence of Jeeves, Bertie is often slashed (and ''threesomed'' with Jeeves in some fics) with his Long Island poet friend Rocky Todd, who only makes two appearances, instead of his [[http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=jaGMvrYPhKtKMsCLNpMJi4h4l5k2TGxc much-recurring friend Bingo Little]].
* [[BuddyCopShow Bodie and Doyle]] from ''TheProfessionals'' -- two [[EstrogenBrigadeBait handsome, athletic men running around in tight jeans]], with a GirlOfTheWeek attitude towards women as opposed to their [[HeterosexualLifePartners intimate friendship forged in battle]]...it's been a slash favourite for years.
* One of the executive producers of ''{{Leverage}}'', when asked if it bothered him that more people wrote Eliot/Parker than Hardison/Parker (one of the show's cannon pairings) he started his response by saying somthing along the lines of: "Lets be honest, more people are writing Nate/Eliot."
** Sauce please?
* As seen in the quote at the top of the page, ''{{Supernatural}}'' has so much slash, apparently, that it has even managed to creep into the universe in which the story takes place. The opener for season five even involved a slash fangirl as a minor character in the form of Becky, webmistress of ''[[SiblingIncest morethanbrothers.com]]''.
* Surprising thing number 1 about the shipping in ''InvaderZIM'' is the fact that there IS shipping at all— surprising thing number 2 is just... how... truly horrible some of the pairings are. The most prominent slash-pairing is ZADR (ZIM/Dib), but it's another one of those shows where [[{{CrackPairing}} people write character names on dartboards and pick their ships that way.]] (I have seen ZIM/Dib, ZIM/GIR— hell, GIR gets paired with practically everyone—, TAK/Gaz... The list goes on. And on. And on. And on. [[{{Squick}} It makes me nauseous just thinking about it...)]]

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[[folder: Other ]]

* For every prominent historical figure, there exists at least one historian who will insist that he or she was gay. There are no exceptions.
** Expect this to kick in full-throttle if said historical figure was a touch neurotic, body-shy, or [[{{Asexuality}} not into much of anyone]]. Possible solutions? A. They're in the closet. B. They're in the closet. C. They're in the closet.
***But then again, it's hard to imagine being gay before the 1980's ''without'' being neurotic, body shy, and not into much of anyone.
**** And then, there's Oscar Wilde...
* That many fans of ''{{Wicked}}'' are also "Gelphie" supporters shouldn't surprise you, seeing as the musical (and the novel to a lesser extent) invests so much in Glinda and Elphaba's friendship and closeness. What may surprise you is that there's also a subgroup of fans who are huge "Chenzel" supporters - that is, fans who like to romantically pair Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, the ''actresses who originally portrayed those characters on Broadway''. Despite the fact that both women are heterosexual and Idina Menzel has been happily married to actor Taye Diggs since they met on ''{{Rent}}''.
** [[HeterosexualLifePartners Says]] [[LesYay You]].
* Cats. It's usually Rum Tum Tugger/Mr Mistofelees, but Munkustrap usually falls in there somewhere. Never mind the fact that Tugger is shown flirting with half the girls in the show. Ah, what the heck, it's enjoyable anyway.
* Mark/Roger from Rent. Collins/Benny and Angel/Mark as well, strangely enough. But the Mark/Roger practically dominates the fanfiction.

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4994145/1/Game_Over Tetris pieces]]. I guess there are multiple interpretations of blocks "landing on each other" and "filling the holes."
**There's also [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3829563/1/Love_Of_The_Game Tetris piece/Player]] slash fictions.
* The writers of ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' and sequels left themselves wide open for this one. Phoenix/Edgeworth is considered virtually canon by many fans, but there's also random dart-throwing going on here too.
** Franziska/Adrian seems also to be considered virtually canon.
**We're not even going to get into Mia/Lana...
** Now Apollo Justice brings us Klavier/Apollo.
**Well, considering that the creator has said that Edgeworth doesn't like girls, it sort of is canon -- at least, from one half of the equation.
**From the other half too. Phoenix has been confirmed by WordofGod to find Edgeworth 'pretty hot'.
* [[StarFox Falco x Fox or Wolf x Fox]]. Take your pick.
** [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=223 Some take both]]
** My eyes. MY EEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
*** [[TheMasochismTango Wolf x Leon]] would like the fandom to recognize! [[SuperSmashBros It's canon, you know.]]
* There's a fair bit in [[SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] fandom, with [[FoeYay Sonadow]] being probably the most popular slash pairing. Knuxadow, Knuxonic, and [[HeterosexualLifePartners Sontails]] are all prevalent, too.
* Too many in Metal Gear Solid to count, Snake/Otacon and Big Boss/Ocelot being the most popular, but since MGS4 Vamp/Raiden has gained a disturbing amount of popularity...
* [[HoYay X/Zero]] from ''MegamanX''. And there's still plenty more where that came from, from X/Zero/Axl to Red/Axl, along with a plethora of Rule 34 pairings. [[{{Squick}} Sigma/Zero]] and [[BrainBleach Sigma/X]] are inescapable.
** There's even the traumatizing (spoiler cut for brain salvage) [[spoiler: Dr. Wily/Dr. Light]], and the slightly less brainbreaking Bass/Megaman and Protoman/Megaman. Not to mention all the Robot Masters, which are all male, save one. But what's unforgiveable is that all the Bass/Protoman around is sickeningly sweet or a collection of old boring rape cliches.
* Why has no one ever said anything about {{Fire Emblem}} yet? Its '''filled''' with yaoi--especially ''Path of Radiance''.
* How has nobody said Touhou yet? This troper can think of ten pairings right off the top of his head
** - Cirno/Letty
** - Remilia/Sakuya
** - Marisa/Alice/Patchouli
** - Kanako/Suwako
** - Mokou/Keine
** - Mokou/Kaguya
** - Remilia/Flandre
** - Reimu/Marisa
** - Alice/Medicine
** - Eirin/Kaguya
*** Hell, there is even a Yuka/Yuka one (That's right, with HERSELF!)
*'''''KingdomHearts'''''. Adding troper is shocked that it hasn't come up before ([[TVTropesWikiDrinkingGame take a couple sips]]). [[FanFic/NagaEyes Some of it]] [[SoBadItsHorrible sucks.]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4413465/1/Boys Some of it]] [[{{Understatement}} really, really doesn't.]]

