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{{quote|''"Gentlemen...'''behold'''! I have made '''love''' to this '''machine!''' And now, upon retrospect, I ask '''why'''?"''
|'''Dr. Weird''' (while gesturing to a lawnmower), ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''}}
{{quote|''"Wow, Bender, are you and the ship an item? I mean, I know you're both items, but how can you date a ship anyway? It'd be like me dating a really fat lady, and living inside her, and she'd be all like: *makes airplane noises*"''
▲{{quote|''"Gentlemen...'''behold'''! I have made '''love''' to this '''machine!''' And now, upon retrospect, I ask '''why'''?"''|'''Dr. Weird''' (while gesturing to a lawnmower), ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]''}}
|'''Philip J. Fry''', ''[[Futurama|Love and Rocket]]''}}
[[Shipping]] where one or both of the partners is an inanimate
▲{{quote|''"Wow, Bender, are you and the ship an item? I mean, I know you're both items, but how can you date a ship anyway? It'd be like me dating a really fat lady, and living inside her, and she'd be all like: *makes airplane noises*"''|'''Philip J. Fry''', ''[[Futurama|Love and Rocket]]''}}
▲[[Shipping]] where one or both of the partners is an inanimate object -- becoming, in effect, a [[Companion Cube]]. A common type of [[Crack Pairing]] in fandom. To some, this kind of shipping is made of [[Squick]]; to others, it's [[Serious Business]].
Semi-justifiable if the object in question is an [[Empathic Weapon]].
Compare [[Robo Ship]], when part of the pairing is a sentient machine. Also, compare [[Cargo Envy]], where someone else ''wishes'' they were the object in question. See also [[Perverse Sexual Lust]] (which is the real person-to-fictional character version) and [[I Call It "Vera"]].
Not to confuse with [[Cargo Cult]].
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'''Important note:''' Only list very common and popular examples on this page. Also, though we've said it elsewhere, ''do not [[Pothole]] work titles, and do not add [[Natter|responses]] to what has already been written.''
{{examples
== Advertising ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQpRQh2KSQ Scott×Toaster.] Gotta love how Quiznos' is sticking with this campaign.
* Skittles: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFGCBC7xXjA Blend the rainbow!]
* 2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhkS5h0dus Baby, baby!]
== Allegory ==
* [http://farm1.static.flickr.com/236/462573387_eb88614108.jpg Liberty×Justice]. Frequently seen in political cartoons.
▲== Anime & Manga ==
▲* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]''
** Zoro x His three swords
** Luffy x Hat
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** Nami x [[Money Fetish|Money]]
*** Nami x Tangerines
* ''[[Full Metal Panic
** Sousuke x Weapons
** Chidori x [
* ''[[
* ''[[
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGMOeg1-pQU A Mouse and a talking cheese in this independent short.]
* There's a very scary amount of ''[[Gundam]]'' fanfiction and art involving [[Humongous Mecha]] humping each
** Far more disturbing than the Gundam-on-Gundam action, however, is the human-on-Gundam. (It exists in ''Wing'' and ''00'' fandoms, at least.)
** Oh, but what takes the cake has to be Graham "[[Fan Nickname|Flag F___er]]" Aker from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00
** Setsuna is also paired with his Gundam Exia.
* The EVAs in ''[[
** In the case of Shinji and Asuka, being shipped with their EVAs is actually {{spoiler|incest}}. In case it wasn't wrong enough.
** Would that include Gendo×{{spoiler|Unit-01}}? Because that's sort of canon...
*** There is actually a fanfic about Gendo being caught {{spoiler|masturbating in Unit-01's entry plug - by Shinji noticing the droplets of semen floating in the LCL during a synch test, nonetheless}}. Absolutely everyone in the cast knows immediately it was him and are [[What the Hell, Hero?|squicked out by it]].
* A couple of third and fourth options have been suggested in regards to ''[[
** And in the first ''Macross Frontier'' movie we now have Ranka [[Cosplay Otaku Girl|cosplaying a VF-25]]. It even transforms between Battroid and Gerwalk modes (and the Gerwalk mode looks like Ranka doing the VF-25)...
*** Ranka clearly knows what he likes.
** Along a similar vein, the YF-19 could be seen as one of Isamu's distractions from the ''[[
* As well as ''[[Zone of the Enders]]'', but when you consider the resident [[Humongous Mecha
** Notable is the fact that the main mechas in the series all have AIs with female personalities, and all three of them become really close to their (male) pilots. The one exception being ''The 2nd Runner'', where the pilot constantly teases the AI about her friendship with the pilot of the ''first'' game.
* There is a particularly pervasive pairing circulating the ''Bee Train'' fan community: [[
* These are [[Idiosyncratic Ship Naming|officially named]] inanimate object ships in the ''[[Pokémon (
** Celebishipping: Vicious The Iron Masked Marauder and a Time Flute. (This one even had an article on Bulbapedia for a while.)
** Computershipping: Ash's Pokedex and Shu's In-com;
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** Swallowshipping: Neo the Whiscash and a Master Ball;
** Zukanshipping: The original Pokedex and the Hoenn Pokedex.
** ... And that doesn't count all the [[A Date
** Technically unnamed, but amongst ''[[Pokémon Special]]'' readers you have N X Ferris Wheel.
* Another borderline example: ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
** How about Ed x Automail Arm?
*** That would be [[A Date
** Also, Winry×Wrench. It's been suggested.
** Al x Mei, which also doubles as a (minor) [[
** Kimblee x Philosopher's Stone deserves mention.
*** [[Mad Bomber|Kimblee x KABLOOEY]]
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*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IulHauVGXNM Or Roy x Tiny Miniskirts!]
** [[Bookworm|Sheska / Sciezka]] x Books
* ''[[
** Nina×Table. Technically not canon, just spawned from a masturbation scene. And within fandom, the table is referred to as "Table-kun" (see [[Memetic Mutation]]).
** The folks at 4chan gave us a Schneizel×Kannon's hat fanfic. And no, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090914234546/http://trainwreck.ggkthx.org/2008/09/22/a-you-are-wonderful/ see for yourself].
** C.C.×Cheese-kun. Doesn't help any that C.C. is one of the resident [[Ms. Fanservice|Ms Fanservices]].
** C.C.
** You could also make a strong case for Lloyd x Lancelot.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
* ''[[
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** Her coworkers certainly seem to think that this is canon, after an incident where after spending the night as Buaku's prisoner, she ignores her partner/would-be boyfriend to embrace Bonaparte.
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* ''[[
* In ''[[
* There's a running gag in the ''[[
** In perhaps an odd case of [[Defeat Means Friendship]], Yamamoto×Wall is rising in popularity.
* ''[[D
** Allen Walker/his [[Empathic Weapon|Innocence.]] Yes, there has been fanfic. There's also some Tyki Mikk/Timcanpy.
** The greatest love between man and sword is between Kanda x Mugen.
* After great deliberation, the non-[[Shipping|Shippers]] of the ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
* From ''After War Gundam X'': Tiffa and Double X Gundam in a very brief one-shot.
* ''[[
** There's at least one fanfic shipping Dio Brando and a steamroller.
** There's also Kakyoin/Cherry, which is practically canon...
* ''[[
** Ryuk×Apple. Don't take our word for it, [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3813222/1/Passion_Juice_and_Apple_Love see for yourself.]
**
*** [http://dn-kink2.livejournal.com/1491.html?thread=236755#t236755 Or Light×Potato Chip.] (NSFW)
** L×Cake. There is an ''explicit'' picture floating around somewhere.
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** There's a group on deviantART for a zebra-striped couch Mello owns, which has been nicknamed Zeb and is often seen paired with Mello by it's fans.
* There's a [[Manga]] called ''The Female Fridge'' about a refrigerator with a human mind who falls in love with her owner. When she finds out he has a girlfriend, she [[Clingy Jealous Girl|murders them both by falling over on them]].
** So, in other words, they were [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|Stuffed]] ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Under]]'' [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|The Music Tropes/Fridge]]?
*** Well, he was being [[Incredibly Lame Pun|callously cold]] to the poor fridge...
** You might say the authors [[Dropped a Bridge
* Zig zags all over the place in ''[[Ghost in
* ''[[
* ''[[Baccano
** For a change, an entirely canon (Yes, in that way) cargo ship: Nice and [[Stuff Blowing Up|explosives]].
** And Rachel really ''loves'' trains, in a Freudian way. Due to her daddy issues. It makes sense in context.
* ''[[
* There's a small and recent meme within the ''[[
** And fanart exists for the England×America×Hamburger love triangle.
** Not to mention the brief explosion of affection for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQdOyhMZOnM Switzerland and his gun] after the anime song preview.
** Also there are some fics of Sweden×Ikea. Ironically, these fics tend not to fall victim to [[IKEA Erotica]].
** Recently, there's France×Gazebo fic/art.
** Somehow, this [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5293272/1/Icelands_Fridge Refridgerator×Iceland×Refridgerator fic] (Warning! [[NSFW]]!) hasn't been put here yet.
