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{{trope}}
Some [[Shipping|Shippers]] are [[Die for Our Ship|diehard]]. They'll go through everything, [[Fire, Ice, Lightning
Then there are the other types, who, when something unexpected is revealed, drop a Ship faster than a hot potato. Maybe it's because a character had a [[Wangst|deep dark secret]] that severely makes people question their ability to even be in a relationship, maybe they're [[Brother-Sister Incest|really siblings]], or maybe there's some sort of [[Oedipus Complex|other aspect to their relationship]] that suddenly [[Squick
There are also notable subversions, when what would seem like a cause to
Some will drop a pairing because [[Die for Our Ship|the fans are rabid]], but [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgement|let's not talk about that.]]
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See also [[Ship Sinking]] for when the creators intentionally introduce something to try and make this happen, though it's not at all guaranteed to work on the more radical shippers.
[[Not to Be Confused With]] [[Abandon Ship]],
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== Anime
* ''[[
* ''[[Blood
* ''[[Fruits Basket]]'': In a similar situation, after Yuki Sohma realized that he thought of Tohru as more of a [[Parental Substitute|mother figure]] than a love interest the overall support for Yuki/Tohru appeared to die down considerably, though [[Fan Wank|not everyone agreed...]]
** Interesting enough, a lot of people
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* ''[[Gundam Seed]]'': Additionally, during the initial run, a small but devoted group of loyal Kira/Cagalli shippers existed for a time... until it was revealed that {{spoiler|Kira and Cagalli were [[Twincest|twins]] a la Luke and Leia.}} There are still some shippers out there, though, especially after Kira [[Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace|rescued Cagalli from marrying the wrong guy]] and carried her away in a wedding dress in ''[[Gundam Seed Destiny]]''.
** [[Word of God]] says that Kira and Cagalli's circumstances were meant to be a direct allusion to ''[[Star Wars]]''.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'': Negi/Asuna. Between the fact that their relationship [[Platonic Life Partners|works fine non-romantically]], rival ships (like Nodoka, Kuu Fei, Yue, Ako, Makie, {{spoiler|Luna aka Shiori, ''[[Foe Yay|Fate]]''}}, etc.), and the false revelation {{spoiler|that Asuna is Negi's aunt, though debunked by the fact that she is way too old, somewhat reviving this ship with minor Tenchi-style family confusion.}}
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': In a subversion the previous examples, after it was revealed that {{spoiler|Rei is a genetic construct formed by mixing the DNA of Shinji's mother and Lilith, effectively making her his half-sister}}, the Shinji/Rei shippers appeared, if anything, to get ''stronger'', in what is either a very strong case of [[Fan
** Or, you know, because Eva isn't a very happy setting, and that fact only puts a cherry on top of a tragic fic.
** On the other hand reading through various [[Fan Fiction]] archives do suggest a trend away from Shinji/Rei and toward Shinji/Asuka.
** [[Romantic Comedy]] [[Alternate Continuity|'official spinoffs']] such as the video games ''Girlfriend of Steel 2'' (adapted into the ''Angelic Days'' [[Manga]]) and ''Ikari Shinji Raising Project'' actually encourage this at a certain level. But then, most of Hideaki Anno's characters seem to have a massive [[Oedipus Complex|mother or father complex]].
** And then, of course, there's the ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' [[
* ''[[Paradise Kiss]]'': During the first volumes, Arashi Nagase and Miwako Sakurada attracted massive amounts of [[Shipping]]. However, as the series progressed, readers tended to gradually back away from the (''[[Canon]]'') ship, as Arashi's attitude towards Miwako started to become aggressive and sometimes violent, {{spoiler|and then came [[The Reveal]] that he [[Victim Falls For Rapist|raped her]] during their first time}}. Even though Miwako doesn't hold it against him, [[The Atoner|Arashi feels]] ''[[The Atoner|very]]'' [[The Atoner|guilty]] about his behaviour, [[Must Make Amends|and tries to correct what he has done]]. Despite this, {{spoiler|the fact that they end up together and even have a child}} has proven too [[
* ''[[Shoujo Kakumei Utena]]'': Many fans dropped Mikage/Mamiya (the show's first [[
* ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'': What had been a very vocal group of Fay/Chii Shippers (in contrast to the majority of Kurogane/Fay shippers) mysteriously disappeared after it was revealed that {{spoiler|Fay had based the design of Chii off of his late mother}}. Apparently this was enough to turn most, if not all, of the Shippers away from the pairing (and the former [[Trope Namer]] comes from the reaction of a poster on an internet forum.) There was also the small fact that {{spoiler|Chii disintegrated after the [[Soul Jar|Feather]] used to create her was removed}}, and that probably put a major damper on the idea of them being involved in the future.
