History Main / CrackPairing

If one wants to create his/her ''own'' Crack pairing (or just wants to see some pairings that may not yet have been added to this page), use the [[http://www.seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=brainhurtpairer Brain-Hurting Pairer Generator.]]

See CrossoverShip for shipping characters who don't belong to the same [[TheVerse verse]]. See CargoShip for shipping objects. Compare with ShipsThatPassInTheNight, which is closely related but isn't quite a subtrope, as it's not at all uncommon for ships that have little basis to be played seriously, due to fans filling in holes or reading into subtext to guess that they'd hit it off. Generally, a CrackPairing is one that makes no sense even if you assume they ''do'' know each other.

* The Italian series ''Lupo Alberto'', set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, has one as the main pairing: Alberto, a (baby blue-furred) wolf, and Marta, a ''hen''. Only made crackier by the fact [[FurryReminder Alberto]] ''[[FurryReminder does]]'' [[FurryReminder eat chicken]]: while he won't attack his girlfriend and her family, Marta once caught him carrying away her best friend (a rather fat chicken) with explicit and declared intent to ''eat'' her.

** [[AgeGapRomance Forget “under 30 years old”,]] there are people who ship Cosette and Javert. [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/2284917 There]] [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/693200 are]] [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16692241/chapters/39147397 fics.]] They're actually bizarrely endearing together.

* ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'': One of the ships explored in ''Fanfic/{{Metamorphosis}}'' is Sei with the bit character Alice.

%%** They are actually ''married'' in Earth-3490 continuity where Tony was born as a woman (as Natasha Antonia "Toni" Stark). Due to this, there was no ComicBook/CivilWar on that Earth.

-->'''Green Goblin''': I'm just a [[Franchise/SpiderMan goblin]], standing in front of a [[Franchise/{{Batman}} clown]], asking her to love him. What's so complicated about that?

** They are actually ''married'' in Earth-3490 continuity where Tony was born as a woman (as Natasha Antonia "Toni" Stark). Due to this, there was no ComicBook/CivilWar on that Earth.

* Very early on in the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' comics, Aunt May ended up developing feelings for Doctor Octopus, which includes the infamous Amazing Spider-Man issues 130-131 where she almost marries him. At least one later comic suggested that the two even slept together.

* ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'' -- plenty, but mainly Green Goblin/Harley Quinn.
-->'''Green Goblin''': I'm just a [[Franchise/SpiderMan goblin]], standing in front of a [[Franchise/{{Batman}} clown]], asking her to love him. What's so complicated about that?
* The ''WebVideo/PoohsAdventures'' series had given us several crack pairings, the most noticeable ship being [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Thomas the Tank Engine]] and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
* In ''Fanfic/ForestOfDespair'', people actually do ship Mochi and Monokuma together. Which is weird since one is an actual rabbit and the other a killer stuffed animal.
* In ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Pre-Crisis ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} hooks up with Dev-Em, a ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes character whom she never met in a canon story and whose number of Pre-Crisis appearances can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsTheAntipode'' pairs [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Aqua]] with [[ChivalrousPervert Ringabel]] from ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault''. It also jokingly pairs [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Kristoff]] with WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, due to the [[LoveFreak Trolls]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady mistaking the latter for a girl]] and [[ShipperOnDeck setting up a wedding for the two]].
* [[Roleplay/UltimateChatFicOfMutualMemeing Ultimate Chat Fic Of Mutual Memeing!]] is apparently the first work on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn to be tagged "[[RichBitch Togami Byakuya]]/[[PluckyGirl Akamatsu Kaede.]]"
* Treated with surprising seriousness in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' crossover ''Fanfic/CarriedOff''.
* ''Fanfic/{{Atonement}}'' has Madison Clements/Sundancer. While ItMakesSenseInContext due to the alternate universe, both are relatively minor characters who never interact in canon.
* Parodied in the ''WebComic/FateGagOrder'' strip titled ''The Argonautica: Good Ending''. Scheherazade and Sei Shonagon display an alternative universe where "TheBroCode does not exist", presumably the only obstacle that prevented [[SocialClimber Jason]] from attempting to take a shortcut to ruling a kingdom by wooing [[TomboyPrincess Pollux]]. They seem HappilyMarried in this continuity, much to the horror of [[WomanScorned Medea]] and [[MySisterIsOffLimits Castor]] who demand the storytellers cut the feed before the pair start getting lovey-dovey.
* ''Fanfic/{{Silencio}}'' has this as a RunningGag that basically anyone that Taylor-as-Marceau interacts with in public will be shipped with [[SweetPollyOliver her/him]]. While most of these are just misunderstandings, the [[OfficialCouple official couples]] include [=Taylor/Amy=] (a FanPreferredCouple, but they don't interact much in canon and have [[IncompatibleOrientation incompatible orientations]]), Grue/Purity (not only do their [[CastingAShadow powers]] [[LightEmUp oppose]], but Purity is older than Grue and is a former member of a white supremacist organization, while Grue is black), and Cricket/Parian (Cricket is an Empire 88 cape, Parian is a civilian fashion designer whose only interaction with the Empire in the fic is beating a few capes up with a stuffed gorilla).