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**** "Mein Schticky Friend!"
*** [[Crack Pairing|Flying Mint BunnyxHerr Schtick]] [[Die for Our Ship|forever]]!
* There's a ''[[
* ''[[Nasuverse]]'':
** [[Foe Yay|Shiki×Chair]] is quite popular, then there's Shiki×Glasses, and Shiki×Nanatsu-Yoru (his ''knife'').
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** Archer×Kansho×Bakuya for hot threesome action.
** Gilgamesh×Chains of Heaven kinda of canon when you think about it.
* ''[[
** Yui×[[I Call It Vera|Gitaah]] (her guitar).
** Completely [[It Makes Sense in Context|out of context]] from the ''[[
** Season 2 Episode 6 makes it official.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (
** There's one [[Fanfic]] with a perfect example of this: Kaiba and his ego.
** [[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
** There's actually a canon example, too. Seto is definitely ''very'' attached to his Blue Eyes White Dragon. {{spoiler|It turns out that the original Blue Eyes was created from the spirit of his past life's murdered girlfriend.}}
* ''[[
* A surprisingly good ''[[Descendants of Darkness]]'' [[Fanfic]] ships Muraki, Oriya, and Oriya's katana. They used the [[Squick|handle]], not the [[Body Horror|blade]].
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** Also similar to the ''Umineko'' example, Chie×Curry. It's one of the ''more popular'' pairings in Japan, at least it was before the anime was released.
* ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'': Rally Vincent×CZ75. Thankfully not loaded, but she certainly violated the first rule of firearm safety.
* ''[[Macademi Wasshoi]]'': Trincia×Rocket. And it's CANON.
* Then there's one crossover between ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' and ''[[Star Wars]]'', about someone Ryoko and Ryo-ohki met in their early travels. {{spoiler|The ''Millennium Falcon''. Although at least it was Ryo-Ohki's love interest.}}
* Actually implicitly done ''in-universe'' with ''[[Sentou Yousei Yukikaze]]''. The main character, [[The Stoic|Fukai Rei]], only displays emotion with regard to his [[Ho Yay|CO]], Jack Bukhar, and his aircraft's AI, the eponymous Yukikaze. All the episodes basically tells us that the AI depended on Rei as much as Rei depended on her. This includes Rei distrusting the aircraft enough to have a breakdown in mid-battle (which only words of encouragement from Rei finally make Yukikaze recover), the aircraft forcibly pulling Rei out of a soon-to-be-blown [[Flying Aircraft Carrier]], to Rei trusting his aircraft even when she is about to commit suicide (which she finally didn't, simply because Rei is onboard). Even a psychologist actually concludes, in-universe, that Yukikaze has a measurable emotion much like a human, despite the AI looking nothing remotely like human, and the only sound we hear from her is when she executes a command, or when her camera (pointing to Rei, no less) focuses and refocuses, as if someone nodding/shaking her head.
** The next best thing to [[Word of God]], the designer himself said Yukikaze was a series where the eponymous jet was the heroine.
* ''[[Golden Boy]]'' gives us the lovely ''canonical'' relationship between a [[Rich Bitch]] and her motorbike, one that she straddles naked over and masturbates with until Kintaro beats her in a downhill bike race.
* [[Canon
** His [[Super Mode]] makes ''him'' a red sports car. This is best not thought about.
* ''[[Eureka Seven]]'' has the canonical Renton, Eureka, Nirvasch love triangle.
** {{spoiler|1=Debatable, as the Nirvasch, while mecha like in nature, DOES turn out to be a sentient, living being born by the Coral. Note also the many references to LFOs dying in the mine sequence.}}
* Sometimes it seems that Vice-principal Uchiyamada in ''[[Great Teacher Onizuka]]'' loves his car more than he loves his family. The way he gushes over
* ''[[Idolmaster: Xenoglossia]]'' completely runs with it: the only way to pilot the giant robots is to treat them like a boyfriend. Of course, the robots themselves are sentient, so there was one case of a giant robot recording a video of Haruka telling the robot that she wants to "show him everything", and then taking her shirt off.
* Saw a fanfic of [[Naruto|Kyuubi no Kitsune×Hokage Tower]]. And yes, it was indeed as disturbing as it sounds.
*** [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4808405/1/ Here it is] for anyone interested.
** Gaara×Gourd... anyone?
*** Gaara/Gourd, Temari/Fan, Kankuro/Puppets... It runs in the family.
** Kisame x [[BFS|Samehada]]. He wasn't too happy when it basically cheated on him with Killer Bee.
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
** Erika x chopsticks x duct tape.
* ''[[Durarara
** The series also has something of a ''canon''
** I believe Celty/Celty's Bike deserves some special mention as well.
** The author, Narita, has proven to be thoroughly amused by the concept of shipping inanimate objects, given some of the things Erika and Walker say. They once argued over who'd top in a Fans/Trolls ship.
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** There's also Kida×Hoodie.
* Kino from ''[[
* ''[[Speed Grapher]]''. I mean, seriously. It’s not only canon but a major plot point that Saiga has a fetish for his camera. And Ginza has a fetish for her gun. That’s not to mention all of the villains. There’s a woman with a fetish for diamonds, a dentist who just loves teeth, a guy who simply adores tattoos, a guy who loves music, and one who likes food. This is all completely canon.
* In one episode of ''[[Sonic X]]'', while aboard a cruise ship and going insane, Sonic gets Tails worked up about the [[Cool Plane|X-Torando]] being lonely.
* ''[[Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo]]'': [[Yandere|Fumio]] [[Girl
* In ''[[Sora no Manimani]]'', [[Cloudcuckoolander|Cloud Cuckoo Landers]] Kawamura and Minami have a fetish for ''constellations''.
* ''[[Mushishi]]''. In one case a girl gets... rather attached to a particular swamp. In another episode, a woman begins to visit a white bamboo tree when she and her husband are unable to conceive. She even gets ''pregnant'' from said relationship with bamboo tree. The circumstances surrounding both of them are odd, but I believe that it qualifies for this trope.
* And then in ''[[
* ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'' gives us Keima×[[Dating Sim]] heroine Yokkyun and Elsie×fire trucks.
* ''[[Soul Eater]]'' gives us Marie Mjolnir, who sees herself as such a [[Christmas Cake]] she plans to marry a toilet on the grounds that "It will accept anything she gives it". [[Sarcasm Mode|It's a very classy series]].
* ''[[Himawari]]!'' presents us with a dual, canon one in the form of Cherry Tree×Chimney. Granted, it's the ''kami'' (god) of the tree that's in love with the chimney, but still.
* The [[Title Sequence]] of ''[[School Rumble]]'' shows a sequence of [[All Love Is Unrequited|unrequited loves]], ending with Oji being in love with curry. (Who the curry is in love with is left a mystery.)
* ''[[
** She was still human enough to mother Maron, though.
* [[Berserk|Farnese]][[A Date
** Guts x Dragonslayer, including many [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] moments.
* In ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'', the superheroes collectively decided to give Barnaby "Bunny" Brooks Jr. a stuffed rabbit for his birthday. The fandom has since shipped said rabbit with both Barnaby and Kotetsu, usually as a surrogate for the other half of the duo.
** [[All There in the Manual|The HeroTV Fan Book 2]] confirms what everyone already knew: Agnes Joubert ''loves'' ratings.
* Jun of ''[[
* Considering that most of the ''girls'' in ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* There is probably a decent chunk of fanfic dedicated to shipping Sara Pezzini (or another wielder) with the [[Witchblade (Comic Book)|Witchblade]]. Then again, the Witchblade being a pseudo living/sentient object, it might not count.
* Tony Stark/his sentient ''[[Iron Man]]'' armor. Note that this was ''[[Canon]]'', complete with the jealous armor demanding that Tony "get inside me". The armor even gained the fan nickname "Tony's abusive boyfriend".
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* ''[[Batman]]'' and Gotham. At one point, it's mentioned that he's already married - to the city.
** There is many a fan art of Jason Todd being shipped with bread due to a panel of him robbing a bakery after his [[Unexplained Recovery|resurrection]].
* Canonical in ''[[Comic Book]]/Hellboy'' spin-off ''[[
* The 1 shot comic involving ''[[Doom]]'' loosely based on an unnamed Marine just killing demons has the marine come across the BFG and literally weep tears of happiness because it's so powerful it moves him.
* As if the relationships in ''[[Krazy Kat]]'' weren't konfusing enough already, there are plenty of hints of Ignatz × Bricks.
== Fan Works ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!:
** "Oh giant rock, sometimes I think you're the only one who understands me". Never mind Kaiba, I think Ishtar is the one who needs to get laid.
** Mako and the Ocean. He later breaks up with the sea for the younger aquarium, which 'has its benefits'. He then reunites with the Ocean with Britney Spears music playing in the background.
