History Main / ShipperOnDeck

Contrasting with TheMatchmaker, the Shipper On Deck is usually a secondary character and the characters shipped are the protagonists of the story, and likely to be the OfficialCouple. Also contrast with RelationshipSabotage, where someone is trying to undermine a relationship that already exists (although the two can be part of the same plot quite easily, if the idea is to get someone out of one relationship and into another). Also contrasts with ShippingTorpedo, in which a character is against a pairing but may or may not go so far as to act on it, or MatchmakerCrush, when a character starts out trying to help one character hook up with another, but ends up falling in love with the person they were helping.

Contrasting with TheMatchmaker, the ShipperOnDeck is usually a secondary character and the characters shipped are the protagonists of the story, and likely to be the OfficialCouple. Also contrast with RelationshipSabotage, where someone is trying to undermine a relationship that already exists (although the two can be part of the same plot quite easily, if the idea is to get someone out of one relationship and into another). Also contrasts with ShippingTorpedo, in which a character is against a pairing but may or may not go so far as to act on it, or MatchmakerCrush, when a character starts out trying to help one character hook up with another, but ends up falling in love with the person they were helping.

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* PlayedForLaughs in the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' light novel ''Amitie and the Girl of Love''. Because of her own exotic and broad definition of love (as well as the cast's general unawareness of it), Ally ends up misunderstanding relationships left and right and flustering everybody involved. It happens with:
** Schezo/Arle, falling for Schezo's signature [[ThatCameOutWrong unfortunate declarations]] in regards to Arle. To be fair to her, she's not the first to make this mistake.
** Dark Prince/Rulue, unaware that it's just a one-sided fantasy on the latter's part.
** Schezo/Rulue, as she apparently has no idea that the concept of VitriolicBestBuds (what Arle essentially describes their relationship as) is a thing.
** Klug/Amitie, because they were having a "passionate" discussion.
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* [[ShipperOnDeck/AnimatedFilms Film — Animated]]
* [[ShipperOnDeck/LiveActionFilms Film — Live-Action]]

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Contrast the ShippingTorpedo.

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* [[ShipperOnDeck/{{Film}} Film — Live-Action]]

* [[ShipperOnDeck/{{Comics}} Comic Books]]

->''"Because it's obvious you and Agent Booth were attracted to each other. I mean, a blind man could see that. I just couldn't understand why you two just didn't rip each other's clothes off. I mean, just get all butt-naked and--Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Uh. I'm--I'm sorry. It just popped out, okay?"''

* [[ShipperOnDeck/AnimatedFilms Film -- Animated]]
* [[ShipperOnDeck/{{Film}} Film -- Live-Action]]

* ShipperOnDeck/AnimatedFilms

* ShipperOnDeck/{{Comics}}

* ShipperOnDeck/{{Film}}

This character could be [[MatchmakerCrush someone in love with one of the characters in the pairing]] [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy who wants their beloved to be happy]], or could be a very good friend, or just someone who likes playing matchmaker. If ''everyone'' in the cast is shipping the same pairing it becomes a case of EveryoneCanSeeIt. May overlap with LoveInformant.

Could be [[MatchmakerCrush someone in love with one of the characters in the pairing]] but [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy who wants their beloved to be happy]], or could be a very good friend, or just someone who likes playing matchmaker. If ''everyone'' in the cast is shipping the same pairing it becomes a case of EveryoneCanSeeIt. May overlap with LoveInformant.

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Could be [[MatchmakerCrush someone in love with one of the characters in the pairing]] but [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy who wants their beloved to be happy]], or could be a very good friend, or just someone who likes playing matchmaker. If ''everyone'' in the cast is shipping the same pairing it becomes a case of EveryoneCanSeeIt.

-->--'''Clark Edison''', ''Series/{{Bones}}''

->''Because it's obvious you and Agent Booth were attracted to each other. I mean, a blind man could see that. I just couldn't understand why you two just didn't rip each other's clothes off. I mean, just get all butt-naked and--Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Uh. I'm--I'm sorry. It just popped out, okay?''

->''Because it's obvious you and Agent Booth were attracted to each other. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt I mean, a blind man could see that]]. I just couldn't understand why you two just didn't rip each other's clothes off. [[DiggingYourselfDeeper I mean, just get all butt-naked and]]--[[ShuttingUpNow Oh, my God]]. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Uh. I'm--I'm sorry. It just popped out, okay?''

->''"Because it's obvious you and Agent Booth were attracted to each other. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt I mean, a blind man could see that]]. I just couldn't understand why you two just didn't rip each other's clothes off. [[DiggingYourselfDeeper I mean just get all butt-naked and]] - [[ShuttingUpNow Oh my God]]. Oh my God. Oh my God. Uh. I'm - I'm sorry. It just popped out, okay?"''
--> -- '''Clark Edison''', ''{{Bones}}''

Could be [[MatchmakerCrush someone in love with one of the character of the pairing]] but [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy who wants their beloved to be happy]], or could be a very good friend, or just someone who likes playing matchmaker. If ''everyone'' in the cast is shipping the same pairing, it becomes a case of EveryoneCanSeeIt.

Contrasting with TheMatchmaker, the ShipperOnDeck is usually a secondary character and the characters shipped are the protagonists of the story, and likely to be the OfficialCouple. Also contrast with RelationshipSabotage, where someone is trying to undermine a relationship that already exists (although the two can be part of the same plot quite easily, if the idea is to get someone out of one relationship and into another). Also contrasts with ShippingTorpedo, in which a character is against a pairing but may or may not go so far as to act on it, or MatchmakerCrush, when a character starts out trying to help one character hook up with another, but ends up falling in love with the person they were helping. Beware a CreatorsPet if this is the writer trying to reinforce a disliked pairing.