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| 11 | ->''"Do you hear the fandoms sing,''\ |
| 12 | ''Sing about love that isn't there,''\ |
| 13 | ''Between the people that we know will never lay their feelings bare."'' |
| 14 | -->-- '''''Do You Hear The Fandoms Sing?''''' |
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| 16 | {{Shipping}} beyond all bounds of sanity. There are {{official couple}}s, there are couples drawn from more-or-less subjective {{subtext}}, and there are clearly non-canon pairings that still ''kind of'' make sense... and then there are pairings that make you go [[FlatWhat "What?"]] Characters who are shipped together despite barely even having a relationship in {{canon}}. [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Sometimes they haven't even met in canon]]. Sometimes they [[CrossoverShip don't even belong to the same]] [[TheVerse 'verse]] (that's what {{Crossover}}s are for, after all) or to the [[InterspeciesRomance same species]]. [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction Sometimes they aren't]] [[CargoShip even both]] [[{{Robosexual}} carbon-based lifeforms.]] |
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| 18 | Crack pairings range from the making-you-scratch-your-head-in-puzzlement weird, to the [[BrainBleach gouging-your-own-eyes-out-with-a-fork]] weird. But they always leave you asking "WHY WOULD ANYBODY THINK THESE TWO BELONGED TOGETHER?!" But interestingly, some fandoms don't have genuine crack pairings -- it's true that they end up with FoeYayShipping and weirdness, but none of their pairings seem to freak people out. This can be down to a small cast, or any pairing seeming plausible by now. |
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| 20 | Reasons for writing crack pairing {{fan work}}s varies. It might be in order to [[CleaningUpRomanticLooseEnds clean up romantic loose ends]] by bringing together characters left alone, or to erase the memory of a particularly {{squick}}y canon pairing. They might be the result of people genuinely searching for a good personality match, or drawing parallels between two characters for whatever reason. A good number are the results of freeform [[TabletopGames roleplaying]]. Perhaps they took it on as a challenge to prove they could make it work. Or maybe they did it on a dare. Most often, though, the insanity itself [[RuleOfFun is its own justification]], especially to poke fun at more [[FanDumb hardcore fans]]. It can get worryingly serious though... like they actually believe it could happen... |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Occasionally, when a fanfic writer gets hold of a crack pairing and makes it convincing enough, that ship gains a following and can even become very popular. It's even been known to influence ThePowersThatBe. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | While crack pairings may show up in {{crack fic}}s, the two are not necessarily related. A Crack Pairing could very well be treated in a dead serious and realistic way, just like a CrackFic can be [[GenFic gen]], or only about traditional pairings. |
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| 26 | Note that when characters are given some kind of relationship, no matter how unhealthy, insane, or weird their relationship is, it's no longer a true crack pairing. Contrast with HoYay, FoeYayShipping, NoYay, MayDecemberRomance, OldManMarryingAChild, InterspeciesRomance, DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu, {{Twincest}}, BrotherSisterIncest, and even ParentalIncest for examples of ships which you may find weird but which are '''not''' crack pairings as long as they have basis in canon. |
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| 28 | For an entire LJ community ''dedicated'' to particularly {{squick}}y crack pairings, behold [[http://community.livejournal.com/verywrongslash/ VeryWrongSlash]], which needs no further explanation. |
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| 30 | If one wants to create their ''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.]] |
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| 32 | 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 crack pairing is one that makes no sense even if you assume they ''do'' know each other. |
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| 34 | '''Examples should be limited to specific stories, preferably with links, lest the page be overrun with every pairing that has ever crossed anybody's mind.''' |
| 35 | |
| 36 | !![[center:Warning! There is a strong possibility that you may feel disturbed when reading these examples. Have some BrainBleach handy, just in case, and [[SchmuckBait don't say we didn't warn you]].]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | !!Examples: |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[index]] |
| 41 | * CrackPairing/AnimeAndManga |
| 42 | * CrackPairing/LiveActionTV |
| 43 | * CrackPairing/VideoGames |
| 44 | ** ''CrackPairing/SuperSmashBros'' |
| 45 | * CrackPairing/WesternAnimation |
| 46 | [[/index]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 51 | * There's Mac/PC (the Apple commercials) slash out there. It's John Hodgman and Justin Long having sex, except they have computer ports and plugs instead of human orifices. |
| 52 | ** Played for laughs [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JixbzFjv_cU here]] (scroll down). |
| 53 | * Benetton "Unhate" ads |
| 54 | * [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/236213 Mayhem of AllState and Progressive's Flo.]] |
| 55 | [[/folder]] |
| 56 | |
| 57 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 58 | * Three {{NSFW}} words: [[http://verywrongslash.livejournal.com/507.html Goofus. Slash. Gallant.]] Note that as far as vague canon is concerned, they might as well be ParallelUniverse versions of each other. Since they're in the same universe - consider Goofus Gallant's EvilTwin. |
| 59 | * [[http://sketchcardsaloon.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/20110618-085354.jpg Doctor Doom / Squirrel Girl.]] Based on a story where she defeated him by mobbing him with her squirrels, ever since giving Doom pause when faced with her again and becoming an IneffectualSympatheticVillain in her presence. |
| 60 | * ComicBook/{{Loki}} from the [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] comics/movie rapes and tortures Sam Winchester from ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. There is an in-verse explanation for why Sam is there, but this is still completely cracktastic. The fact that it has ''good reviews'' and multiple chapters [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7184197/3/Untold_Power is even more disturbing.]] |
| 61 | * In ''Roleplay/DCNation'', WordOfGod states the entire in-game universe came about due to a crack ship. The universe started as a varient strand of Hypertime (the old DC concept of a multi-verse) that kept attracting variences and it was easy for characters to find themselves in alternate realities. Starfire found a lover in one of these off-shoot realities and brought him home. The lucky gent is a version of Creator/HugoWeaving who had been fated to die in a car accident, but instead ended up in the equivalent of multi-verse's train stop cafe. After he arrived, the universe threw up its proverbial hands trying to make this strand of reality fit with mainline DC, thus creating its own world. (It also makes all those comic book movies that much more amusing to the players.) |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' had a joke scene where [[SociopathicHero Omega]] acted like he was practically falling in love with [[ActionGirl Blaze]] after [[AmazonChaser he saw her using her fire powers to blow stuff up]] (which also acted as his SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}). Ian Flynn said that this was just a joke and there wasen't any possible relationship there. Unfortunately for Flynn, the fans fell in love with it. For context, Omega (full name E-123 Omega) is one of Dr. Eggman's robots bent on revenge against the doc, and Blaze the Cat is a princess from a dimension on turmoil with no time for romance. Archie would later publish a [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/854/021/fb2.jpg Valentine's Day varient cover]] that depicted characters from the series, asking readers "Who do YOU ship?". A pre-drawn line already connects Omega to Blaze, much to her chagrin. |
| 63 | ** In an interview concerning the then-upcoming crossover between the ''Sonic'' comic and Archie's own ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'' comic, Kotaku asked Flynn if there's "any [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 animal/human kissing]] in the crossover". Flynn answered, "Yes. Hot Amy-on-Wily action." He, of course, admitted he was kidding. |
| 64 | * In the ContinuityPorn-laden ''Asterix and Obelix's Birthday'', Justforkix (from ''Asterix and the Normans'') and Influenza (from ''Asterix and Caesar's Gift'') appear to be a couple. Both of them were {{One Shot Character}}s from totally unrelated stories in the comic's [[SlidingScaleOfContinuity Subtle Continuity]]. |
| 65 | * [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20131012160654/marveldatabase/images/7/7d/All-New_X-Men_Vol_1_20_Textless.jpg This]] cover for ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'' #20 [[spoiler: takes full advantage of {{Rule 34}} and Rule63 to make ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}/ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} fans happy]]. |