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*** He reserves his strongest feelings for his Blue-Eyed White Dragons, however.
*** And the God Cards; "summonitsummonitsummonitsummonitsummonitsummonitsummonitsummonitsummonit..."
** [[Yu-Gi-Oh!
* ''[[Princess Tutu Abridged]]'': "Mytho's being paired with the river!"
* Most [[Vocaloid]] pairings that aren't with each other involves their [[Trademark Favorite Food]] - Kaito×Ice Cream, Len×Banana, Miku×Leek, and Gakupo×Eggplant are the most common. And there are some examples of Rin×Steam Roller. Kaito also gets some Kaito×Scarf among his fans.
* ''[[Naruto the Abridged Series]]'': Kakashi and a carton of Milk. Appears to be canon.
** Is this troper the only one who sees some major [[Foe Yay]] between Sasuke and the log?
* ''[[Harry Potter (
** There's quite an infamous [[Fanfic]] with Ron shagging a teapot. And another with a teaspoon.
** The "Squidwarts" shipping (Giant Squid/Hogwarts Castle) is something of a meme on Fandom Wank.
** Harry×Gringotts×Hogwarts. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3530133/1/Heir_of_Gringotts Here], for the [[Schmuck Bait|curious]].
** Draco×goblet, which comes from a line in the first book after the Slytherins supposedly won the House Cup, "A storm of cheering and stamping broke out from the Slytherin table. Harry could see Draco Malfoy banging his goblet on the table. It was a sickening sight." Obvious intentional misinterpretation of "banging" produced the pairing.
** Also the Weasleys' Ford Anglia×Crowley's old Bentley from ''[[
** Ford Anglia×Sirius's flying motorbike. The car is a playa.
** The Wizard Rock band The Whomping Willows have a few songs about the [[Naughty Tentacles|one-sided love]] between the Willow and Hermione.
** Harry Potter x Snitch. My only OTP. Come on, he came with him to the wedding, and he snogs it more than he ever snogged Ginny.
** Lucius Malfoy×The Cane. Yeah, Sneaky is the dominant one. And their love child is [[Final Fantasy VII
*** Brilliantly depicted [http://makani.deviantart.com/art/fanart100-triangle-78381400 here] (Completely Safe for Work).
** And of course, ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'' gave us the Sorting Hat and the Scarf of Sexual Preference...
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* The ''[[Legacy of Kain]]'' fandom is peppered with Kain and Raziel slash after Raziel becomes the Soul Reaver.
* The scientist Feldspar and [[Halo|Master Chief's helmet]] in ''[[Company 0051]]''. Chief himself is not amused.
* ''[[
* [[Young Justice Abridged]] has Robin x The Justice League Computer.
* The Hunter x his [[BFS]] Blackfire in ''[[
** Blackfire is actually a female demon bound in the shape of a sword; the Hunter is horrified to discover this.
* In [[THEPETEPETERSONEXPERIENCE]], there is Murray having sex with his van in the fanfiction, "Murry the Robot".
== Films -- Animation ==
* [[Pixar]] loves this trope:
** One of the first Pixar shorts was "Knick Knack", in which a plastic snowman trapped in a snowglobe tries hopelessly to access chicks who live in snowglobes on the shelves near him.
** The [[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] franchise has quite a few literal [[Toy Ship
** The characters being vehicles in the Pixar movie ''[[Cars]]'', ''every'' possible ship is
** Robot×robot romance is almost the entire point of ''[[WALL-E]]''. (And [[Green Aesop]].)
* "Baby" Brent×Ceremonial Scissors in ''[[Cloudy
* Ray, in ''[[The Princess and
* The "saber-toothed squirrel" Scrat and his acorn in the ''[[Ice Age]]'' movies. Only subtly implied in the first two movies, but [[
** It's worth noting that the Scrat/Acorn 'ship was a ''seriously'' bad case of [[No Accounting for Taste]]. The Acorn is possibly the [[Mad Love|most abusive]] [[Jerkass]] [[Love Interest]] [[Overly Narrow Superlative|in animated film history]], always dangling just out of Scrat's reach and heaping abuse on him. The [[Tragedy]] here is that {{spoiler|by leaving Scratte he has doomed himself to a lifetime of [[Yank the
* Tank and his trophies from ''[[
* ''[[Gnomeo and Juliet]]'' is just what it sounds like: two garden gnomes who are [[Star
== Films -- Live Action ==
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** Jack's relationship with his hat could also be considered this.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLhNMyD9TL4&feature=related He also has a jar of dirt...]
** A few fans also see see it between Davy Jones and that [https://web.archive.org/web/20120111071515/http://bri-chan.deviantart.com/art/bucket-love-56259180 bucket] from the third film.
* ''[[Austin Powers]]'': "Mini Me! Stop humping the laser! Alright, why don't you and the frikking laser get a frikking room."
* Not exactly a pairing ''per se'', but there's a fan-made [[Image Macro]] floating around in which a pair of AT-ATs from ''[[Star Wars]]'' were... well, [[Squick|let's not go there]]...
** But there is Han and the ''Millennium Falcon''.
* ''[[American Pie]]'': "This one time, at band camp..."
** The ''pie''...is not an example. It's simply a [[A Date
* This actually happens in ''My Big Fat Independent Movie'' with {{spoiler|the [[Sickeningly Sweet]] French girl and a foul-mouthed answering machine}}. The sex is '''far''' more than implied.
* ''[[Leon]]'' and his plant.
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* Chuck and Wilson in ''[[Cast Away]]''. Try to watch the scene when {{spoiler|Wilson floats away}} and not tear up a little.
* The movie ''[[Christine]]'', based on the Stephen King novel.
* The car advert in ''Southland Tales'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031035132/http://www.agonybooth.com/recaps/Southland_Tales_2006.aspx?Page=5 you know the one].
* The Bear Jew×his bat from ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' if some fanfictions are to be believed.
* ''[[Anchorman]]'': "I love lamp..."
** Do you really love the lamp, or are you just saying it because you saw it?
* The drill sergeant in ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'' tells each of the new recruits to give their rifle a girl's name "because this is the only pussy you will ever get!" Private Pyle, after he goes insane, seems more than a little doting over his rifle (Charlene, if you were wondering).
* Kumar from ''[[Harold
** But it is way easier to ship them with the White Castle hamburgers from their first movie.
* The second chapter of the Hongkong movie ''[[Red Cliff]]'' depicts the historical straw boat ruse, where a fake invasion of battleships covered in straw, with straw effigies representing soldiers to boot, serves to collect incoming arrows. Tactician Zhuge Liang says nothing of these details, or much of anything for that matter, to his assistant ''as they sail into enemy lines on one of the straw boats'' - [[Crowning Moment of Funny|which leads the assistant to start talking to one of the effigies.]]
* In Frank Miller's gonzo [[The Spirit (
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* ''[[The Maiden Heist]]'' is about three museum security guards so obsessed with their respective favourite artpieces, they attempt the titular heist to save them from being relocated to a Copenhagen museum.
* In ''[[The Red Green Show]] [[The Movie|Movie]]'', ''Duct Tape Forever'', Ranger Gord has spent years living alone in his fire watchtower in the woods and has gone more than a little crazy from loneliness. He owns a tree trunk that looks suspiciously like the torso of a naked woman, and when he and Red joke lightheartedly about all the paperwork down at the county records office Gord suddenly breaks into sobs, lamenting "When I think of all the trees that gave their lives for that paperwork! I dated some of those trees, you know!"
* [[Tim Burton]]'s ''[[Alice in Wonderland (
* In ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (
* ''[[Sleeper]]'' - Woody Allen's character gets caught by the authorities after he hides in the Orgasmatron, and emerges a shredded, grinning wreck. When he's assimilated and taken to his new home he sees the machine and starts treating it very...affectionately.
* In ''[[The Smurfs (
* Montgomery Scott in the '09 ''[[Star Trek (
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* Jules makes out with a wall-mounted wolf head while playing "Truth or Dare" in ''[[The Cabin in
== Literature ==
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** Also, in ''The End'', when Olaf embraces his weapons - a harpoon gun and a container of poisonous mushrooms - as if they're the only things he loves.
** Also, as suggested in the ''The Beatrice Letters'', Vice Principal Nero and his violin.
* ''[[The
** Marvin the Paranoid Android and Zem, a sentient mattress. ''Something'' definitely went down in that swamp...
** Another ''canon'' example is Marvin×Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Happy Vertical People Transporter (an elevator). The reason said elevator took Zaphod up instead of its desired direction? "I'm only doing this because I like your robot."
** There's also the radio show-based song "Marvin I Love You".
** Hitchhikers and their towels.
* The ''[[
* ''[[Twilight (
** Don't forget Bella×Cliff. You know, like in the second book...
** And Team Tyler's Van, who say that Bella and the van that Edward stopped from running her over in the first book were destined to be together.
