History LauncherOfAThousandShips / VideoGames

* EVERYONE in ''KingdomHearts'' has been a Launcher Of A Thousand Ships at some point. EVERYONE. It probably helps given ''KingdomHearts''' universe where any crossover has at least the slightest bit of plausibility.

* ''FinalFantasy''

*** Every''one''? [[CargoShip MinamimotoxMicrophone]] is a popular pairing...unsurprisingly.

** As was his predecessor in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', [[FanNickname Minato Arisato]] (and his DistaffCounterpart,Hamuko)

* Lloyd Irving from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. Seriously, he's paired with everyone in the game, although he's frequently shipped [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend with Colette]], [[FanPreferredCouple and Sheena]]. There are many who pair him with Raine or Presea. [[HoYay Maybe even Zelos]]. Or even [[FoeYay paired with Yggdrasill]].

* [[VideoGame/TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld Emil]] seems to be this, too--he's been paired with a good chunk of the new cast [[spoiler:including [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Ratatosk]] and Aster (who Ratatosk killed about ''a year and a half before Emil even came into existance''.)]] Plus several of the original cast.
* As far as ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' goes, Luke/Everyone might as well be canon. ...well, everyone important. At the very least you cannot deny that Luke/[[FiveManBand The Party]] (or [[FiveManBand The Party]]/Luke, as it is...) is very nearly canon.

** Roy's got some brutal competition for the "Pimp Lord of ''Fire Emblem''" from Celice in [[VideoGame/FireEmblemJugdral Genealogy]]-- Celice can take to his side one of 15 possible wives. (7 female children and 7 replacements, and then [[BrotherSisterIncest Yuria]]).
** Lyndis from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem 7]]'' already has 4 ''canon'' love interests (5 if you count [[LesYay Florina]] as one), Sain and Wil are considered extremely plausible, Karel/Lyn and Lyn/Ninian have niche followings in the fandom, and one author even managed to pair her with ''Renault'' and make it plausible. There's the infamous [[GaryStu Lyn/Tactician]] fics.

** My Unit (or Chris) in the remake of ''Mystery of the Emblem'' is an '''in-universe''' Launcher, capable of supporting with ''the entire cast of the game''. They don't have as many potential love interests as Roy or Celice, though; male MU has 3, and female MU has 5.
** The My Unit (or Avatar as s/he's called in the west) from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this one step further. S/he can marry - '''any''' (As in, any character who isn't directly obtained thru Spotpass or DLC, including Bonus Units like [[spoiler:[[TheCaligula Gangrel]], Valhart, [[EvilSorcerer Inverse]], Emelina, or [[{{Badass}} Ike's Descendant Paris]]]] and Child characters like [[spoiler:Lucina, n_n, or Chambray]]... and yes, s/he can have a kid with them) - player character, providing they're of the opposite gender, and have support conversations with those of their own (and anyone else left over).
* Ike in ''FireEmblemTellius''. On the canon side? ShipTease with Princess Elincia, HoYay with Soren and another GayOption with Ranulf plus Marcia constantly calling him "handsome". And of course, Aimee's relentless chasing of him. The fans, however, added Mia, Geoffrey, Zelgius, Boyd, Tibarn, [[FoeYay Shinon]], Titania, [[HeroWorship Sothe]] and even [[PhysicalGod Yune]]. "We Like Ike" indeed...
* [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] is easily the VideoGame town bicycle; he's paired with everyone from the eponymous Princess Zelda to... well, to the Shinto goddess Amaterasu as seen in ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', given that both were wolves recently. (If there were a Shinto Hell, whoever first did that would be going there. Nor is this the only strange ship involving Amaterasu, in [[CrossoverShip or out]] of ''Okami'' itself.) Link gains a new harem within each big game. [[http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs8/i/2005/322/d/3/Link__s_Harem_by_Scribbles02.png Ocarina of Time Harem]], [[http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs41/i/2009/011/1/8/Links_Harem_by_Slush_A.jpg Wind Waker Harem]], [[http://th06.deviantart.net/fs38/300W/i/2008/366/b/8/Twilight_Girls_by_justmeandmypencil.jpg Twilight Princess Harem]], and much much more!

** And then the '''Lighthouses''' are jokingly considered as such in both the phrase's literal and other metaphorical sense, thanks to the fact that more than a half of the non-crackpairings (and a few crack ones) get their biggest ShipTease in them.

