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13->''"Is that what you want, Peepers? For me to marry the person I hate the most in the entire universe?"''
14-->-- '''Lord Hater''', ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''
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16So there's these two characters, right? And they spend 95% of their time thinking about each other, what the other one's planning or doing, and whenever they converse their dialogue is incredibly emotionally charged. Fortunately, there's a nice family-friendly explanation: they're [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies]], right? ''Right...''
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18This audience reaction trope happens when fans [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation interpret]] [[ShippingGoggles subtextual marks of sexual tension]] in a tense, antagonistic, or outright violent relationship, and subsequently write FanFic and make FanArt where the arch-enemies love each other. They might write plots that end in a DatingCatwoman resolution, or use ThePowerOfLove to [[LoveRedeems induce]] a HeelFaceTurn (or more rarely, [[LoveMakesYouEvil induce]] a FaceHeelTurn), or exploit the existing dynamics to show a romantic relationship that's dysfunctional or outright abusive. If the antagonist's [[VillainousCrush one-sided crush]] is already canonically admitted, in these Fan Fics the protagonist might believe that StalkingIsLove, and reciprocate the feelings.
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20Psychologically speaking, this is generally the result of a principle known as ''misattribution of arousal''. For more explanation, see [[Analysis/FoeYayShipping analysis]].
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22Compare to BelligerentSexualTension and FoeRomanceSubtext, where there's ''actual'' romantic tension between the characters. There's potential overlap with NoYay for examples that go the extra mile in squickiness.
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25!!Examples:
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28[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
29%%* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''
30%%** There's a large fanbase predictably for Eren/[[spoiler:Annie]].
31%%** There's also the less popular but still prominent Levi/[[spoiler:Zeke]].
32%%** A lot of fans ship Mikasa/[[spoiler:Annie]]
33* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'':
34** Touma [[LauncherOfAThousandShips is pretty popular to ship with just about anyone]], but there is a very healthy community of those who ship him with people (usually girls) that have tried at one point or another to kill him. Not like this doesn't have basis in canon, mind, as several members of his harem originally were foes who were trying to kill him, [[spoiler:most notably Othinus, who killed him ''millions'' of times in various parallel worlds to try and break his spirit, yet ultimately fell in love with him because he was the only being who could understand her own pain]].
35** [[AxCrazy Accel]][[ReformedButNotTamed erator]] x [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Mikoto Misaka]] pairing has a small but dedicated fanbase that is willing to ignore the enmity between them. In canon, Mikoto is still bitter about Accelerator slaughtering 10031 Misaka clones in Radio Noise arc, and Accelerator who (in his words) is trying his best to make amends to help the surviving Misaka clones, refuses to apologize to Mikoto. Accelerator believes that Mikoto shares the blame too for giving her DNA Map.
36* ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'': The most popular pairing with [[NoLoveForTheWicked Melon]] is with [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Agata]], a character that is pretty clear about his hatred for his psychopathic boss. The ship set sail in chapter 131 because Melon stabbed Agata's hand with a fork and threatened to kill and serve him as meat to his friends, [[spoiler:and grew when Agata plotted to assassinate Melon]]. Granted, a fanfics of the ship are known to also run with a redemption arc for Melon.
37* ''Manga/DeathNote'': ''The'' most popular ship in the fandom is Light/L. As in [[spoiler:the mass murderer and the detective he eventually murdered]]. Sometimes the fandom's reasons make little sense, but sometimes they have [[HoYay fairly good ones.]]
38* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' has [[PortmanteauCoupleName Shizaya]] (Shizuo Heiwajima/Izaya Orihara) as its most popular pairing. The HomoeroticSubtext of their relationship is repeatedly lampshaded (especially in the anime) by other characters, most notably YaoiFangirl Erika, who is a prominent [[ShipperOnDeck Shizaya shipper]]. Shizuo hates Izaya so much that he flies into a blind rage just by ''seeing'' him (and some times, just ''hearing his name''), while Izaya espouses that he loves all humans -- except for Shizuo, who he admits to being the only person in the world that he hates. The anime ups it a notch by having them so fixated on their rivalry that it mirrors the very disturbing romantic obsessions of other characters on the show, topped off with HateAtFirstSight as the start of their relationship. It's at that point that people begin to stamp BelligerentSexualTension ''and'' FoeRomanceSubtext on their relationship. The author has already stated that their relationship will never be canon, but he not only ships it, but has already written a very graphical fanfic of them together.
39* ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'':
40** Winry and Roy are not exactly enemies, however Winry holds negative sentiments about Roy [[spoiler:because she learned he was the soldier who killed her parents]]. A lot of people enjoy the angsty potential between them.
41** Envy and Edward are one of the most popular anime ships, to a lesser extent in [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the manga]], despite being mortal enemies. Envy even [[spoiler:''kills'']] Edward. [[spoiler:Fans were in for a surprise when Envy revealed that [[IncestYayShipping he is Edward's half-brother]].]]
42* ''Manga/FutureDiary'': Despite [[AmateurSleuth Aru Akise]] and [[{{Yandere}} Yuno Gasai]] [[LoveTriangle being hostile toward each other in canon as they are love rivals fighting for Yukiteru's affection]] (to the point of [[spoiler:Yuno killing Akise to keep her nasty secret from being exposed]]), there is a VocalMinority part of fandom who ships Akise and Yuno as a couple.
43* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': The rivalry between Kagura and Sougo is a lot of one-upping, arguing, and teasing, with several punches thrown in for good measure. Despite never once showing any signs of a crush, fandom tends to see a more romantic version: one's a feisty hothead voiced by Creator/RieKugimiya, the other's a pretty boy sadist who can get the girls fawning all over him. [[SlapSlapKiss You do]] [[BelligerentSexualTension the math.]]
44* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Yuki/Ryoko and Kyon/Ryoko were two of the most popular pairings even back when all that was known about Ryoko was that she tried to kill Kyon and Yuki killed her in his defense.
45* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
46** France and England (FRUK) are also a good example of this, as they are often seen fighting over literally nothing. The ship was later turned into a gag during the movie ''Paint It White'', where the alien's information on France and England says that they love each other, sexually.
47** Another popular ship is Russia/America or ([=RusAme=]), who are UsefulNotes/ColdWar rivals. This ship is even teased in the comic named ''Together with Russia'' (Season 6 Episode 13), where America points out the odd (in his view) Russian greeting of kissing on the lipsā€”Russia responds by saying "Let's make your gums bleed, hm?"
48* ''Manga/{{Highschool of the Dead}}'': Rei and Saeko are [[LoveTriangle rivals in love]] competing for Takashi's affection. However, circumstances in the ''"Drifters of the Dead"'' OVA resulted in [[spoiler:the two of them [[KissingUndertheInfluence kissing while naked]], both thinking [[MushroomSamba they were kissing Takashi]]]]. Even though the [[spoiler:kiss]] was accidental, plus the OVA is non-canon, this hasn't stopped a considerable amount of fan art and fanfics shipping the two women together.
49* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has the unnamed president of the Kendo Club, and the president Astronomy Club Momo Ryuji, who are the son of the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police and the local YakuzaPrincess respectively. They have only appeared together a grand total of two times (technically three, but one of them was a flashback to their introduction), and look like they're about to start fighting the one time the directly interact, but they're a minorly popular pairing to due the DatingCatwoman story potential.
50* ''Anime/KillLaKill'' fandom had Ryuko/Satsuki, prior to the reveal [[spoiler:that they're long-lost sisters]]. After that... it continued to have Ryuko/Satsuki, with a hefty dash of [[spoiler:IncestYayShipping]] for flavor.
51* ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords2004'': [[TheSmartOne Vio]]/[[EvilTwin Shadow Link]], especially after the former's [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]. The pairing is quite popular in the fandom, and is supported or hinted at in art by [[http://twitpic.com/9rt2w0 the manga artist herself.]] Why yes, Vio's arm ''is'' around Shadow's waist.
52* There is an inordinate amount of Signum/Cypha shipping material for ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'', considering Cypha was introduced and only appeared in said manga, which was CutShort soon thereafter. The only reasonable explanation seems to be that Cypha has come the [[HeroKiller closest to killing Signum]] in one-on-one combat [[DefeatingTheUndefeatable than any other character in the canon]].
53* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' gives us Char x Garma and Char x Amuro. The former, he betrays, and the latter is something of a VillainousCrush.
54* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Some fans ship homeroom teacher Eraserhead aka Shota Aizawa and Shigaraki, likely cause Shigaraki said Eraser was ā€œcoolā€during the [=USJ=] arc.
55* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
56** The Pirate Alliance saga unearths a 13 year stand-off between Trafalgar Law and Donquixote Doflamingo. Law is determined to bring the latter to ruin [[spoiler:for killing the most important person in his life, who incidentally, was Doflamingo's younger brother Rocinante]]. Doflamingo himself however, is intent on having Law serve as his right-hand man and obtaining the ultimate power of the former's devil fruit ability for himself. Add Law's near-fanatical UndyingLoyalty towards [[spoiler:Rocinante, Rocinante's HeroicSacrifice in order to protect Law from his brother]], and Doflamingo [[GreenEyedMonster going ballistic]] at seeing the ''Corazon'' motif [[spoiler:Law has taken up in tribute to Rocinante on his clothes and tattooed all over his body]], the complicated relationship between the three is '''very''' much seen as a SiblingTriangle.
57** After Coby became a decent looking marine soldier and Alvida got a devil fruit which turned her into a beautiful lady, fans started to pair them up in fanfictions despite their mutual hatred for each other in the past.
58* Sabrina and Blue from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''. Sabrina has a mean case of AdaptationalVillainy and is originally a Team Rocket. Her and Blue being stuck together for several chapters only fueled the ship.
59* Mitsumi and Cyrus from ''Manga/PokemonDiamondAndPearlAdventure'' have a complicated, tense relationship [[spoiler:because Mitsumi was raised by him and was a member of Team Galactic until recently]].
60* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':
61** A popular CrackPairing is Mami/Charlotte. As in, the witch that [[spoiler:decapitated Mami and ate her body]]. How this came about is anyone's guess, but it got some support with ''Rebellion'', where [[spoiler:Charlotte/Bebe is Nagisa Momoe, who joins the cast and is shown to be very close with Mami.]]
62** After ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]]'', [[spoiler:[[MessianicArchetype Ultimate Madoka]]]] and [[spoiler:[[SatanicArchetype Akuma Homura]]]] were shipped with lightning speed, something [[http://wiki.puella-magi.net/File:Newtype_2014-05_Spread.jpg official artwork]] is only too happy to encourage (image contains massive spoilers). Along similar lines, Homura/Sayaka saw a big upswing in shipping activity following the movie, with a large portion of it falling along these lines given [[spoiler:Sayaka was the only one to openly challenge what Akuma Homura had done.]]
63* ''Manga/TalentlessNana'': Kyoya and [[VillainProtagonist Nana]] are constantly at each other's throats due to both of them employing SherlockScan, and when [[spoiler: Nana decides to explain everything to him]], Nana leans in towards Kyoya as if intending to kiss him.
64* Technically this happens in ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'' between Olivia and Angie: the respective PlayerCharacter and DesignatedVillain of the Otome Game that Leon is reincarnated into. It was [[HijackedDestiny because of Marie usurping Olivias' position as the object of affection for the five Capture Targets]] that allows for Angie to not have a reason to dislike Olivia when they first meet since Olivia is an earnest ScholarshipStudent that only attended the academy because she wanted to learn more about Magic, eventually resulting in them becoming friends with Leon who they see common ground with [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe after he had befriended and helped them out]] that they both decided to form a SupportingHarem with him. [[spoiler:The pair even managed to activate a ship that only operates on ThePowerOfLove.]]
65* Oh boy did this hit hard when [[spoiler:Zarc and Ray were revealed.]] in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''. Even before they were formally introduced in the show, fans shipped them hard when their names were revealed in the episode synopsis because [[spoiler:of how three of their four reincarnations had at least one-sided crushes on each other and the final pair were forced apart when young]]. When they were finally introduced, they became the biggest ship in the western fandom.
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68[[folder:Asian Animation]]
69* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Some people ship the two main rivals Weslie and Wolffy. There's even a fan-made manhua where they... uh, do stuff we're not gonna mention here.
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72[[folder:Comic Books]]
73* ''ComicBook/{{Darna}}'': The biggest ship in the fandom is the titular Darna and her ArchEnemy Valentina, the Queen of Snakes. This started because of the many adaptations in which Valentina has a much larger role than the original comics do (she died in the first story arc) and making her the second most recognizable character after Darna. It reached its highest point when the 2022 TV adaptation premiered and added loads of LesYay between its versions of Darna and Valentina, which led to a boom of brand new shippers.
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76[[folder:Fan Works]]
77* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': {{Discussed|Trope}} InUniverse in chapter 12 of the sequel ''Diplomat at Large'', when Daring Do complains about the fans who think her character has this with Dr. Caballeron and claim she's in denial when she says no, she really can't stand him and the feeling's mutual. She also gets letters from fans who ship her and Ahuizotl/Teomitl, who's startled when he finds out. [[spoiler: Becomes HilariousInHindsight late in the third story, which shows that she and Teomitl really ''have'' since become a couple.]]
78* ''Fanfic/MandiesNewTarget'': [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Princess Mandie]] seeks to make WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom her husband, out of lust and wanting him to father her children with powers like his so she can raise them to conquer the universe. Danny has no desire to father her children and her moral bankruptcy makes him reject her. However, many readers love the idea of the two being a couple, with LoveRedeems being something they hoped to have had happen.
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81[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
82* ''Franchise/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': A lot of fans ship Anita and Cruella together, despite the fact that Anita is HappilyMarried and Cruella is trying to skin Anita's pet puppies. This is especially true with the [[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 1996]] version due to Creator/GlennClose's (Cruella) good looks and the chemistry between her and Creator/JoelyRichardson (Anita).
83* ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'':
84** Hopper and Flik. Some people couldn't explain why they kept watching their NoHoldsBarredBeatdown scene repeatedly then they were children, but they sure could as they got older.
85** To a lesser extent, Atta and Hopper, especially since any scene he speaks to her, he is incapable of staying out of her personal space.
86* ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'': The fandom likes to PairTheSpares. Since Princess Anna and [[spoiler:Kristoff]] are already an OfficialCouple, some think that it's only appropriate to ship [[spoiler:Prince Hans]] and Queen Elsa. This is despite the fact [[spoiler:Hans tried to murder her twice and nearly killed her sister.]] Redemption plots are in frequent use for fanworks of the couple.
87* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'': Frollo has a VillainousCrush on Esmeralda, however it is extremely one-sided and unhealthy. That doesn't stop them from being one of the most popular pairs in fanfics for the film.
88* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'': One of the more popular ships is between Helen Parr and [[spoiler: Evelyn Deavor, which is also a case of HoYay]]. Likely in part because [[spoiler: Evelyn Deavor]] is often hedcanoned as LGBT and also because the chemistry and rapport between the two are intentionally placed as a build-up to the reveal of [[spoiler: Evelyn's]] rather sympathetic villainy. The tension between the two, both in friendship and in outright opposition, as well as a final declaration from [[spoiler: Evelyn]] that she considers their having to fight "sad" and thinks they would have made great friends if not for their opposing ideologies, makes the shipping inevitable.
89* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Despite [[TheBully Tyler]] spending most of his screen-time bullying Mei, some fans ship them under the belief that Tyler secretly has a crush on Mei and is bullying her to hide it. [[spoiler:The fact they later bury the hatchet and [[BullyTurnedBuddy become friends]] added more fuel to the ship.]]
90%%* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'': Some fans ship Simba/Zira.
91* ''WesternAnimation/RubyGillmanTeenageKraken'': Even with the reveal that Chelsea [[spoiler:is actually Queen Nerissa]] and the movie ends with her trying to kill Ruby and her family, Ruby/Chelsea is easily the most popular ship in the movie's fandom, mainly due to the fact it's agreed that Ruby has far more chemistry with Chelsea than with her canonical love interest Connor.
92* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'': There were already a number of fans who shipped Bowser and Luigi, but the second the trailers revealed that they would interact at some point in the film the pairing got more prominent... even though the film itself shows that the context is that Bowser kidnapped to interrogate him about Mario and his relationship with Peach (out of jealously) and threatens to sacrifice Luigi afterwards.
93* ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'': There are some fans who ship the heroine Asha and BigBad King Magnifico online, due to Magnifico often getting the DracoInLeatherPants treatment and the fans feeling that the pair had good chemistry.
94* ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'':
95** A faction of fandom ships candy go-karter Vanellope Von Schweetz with fellow racer and her mortal enemy, [[spoiler:Turbo]]. This ship is aptly titled [[spoiler:"Vanillatastic"]]. In order to avoid the latter half of the ship [[MistakenForPedophile being seen as a pedophile]], Vanellope is mostly aged up to an adult in shippers' fanfiction and fan art.
96** On the ToyShip side is pairing Vanellope with other kart racers, usually Rancis (referred to as "[=VanillaButter=]") or Taffyta (referred to as "Vanilla Taffy"). Both mock and bully her most of the film [[spoiler:though after remembering Vanellope is their ruler they stop it]].
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100* Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}} are at odds in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. It's a ForegoneConclusion they will become the best of friends in due time but many fans are enjoying their tense relationship.
101* It is often debated whether [[TragicVillain Kylo Ren]] and [[TheHero Rey's]] interactions from ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' should be considered this based on fan interpretation, intentional FoeRomanceSubtext, or misattributing sexual interest behind Kylo's threats of further MindRape and [[WeCanRuleTogether offer to show Rey the ways of the Force]] which Rey violently rejects. Even [[http://time.com/4150168/review-star-wars-the-force-awakens/ ''Time'' Magazine's review]] of the film commented on their unusual rapport.
102** ''Film/TheLastJedi'' convinced more viewers there was romantic intentions due to [[ShipTease several non-antagonistic interactions]] throughout the film, some of which are outright friendly. It includes Rey [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn wishing Kylo would put on a cowl]] when she accidentally sees him shirtless, the two teaming up to take down some guards and Kylo outright telling Rey sheā€™s "nobody" to anyone except him and [[WeCanRuleTogether asking her to rule the galaxy with him]].
103** [[spoiler:They share a kiss in ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'', and the novelization downright note they're supposed to be considered a pair if not a couple]].
104* There is fanfiction set after ''Film/Daredevil2003'' and ''Film/{{Elektra}}'' where Elektra Natchios is shipped, not with her canon love interest [[TheHero Matt Murdock]], but the assassin Bullseye. This ignores, or accepts, that Bullseye is not someone whose attraction Elektra reciprocates [[spoiler:since he killed her father and her]].
105* ''Film/FreddyVsJason'': There are actually quite a few people who came out shipping the two titular slashers.
106* ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'': Freddy Krueger has many aspects that would not make him an ideal boyfriend/husband: he's sadistic, he has a LackOfEmpathy, he's more likely to rape a woman than to show any love or affection. This doesn't stop people from shipping him with the women who frequently oppose him, the most popular being Nancy Thompson, due to Freddy taunting her with the line "I'm your boyfriend now, Nancy" in the [[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984 1984 film]].
107* There are some members of the ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' fandom that just love to ship Godzilla and King Ghidorah together, despite the fact that they're both archenemies and giant monsters.
108* Creator/PeterJackson's ''Film/TheHobbit'' film series 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.
109* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'':
110** There are fanfics that pair Riff Raff with Dr. Frank-N-Furter. This is possibly due to when Frank whips Riff, or due to the line (which seems to indicate that Riff was jealous of Frank) "They didn't like me. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis HE NEVER LIKED ME!]]", especially combined with the fact that, if you look closely, Riff is crying as he says it.
111** Considering his whole nature, there's also fanfics that pair pretty much anyone with Frank (who has, according to various bits of dialogue and action, already paired ''himself'' with most of the major cast members at one time or another).
112* ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'': 00/Silva shippers often complain that 00/Q became the fandom's flagship, seeing as Silva aggressively came onto Bond multiple times throughout the film.
113* ''Film/ThereWillBeBlood'' focuses a lot on this dynamic between Daniel Plainview and Eli Sunday, featuring several scenes of one beating the other up, physically or mentally. It's so prominent that nearly all of the fanfic written is for this ship.
114* No doubt helped by the popular ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' making them an OfficialCouple, more than a few people ship Glinda the Good and The Wicked Witch Of The West from the classic [=MGM=] ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. In contrast to ''Wicked'', where they're good friends, shippers tend to either see them as exes or have them have them as enemies with UnresolvedSexualTension. This goes hand-in-hand with the popular AlternativeCharacterInterpretation that Glinda is more malicious than she puts off.
115* Fan art of ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'' tends to pair Do-won and Chang-yi, two pretty boys who are professional enemies.
116** There's a fair amount of Chang-yi/Tae-goo fan art as well, mostly Japanese and on Twitter, and not nearly as common. It's rare to find Do-won/Tae-goo fanart anywhere.
117* There are [[http://riverzabala2014.deviantart.com/art/MARVEL-Colossus-x-Angel-Dust-590960654 several]] [[http://blackowle.deviantart.com/art/Colossus-Angel-Dust-593437218 fans]] of ''Film/Deadpool2016'' who ship Colossus and Angel Dust together, mainly due to the brief moment where Colossus calls Angel beautiful.
118* ''Franchise/TheKarateKid'': Daniel/Johnny (also known as [=LawRusso=]) is easily the most popular ship from the franchise, going all the way back to the [[Film/TheKarateKid1984 original 1984 film]]. Their shippers like to ignore the fact that Johnny bullied Daniel relentlessly in high school, including making him so traumatized that he wanted to move away, as well as them forming a rivalry that lasted until they were both well into adulthood. This mainly comes from the fact that Johnny gracefully accepts that Daniel won the tournament in the first movie and how the ''Series/CobraKai'' series gives a lot of focus to their rivalry.
119* ''Film/SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman'': There exists a dedicated fanbase for shipping Snow White with her WickedStepmother, Queen Ravenna, with plenty of fanfics dedicated to it. This is despite the fact that Ravenna spends most of the film trying to kill Snow White. This mostly stems from the scene where Snow White and Ravenna (disguised as William) kiss.
120* ''Film/BlackPantherWakandaForever'': A lot of fans walked away from this film shipping Shuri and Namor together, mainly due to the chemistry between their actors. This ignores the fact that not only are their countries at war, but Shuri spends much of the climax trying to kill Namor for killing [[spoiler:her mother]]. This is helped by the fact that [[spoiler:Shuri spares Namor]] and the fact that neither has a love interest in the film.
121* ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'': Michael Myers and Laurie Strode have quite the following as a pairing, for those who don't follow the timeline where they're siblings. Even Creator/JamieLeeCurtis describes the first time Michael Myers sees Laurie as him ''falling in love'' with her, and that Laurie in the 2018 timeline waits for him and knows he will come back for her. She calls it a love story for the ages.
122* ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'': There is a surprisingly large fanbase for shipping Rachel and Eleanor together, particularly in terms of fanfiction. This often ignores that Eleanor spends most of the film trying to get Nick to break it off with Rachel and regularly belittles her for no reason. This is helped by the chemistry between Creator/ConstanceWu and Creator/MichelleYeoh, Eleanor eventually accepting Rachel and Nick's relationship, and the fact that they are {{mirror character}}s.
123* ''Film/Scream2022'': There is a very large fanbase for Tara and one of the Ghostfaces in this film, [[spoiler:Amber]], despite the fact that said Ghostface attacks Tara and tries to kill her and her sister. Of course, the fact that they were [[spoiler:girlfriends]] in an earlier draft of the script only adds to this.
124* ''Film/PitchPerfect'': There is a large fandom for shipping Becca with Kommissar, despite Kommissar being the leader of the rival acapella group in ''2'', due to Becca spending the film attracted to Kommissar and unable to stop complimenting her.
125* ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'':
126** One of the most popular ships in the fandom is Mark Hoffman and Peter Strahm, despite the fact that they try to kill each other multiple times (with Hoffman eventually succeeding in killing Strahm). This is mainly due to the chemistry between their actors and the fact that they spend the fifth film obsessed with each other.
127** ''Film/SawIII'': Amanda and Lynn are a very popular ship, despite the fact that Amanda spends the film holding Lynn hostage and threatening her life. This is mainly due to Amanda repeatedly getting in Lynn's face and that fact Lynn's husband is one of the [[TheScrappy most disliked characters]] in the fandom.
128** ''Film/{{Spiral|2021}}'': Zeke Banks is often shipped with the Spiral Killer/[[spoiler:William Emmerson]], despite the former spending the film trying to arrest the latter, who also gets [[spoiler:Zeke's father killed]]. This is mainly due to their chemistry while [[spoiler:William Emmerson was pretending to be William Schenk]].
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132* ''Literature/DearDumbDiary'' has a fanbase for Jamie/Angeline, because of how Jamie constantly obsesses over how beautiful and smart and perfect Angeline is, and how much she resents Angeline for it. Many readers interpret this as Jamie having a crush on Angeline and being a {{Tsundere}} about it.
133* ''Literature/DorkDiaries'': A large group of fans online ship Nikki with [=MacKenzie=], despite [=MacKenzie=] bullying Nikki and them hating each other. This is mainly due to these fans feeling like the two have good chemistry and the fact that despite being enemies they have a lot in common.
134* The weird thing about romantic fanfiction for ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' is that the [[TheHero Harry]]/[[PragmaticVillainy Marcone]] fics make up a lot of it. This is weird because [[AntiHero Harry]] is the compassionate, staunchly independent protagonist, and [[EvilIsCool Marcone]] is the BadassNormal mob boss who controls Chicago. There are [[EnemyMine barely]] [[WhatBeautifulEyes any]] [[WorthyOpponent hints]] in canon to build the ship on, and yet fics supporting it form a clear majority.
135* Happens in-universe in ''Literature/{{Fangirl}}'' where the main character writes fanfiction that ships the ShowWithinAShow's protagonist Simon Snow with his nemesis Baz Pitch instead of his canonical love interest Agatha Wellbelove. Simon and Baz are also thinly-veiled [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy who, as the below ''Harry Potter'' example mentions, have a sizable number of real-life shippers.
136* ''Literature/GoodOmens'' fandom predictably has a huge following for [[KnightInSourArmor Aziraphale]]/[[NobleDemon Crowley]]. It helps that by the events of the book they've developed into {{Friendly Enem|y}}ies who [[PunchClockVillain are only doing a job]].
137* [[DracoInLeatherPants Draco]] [[TropeNamers Malfoy]], Severus Snape, and even Voldemort (a.k.a. Tom Riddle) from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' are frequently shipped with Harry and/or Hermione.
138** Hermione is also shipped with her Slytherin rival and resident mean girl Pansy Parkinson (who J. K. Rowling has described as the Anti-Hermione), and the much older AxCrazy villain Bellatrix Lestrange. A canonical scene where Bellatrix tortures a captive Hermione has been given erotic twists in fan fiction and fan art.
139** A few fans ship Ginny Weasley and mean girl Pansy Parkinson. Probably because of a book scene where Pansy rather enthusiastically describes Ginny as unquestioningly "good looking" to her fellow Slytherins. As of September 2017, Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn (a fanfic archive) lists 210 fanfics shipping Ginny and Pansy.
140** Among the minor characters, Marcus Flint/Katie Bell is a strangely frequent ship, being, for example, the most popular pairing involving Katie on Archive of Our Own as of January 2024. Marcus Flint is the captain and one of the Chasers of the Slytherin Quidditch team, and his role in the series is limited to playing as dirty as possible to defeat the other Houses and especially Gryffindor. Katie, meanwhile, plays Chaser for Gryffindor.
141* ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'': There's a significant following for Percy/Luke, despite the [[UnequalPairing age difference]] (and, of course, the fact that they're bitter enemies). Percy initially harbored a [[MentorShip protege-ish admiration for Luke]], and his repeated descriptions of Luke's looks do get [[AmbiguouslyBi pretty damn loving]] at times. He even admits that Luke giving him a gift before his first quest "made [him] blush almost as much as [[PrecociousCrush Annabeth]]".
142* ''Literature/{{Rebecca}}'': Despite Mrs. Danvers goes out of her way to torture the Narrator, a lot of fans online ship the two together. It helps that it is hinted that Danvers is a lesbian.
143%%* ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'': Many people in the {{Hatedom}} ship [[BlackComedy Bella/Tyler's van]].
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147* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' smacks Ward and Simmons pretty hard with this in season two, after brief moments in the back half of season one. Her return from a long mission almost immediately shows her fixated on the camera feed of a very shirtless Ward in his cell. Simmons mentioning that she spent every day since they locked him up watching until she left, and every day since she came back, among other moments.
148* ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'': A fandom for shipping Sabine Wren and Shin Hati quickly developed after their duel in the first episode, despite them being enemies, with fanfics and fanart about the two sprouting up on sites like Tumblr, along with them getting their own IdiosyncraticShipNaming, "[=WolfWren=]".
149* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': A lot of fans ship Billy Butcher and Homelander together, despite the fact that the two loath and constantly try to kill each other, mainly due to the chemistry between their actors and many feeling that it is more interesting than their canon romances.
150* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fans shipped Buffy with Spike almost since the latter's first appearance, long before their canon DestructiveRomance.
151* ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' fans started to ship Zelda Spellman and Lilith/Madam Satan relatively quickly in Part 1, despite the fact that Lilith is TheHeavy trying to corrupt Zelda's niece Sabrina and the fact that in Part 1, Lilith is the cause of a lot of the dangers the Spellmans face. This mainly comes from the chemistry that their actresses have in the scenes where they interact and the feeling that the two have similar personalities. While the two do ally with each other to defeat Satan, they never actually become anything close to friends, with Zelda at one point refusing to give Lilith safe haven from Satan. Still, their shippers continued even to the end of the show.
152* ''Series/CobraKai'': A lot of fans have taken to shipping Sam and Tory together, even though the two are competing for the same guy and have done horrible things to each other (such as attempting to maim the other in the case of Tory towards Sam). This mainly comes from a lot of fans seeing them as a gender flipped version of their mentors Daniel and Johnny (already a popular ship), Tory's obsession with hurting Sam, and the fact a lot of their shippers are tired of the ShipToShipCombat that comes from them being in a love square.
153* Amongst ''Series/DoctorWho'' fans, Doctor/Master has been one of the most popular pairings for [[LongRunners decades]]. It long ago reached the point where [[RunningTheAsylum the writers ship them as well]], and ramp up the subtext to the point that it's barely subtext anymore.
154* ''Series/{{Elementary}}'' fans love Joaniarty, Joan and Moriarty (though admittedly not as much as Joanlock, which is expected for all ''Sherlock'' adaptations). It wasn't helped by the fact Moriarty once drew a giant portrait of Joan.
155* ''Series/TheFactsOfLife'': Jo Polniaczek and Blair Warner do not get along when Jo first appears, with the two regularly bickering with and insulting each other. However, due to the pair's chemistry and tendency to invade each other's personal space, fans quickly latched onto the pairing. While the two do eventually become friends, {{Slash Fic}}s were being written about them even when the two hated each other.
156* ''Series/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher2023'': It is quite popular online to ship Verna and Madeline together, with the majority of fanfics for the show being centered around the pairing, despite the fact that Verna is killing her family one by one. It certainly doesn't hurt that they kiss in a flashback.
157* ''Series/FirstKill'': While Cal and Juliette are the main couple, their mothers Talia and Margot get plenty of attention as well, despite them hating each other. All the scenes with them together are very tense and include many held gazes and forced social niceties, and many viewers like to interpret that as attraction.
158* ''Series/{{Glee}}'':
159** Although they eventually became friends, Quinn Fabray and Rachel Berry started off bitter rivals who acted quite sociopathically towards one another. Didn't stop [[PortmanteauCoupleName Faberry]] slash fanfiction to be spewed out in their thousands online.
160** More surprising is the large number of fics for [[PortmanteauCoupleName Kurtbastian]] (aka Kurt Hummel/Sebastian Smythe), given that, for a time, Kurt and Sebastian were legitimate ArchEnemies (Sebastian even tried to blind Kurt) and rivals for Blaine's affection. That being said, Sebastian did under go a HeelFaceTurn and it stuck, so it's not completely out there. Sebastian being played by Creator/GrantGustin probably doesn't hurt either. Some will even make it a three way relationship between Kurt/Blaine/Sebastian as a way to elimanate any conflict between them.
161* ''Series/{{Gotham}}'':
162** Fans started shipping [[PortmanteauCoupleName Gobblepot]] almost as soon as the first episode finished airing. It doesn't help that Oswald Cobblepot calls Jim Gordon "old friend," talked about him while naked in a bathtub, and at one point introduced him to his mother.
163** A lot of fans ship Bruce with one or both of the Valeska twins, Jerome or Jeremiah, despite the fact that they are repeatedly trying to kill him or his loved ones. This is mainly because of the chemistry between the actors, and also because it was already popular to ship their comic counterparts.
164* ''Series/HannahMontana'': Miley/Hannah and Mikayla hate each other, with the two going to great lengths to top one another. However, mostly due to the chemistry between Music/SelenaGomez and Music/MileyCyrus and the fact that Mikayla's hatred is only limited to the Hannah persona, there are loads of fanfics that pair them together, often rewriting Mikayla's character to be nicer or making it so the two are only pretending to hate each other.
165* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': There are a ton of fanfics shipping enemies. Some of the most popular pairings seem to be Sylar/Peter, Sylar/Mohinder, and Sylar/Claire. It does make sense, because Sylar and Peter are [[LauncherOfAThousandShips the fandom bicycles]] of this series. The Sylar/Claire is actually somewhat canon; it's just one-sided on Sylar's part.
166* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': A lot of fans ship Rhaenyra and Alicent, who, while they were friends as kids, have spent most of their adult screen time hating each other. This is mainly thanks to the LesYay between them and the chemistry between their actresses. This also crosses into IncestYayShipping, as Alicent is also Rhaenyra's stepmother.
167* ''Series/LazyTown'': Sportacus/Robbie as a pairing is the most popular type of fanfic out there. And doesn't really count as a CrackPairing, either. Given that Robbie canonically is actually a pretty nice guy who just wants to be friends with the other townspeople, with Sportacus being rarely, if ever mean to him, it does make the idea of them dating a possibility.
168* ''Series/{{Legacies}}'':
169** The moment that the dark version of Josie, Dark Josie, first appeared, a lot of fans took to shipping this version with Hope. They like to forget that Dark Josie tried to repeatedly kill her or that Hope hates this version. The main reasons seem to be that Hope refuses to let anyone kill her, due to that still being Josie, and the fact that Dark Josie is very flirtatious with everyone. The fact that it's popular to ship the good half of Josie with Hope also helps.
170** Hope/Clarke is a popular ship within the fandom, despite the fact that Hope has nothing but hate for Clarke and that Clarke has repeatedly threatened the lives of Hope's friends. This is mainly due to a lot of fans feeling they are similar to Damon and Elena from ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'', what with Clarke being the brother of Hope's love interest, Landon.
171* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Galadriel spends the first season obsessed with hunting the evil Lord Sauron. Since he's in his fair form in the second age, many fans ship Galadriel/Sauron, especially after the reveal that [[spoiler: Galadriel's close friend and LovableRogue Halbrand was Sauron all along.]]
172* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'': Season 5 seems to have produced the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Merdred]] ship, thanks to a no-longer-a-kid Mordred and the show's famous copious amounts of HoYay. And that scene in 5x02 in which Merlin helps Mordred with his cloak.
173* ''Series/OnceUponATime'':
174** The biggest fanbase is dedicated to [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Swan Queen]], a.k.a. the relationship of the Evil Queen, Regina, and the savior, Emma. As soon as Emma became the Dark One in Season 4, there was a resurgence of Emma (now the Dark Swan) and Regina shipping as enemies, which was not helped by the first episode of season 5 having Emma say, "You will be punished." while raising an eyebrow at Regina. This was nicknamed "Dark Swan Queen", as a way to separate it from the other form of Swan Queen. The end of the season continued this by having Regina separate herself from the Evil Queen, leading to loads of fanfics that pair the Evil Queen with both Emma and Regina, as well as sometimes both.
175** Following their first interaction, there grew a large number of fans who ship Emma with Jefferson/The Mad Hatter, mainly because their actors Creator/JenniferMorrison and Creator/SebastianStan dated briefly in real life. These fans often forget that said first interaction was Jefferson kidnapping her and her friend and the fact that he later helped Regina find a way to poison Emma.
176** After Season 2 rolled around, a lot of fans started to ship Hook/Emma. The fact that their fights are just dripping with innuendo doesn't help. They eventually became an OfficialCouple in Season 3.
177* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' might be one of the few cases where this became canon, though only after they both ended up on the same side. Going from Root threatening Shaw with an iron and Shaw shooting Root, it went to conventional BelligerentSexualTension as they start working together. When [[spoiler:Shaw performs a HeroicSacrifice, kissing Root and going to her apparent death, it seems to have moved towards genuine affection as Root completely breaks down after being unable to find her.]]
178* ''Series/TheSandman2022'': One of the most popular ships in the fandom is that of Dream/Morpheus and the Corinthian, mainly due to the chemistry between their actors and Dream being a big LauncherOfAThousandShips. This ignores that the Corinthian spends the entirety of the first season plotting Dream's death.
179* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': Sheriarty is one of the biggest ships in the fandom, most likely due to the twisted and somewhat sexual (the line, "You've got to admit that's sexier," in context is a good example) fascination Sherlock Holmes and Jim Moriarty have for each other.
180* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': The already established Franchise/{{Superman}}[=/=]ComicBook/LexLuthor ship got a huge fandom boost from this television series.
181* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'': Lt.Reed and Major Hayes are often shipped together, despite Hayes only being in 5 episodes.
182* ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'': There is a surprising big fandom for shipping Alex with Astra, despite Astra trying to kill Alex and all humans on Earth, along with Astra being Alex's adoptive sister's aunt. This is mainly due to Alex being revealed to be gay in the second season and Creator/ChylerLeigh having chemistry with every female character.
183* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
184** Meg 2.0 and Castiel had shippers from their first, tense encounter that involved him using her body as a bridge over holy fire. This was long before it turned into a full-blown WillTheyOrWontThey ship with a [[spoiler: tragic ending.]]
185** Sam and Lucifer had a fair number of shippers the moment it was revealed that [[spoiler: Sam is Lucifer's vessel.]]
186* ''Series/TeenWolf'': Stiles and Peter hate each other, due to Peter repeatedly trying to kill Stiles and his friends, while Peter simply finds Stiles annoying. However, there is a large group of fans who ship the two, mainly because Stiles has chemistry with everyone and is a LauncherOfAThousandShips. On [=AO3=], it has the second most fan works of any ship from the show with over 9000, topped only by the FanPreferredCouple Stiles/Derek.