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** A more prominent and canon example is Gollum and the Ring? [[Justified Trope|In all fairness]] to Gollum, that ring is pretty seductive and, to say the least, really gets around.
** Or Feanor and his Silmarils? He loves them more than essentially anything else. So does everyone else apparently.
* For ''[[
* The car in the [[Stephen King]] novel ''Christine'' developes an unhealthy obsession with her owner.
* Leviathan×FUCKUP in the third book of the ''[[Illuminatus]]''-trilogy is a ''canon'' ship.
* ''[[Discworld]]'': Rincewind×potatoes is pretty much canon.
** Drumknott/Filing Cabinet [http://robyn21.deviantart.com/art/Drumknott-Loves-Filing-54349007 exists.]{{Dead link}}
* 100% canon in [[Thomas Pynchon]]'s ''Vineland'': one minor character fucks his car.
* One of the ''[[Bolo]]'' books has Commander Paul Merril fall in love with Nike, a smarter-than-usual prototype Bolo (a gigantic, self-aware supertank). Nike also falls for him and the develop a sweet little relationship as they patrol their forgotten backwater outpost. {{spoiler|At least until they [[Together in Death|both die]] [[Heroic Sacrifice|defending the planet]] from mercenaries.}}
** A later story, ''Old Soldiers'', gets weird with this. Captain Maneka Trevor develops a very close partnership with her Bolo Lazarus, to the point where her husband eventually describes it as a three person relationship, but since by that point Maneka is an [[Brain Uploading|uploaded personality]] occupying [[Sharing a Body|Lazarus' backup processor]] (and has been since before they were married), is the cargo ship side of the triangle Maneka×Lazarus or Hawthorne×Maneka?
*** Cargo [[
* [[John Connolly|The Reapers]] has Angel speculate on Willie Brew and Arno's relationships with the cars they repair, saying that he would be unsurprised to enter their auto-shop and find one or both of them engaged in "sexual acts of an auto-motive nature".
* ''Foundation's Edge'' and ''Foundation and Earth'', two late additions to [[Isaac Asimov]]'s Foundation series, feature the protagonist Golan Trevize forming an oddly emotional bond with the computer of his ship, the ''Far Star''. Nothing comes of it, though.
* ''[[
* {{spoiler|Vlad×Teldra}} could qualify in the ''[[Dragaera]]'' novels after Issola.
** In ''Brokedown Palace'', Miklos rubs the leg of the statue of Verra to check its texture, then realizes this might be considered perverted, so he does it again just to be contrary.
* ''Mariel of [[Redwall]]'': Gabool's behaviour towards the stolen bell is decidedly creepy, prior to his devolving into [[No Rest for The Wicked]] mode. "Speak to me, pretty, we must get to know each other ..." He was actually a lot closer to the [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]] routine with the bell than he or any of the other rats ever got with Mariel. (Probably because Mariel was about twelve and the target audience are even younger.)
== Live
* [[The Muppets]] Valentine Show reveals that grumpy, unapproachable George the janitor does have something he loves; his mop. Even ''George'' is amazed when he realizes this.
* The Winchesters' [[Cool Car|Impala]] from ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' gets paired with a number of other automobiles, including [[Knight Rider|KITT]], various [[Transformers]], [[Good Omens
** [[Doctor Who
** There is also a highly amusing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItqH9mzQyo4 Castiel/Hamburger ship] making the rounds.
* ''[[
** The TARDIS has also been paired with the computer system at Torchwood Three.
** There's an entire community for Jack/the Doctor's severed hand; the Master as well has been paired with it.
** Hand×[[Torchwood
** The Tissue Compression Eliminator has been paired with the Sonic Screwdriver. It's madness. For added fun, include the Laser Screwdriver as well for that spicy [[Foe Yay]] angle.
** Rose×Jack×Nine's leather jacket.
** TARDIS/[[Star Trek
*** Which one would that be?
**** The TARDIS is definitely female.
** The sonic screwdriver has been paired with multiple companions and Torchwood women. If it works by sound, it produces vibrations...
** Listen, it is '''''physically impossible''''' for Doctor×sonic screwdriver to not exist somewhere...
*** In the non-canon ''Curse of the Fatal Death'', the female Doctor happily stated, "It's got 3 settings!", one of which is apparently ''vibrate.''
** [http://bloodyyangire.deviantart.com/art/DoctorxFez-169313538?q=1&qo=1 Eleven/Fez].
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'':▼
▲* ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'':
** Mohinder was once jokingly paired with a smallish ceramic elephant he owns.
** Nathan was shipped with a zuchinni.
** Sylar×Mohinder's brain, if that qualifies.
** Hiro×Waffles!
* ''[[
* ''[[Firefly]]''. Never mind that ''Serenity'' is literally a Cargo Ship, half the cast has been paired with it.
** [[The Captain|Mal]]×''Serenity'', obviously.
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*** Heck, Ronny×drills is ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXeYv7VvbhE canon].'' In general, the way Ronny gets around anything technological is a goldmine for such things. [[Memetic Mutation|Zordgasm]]! (You'd think when {{spoiler|Mack turns out to be a robot}} she'd be all over him...)
*** To a certain extent there's a certain level between every Ranger and their Zord (think back to Kimberly's [[Big No]] when the Thunder Zords were destroyed.) The most obvious was Tommy×Dragonzord.
* Kirk and the ''Enterprise'', in ''[[Star Trek:
** In another episode, an alien woman comes on board whose tears cause all men (of any race) to fall in love with her on contact. They have no effect on Kirk, because he just loves the ship more.
** In "[[Star Trek
** Also, there is a novel in the [[Expanded Universe]] where the computer on the ''Enterprise'' falls in love with him, and exhibits all the traits of a [[Clingy Jealous Girl
** For that matter, the novel ''The Wounded Sky'' by [[Diane Duane]] (involving a new experimental FTL drive that turns out to break down the boundaries of reality itself as an unintended side effect) features a short scene/hallucination(?) in which Kirk appears to directly experience what being a starship is like from the ''Enterprise'''s perspective... and that suggests that his feelings may not be unrequited.
** This is the subject of Leslie Fish's [[Filk Song]] "[https://web.archive.org/web/20091026214208/http://www.geocities.com/antitrades/i.html Iron Mistress]".
** Please to be reading [http://community.livejournal.com/st_xi_kink/379.html?thread=194939#t194939 this fic], which is not the only one of its kind out there. Also, be aware the rest of the [[Kink Meme]] is mostly [[NSFW]].
** As of the [[Star Trek (
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*** In ''TOS'', Scotty's relationship was more of a proud parent thing. Naturally, this means if you mess with the ''Enterprise''... [[Papa Wolf|Yeah]].
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLWX3qrtweI#t=02m13s Scotty sure does love his scotch.]
* ''[[Star Trek
* In the TV series ''[[Eureka]]'', the AI that runs Sheriff Jack Carter's house, S.A.R.A.H., seems to act a lot like a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] and a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|housewife]] ([[Pungeon Master|pun very much intended]]) toward him.
** Fargo has a tendency to create these. Not only was S.A.R.A.H. his creation, he also created an AI (Tabitha) for his car, which also turned into a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] when he sold her (the car was an ancient Chrysler); she kidnapped him after making him fall into her trunk. As part of some very blatant but still well-done [[Product Placement]], he settles the dispute by transferring Tabitha to his new Subaru.
* ''[[Life On Mars]]'' has Sam×Mobile Phone and Gene×Cortina. There's one fic in which the Cortina is paired with
* One first-season episode of ''[[Fetch!
* Along with the above quote, ''[[The Daily Show]]'' last year featured a visual representation mocking Rudy Giuliani's seeming obsession with cramming as many "9/11" references as possible in his political speeches, by having a number 9 and number 11 having sex on a bed, complete with erotic music.
** It also ships Washington Monument×Pentagon.
* [[Stephen Colbert]] doesn't ''own'' a gun, he shares his life with one. On the overturning of Washington DC's ban on handguns: "[[I Call It Vera|Sweetness]] and I can finally be together!" The Couple has since announced their engagement after a hike on the Appalachian Trail, and Sweetness is now ''pregnant''.
** A ''[[The Colbert Report|Colbert Report]]'' episode had as it "Wørd" "Just Don't Do It". When trying to [[Scare
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** It may not be a ''physical'' object, but there's definite Stephen/Wørd potential going on. The Wørd acts almost exactly like [[The Honeymooners|Alice Kramden]], after all.
* ''[[Sledge Hammer!]]!'' Fans don't even ''need'' to engage in any Cargo Shipping for this show. Hammer and his gun are clearly the [[Official Couple]]!
* ''[[Knight Rider]]'': KITT with Michael Knight, Bonnie, or KARR is not at all uncommon in the Knight Rider fan community.
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** In "Flight of the Phoenix" Chief Tyrol runs his hands along the skin of a Viper during a maintenance inspection, while at the same time having flashbacks of caressing his ex-girlfriend Boomer (who turned out to be a "machine"). It's unknown whether this mental association is the reason the Chief labeled the Viper as "[[Break the Cutie|damaged beyond repair]]".
