Shipper On Deck / Video Games

"Hey, Sain. So, who do you think Lyn will end up with? Lord Eliwood? Lord Hector, maybe?"

— Serra, Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade

BlazBlue

• Played for Laughs in Continuum Shift. In Bang Shishigami's joke ending, he's mistaken as The Peeping Tom by Tsubaki Yayoi as she catches him peeking at his crush Litchi Faye-Ling's window, and while trying to talk his way out he says that Litchi is his girlfriend. Tsubaki assumes that he wants to propose to her... and goes from trying to arrest him to trying to stage a Shotgun Wedding.
• Played straight in regards to Jin/Tsubaki. Both Noel and Makoto think the two make a nice couple — Makoto in particular teases Tsubaki about this ship whenever the opportunity arises. Case in point:
  Makoto: Oh, hey, congrats on being assigned to the 4th Thaumaturgist, yeah? Ministerial Secretary to mister Jin Kisaragi himself! Man, what I wouldn't do for your brains!
  Tsubaki: It was dumb luck, I swear. There was an opening, I hadn't been placed yet, end of story. And it's not even official yet.
  Makoto (with trollface): Tsubaki, this is me you're talking to! Drop the good little cadet shtick and just say it! "I'm gonna spend every day with Jin, and I couldn't be happier about it! Tra, la la, la la!"
  Tsubaki: I... what? Huh? What makes you think I'd say that?
  Makoto: Somebody's blushing~! *giggle* Geez, I can read you like a book when it comes to that boy.
  Tsubaki: Well, you... need... reading glasses, I suppose!

Disgaea

• Demon Delinquent Raspberyl of Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice loves to pair people together; usually Almaz and Princess Sapphire or Adell and Rozalin.
• Disgaea 4:
  • Fuka and Desco make it no secret they ship Valvatorez/Vulcanus (aka Artina).
  • Fuka also seems to support Valvatores/Fenrich to varying degrees of seriousness.
  • And now, as of the Netherbattle Tournament DLC, both also ship Valvatorez/Krichevskoy.
    Desco: A rival has appeared before Fenfen, Big Sis!
    Fuka: Now we can look forward to a melodramatic love triangle-type event! Ooh, my heart's pounding just thinking about it!
• In Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny, while the rest of the party is more than happy to tease Zed about it, the one who ships Zed/Melodia the most is Bieko, Zed's little sister.

Dragon Age

• Various party members will eventually become this for the Warden and his/her chosen Love Interest in Dragon Age: Origins. Wynne, in particular, initially expresses misgivings but in time changes her mind in support of the relationship.
  • Morrigan, if her approval rating is high enough, may engage the Warden in a playful discussion about the matter; it's especially moving and also touching if the Warden is female and romancing Alistair. Morrigan sincerely detests Alistair (and it's quite mutual), but she's willing to acknowledge that he provides something that her good friend needs.
• In Dragon Age II, Merrill actively ships Hawke with any of their chosen Love Interests, while Isabela threatens a Hawke romancing Merrill with grievous harm if they hurt her (if female) or cutting his balls off (if male). She also apparently writes erotic "Friend-fiction" in her spare time; Varric finds it hilarious.
  • If non-mage Hawke romances Merrill and then brings her and Bethany along on one of the DLC campaigns, Bethany apparently approves of the match and observes that they make "a cute couple."
  • Snarky!Hawke jokingly ships Meredith and Orsino and calls them out on their charged interactions.
    Snarky!Hawke: Honestly, the way you two go on. People will talk!
• In Dragon Age: Inquisition, a pair of NPCs hanging around in Skyhold's throne room will make shippy comments at various stages of the relationship between the Inquisitor and his/her chosen love interest. The remarks will vary depending on exactly what's happening in the romance, and also on who is involved; for example, the man is decidedly bored by a dwarven Inquisitor flirting with Scout Harding.
  • If his friendship is maxed, Dorian becomes very much a Shipper on Deck for a female Inquisitor and Cullen, noting that he finds their relationship "adorable." Sera also seems to find it amusing, judging by her comments to the Inquisitor about "your Cullen-wullen."
  • A male Inquisitor may approach Blackwall for dating advice, and Blackwall's supportive responses suggest that he is a very quiet Shipper on Deck for his boss and the target of his affections.
  • No matter whom the Inquisitor romances, a number of the companions have become this by the time of the Trespasser epilogue. Cassandra has an adorably clumsy conversation in which she tries to give them advice about marriage (which is even funnier if the Inquisitor romanced her). Vivienne sets up a spa day for the Inquisitor, and during the event will ask how the relationship is going and offer kindly remarks. Sera's diary in the tavern will contain at least one reference to the romance; it's downright hilarious if the female Inquisitor marries Cullen. "Desks watch out!"

Dragon Quest

• Dragon Quest V: Mr. Whitaker all but asks the Hero to marry his daughter Bianca.

• Dragon Quest XI:
  • Rab equally supports the possibility of his grandson hooking up with either Gemma, or Jade. If the Hero chooses Gemma, Rab congratulates him on finally tying the knot and agrees with the villagers of Cobblestone that it was about time he and Gemma made it official. But if he chooses Jade, Rab says it was a natural choice since the Hero is actually the crown prince of Dundrasil and Jade is the princess of Heliodor. Thus, he happily declares that their Houses have finally been united.
  • The Switch version reveals Jade is also a shipper and is secretly rooting for Hero to choose Serena as his bride. If he does, speaking to Jade while you're in Cobblestone Village has her cheer for them and tell Hero to treat Serena well.