* ''WorldOfWarcraft'' fan fiction's poster girl is Lady Jaina Proudmoore by far. She's often shipped with Arthas (pre- and post-undeath), Warchief Thrall (a pairing once characterized on the official Blizzard [=WoW=] General Discussion Forum as "Bow-Chikca-Lok'Tar"), a triangle between the three (and I'm sure a [[OT3 ménage à trois]] has been done at least once)...every fan fic writer who writes about his own [=PCs=] will have them meet Jaina at some point.

** Though specially Marisa, with more than seven ''frequent'' pairings, is who stands out in this trope. In some works to MemeticSexGod and [[{{Badass}} GAR]] [[http://genso.ws/post?tags=cho_marisa levels]].

** In the ''[=MGS=]'' fandom itself, Otacon's probably earned this. He's been paired with Snake, Mei Ling, Raiden, Liquid, Grey Fox, Big Boss, Mantis, and [[{{Fanfic/Stray}} young Ocelot]], time paradoxes and plausibility be damned.
* Sonic and Tails in the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series go with everyone...even though they show the ''least'' romantic interest of the entire cast.
** [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Shadow]]. Although he's more commonly shipped with Sonic, Rouge and Amy (and occasionally Maria), he has gotten shipped with [[CrackShip plenty of characters you wouldn't expect]].
** Really, almost ''everyone'' has been paired with everyone else in Sonic, regardless of gender, [[MayDecemberRomance age]], or [[InterSpeciesRomance species]].

* ''[[AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]]'' gets paired up with everybody, including [[ScrewYourself himself]]. There's the friendly neighborhood {{memetic molester}}s Gant and [[NaughtyTentacles Gourdy]] (that's the [[TheCatfish Lake Monster]] in case you're wondering).
** Phoenix isn't alone. As one fan put it, "If it's breathing and in the Gyakuten series, it'll get shipped with [[StoicWoobie Edgeworth]]. [[MrFanservice It's inevitable]]."
** Actually, [[CargoShip It's gotten to the point where the quote should be,]] "If it exists in the Gyakuten universe, it will be shipped. [[CrackPairing No exceptions.]]"

* ''{{Disgaea}}'' has a rather small shipping base, in that most of its characters are only commonly shipped in one or two pairings each...the second pairing usually being with [[LittleMissSnarker Etna.]] Seriously, Etna gets paired with ''everybody'', including but not limited to: [[BelligerentSexualTension Laharl]], [[HoYay Flonne]], [[MayDecemberRomance Mid-Boss]], [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale Adell]], [[GirlOnGirlIsHot Rozalin]], [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Axel]]...even ''[[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins the Prinnies.]]''
** ''Especially'' the Prinnies, given the release of [[PrinnyCanIReallyBetheHero a certain game.]]

* [[HeavyRain Norman Jayden]], the only one of the four heroes without a canonical love interest, is consequentially paired with everyone in the game, from [[HoYay Ethan Mars]] to [[FoeYay Carter Blake]].

* As mentioned above in the discussion on Link, ''{{Okami}}'''s Amaterasu gets shipped with far, far more characters than a non-talking BigBadassWolf should ever be. Most of these rely on Ammy having a human form that we just never see.
* This happened to Dawn and Lyra from ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}''. ''Especially'' [[{{Moe}} Lyra]]. The most popular characters to pair Lyra with (in Japan, at least) are [[TheRival Silver]], [[MysteriousProtector Lance]], and ''[[MasterOfDisguise PETREL]]''. These are just the ''popular'' ones.

*** Silver himself is a shipping magnet, too, especially when you factor in Special.

* Haseo of ''[[DotHackGU .hack//G.U.]]'', poor guy, virtually has a harbor reserved for him. From Atoli to Shino to Ovan to Endrance to Skeith to even the Grunties, he's been stuck with EVERYONE. Find someone that he HASN'T been shipped with.
** Like Lloyd in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Haseo is an actual canon launcher, since at the end of the third game, you can choose to "marry" ([[ItMakesSenseInContext the characters are playing an an MMORPG]]) any party member, regardless of gender or even age. When trying to do it with a man, usually it leds to a "best buddy" scene rather than marriage, but there are a few exceptions like [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Endrance]] or even [[spoiler:Azure Kite]] who want a little more than being friends...
* For some obscure reason, ''DynastyWarriors'' Sun Shang Xiang is fair game with everyone in Wu [[BrotherSisterIncest including her brothers]], half the folks in Shu, and ''[[CrackPairing Sima Yi]]'' if you look hard enough. Although she may have to compete with her husband Liu Bei, honored with the [[http://community.livejournal.com/capslock_koei/profile Capslock_Koei]] tag "Shu mourns the loss of its bicycle". Bei's epic {{shiptease}}ry is [[RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms completely historical]].