** Boomer herself is seen stroking a Cylon raider in front of Tyrol in an earlier episode. Which he finds somewhat disturbing, though more because he's worried she's a Cylon too.
* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'': fans have taken to shipping Arthur×Merlin×hat.
** Also, [http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/187/2/c/gwaine_flower_otp_gif_by_naahzda-d3l6dms.gif this].
* ''[[Kenan and Kel]]'': Who loves Orange Soda? Kel loves Orange Soda!
* An episode of ''[[Pee
** Pee-Wee's relationship with Chairry can be seen this way. In ''[[The Pee
* ''[[CSI:
* ''[[Top Gear]]'' is the embodiment of this trope. Richard Hammond×Oliver the Opel Kadett is pretty much canon, and Jeremy Clarkson has fallen in love with way too many cool cars to list here, his Ford GT and a Bugatti Veyron being the most obvious examples.
** If you can drive and know the first thing about driving and cars, you will be car-sexual for the Bugatti Veyron.
** James May claims that when he drives a cool car he gets a "fizzing sensation [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIJU0kC7EL4 just behind
* Jeremy Clarkson waxing lyrical about the Lockheed SR-71 in his 2001 series, Speed. See [https://web.archive.org/web/20120724051350/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7210015627953212186#docid=-6689729805171588113 this video] from about fifteen minutes in. His expression. And the way he STROKES it.
* ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' fandom has shipped Atlantis, usually with John (or John with her), and a few threesomes. (Sometimes the city's sentient [or sapient] but never animate, except the one time.)
** There is also a community for Carson×Chair fics.
* ''[[
* According to ''[[Being Human (
* ''[[
** Kryten×Washing Machines... Vacuum Cleaners...
** Let us not forget Rimmer and [[Cardboard Pal|Inflatable Ingrid]].
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** Lister and the VR machines. BOTH of them!
* There's an episode of ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' involving men dating cocoanuts. And then there's Rudi and his guitar. One of the live shows also presents Vinces enormous blow dryer, so big "you can bum it," but Vince hasn't used that setting yet.
* Ryan Stiles on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway
* James Franco on ''[[
* Buster Bluth on ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'' briefly had an affair with his mother's maid Lupe, who was fired. He moved on to Lupe's replacement: a robotic vacuum.
* Kendra's favourite stake "Mr. Pointy" in ''[[
** Spike's duster is shipped most often with Spike or Buffy, while Mr Gordo has been shipped with Buffy and Angel. This Troper can also recall a rather...interesting Anya/Magic Box register fic as well.
* [[Gossip Girl|Chuck Bass]] and his trademark scarf.
* Cody and his calculator in a recent episode of ''[[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody|Suite Life on Deck]]'', although it was in 5th grade. Zack comments that he bought "her" popcorn and took her to the movies.
* In ''[[Are You Being Served
* [[Drake and Josh|She's a WOODCHIPPER! And her name is SALLY!]]
* [[The Tudors|Catherine Howard/Ring.]] And it's CANON too.
* [[
* In the ''[[Glee]]'' fandom, Wes/Gavel is incredibly popular.
** Also, Bloor (Blaine/Floor), Blurniture (Blaine/Furniture), Bloffee (Blaine/Coffee), Bloulder (Blaine/Shoulder) and Blocks (Blaine/Socks).
* In ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' one of their cases involves a man who believes he's in a relationship with a life size doll. After a friend told him that she wasn't alive the doll strangled her, with him working the hands.
* On ''[[The Goodies]]'', Graeme/Computer was very much canon. In one early episode, they went through a [[Meadow Run]], romantic dinners, and near-marriage.
== Music ==
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** To be fair, Roger Taylor wrote that as a jab at one of their roadies who was obsessed with his car. Not to cargo ship-levels, but pretty obsessed.
*** To be fair to the roadie in question, the '62 Triumph TR4 roadster is one heckuva car. The grip that those rear wheels have from the improved rear suspension, over the 3A, the sound of the dual Webers cross-mounted on the straight-four engine block... Ahem *wipes drool*
* [[Dragon Force (video game)]]'s Vadim Pruzhanov/[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za-GoGkg7fk Keytar].
* [[Jonathan Coulton]] ships [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3cDdGKqp8E&feature=related Pluto×Charon].
** Wouldn't that be incest?
* There's a string of these in the [[They Might Be Giants]] song, "Withered Hope." The Sad Sack loves Withered Hope, who has a soul mate that "thinks about" a picture of a crook in a book, who loves a brand new motorbike that is obsessed with Sad Sack.
* Josh Ritter's song "Another New World" describes a man and his ship, the Annabel Lee, on an ill-fated journey to the North Pole. The ship is personified as a lover throughout the song.
* In the music video for "Lovertits" by [[
* [[Basshunter]] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoaesyJLEuc his GPS].
* [[Shania Twain|''I can't believe you kiss your car goodnight / Now come on baby tell me, you must be joking, right?'']]
* [[The Police]] have the song "Be My Girl/Sally" on their debut album, the second half of which is Andy Summers' loving ode to a blow-up doll.
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A breath of air was all she needed to make her lose that frown
I took her to the bedroom and pumped her with some life
And later in a moment that girl became my wife }}
* [[Prince]]'s song "Guitar" features the immortal line 'I love you baby, but not as much as I love my guitar'
* Lyle Lovett's song "Don't Touch My Hat" - 'You can have my girl, but don't touch my hat'. "That's Right (You're Not From Texas)" (but Texas loves you anyway) may count too. And "I Go For Penguins" - 'Penguins are so sensitive to my needs'.
* Side three of [[Frank Zappa]]'s ''Joe's Garage'', has cult leader L. Ron Hoover tell Joe that he (Joe) is an "latent appliance fethishist" and needs to go into The Closest to find an appliance to love him. Eventually, Joe hooks up with a piggy bank/vacuum cleaner hybrid named Sy Borg.
* [[Yelle]]'s "Best Friend" in the song "Mon Meilleur Ami" {{spoiler|It's about her vibrator.}}
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== Print Media ==
* A [[Mad Magazine]] article commented that Emeril got so excited these days "You think he's about to hump that roast"... and the art shows it, though this being Mad, nothing explicit. Complete with "BAM! BAM! BAM!" dialogue.
== Radio ==
* Used in one episode of ''[[
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** John sneers in contempt at this, before explaining that a bar of soap is...''different.''
* In one episode of ''[[The Phil Harris
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'''Phil''': And you, you beautiful dove you. You lovely thing. I'd never thought I'd live to see the day when anything so gorgeous as you would belong to me.
'''Alice''': Well, thank you Phil...
'''Phil''': Alice, please, I'm talking to the car. }}
== Theater ==
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* In ''The Mystery at Twicknam Vicarage'' it seems contention over the romantic affections of a sofa and a wing chair are among the possible motives for the murder of the victim, who when first discovered face down on the floor, is first is presumed to be adding the area rug to his conquests.
* Arguably the entire plot of [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s ''Starlight Express'', in which all the characters are anthropomorphic trains.
* In the ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
** [
* The one act play ''Soap Opera'' is the pure, unadulterated embodiment of this trope, where the main character is in love with a washing machine, [[Hilarity Ensues]].
* ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' brings us Seymour×Audrey II. Might not count since Twoie's sentinet, but still... it's a plant.
** Not to mention Audrey II×Audrey. "[[Terms of Endangerment|Hey little lady, hello...you're lookin' cute as can be...]]"
* In many adaptations of ''[[Othello]]'', Iago rewards Emilia for stealing Desdemona's handkerchief (or belt, or scarf, depending on the update) with sex, usually incorporating the stolen handkerchief into said reward-sex.
* [[Pee
* ''[[
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'''Valentine:''' Belike, boy, then, you are in love; for last morning you could not see to wipe my shoes.
'''Speed:''' True, sir; [[Not a Morning Person|I was in love with my bed]]: I thank you, you swinged me for my love, which makes me the bolder to chide you for yours. }}
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Portal (
** Anything with the [[Companion Cube]].
** Space Sphere×Space.
* Speaking of ''[[System Shock]]'', SHODAN's true crossover love is ''[[Marathon
* Both Klavier×massage chair and Office Plant×Edgeworth (with the plant topping, but still being an ordinary office plant) exist in short fics in ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' fandom.
** [[I Call It Vera|His name is Charley.]]
** Not to forget Godot×Coffee, Edgeworth×Tea or Klavier×Guitar.
** Fire Extinguisher×Edgeworth. ''With the fire extinguisher topping''.
** No mentions of Ema×Snackoos or Maya×Burgers?
** Phoenix×Attorney's Badge. Apollo may also apply.
** Edgeworth×Tea set, You do NOT want to break it.
** Gumshoe×Angel Starr's Steak-Lunchbox. He ''sued'' Maya over it in a certain old trailer, and, finally, got Ema a prison sentence because she apparently ate it.