Final Fantasy

• Final Fantasy VII:
  • Cloud and Aerith get lots of this. Marlene insists that Aerith likes Cloud and gets really upset if Cloud says he doesn't know. When Cait Sith checks Aerith's and Cloud's horoscopes for compatibility, he says they're a perfect match, gets excited, and offers to officiate at their wedding if Cloud wants (though sometimes he will say he feels bad for Tifa). In a scene that takes place in Aerith's bedroom, Cloud recalls a scene at his mother's house when she suggested he go out with "an older girlfriend, one who will take care of you" (Aerith is slightly older than Cloud).
  • Barret seems to slightly prefer the idea of Cloud hooking up with Tifa, teasing him about him being excited to 'see [his] baby' before returning to Tifa's bar — although when he tells Cloud who he thinks he should date, he only suggests 'one or the other', then, after some thought, suggests Yuffie.
  • In a mild example, Tifa is shown to be pleased, and sometimes even giggly, whenever Cloud and Barret are getting along rather than just fighting like they usually do.
  • A nurse that helped take care of Cloud in Mideel after he barely survived falling into The Lifestream and washed up ashore there is a pretty clear Cloud/Tifa fangirl, telling Cloud "If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her..." very seriously when he comes back to the city or what's left of it since Tifa stayed behind for a while to nurse him back to health.
• Just about everyone is shipping Squall and Rinoa in Final Fantasy VIII, especially Selphie. This includes people who are supposed to fancy one or the other themselves. Meanwhile, the child Ellone does this a lot for Laguna/Raine.
• Auron seems to ship Tidus and Yuna in Final Fantasy X, repeatedly making comments to Tidus to guard Yuna, stay by her side, don't push her away, etc. Rikku also seems to approve. Some of the others try to drive them apart, not so much because they want one or the other for themselves, but Yuna was going to die until they said Screw Destiny.
• In Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy, Cecil ships Firion/Lightning, encouraging the two of them to talk of their love of flowers. He also believes that the Onion Knight has romantic feelings for Terra. Of course, since he's the only Cosmos Warrior in the game who is canonically married, and from a medieval-style setting (in which the knightly concept of courtly love would have been in full effect), it really only makes sense that he'd act this way.
  Cecil: "Say, why did you desire to protect Terra?"
  OK: "Huh? It's because—She's been uneasy since we met, so I thought I needed to protect her."
  Cecil: "So you've fallen for her, I see."
  OK: "Tha-that's not the reason!"
• In Sephiroth's storyline in Mobius Final Fantasy, Echo seems to have abandoned her crush on Cloud in favour of teasing Wol about his interest in him, suggesting Wol ask him on a date.
• In Final Fantasy XIV supplementary material reveals that Yugiri heavily ships her lord liege, Hien of Doma, with Cirina of the Mol, part of a tribe of nomadic hunters that nursed Hien back to health after he nearly died escaping the Empire.