187* ''Series/TheTudors'': Anne Boleyn marrying Henry was obviously a ForegoneConclusion, but thanks to the chemistry between Creator/HenryCavill and Creator/NatalieDormer, more than a few fans shipped Anne and Charles Brandon despite the historical characters despising each other.
188* ''Series/{{Victorious}}'': Jori is a popular ship consisting of two girls (Jade and Tori) who despise each other so much they've gone to psychotic lengths just to spite one another.
189* ''Series/{{Wednesday}}'':
190** Even after [[spoiler:Tyler has been revealed to be the murderous Hyde monster and tried to kill Wednesday several fans still ship them since they did have some sweet and touching moments together.]]
191** Despite the facts that Tyler used to bully Xavier, they are competing for the same girl, and that [[spoiler:Tyler is the Hyde trying to kill Xavier's friends]], a large group of fans walk away shipping the two, mainly as a way to keep both out of the way of the more popular Wednesday/Enid ship.
192** While they become friends, Wednesday and Bianca start out as rivals. However, despite that, many fans still ship them, mainly because of the chemistry between both of their actresses.
193* ''Series/TheXFiles'' fans love to ship Fox Mulder with Alex Krycek, despite all of the ways he wronged Mulder, including, but not limited to, [[spoiler:killing his father and Scully's sister.]] In fact, Krycek is shipped with most everyone.
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197* The music video for Music/TaylorSwift's "Bad Blood" opens with Arsyn betraying Catastrophe (Swift), and the rest of the video is Catastrophe planning revenge on Arsyn. Despite this, a lot of fans ship Arsyn and Catastrophe together, with its [=AO3=] tag being mostly Arsyn/Catastrophe fics. The fact that the song is often mistaken for a break up song doesn't help; neither does Arsyn being played by Swift's real life friend Music/SelenaGomez.
198* Music/MachineGunKelly's [[{{Diss Track}} beef]] with Music/{{Eminem}} involved MGK obsessing over Em's greatness and how much he'd worshipped him growing up. Eminem's retort, "Killshot", involved comparing Kells to his StalkerWithACrush character Stan and ended with an extended gag about MGK sucking his dick -- and Em [[GayBravado telling him to keep going]]. A not insignificant section of MGK's fanbase ended up taking to [=AO3=] to fantasise about Kells taking Em up on his offer. Many even got into Eminem's music via the shipping, especially after finding out about what a PrettyBoy he had been during the years Kells was imprinting on him.
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202* Despite their intense rivalry in the ring, a lot of fans ship Wrestling/BeckyLynch and Wrestling/CharlotteFlair together online and there are loads of fanfics for the two together.
203* Wrestling/ChrisJericho and Wrestling/{{Stephanie McMahon}}.
204* Feuding wrestlers can often come across as this. However, a special mention must go to Wrestling/BretHart and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels, who's legendary feud went on for ''twelve years'' on-screen and off; since burying the hatchet in 2010 they now have regular HoYay with one another instead of the obsession of yesteryear.
205* Wrestling/RandyOrton has this with almost all of his rivals over the years (no thanks to being a LauncherOfAThousandShips), but none more so than with Wrestling/JohnCena, easily the most prominent ArchEnemy of his entire career (followed closely by Wrestling/TripleH). Orton and Cena ''do not'' like each other, and never have, even when they were both faces. When something puts them in even the ''slightest'' amount of conflict, it's enough to push them to the verge of feuding again, even though their rivalry was ''suppose'' to end (officially) back in 2009 after their infamous Iron Man match (which Cena won). Naturally, the animosity between them is enough for the fan girls to ship them together with a vengeance.
206* Wrestling/SethRollins' betrayal of Wrestling/TheShield hurt Wrestling/RomanReigns, but Wrestling/DeanAmbrose [[ItsPersonal took it even harder]]. Dean's greatest desire in life now is to beat Seth within an inch of his life, and that led to him spending several months doing nothing but making Seth's life a living hell. Seth ''literally'' could not go through a week without Dean trying to attack him at some point. It's extremely reminiscent of how a boy tugs on the pigtails of the girl he likes. Dean's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove on an episode of ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' did not help, and now the two are the {{OTP}} of many a wrestling FanGirl.
207* Wrestling/CMPunk and Wrestling/JeffHardy had this a ''lot'' during their feud, and it retained a minor following for several years after the feud ended. Punk also had this with Cena and Jericho, especially the former.
208** When Punk returned to wrestling by signing with Wrestling/{{AEW}}, he very quickly developed this with Wrestling/{{MJF}}. It only got worse when their feud became even more personal, eventually culminating in a dog collar match that just ''screamed'' BDSM.
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212* Cecil, the narrator of ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'', often gets carried away ranting about how much he hates every little thing about Steve Carlsberg. Some fans have assumed they're exes or that it's just BelligerentSexualTension. It helps that Cecil has a few canonical male love interests. Made a little weird by how [[spoiler:Steve Carlsberg and Cecil are brother-in-laws, or he's at least the boyfriend of Cecil's sister.]]
213* On ''Roleplay/NoPixel'', Mike Block used to [[DamselInDistress kidnap]] Andi Jones fairly regularly while she was mayor; this led to an almost alarming amount of fans shipping the two. This eventually dropped off after Andi's mayorship ended and she married Denzel Williams.
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217* ''TabletopGame/TwilightSparklesSecretShipficFolder'' has cards marked Villain, and the flavor text sometimes hints at a Discord/Celestia pairing.
218* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' fans regularly pair human characters with Eldar or Tau despite the rampant FantasticRacism on all sides (and [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction biological impossibilities]]). One particularly popular one, ''[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Story:Love_Can_Bloom Love Can Bloom]]'', adds an extra layer by having a [[ColdSniper Vindicare Assassin]] fall in love with the Eldar he's assigned to kill. Then there's the fics involving [[TheLegionsOfHell daemons]]...
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222* ''VideoGame/AlienIsolation'': Thereā€™s a small fanbase for Amanda Ripley and the xenomorph. The fact that it develops a specific interest in hunting down Ripley probably contributes to the interest.
223* Texas x Lappland is one of the most popular pairings from the game ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}''. Fans really love them because of their interesting connections with each other, [[StalkerWithoutACrush the latter's utter obsession with the former]], and both being [[EnsembleDarkhorse some of the most popular characters in the game]]. The amount of their fanworks together is just outright absurd, especially after the game launched internationally.
224* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'': There's a number of fans who ship Jack with the man who's been manipulating him [[spoiler: via MindControl throughout the entire game, Atlas, who's actually Frank Fontaine.]] Doubles as a MindGameShip.
225* ''VideoGame/CrusaderKings'': The "Way Of Life" DLC allows landed characters to seduce other adult characters who are of the appropriate gender and orientation. The player can even use this to seduce and start a sexual relationship with hated rivals.
226* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': An in-universe example, where Snarky Hawke jokingly ships Meredith/Orsino.
227-->'''Hawke''': The way you two [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple go on]]... people will ''talk!''
228** Out-of-universe example with the [[PortmanteauCoupleName "Fenders"]] ship. Despite Anders and Fenris both being party members, they ''despise'' each other: Fenris comes from a [[TheMagocracy magocratic oligarchy]] where slavery, demon-summoning and necromancy are widely accepted, and Anders is an apostate mage whose entire life has become defined by a war against the Chantry's system of virtually enslaving mages to prevent things like Fenris's home from springing up anywhere else; most of their in-game interactions consist of them verbally tearing each other to shreds. Despite this, there are people who ship them.
229* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriors'' has a whole lot of shipping between the Three Kingdoms, which are at war.
230** Wang Yi's whole motivation for serving Wei is finding and killing Ma Chao to avenge the death of her family. Thing is, Wang Yi once compared her hate for him to love, so some fans have interpreted their relationship in a... [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence deeply uncomfortable way.]]
231* ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'': There are some fans who ship Ninten x Giygas, mainly due to the fact that they're {{Foil}}s to each other who represent the differing paths they took upon learning of PSI.
232* ''Franchise/FarCry'':
233** ''VideoGame/FarCry3'': Jason Brody/Vaas Montenegro, also known as [[PortmanteauCoupleName Vaason]]. Vaas' obsesssion with catching Jason and breaking him amplifies it.
234** ''VideoGame/FarCry4'': Ajay Ghale/Pagan Min is also quite popular [[spoiler:even though Pagan amounts to Ajay's stepfather.]]
235** ''VideoGame/FarCry5'': There's a huge number of fics where the [[PlayerCharacter Deputy]] and one (or more) of the Seed siblings get together. Mostly applies to the female Deputy and Joseph, Jacob or John, but sometimes Faith is involved and sometimes the Deputy is male instead.
236* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'': Caius Ballad and Lightning are "fated rivals", whose conflict is so key to the story that the two form the official logo of the game. Unsurprisingly, they are shipped by a relatively small but very loyal section of the fanbase. ''[[VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII Lightning Returns]]'' added more fuel by including a scene between the two that lacks almost all their previous hostility and including several flashes of Caius in Lightning's memories at the very end of the game.
237* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'':
238** Despite or even because of their incredibly antagonistic rivalry, [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Discotrain]], aka The Conductor/DJ Grooves, is an incredibly popular ship in the community. It helps that they have a lot in common in spite of their differences.
239** As for Hat Kid, you'll most often see her paired with Mustache Girl aka Hatstache, likely because their brief time as friends near the beginning of the game shows that they probably could've gotten along rather well if Mustache Girl hadn't gone mad with her lust for revenge.
240* ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'': Despite the fact that these versions of Superman and Batman are enemies waging war on each other, it is still very popular in the fandom to ship them, mainly due to the fact that they used to have a very similar dynamic to their mainstream counterparts and fans love the potential angst about the dynamic.