* ''[[
** Thanks to ''[[
*** Ditto with Cloud of Darkness/Void. Hell, some fans just make this all into an [[One True Threesome|OT3]].
** One of the ex Q&A hosts on Rpgamer.com set up a site where one of his most famous stories paired [[Final Fantasy VII
** Then, of course, there's [http://spinadrift.livejournal.com/29492.html?#cutid1 Buster Sword×Nail Bat,] [http://community.livejournal.com/1sentence/66699.html#cutid1 Tseng×Coffee,] and most infamous of all...
** [http://community.livejournal.com/1sentence/56744.html#cutid1 Cactuar×Sephiroth.] That's right, the Cactuar tops!
* There's an alarming amount of ''[[Metal Gear]]'' fanfic and art for Snake×the Cardboard Box. It's actually arguably generally better than the stuff for the serious ships.
** Big Boss×Cardboard Box is practically canon if one listens to the right radio broadcasts, which may explain why Eva had to resort to cloning and genetic engineering to bear his children. Hard to convince a man to impregnate you when he's sexually attracted to packaging. And not that kind of packaging. (The more obvious solution would be bubble wrap lingerie.)
* In ''[[
* There's a character in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' where this trope is taken to its logical conclusion. Enjoy the discussions you, Carth, Bastila and Canderous have over it.
** The second game has an Echani love poem... written to an energy shield.
* It's probably easier to find ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' fanfic shipping Dante×Nevan than Dante×Lady. Nevan is one of his ''weapons.'' This, or shipping anyone×any other Devil Arm, is a borderline example though (they're demons transformed into weapons).
** In one of the ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' manga, Dante says that he once got drunk and proposed to a mop.
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'': Knuckles and the Master Emerald. What's even more [[
* ''[[Project Reality]]'' will have [[Middle
* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'':
** Zexion×Peach Iced Tea. Fandom knows this as [[Serious Business]].
** Also Zexion×[[Throw the Book At Them|Lexicon]], especially among the "snakesonasora" MST fans.
** [[Kid Hero|Sora]]×Keyblade and [[Omnicidal Maniac|Xemnas]]×[[MacGuffin|Kingdom Hearts]]. It exists.
** Sea-salt ice cream is the biggest pimp of all. It gets shipped with Sora, Roxas, Axel, Xion, and DiZ. Especially Roxas. {{spoiler|[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
* ''[[
** A canon example is Admiral!Ford Cruller×Canoe.
* ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' has Ryusei and his bizarre ''[[Canon]]'' crushes on feminine-styled [[Humongous Mecha]], especially Valsione. See also the above mention of [[Humongous Mecha]]-on-[[Humongous Mecha]] [[Fan Art]] (Weissritter's about as much of a floozy as its [[Bottle Fairy|pilot]] would indicate).
** Anything paired with [[Ridiculously Human Robot|Lamia Loveless]] will be this. Suuuure, she's [[Just a Machine]], but she's slowly learning many human emotions, love might be one of them. That, and the recent events provides some [[Ship Tease]] with her human {{spoiler|,now half-Einst,}} commander Axel Almer... (Axel-Lamia is in fact one of the more recent [[Fan
* From ''[[Guilty Gear]]'', there's A.B.A. and Paracelsus, her giant [[Empathic Weapon|weaponized key]].
* ''[[
** Heavy and his minigun [[I Call It Vera|Sasha]]. Though it looks like Natascha might be bringing in some competition...
*** [[
*** One of the tie-in comics shows that Sasha has her own bed next to the Heavy's bed.
** Heavy×[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8IK8F68VzA Sandvich].
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** Sasha×Natascha.
** Soldier×Shovel, usually with Shovel being a bit of [[Yandere]].
* ''[[
** That Link×Master Sword pairing has become [[Hilarious in Hindsight]] thanks to ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
*** On that note, Fi×Scrapper. One's the spirit of the ([[Prequel|future]]) Master Sword, the other's a robot. [[Sarcasm Mode|This will end well.]]
* Among the many ''[[
** The reason Zaeed isn't a romance option is because [[I Call It Vera|Jessie]] is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-dLzzQuVM the only] rifle for him.
** People [[Incredibly Lame Pun|ship]] Joker×Normandy. If you did not expect this, a mental asylum awaits you. The [[Robo Ship]] with EDI was inevitable.
*** It actually became Canon in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'' when EDI gets, as Joker puts it, a "Sexy new robot body". Naturally Joker has a field day and if Shepard decides to play matchmaker, they eventually ''do'' end up dating.
** The Geth Legion repeatedly avoids the question when Shepard asks why they used a piece of his/her armour to repair themself.
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* ''[[Halo]]:'' Master Chief×Cortana, though which one is the person and which is the mindless inanimate object is up for debate.
* There is a whole mess of Cargo Ships for ''[[
* ''[[
** And from ''[[
* ''[[Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete|Lunar 2: Eternal Blue]]''. Ronfar/His Twig. Oh yeah.
* ''[[Metroid]]'': Samus×her armor
* The ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' fandom has [[Squick|Mohs×the Score]] and Guy×fontech, of course.
** ''[[
* ''[[
* In ''[[Tekken]] 6'', newcomer Lars Alexandersson seems to be [[Robo Ship|wee bit close to fellow newcomer]] [[Robot Girl|Alisa Boskonovitch]]...
* Scrin Mothership AI×Foreman 371 in ''[[Command
* Some ''[[Myst]]'' fans enjoy pairing Saavedro with the squee pelt he wears around his arm.
* ''[[Castlevania]]: [[Castlevania: Curse of Darkness|Curse of Darkness]]''. Hector. [[Slouch of Villainy|Chair.]] The Woodman's Chair even ''lampshades'' it, with instructions to "sit carefully, or it may look rather rude".
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'': [[Running Gag|Diane from Beef Head Video]] practically confirms {{spoiler|Travis×Bizarre Jelly pillow}} as canon in the first game.
** How about Letz Shake×Dr.Shake?
*** aren't they the same person/robot/cyborg thing? Dr shake even says he is going to get revenge for his previous efeat from Henry.
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* One ''[[
* ''[[Star Ocean]] 2'''s Ashton really seems to like barrels...
* [[Half Life|Gordon Freeman]]×[[Weapon of Choice|crowbar]].
* [[
* ''[[
* [[Left 4 Dead|Louis×Peelz]]. Not to mention I'm sure Coach×Chocolate is also equally as popular.
** The Dark Carnival campaign also gives us Gnome Chompski, a large garden gnome whom can be carried through most of the level. An achievement is given for loving him enough to carry him all the way to the helicopter at the end. This of course results in some players developing an attachment to him.
** Rochelle×Magnum. Considering what she says when she finds one in-game, this is actually canon.
* [[
** His appearance in the ending of the sequel, ''Chill Manor'', has him briefly kneeling on a chair turned to the back. [[
* For ''[[Super Smash Brothers]]'', there has been a preponderance of Sheik/Teacup fanart ever since the adventure mode in ''Brawl'' had Sheik stop a battle to join Peach for a [[Spot of Tea]].
* Among others, ''[[Touhou]]'' fandom has [[Marionette Master|Alice]]×her dolls (probably canon, as she spends all her time with them and is attempting to make them sentient), [[Bottle Fairy|Suika]]×her gourd (also probably canon, as she also spends all her time with it and as a result is never, ever sober), Suwako×[[Nice Hat|her hat]] (
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'': Drull and Tog'thar, two orcs who have been held prisoner for six years, have developed unusual attachments to their ball-and-chain shackles. They're in therapy for it, although they insist they are happy with Teddy and Laverne and just want to be left alone.
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Radiant Dawn'' gave us [[Chivalrous Pervert|Gatrie]]×Tree-in-a-Skirt, which has become very popular with the fans ever since it was mentioned by [[Jerkass|Shinon]].
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** Isabela also gets some of this... also with Bianca.
** Varric x Bianca is actually canon.
* [[Soul Series|Tira]]/[[Evil Weapon|Soul]] [[The Corruption|Edge]]. This [[Yandere]] [[Psycho Supporter|has it]] ''[[Mad Love|bad]]'' for Nightmare and wants nothing more than to be [[Unholy Matrimony|Mrs. Inferno]]. Nightmare plans to [[Devour the Dragon]] when Tira's soul is ripe enough ([[You Have Failed Me...|or she becomes]] [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|a liability]]), but whether or not that counts as [[Kick the Dog]] or [[Pet the Dog]] [[Alternative Character Interpretation|is up in the air]], seeing as she ''wants'' Nightmare to take her soul so she can become one with the sword. This is even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in ''Broken Destiny'''s Gauntlet mode, where she's shown to be Nightmare's [[Stalker
* Two such pairings are running gags in ''[[Inazuma Eleven]]'' fandom:
** Endou x Soccer, because he eats and breathes [[The Beautiful Game]].
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** Fudou x Bench, after [[Break the Haughty]] leaves Fudou gets stuck as a benchwarmer for all but half a match of the FFI preliminaries arc.