Fire Emblem

• At the end of Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light, if Caeda survives, Nyna encourages Marth to pursue a relationship with her after he idiotically misreads her feelings.
• The Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War mangas bring up several of these, too. In the Oosawa manga Ethlyn, Quan and Ayra ship Finn with Lachesis, while Adean ships her Unlucky Childhood Friend Azelle with his other female friend Tailtiu, and Annand ships Lewyn with her little sister Erinys. OTOH, in the Fujimori version Dew ships Adean hard with her bodyguard Midir.
• In Fire Emblem: Thracia 776, Mareeta is a Leif x Nanna fangirl. If the three are alive by the time the Final Battle hits, she'll encourage Nanna to tell him her feelings.
  Mareeta: Go on, Lady Nanna! Just say it!
  Nanna: B-But...
  Mareeta: You'll regret it forever if you don't say it now. Or do you just want to stay as his 'cute little sister'?
  Nanna: But Mareeta...
• In Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, Marcus seems to be this for Roy and Lilina, especially in his supports with the latter. The irony is that due to the way the support system works, Lilina can't end up with Roy if you max out Lilina and Marcus' support (which ends with her taking his advice and agreeing to pursue Roy), since characters can only have one A rank support.
• Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade:
  • Genki Girl Serra also seems to be one of these. Her A support with Chivalrous Pervert Sain has her wondering out loud about Lyn's love life and vying for a possible Love Triangle with Eliwood and Hector.
  • On the other hand, Sain notices that his best friend Kent has a crush on Lyn and encourages it, despite claiming to have a crush on Lyn too. Ironically, because every character is limited to five supports per playthrough, Kent won't be able to follow up with Lyn if he and Sain hit A-Support first.
  • Also, Ninian laughs for the first time in the game when she hears Eliwood lampshading Hector and Lyn's Slap-Slap-Kiss dynamics. Yup, Ninian ships Hector/Lyn; reasonable, since otherwise Lyn might end up with Eliwood, which would be kind of bad for her.
  • And in the very next scene, we have Lyn hurrying away from Eliwood and Ninian, because "We don't want to be in the way, do we?" Yup, Lyn ships Eliwood/Ninian.
  • We also have General Wallace, who in his youth shipped his lord's daughter Madelyn with his best friend and sparring partner Hassar of the Lorca tribe. His and Kent's supports reveal that years ago, when the Star-Crossed Lovers eloped to not be separated, Wallace chose to let go of them and be imprisoned as punishment rather than break them apart; some time later, they became the parents of their actual lady in liege, Princess Lyndis aka Lyn (whom Kent himself can marry via supports). It's also An Aesop about how rules are NOT always the end and be it, and sometimes you have to choose the good over the lawful.
  • On top of all that, given how Relationship Values work, you, the Tactician, can effectively be one of these.
• Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones:
  • Moulder is the first one to notice that Vanessa has a Bodyguard Crush on their lord of liege, Prince Innes. He tells her stories about Innes's childhood and encourages her to tell him what she feels. Ironically, due to the nature of the Support system, pursuing Moulder's line makes it impossible for Vanessa to hook up with Innes in that playthrough... Meeeep.
  • Vanessa's older sister Syrene also encourages Vanessa's feelings, but it's not clear who does she ship her with. The guy's name isn't mentioned so it could be either Innes or her other possible husband, Forde.
  • Vanessa and Syrene's friend and co-worker, Gilliam, has strong feelings for Syrene but doesn't mention them since he's The Quiet One. If you make him strike a friendship with Garcia, in their last support Garcia will encourage Gilliam to be open with his love for her when the war ends, and finishes saying that he should invite him and his son Ross to his wedding. (Again, the nature of the Support system will "cockblock" Gilliam from openly talking to Syrene in that playthrough.)
• In Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, Micaiah refers to the "warm feelings" Naesala has for Leanne, and that Soren has for Ike. Additionally, Ike was astonished to discover that Jill and Haar were not cohabiting.
• Fire Emblem: Awakening:
  • Awakening has one very odd version of it thrown in. Apparently Manaketes can commune with their god, Naga, simply by praying to them. The entirety of the support between Nah and a male Morgan is Naga subtly working to hook them up. And in the S one, Nah says that Naga apparently told her that she and Morgan should "Get a Room!." (Then again, both kids have had very harsh early lives, so...)
  • Another, even odder example is Lucina, who accuses a female Avatar of trying to seduce her father if the latter is not already married to him. When the Avatar denies this, Lucina launches into a tirade about her father's "wonderful charms" and basically demands that the Avatar fall for him. And all of this only happens if Chrom (and possibly the Avatar) married someone else, meaning that Lucina is defending a ship that sailed before she was born. Time travel can be weird like that.
  • Gregor spends his supports with Cordelia offering advice on how she can get Chrom's attention. Things get complicated when Gregor eventually realizes he has fallen for Cordelia, himself. Luckily, it can potentially work in his favor if the player finishes the support line, since in the S one Cordelia proposes to him.
  • Flavia is a Chrom/Sumia fangirl... after seeing her punch him. If Sumia is his chosen girlfriend/bride/wife, right before Chrom's Love Confession Flavia will literally tell them to "Get a Room!."
  • And just like The Blazing Blade above, the Avatar is for all intents and purposes this in that they determine who supports with whom (and yes, they can ship themselves with anyone they like of the opposite gender, too). The picture above shows what the fanbase dubbed him as. Though they will deny ever setting anyone up before when Cherche asks them to help find a mate for her Wyvern, Minerva.
• Fire Emblem Fates:
  • Hinata ships his partner and best friend Oboro with their lord-of-liege, Prince Takumi, whom Oboro is crushing on really hard. This can potentially go into Matchmaker Crush territory, if Hinata and Oboro's whole support chain is pursued.
  • If Prince Ryoma and his subordinate Kagero reach S-Support/marriage level, she'll tell him that one of her friends encouraged her to reveal her Subordinate Excuse towards him. Said friend's name isn't mentioned, but in the localization there's a very strong candidate: Kagero's best friend Orochi, who is also a potential bride for Ryoma.
  • Princess Camilla can potentially invoke the trope by asking either Silas or Arthur to help her winning a Male Avatar's affections. Like in Takumi and Oboro's case, this can go into Matchmaker Crush territory, specially for Silas who, in the localization, once had a huge crush on Camilla and she kinda liked him back too.
  • In the DLC chapter Before Awakening, Selena tries to ship her mom with Chrom. Sadly, in Awakening this is impossible.
  • And again the Avatar can be this in practice, since it's through them that the player determines who supports with whom and who the Avatar themself can end up with.
• The trope shows up even in Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE, as Kiria's Cool Big Sis and Mirage Companion Tharja is dead-set on shipping her with Itsuki and does not like the idea of her partner "losing" him to the other girls.
• Fire Embem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia:
  • The Pegasus Knight Clair very clearly ships her big brother Clive with Lady of War Mathilda. Hilarity Ensues in her supports with the Magical Girl Warrior Delthea, who (especially in the localization) has one hell of a Precocious Crush on Clive.
  • One of Genny's talks with Celica in reveals that she's quite interested in the outcome of her and Alm's Childhood Friend Romance.
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses:
  • Byleth downplays this compared to Robin and Corrin. The player still determines who supports whom and who ends up with Byleth. But romance doesn't have that big an impact on the game with most mentions of romance and marriage being mentioned in their paired endings. And that's if their endings mention it, otherwise, they end up as Maybe Ever After.
  • Hubert, Edelgard's Number Two and Battle Butler, initially serves as an anti-ship between Byleth and Edelgard, to the point of outright considering murdering Byleth directly in front of them over how close they're getting to Edelgard. However, it is clear he is doing this because he fears you turning against her or otherwise derailing her morally dubious ambitions (which considering every other route he has a very good reason to not trust you), and on Crimson Flower (where you side with her), he completely ditches this behavior, becomes oddly friendly and affable with Byleth, ceases to make a fuss about Byleth and Edelgard's closeness, and even hands you Edelgard's favorite items for completing rather simple tasks, the intent seeming to have you give them to her and grow closer. His role as this becomes clear considering he himself loves Edelgard, but knows he cannot provide her the emotional support Byleth does, and so several times outright begs Byleth to stay by her side and make her happy. Considering the kind of guy Hubert is (plus the fact that Hubert can fall in love with a female Byleth himself)... that says something.
• Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes has Jeralt, on the alternate story paths where he and Byleth are recruited, ask new Player Character Shez to look after Byleth and stay with them after Jeralt himself dies. It has some undertones of Shipper with an Agenda, but only in the way that Jeralt worries how his son/daughter will cope with his inevitable death and wants Shez (someone he seems to view as being good for Byleth) in particular to be there for them.

Golden Sun

• Two of the funniest moments in Golden Sun: The Lost Age involve this trope.
  • The better-known is in Madra, when Sheba asks Jenna about her "thing" with Isaac, causing Jenna to turn bright magenta and indignantly tell her to shut up. Sheba promptly jumps on Jenna's follow-up inquiry about how Garet is doing.
    • Even funnier in hindsight, since Isaac and Jenna did get together, at least long enough to produce Matthew...
  • The lesser-known happens if you trigger Feizhi's brief cameo at Champa, in which she's searching for Isaac to give him a little thank you gift, a Golden Ring. Kraden openly encourages her to pursue the matter further, much to Feizhi's dismay.