241* ''Franchise/LifeIsStrange'':
242** Victoria Chase and Kate Marsh are often paired together despite Victoria relentlessly bullying Kate in game [[spoiler:to the point of AttemptedSuicide]]. This is often done by having Victoria [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone feel incredibly guilty for mistreating Kate]], Kate forgiving Victoria because Kate is both [[NiceGirl incredibly nice]] and a [[ChurchLady devout Christian]], Victoria becoming extremely protective of Kate, and the two becoming closer to the point of romantic feelings.
243** Nathan Prescott and Warren Graham is (on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn, at least) the single most popular male/male pairing in the fandom despite their two encounters in the game both ending in violence. The fact that they are the two most prominent male students among the cast probably plays a role.
244* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
245** Miranda/Jack became a popular pairing despite (or rather ''because'' of) them being the most hostile to each other out of anyone in the cast, outright coming to blows at one point. As with everything else, the ''Citadel'' DLC for ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' gives this a FandomNod.
246** From ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', thereā€™s Cerberus assassin Kai Leng and spacefaring hero Shepard (mostly female Shepard). Whether itā€™s a straight-up romance with happy aspects, a MindGameShip that has an obssessed Leng stalking and screwing with Shepard, or [[TheMasochismTango an unhealthy relationship full of hate sex]] varies.
247* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'': Samus Aran has an active shipperdom with Ridley. That's right, Samus gets shipped with the [[DragonsPreferPrincesses space dragon]] who [[MyParentsAreDead murdered her parents]]. Go figure.
248* ''VideoGame/NamuAmidaButsuUtena'': Fugen Bosatsu/Monju Bosatsu is one of the major ships among this fandom, even though they are servant Buddhas who compete with one another for their head Buddha's trust, have clashing personalities and bicker often.
249* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
250** Thanks to a [[http://i.imgur.com/sW1R14j.png screenshot]] from the promo cinematic, the game got one of these before it was even released, pairing [[TimeMaster Tracer]] and [[ColdSniper Widowmaker]] under the name of [[PortmanteauCoupleName WidowTracer]]. And then Blizzard added fuel to it by having the majority of Widowmaker's animated short be a fight between her and Tracer.
251** There's also the common pairing of Soldier: 76 and Reaper. Granted, they were friends in Overwatch's heyday, but after a few decades they're now sworn enemies who wouldn't hesitate to kill each other.
252** Other popular Foe Yay pairings include [[AngelDevilShipping Mercy/Reaper]], Mercy/Moira, Zarya/Sombra and [[ToBeLawfulOrGood Symmetra/Lucio]].
253* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
254** Any player character will inevitably be shipped with the BigBad (or [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver rival equivalent]]) of their game-generation. Never mind that [[KidHero most of the player characters are underage]], and the villains usually are not. Female player characters are most prone to it, though the guys certainly aren't immune.
255** Members of the rival villainous teams Aqua and Magma from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]]'' often have this attributed to them, both in the original games as well as the 2014 remakes. Matt/Tabitha and Shelly/Courtney are popular, and you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who ''doesn't'' ship the leaders of the two teams, Maxie and Archie.
256** Zangoose and Seviper are natural enemies, as stated in their PokƩdex entries and shown in some gameplay features such as the horde encounters in [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY the sixth generation]], where they prioritize fighting each other instead of the player. This doesn't stop fans from shipping both PokƩmon, further fueled by the fact that they're in the same egg group and thus can be successfully bred together.
257* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'': Chell/[=GLaDOS=] have a gargantuan following, what with [=GLaDOS=] continually acting like an abusive partner, though [[MinimalistCast being the only characters]] made it largely inevitable. As of ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' Chell/[[spoiler:Wheatley]] can be this, depending on whether the specific fic writer thinks that the latter's actions were deliberate or a case of WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity, and whether or not they depict Chell forgiving him.
258* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' has Wesker/Chris. There is a lot of Foe Yay subtext in canon and shippers just went with it. Actually, most pairings involving Wesker are going to be of the Foe Yay variety on account of Wesker's chronic backstabbing. There's also Leon/Krauser.
259* There's also [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Karl Heisenberg]] and [[PowerIsSexy Ethan Winters]] in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage''. Heisenberg writes about Ethan in his private journal and even describes him as having an "interesting body" rather than an "interesting medical condition", and his desire to defeat the BigBad with him and help raise Ethan's daughter to achieve her full potential (albeit as a powerful weapon) is like a same-sex couple raising a child together. Ethan's refusal to team up with him and Heisenberg's shocked and disappointed outburst at it plays out like a person being rejected by their crush.
260* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' fans have taken a liking to shipping [[ActionGirl Shantae]] herself with Risky Boots, the franchise's BigBad, interpreting their constant hateful dialogue between each other as one half of BelligerentSexualTension.
261* ''Franchise/SilentHill'' fandom has James/Pyramid Head from [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 the second game]], Heather/Claudia from [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 the third game]], and Henry/Walter and Eileen/Walter (or [[OneTrueThreesome Henry/Walter/Eileen]], if you're feeling adventurous) from [[VideoGame/SilentHill4 the fourth game]].
262* ''VideoGame/SoundVoltex'' artists tend to ship SeriesMascot Rasis with BigBad Grace. It helps that both characters have pink hair and are [[GirlOnGirlIsHot both]] {{Ms Fanservice}}s.
263* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': Prior to it being revealed that Octoling aren't strictly an EvilCounterpartRace, with them also becoming playable from ''Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion'' onward, shipping Inklings with Octolings was always treated like this. In fact, it's still treated like this, with many such fics still working off the basic premise of the Octoling half of the pairing at least starting out as unflinchingly loyal to the Octarian military.
264* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': There have been occasional fanfics shipping Jedi Grandmaster Satele Shan with Darth Marr, a prominent member of the Sith Empire's Dark Council. The two are {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s of roughly equal age and end up in several EnemyMine scenarios beginning in the ''Shadow of Revan'' expansion, and Shan herself is a descendant of [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Revan and Bastila Shan]].
265* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' has Mario/Bowser (with or without a [[JustForFun/{{Bowsette}} Super Crown]]) as a popular pairing, helped along by copious amounts of GoKartingWithBowser. Peach/Bowser is one of the top ships as well but Peach dislikes Bowser, while he has an unrequited love for her.
266* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': While we're not told much about ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]'''s [[BigBadEnsemble Galeem and Dharkon]], one thing that ''is'' made clear is their [[EvilVsEvil burning hatred for each other]]. Despite this, they still have their shippers.
267* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' fandom loves pairing members of the [[CosmeticallyDifferentSides opposing teams]] with each other, especially Sniper/Spy, who in canon hate each other with the fury of a thousand suns.
268* The recurring big bad himself of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'', [=Ganondorf/Ganon=] is no stranger to being shipped with Link. The two are forever in eternal combat, with Ganondorf arriving back into the timeline during peace to try and take over, and forever beaten down by Link and Zelda... but the shippers would like to reimagine this as Ganondorf being an actually amicable, and fun-loving guy if it weren't for the curse of reviving as a villain. The logic of the shippers will usually bend over backwards to find a justification for the two to be together despite one of this pairing being a literal wall of evil in some games.
269* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'':
270** Due to the prevalence of DefeatMeansFriendship the fandom mostly avoids this trope, but two characters who haven't done so are [[{{Ojou}} Kaguya]] and [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Mokou]], who are still highly antagonistic towards each other and spent the previous several centuries repeatedly killing each other. Kaguya/Mokou is still one of the most popular pairings in a very ship-happy fandom, ranging from [[SugarWiki/{{WAFF}} heartwarming fluff]] all the way to [[ImmortalLifeIsCheap incredibly bloody]] [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence sadomasochism]].
271** Byakuren and Miko are the leaders of two temples (Buddhist and Taoist, respectively) with a long history of mutual strife, and are ''vicious'' to each other (at least by Gensokyo standards) when they meet. Outside of their respective {{Cast Herd}}s, they are each other's most common shipping partner.
272*** Taken even further with the introduction of Hata no Kokoro from ''VideoGame/TouhouShinkirouHopelessMasquerade'', as they are both connected to her in some way, and thus fandom often treats them like they are Kokoro's parents.
273** After the ''Hopeless Masquerade'' incident, Hata no Kokoro is shipped with her ArchNemesis Koishi Komeiji despite the latter stealing the former's Mask of Hope and refusing to return it. Kokoro and Koishi being each other's antithesis (Kokoro is unable to show expression while Koishi is unable to feel emotion) makes their interaction interesting, at least for [[ShippingGoggles certain fans]].
274* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': Despite them being on opposite sides of the war ([[ShipsThatPassInTheNight along with barely interacting in canon]]), a lot of fans ship Jaina Proudmoore and Sylvanas Windrunner together, due to their similarly tragic backstories and the fans feeling that they would understand each other like no one else can. On [=AO3=] for example, Jaina/Sylvanas is the most written about pairing for either character.
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277[[folder:Visual Novels]]
278* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has Phoenix/Edgeworth as '''the''' pairing of the fandom, despite them starting off as antagonists. Then Edgeworth slowly got a HeelFaceTurn and support remained strong, ultimately averting the trope.
279* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'' has Kokichi Ouma and Shuichi Saihara, who, being TheRival and the protagonist, respectively, as well as representing the game's theme of truth and lies, combined with Kokichi's [[HoYay implied crush]] on Shuichi, have their fair amount of fans.
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283* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
284** [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming "Fallen Petals"]], shipping mysterious villainess Cinder with perky, innocent Ruby, has gained a not inconsiderable following in the fandom.
285** The end of Volume 2 saw, among other things, Neopolitan giving Yang the CurbStompBattle of a lifetime. Fandom's response was to create a wave of Neo/Yang fanart.
286** [[TheBrute Mercury Black's]] most popular ship isn't with his [[VitriolicBestBuds partner]] [[TheEvilGenius Emerald]], but with [[HumbleHero Pyrrha]]. The only interaction they've had is a sparring match.