** And then cue the revelation that {{spoiler|Syaoran is ''really'' actually the son of his own clone and his Sakura's clone, not the CCS pair}}. Fans are
* ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Elf Quest]]'': Ember hooked up with Mender once she reached puberty. The [[Fandom]] generally liked him until he went off to fight in the war and was replaced by Ember's second love interest, Teir - who came literally out of ''nowhere''. Now, the original authors and the guest artists/writers alike all collectively prefer Teir over Mender now... the fandom, predictably, is much more [[Broken Base|split]] on the subject, evenly between forgetting Mender even existed, and seeing Teir as an abhorrent [[Creator's Pet]].
== Films ==
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== Literature ==
* The ''[[Harry Potter (
** ''
*** After the events of the book, previously vocal [[The Hero|Harry]]/Cho Shippers appeared to ''Evanesco''.
*** It also saw the once-popular Percy/Penelope ship (it had the advantage in the early days of being the only [[
** ''
*** [[The Lancer|Ron]]/Lavender Brown used to be a popular [[Beta Couple]] among [[Ship Mates|supporters of Harry/Hermione]] (that is, when he didn't fall victim to [[Die for Our Ship]]), which changed when it became [[Canon]] in the sixth book and turned Lavender into the [[Stalker
** Believe it or not, Sirius/Narcissa was actually a moderately popular ship during the "Three-Year Summer" between the releases of ''
*** Or the Blacks, for that matter.
* ''[[Tortall Universe]]'''s ''Song of the Lioness'' series. An example of an
* ''[[
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'': Many abandoned the Spike/Buffy ship after the infamous [[Moral Event Horizon|attempted rape]] in season six.
** 'The Fluke' and its attendant awkwardness pretty much blew up the Xander/Willow ship, and then her turning gay in season 4 went back and nuked the wreckage. Oddly enough the Fluke did ''not'' sink the Xander/Cordelia ship, despite the fact that that's the relationship the Fluke specifically destroyed in canon.
* ''[[Dollhouse]]'': More than half of [[
* ''[[Friends]]'': The Ross/Rachel ship was popular when the show started, but much of the fandom tired of the pairing somewhere around the end of season 3. The writers annoyingly remained hooked on the ship, keeping the [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] drawn out for the rest of the show's run, with [[Word of God]] even later admitting that whenever there weren't any major relationship-related plots going on they could always bring out another airing of "Ross and Rachel", believing this to be what the fandom wanted.
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'': [[The Reveal]] that Peter and Claire are related did scare off most of the more casual [[Shipping|'shippers]]. However, many stuck to it, either pretending that the reveal didn't happen or just accepting it regardless. Considering that the [[Fandom|fandom's]] most popular [[Ho Yay]] pairing is Peter and his brother, this isn't too surprising.
** Ironically enough, the implication of incest didn't stop Claire and Peter's actors from hooking up... so why should it stop the shippers? Of course, their subsequent break up (and rumors of Hayden Panettiere trying to get Milo Ventimiglia thrown off the show) might spike those particular wheels.
** There seems to have been a significant drop in Mohinder being paired with ''anyone'' ever since {{spoiler|his experiments with [[Super Serum]] kicked off a mutation into... whatever the heck it is he's turning into.}}
* ''[[
** As with many pairings that get together and then break up later, there are fans who abandoned Seddie after their break up in ''iLove You''. Either through having seen the relationship and not be satisfied with it or because they were satisfied by what they saw and wanted the show to go back to being about comedy.
* ''[[Lost]]'': A decent amount of shippers in the [[Fandom]] jumped ship when it was revealed that Jacob and the Man in Black are {{spoiler|twin brothers. Others have continued to ship it.}}
* Although there was [[Ship Tease]] between Arthur and Morgana in the first series of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', many shippers soon lost interest simply because they barely interacted in series two, and were then revealed to be half-siblings in series three (and ''still'' didn't interact in any meaningful way). Despite the potential for [[Foe Yay]], they only had one brief scene together throughout the entirety of series four.
* ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]'': The Sheriff/Guy ship seems to have died out in series three after {{spoiler|Guy attempted to kill the Sheriff and later had a [[Heel Face Turn]] ... then the Sheriff killed him in the final episode. He joins the outlaws around the same time that his sister Isabella does a [[Face Heel Turn]], which put off a lot of people who were beginning to ship Robin/Isabella.}}
** However, the fact that Guy of Gisborne deliberately murdered Marian by impaling her on a giant sword didn't deter the shippers in the way that the writers apparently wanted it to.