Kingdom Hearts

• In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Tidus, Wakka and Selphie tease Sora about his feelings for Naminé, and Selphie says "Go get her, cowboy." This whole scene is a lie that Marluxia forced Naminé to construct by using her ability to warp Sora's memories.
• Kingdom Hearts II:
  • Throughout the game, Donald Duck and Goofy tease Sora about his feelings for Kairi. When Kairi and Sora reunite in the end and share a tender embrace, the camera cuts to Donald and Goofy looking pleased.
  • When Kairi stumbles into Twilight Town, befriends Hayner, Pence, and Olette, and tells her story about Sora and the others (i.e. the events of the first Kingdom Hearts), Olette is utterly mystified by it, going as far to call it "romantic."
  • Sora acts like this for the canon Disney couples. He gets downright misty-eyed when Mulan and Shang are appointed the Emperor's joint bodyguards, and seems to approve of Will and Elizabeth (which leads to some of the aforementioned teasing from Donald and Goofy).
• In Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Xigbar gives Roxas dating advice for impressing Xion, which he doesn't completely understand due to his naïvety. It's implied that Xigbar doesn't mean it and is playing a cruel joke, as he always knew of Xion's true nature as a Replica that was designed to eventually absorb Roxas.
• In Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Ventus apparently ships Terra and Aqua in the Japanese version, as when Scrooge McDuck invites him to Disney Town and tells him to bring his parents, he brings Terra and Aqua. In the English version, this was changed to Scrooge telling him to bring "two grown-ups."
• In Kingdom Hearts III, it's suggested that Sora ships Riku with Naminé, referring to him as "someone special" who would miss her and who won't let her down when Naminé believes no one would miss her.

The King of Fighters

• Several characters have shown leanings toward the trope:
  • King/Ryo Sakazaki: Ryo's younger sister Yuri, father Takuma and best friend Robert Garcia are very blatant in their support (to very silly and awkward degrees in XI). Takuma's own share of support might be going to the "I Want Grandkids" extreme; it makes sense since Ryo is the eldest son, the Heir to the Dojo and already in his mid-20s (Comic-Book Time be damned).
  • Though Takuma takes the exact OPPOSITE stance in regards to his daughter, Yuri, dating Robert because he feels the billionaire playboy might take advantage of his baby girl... despite Ryo actually supporting his little sister's feelings for Robert, during both their endings in Art of Fighting 3.
  • Sie Kensou/Athena Asamiya: The earliest shipper is the aforementioned Robert, since his 2001 win quote against Kensou has him say, "Hey, let me know what's up with you and that girl!" By XIII Yuri, King, Mai Shiranui and Joe Higashi have eagerly joined in, mentioning Athena and teasing Kensou about her in either their pre-fight talks (Yuri, King, Joe) or their winning quotes (Mai).
    • In XIV, newcomer Love Heart will try to get the couple together as well, except she talks directly to Athena (in their pre-fight dialogue), who immediately changes the subject.
  • Robert Garcia/Yuri Sakazaki: Mai Shiranui, and most likely King as well. In Mai and Robert's XIII pre-fight talks, once Robert ticks her off via pointing out how Stripperiffic her outfit it, Mai openly refers to Robert as "Yuri's boyfriend" in the middle of a huge rant against him. It's specially notorious since Yuri and Robert's potential romantic relationship has been downplayed in the KOF continuity.
    "Sorry Yuri, but I'm going to take your boyfriend to the trash!"
  • Kyo Kusanagi/Yuki: In the semi-canon KOF: KYO continuity, Athena and Kensou support their relationship once they get into Kyo's circle of friends. (Though it may be an "I Want My Beloved to Be Happy" from Athena.) Kyo's sort-of pupil Shingo Yabuki also is pretty partial to it, and so are Kyo's Happily Married parents Saisyu and Shizuka who already treat Yuki as if she was their official daughter-in-law. Chizuru exploits Kyo and Yuki's bonds in the game, asking Yuki to lay low and using her sudden absence as a Secret Test of Character destined to see if Kyo can protect his love ones... and this is before she finds out that Yuki is a Barrier Maiden whose safety should be entrusted to Kyo, so she won't be subjected to Human Sacrifice to empower Orochi.

The Legend of Zelda

• Subverted in Ocarina of Time. After the player wins the Cucco-hunting minigame, Talon raises the suggestion that Link marry his daughter Malon. Whether Link says yes or no, he swiftly laughs it off as a joke, however.
• The Wind Waker: If Link pays Beedle a visit after stealing the bombs from Tetra's ship, he mentions that the pirates sold him the ones they still had before asking if Link is "acquainted" with their leader and teasing him about the bashful look on his face.
• In Twilight Princess, it's implied that most of Ordon Village ships Link with Ilia. This may be because she's the mayor's daughter and they hope that he'll eventually become their new mayor. Additionally, they're childhood friends and already appear to be taken with each other.
• Should Link choose to return Peatrice's affections in Skyward Sword, Fi will advise him to not tell Zelda.
• Breath of the Wild:
  • Urbosa, the Gerudo champion, wants to help Link and Zelda grow close when she sees how cold the latter has been treating the former. She tells Link not to give up. This pays off as the memory that follows after this has Link rescue Zelda from attackers, causing her to treat him with more kindness and respect. Urbosa makes subtle hints at her approval of the two's bond even after death.
  • The Deku Tree also ships Link and Zelda. After placing Link in the Shrine of Resurrection and returning the Master Sword, Zelda asks him to tell something to Link for her, but the Deku Tree gently stops her mid-sentence and encourages her to tell Link herself.
  • Impa's granddaughter Paya has a crush on Link, but if you read her diary she notes that she thinks Link and Zelda would make a good couple and she would give them her full support in spite of her own feelings for Link.
  • Zora King Dorephan had no trouble with approving of Mipha's intended proposal to Link and is devastated when Link doesn't appear to remember her.

Life Is Strange

• Max explicitly states that she believes Warren and Brooke would be (quote): "perfect for each other", because they're both science geeks, honors students, and they even share club activities. If the player chooses, Max can play matchmaker and set them up on a date^note Max has to turn Warren down in episode 2, then either convince Daniel to skip the Vortex Club party in episode 4, or simply don't speak to him, which prompts Warren to ask Brooke out on a date. If successful, Max will tell Brooke she's happy for her during the End of the World party in episode 4.
• Dana and Kate both seem to ship Max with Warren - Dana comments on Warren's obvious crush on Max, while Kate thinks they would make a cute couple.