| 66 | * The pairing of [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] and [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica Steve Rogers]] is a popular one among fans of yaoi, which often includes them as the adoptive parents of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]. Yes, we're serious. |
| 67 | ** 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/{{Civil War|2006}} on that Earth. |
| 68 | ** Understandable when you consider the comics versions of Cap and Iron Man, who share considerable moments of HoYay together (they're even the [[HoYay/ComicBooks page image]] for it). However, most depictions of this arrangement use the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse and Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries incarnations, in which the first two are depicted as a pair of honest-to-goodness HeadbuttingHeroes, while the latter has basically been ExiledFromContinuity. |
| 69 | * {{Defied|Trope}} in ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': Taranee's parents Lionel and Theresa Cook are a lawyer (Lionel) and a judge (Theresa), but Lionel switched jobs and became a psychiatrist. |
| 70 | ** Rather popular among the fan is Will X Phobos. Especially cracky because Phobos has done anything in his power to earn Will's hates, to the point she nearly ''tortured him to death'' in response to his worst offense and later [[DeaderThanDead disintegrated his soul]]. |
| 71 | * The Italian series ''ComicBook/LupoAlberto'', 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. |
| 72 | ** Another one is between Silvietta, a dunnock studying at college, and Enrico la Talpa, a mole who's married and old enough to be her father. This qualifies as crack, and not as something worse, because it's one-sided on Enrico's side (Silvietta barely tolerates him) and the result of a gag about the unfortunate Italian name of the dunnock species.[[note]]The Italian name for dunnock is "passera scopaiola", literally meaning "sweeping sparrow" due the tail sweeping the terrain when the bird walks... But also being a euphemism for ''"vagina that has a lot of sex"''[[/note]] |
| 73 | * Jeff Parker's ''{{ComicBook/Thunderbolts}}'' run has lots of hints of Moonstone / ComicBook/ManThing. Note that the former is a human ManipulativeBastard while the latter is a swamp monster that will burn anything that feels too much fear near it. Man-Thing used to be human but that doesn't reduce the {{Squick}} factor much. The weirdest part is that it actually manages to come off as kind of sweet. |
| 74 | * The ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' gives us the surprisingly popular [[PortmanteauCoupleName Magicstone]] ship, which is to say, Scrooge's magical nemesis Magica De Spell and Donald's supernaturally lucky cousin Gladstone Gander. Fanfic of the two usually involves Magica kidnapping Gladstone in an attempt to weaponize his luck to get Scrooge's NumberOneDime, but then they develop feelings for each other that they're both too caustic to act on. |
| 75 | * IDW’s ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' comics seem to inspire a ton of these, not helped by the fact that the franchise in general has a long history of it. The most notable are probably Rodimus/Thunderclash (Rodimus ''hates'' Thunderclash in canon to the point of [[KickTheDog being happy when he seemed to die]]), Tarn/Windblade (they aren’t even aware of each other’s existence and are opposed on every possible level), and Tarn/Pharma (their only interaction was Tarn ''driving Pharma to insanity'' through blackmail and psychological torture). Also not helping matters is the fact that the comics feature an awful lot of ''canon'' Crack Pairings that could probably never happen in any other continuity (Onslaught/Blast-Off, Cyclonus/Tailgate, Sparkstalker/Lightbright, etc.), as well as a few canon pairings that ''would'' be Crack if not for the fact that the characters [[AscendedExtra never really had established personalities and relationships before]] (Chromedome/Rewind, Needlenose/Horri-Bull, etc.), and thus there was nothing saying they ''couldn’t'' be an item. |
| 76 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Very early on in the comics, Aunt May ends up developing feelings for Doctor Octopus, which includes the infamous ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'' #130-131 where she almost marries him. At least one later comic suggested that the two even slept together. |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': The Brain and Monsure Mallah are one of the weirdest pairings ever. They are a BrainInAJar and a super intelligent talking gorilla. Since the Brain used to be human, it's a case of bestiality. Of course, since the Brain lacks a true body, their relationship is physically unable to involve actual sex, thankfully. |
| 78 | [[/folder]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 81 | * [[FanVid "Animash" and "Non/Disney" videos]], which attempt to [[ManipulativeEditing edit together]] clips from various animated films into a coherent narrative, usually fall into this whenever romance is involved; if it's not an OfficialCouple, it's probably this. Permutations of the dogs from ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' and/or the lions from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', or any of their sequels, are particularly common. Or how about [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlL7VnkKZbI a love triangle]] between [[Franchise/TheLittleMermaid Ariel, her daughter,]] and [[WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet Jim Hawkins]], because Prince Eric is cheating on her with [[WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess Odette?]] |
| 82 | ** Ariel (yes, the Disney mermaid) and Thrax (yes, the deadly virus from Film/OsmosisJones) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7fkVEEcC34 have been paired together]]. |
| 83 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/user/czarownicykot This person]] seems to be dedicated entirely to crack pairings, like having Dimitri from ''Anastasia'' with Sinbad and Odette from ''The Swan Princess'' playing the hypotenuse. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Of course]], that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-9cborQMTM particular video]] is [[TearJerker more heartbreaking than it has any right to be...]] |
| 84 | * ''Fanfic/{{Atonement}}'' has Madison Clements/Sundancer. While ItMakesSenseInContext due to the alternate universe, both are relatively minor characters who never interact in canon. |
| 85 | * 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. |
| 86 | * Treated with surprising seriousness in ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' crossover ''Fanfic/CarriedOff''. |
| 87 | * 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]]. |
| 88 | * ''Fanfic/FantasyOfUtterRidiculousness'' gives us several: |
| 89 | ** The first is Jamie and Patchouli. One's a deadbeat slacker who snarks at almost everything going on around him and brings nothing worthwhile to the table, while the other's a century-old, chronically ill youkai magician. |
| 90 | ** Patchouli's assistant Koakuma objected rather heavily to her boss getting involved with Jamie, but later--in a move that makes even less sense--gets distracted by the Jersey City junkman Goat, who doesn't have much of a life himself. |
| 91 | * 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. |
| 92 | * ''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. |
| 93 | * 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. |
| 94 | * ''[[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. |
| 95 | * 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. |
| 96 | * ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'' -- plenty, but mainly Green Goblin/Harley Quinn. |
| 97 | -->'''Green Goblin''': I'm just a [[ComicBook/SpiderMan goblin]], standing in front of a [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} clown]], asking her to love him. What's so complicated about that? |
| 98 | * ''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]]. |
| 99 | * ''[[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...]] |
| 100 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10804452/1/Mass-Effect-Synthesis Mass Effect: Synthesis]]'' features [=FemShep=] paired with ''Harbinger''. |
| 101 | * ''Fanfic/TheMLPLoops'': Considering the infinite varieties of GroundhogDayLoop the universe is going through, these are inevitable. |
| 102 | ** At one point Twilight wakes up married to Luna... [[GenderBender who is a stallion]]. Like most variant loops, this kinda makes sense if you squint. Twilight's adoptive daughter Nyx (biological daughter in this variant) is a chibi version of Luna's SuperpoweredEvilSide, making her technically Luna's daughter too--though they normally treat each other as sisters. |
| 103 | ** In one "Daughters" loop (where Twilight is the mother of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who are all princesses), Twilight realizes that ''Discord'' is their father. And she really wishes that the [[GhostMemory loop memories]] were less detailed. |
| 104 | ** For real examples between loopers, Trixie and Chrysalis stand out. They met a grand total of once in the show, Chrysalis was a villain, and they didn't even really interact with each other. Here, after Chrysalis starts looping, Trixie offers her some comfort to get over an impossible crush on Shining Armor, and then thousands of years later they're still together. |