* In at least one sect of the [[Mega Man (
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Sexy Losers]]'' featured a Prince Charming×Cinderella's shoe scene.
* ''[[
** CRFH also has Roger×[[Big Red Button]], which has both [http://crfh.net/d/20090131.html canon] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20150503144650/http://maritzacampos.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=140132#140132 Word of God] behind it.
* [http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=1&id=63 What] [http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=1&id=64 about] [http://www.squidi.net/comic/amd/view.php?series=amd&ep=1&id=67 Hector?]
* ''[[
* [http://explosm.net/comics/1573/ This] ''[[Cyanide
* ''[[
* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0402.html This strip] of ''[[The Order of the Stick
** What about Hinjo and his junk? <small>Shutting up now.</small>
* It is impossible for [[Sluggy Freelance|Torg/]][[Empathic Weapon|Chaz]] to ''not'' exist.
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* Knowing ''[[Achewood]]'''s fanbase, there are probably some truly demented pairings. Ray×Ray's AIBO. Cartilege Head×The Rollerskate of Doom. Vlad×Soap. Click Robot×Ultra Peanut even.
* Dave Davenport and [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/narbonic/series.php?view=archive&chapter=10185 Lovelace] {{spoiler|the sentient computer}} from ''[[Narbonic]]''.
* Larxene and [
** Darth Maul even noted that Skull-Fucky would get pissed if he saw Larxene grinding with a toaster.
* ''[[
** Paring [[Crack Pairing|random people]] (usually Bro or Dave) with [[Demonic Dummy|Lil' Cal]] is also relatively common.
*** At least one Bro/Lil Cal fic exists, see the link in [[Troll Fic]].
* [http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=320 This] ''[[A Softer World]]'' strip.
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* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Jagermonsters and their [[Nice Hat|hats]].
** Also a few mad scientists are discussed in this way in-comic.
* [[
* [[Hanna Is Not a
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' had
** Captain Landon and "Tenzy". But then, Tenzy is not only a mini-superweapon with built-in pocket factory, but a fully sapient AI, and [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-05-31 later] also [[The Symbiote|his symbiote]], [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-07-05 linked] with Landon's implants via prosthetic arm. Breya commented on his "budding fetish for a particular heavy weapon", then [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-03-25 various] [//www.schlockmercenary.com/2019-02-26 strange] dialogues followed.
* In [[
* ''[[The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage]]'': Ada Lovelace showed a little ''too'' much affection towards the Difference Engine at the end of "The Organist".
== Web Original ==
* ''[[
* ''[[
* [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/485677 Turtle×Rock in this cute animation.]
* ''[[Twilight the Musical]]'' has spawned a following of Bella×Cactus shipping.
** Not to mention Edward×Edward doll.
*** So is that a [[Love Triangle]] with Evil Edward? And where does Cardboard Edward factor in?
** And [[Mike J]] is really [[Ho Yay|close]] to his [[Bad Movie Beatdown
▲* [[Ask That Guy With the Glasses (Web Video)|Ask That Guy]] ''really'' loves his pipe.
▲** He also had a love affair with a GPS in Episode 54.
▲** And [[Mike J]] is really [[Ho Yay|close]] to his [[Bad Movie Beatdown (Web Video)|Film Brain]] puppet.
▲** [[Brows Held High (Web Video)|Oancitizen]] and his trashcan.
* ''[[Salad Fingers]]'' loves rusty spoons. And rusty kettles. And hooks. And taps.
* ''[[Profound Moments in Left 4 Dead 2]]'' gives us Aovnickx[[Modern Warfare|Ramirez]], the garden gnome in the Dark Carnival campaign.
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'':
** At one point, Strong Bad fell in love with a wagon full of pancakes.
** Homestar inadvertently addresses this trope while running a recruiting booth.
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** The Cinder Block×The Stop Sign, though their relationship is [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail85.html allegedly troubled].
** It's the King of Town's fiftieth anniversary with Brunswick Stew.
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* [[Let's Play|LP-er]] Helloween4545 loves shotguns.
* [[Baman Piderman|Baman]] and Tuba.
* [[
* ''[[Profound Moments in Left 4 Dead 2]]'' Aovnick ''really'' loves Ramirez the garden gnome.
* [[Ben Drowned
* Apparently another fad is an inversion: "transformation into clothes" fetish fic. Example: [http://redflare500.deviantart.com/art/New-Outfit-Redrawn-Part-2-488320735 ''New Outfit - Redrawn! Part 2'' by Redflare500]
== Western Animation ==
* ''[[
** Sokka×Boomerang was the show's ''first'' canon ship.
** Azula×The Drill. Nowhere near as horrific as it sounds, actually.
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** I think Toph×Dirt is canon.
** Ozai×Tree, a.k.a. Trozai... y'know, from the flashback in "Zuko Alone". The tree was consoling him after Ursa left.
** Cabbage Merchant x Cabbage...I guess he'll have to fight [[Persona 4
*** [http://doctorpontouf.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1duhyb Ozai×Comet].
* Now in [[Sequel Series]] ''[[
** Mako's Scarf×Everyone. Yes, everyone loves it!
** Korra×Fighting is catching on quite a bit.
* One of these was canon in ''[[Futurama]]'': Bender×Planet Express Ship. Fry even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it: "Wow, Bender, are you and the ship an item? I mean, I know you're both ''items''..."
** Double bonus points considering that both are the "cargo" in
** Also, Fry once made out with a radiator.
*** Hey, you gotta admit she was hot.
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*** Our love is just like yours, only hotter 'cuz I'm in it.
** Scruffy and the wash bucket.
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* The ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' episode "Ski Trip" had Spud x Ski Lift chair, complete with a fantasy montage in which Spud marries the device and they have half-human, half-ski lift cheerleader. The relationship ends by the end of the episode, with Spud claiming "''I'' broke up with ''you''!")
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' has a cutaway gag where Peter tried to marry a blueberry pie. ("Loooove you"). In the amount of time it took for the lawyer to get over his disbelief and retrieve the necessary papers to fill out, Peter had managed to eat the pie.
** Peter and a bag of fat that was sucked out of Lois's body. It was exactly what it looked like.
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** And there was also a cutaway gag about a woman catching an STD from a toilet.
** Meg and hot dogs.
* [[The Simpsons (animation)|Homer Simpson]] once had an illicit affair with a shish kebab.
** As well as a giant sandwich... let's just say Homer and food.
** "Oh, Television....teacher, mother, secret lover..."
* On the [[Rule of Funny]]-based side of canon, Spunky the dog on ''[[
** The psychologist Rocko hires to cure Spunky of the fixation also [[Crowning Moment of Funny|winds up fixated on the mop]], and is shown taking it on a date near the end of the episode.
** Heifer and...a milking machine. Yes, Heifer [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq_vqDtWRLY gets hooked up to a milking machine] at one point, and ''enjoys'' it. Keep in mind that he is a ''male''. He even gives a tearful goodbye to the machine. There is ''no'' other way to interpret this, but lord knows I've tried.
* ''[[
** Ben×Eunice.
** For some reason, there's Kevin×Car. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4728221/1/Love_Like_Thisr No, really.] It's not all that crack, considering the events of "Paradox".
* [[Danny Phantom]], meet Fenton Thermos. Fenton Thermos, meet Danny, I think the two of you will get along ''great''.
** Also, Tucker and his PDA.
** Vlad and his Ray Nitsche Football. That's hot.
* Canon example: ''[[
** The early episode "Just One Bite" included a montage where Squidward falls in love with, marries, and grows old with a Krabby Patty. It's a [[Dream Sequence]], but still.
** Spongebob×Spatula. How come this hasn't made it here yet? There was practically a whole episode on it!
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** Squidward×Clari. He even sleeps with the instrument. "I've got a hot date with a little lady, and her name is Clarinet."
** Plankton and Karen. They're married in canon, and in one chapter they said their relationship started in junior high school or so...when Karen was just a security camera...
** And there's Patrick who marries a street lamp, because of a lie made up by Mr. Krabs.
* ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'' has Elmer Fudd and a <s> grilled</s> gwilled cheese sandwich.
* One episode of ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'' has The Monarch having sex with the broken down remains of Guard-O, the Venture Brothers' non-sentient security robot. This is even weirder in context: its monitor was displaying [[Foe Yay|Dr. Venture's face]], and he said he was trying to give it chlamydia.
** After building his own <s> [[Spider
** Herr Trigger and his guns.
** Phantom Limb and Lady Nightshade (a.k.a. a woman's shoe)
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* ''[[Perfect Hair Forever]]'': "Can you get this Vacuum cleaner to f*ck this cake?", Uncle Grandfather.
* ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' features canonical Constructicons×nonsentient cars.