Mass Effect

• In Mass Effect 2, Yeoman Kelly Chambers will immediately suggest Female Shepard/Garrus or Male Shepard/Tali the moment said party members join. Notable in that Chambers herself is a romance option for either gender. She also tells you exactly how to romance Jack if you want the real thing (i.e. don't go for sex the first time Jack asks).
  • This is because fans were disappointed about this not being an option in the first game (after all, you can romance Liara and she's an alien). So the developers wanted to make sure their fans didn't overlook the option in this game expecting it to be like the first.
  • And one of the DLC squadmates, Kasumi Goto, is in on it too, and will comment on all of your relationships. For example:
    Kasumi: Tali is so cute. You're all she ever talks about, in that sweet "rainbows and butterflies" kind of way! She loves you, Shepard. Be good to her.
  • According to Kasumi, most of the crew are shippers when it comes to Female Shep/Garrus, commenting "A lot of people want to see you together." when you romance him. This is also a Lampshade on their wild popularity in the fandom.
  • Kasumi also ships a couple of your crewmen, specifically Engineers Ken Donnelly and Gabriella Daniels. Provided they both survive the endgame, they might end up in a relationship in Mass Effect 3.
• There's an advertisement on the Citadel that ships Shepard with... whichever potential love interest (if any) is in your party when you click on it. ("The next time you're out on the town with [Officer Vakarian/Sere Krios/Mr. Taylor/Miss Zorah/Miss Lawson/ERROR: CITIZEN ID NOT FOUND^note (Jack, in case you were wondering)...") It'll even mention Justicar Samara, who isn't actually fully romanceable. Alternately, if you're in a relationship with one of the ME1 squadmates and there's nobody romanceable in your current party, it'll mention that love interest instead.
• In Mass Effect 3, Shepard can become a Joker/EDI shipper, pushing the former to "go for it" and giving the latter dating advice.
  • Also in 3, assuming you talked Liara into talking with her "father" Matriarch Aethyta, at one point in their conversations Aethyta will ship Liara with Shepard.
  • Tali, however, ships Liara and Javik, assuming you've downloaded him. There's a bit of dialogue from a hungover Javik in the Citadel DLC to suggest he might go for it.
  • In the Citadel DLC, Shepard can ship Jack/Miranda, to their annoyance and Kasumi's delight.

Red Dead Redemption

• Red Dead Redemption II:
  • Team Dad Hosea spends most of Chapter 2 and 3 coaxing John into trying to form a real relationship with Abigail. He's very proud once John actually starts doing it in Chapter 4. Though given that it's a prequel and they're very Happily Married come the time of the first game , this is a bit of a Foregone Conclusion.
  • When Arthur goes and rescues his Old Flame's brother from a turtle-worshiping cult, one of the first things he asks if that means they're back together.

Resident Evil

• Sheva and Excella (Resident Evil 5) and Jessica (Resident Evil: Revelations) suggest to Chris that his feelings for Jill are more than just comradeship, which Chris stoically denies in true Chaste Hero fashion.
• Resident Evil 6:
  • Helena makes it clear that she knows there is something between Leon and Ada. She tries to get him to open up to her about his feelings for Ada, and when this fails, tries to encourage him to leave her behind in order to go after Ada. In the closing scene of the game, Helena returns Ada's compact to Leon for when he sees "her" again.
  • Though Leon butts heads with Jake when he meets him (Jake reacted violently to Leon to reaching out to Sherry), when Leon sees Jake protecting her from Ustanak he gives an approving smile. This is significant given Leon became Sherry’s surrogate father after the second game, so Jake essentially got the girlfriend’s dad blessing.
• At the end of Resident Evil 2 (Remake), Sherry asks if Leon and Claire are boyfriend and girlfriend, Leon tells Sherry that he only met Claire the previous night, though Claire says that if they were going out "that would've been helluva first date." Sherry undauntedly asks if Leon and Claire can adopt her, the whole exchange is very sweet but it's also kinda heartbreaking if you remember Sherry just lost her Mad Scientist parents so in Sherry's mind Claire and Leon being together is perfect for her.
• Resident Evil 3 (Remake) sees Tyrell retooled significantly as Carlos's teammate and good friend, to the point where he's practically the game's tritagonist. Part of his expanded role includes occasionally poking gentle fun at Carlos for his obvious crush on Jill, but in a clearly approving manner.

Persona

• Persona 3 Portable has a minor example: Junpei tells the Female Protagonist that he thinks it would be funny if she and Akihiko got together and that he'd totally be her wingman if she decided to go for it.
• Persona 4:
  • Rise ships Kanji/Naoto. The main character also has the option to approve of this pairing. She also ships Yosuke/Chie, which creates a hilarious He's Not My Boyfriend moment. It should be noted that Rise also ships herself with the protagonist, very overtly; it's possible she both tries to weed out competition and thinks the other pairings are cute. As for the remaining pairing, Yukiko/Teddie, Rise doesn't particularly encourage it, likely because she knows no girl would ever want a romance with Teddie, but she will pair them off if it nets her alone time with the protagonist.
  • Yukiko herself actually ships Yosuke/Chie, revealed when she remarks she thinks they'd make a cute couple.
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Yukiko, as it turns out, ships Kanji/Rise. This is despite Rise's obvious feelings for the P4 Hero and Kanji's crush on Naoto. And the player can make the P4 Hero agree with her. Rise later expresses confusion as to why Yukiko keeps telling her about Kanji's good points.
• Persona 5:
  • Sojiro Sakura actively encourages the main character to find a girlfriend and openly supports his efforts. It's most noticeable on Valentine's Day, where Sojiro will close the shop early so the protagonist and his companion of choice can have a romantic date alone. Of course, he's not fully comfortable with the protagonist dating his daughter, Futaba, warning him to not "try anything funny" before closing the shop for them.
  • A downplayed example, but Futaba shipped her mother with Sojiro, a family friend and Futaba's later adoptive father. She was able to catch Wakaba's fondness for Sojiro and how Sojiro loved her in turn; but sadly, due to Wakaba's death, things never progressed further.
  • Morgana gives a knowing chuckle if the protagonist spends Valentines Day with Futaba or Haru, which he doesn't do for anyone else. This implies he's in favor of Joker ending up with either of them.
  • Lala can do this for Joker and Makoto or Ohya. She is seen witnessing Joker romancing Makoto and being encouraging of their relationship. She is also seen going to the backroom to get a bottle of wine late during Joker and Ohya's Confidant, implying she is trying to get them hooked up.
  • Played with in regards to Takakura who had believed Haru was in a Perfectly Arranged Marriage with Sugimura, not realizing that Sugimura treats Haru horribly and kept making genuine but misguided attempts to set up their wedding. Once he realizes that Haru actually has feelings for Joker, he is quick to support their relationship.