| 105 | ** For an even crazier example, we have [[Fanfic/PastSins Nyx]] (technically Princess Luna's LiteralSplitPersonality and Twilight's adoptive daughter) and [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Primarch Leman Russ of the Space Wolves]]. The two end up getting married. |
| 106 | ** During the INever game, it comes out that Fluttershy hooked up with [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Link]] when he briefly looped into Equestria. |
| 107 | ** Likewise during the INever, Sweetie Bell reveals that she had sex with [[spoiler:'''Sauron'''. [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Yes, that Sauron]]]]. He wasn't evil in this loop because Sweetie had already redeemed his father, but still. Not to mention that he was technically her adopted brother. |
| 108 | * ''Fanfic/NewIslandLife'' has a few ships presented in the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' Franchise outside the main story, such as Hajime/Hiyoko and Makoto/Mukuro. However, it also has a good amount of ships ''not'' in the source material, such as Nagito/Teruteru and Celeste/Chihiro. |
| 109 | * 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]]. |
| 110 | * ''[[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. |
| 111 | * ''Fanfic/TheSavageSeas'' has [[Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon Fishlegs]] and [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]] the author even name drops this trope. |
| 112 | --> '''[[WordOfGod athingofvikings]]:''' Yes, Fishlegs/Elsa is a bit of a crack pairing, but I think they're cute and have some nerdy potential! ^_^ |
| 113 | * ''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). |
| 114 | * ''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]]. |
| 115 | * The ''Succession'' series seems devoted to coming up with some unique Crack Ships for ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' in their own spin on the material. |
| 116 | ** First, in ''Fanfic/MyFathersSon'': |
| 117 | *** Jaime Lannister and Rhaella Targaryen. As an alternative to the Lannicest, Jaime being called away as a Kingsguard leads to him being more devoted to Rhaella in the separation from Cersei, and eventually growing into her unofficial paramour of all things. |
| 118 | *** Benjen Stark and Ashara Dayne were only capable of associating with each other through their families brushing paths. But here, with Ben in the kingsguard, they also become paramours. |
| 119 | *** Let's also not forget Benjen's brother Ned falling in love with and eventually marrying Cersei when in canon, they were enemies. |
| 120 | *** Special mention also goes to Dacey Mormont and Arthur Dayne, who never even interact in canon. |
| 121 | ** Second, in ''Fanfic/TheHedgeKnight'': |
| 122 | *** Asha Greyjoy/Aegon Targaryen. While Aegon is canonically a LauncherOfAThousandShips, this is one of the lesser ships used since their plotlines are literally hundreds of miles apart from each other. |
| 123 | * [[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.]]" |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 127 | * As noted under Fan Works, crossover {{fan vid}}s are notorious for applying this trope to assorted characters from animated films. |
| 128 | * Disney movies: |
| 129 | ** While this is often ignored, it is significant that ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' gave us a ''canon'' example with [[CloudCuckooLander Roger]] / [[FemmeFatale Jessica]]. |
| 130 | ** In ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'', Timon canonically proposes to Shenzi in a last-ditch attempt to keep her distracted. She, like Pumbaa, Banzai and Ed, is utterly repulsed by the idea. However, it spawned no end of videos, fanfics and art that take the idea more seriously. |
| 131 | ** Ralph×Vanellope in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' simply because they are the two main characters. This is a bad case of pedophilia -- Vanellope is a full nine-years-old. Most of said shippers try to justify this by giving Vanellope an "upgrade", making her look older and less [[BuffySpeak jailbait-y]]. |
| 132 | ** [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Tinkerbell]] paired with [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Clopin's]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5836604/1/Clopin-In-Neverland hand puppet.]] |
| 133 | ** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' fans have shipped both Elsa and Hans with ''the [[DirtyOldMan Duke of]] [[MayDecemberRomance Weselton]]''. |
| 134 | *** Speaking of Frozen, there are Olaf/Sven pairings floating around. |
| 135 | *** For some reason Elsa and Ralph are a popular couple in many circles. They even have a ship name: Icebreaker. Possibly due to [[WordOfGod Jennifer Lee]] [[https://twitter.com/alittlejelee/status/366307024956444672?lang=en making a comment on them being a cute couple.]] |
| 136 | ** When designing Dr. Facilier for ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', animator Bruce Smith went through the thought process of what the child of [[WesternAnimation/PeterPan Captain Hook]] and ''101 Dalmatians''' Cruella De Vil would look like. |
| 137 | ** From ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' [[http://www.livejournal.com/users/amanuensis1/41077.html there's]] [[http://www.waxjism.org/cimorene/hp/whatitfeelslike.html Nemo/Gill.]] |
| 138 | * [[WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar Corporal/Classified]] is probably the strangest shipping you will ever find in the 'Franchise/{{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]] |
| 139 | * "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... [[AlternateSelfShipping 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. |
| 140 | [[/folder]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 143 | * [[Film/Transformers2007 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. |
| 144 | * Many of the pairings on the ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek XI]]'' kink meme. Honorable mention include [=McCoy=]/Sarek, Amanda Grayson/Winona Kirk, Sarek/Winona Kirk, Gaila/Uhura, and [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Chekhov/Everyone]]. Not to mention Au!Kirk/Spock Prime. |
| 145 | * [[Film/TheLostBoys David/Sam]]. Actually not a bad fic. |
| 146 | * Anybody[=/=][[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]]. ''Anybody.'' |
| 147 | ** A fairly common partner for Jason seems to be [[Film/TheRing Samara Morgan]]. |
| 148 | * ''Film/TheHoliday'' had a canon example at least for actors with characters played by Creator/JackBlack and Creator/KateWinslet involved romantically. |
| 149 | * A common crack pairing in the Film/{{Thor}} fandom is [[BigBad Loki]][=/=][[PluckyComicRelief Darcy Lewis]]. Probably helps that they're both [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarkers]]. |
| 150 | ** Steve Rogers/Darcy Lewis is inexplicably popular in fic as well, despite the fact that they've never shared a scene--or been in the same ''movie''.[[note]]Chris Evans' brief appearance in the second Thor film doesn't count as he was playing Loki shapeshifted to ''look'' like Steve[[/note]] |
| 151 | * The movie 'A Warrior's Heart' may seem like this for ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' fans as it pairs up the actors who play Alice and Emmett. |
| 152 | * An in-universe example in the movie ''Film/{{Entrapment}}''. The main characters are played by Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones. [[MayDecemberRomance And obviously, they are the main couple.]] |
| 153 | * ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' has Bane/CIA - as in, Bane and the nameless CIA agent at the start of the movie. This mostly arose from [[Website/FourChan /tv/]]'s obsession with the scene in question, to the point of making [[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=20K6Tq3Q3W0 videos]] celebrating the two's love, and that the CIA agent is played by beloved TV star Creator/AidanGillen. |
| 154 | * [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2355926/chapters/5198657 Alternity]] is an ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' fic that admits up front that it's a crack fic (although it eases into a horror story once things get serious), and provides the crackiest crack pairing ever: Kitty Pryde/''young Magneto''. The really scary part is that it actually ''works''. |
| 155 | * Creator/PeterJackson's [[Film/TheHobbit film series]] based on ''Literature/TheHobbit'' has spawned the disturbingly popular ship "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Smaugbo]]" (Bilbo x Smaug). It helps that [[Creator/MartinFreeman their]] [[Creator/BenedictCumberbatch actors]] play the two male leads on ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', who are commonly shipped together. |
| 156 | * ''Film/{{Sicario}}'' has Alejandro and Kate. [[http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Alejandro%20Gillick*s*Kate%20Macer/works They've even got a tag on Archive of our Own]]. It's more then likely FoeYayShipping, which to be fair [[Main/InsaneTrollLogic they're not entirely wrong]]. |
| 157 | * ''Film/JurassicWorld'' has [[https://www.tumblr.com/search/blue%20x%20owen Blue X Owen]]. |
| 158 | * After the release of ''Film/It2017'', people have taken to shipping that version of Pennywise with Film/TheBabadook. [[http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/13/pennywise-it-gay-icon-babadook/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&xid=entertainment-weekly_socialflow_twitter No, really.]] |
| 159 | [[/folder]] |
| 160 | |