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10804452/1/Mass-Effect-Synthesis Mass Effect: Synthesis]]'' features [=FemShep=] paired with ''Harbinger''.
* ''Fanfic/SithAcademy'' has several, with the most notable being [[FoeYayShipping Darth Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. Mind you, for most of the series, this doesn't stop Obi-Wan from continuing his existing relationship with [[LoverAndBeloved Qui-Gon Jinn]].

* ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/masterperrymartin/art/Love-is-Dumb-Meggy-x-War-Meggy-APRIL-FOOLS-875014218 Love is Dumb]]'' ships [[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers Meggy]] [[WebAnimation/SunsetParadise Spletzer]] with...[[ScrewYourself herself]]. More specifically, a corrupted incarnation called War Meggy who took over her life out of jealousy. [[spoiler:Then [[EnemyWithout Shadow Meggy]] comes out to play...]]

* The long-running ''FanFic/BruceHasAProblem'' round robin centers around Harley Quinn discovering Batman's secret identity... and falling in love with Bruce. Despite the unlikeliness of their romance, they ''do'' make it work; Bruce serves as a good example for Harley, and Harley's positive attitude rubs off on Bruce.

* In ''Fanfic/ADashOfLogic'', [=SpongeBob=] and Karen having a secret affair behind Plankton's back is a RunningGag across the fic, [[ActorAllusion as a meta-joke about the formers' voice actors being married in real life]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** In the canon of ''RWBY'', Taiyang Xiao Long is the single father of two of the protagonists, while Cinder Fall is the BigBad of the first three volumes (and also develops a personal grudge on Taiyang's younger daughter after she scars her face with magic eyes). In the noncanon spinoff ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi,'' they're matched up by a dating site... the strangeness of which is in fact commented on in universe.
** ''Fanfic/FlamesShade'' pairs together Yang and Yatsuhashi, two characters who haven't even talked in canon. It also ships together Weiss and Pyrrha, which is less cracky but is still a stretch due to their limited interactions.
** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21519325/chapters/51294400 A Healing Scoop of WeissCream]]'' is an AU of volume 4 where Neo teams up with Weiss. It's also a Neo/Weiss fic.
** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/8179202/chapters/18738275 RWBY: The Pink Lemonade Compendium]]'' is a dating fic that pairs Yang/Nora, Ruby/Blake, and Weiss/Pyrrha, all of which are a pairing of characters that had very little screen time together.

* [[Film/{{Transformers}} Bumblebee/Sam]], which even has their own live journal [[http://community.livejournal.com/beexsam community]], as does [[http://community.livejournal.com/ironhidexwill Ironhide/Lennox]], with Barricade/Sam and Optimus Prime/Sam also having a small following. No, it doesn't matter that the robots are several times their human partners size, and have a completely different reproduction process, fans of the ships have found ways around these pesky little details.

[[caption-width-right:350:Their love is [[Series/{{Sherlock}} elementary]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} my dear Donkey.]]]]

* "Oncest" is perhaps the most infamous thing to come out of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lorax|2012}}'', a pairing between the Once-Ler, the VillainProtagonist of the film's flashback portions, and... [[ScrewYourself the Once-Ler again]], after he went JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope. More or less, it was the result of a character who had a major-league EstrogenBrigade immediately after the film's release, but also didn't have any good shipping options (and [[JustHereForGodzilla the fandom didn't care about any of the other characters in the film anyway]]), along with askblog culture being pretty significant at the time. Notably, it's not just a ship with a few followers, but a full-fledged OneTruePairing, and probably the first thing anyone remembers about the film's fandom.

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' has a ton of these, including:

* Mervin, of Blog/DasSporking, ships [[Literature/HarryPotter Snape]] and [[Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico Sands]] purely under RuleOfFunny, even writing a multi-fic epic on their adventures Sue-hunting with Mervin and Mrs. Hyde. She also ships [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Leah Clearwater]] and [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Castiel]], though this is implied to take place out of the sporking 'verse. There's also a brief moment in one of the ''Twilight'' sporkings where Sands gropes Dean Winchester's ass and likes it quite a lot (Dean is squicked). Meanwhile, for the ''Fifty Shades of Grey'' series, Gehayi and Ket have fun pretending Grey and Taylor engage in "Catsuit Tuesdays".

** Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce you to [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5703568/1/The_bSorting_b_bHat_bs_bLove_b Hermione/Sorting Hat]](warning: ''very'' disturbing! No really.)

-->-- ''Do You Hear The Fandoms Sing?''

* [[WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar Corporal/Classified]] is probably the strangest shipping you will ever find in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' fandom. Which is even weirder when you realize [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10883298/1/Say-Cheese it kinda works]]... arguably, of course. Especially considering Classified clinging onto Corporal as they're forced to go through Dave's death trap and their dynamic. [[note]]Classified is the workaholic leader while Corporal is the laid-back sweetheart.[[/note]]