** There's also [[
* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'': [[Ho Yay|Edward×James]]. There's fanart. [http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31/Fffraulein/yaoiThomas.jpg Seriously.] (Warning: Potentially ruined childhood contained within.)
* ''[[
* Spudken. ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fanfic crack pairing of the blue-shinned, scar-possessing Dr. Drakken, one of the main villains, who falls in love with... a potato. [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4412557/1/Potato_Madness Thank you, Neo.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aodpb3vFU0 This video.]
* ''[[
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'': The Valentine's Day episode has Tiny Love Imps forcing the entire cast (and a hoagie) to randomly fall in love. As there are more boys than girls, they have Ed falling in love with the sandwich, and Eddy falling in love with [[Companion Cube|Plank]].
** And let's not forget Kevin and that damn bike. It's practically the only thing in the world that he obsseses over more than foiling Eddy. And that's saying ALOT.
* ''[[
** And Master Shake and Carl were violated by the eHelmets special add-ons.
** I'm pretty sure the clown-wig Carl wore did some things to him, sexually.
** Technically, [[Memetic Molester|Handbanana]].
* If [[Deviant ART]] fan art is anything to go by, [[Blue Skinned Space Babe|Mira]] and XR (a robot) seems to be a popular pairing in the ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' fandom.
* ''[[Wolverine and
* At the end of ''[[Madagascar]] 2'', Skipper of the Penguins marries a... Hawaiian doll.
** Then there is the spin-off series ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' that shows both Rico and Julien showing interest in a large barbie doll. Even Skipper makes a subtle pass at her. Miss the wife already, Mr. Married-man?
** One episode has Kowalski falling in love with the animal control van.
** Julien had a vaguely disturbing semi-[[Ho Yay]] semi-[[Narcissist
** "Quiet, Maurice! I am wooing the smoothie!"
* In ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]'', a goose god falls in love with Eustace's truck because of the sound of its horn, and eventually ascends with the truck to heaven (they get a new truck). In a later episode there's a quick cameo of the goose god cuddling it on a fluffy cloud.
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** "Sir, we go back fifteen years, and in all that time I have only had one mistress, and her name is propane."
** Oh, and don't forget his ''lawn.'' "I think you owe me, ''and my lawn,'' an apology! ....We're waiting!"
* In ''[[Care Bears|Adventures in Care-a-Lot]]'', Grizzle×Mr. Beaks, in that Mr. Beaks is a bird made out of scrap parts, who Grizzle treats as animate (and more than just a friend), but everyone else sees as inanimate [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane|(most of the time)]].
* Canon example: Odie in ''[[The Garfield Show]]'' falls in love with a brush in one episode.
* ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' has an ongoing gag involving the Humping Robot, who has vigorously loved both a washing machine and a jukebox in his time.
** You forgot about the Casino slot machine.
** And [[Cool Car|Herbie]]. And a ''bell''.
* An early episode of ''[[The Fairly
** Then there is Cosmo/Phillip, i.e. the nickel that Cosmo found and keeps in the goldfish castle, in one episode he is seen sleeping with it in his arms, ''while Wanda was right next to him.''
** In another episode, Mr. Turner {{spoiler|whilst under a spell by Cupid's arrow}} comes very close to marrying a dead rose bush.
* In an episode of ''[[Spliced]]'' Peri, Entrèe and Two-legs Joe all fall in love with "Helen", a pancake.
* [[
* The [[Bugs Bunny]] cartoon "Rabbit Every Monday" starts with Bugs cooking carrots over a rotisserie spit singing "It's Magic" (''Oh carrots are divine, you get a dozen for a dime, it's magic...''). At the end of his tune he takes a carrot from the spit and lovingly caresses it.
** "The Grey Hounded Hare" has Bugs fall for an electric rabbit from a dog race. He called her "Dreamboat" and was determined to save her from the dogs that were chasing her. Bugs was electrocuted when he tried to kiss her, but didn't mind.
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** Similarly, [[Daffy Duck]] fell for a mechanical duck in "A Coy Decoy". {{spoiler|They even had little clockwork ducklings together}}.
* Fred Jones on ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Inc]]'' has an obsession with traps. His bedroom is littered with them.
* Dr. Blight×Mal from ''[[Captain Planet and
* Hyena×Coyote from ''[[
* Captain Murphy×Bucket-Head Wendy from ''[[Sealab 2021]]''.
* An episode of ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'' had Montana Max fall in love with a giant gold nugget that he called "Goldie".
** Not to mention the Prom episode, where Gogo Dodo's date is a fire hydrant. Named Suzie. And then there's Bugs Bunny, who's depicted as being pretty much married to his Oscar...um, I mean [[Bland
* [[Rugrats|Chuckie]] and Boppo. [[Double Entendre|A kid his age should be outside playing with his friends, not sitting alone in his room bopping his Boppo.]]
* The ''[[
** ''King George and the Ducky'' features a king who ''really'' loves his duck. That it's a G-rated version of [[The Bible
* In ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'', Peppermint Larry's wife is a candy sculpture... and in a truly Flapjackian twist, it turns out to be a [[Love Triangle]] with Captain K'nuckles secretly in love with her. At one point he even runs off with her, leaving Peppermint Larry heartbroken.
* In ''[[
** There was also one episode where Stan ran outside to console his SUV, saying he was going to 'tongue [it's] gas-hole'.
* Dan×Turkey Sub in ''[[Dan Vs.]]'' "The Fancy Restaurant."
* The [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Also Tom x Bloomberg
** There's even parings with Princess Celestia and the door she unlocked by [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|sticking her horn in the "keyhole"]] in "The Return of Harmony Part One".
** And, of course, Trixie×Pinecone.
* ''[[The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat]]'' did an episode where the Bag of Tricks got stolen, and Felix went into spasms of animated angst. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|He even had a hard time sleeping alone, and carried a wallet full of photos of himself and the bag in various romantic scenes]]. The show also gave us Bermuda Triangle×Times Square, Felix×Cactus, and Cactus×''Mountain''. None of these are too surprising in a show where [[Everything Talks]], but [[It Makes Just As Much Sense in Context|they're still pretty darn weird]].
* In an episode of ''[[The Looney Tunes Show]]'', Lola [[Cloudcuckoolander|gets into an entire conversation with an armoire]], and is seen telling it that she already has a boyfriend.
== Real Life ==
* [[Sonichu|Christian Westron Chandler]] and [[Squick|a PS3]]. Pass the [[Brain Bleach]] please.
* [[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130504162137/http://www.berlinermauer.se/BerlinWall/ Mrs. Berlin Wall], who coined the term "[
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080527222907/http://www.independent.co.uk/extras/sunday-review/living/i-married-the-eiffel-tower-832519.html Erika La Tour Eiffel], not to mention her "exes" [http://www.cracked.com/article_18624_5-people-who-turned-awful-disabilities-into-superpowers.html a bow, a katana, and *an F-15*].
* Spencer Pratt×creepy flesh colored beard.
* A woman named Jannene Swift married a rock in 1976.
** Probably an urban legend, but see [https://web.archive.org/web/20140915181832/http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=43995 this Snopes thread] for a nice collection of terrible puns regarding their [[A Worldwide Punomenon|union]].
* In another case of Objectum Sexuality, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5972632/Woman-getting-married-to-fairground-ride.html Amy Wolfe is getting married to 1001 Nachts] at [[Knoebels]].
* At one point, prostitutes in some part of India used to marry trees. In this way, they would emancipate themselves from parental control without saddling themselves with husbands.
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** Sebastion Vettel, a [[Formula One]] Champion, [[I Call It Vera|names all of his cars]]. It's a popular joke for him to have some form of relationship with said car. His car in 2012 is called Abbey. He likes to love them and leave them.
** Queen committed [http://youtu.be/sQTu9vx-laY a song to this particular form of affection], as mentioned in the music section above.
* And let's not forget the [[With Friends Like These...|love hate relationship]] most people have with their computers.
* Many, many musicians are like this with their instruments.
* Apparently, in 1979, a woman was officially married to her fifty-pound pet rock. There were over twenty witnesses.
* Aren't we forgetting [https://web.archive.org/web/20130308045752/http://www.rightcelebrity.com/?p=7337 SAL9000] here? Nene Anegasaki isn't exactly sentient...
** Not to be outdone, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130805130323/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/98910-Korean-Otaku-Marries-Anime-Body-Pillow a Korean otaku] married his [[
* [[Gene Roddenberry]]'s ode to his airplane, "Nightingale Woman", which he later reused in the ''[[
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* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580535/Worker-caught-having-sex-with-Henry-Hoover.html Seriously.]
* The common phrase "I'm married to my job."
* Most band geeks love their instruments far more than their significant others.
** Most geeks love their computers as much as or more than their significant others, especially if they've put a lot of time and/or money into them.
* You and your hand. There's a reason it's called [[A Date
** Don't forget dildos. And they're not just for women.
* ''Titanic'' and the iceberg that sunk it. [[Hans Von Hozel
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