| 161 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 162 | * ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': InUniverse, in “Matchmaker!”, Angela’s friends find the idea of Miss Darling dating Mr. Grouch or Mr. Weakly nonsensical. |
| 163 | * The ''Literature/HeavenOfficialsBlessingTianGuanCiFu'' fandom has come up with some weird pairings. |
| 164 | ** Hua Cheng/He Xuan. They're the only two Ghost Kings who are on relatively good terms, and they've definitely interacted off-screen (proof: [[NoodleIncident whatever He Xuan did to get into debt to Hua Cheng]]), but their personalities and goals are so different that it's hard to imagine them ever willingly spending time together. |
| 165 | ** Xie Lian/Bai Wuxiang. Always a MindGameShip and usually seen only in {{Dark Fic}}s. |
| 166 | ** Hua Cheng/Yin Yu. Usually portrayed as Yin Yu having an unrequited crush on Hua Cheng. |
| 167 | ** He Xuan/Ming Yi (the real one). Rather disturbing, considering He Xuan kidnaps Ming Yi, replaces him, and eventually kills him. |
| 168 | ** He Xuan/Shi Wudu. FoeYayShipping of the most antagonistic sort, again usually seen only in {{Dark Fic}}s. |
| 169 | ** Qi Rong/Lang Qianqiu. More FoeYayShipping, though fics usually take place post-canon and focus on them reluctantly bonding over raising Guzi. |
| 170 | * The ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fandom is full of them. Pretty much every conceivable (and inconceivable) pairing has been done. Doesn't matter how biologically impossible, how minor the characters, or if they qualify as "characters" at all. [[RuleThirtyFour If it exists, it will be shipped.]] Even Hagrid/Dobby makes comparative sense when compared with pairings such as Dobby/Giant Squid, Hogwarts/Shrieking Shack (yes, the actual buildings), or Snape and his own nose. |
| 171 | ** ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' is the undisputed king of this. It includes Hermione/Neville, Snape/Lupin, and '''Voldemort'''/'''Hedwig'''. |
| 172 | ** Harry x Dementors is a thing. Archive of Our Own offers a few of them: [[http://archiveofourown.org/tagsDementors*s*Harry%20Potter/works]] |
| 173 | ** Draco/Hermione is a fairly popular ship, even though they hate each other in canon and Draco even hoped Hermione had died in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets''. |
| 174 | ** Giant Squid/Hogwarts Castle. In other words, [[PortmanteauCoupleName Squidwarts]]. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3096379/1/First_Encounter Here's a link.]] |
| 175 | ** [[http://hp-squick.livejournal.com/68232.html J. K. Rowling/Giant Squid fic]]. |
| 176 | ** Harry/Fawkes. Part of a larger fanfic called '''Twas Twisted''. |
| 177 | *** There is [[http://draco664.fanficauthors.net/Burning_Desire/Burning_Desire/ another]]. |
| 178 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2887679/1/The_Castle_and_I The Hogwarts Castle/The Shrieking Shack.]] |
| 179 | ** Kingsley/Percy. The fic [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5016336/1/Trouble-in-the-Ministry Trouble in the Ministry]] also features some Draco/Ron, Remus/Arthur Weasley and Snape/Neville. |
| 180 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6045105/1/The_Torment_of_Love Harry/Hedwig]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6044798/1/Hedwig_Thou_Art_My_Juliet has been done]]. By a writer called ''yamigirl121''. [[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries A tribute,]] [[TrollFic perchance?]] |
| 181 | *** It's been done by more than one person. |
| 182 | ** There is ''Dolores Umbridge/Margaret Thatcher'' slash fiction: [[http://alibi-factory.livejournal.com/658.html#cutid1 here]]. |
| 183 | ** 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.) |
| 184 | *** Or perhaps [[http://novembersnow.livejournal.com/32281.html Dobby/Sorting Hat.]] |
| 185 | *** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1634396/1/A-House-Elf-s-Needs Dobby/Hagrid]]. Warning: This might be the most disturbing thing you will EVER read. |
| 186 | ** Try [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5229475/1/Chatting_With_Mrs_Norris Dumbledore/Mrs. Norris]]. Added bit of horror when you think about what the elder wand looks like. |
| 187 | ** The Fanfic/{{Dangerverse}} AlternateUniverse series has mostly canon and OC pairings, but also contains [[spoiler:Charlie/Tonks]] and [[spoiler:Draco/Luna]]. |
| 188 | ** When Creator/DanielRadcliffe hosted ''[[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]]'' they did a Harry Potter sketch set ten years into the future where Hagrid marries Luna. |
| 189 | --->'''Luna''': He's huuuuuge! |
| 190 | ** From ''Series/MockTheWeek'', "Unlikely Lines from the Final Harry Potter Book". |
| 191 | --->[[spoiler:'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''']]: I'm sorry, Harry, I'm having a baby, and it's yours. |
| 192 | ** German fanfiction author [[http://www.fanfiktion.de/u/Ramuthra Ramuthra]] has a penchant for these, as examplified by her various oneshots, which range from Snape/Neville to Dudley/Luna, Grindlewald/''Marge Dursley'' and Goyle/Harry. |
| 193 | ** ''Fanfic/ThreeSlytherinMarauders'' has Snape/Rosemerta the barmaid, Lucius Malfoy/Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley/Padma Patil, and [[spoiler: the young Tom Riddle from the diary]]/Nymphadora Tonks. |
| 194 | ** There was one fic that paired Ginny/Lavender with Buckbeak. And they got pregnant. {{Squick}} at its finest. |
| 195 | ** There is a thriving Ron/Ginny sub section of the fandom. |
| 196 | ** [[http://siliceb.deviantart.com/art/Black-Riddle-46339926 Tom Riddle x Sirius Black]] |
| 197 | ** Harry/Marcus Flint. |
| 198 | ** ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5619147/1/Violence-Inherent-in-the-System Violence Inherent in the System]]'', in addition to its crossover main pairing, shipped a brought-back-to-life ''Moaning Myrtle'' with Dennis Creevey. |
| 199 | ** ''Fanfic/UzumakiHarry'' has [[ILoveTheDead Harry/Moaning Myrtle]] and [=Harry/=]CatGirl!Hermione |
| 200 | ** Ron/Millicent Bulstrode in ''Fanfic/KnowledgeIsPower'', and arguably Lupin/Professor Sprout.4 |
| 201 | ** ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' features Lily/Cedric. They found each other in the afterlife. |
| 202 | ** There are a couple of fics pairing Severus Snape with the Devil's Snare. |
| 203 | * ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'': |
| 204 | ** Thanks to the groundbreaking work of the [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/7e32edb8a1667271d73aca46fee71dd8/tumblr_mgis36LduO1qkvrpzo1_500.png stupendous]][[http://phobs.deviantart.com/ Phobs]], Melkor x Sauron (or, as it is otherwise known, ''Angbang'') is now all the rage with Tolkien fanartists. And it [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/f3fca569b338e3d3ac23ef68abc0464d/tumblr_moji4rNWXG1s2lv9po1_1280.png is]] [[http://24.media.tumblr.com/f3431fa4c999dcd18cf80a2d319d2610/tumblr_mnocucxYvN1s2lv9po1_1280.png beautiful]]. |
| 205 | ** [[http://www.libraryofmoria.com/treebeardbill/provingazzywrong.txt Treebeard/Bill the Pony]]. In horrific detail, at that. |
| 206 | ** Legolas/Treebeard. No, ''really''. |
| 207 | ** Somewhere on Adultfanfiction.net a author has written two fics about a relationship between Faramir and Shagrat (an Uruk and captain of the guard of Cirith Ungol, the one who found Frodo in Shelob's lair). Actually, very well written. |
| 208 | ** [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/09/fan_fiction_friday_merry_pippin_and_treebeard_in_b.php Merry/Pippin/Treebeard]] and [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/09/fan_fiction_friday_bill_the_pony_and_treebeard_in.php someone's horse/Treebeard]]. |
| 209 | ** A tongue-in-cheek theory cropped up in certain circles that the true identity of the Witch-King of Angmar [[SamusIsAGirl was actually]] [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Tar-Míriel]], the last Queen of Númenor. Not long after the theory was formed, [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Éowyn*s*Tar-Míriel/works people began shipping her]] with Éowyn. |
| 210 | ** Glorfindel/Erestor. Who's Erestor? He's an elf at the Council of Elrond, apparently the master of Elrond's house, who has about five lines in the whole book. His only contribution to the discussion is suggesting giving it to Tom Bombadil, which Gandalf and Glorfindel shoot down as a bad idea. However, between Erestor being an easy OCStandIn (since all we know is that he's a fairly important elf), the fandom's love of elven nobles and courtly drama, and a desire to give an EnsembleDarkhorse a love interest that didn't get in the way of any other pairings, it became Glorfindel's default ship. This isn't a small ship, either; on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, it's in fifth place for book canon fics, going above canon pairings like Éowyn/Faramir and Elrond/Celebrian, and even outclassing popular gay pairings with main characters and [[HoYay some level of canon support]] like Aragorn/Legolas, Aragorn/Boromir, or Merry/Pippin. Not bad for two characters so minor that they were AdaptedOut of the movies. |
| 211 | * Some ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' fan has written [[http://web.archive.org/web/20010422201430/http://debchan.com/misc/concurrence.html Greebo/Rincewind slash]]. Fortunately with Greebo in human form. While it's only been done once, it keeps being brought up in discussions of Discworld fanfic. |
| 212 | ** A bet on whether it was possible to write ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' slash resulted in a Death/Librarian pairing. And it was ''hilarious''. |
