History HoYay / FullmetalAlchemist

-->'''Greed[[spoiler:ling]]''': "The names Greed."
-->'''Edward Elric''': "No Greed! I will '''not''' kiss you!"

** On the subject of Mustang and Hughes: Academy friends, met up again in the Hell of Ishbal, and Hughes signed on to 'support Roy from below.' Roy has recently gone on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Envy after learning he was responsible for [[spoiler: Hughes' death.]]

** There's also a moment in "The Stray Dog" when they're changing past Mustang and co. on a motorcycle, driven by Winry, and Sciezka puts her arms around Winry in a very...revealing position.

* There's also a little bit of this between Ed and [[IdenticalStranger Alfons Heiderich]], particularly in the moment before Ed [[spoiler: returns to Amestris]] when Alfons takes his hand and makes him promise never to forget him. It's also implied earlier that they share a dresser and even a bed. It isn't much, but it's enough to make them one of the more popular [[SlashFic slash]] ships among fans of the first anime.

** Also in TheMovie, there are the lines after Havoc and Breda leave Mustang's hut, and Havoc wonders if they should have brought Lt. Hawkeye with them. Breda responds saying that she wouldn't want to see him like this and "besides, it's not the Lieutenant the Colonel is waiting for." WordOfGod is that the script originally planned to explicitly say he was waiting for Ed, but thought it was better merely implied (and certainly, it's clear from later scenes that the line referred to him). But they would have made it explicit [[WhatCouldHaveBeen if there had been a novelization]].

** Also in TheMovie, there are the lines after Havoc and Breda leave Mustang's hut, and Havoc wonders if they should have brought Lt. Hawkeye with them. Breda responds saying that she wouldn't want to see him like this and "besides, it's not the Lieutenant the Colonel is waiting for." WordOfGod is that the script originally planned to explicitly say he was waiting for Ed, but thought it was better merely implied. But that they would have made it explicit [[WhatCouldHaveBeen if there had been a novelization]].

** Also in TheMovie, there are the lines after Havoc and Breda leave Mustang's hut, and Havoc wonders if they should have brought Lt. Hawkeye with them. Breda responds saying that she wouldn't want to see him like this and "besides, it's not the Lieutenant the Colonel is waiting for." WordOfGod is that the script originally planned to explicitly say he was waiting for Ed, but thought it was better merely implied.

* There's also a little bit of this between Ed and [[IdenticalStranger Alfons Heiderich]], particularly in the moment before Ed [[spoiler: returns to Amestris]] when Alfons takes his hand and makes him promise never to forget him. It's also implied earlier that they share a dresser and even a bed. Overall, it's enough to make them one of the more popular [[SlashFic slash]] ships among fans of the first anime - likely because Ed being isolated in a parallel universe from Roy, Al and every other dude YaoiFangirls like to pair him with means it's not seen as "in the way" of those other ships.

* There's also a little bit of this between Ed and [[IdenticalStranger Alfons Heiderich]], particularly in the moment before Ed [[spoiler: returns to Amestris]] when Alfons takes his hand and makes him promise never to forget him. It's also implied earlier that they share a dresser and even a bed. Overall, it's enough to make them one of the more popular [[SlashFic slash]] ships among fans of the first anime - likely because, since their relationship happened entirely while Ed was isolated from everyone he knew in Amestris, it's possible to ship Ed with Alfons and not have it be seen as "in the way" of Roy/Ed, Elricest or whichever other ship a particular [[YaoiFangirls Yaoi Fangirl]] prefers.

** On the subject of Mustang and Hughes: Academy friends, met up again in the Hell of Ishbal, and Hughes signed on to 'support Roy from below.' Roy has recently gone on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Envy after learning he was responsible for Hughes' death.

-->'''Greed[[spoiler:ling]]''':]] "The names Greed."

-->[[spoiler:'''[[FanNickname Greedling]]''':]] "The names Greed."