*** Add [[VideoGame/FinalFight Guy]] to that list. While it's been established that Guy already has a fiancee, Rena (the DistressedDamsel of ''Final Fight 2''), he has (to date) ''three'' additional partners according to the fandom. The first is Maki, Rena's younger sister who displays a very curious {{Tsundere}}-like complex towards her brother-in-law [[note]]this [[FoeYay "Rival Yay"]] is actually her desire to beat Guy and become the 40th Bushin Master; [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou if she doesn't, someone else could come up and steal the chance to do so away from her]][[/note]]. ''Super Street Fighter IV'' then added [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Ibuki]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Rose]]. Whereas the former is more centered around the basis that [[ThemePairing both characters are]] {{ninja}}s, the latter is pretty damn close to a RelationshipWritingFumble. Most fans who have seen Guy's [[FightingYourFriend Rival Battle]] and [[ShipTease both his and Rose's ending cutscenes]] in ''SSFIV'' [[ShippingGoggles have been subsequently unable to see them as anything other than]] lovers or (at the very least) two very, ''very'' [[TrueCompanions close friends]] with a lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]]. Guy/Rose is shaping up to be a FanPreferredCouple.

* Dante of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' fame gets this, mainly due to his status as an ActionHero. Not only is he paired with his {{implied love interest}}s from the first three games (i.e. [[FreudWasRight Trish]], [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Lucia]], and [[BelligerentSexualTension Lady]]), but {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s just love to pair him up with [[CainAndAbel Vergil]] (''[[{{Twincest}} his own brother]]''), [[WorthyOpponent Nelo Angelo]] ([[spoiler:who ''is'' Vergil]]), and [[RedOniBlueOni Nero]] ([[spoiler:who may or may not be Vergil's son, and thus, ''his nephew'']]). People also love to CargoShip Dante with his Devil Arms (''especially'' [[HornyDevils Nevan]]). Very few notable characters are excluded from Dante's "harem"; [[ParentalIncest Sparda and Eva]], [[WomanInWhite Kyrie]] (Nero's VictoriousChildhoodFriend), the side characters from the second game and novels, [[MagnificentBastard Arkham]], [[HeroAntagonist Credo]], [[CrystalDragonJesus Sanctus]], and [[{{Satan}} Mundus]] seem to be untouched, but it would be no surprise if said pairings had their own niche. Finally, there's the {{Fan Preferred Couple}}s of Dante and VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} (his DistaffCounterpart and FetishFuelStationAttendant) or [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]] (you can mainly thank ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 MvC3]]'' for this one). Naturally, some ''epic'' ShipToShipCombat ensues.

* Kasumi from ''VideoGame/{{Dead or Alive}}'' has ships for every base, ranging from the fairly mainstream [[NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]], the more [[YuriFan yurilicious]] Hitomi or Christie, all the way to straight up [[BrotherSisterIncest incest]] with her half sister Ayane or her brother Hayate. It would seem that whoever the favorite character is, shippers generally feel they go nicely with [[HeroesWantRedheads the cute redhead ninja]].
* Jin Kisaragi from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''. Aside from him being coupled with his older brother/rival [[YaoiFangirl Ragna the Bloodedge]] and childhood friend [[OfficialCouple Tsubaki]], Jin has been coupled with almost every character from the series even if it's almost impossible to happen. Despite him being a total [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]], this must be just a huge turn-on for the fandom.
** He has never been coupled with [[Anime/ChineseGirl Litchi Faye-Ling]], though. [[FanFic/BlazBlue3RP A Web Works made it happen instead, though not in a romantic way]].
** Ragna himself enjoys a fairly substantial shipping base as well, having, in addition to Jin, been paired with Noel, Rachel, Taokaka, and several characters who aren't even from the same franchise.