| 213 | *** Similar circumstances resulted in a Luggage/Rincewind. And it was also [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2477998/1/Emotional_Baggage hilarious. ]] |
| 214 | ** Death/Vetinari. It's very Victorian and almost in-character. ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/78156 Adorable]]''. |
| 215 | ** Vetinari/Susan. They've never actually met in the books, but it ''could'' work. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3069751/1/Tenison_over_a_Chess_board Here's an example]]. Ignore the typo in the title, the fic's pretty good. |
| 216 | * While the words "pairing" and "Creator/HPLovecraft" might not sound like something that should ever be mentioned together, August Derleth most certainly did; he paired several Lovecraft's gods with each other and his own creations, creating a convoluted family tree. One particular example stands out: according to Derleth, Cthulhu is the spawn of Yog-Sothoth and Nub, one of Lovecraft's less-known gods. That's not particularly odd, if it weren't for the fact that Nub is a spawn of Shub Niggurath mentioned above. Which presumably makes Yog-Sothoth her father. Yes, you heard me, incestous {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. You may want to grab the BrainBleach, lest you GoMadFromTheRevelation. |
| 217 | ** Bizarrely, this also makes Wilbur and his brother Cthulhu's ''uncles''. |
| 218 | ** Clark Ashton Smith, one of Lovecraft's frequent correspondents and another of the original Franchise/CthulhuMythos writers, also produced a "family tree of the gods" (which can be found [[http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/nonfiction/45/the-family-tree-of-the-gods here]]). Also, in Lovecraft's story ''Literature/TheDunwichHorror'', Yog-Sothoth (an omnipresent superbeing which appears as a mass of spheres) has two children with a human woman. {{Squick}}y. |
| 219 | ** There is also a few fanfiction pairing Lovecraft and Cthulhu on Archive of Our Own[[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Cthulhu*s*H*d*%20P*d*%20Lovecraft/works]]. Be warned most of the content is ''NotSafeForWork''. |
| 220 | * ''Literature/WarriorCats'' is a crack-spawning ''machine'': |
| 221 | ** The most obvious example is [[CargoShip Jayfeather x Stick]], which even has its own [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming ship name]]. Other notable ones include [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5941645/1/Tryst Female!Rowanclaw x Male!Rowanclaw]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6063598/1/Last_Gleam_of_Hope Hollyleaf x warrior code]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4943438/1/To_Love Jayfeather x Brightheart]], Ashfur x Scourge, and many more. |
| 222 | ** ''Fanfic/WarriorsRewrite'' implies that Ravenpaw and [[spoiler:Smudge]] might be attracted to one another. In canon, the two haven't met. [[spoiler:Smudge]] isn't even a Clan cat. |
| 223 | * ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' has a ton of these, including: |
| 224 | ** Bella/Tyler's Van |
| 225 | ** Bella/Carlisle |
| 226 | ** Jane/Seth |
| 227 | ** Bella/Alec |
| 228 | ** Bella/Paul |
| 229 | ** Paul/Seth |
| 230 | ** Emmett/Seth |
| 231 | ** Emmett/Jacob |
| 232 | * [[MayDecemberRomance Katniss/Haymitch]] has gained a fairly significant following in the ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger Games]]'' fandom. Fan reaction seems to be split between finding it awesome or [[NoYay horrifying]]. |
| 233 | * ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' has a couple: Thalia/Nico (kind of impossible given she's an eternal maiden and he's gay.), Rachel/Nico and Leo/Lou Ellen. |
| 234 | ** ''Fanfic/MoonDaughter'' includes a scene shipping Percy's mom/Grover. Not helping at all is that [[{{Squick}} Grover's dead.]] |
| 235 | * The ''Literature/YoungWizards'' fandom has imagined Nita/Ed. No, really.[[note]]Well, technically ''shark''!Nita/Ed.[[/note]] |
| 236 | * ''Literature/LesMiserables'' has multiple crack pairings for most of the characters who are younger than 30 years old by the end of the book, not even getting into the slash pairings among Les Amis del'ABC. The most common crack ship here is Enjolras/Eponine; never mind if Enjolras' only passion is his country, and Eponine is in love with someone else. |
| 237 | ** [[AgeGapRomance Forget “under 30 years old”,]] there are people who ship [[TheIngenue Cosette]] and [[KnightTemplar 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. |
| 238 | * ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'': Rhett and Melanie. It helps that Rhett genuinely likes, respects, and admires her throughout the book. Alexandra Ripley, who wrote the sequel ''Literature/{{Scarlett}}'', seems to have sensed this as well--one of her key plots is Rhett marrying someone who is clearly Melanie's SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute. |
| 239 | * ''Literature/TheWickedYears'': ''Fanfic/TrustingInFaith'' is a serious Nessarose/Glinda oneshot that portrays them as StarCrossedLovers. In canon, Nessarose and Glinda are predominantly only friends through Nessa's sister Elphaba. |
| 240 | * ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'': One of the ships explored in ''Fanfic/MetamorphosisEndOfAbraxas'' is Sei with the bit character Alice. |
| 241 | * ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'': In ''WebVideo/StoneybrookRevisitedABabySittersClubFanSeries'', Kristy ended up marrying Shannon Kilbourne, a seldom-seen associate member of The Baby-Sitters Club. |
| 242 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Jon Connington and Brynden Tully, despite never having met (and probably never will). Known as Redfish. |
| 243 | |
| 244 | [[/folder]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 247 | * WebVideo/NotLiterallyProductions' FilkSong "I Ship It" is a shipper's anthem. The song mentions crack ships--the singer knows her ships are cracky and doesn't care. |
| 248 | -->You're on the canon ground, I'm up in crack ship space. |
| 249 | ** There's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdtTfQJCO2Y very well done AMV]] with this song, featuring [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Haruhi]] as a shipper. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 253 | * [[http://bigelow34.proboards.com/board/164/territory-wars-24-7 Territory Wars]] has many crack {{tag team}}s but also has a couple strictly romantic head scratchers, such as [[Wrestling/SatoruSayama Tiger Mask]] and [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]], which even the other wrestlers don't get. |
| 254 | * Back in late 2000, there was a combined fansite for Wrestling/MollyHolly and Wrestling/TheUndertaker titled "The Beauty and the Badass." Their paths never crossed in {{Canon}}. |
| 255 | * There’s a surprisingly strong Wrestling/RomanReigns[=/=]Wrestling/{{Paige}} fandom out there, despite them having no significant interaction onscreen. |
| 256 | [[/folder]] |
| 257 | |
| 258 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 259 | * Basically encouraged in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''. One of the more prominent examples given is the epic romance of a sentient forest made of mirrors and a black hole shaped like a giant boar. |
| 260 | * ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has a writer who ships [[MadGod Cyric]] with ANYONE and ANYTHING. |
| 261 | ** [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8156337/1/Dreams_and_Nightmares Cyric/Dendar]], [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6632254/1/Midnight Cyric/Mystra and maybe Cyric/Kezef]]. |
| 262 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' ran an AprilFoolsDay [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ld/136 joke]] involving this, pairing [[TheDarkSide Liliana]] and [[KnightErrant Gideon Jura]]. |
| 263 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has an entire fandom based on [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Love_Can_Bloom Taldeer the Eldar and LIIVII the human cybernetic assassin.]] A self-acknowledged blasphemy to the setting of the series (not to mention half the pairing is an OriginalCharacter), yet a GuiltyPleasure to many. It's even gotten a FandomNod or two. |
| 264 | ** Apparently not completely blasphemy, as there are some old 2nd edition rule books describing a half-Eldar. Of course, 2nd edition has been almost entirely retconned by now... |
| 265 | ** The above could still never compare to the Macha/Emperor of Mankind ship that was spawned later, especially considering the whole thing is based on the MemeticMutation that despite Macha's [[SignificantGreenEyedRedHead good]] [[StatuesqueStunner looks]] she will never get laid, ever. It even spun out into the pairing of "Macha/a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Callidus Assassin]] who screwed Macha while shapeshifted as the Emperor." Macha/Gabriel Angelos also picked up some steam, despite them being enemies turned uneasy and temporary allies. |
| 266 | ** In a similar vein to Love Can Bloom, there have been fans who ship Primarch Roboute Guilliman and Yvraine, the Herald of Ynnead (Eldar god of the dead). They've interacted a couple times, [[spoiler: Yvraine healed Rouboute]], and they're of different species and haven't attempted to kill each other; that's such a big departure from [[FantasticRacism normal interspecies relations in 40k]] that it's basically enough for fans to declare them married. |