-->-- '''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist HilariousOuttakes'''

* Throughout the 2003 [[FullmetalAlchemistAnime Fullmetal Alchemist]] anime, Alphonse Elric and Scar share some moments that could be interpreted as HoYay, such as Alphonse asking Scar how he feels about him in episode 24 and [[spoiler:Scar sacrificing his life to save Al in episode 42.]] And if that's not enough, the [[http://community.livejournal.com/fm_alchemist/3293475.html seiyuu are aware of it, too.]]

* All the above examples are noticeably absent from the manga, which has surprisingly little (arguably ''none'') HoYay for a shonen with a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters huge]] and mostly male cast. Perhaps it's precisely this absence of [[{{canon}} deliberate]] {{subtext}} which has led the [[YaoiFangirl yaoi fangirls]] to see romantic overtones in Ed's relationship with Ling, and in Mustang's rather heartfelt reaction to Hughes' [[spoiler: death]].
** On the subject of Mustang and Hughes: Academy friends, met up again in the Hell of Ishbal, and Hughes signed on to 'support Roy from below.' Roy has recently gone on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Envy after learning he was responsible for Hughes' death.
** Though there's still those very rare moments that could be argued as being HoYay, such as [[http://www.mangareader.net/116-5201-10/full-metal-alchemist/chapter-15.html this one]]. In all fairness the interactions between the Elrics are more "brotherly" in the manga though, not going to the full "Elricest aura" that the first anime had.
*** In the english dub Al saying that he [[AccidentalInnuendo doesn't remember what Ed's skin feels like]].
** Ed and Ling do have a bit, especially in the scene where Ed carries Ling while they're in [[spoiler: Gluttony's stomach]].
* Darius and Heinkel recieve a lot of this in fan works.
* Greed and Ling have a lot of Ho Yay, too. In the Viz manga there is a line in which Greed says, "I'm glad I hooked up with you", and the whole "aibou" ("partners") thing...
--> "NO, Greed! I need you! You're my partner!"
* Sig Curtis's "flex-off" with Major Armstrong which ends with the two of them holding hands and sparkling.

** Though there's still those very rare moments that could be argued as being HoYay, such as [[http://www.onemanga.com/Full_Metal_Alchemist/15/09/ this one]]. In all fairness the interactions between the Elrics are more "brotherly" in the manga though, not going to the full "Elricest aura" that the first anime had.

** End of ep. 48 is also a bit shippy, though frankly I can't tell if it's promoting Roy/Ed, Roy/Maes, or Elricest. Roy and Ed talk about how they're sacrificing everything they've earned in the name of Hughes and Al (respectively), but there's an overwhelming sense of {{It Has Been An Honor}} and Roy finally seeing Ed as, not a child whose innocence he wants to protect as much as possible, but of an equal. Likewise, Ed sees the Roy behind the "Bastard Colnel" facade. They both admit they're {{Not So Different}}, and I do think it's telling that this moment comes at their last possible meeting, when they both know they might be going to their deaths.

** On the subject of Mustang and Hughes: Academy friends, met up again in the Hell of Ishbal, and Hughes signed on to 'support Roy from below.' Roy has recently gone on a psychotic rampage against Envy after learning he was responsible for Hughes' death.

* Greed and Ling have a lot of Ho Yay, too. In the Viz manga there is a line in which Greed says, "I'm glad I hooked up with you", and the whole "aibou" thing... "NO, Greed! I need you! You're my partner!"

* Throughout the ''FullmetalAlchemist'' anime, Alphonse Elric and Scar share some moments that could be interpreted as HoYay, such as Alphonse asking Scar how he feels about him in episode 24 and [[spoiler:Scar sacrificing his life to save Al in episode 42.]] And if that's not enough, the [[http://community.livejournal.com/fm_alchemist/3293475.html seiyuu are aware of it, too.]]

* Winry, Cheszka. Good god, they wander the world together, have romantic strolls along riverbanks at sunset, and have the [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan Senstive Gal and Manly Woman]] thing going on, and basically ignore what love interests they have to spend all their time together.

* Dante seems to be flirting with Rose in episode 49; calling Rose "exquisite" as she runs her fingers along Rose's neck.