* [[NintendoWars Advance Wars]] has three. You have Eagle who gets all the good guys, Hawke who gets all the bad guys and some of the good guys, and Andy who gets it up the butt from everyone. ESPECIALLY Eagle and Hawke.
* Endou from ''InazumaEleven'' seems to get paired up with every other major character in the series, both male and female, most likely because he [[TheMessiah can and does become good friends with anyone and everyone]]. Then there's a bunch of {{Starboarding}} with Endou on the receiving end, since he's a [[ObliviousToLove completely oblivious]] ChasteHero. Plus there are some fans who jokingly ship Endou x Soccer (yes, as in TheBeautifulGame).

* Despite the {{Meme|ticMutation}} "Everyone is [[FurryFandom furry]] for Krystal," [[note]]the BerserkButton of all who are not, especially those who have gone furry for [[Magazine/NintendoPower Fara]][[/note]] Krystal from VideoGame/StarFox is not the most prominent example of this trope from the series. Instead Fox tends to be paired with most of the other characters, [[HoYay yet he is rarely paired with any of the female characters aside from Krystal.]]

* Chell has been paired up with nearly every character in ''{{VideoGame/Portal}}''. Wheatley is paired with almost as many. And Chell/Wheatley is the most popular ship in the fandom.
* As the only female character in ''LiveALive'' who can be brought to the final battle, and hence the only one who can canonically meet the protagonists from other eras, Li has been shipped across time and space. Popular love interests include Akira and [[FoeYay Odio]], but Masaru and Oboromaru are also occasional fic subjects, as is Yuan in the {{Fix Fic}}s where [[spoiler:they both survive.]]

* Despite the {{Meme|ticMutation}} "Everyone is [[FurryFandom furry]] for Krystal,"[[hottip:*:(the BerserkButton of all who are not, especially those who have gone furry for [[Magazine/NintendoPower Fara]])]] Krystal from VideoGame/StarFox is not the most prominent example of this trope from the series. Instead Fox tends to be paired with most of the other characters, [[HoYay yet he is rarely paired with any of the female characters aside from Krystal.]]

* Chell has been paired up with nearly every character in {{VideoGame/Portal}}. Wheatley is paired with almost as many. And Chell/Wheatley is the most popular ship in the fandom.

** Lyndis from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe FireEmblem 7]]'' already has 4 ''canon'' love interests (5 if you count [[LesYay Florina]] as one), Sain and Wil are considered extremely plausible, Karel/Lyn and Lyn/Ninian have niche followings in the fandom, and one author even managed to pair her with ''Renault'' and make it plausible. There's the infamous [[GaryStu Lyn/Tactician]] fics.

* Another canon LauncherOfAThousandShips is Vayne of ManaKhemiaAlchemistsOfAlRevis, who has an [[MultipleEndings ending]] with each of the other party members. The ones that aren't clearly romantic are laden with subtext.

* This happened to Dawn and Lyra from ''Pokémon''. ''Especially'' [[{{Moe}} Lyra]]. The most popular characters to pair Lyra with (in Japan, at least) are [[TheRival Silver]], [[MysteriousProtector Lance]], and ''[[MasterOfDisguise PETREL]]''. These are just the ''popular'' ones.

*** Let's see...Axel, Hayner, Seifer, Sora, Riku, members of the Organization XIII...am I missing any?
**** ...Ven?

* Hawke as either gender in DragonAge2 bounces from person to person in fanfics like a ping pong ball.

** The My Unit (or Avatar as s/he's called in the west) from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this one step further. S/he can marry - '''any''' (As in, any character who isn't directly obtained thru Spotpass or DLC, including Bonus Units like [[spoiler:[[TheCaligula Gangrel]], Valhart, [[EvilSorcerer Inverse]], [[DeadLittleSister Emelina]], or [[{{Badass}} Ike's Descendant Paris]]]] and Child characters like [[spoiler:Lucina, n_n, or Chambray]]... and yes, s/he can have a kid with them) - player character, providing they're of the opposite gender, and have support conversations with those of their own (and anyone else left over).