Story of Seasons

• The entire town becomes this for the player character and their chosen love interest, once the relationship is confirmed by the giving of a promise ring, in Story of Seasons (2014). After the ring is given, speaking to the assorted neighbors will result in you learning that everyone has known all along who your sweetheart was.
  • Eda could be seen as one of these for Fritz and a female player character, as she mentions more than once how much she wants them to be close.
  • Iris, who is good friends with Klaus, gets on deck for his romance with a female player, making certain to reassure the player that they are Just Friends. Her little brother Mistel is a minor shipper as well, actively approving of a gambit his sister performs to nudge the couple together prior to the giving of the ring.
  • Little Melanie ships her older sister Lillie with a male player if they start dating, or Kamil or Nadi with a female player if they start dating. In all three instances, the player must develop a strong friendship with Melanie or the romance can't proceed.

Tales Series

• Tales of Symphonia:
  • Genis seems to be this for Lloyd and Colette... Of course, it's also seems like he's just in it for the laughs; he exploits the relationship mostly to troll Lloyd.
    • After releasing the first seal, while the group is resting for the night, Colette decides to go for a walk. Lloyd offers to come along, but Colette says she wants to be alone. Genis jokingly says that Lloyd got rejected.
    • Then there’s this group victory quote:
  Colette: Lloyd! You looked so cool!
  Genis: I’m starting to wonder about your taste, Colette.
  Lloyd: What’s that supposed to mean?
  • However, there is one such scene where Genis seems like he isn’t just exploiting the relationship to tease Lloyd. Shortly after Colette loses her soul, there is a skit where Genis suggests Lloyd tell Colette he loves her to get her back to normal. One particular line in this skit makes him seem like he might be genuinely trying to drop hints to him (Albeit through his usual brand of trolling).
  Genis: Oh, you’re so dense. Stop asking questions and just try it.

  • Interestingly, both Genis and Raine cool off on the ship once the Tethe'alla half of the plot starts, Genis because he has his own (utterly unrequited) crush on Presea to focus on and Raine because she seems to push for the ship because she knew Colette was going to die when she regenerated the world, so it might have been a case of Let Them Die Happy. There's also the fact Lloyd/Raine is a possible ship later on.
  • In fact, pretty much the entire party seems to be supporting Colette's crush on the clueless Lloyd... Except for Zelos, who seems just as intent on cluing Lloyd in on Sheena's crush on him... If only because he knows it aggravates the latter. (Unless you go for the Alternate Character Interpretation of Zelos doing it because he wants his beloved to be happy.)
  • In the sequel, if you pick Colette in the Iselia/Flanoir sidequest near the end of the game, Emil openly ships Lloyd with her.
  Emil: Well, she’s obviously in love with you, Lloyd.
  Lloyd: (Blushing) Yeah, well, I— She’s very important to me. She hasn’t had an easy life. That’s why I want to keep her safe.
  Emil: Yeah, I think the two of you are a good match. Good luck with that.
• Norma in Tales of Legendia can't help but give advice to Chloe for attracting Senel's attention. None of it works, mind you. To add to the weirdness, she also helps Shirely with her relationship with Senel. Norma just likes to mess around with relationship for the fun of it, it seems.
• In Tales of Graces, Richard and Malik, the latter especially, are both fairly supportive of both Asbel/Cheria and potential Beta Couple Hubert/Pascal, though they don't ever truly get together. Hilariously, Malik and Richard choose to show this support by trolling the couples every chance they get. It is also implied that Malik is afraid that Asbel and Hubert's ineptitude at love will end with them going through the same thing Malik did with Lorelia.

Trails Series

• The entire cast of the Trails Series spanning from The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure, and The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel ship Tita with Agate even though there's a twelve-year difference between the two of them. By Cold Steel IV, even Rean is onboard with the ship and apologizes to Tita if the player chooses her for the hot springs sidequest.
• Played for Laughs in Cold Steel II where Rean ships Machias and Jusis when they're bickering as usual, leading Rean to think that the two of them should just kiss already.
• Rean x Alisa is shipped by Sharon, Gwyn, and Ferris are onboard the ship, much to the couple's chagrin.
• Victor S. Arseid seems keen on the idea of Rean hooking up with his daughter, Laura.
• Cecile for her part ships her "younger brother" ^note she would have been had it not been for the fact that her boyfriend died on duty with quite a number of women because she believes that is her duty as Lloyd's older sister.
• Alfin loves teasing her friend Elise because the latter has a crush on her adopted older brother Rean although starting from Cold Steel II, Alfin starts having feelings for Rean and feels guilty about it if she's picked for the fireworks scene in IV.
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak has Rene Kincaid who ships his two childhood friends Van Arkride and Elaine Auclaire and manages to succeed when the two go out during their high school years. Then Van decides to drop out of high school, leaving the two of them with Rene confused as to why Van decided to leave Elaine just like that. He still does ship the two of them in the present day but still wonders as to what is going on with Van.

Xenoblade Chronicles 1

• Dunban shows complete support in his sister Fiora and Shulk getting together. He also tells Reyn that he supports him with Sharla.
• Sharla privately tells Melia that she'll support her feelings for Shulk. This happens after the group discovers that Shulk's childhood friend Fiora is Back from the Dead.