287** Another fairly popular ship involving Ruby is her and her ArchEnemy [[BombThrowingAnarchist Roman.]] Noticeable in that no matter how many times Roman expresses his absolute hatred for her, the fans fall back a bit, and then return with full force. He doesn't even consider her a WorthyOpponent, instead considering her a mere nuisance.
288** In Volume 5, Weiss is captured by Raven's bandits and, still being a BadassInDistress, defiantly snarks at Raven's lieutenant Vernal. This seemingly earning Vernal's VillainRespect, Vernal commenting that maybe she'd fit in with their group after all. Some people have played it up so Vernal has a crush on Weiss.
289* ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': There is a surprisingly large amount of ship art on Twitter and Newgrounds of [[AngelDevilShipping Lila x Bob Velseb]], with said artists likening the ship to [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers x Laurie Strode]]. The creator of the series, Creator/SrPelo, has even [[ApprovalOfGod retweeted]] some art of Lila x Bob himself.
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292[[folder:Webcomics]]
293* Happens in-universe in ''Webcomic/UnwindersTallComics''. Unwinder watches a few episodes of the anime ''Tokyo Delta Jetlag D'' and remarks, "I'd kind of like to see what would happen if Jaded and Colonel Gunarm hooked up."
294* Despite having only had one face-to-face conversation, there are a lot of fans of ''Webcomic/NightmareFactory'' who ship the main character, Emai, with the Game Master Phirre. Their meeting was intense and could be seen as charged, with both parties playing mind games. He constantly taunts her by calling her "Princess". Plus, there were those few shots where, judging by their positions, you almost expected a kiss... [[spoiler:right before she "stole" his heart... as in, literally ripped his heart out of his chest.]] The revelation that [[spoiler:Emai has turned out to be [[TheLostLenore Ylantis]], or Phirre's soulmate,]] doesn't help matters.
295* Rudy and Drew from ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' don't particularly like each other, but occasionally their conversations have flirtatious subtexts.
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298[[folder:Web Original]]
299* [[http://i.imgur.com/Wx3DHU0.jpg Britain and America.]]
300* This is how ''WebOriginal/{{Creamsicle}}'' came to be. Someone drew a parody pic about how they weren't like 'other girls'. People were outraged however eventually people began shipping the two characters.
301* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': [[DarkIsEvil Jhudora]] and [[NatureHero Illusen]] are archenemies who hate each other. Some fans ship them or imagine them as exes.
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304[[folder:Web Videos]]
305* ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' had plenty of HomoeroticSubtext already, especially with WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, but fandom went one step further and shipped him with Turrell. Reasoning? They love everyone who wants Critic to suffer painfully, and IHaveYouNowMyPretty scenarios are always fun.
306* In the ''WebVideo/{{Drawfee}}'' video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW7ZbhrqpOg "Adventure Time Lyrics Challenge,"]] when a set of lyrics taken from the song "Remember You" were used as a drawing prompt, they led to a rendition of [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry Potter and Voldemort]] looking smitten with each other.
307-->This magic keeps me alive\
308But it's making me crazy\
309And I need to save you\
310But who's going to save me?
311* ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight'': Timothy ships Matt and Lele in one episode, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while Matt is ranting about why Lele should die.]]
312* Many Vaush fans [[CrackPairing jokingly]] ship him and Destiny together, and that they act like a bitter divorced couple [[BelligerentSexualTension in their thousands of debates.]] It could be because Vaush used to be a fan of his, before they (or at least Destiny) split due to ideological differences.
313* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': Robert Bumaro, head of the Church of the Broken God, a religion that worships a mechanical deity that opposes an evil flesh being, and Grand Karcist Ion, the head of the Sarkic Cults, which worships said evil flesh (Maybe. It's complicated) have been paired together for quite some time now.
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316[[folder:Western Animation]]
317* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' fandom has a surprisingly large following for [[GenderFlip Fionna/Ice Queen]], which could be the result of [[spoiler:Ice Queen literally taking Fionna on a date]]. Finn/Ice King is a big no-no in the fandom however, with Finn looking and acting a lot younger than Fionna and Ice King being repulsive in every sense of the word.
318* Joey/Warren from ''WesternAnimation/AtomicPuppet'' has a bit of a fanbase, despite the fact that Joey finds Warren to be a nuisance most of the time. It might have something to do with Warren's hobby of spying on him.
319* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
320** Quite a lot of this for Jet/Zuko, who were briefly antagonists to each other.
321** [[TheVamp Azula]]/''Anyone'', thanks to generating chemistry with a good chunk of the main cast. The most popular targets are [[BrotherSisterIncest Zuko]], Aang, and Sokka.
322** This was how the Zuko/Katara ship started, until Zuko began to drift away from being an antagonist.
323* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' had Ben/Kevin and Gwen/Kevin as two of the three most popular ships, only beaten out by [[IncestYayShipping Ben/Gwen]]. SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' made Gwen/Kevin canon and gave Ben and Kevin massive amounts of HoYay, though by that point [[HeelFaceTurn Kevin was no longer a villain]].
324* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Though neither show an interest in each other in the series, Danny Phantom and Ember [=McLain=] are [[DatingCatwoman a popular ship]] in the fandom. WordOfGod has suggested Ember is secretly in love with Danny, [[{{Tsundere}} but would deny such a thing]].
325** The second most popular ship for the series on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn is Danny with Vlad Masters, one of the major antagonists of the series.
326* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'': There are a large number of fans who pair up Doug and Roger.
327* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017''
328** Other than gaining an immediate fandom after the pilot premiere, some fans have shipped DarkActionGirl Gabby [=McStabberson=] with NiceGuy Donald due to him having more interaction with her out of any of Glomgold's hired baddies. Not only did he try to make conversation with her (and show her images of him and his nephews), he went as far as to ask about her family life (even though she makes it ''very clear'' that her "relations" contrast greatly to his). [[http://toonsforkicks22.tumblr.com/post/164128481839/the-series-just-premiered-and-ive-already-found This artist's]] drawing supports that ship.
329** Scrooge and Magica, as par for the course -- from her obsession with owning Scrooge's most prized possession, calling him "Scroogey," borrowing his canonical love interest's catchphrase ("You're Scrooge [=McDuck=]!"), to, most conspicuously, her sincere, profound disappointment at finding him in such a "pathetic" state in the Season 1 finale. Instead of being glad taking the dime from her enemy will be easier than she thought, she's upset she won't get a grand showdown with her WorthyOpponent and actually gives Scrooge a GetAholdOfYourselfMan speech to get some fight back in him. The reboot makes it even easier to imagine Magica has an unspoken motive behind her obsession with Scrooge than any previous incarnations. (It doesn't hurt that their actors have good chemistry together and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu_Rs16JyNA have played couples before]].)
330** Scrooge and Glomgold have been shipped as well. Plus Goldie, his canon love interest, almost falls into this at times with how often she betrays him. So Scrooge kinda gets this a lot.
331** Mark Beaks and Falcon Graves is also a popular pairing, thanks to their interactions with each other throughout their debut episode.
332* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'':
333** The amount of [[KidHero Timmy]]/[[BabysitterFromHell Vicky]] fics in the fandom is astounding, especially as Vicky was established as more of a sociopath as the series went on.
334** Timmy and Anti-Cosmo is also quite popular due to the latter being the EvilCounterpart to Timmy's godparent.
335* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'' fan-fiction does this a LOT, with one of the noteworthy examples being Elisa/Demona in many a SlashFic. Where that particular pairing is concerned, approximately 50% of all fics dedicated to it usually portray Demona as the dominant and Eliza as the ([[NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization initially]]) unwilling submissive, while the other 50% seems split between them either being very cool toward each other but gradually warming (no pun intended) or with Demona's human form coming into the mix somehow. There's also Goliath/Demona (it helps that they canonically used to be mates) and Fox/any female character.
336* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
337** Mabel/Pacifica was originally small, but after "The Golf War" where Mabel and Pacifica have a mini-golf competition, it became popular.
338** Dipper/Pacifica is similar to the above, and owes its popularity largely to the episode "Northwest Mansion Mystery" - said episode has Dipper "greet" Pacifica by telling her that she's the worst and slamming the door in her face, and quite a bit of what follows is the two arguing while trying to stop a vengeful ghost.
339** Bill Cipher, a demonic EldritchAbomination, has been shipped with several of his enemies, including Dipper, Mabel, or even Stanford "Ford" Pines.
340* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' fans love pairing Zim and Dib, usually revolving around their shared status as universally despised outcasts among their species. Less common are Zim/Tak and Dib/Tak; while the pairings themselves are popular, most of time in fics Tak just switches to the side of whomever she's paired with.
341* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'':
342** Unsurprisingly some people ship Jerrica and Pizzazz despite the fact they hate each other. A quiet, overworked prude with a loud, bad girl pop star just works well.
343** Jetta and Roxy are bandmates who get along like water and oil. [[SlapSlapKiss Obviously]] they're a popular pairing.
344** Kimber and Stormer are the biggest ship in the fandom despite being from rival bands. Stormer is the TokenGoodTeammate of The Misfits and got along [[HoYay extremely well]] with Kimber in "The Bands Break Up" but you can't forget all the times she's nearly ''killed'' Kimber. It was made into AscendedFanon in [[ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW 2015 comic reboot]].
345* Almost all ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'' fans ship Kaeloo and Mr. Cat (who can be considered enemies when Kaeloo is in her [[OneWingedAngel Bad Kaeloo]] form). It's also true in-universe that they actually are in love with each other.
346* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' fans frequently pair up [[ActionGirl Kim]] and [[DarkActionGirl Shego]] ([[PortmanteauCoupleName "KiGo"]]). It's the second most popular couple in the fandom, right after the OfficialCouple Kim/Ron.
347* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
348** [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Korra is paired with]] arc villains Amon, Tarrlok, Kuvira, and... [[JerkJock rival pro-bender Tahno]]. It isn't uncommon for Korra, Amon, Tarrlok to be written as an OneTrueThreesome, while most Korra/Kuvira fics take place after the GrandFinale during [[spoiler:her path of redemption after trying to destroy Republic City]]. Most of the Korra/Tahno fanfics that take place after Book 1, Episode 6 are of the {{Hurt Comfort|Fic}} variety rather than Foe Yay for reasons obvious to all that have seen that episode.
349** Kuvira/Suyin was popular even early in Book Four despite the fact Suyin is ([[InformedAttribute supposedly]]) a mother figure to Kuvira. It remained fairly popular even after [[spoiler:Su attempted to assassinate Kuvira]].
350%%* ''Franchise/LooneyTunes'': There are fans who ship [[HoYay Wile E. Coyote with Road Runner]].
351* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':
352** ChloƩ/Marinette has a surprisingly massive following due to their similarities. Many fics turning them into lovers and even the ones that don't are very offering of plenty of teases between them. Let's not forget in canon how Chloe can't seem to prevent herself from touching [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lady-bug/images/9/91/Kung_Food_075.png/revision/latest?cb=20200406201452 Marinette's]] [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lady-bug/images/9/97/Animaestro_141.png/revision/latest?cb=20200418221529 boobs.]]
353** ConsummateLiar Lila is introduced at the very end of Season 1, and is called out by Marinette's alter-ego Ladybug, causing her [[MonsterOfTheWeek akumatization]]. While Ladybug eventually apologizes for embarrassing her, Lila refuses to forgive her, then [[GreenRooming disappears for almost an entire season with little acknowledgement]]. As a result, the fandom had two and half years to speculate on what Marinette and Lila's dynamic would be like, as Lila hadn't met Marinette yet, and so [[HatesMySecretIdentity Lila could hate Ladybug but love Marinette]]. Common plots include Marinette setting out to [[LoveRedeems stop Lila from lying]] by befriending her without Ladybug's baggage and the two falling in love, or Lila trying to manipulate Marinette (either because she knows she's Ladybug, or just to mess with her) and [[InLoveWithTheMark falling in love with her along the way]]. While Season 3 firmly establishes that [[KarmaHoudini Lila is still getting away with her lies]], and she and Marinette hate each other independent of Ladybug's actions in Season 1, the ship still has a following, especially with the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/lady-bug/images/2/28/Chameleon_149.png/revision/latest?cb=20200223231523 physical antagonism between the two]] and the implication that [[spoiler:Lila will become the next Butterfly supervillain]].
354* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
355** [[BigGood Celestia]]/[[GodOfEvil Discord]] is one of the most popular pairings that doesn't involve the mane six, and Discord/Twilight (as well as Discord/any of the mane six) pops up on a regular basis.
356** [[TheSacredDarkness Luna]]/[[SorcerousOverlord Sombra]] came about soon after the latter's debut, despite him [[spoiler:being KilledOffForReal]], as a foil to Celestia/Discord, and while it's nowhere near as common it pops up here and there.
357** Twilight/Trixie and Rainbow Dash/Gilda were very popular in the early days and support still goes strong years afterwards. Granted, the latter half of the pairings were more antagonists than outright villains, and Trixie [[spoiler:also got a HeelFaceTurn.]]
358** In spite of the {{Disneyfication}} between settlers and Native Americans in the Old West, Braeburn/Little Strongheart, introduced in "Over a Barrel" is a popular ship among fans.
359** Many fans view Diamond Tiara as a LovingBully towards Apple Bloom. [[spoiler:After Diamond takes a HeelFaceTurn this just becomes straight HoYay]].
360** Applejack paired with one of the Flim-Flam brothers is also surprisingly popular. Usually with the former.
361* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Perry and Doofenshmirtz is probably one of the most iconic examples. With their relationship being [[FriendlyEnemy the way that it is]], it's no wonder fans keep pairing them up.
362* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'': Bubbles/Him and Blossom/Mojo Jojo are both pretty popular pairings. They're not nearly as popular as the ToyShip's of pairing the Powerpuff Girls with the Rowdyruff Boys, but they have more than their fair share of fans.
363* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' makes pairing Splinter with season 1's BigBad Baron Draxum all too easy. The spark for this ship mainly started during the episode "The League of Evil Mutants" wherein Baron Draxum flashes back to the first time he saw Splinter (back when Splinter was human and known as [[spoiler:Lou Jitsu]]) -- Splinter is striking a dashing victory pose after triumphing in a Battle Nexus tournament, with the front of his outfit torn open, revealing his awesome abs -- and Draxum is completely smitten with it all. Later on, this becomes straight-up HoYay material after [[spoiler:Draxum makes a HeelFaceTurn in season 2 and is more or less accepted into the TMNT family (he ''did'' create the Turtles after all, even if it was for all the wrong reasons). Splinter initially isn't too thrilled about this development to say the least, and the first couple of Draxum-centric season 2 episodes largely deal with Draxum and Splinter bickering like a married couple -- but they ultimately reconcile. Mikey outright calls Splinter and Draxum "my two dads", and shortly thereafter Draxum, speaking with Splinter, refers to Mikey as "''our'' boy"]].
364** Also from ''Rise'', shipping [[ActionGirl April O'Neil]] and [[DarkActionGirl the Foot Recruit]] is quite popular due to their [[HotBlooded similar personalities]]. [[spoiler:Like Splinter and Draxum, this becomes straight-up HoYay as of the series' end, which saw the Recruit make a HeelFaceTurn--and also reveled her to be this series' [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Casey Jones]]. Which only intensified the shipping, given that April and Casey tend to be an OfficialCouple in most other TMNT media.]]
365* ''Franchise/{{Rugrats}}'': Susie and Angelica hate each other, but that doesn't stop them from being a popular ToyShip with a lot of fanfics for them. It does help that as the series went on, the two softened towards each other despite the two continuing to argue.
366* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'':
367** Catra and Adora, whose relationship has been described in official bios as being "complicated." They have a very close relationship both before and after [[HeelFaceTurn Adora defects from the Horde]]. Many scenes center around Catra's feelings of betrayal, Adora's lingering feelings towards her, and how they were inseparable as children. The two of them even have a romantic dance together in the first season. The first four seasons do everything short of explicitly confirming both characters homosexuality, having other flirty interactions with women besides each other. [[spoiler:The final season confirms that they are in love with each other, officially becoming a couple in the series finale.]]
368** Catra and Glimmer. They serve as character {{Foil}}s to each other throughout season 4 and 5, which obviously led to this, but even before that there was a ''lot'' of ShipTease invoked whenever they were around. Glimmer's mental image of Catra is canonically as a buxom FemmeFatale, and Catra at one point goes out of her way to save Glimmer's life, which causes them to spend the first half of season 5 bonding over being prisoners of [[spoiler:Horde Prime]]. There is also this GettingCrapPastTheRadar moment from season 2:
369-->'''Bow:''' She bites!\
370(''Catra winks at Glimmer, who gets very flustered in response'')
371* There a lot of ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' fanfics pairing up the Warden with either the Mistress or Lord Stingray, both being his archenemies/rivals (though he [[LampshadeHanging remarks]] that he rarely gets to see the former). In the Mistress' case, there's how she's a DistaffCounterpart and the warden of her own prison, and a cruel ice queen that rivals Warden's lighter-hearted megalomania. Thus, some fans insist she and the Warden must have feelings for each other and absolutely get together, although some stories seem to subject her to {{Chickification}} and have her personality altered to be submissive to the Warden (though some may insist on making her dominant too). With Lord Stingray, how he tries to constantly one-up the Warden and that the Warden was initially impressed by him gives the Warden/Stingray fans quite the tension to go on as well.
372* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': The Kyle/Cartman pairing is an obvious one for this. Also, some fans of the Goth Kids and the Vampire Kids tend to pair up Mike Makowski (aka "Vampir", your lord of darkness per se) with either Michael or Pete. The Goth Kids and the Vampire Kids are enemies; the Goth kids kidnapped Mike and mailed him to Scottsdale, and then burned down the vampire lair (Hot Topic). However, the Goth Kids and Vampire Kids did later team up to defeat the Emo Kids.
373* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
374** The (semi-canonical) Lapis/Jasper ship. The two are described as having a terrible relationship structured around mutual abuse, with both characters' manipulative and controlling behavior manifesting in what was outright called a "toxic" fusion. Despite this, however, there are a lot of fans who ship the two together precisely ''because'' they enjoy how much they reinforce each other's most negative traits. Even some of the LighterAndSofter AU situations still like to have it take a while before their dynamic becomes anything close to healthy.
375** The Prosecuting and Defense Zircons introduced in "The Trial," are often paired together. Their [[IdiosyncraticShipNaming Courtship]] largely born out of the rivalry the pair shared. Fan works tend to play them up as bickering/flirting.
376** A pairing that popped up shortly after the movie was Spinel/Steven. Despite their antagonistic interactions prior, along with the uncertain way their interactions were going to be in the future (Given "Future" wasn't released yet). A number of comics and short fanfics gave justifications towards Steven and Connie breaking up for various reasons in an effort to justify it.
377* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' fandom has a bunch for Piper/Cyclonis and Aerrow/Dark Ace, usually running along their established lines.
378* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': Plenty of examples in the fandom, such as Jo/Brick, Geoff/Blaineley (despite Blaineley being more than twice Geoff's age), Dawn/Scott, Duncan/Harold, Sugar/Ella, and Cameron/Lightning. However, [[LauncherOfAThousandShips Gwen]] seems to get more of this than any other character on the show, including [[AlphaBitch Heather]], [[InsufferableGenius Courtney]], and [[LoonyFan Sierra]], just to name a handful of examples.
379* ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'' has AllLovingHero Unikitty and BigBadWannabe Master Frown, the former having kissed the latter a few times with passion.
380* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' has Bloom shipped with evil wizard Valtor or ice witch Icy.
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