*** And in Japanese fandom, the one who stands head and shoulders above ALL of them is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII Firion]], for some inexplicable reason. He is paired with ''everyone''. It's the Rose. That rose has been in the hands of at least nine characters throughout the course of the two games. In fanshipping land this automatically means he is paired with everyone who has obtained it. People even ship him with Aerith for their mutual love of flowers, even though the two have never canonically met! However perhaps the only pairing that has any real basis in the events of the games is Lightning, due to their undeniably [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiBng6ju4mQ&playnext=1&list=PLE2A507B0C217B42F cute scene in the reports]] [[spoiler: turns out he just wants that pesky flower back but still who wants to crush a shippers dreams!]]

--> "Think he's got a thing for you, Neku? (...) Oh, please! The way he follows you around?"

---->'''Minamimoto''': Why, hello there! This mic is zetta sexy!

** The My Unit (or Avatar as s/he's called in the west) from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this one step further. S/he can marry - '''any''' (As in, any character who isn't directly obtained thru Spotpass or DLC, including Bonus Units like [[spoiler: [[TheCaligula Gangrel]], Valhart, [[EvilSorcerer Inverse]], [[DeadLittleSister Emelina]], or [[{{Badass}} Ike's Descendant Paris]]]] and Child characters like [[spoiler: Lucina, n_n, or Chambray]]... and yes, s/he can have a kid with them) - player character, providing they're of the opposite gender, and have support conversations with those of their own (and anyone else left over).

** Phoenix isn't alone. As one fan put it, "If it's breathing and in the Gyakuten series, it'll get shipped with [[StoicWoobie Edgeworth]]. [[EstrogenBrigadeBait It's inevitable]]."

** Like Lloyd in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', Haseo is an actual canon launcher, since at the end of the third game, you can choose to "marry" ([[ItMakesSenseInContext the characters are playing an an MMORPG]]) any party member, regardless of gender or even age. When trying to do it with a man, usually it leds to a "best buddy" scene rather than marriage, but there are a few exceptions like [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Endrance]] or even [[spoiler: Azure Kite]] who want a little more than being friends...

** The My Unit from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this one step further. S/he can marry - '''any''' (As in, any character who isn't directly obtained thru Spotpass or DLC, including Bonus Units like [[spoiler: [[TheCaligula Gangrel]], Valhart, [[EvilSorcerer Inverse]], [[DeadLittleSister Emelina]], or [[{{Badass}} Ike's Descendant Paris]]]] and Child characters like [[spoiler: Lucina, n_n, or Chambray]]... and yes, s/he can have a kid with them) - player character, providing they're of the opposite gender, and have support conversations with those of their own (and anyone else left over).

* ''MetalGearSolid'''s Snake tends to be paired up with almost everyone in the series, and outside of it - even before his appearance in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl]]''. It really doesn't help that he's the Prince of the EvenTheGuysWantHim trope ([[MemeticSexGod Big Boss]] being the king).

** Rinnosuke Morichika, being TheOneGuy, seems to get this treatment by default unless he's being portrayed as the MemeticMolester.
*** Actually, his most common pairing is with the never-seen only other male (half-)human character.
*** Not true - his two most popular pairings are with Marisa (by a significant margin), then Reimu, as a [[http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=%E6%A3%AE%E8%BF%91%E9%9C%96%E4%B9%8B%E5%8A%A9 quick search on Pixiv]] or similar will show. This is largely thanks to [[http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Curiosities_of_Lotus_Asia Curiosities of Lotus Asia]], [[AllThereInTheManual the novel that introduces Rinnosuke]], where Marisa is shown to have [[ChildhoodFriends known Rinnosuke since childhood]], and Reimu is also shown to be quite familiar with him, [[ClothingSwitch wearing his spare clothes]] while he fixes her Miko outfit. If you scroll down [[http://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E6%A3%AE%E8%BF%91%E9%9C%96%E4%B9%8B%E5%8A%A9 this page]], you will see a chart that breaks down his ships with [[MemeticSexGod every character]] in the series by source material.

* Leon Kennedy, of ''ResidentEvil'' is a classical Type A, sometimes even to the point of EvenTheGuysWantHim among players. His canon love interest is Ada (and to a lesser extent, Angela, who appeared once and then was PutOnABus), but he's also regularly paired with Ashley, Claire, Jill, Steve, Chris, Wesker, Luis, Krauser, Hunnigan, Kevin, Manuela, Buddy, Helena, Sherry, and Mike the Helicopter Guy. In addition to the large amounts of zombie porn that affect all characters within the fandom and countless self-inserts. Admittedly, the fact that he almost always ends up with a female character for a partner and the fact that at least two of them seem to have crushes on him does not help, nor does his (failed) attempt to get Hunnigan's number.