| 267 | * This is practically the whole point of ''TabletopGame/TwilightSparklesSecretShipficFolder''. Heck, there's even a card depicting Iron Will and Crackle, two one-episode guest stars of non-pony species (one of whom was just an animation gag). |
| 268 | [[/folder]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 271 | * Eliza/Maria Reynolds from ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' has a small following, despite the fact that they have never met and the latter is the lover of the former's husband. |
| 272 | * ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': Fiyero ends up paired with [[spoiler:Glinda's friend Pfannee]] in ''[[Fanfic/NotCompletelyAltogetherHere The Eternity Effect]]''. |
| 273 | [[/folder]] |
| 274 | |
| 275 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 276 | * ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'': |
| 277 | ** Pick any ship involving [[TheGhost Nonexisty]] (who as a reminder, '''doesn't even exist'''), and you have one of these. |
| 278 | ** After Pin lost her limbs in BFDIA 5 and [[spoiler:her face]] in BFDIA 11, people [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfl-VOFbDJQ started pairing]] Pin x [[WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity Box]], due to them being two of the only [[CompanionCube immobile contestants]] in all of ObjectShows. |
| 279 | * ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has a huge, active shipping community despite being a cartoon with a [[MinimalistCast somewhat small main cast]] and a running gag about [[TheSmurfettePrinciple having "only one girl"]]. Alluded to canonically [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/datenite.html here]], with the pair being [[spoiler:Marzipan x The Cheat]]. In the [=SBemail=] "montage", Strong Bad has a romance with [[CargoShip a wagon full of pancakes]]. Another [=SBemail=], "record book," had a "Cutest Couple" record, which went to [[spoiler:Bubs. Just Bubs.]] |
| 280 | * ''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. |
| 281 | ** RWBY fans will sometimes ship characters ForTheLulz simply based on the fact that their voice actors are married in real life. The strangest of these is Taiyang, the aforementioned single father, with Coco, who is not only [[IncompatibleOrientation a lesbian]], but [[AgeGapRomance goes to school with his daughters]]. The more common and less strange Ruby/Sun has an actual following beyond the lulz, however. |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 285 | * Someone actually wrote up a [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125046 crack pairing generator]] on ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' forums. Apparently d6 and d20 dice can be just as twisted as we can. |
| 286 | ** Vaarsuvius/Belkar (abbreviated Belvaar) seems to be gaining popularity ever since the Event... |
| 287 | ** [[Fanfic/OneiroiSeries Oneiroi]] [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5330392/1/In_the_Arms_of_Morpheus Series]], also. |
| 288 | * The ''Webcomic/Aurora2019'' fandom has two of these that are extremely popular in their own circles: one is Collectolon (The Collector x Dr. Jolon), stemming from their similar mad scientist tendencies (Despite the fact that they have never canonically met). The other, Pompous Nitwits Squared, ships Erin Ruunaser with ''one of his irl kinnies''. (Note that this ship has the approval of both said kinnie, who finds it amusing, and his boyfriend.) |
| 289 | * There's a story on FF.net that's within '''Webcomic/TheDreamer'' fandom that ships Beatrice Whaley/Alexander Hamilton. It's actually very well written. Can be viewed [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6133961/1/An_Uncommon_Love_A_Series_of_AlexXBea_drabbles here]]. |
| 290 | * The sprite comic AkumaTH features several "official" in-universe pairings that would fall under this, but the most notable has got to be the pairing of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog and ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Wendy Koopa]]''. |
| 291 | * ''Webcomic/AxeCop'' and UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln. [[http://axecop.com/comic/ask-axe-cop-24/ This one is actually canon]]. |
| 292 | * Following [[spoiler:Dora and Marten's breakup]] in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', a [[http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,25420.0.html vigorous thread]] on the QC forum is shipping him with everyone from Hannelore and Marigold to [[http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,25420.msg981604.html#msg981604 Amir]] and ''Yelling Bird''. |
| 293 | * ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' takes the nationshipping of ''Hetalia'' and ups the ante with [[InterspeciesRomance Wales/New Zealand]]. It would be offensive if it wasn't so cute... |
| 294 | ** But it doesn't really belong here since it's actually {{canon}}[[http://satwcomic.com/popping-the-question]]. |
| 295 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' {{exaggerate|dTrope}}s this: the odd pairings supported by canon are numerous, and the pairings contained in fanworks are even more so. Homestuck's shipping chaos even includes art drawn ''by the author himself'' depicting [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scraps2/sassacrexcal.gif the pairing]] of [[DemonicDummy Cal]] and [[Creator/MarkTwain Colonel]] [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Sassacre]]. (Better known as [[PortmanteauCoupleName Sassacal]].) |
| 296 | ** Many pairings that would have seemed like a Crack Pairing initially actually became canon (or at least had enough evidence that the story could clearly have been going that way at one point.) Examples include [[spoiler:PM / Jack, Jack / Karkat, and Tezeri / Gamzee. Even Vriska / John--which was teased relentlessly and was sort-of canon for a while--would have seemed like a Crack Pairing when Vriska was first introduced, given that she was a mass-murdering backstabbing psychopath in another universe. Snowman / Spades Slick was canon, and her first introduction was her ''stabbing him in the eye.'' Although, a great majority of the ships listed here are actually [[BelligerentSexualTension based]] [[SlapSlapKiss on hate]] (due to the romance system explained below); so violence ''is actually considered ShipTease'' by the fandom.]] |
| 297 | ** [[ExaggeratedTrope Made even crazier]] by the fact that trolls have ''four different kinds'' of romance ([[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Quadrants explained here]]). This means you can pair one character off with multiple others and not have it be adultery, and that a ''very'' wide variety of things can become shipping fodder. |
| 298 | ** The trolls' dancestors (alternate-universe versions of their ancestors) have been encountered. [[ParentalIncest Eridan/Cronus]] is one example that's canon-supported. |
| 299 | ** In canon, the aforementioned Colonel Sassacre was married to ''Betty Crocker'', who in ''Homestuck'' is/was apparently [[spoiler: the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Troll Empress]]]]. |
| 300 | ** [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006844 John and Gamzee.]] In one flash (which is mostly a humorous montage of random scenes in Homestuck, some old and some new), scribble versions of John and Gamzee kiss, and right after, a scene from a few acts prior is shown, with Jane making a weird face thinking "What the fuck?". |
| 301 | ** As one of the bonuses for the ''Homestuck'' Website/{{Kickstarter}}, people who bought a certain reward tier were given two random embroidered patches associated with two random characters. According to the author of the comic, the pairing associated with the two random patches you receive "is your officially designated [[OneTruePairing OTP]]". Naturally, this could result in the donor being locked into some pretty weird matchups like Jane/Eridan or Equius/Calliope, [[FateWorseThanDeath officially]], [[AndIMustScream forever]]. |
| 302 | ** Roxy/Dirk's Auto-Responder is actively referred to, ''by'' Dirk's Auto-Responder, as this. |
| 303 | --->TT: Maybe we are perfect for each other. I, a street-smart, fast-talking application with a fuckzillion IQ trapped in a pair of [[CoolShades triangular sunglasses that literally only the Japanese could consider to embody the Platonic ideal of "cool,"]] and she, an [[TheAlcoholic oft-inebriated]] lonely hacker teen who just wants a boyfriend. I ran the numbers on this, trust me. It's a match made in goddamn crackpair heaven. |
| 304 | ** [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/165299 "Laundry"]]. Bro/Redglare (Terezi's ancestor). |
| 305 | ** [[http://catnipcomics.tumblr.com/post/21286030863/wixard-boyyyy-widarf-wizard Eridan/Roxy]] is somewhat popular due to [[ThemePairing their common interest in wizards.]] |
| 306 | ** [[http://blackoutballad.tumblr.com/post/37019993662/sorry-this-is-late-i-fell-asleep-but-a-big-ol This]] ships John/Meenah. There's a RunningGag in-comic in which every time John meets Meenah she ''impales him on her trident''. |
| 307 | ** Multiple people ended up creating either crack pairing generators or fics entirely dedicated to crack pairings, one per chapter. |
| 308 | * In ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' [[spoiler:[[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001864 Weasel King + Madame Murel.]]]] |
| 309 | ** Not to mention [[spoiler:[[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001875 the Demimonde Semigoddess]] and [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001877 Fiesta Ace Dick]]]]. |