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* {{Transformers}} fandom has been rife with Megatron/Starscream (often portrayed as abusive or repressed) pretty much since the beginning. The EnemyMine nature of Megatron and Optimus Prime's relationship also lends itself to slash.
** Then ''TransformersAnimated'' came along and now you'll be hard pressed to find a fic featuring both Prowl and Lockdown in the same scene that ''isn't'' slash.
**And G1 Jazz/Prowl is practically fanon.
*** And it's carried over into Prowl and Jazz in ''TransformersAnimated''. What ''is'' it about ninja motorbikes?
** Starscream is definitely the LittleBlackDress, though. You'd be hard pressed to find one mech, Autobot or Decepticon, he hasn't been paired with at least once.
*Practically any two characters in ''KimPossible'', even key villain Shego with Ron's [[NonHumanSidekick naked mole rat Rufus]], but most of all Kim/Shego, which has generated enough writing to develop its own cliches, parodied in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3180075/1/In_the_Hands_of_a_Hack this fic]].
* ''SouthPark'' - there is ''some'' GenFic, but [[EveryoneIsGay most of the time...]]
**The most popular couples are: Stan/Kyle, Cartman/Kyle and [[CrackPairing Craig/Tweek (pictured above)]].
***Not to mention that Craig and Tweek interact only in one episode and they are ''forced by their classmates''.
****And that's not even the most egregious example! The characters The Mole and Gregory are frequently paired in the fandom, even though each of them only appears in TheMovie, they don't get all that much screen time, and they never even meet. Yet the amount of Mole/Gregory fanfic and fan art is staggering compared to gen fic, het fic, or even something plausibly gay like Cartman/Butters.
***And the infamous [[IncorruptiblePurePureness angel]]/[[TheAntichrist devil]] fics, represented by [[BeingGoodSucks Pip]]/[[DracoInLeatherPants Damien]].
* Just look around {{Daria}} fandom, and you'll find some... ''interesting'' slashfic ('Ragged Denim') and saffic ('Night of the Storm', The Winters Of Those Gone Before'). Take brain bleach along for the ride. ''You have been warned.''
* ''EdEddNEddy'''s fandom is made out of yaoi. The most popular pairings being Eddy/Edd, Rolf/Kevin, Ed/Edd, Kevin/Edd and Kevin/Eddy.

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* The sprite comic ''InWilysDefense'', Cut Man takes advantage of this trope's very existance to win an argument with Napalm Man over which FinalFantasy villain is better, [[FinalFantasyVI Kefka]] vs. [[FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]. He was taking Kefka's side, mind you. Cut Man put on a girly wig and puppy dog eyes, and proceeded to narrate an extract of a Cloud/Sephiroth SlashFic, knocking Napalm Man out cold. [[http://www.incomprehensibility.com/archives.php?type=iwd&c=514 That's the bad side of having lots of fangirls.]]

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* ''HomestarRunner'' Strong Bad Email #188, [[http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail188.html fan club]], has both Strong Sad writing Strong Bad FanFic and Strong Bad writing Strong Sad FanFiction (because he has plenty of time to say both syllables). ''Both'' of them include a hastily interrupted scene where they get slashed with Homestar Runner, Strong Sad having Strong Bad put on a bonnet and give Homestar a deep tissue massage, Strong Bad just having Homestar walk in "naked as a jaybird" and suggestively ask Strong Sad for Twizzlers. Naturally, you can't type in "Homestar Runner fanfic" on Google without ''some'' slash showing up. Just don't try it on deviantART, unless you enjoy your eyes melting out of your skull.
* In-universe fans of ''SurvivalOfTheFittest'' are apparently fond of these types of {{fanfic}} (heck, this kind of fanfic in general. [[RuleThirtyFour then again...]] In fact, it was the reading of a particularly disturbing Uriel Hunter/Jacob Starr fic (accidentally broadcast on the PA system to the students on the island) that got three of [[BigBad Danya's]] terrorists thrown into the game themselves.
* ''Red Vs. Blue'' has a pretty large slash fandom, with [[ThoseTwoGuys Grif/Simmons]] being the most popular pairing by far, and Church being the [[LittleBlackDress fandom's bicycle]]. But essentially everyone has been paired with everyone else.

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