* Leon Kennedy, of ''ResidentEvil'' fame, has been shipped with everyone. His canon lover is Ada, but I've also seen him paired with Sherry, Ashley, Claire, Rebecca, Jill, Steve, Chris, Wesker, Alfred, Luis, Krauser, Saddler, Salazar, Mendez, Mike the Helicopter Guy, Billy, Kevin from ''Outbreak'', a group of Lickers, Ganados, and in one slightly disturbing story, Mr. X.
** The fact that he's cannonically interested in Ada but has hit on Hunnigan and had a relationship with Angela, plus the fact that he repeatedly partners with Claire, plus Manuela and Ashley's also cannonical crushes on him, probably helps in this regard.

* [[{{Miko}} Reimu]] and [[BlackMagicianGirl Marisa]] from the ''{{Touhou}}'' games tend to have [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Relationshipping#Main_Character_Harems their own mini-harems]], most of their pairing options being {{youkai}}s [[DefeatMeansFriendship they've defeated in previous battles]].

* ''FireEmblem'' has Roy. He has 6 possible wives, and can support with 4 other males, one of which is his milk brother (or male maid), and is obviously a target for Ho Yay/Bodyguard Crush. Roy was playable in Smash Bros. Melee...
** Roy's got some brutal competition for the "Pimp Lord of ''FireEmblem''" from Celice in [[FireEmblemJugdral Genealogy]]-- Celice can take to his side one of 15 possible wives. (7 female children and 7 replacements, and then [[BrotherSisterIncest Yuria]]).
** Lyndis from ''FireEmblem 7'' already has 4 ''canon'' love interests (5 if you count [[LesYay Florina]] as one), Sain and Wil are considered extremely plausible, Karel/Lyn and Lyn/Ninian have niche followings in the fandom, and one author even managed to pair her with ''Renault'' and make it plausible. There's the infamous [[GaryStu Lyn/Tactician]] fics.

** The My Unit from ''FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this one step further. S/he can marry - '''any''' (As in, any character who isn't directly obtained thru Spotpass or DLC, including Bonus Units like [[spoiler: [[TheCaligula Gangrel]], Valhart, [[EvilSorcerer Inverse]], [[DeadLittleSister Emelina]], or [[{{Badass}} Ike's Descendant Paris]]]] and Child characters like [[spoiler: Lucina, n_n, or Chambray]]... and yes, s/he can have a kid with them) - player character, providing they're of the opposite gender, and have support conversations with those of their own (and anyone else left over).
* [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] is easily the VideoGame town bicycle; he's paired with everyone from the eponymous Princess Zelda to...well, to the Shinto goddess Amaterasu as seen in {{Okami}}, given that both were wolves recently. (If there were a Shinto Hell, whoever first did that would be going there. Nor is this the only strange ship involving Amaterasu, in [[CrossoverShip or out]] of ''Okami'' itself.) Link gains a new harem within each big game. [[http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs8/i/2005/322/d/3/Link__s_Harem_by_Scribbles02.png Ocarina of Time Harem]], [[http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs41/i/2009/011/1/8/Links_Harem_by_Slush_A.jpg Wind Waker Harem]], [[http://th06.deviantart.net/fs38/300W/i/2008/366/b/8/Twilight_Girls_by_justmeandmypencil.jpg Twilight Princess Harem]], and much much more!

* ''MetalGearSolid'''s Snake tends to be paired up with almost everyone in the series, and outside of it - even before his appearance in ''[[SuperSmashBros Brawl]]''. It really doesn't help that he's the Prince of the EvenTheGuysWantHim trope ([[MemeticSexGod Big Boss]] being the king).

* Sonic and Tails in the ''SonicTheHedgehog'' series go with everyone...even though they show the ''least'' romantic interest of the entire cast.