Other

• In Arc Rise Fantasia, Cecille ships L'Arc and Ryfia. She'll subtly clue in on one's feelings for the other, though usually she does this around Ryfia more than L'Arc.
• Joule of Azure Striker Gunvolt is obviously in love with the eponymous character GV, but she Cannot Spit It Out. The manifestation of her powers, Lumen (who can exist like a separate entity from Joule), tries to bridge the gap. Why?
  Lumen: I'm your heart, y'know... a mirage of your true feelings.
• In Chapter 8 of BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm, Til and Tyalie get into a brief debate over which party members would be the most likely to get shipped together by fans, (if they had any fans, that is). Tyalie believes that Til/Anonymous would be the most popular pairing, and calls it cute, much to Til’s embarrassment.
• In Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow, most of Soma's friends will tease him about Mina, with flustered reactions from both. Julius, however, is completely, absolutely, sincerely dead serious about wanting them to find happiness together. Given that he's a Belmont, Julius probably knows too well that Dracula's evil began (twice) with losing his love, and doesn't want Soma to go down the same road.
• Of the four romantic interests in the game Johnny in Cyberpunk 2077 only outwardly approves of Panam, the stubborn, firey, yet principled Nomad, perhaps because she closely resembles his old flame Rogue.
• Densetsu no Stafy 4: Starly and Moe become supportive of Starfy's crush on Mattel once they find out about it, with Moe even pushing him to confess his feelings to her once Degil is defeated. Unfortunately, this never comes to pass due to Mattel being Prince Coral's fiancee.
• There are hints that Trish from Devil May Cry is this towards Dante and Lady, stating in the anime's audio drama that Lady is "clumsy" regarding her interactions with Dante, who in turn she calls "dense." This starts from the moment she starts talking with Lady, implying that Lady is jealous of her partnership with Dante. However, considering this is Trish, she may have just been trying to get a rise out of Lady.
• In Diablo III, one of your followers, the Templar Kormac, falls for one of the others, the Enchantress Eirena, but he's bound by his oaths to his order, and she's Oblivious to Love. In the expansion, the player starts encouraging them to get together, since Kormac's order has been found to be corrupt and he feels no loyalty to them anymore, and Eirena confirms that she's the only one of her sisters to have survived, and has no one left.
• In Digital Devil Saga, Heat's line of "She's just pissed because her girlfriend got killed" indicates that he may ship Argilla/Jinana.
• Farnham Fables: Episode 4 takes place in Theresa's dream. One room contains Sweetie Graffiti with Vincent Doyle and Naigye Isia's initials, indicating that she can tell that her older brother has a crush on Naigye and supports the pairing.
• In the Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden video game Garasu no Miko, the Player Character Mariko Kobayashi can potentially become a rather die-hard Takiko x Uruki shipper, if the player chooses the "Friendship" path that focuses on both girls' bonds.
• In Granblue Fantasy, Korwa will happily take her place at the bow for any possible romance occurring within about a half-mile radius of her. One of her most notable leanings, however, is Captain/Carren during Summer 2017 "Poacher's Day" event.
• From Half-Life 2, Eli Vance trying to bring Alyx and Gordon together, to the former's embarrassment. And the latter's stunned silence.
  • Barney too. "Go ahead Gordon, she's waiting for ya. You lucky dog you!"
• Kid Icarus: Uprising: An easy to miss moment in Chapter 16, when Viridi sends her monsters to aid Pit and insists that it's just in her best interest to keep him alive, Palutena teases that Viridi actually has a soft spot for him. Viridi's reaction doesn't help her dismiss this idea.
• Coach and Rochelle take this attitude towards Ellis and Zoey in the Left 4 Dead 2 DLC, The Passing. Rochelle and Francis are not nearly so lucky.
  • Well, Rochelle said she hated Francis' vest - it would simply never work.
• In I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, Sol can be supportive of Cal and Tammy's relationship if they wish by playfully teasing them with a Kissing In A Tree joke and boosting Tammy's confidence to ask him out.
• The Legend of Dragoon sees most of the party shipping Dart with Shana, usually along the lines of "Shana's in love with you so you have to love her too". Bizarrely, this sometimes occurs upon first meeting the two, such as Albert commenting on Shana's feelings for Dart within a couple minutes of meeting them and before Shana's said a word. Becomes Fridge Brilliance when it's learned that Shana is the Moon Child, who unconsciously enslaves those around her to do her bidding.
• Moxie of Lonely Wolf Treat assumes that her friends Treat and Mochi are an item after they start living together, and teases Treat about it.
• In The Longest Journey, Charlie has a crush on April who is Oblivious to Love. Emma tries to help the cause, without much success.
• In Love & Pies, Yuka is supportive of Amelia and Joe's relationship when Amelia tells her about her crush on him, and towards the end of Day 13, Yuka tells her that she and Joe need a kiss after the stressful days she's had.
• Luminous Arc 2's Ayano hints, nudges and outright tease Roland for a Roland/Althea pairing. One reason is because The Power of Love can help Althea deal with her Beast Fiend origin.
• Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis had Flay and the Mana of Light towards said mana's contractor's Roxis and Pamela. However, they were doing it only for laughs, trying to humiliate Roxis more, since that's what his own Mana has as a hobby.
  • And some lines the Mana has during the last character event for Roxis suggests that he probably shipped Roxis with Vayne — for the same reason.
• Scorpion/Hanzo Hasashi in Mortal Kombat 11, of all people, is quite supportive of his surrogate son Takeda and Jacqui's relationship. Most of his pre-fight dialogue with Jacqui and Jax shows him treating the Briggs family with respect and declaring that any enemies of the Briggs become the Shirai Ryu's enemies as well.
• Mae from Night in the Woods is obviously over the moon that her best friend Gregg is dating Angus, and openly gushes about how cute they are together. When Bea (or Gregg) expresses doubt about the relationship, Mae is quick to attest that she thinks they're perfect together, and have no need to worry.
• Roots of Pacha: In Era's first hangout event, Nokk teases to her that his friend, the protagonist, is smart and beautiful, which is why Era should date them, to her embarrassment.
• In the Saints Row series, the Boss seems to ship Shaundi/Pierce.