* ''[[
** Though the idea that a relationship could've taken place before her relationship with Canaan allows many ships to stay afloat, including but not limited to Sheyla (Teyla/Sheppard, the most popular pairing involving Teyla), Teyla/Ronon, and even McKeyla (Teyla/McKay, due to McKay, oddly enough, being the series' [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]]).
* ''[[
* ''[[
** With the series finale bringing back the idea of a T'Pol/Archer pairing.
* ''[[
* ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]'' appeared to have quite a bit of ship tease between Ryotaro and Hana, until Hana's actress left the show and the character reverted to her ten-year-old self, "Kohana." However, Ryotaro/Hana remained popular in fandom until the reveal that Hana was Ryotaro's niece; fans jumped ship abruptly.
* ''[[
** It did a fairly good job of killing [[One True Threesome|Doctor/Amy/Rory]] too, which, as you can probably guess from the way it's that trope's page picture, was previously pretty popular.
** Mickey/Jackie, formerly a popular [[Ship Mate]] to Tenth Doctor/Rose, has pretty much died off since the pairings of {{spoiler|Jackie/alternate Pete}} and {{spoiler|Mickey/Martha}} became canon.
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** In ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]'', Genta/Kaoru became very popular after episode 47, causing pretty much all other ships involving Genta to be abandoned.
** [[Troubled but Cute|Masumi]]/[[Kawaiiko|Natsuki]] was a popular pairing during the run of ''[[Go Go Sentai Boukenger]]'', but saw a drop in shippers when it failed to become canon and then when Masumi's actor [[Ship Sinking|sank the ship]] in an interview.
* A lot of people([[Broken Base|thought not all]]) backed away from the once golden couple Chuck/Blair on ''[[Gossip Girl]]'' after the start of season 3, thanks to Chuck whoring Blair out to his uncle Jack in "Inglourious Bassterds".
== Video Games ==
* ''Apollo Justice: [[
* ''[[Heavy Rain]]'': Scott Shelby and Lauren Winter. {{spoiler|All gone to hell when it is revealed that Scott was the person who killed Lauren's son. She whacks him in the most epic way though.}}
* ''[[Shadow Hearts]] Covenant'': {{spoiler|Aw, Yuri and Karin make such a cute couple. Oh, wait. She's his mother!? Icky! Wait, how does that work? Stupid time paradox!}}
* ''[[
* ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* The ''[[
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Gaia Online]]'' has a [[Shipping]] scene. As a result, this has happened about three times in recent memory. The first was with [[Love Triangle]] between Ian, Sasha, and Gino. There used to be debate between Sasha X Ian, and Sasha X Gino supporters as to who she should go with. However, when she took [[Love Dodecahedron|yet a third person who was already in a love triangle of his own]] to a Halloween ball, everyone decided Sasha was [[Too Dumb to Live]] and
** In 2007, [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]] Louie was introduced, and promo art showed [[Perky Goth]] Moira as his love interest. Naturally all of the [[Fan Girl|fangirls]] leapt on Louie/Moira... [[Continuity Snarl|until the animated plot updates came out.]] The relationship was so convoluted that [[Canon
** Around this same time, it was revealed that Louie, Ian, and Gino were all related (Louie and Ian are brothers, and they are both Gino's half-brothers). Upon this revelation, those that shipped these three in some form or way eventually
* ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]'' provides an in-universe example: [[Loony Fan]] Sierra seems to have been a [[Shipper
** Out-of-universe, many Duncan/Courtney fans abandoned ship after Courtney became a [[Jerk Sue|Jerk]]/[[Villain Sue|Villain]]/GodModeSue in ''[[Seasonal Rot|TDA]],'' most switching to Duncan/Gwen. Her personality improved in season three, but it didn't stop the D/G [[Relationship Upgrade]].
* ''[[
** A promotional [http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/61387742.html poster] for the show distributed at ComicCon 2011 featured Korra with an Earthbender boy and a Firebender boy. Naturally, some fans started [[Ho Yay Shipping]] them right away. Later, during the panel for the show, it was revealed that the boys were siblings, and everyone not into [[Incest Yay Shipping]] jumped ship.
** When all that was known about Meelo was that there was a character with his name, people thought he might be Korra's [[Love Interest]]. Needless to say, when he turned out to be a toddler, that thought died out completely.
** Tenzin and Korra. They were the first two named characters and were paired up almost immediately in a [[Mentor Ship]]... until it was found out that Tenzin was a married man in his fifties with three kids.
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