* Chun-Li from the ''StreetFighter'' series is also a fairly infamous case of this as well as she has been paired with Charlie, Ryu, Ken, and Guile (and to a lesser extent [[LesYay Cammy]]).
** Ryu gets his share, too, despite his [[ChasteHero lack of interest]] in love life, being paired with Chun-Li, Cammy, Sakura, Juri Han, Rose, Ibuki (?), Makoto (??), Ken ([[HoYay oh boy]])...and [[CrackPairing Bison]]? And maybe [[FoeYay Sagat]], that is, if he's not busy with his [[MemeticMutation cornflakes]].

*** Add [[FinalFight Guy]] to that list. While it's been established that Guy already has a fiancee, Rena (the DistressedDamsel of ''Final Fight 2''), he has (to date) ''three'' additional partners according to the fandom. The first is Maki, Rena's younger sister who displays a very curious {{Tsundere}}-like complex towards her brother-in-law [[hottip:*:this [[FoeYay "Rival Yay"]] is actually her desire to beat Guy and become the 40th Bushin Master; [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou if she doesn't, someone else could come up and steal the chance to do so away from her]]]]. ''Super Street Fighter IV'' then added [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Ibuki]] and [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Rose]]. Whereas the former is more centered around the basis that [[ThemePairing both characters are]] {{ninja}}s, the latter is pretty damn close to a RelationshipWritingFumble. Most fans who have seen Guy's [[FightingYourFriend Rival Battle]] and [[ShipTease both his and Rose's ending cutscenes]] in ''SSFIV'' [[ShippingGoggles have been subsequently unable to see them as anything other than]] lovers or (at the very least) two very, ''very'' [[TrueCompanions close friends]] with a lot of [[UnresolvedSexualTension UST]]. Guy/Rose is shaping up to be a FanPreferredCouple.

* Dante of ''DevilMayCry'' fame gets this, mainly due to his status as an ActionHero. Not only is he paired with his {{implied love interest}}s from the first three games (i.e. [[FreudWasRight Trish]], [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Lucia]], and [[BelligerentSexualTension Lady]]), but {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s just love to pair him up with [[CainAndAbel Vergil]] (''[[{{Twincest}} his own brother]]''), [[WorthyOpponent Nelo Angelo]] ([[spoiler:who ''is'' Vergil]]), and [[RedOniBlueOni Nero]] ([[spoiler:who may or may not be Vergil's son, and thus, ''his nephew'']]). People also love to CargoShip Dante with his Devil Arms (''especially'' [[HornyDevils Nevan]]). Very few notable characters are excluded from Dante's "harem"; [[ParentalIncest Sparda and Eva]], [[WomanInWhite Kyrie]] (Nero's VictoriousChildhoodFriend), the side characters from the second game and novels, [[MagnificentBastard Arkham]], [[HeroAntagonist Credo]], [[CrystalDragonJesus Sanctus]], and [[{{Satan}} Mundus]] seem to be untouched, but it would be no surprise if said pairings had their own niche. Finally, there's the FanPreferredCouple of Dante and his DistaffCounterpart (and FetishFuelStationAttendant) {{Bayonetta}}. Naturally, some ''epic'' ShipToShipCombat ensues.

* Kasumi from ''{{Dead or Alive}}'' has ships for every base, ranging from the fairly mainstream [[NinjaGaiden Ryu Hayabusa]], the more [[YuriFan yurilicious]] Hitomi or Christie, all the way to straight up [[BrotherSisterIncest incest]] with her half sister Ayane or her brother Hayate. It would seem that whoever the favorite character is, shippers generally feel they go nicely with [[HeroesWantRedheads the cute redhead ninja]].
* Jin Kisaragi from ''BlazBlue''. Aside from him being coupled with his Older Brother/Rival [[YaoiFangirl Ragna the Bloodedge]] and Childhood Friend [[OfficialCouple Tsubaki]], Jin has been coupled with almost every character from the series even if it's almost impossible to happen. Despite him being a total [[{{Jerkass}} asshole]], this must be just a huge turn-on for the fandom.
** He has never been coupled with [[ChineseGirl Litchi Faye-Ling]], though. [[FanFic/BlazBlue3RP A Web Works made it happen instead, though not in a romantic way]].