• Sam and Max themselves are to blame for the Sybil/Lincoln pairing.
• Psychonauts 2: Using Clairvoyance on Truman reveals he sees Raz dressed in a snazzy suit while holding white flowers, implying that he is more then okay with Raz dating his daughter, Lili.
• Apparently in Samurai Warriors 3, Kaihime and Keiji encourage Kunoichi to confess to Yukimura, while Magoichi also comments that Yukimura is a lucky dog for having Kunoichi by his side, while Kunoichi herself is more of a Yukimura/Inahime shipper in Inahime's musou mode.
• Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves, during the closing cutscene for the fifth chapter, has Sly point out that Bentley and Penelope were "made for each other", and approves their relationship. The next game proves him wrong.
• Solatorobo has Merveille as this to Red and Elh, even going so far as to create a Rescue Romance scenario for them in the Virtual Training Simulation. Chocolat and Béluga also seem to approve of the pairing, but aren't nearly as pushy about it (though Chocolat does manage a Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone moment once).
• In Sonic Rivals 2, Sonic asks Knuckles if he and Rouge are on a date. While Knuckles isn't impressed by said question, he actually takes it better than one would expect.
• Everyone in the party ships Ronyx/Ilia in Star Ocean: First Departure. And all of them are visibly relieved when Ronyx finally makes a move.
• In Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Welch makes it perfectly clear how much she thinks Edge and Reimi should be together. Given the true nature of that world, and of Welch, it may be an attempt by a fan to run the asylum.
• Star Wars: The Old Republic: While many companions will ship the Player Character with their Love Interest, the Bounty Hunter PC gets one better. In the event that the Bounty Hunter PC romances neither Mako (if male) nor Torian Cadera (if female), Torian might come to them for advice on asking Mako out. It's up to the player whether to encourage or discourage the relationship. If encouraged, it doesn't last: they break up amicably later.
• In the western cartoon-style Dating Sim Summertime Saga, it's possible to hook up several other characters that don't involve the Main Character, such as MC's best friend Erik and June from the computer room, or Eve's older sister Grace and her best friend Odette.
• Excellen Browning and Irmgult Kazahara of Super Robot Wars: Original Generation. It helps the former is a Cool Big Sis and actively teases and ships the many potential couples amongst the cast throughout the games. The latter may hold a reputation of being The Casanova, but often ends up giving advice for the guys to chase their Love Interests.
• In Super Robot Wars T, the original Love Triangle between Eagle/Hikaru/Lantis gets resolved by having Eagle turn into a shipper for the latter two. Kei Yuuki herself starts to become on for the rest of T3 after acknowledging her own romantic feelings for Harlock.
• In Super Robot Wars Z2, the whole of ZEXIS takes sides in the Ranka/Alto/Sheryl Love Triangle.
• Swooning Over Stans: A Grunkle Dating Simulator: Mabel is one for both routes. She orchestrates many of the dates and is determined to find happiness for Stan and Ford.
• Tekken 7 has Lee Chaolan playing the role to Lars and Alisa. After the latter was taken out of commission in 6's climax due to Jin triggering her Override Command and Alisa subsequently shutting down from all the damage she sustained from both her fight with Lars and the strain on her systems, Lee labors to repair Alisa at the request of Lars. The moment her repairs are complete (and a little misunderstanding is resolved), Lee offers to take Alisa to see Lars, an offer she hastily accepts. And then, when Alisa happily pounces on Lars during their reunion, Lee can be seen smiling and clapping his hands, proclaiming "Excellent! How moving!"
• In Tomodachi Life, there's a chance instead of a Mii having feelings for someone, a Mii will want to set up a relationship between two of its friends by sending them on a date. They are visibly disappointed if it doesn't end with romance.
• After the EX battle of Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Marisa suggests that Flandre get married... and offers to introduce her to Reimu for this purpose.
• In Trauma Center, a number of people at Caduceus (including Cybil and Mary at Hope Hospital) can see Doctor Derek and Nurse Angie as lovebirds... but Angie's the most defiant when it comes to those remarks. The two share a moment at the end of Under the Knife 2.
• Dr. Alphys from Undertale takes this trope quite literally. At one point, she asks if you think Toriel and Asgore will get back together. If you say yes, she'll agree and say it's her "number one ship."
  • Mettaton also has shades of this. In his introduction he's hosting a quiz with one of the questions being "Who does Alphys has a crush on?", to a visibly embarrassed Alphys. All answers are considered correct, some more humorous than others. Later, in the True Pacifist ending Alphys and Undyne start flirting with each other only for Mettaton to pop out of nowhere to ask "Would you two just smooch already?".
• In Until Dawn, nerdy Chris and Ashley start the game crushing on each other, and both Sam and Joshua are pretty forward about wanting to see them together. The latter turns out to be one hell of a shipper - certain comments he makes imply that while his primary goal in putting the two through the psychological wringer together via elaborate horror prank is to... well, put them through the psychological wringer, he's also hoping to aggressively drive them closer together.
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Sigismund Dijkstra, of all people, is an ardent Geralt/Triss shipper, though he mentions that it's mostly for pragmatic reasons (i.e. that his political ambitions would be better served by Geralt being closer tied to the sorceress who has fewer ties to Nilfgaard and is less likely to attempt to resurrect the Lodge of Sorceresses). However, finding out about his own disastrous romantic history with sorceress Philippa Eilhart casts yet another shade on his actions.
• Another Day Shiki in The World Ends with You is a Yaoi Fangirl that ships Neku/Joshua.
• Yes, Your Grace: Beyran seems to really like the idea of his daughter Maya and Eryk's daughter Asalia being a couple.
• In Ys: Memories of Celceta, Eldeel jokes during a flashback that Adol and Leeza go quite well together. This causes a very flustered reaction from the normally reserved Leeza. Whatever reaction Adol may have had is unknown because of him being a Silent Protagonist.
• Zone of the Enders: The Fist of Mars has the entirety of BIS shipping Cage/Myona at one point, and towards the end, Yukito ships Warren/Mebius. To be fair on the latter one Everyone Can See It, and Warren DOES have a crush on her