| 310 | ** For a crossover between the two: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8150659/1/Bugs Professor Honeybee/Serenity]]. |
| 311 | * SMBC had a comic in which ''[[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=1815#comic the Pope ships himself with Jesus.]]'' |
| 312 | * ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' has a cast mostly consisting of good-looking people, many of them bisexual, and EverybodyHasLotsOfSex. However, it also has Eulice the hideous landlady (although she does suffer from ChuckCunninghamSyndrome), so "Eulice and <somebody else>" has become fans' standard joke response to any suggestions about possible pairings. |
| 313 | * In the interactive webcomic ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'', [[http://www.bogleech.com/awfulhospital/122.html this]] update resulted in a sudden flood of requests for the (human) protaganist to seduce an anthropomorphic, rotting hamburger creature. |
| 314 | * Invoked in ''Webcomic/SuitorArmor''. Protagonist Lucia develops romantic attraction to a suit of AnimatedArmor that is protecting her and seems to reciprocate her feelings. Other characters who perceive this find it too funny or strange to believe. |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 318 | * ''Roleplay/DisneyWorldOfWar'' has many crack ships, mainly because it is a massive crossover of the Disney Classics and Pixar. Some crack ships that are canon are Pangel (Patch from 101 Dalmatians and Angel from Lady and the Tramp 2), Scatani (Scamp from Lady and the Tramp 2 and Vitani from Lion King 2) and Berlielle (Berlioz from the Aristocats and Danielle from Lady and the Tramp 2). |
| 319 | ** The biggest crack ship, bordering on outright Squick, is Sarafina (Lion King)/ ''Reuben'' (Lilo and Stitch). There has been many debates on whether this is the work of a Troll or if Sarafina's player is just bonkers. |
| 320 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=iv&v=5aReyBI8Dv4&annotation_id=annotation_175799 At 10:27; I MARRIED A WOLLYWOG!]] |
| 321 | ** From LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys' ''VideoGame/MarioParty2'' Let's Play, after Chuggaaconroy makes a pun involving [[TemptingFate jinxing things]] and the Pokémon Jynx, a remark from LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun caused LetsPlay/ProtonJon to request fanart shipping Chugaa X Jynx. Chuggaa does something similar later though, after noticing the AI controlled Wario being paired up with Jon in minigames a lot, he requests Jon X Wario fanart. |
| 322 | ** When the Runaway Guys did a livestream of ''Mario Party 6'' over on Jon's Twitch channel, Emile asked the others if they should "do Daisy on hard" in regards to who their AI opponent should be. The chat immediately latched onto this and started shipping Emile and Daisy together. This wasn't helped by Emile continuining to make {{Accidental Innuendo}}s throughout the game, and eventually led to him choosing her as his playable character for ''Mario Party 5'' & ''6''. |
| 323 | * Despite the fact that she's a PsychoLesbian and has made that fact ''very'' clear, ever since the crossover review of ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', fandom is shipping WebVideo/DiamandaHagan with either WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic or WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses. |
| 324 | * Website/{{Cracked}}: |
| 325 | ** Ladies and gentlemen, we regrettably present: [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19992_5-fan-fiction-sex-scenes-you-wont-believe-exist.html Professor Snape and The Teletubbies.]] And four other pairings that seem perfectly normal by comparison. |
| 326 | ** An [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16554_the-5-most-baffling-sex-scenes-in-history-fanfiction.html earlier article]] has five more. |
| 327 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4vGWRz98kw This cartoon]] has Creator/LaurenFaust marry a [[VideoGame/StarCraftII Stalker]]. It doesn't help it doesn't even acknowledge the existence of [[Creator/CraigMcCracken her ACTUAL husband]]. |
| 328 | * 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/TheTwilightSaga 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". |
| 329 | * In ''WebVideo/TheAnnotatedSeries'', the riffers often pair up characters that they feel are suffering from RelationshipWritingFumble. The results range from kind of sensible to laughably insane: |
| 330 | ** Their most infamous and popular ship is easily ''[[VideoGame/PunchOut King Hippo]]/[[VideoGame/KidIcarus Eggplant Wizard]]'', based on the two being a BumblingHenchmenDuo in ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster''. Worse yet, there's actually a stunning amount of evidence for it in canon. |
| 331 | ** When they riffed ''{{WesternAnimation/Darkstalkers}}'', they shipped Henry (a 10-year old boy), Felicia (an adult catperson), and Morrigan (a succubus and one of the main villains) together as a parodic OneTrueThreesome. This makes their other ''Darkstalkers'' ship ([[BigBad Pyron]]/''the AI in Pyron's spaceship'') look downright sane by comparison. |
| 332 | ** Their riff of ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'' has them shipping BettyAndVeronica as a pair of closeted lesbians. This one's notable in that they shipped it largely out of ''spite''; the riffers despised the infamous Betty/Veronica/Archie LoveTriangle so much that they refused to accept Archie getting either of them. |
| 333 | * Fans of ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'' seem to be fond of "Padlock", the ship between the notepad from the first song in the series and the clock from the second song in the series. Neither of the two seem to have met or interacted in canon; however, they were in the background together in the third song in one scene. |
| 334 | [[/folder]] |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 337 | * ''WebVideo/VisionOfEscaflowneAbridged'' In-universe, Folken x Hitomi is treated as this. Could double as a bit of LeaningOnTheFourthWall, considering how many real-life shippers actualled ship Folken and Hitomi... |
| 338 | -->'''Folken:''' ''I'' shall seduce Hitomi.\ |
| 339 | '''Dornkirk:''' Don't be ''stuupid'', Folken. [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight You've never even had a scene together]]! [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Who'd believe a pairing like that]]?\ |
| 340 | ''(later)''\ |
| 341 | '''Hitomi:''' ''(trying not to laugh)'' Oh no, I'm glad I didn't have to... ''resist'' your charms...\ |
| 342 | '''Folken:''' ''(offended)'' I could have done it! |
| 343 | [[/folder]] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 346 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12379377/1/Pale-and-Polygonal-A-Tale-of-Opposites-Attracting Pale and Polygonal: A Tale of Opposites Attracting]]''. [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] and [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Jadis the White Witch]] |
| 347 | * [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/10020026/1/Delivered-From-Frollo Frollo and Chernabog.]] |
| 348 | * [[http://nikolokinina.blogspot.com/2012/11/storytime-severus-snape-professor-and.html Snape and the Teletubbies.]] |
| 349 | ** By the same author, [[https://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/0/fan_fiction_friday_optimus_prime_and_princess_leia.php Optimus Prime and Princess Leia.]] |
| 350 | * [[http://wikdsushi.livejournal.com/23541.html Voldemort/pikachu]]. |
| 351 | * Che Guevara/Betty Boop. [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/08/fan_fiction_friday_betty_boop_and_che_guevara_in_b.php Here is the proof that it's real]]. |
| 352 | * ''Fanfic/UntilTheEndOfTime'' pairs Goku/Anne Frank. Yes, THAT Anne Frank. The real life one that died during the Holocaust. The writer seemed to just want to give her a happy ending, but anything with [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/2008/12/fan_ficition_friday_goku_and_anne_frank_in_until_t.php Hitler turning Super Saiyan]] is just too insane to not list. |
| 353 | * There was [[http://www.fortupnecity.com/westwood/hillfiger/260/bko.htm an old website]] where Music/MarilynManson and [[Anime/ProjectAKo C-ko Kotobuki]] were paired up. Knowing [[NightmareFetishist Marilyn Manson]], he'd probably genuinely love (or, at the very least, claim to love, in order to shock people) [[LethalChef C-Ko's cooking]]. |
| 354 | * [[http://boards.goldensunrealm.com Golden Sun Realm's forums]] recently took it upon themselves to [[http://boards.goldensunrealm.com/index.php?topic=18008.msg358990#msg358990 create pair after pair after pair.]] Most of them, predictably, were crack. Real-life characters and forum members in any order? |
| 355 | * In Sam Moyep's '''Swine Flu: The Musical''', Swine Flu is paired with Flo from Progressive. |
| 356 | * There is a fic pairing the Old Spice Guy and Sassy Gay Friend. It's PG and it's actually quite humorous. |
| 357 | ** [[http://kat-lair.livejournal.com/230843.html Can be found here.]] |
| 358 | * The respective character actors for Alice and Mad Hatter at the Disney Theme Parks apparently ship their characters together, as they engage in quite a bit of ShipTeasing. |
| 359 | * For a very meta example, Website/TVTropes / Website/{{Wikipedia}}. [[http://community.livejournal.com/anthropomor_fic/64635.html You know]] [[http://community.livejournal.com/anthropomor_fic/65428.html it's out there.]] |
| 360 | * A CargoShip {{crossover}} pairing: [[Literature/GoodOmens Crowley's Bentley]] / [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Dean's Impala]][[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5975326/1/]]. |