* [[SuperMario Mario]] goes with everybody. It's not just limited to female characters, either. [[IncestSubtext Luigi]] is sometimes paired with him, and so is [[FoeYay Bowser]].
* [[MortalKombat Sub-Zero]]. [[VideoGame/MortalKombat2 The younger one, anyway.]] Canonically, the closest thing he has to a girlfriend/partner/lover is [[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Sareena]], whom he enjoys a hefty amount of ShipTease with. But thanks to the magic of ShippingGoggles, all of his friendships and rivalries are misconstrued as possible ships. HeterosexualLifePartners with Smoke and [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Kenshi]]? HoYay. Former archnemesis of Scorpion? FoeYay. [[DeceptiveDisciple Former pupil]] Frost is [[FoeYay eerily-obsessed with him?]] MentorShip. Not even his older brother, Elder Sub-Zero/Noob Saibot [[IncestIsRelative is safe from being paired up with Subby]] (it doesn't help that there's a LoveTriangle-esque relationship between them and Sareena, as Sareena also had feelings for the original Sub-Zero). [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight He also tends to be paired up with females he's only acquaintances with at best.]] Sub-Zero/Kitana, Sub-Zero/Jade, and Sub-Zero/Mileena have all popped up before on several occasions, and all are popular in their own right. Smoke (in most titles) [[RoboShip is a cyborg]], whereas Scorpion and Noob [[GhostShipping are undead]] and Sareena is [[InterspeciesRomance a demon]] [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction in human guise.]] It doesn't hurt that he's also EstrogenBrigadeBait, so expect the female fans to create [=OC=]s to jump Sub-Zero's bones as well.

** In the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fandom, you've got Cloud, Tifa, Sephiroth and Vincent. If one adds in the endless flood of [[RelationshipSue Relationship Sues]], a thousand ships is a very lowball estimate of Sephiroth and Vincent's fleets.

** One word, [[{{FinalFantasyXII}} Balthier]].

* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'': Geo goes with everyone, mostly because the game and anime each drop plenty of scenes for him that could be interpreted as {{ship tease}}s - with several different characters. LoveTriangle with {{BettyAndVeronica Luna and Sonia}}, HoYay with Pat and Ace, FoeYay with Solo and Jack.(And perhap maybe with "imagination"!)

* Ellis from ''Left4Dead2'' ends up with everyone. Although 90% of the time it's with [[YaoiFangirl Nick]], you can find him with his canon love interest Zoey, teammate Rochelle, [[{{Squick}} Coach]], the Hunter, the Witch, the Smoker and his friends that don't even appear in the game like Keith. Ellis will also usually be the target of any fanfic writer's OriginalCharacter.

** The My Unit from ''FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this one step further. S/he can marry - '''any''' (As in, any character who isn't directly obtained thru Spotpass or DLC, including Bonus Units like [[spoiler: [[TheCaligula Gangrel]], Valhart, [[EvilSorcerer Inverse]], [[DeadLittleSister Emelina]], or [[Badass Ike's Descendant Paris]]]] and Child characters like [[spoiler: Lucina, n_n, or Chambray]]... and yes, s/he can have a kid with them) - player character, providing they're of the opposite gender, and have support conversations with those of their own (and anyone else left over).

** The My Unit from ''FireEmblemAwakening'' takes this one step further. S/he can marry - '''any''' (As in, any character who isn't directly obtained thru Spotpass or DLC, including Bonus Units like [[spoiler: [[TheCaligula Gangrel]], Valhart, [[EvilSorcerer Inverse]], [[DeadLittleSister Emelina]], or Mystery Man Paris]] and Child characters like [[spoiler: Lucina, n_n, or Chambray]]... and yes, s/he can have a kid with them) - player character, providing they're of the opposite gender, and have support conversations with those of their own (or anyone else left over).

* ''FireEmblem'' has Roy. He has 6 possible wives, and can support with 4 other males, one of which is his milk brother (or male maid for you people who are too lazy to look in a dictionary), and is obviously a target for Ho Yay/Bodyguard Crush. Roy was playable in Smash Bros. Melee...

* Chell has been paired up with nearly every character in {{VideoGame/Portal}}. Wheatley is paired with almost as many. And Chell/Wheatley is the most popular ship in the fandom.

* ''[[HarvestMoon Rune Factory 2]]'' has an ''official'' LauncherOfAThousandShips candidate in the form of Yue. When the main character marries a girl who was destined for another guy, that guy will automatically end up with Yue.