History Main / IdiosyncraticShipNaming

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** The polyship of Kagami, Felix, Luka, and Marinette is called Ice Art. This is due to Kagami being an IceQueen, Felix being [[TheStoic cold]], and [[TheRockStar Luka]] and [[FashionDesigner Marinette]] being artistic types.

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': Ever since the beginning. [[https://ygo-dm-shippings-list.tumblr.com/list Here]] is a gigantic list with over ''500 pairings'' for [[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]] alone, and [[https://ygo-vra5dxal-shipping-list.tumblr.com/ here is a link]] that has a shipping list for each of the spinoffs. One of the reasons it's managed to stick around is the heavy use of DubNameChange, SpellMyNameWithAnS, and in the case of the original series, alternate identities or incarnations of the same character, which means that "Yugi/Joey", "Yugi/Jounouchi", "Yuugi/Jonouchi" "Yami Yugi/Joey", "Yami Yugi/Jounouchi" "Dark Yugi/Jounouchi", and "Yami no Yugi/Jonouchi" are all valid names for just two different pairings (Wishshipping for the former three, Dragonshipping for the latter four).

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': Ever since the beginning. [[https://ygo-dm-shippings-list.tumblr.com/list Here]] is a gigantic list with over ''500 pairings'' for [[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]] alone, and [[https://ygo-vra5dxal-shipping-list.tumblr.com/ here is a link]] that has a shipping list for each of the spinoffs. One of the reasons it's managed to stick around is the heavy use of DubNameChange, SpellMyNameWithAnS, and in the case of the original series, alternate identities or incarnations of the same character, which means that "Yugi/Joey", "Yugi/Jounouchi", and "Yuugi/Jonouchi" are the same pairing (Wishshipping), but "Yami Yugi/Joey", "Dark Yugi/Jounouchi", and "Yami no Yugi/Jonouchi" (Dragonshipping) is not.

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': Ever since the beginning. [[https://ygo-dm-shippings-list.tumblr.com/list Here]] is a gigantic list with over ''500 pairings'' for [[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]] alone, and [[https://ygo-vra5dxal-shipping-list.tumblr.com/ here is a link]] that has a shipping list for each of the spinoffs. One of the reasons it's managed to stick around is the heavy use of DubNameChange, SpellMyNameWithAnS, and in the case of the original series, alternate identities or incarnations of the same character, which means that "Yugi/Joey" and "Yuugi/Jounouchi" are the same pairing (Wishshipping), but "Yami Yugi/Joey" (Dragonshipping) is not.

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': Ever since the beginning. [[https://ygo-dm-shippings-list.tumblr.com/list Here]] is a gigantic list with over ''500 pairings'' for [[Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters]] alone, and [[https://ygo-vra5dxal-shipping-list.tumblr.com/ here is a link]] that has a shipping list for each of the spinoffs.

* ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'': The ship name for all three of the human (formerly human, in Lewis' case) members of the Mystery Skulls is referred to as "Poly Skulls", though the PortmanteauCoupleName "Lewvithur" is just as if not more common.
* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'':
** Moxxie and Millie are called "M&M", due to their shared first initial as well as it rolling off the tongue better than trying to combine their names.
** "Criminale" for Crimson/Alessio, both due to it sounding like criminal as it also sounding like "Crim and Al" when spoken aloud.

*** Snapon. As in, "snap-on", or "[[IncrediblyLamePun Snapron]". ([[KinkMeme Focus: apron kink]]).

** The comic's incredibly convoluted approach to romance requires fans to use this [[IncrediblyLamePun in spades]]. It uses ♥ (<3) to represent a ''matespritship'', a ship where the two love each other (e.g. "Rose♥Kanaya"); a ♠ (<3<) to represent a ''kismesissitude'', when they want to bonk each other out of hate (e.g. "John♠Karkat"); a ♦ (<>) for a ''moirallegiance'', a kind of platonic bond where two people keep each other in line (e.g. "Nepeta♦Equius"); and a ♣ (c3<) for an ''auspisticism'', an unstable relationship being mediated by the person written in the middle (e.g. "Past Karkat♣Jade♣[[IHatePastMe Current Karkat]]"). Since the trolls are all represented by astrological symbols, people sometimes use those as a kind of classy shorthand for troll ships -- so ♑♥♉ would mean Gamzee♥Tavros, and ♋♥♊ would mean Karkat♥Sollux.

* ''Anime/GlitterForce'':
** The April x Chloe ship were usually called as the "8:40", because back when the show was first aired, by sheer coincidence most episodes have a moment between the two of them exactly at/near the 8:40 mark, as collected in this [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/Syntron/media/cGF0aDovMTM0MDY2NTkzOTMxNy5qcGc=/?ref= picture]].
** The April x Kelsey ship is called the "Nissan Combination" because their Japanese Cure names (March for April, Sunny for Kelsey) just so happens to be the name of cars made by Nissan.

** Beta couple Alya and Nino have and Idiosyncratic PortmanteauCoupleName as "[=DJWi-Fi=]".

*** "[[PunBasedTitle Whip My Heir]]" for [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Aradia/John]], combining John's class and Aradia's pre-death [[WhipItGood preferred weapon]].

** Though the Jeremie and Aelita [[{{Shipping}} ship]] did get dubbed Jerlita by their [[TalkingToHimself common]] [[CrossDressingVoices voice actress]].

** Bob Velseb x Dexter Erotoph is RatMeat.
** Skid x Pump is SpookyShipping.
** Happy Fella x Sad Guy is SleepySun.

** John x Ross's Dad is Smokeymotors
** Bob Velseb x Dexter Erotoph is RatMeat
** Skid x Pump is SpookyShipping
** Happy Fella x Sad Guy is SleepySub
** Kevin x Radford is Caramel Popcorn
** Skid's Dad x Ignacio is Holyfire
** Kevin x Rick is Jaded Employees

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon'' fandom actually claims to have invented the "____{{Shipping}}" (with the blank space filled by a word or phrase that applies to both characters, or combines different aspects of them) trend. Given their records showing this form of ship naming in use as early as 1997 or 1998, even if they weren't the first to use it, they're certainly one of the first. It makes sense, as the first name of this type, Rocketshipping, was conceived as a pun on the term rocket ship. Most recently updated list [[http://shipping.bulbagarden.net/listaz.html here]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'''s fandom mostly uses {{Portmanteau Couple Name}}s, but there are a couple exceptions:

* Fans of ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys'' who ship Wolf and Snake together have taken to calling them [=FluffyVenom=].

** Edward/Stede is most commonly referred to as Black Bonnet (because of Edward's nickname Blackbeard and Stede's last name Bonnet,) and is also known as Gentlebeard.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has mostly portmanteau couple names, but the ship for Kyle and Kenny is known as K2.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': The ''Pokémon'' fandom actually claims to have invented the "____{{Shipping}}" (with the blank space filled by a word or phrase that applies to both characters, or combines different aspects of them) trend. Given their records showing this form of ship naming in use as early as 1997 or 1998, even if they weren't the first to use it, they're certainly one of the first. Most recently updated list [[http://shipping.bulbagarden.net/listaz.html here]].

* ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': Shipping all three members of the Hatzgang together is usually referred to as "Polyhatz".

* ''Series/AbbottElementary'': Most fans who ship Barbara and Melissa on Tumblr have dubbed them "Work Wives".

*** "Communism" for John/Karkat (based on their [[WeaponOfChoice Weapons of Choice]] -- a hammer and a sickle, respectively).