| 361 | * [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6130321/1/bJesus_b_and_bHitler_b_A_Romance Jesus and Hitler: A Romance.]] That is all. |
| 362 | * [[http://pedobearxbeiber.deviantart.com/ Pedobear and Justin Bieber]] |
| 363 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aqbn8DKU6n0&feature=related Frollo/Chel]] Yes, the creepy priest from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' and the chick from ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''. |
| 364 | * [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Frollo]] / [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel]] [[http://porcupine-pen.deviantart.com/art/Hellfire-191714623?q=gallery%3Adisney-crossovers%2F24239054&qo=31 exists.]] Kind of disturbing just ''how well'' [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=villain+speed+dating#/d34b41g it fits,]] really. |
| 365 | * Even Mythological creatures aren't immune to this, even in the Middle Ages. [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent The Griffin]] is considered the mortal enemy of horses, and in fact preys on them. You know what a Hippogriff is? Evidently the result of either desperation, a dare, or a night of hard-booze or something. [[AllMenArePerverts Then again...]] |
| 366 | ** Also a metaphor for something that is impossible. |
| 367 | * Actually, every entry in [[http://www.toplessrobot.com/search.php?tag=Fan%20Fiction&blog_id=132 Topless Robot's Fan Fiction category]] contains at least one example of Crack Pairing. Along with NauseaFuel, horror, {{Squick}}, NoYay and desperate need for BrainBleach for readers and therapy for authors. |
| 368 | * Franchise/CarmenSandiego and [[Literature/WheresWaldo Waldo]] have inspired FanFics and FanArt all over the Internet. (If you can find it, of course) |
| 369 | * In the Toys/{{Bionicle}} fandom, a couple of eerie pairings have emerged, although the weirdest would have to be the Onua and Gorast ships. Yes, the Toa of Earth and locustlike Makuta. |
| 370 | ** Well, everyone in the Matoran Universe kind of counts, since that kind of romance isn't possible per [[WordofGod Word of God]]. Funnily enough, one hears less about shipping with Spherus Magna/Bara Magna characters...even though romance for ''them'' is canon. |
| 371 | * Samus Aran and Sgt. Tamora Calhoun. |
| 372 | * [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/513289/chapters/905375 Dean's Impala and the TARDIS]]. |
| 373 | * Someone on Youtube made a music about [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]] and Creator/CameronDiaz. |
| 374 | * The crossover fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6051043/44/Survival-of-the-Fallen Survival of the Fallen]]'' involves ComicBook/{{Rogue}}[=/=][[Series/TrueBlood Eric Northman]] and Sookie/Wolverine. |
| 375 | * Pooh's Adventures created Twilight Sparkle/Thomas the Tank Engine. |
| 376 | * [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1071505 This]] pairs {{Music/Macklemore}} with [[spoiler: '''''UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre''''']]. This has got to be the most random pairing in all of fanfiction history. |
| 377 | * In terms of crackiness, it's going to be hard to top, of all things, [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Korra]]X'''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}'''. [[http://i1.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/845/238/c5e.png In case you don't believe us...]] (Mildly NSFW) |
| 378 | * [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Baymax]]/Dulce Osuna thanks to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-htGNnWzPMY this interview.]] |
| 379 | * ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops'' makes for some pretty strange romances. For example, there's Trixie/Chrysalis, Berry Punch/Discord, [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne Naoki]]/[[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Slaanesh]], and [[Fanfic/PastSins Nyx]]/[[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Leman Russ]], and [[Franchise/AttackOnTitan Carla Jaegar]]/[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]]. |
| 380 | * ''Theatre/DogSeesGod'' is an unauthorized parody play of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. It pairs up Charlie Brown and Schroeder. It's also heavily implied that Pigpen has feelings for [[spoiler:Charlie Brown]]. |
| 381 | [[/folder]] |
| 382 | |
| 383 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 384 | * [[http://www.bagnewsnotes.com/files/bagnews/images/124999_l.jpg This New Yorker cover]] ships UsefulNotes/BarackObama and UsefulNotes/HillaryClinton, at that point bitter rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination. (The cover's joke is about a Clinton ad which implied that Obama would not be ready for a "3AM phone call", so the shipping may just be an incidental consequence of the joke requiring them to share a bed next to the same phone.) |
| 385 | * RealLife subject: [[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10903211/ This hamster and snake, at the Tokyo zoo]], giving Owen/Mzee a run for their money. |
| 386 | ** Just go on Youtube and look up "[insert animal name] [insert different animal name] sex" and see what pops up. It's mostly dog/cat sex, but rewards await the creative and depraved. |
| 387 | * During the mid-1980s in Vermont, a wandering male moose met and fell in love with a female cow. |
| 388 | ** At least one editorial cartoonist used this image to represent the Reagan Administration cosying up with Iran in the Iran-Contra scandal. |
| 389 | * Creator/NeilGaiman [[http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2003/01/i-know-that-at-this-time-of.asp apparently]] ships UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush[=/=][[FoeYayShipping Saddam Hussein]]. |
| 390 | ** A fanfic of this pairing (''not'' written by Gaiman) once existed on Livejournal a while back. |
| 391 | ** The Music/PetShopBoys song "I'm With Stupid" is a satire of the relationship between George Bush and Tony Blair, done as a gay love song. |
| 392 | ** Creator/HarryTurtledove's short story "Bedfellows" featured the same sex marriage of "W' (Bush) and "O" (UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden) since each completed the other. |
| 393 | * There is a rather large [[http://community.livejournal.com/sodamnskippy/ Livejournal community]] devoted to slashing Mike Carden (guitarist for the band The Academy Is...) and Kevin Jonas (of the Jonas Brothers), despite them being lesser known members of their bands, apparently having nothing in common, and most likely never having met. Oh, and Kevin's married. The pairing is popular enough that in Google's autofill, "Mike Carden Kevin Jonas" is currently the ninth suggestion you get for Mike's name (and at times has gone as high as #4). |
| 394 | * Hockey player and tweeter Paul "[=BizNasty=]" Bissonnette ships himself with Pippa, Kate Middleton's younger sister. His comments regarding Ms. Middleton have led to the creation of a [[http://www.twitter.com/pippadatebiz Twitter account dedicated to getting them together]] |
| 395 | * Chris Colfer/Diet Coke [[http://twitter.com/#!/chriscolfer/status/98238156045955072 is a canon example.]] The US Diet Coke twitter tweeted about him following them back. He compares their relationship to Film/ThelmaAndLouise. |
| 396 | ** And now that Taylor Swift (who's known for breakup songs) has done a Diet Coke ad, [[http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/01/taylor-swift-diet-coke-breakup-lyrics.html her too]]. |
| 397 | * It is thought that in 1766 a male wolf mated with a Pomeranian resulting in nine pups. There's no telling what those puppies ended up looking like. |
| 398 | ** Keep in mind that Pomeranians at that time period weren't the average 5 lb toy dogs we know of today. Before they were bred down to their current size in the late 1800s, Poms were more like 30 lb dogs, just a little bit smaller than their closest relative, the Keeshond. So a Pomeranian at that time breeding with a wolf would be similar to modern wolf/dog breeding pairs. |
| 399 | * An ''Series/AmericanIdol'' fanfic once shipped season 10 Lauren Alaina with New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow. |
| 400 | * B.o.B.'s career contains a few musical crack pairings with feature artists you would not expect on a rapper's song. These include [[Music/{{Paramore}} Hayley Williams]], [[Music/{{Weezer}} Rivers Cuomo]], and Music/TaylorSwift. |
| 401 | * Creator/MasiOka and a [[CargoShip golden pagoda roof]], after he [[https://twitter.com/MasiOka/status/289542222456696832 bid it a fond farewell on Twitter]]. |
| 402 | * Creator/{{MTV}} Brazil listed among the funniest moments of its history two odd pairings:WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZWShS_gqsk singing with]] Music/{{Cher}}, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KZ0s36ry2Q a talk show hosted by a punk musician]] receiving both [[NonIronicClown Bozo]] and a ManChild comedian. |
| 403 | * [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1583128/Petra-the-swan-reunited-with-her-pedalo-lover.html Petra]], a black swan from Germany fell in love with a pedalo (well, it ''did'' look like a swan). [[http://ecis2015.eu/tow/2015-01-29 Their relationship lasted for two years.]] She has her own fan club and her story was made into a few books, a song and a documentary, as well as being closely followed on shows like ''Radio/WaitWaitDontTellMe''. |
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