Die for Our Ship/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

[[Western Animation]] has a surprising amount of [[Shipping]], both in [[Canon]] and out of it. So the [[Die for Our Ship]] mentality can pop up here, too...

 

* Lizzie Devine, Numbuh One's girlfriend during most of ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]],'' is often bashed. Numbuh Two is also often bashed for getting in the way of 1/5 even though he's not even ''in'' a relationship with Numbuh Five. (The latter case ''is'' no longer as common as it used to be.)

** It is hinted in The [[Grand Finale]] that {{spoiler|Numbuh Two may have married Numbuh Five when they grew up (despite his canon crush on 5's sister Cree).}} So, Two ''is'' as valid a target as anyone... Also, in the series, {{spoiler|Lizzie breaks up with Nigel willingly.}}

* Terra, from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', was absolutely ''loathed'' by Beast Boy/Raven shippers after she appeared in season two. After her [[The Mole|revelation as Slade's apprentice]], the hate magnified even more; many fics were written featuring Terra as a maniacal sociopath... which, ironically, fits the '''original''' [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|comic version]] of her. The show's version is quite [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|different.]]

** Starfire, as part of the [[Official Couple]], tends to get a LOT of hatred from Robin/Raven fans.

* Some ''[[Daria]]'' fans are still upset that Daria got over her crush on the cool slacker Trent and ended up with the charming preppie Tom, even though Tom is ''[[Deadpan Snarker|exactly]]'' like [[Snark Knight|Daria]], only male and well-adjusted and it's also made clear in the series that she would have been ''really'' unhappy with Trent. Perhaps some of this antipathy stems from the fact that, initially, it seemed like Daria "stole" Tom from Jane; in canon, the characters all eventually got past it and agreed it was unintentional and probably inevitable. The weird part is that Tom and Daria broke up at the end of the series anyway, so they're free to ship her with anyone else... and yet they still try to kill him.

** There's also a group of fans that believe Daria ''must'' remain single for eternity in order to [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses|maintain her status as a strong female character]]. Therefore, any scene that depicted Daria being attracted to men, displaying a wish of having a fulfilling heterosexual relationship, or actually dating, is bashed for trying to "ruin" Daria's independence.

** Then there are the bitter [[Les Yay]] shippers who are still convinced Tom was invented for the sole purpose of ruining their fantasies. This despite both Daria and Jane (''especially'' Jane) constantly showing interest in and pursuing men.

** Trent's on-and-off girlfriend Monique is also portrayed as an evil bitch in several Daria/Trent fics, despite her canon self being sweet and friendly.

* In a rare pro-fem example, Sprx from ''[[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]!'' has been through this. Though often it's just [[Ron the Death Eater]] here.

* Josh Mankey from ''[[Kim Possible]]'' is usually vilified for standing in the way of Kim/Ron. He is usually depicted as womanizing, manipulative, or abusive. This, even though he was shown as caring and understanding the few times he dated Kim. (Kim and Ron had shown no romantic interest in each other until the third season.)

** There's also the "Ron was just a rebound" plot device, which can go two ways. One one hand, it can be used against Ron so Kim can dump him for someone else the shipper prefers her with. On the other, it could be used to make Kim look like a bitch so Ron can run into the arms of another (who presumably ''isn't'' a rebound) for comfort. To the point that one infamous fanfic had that "another" be ''Kim's own mother.''

** Then there's Yori, Ron's [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] and [[Action Girlfriend]] who very clearly was in love with him. Despite Kim's jealousness fans see her as no threat to their relationship, as Yori is perfectly fine with Kim and Ron as a couple.

* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' had Samantha "Sam" Manson (the one Danny ended up with) as this early in the fandom; she was hated, despised, and bashed in fanfiction written by Danny fangirls who paired Danny with the writer's [[Original Character]]. To this day, the worst of those stories are still archived in Quizilla. However, the hate for Sam toned down when [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Valerie]] [[Fallen Princess|Gray]] went through, not only [[Character Development]], but also a [[Gondor Calls for Aid]] episode in which she and Danny become friends, and eventually ended up in a [[Dating Catwoman]] situation. Since then, Valerie has been despised by a large part of the fandom (even though they broke up because [[It's Not You, It's My Enemies|Valerie didn't want to put Danny in danger]]), since the two still maintained romantic feelings for each other. Although by the end of the series {{spoiler|it's hinted prior to his [[Last-Minute Hookup]] with Sam that Danny got over Valerie,}} the hate is still going strong. It's not surprising to find a fanfic in which Sam is depressed over Danny and Valerie's relationship, and it turns out that Danny is only dating Valerie because he thinks Sam will never love him and never loved Valerie in the first place.

** Danny/Valerie shippers frequently claim Sam is some kind of manipulative shrew who thinks of Danny as a tool for her own agendas. It got even worse after [[Victorious Childhood Friend|the finale.]]

* In ''[[Batman Beyond]]'', the [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Terry/Maxine]] fans ''really'' hated Terry's canon girlfriend, Dana.

** It's a bit of a two-way street, as the small faction of Terry/Dana shippers don't look too kindly on Max, either, for the most part. (Although they're usually more mature about it, or at least can't afford to alienate the majority audience.)

* ''[[Gargoyles]]'' fans have never entirely forgiven [[Action Girl|Angela]] for picking [[Big Guy|Broadway]] over [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Brooklyn]]. Some of them even derail Broadway from a [[Gentle Giant]] into a wife-beater in their fics so that Angela can go running into the arms of Brooklyn.

** There's an in-show example too, as Demona ships herself with Goliath even in the 1990s. Thus, she particularly hates Elisa more than she hates the rest of humanity.

* ''[[Ben 10]]'': shippers of the [[Kissing Cousins|Ben/Gwen]] pairing have, more than once, bashed [[Psycho for Hire|Kevin]] for getting together with Gwen in ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]''.

** As for Ben, Kai is often portrayed in fanfiction as a snobby [[Rich Bitch]]-esque character.

* ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'': When Liz Allen came onto the scene, many viewers hated her for getting in the way of Peter/Gwen... but then this trope ended up becoming ''subverted'' when these viewers' hatred gave way to pity as it became clear that Peter loved Gwen and Liz was just a [[Hopeless Suitor]]. It helped that her inevitable breakup with Peter was a [[Tear Jerker]].

** A reversed situation happened with Harry/Gwen. When Gwen starts dating Harry, it's clear that she's doing so just because she feels sorry for [[The Woobie|him.]] Shippers agreed with her decision [[Break the Cutie|(Harry went through some Grade-A Shit last season)]] and they waited patiently for them to break-up so we could get to the Peter/Gwen. Just when the build-up to the fabled ship arrived, Harry found out Gwen's true feelings and became jealous. Then another woobie moment happens, and Harry decides to [[Kick the Dog]] by manipulating Gwen into staying with him to "ease the pain," though it's evident he's just jealous of Peter. Shippers promptly went to war.

* A great number of fans of the movie ''[[Felidae]]'' are huge fans of the Francis/Felicity pairing even though {{spoiler|Felicity is [[Family-Unfriendly Death|brutally decapitated]] only minutes after she's introduced in the film}} and {{spoiler|the cat Francis had sex with in the film is the one who becomes his mate.}} It probably has something to do with the fact that Felicity is set up as a sweet naive [[Ill Girl]] {{spoiler|shortly before she dies}}. By contrast, {{spoiler|Nhozemptekh}} - exotically pretty as she may be - is unfortunately given little character development beyond being a [[Nubile Savage]] in kitty form.

** Justified in that the film ''is'' about cats, who are more interested in plain ol' sex rather than anything romantic. Too bad the fans don't realize this...

* Phoebus, from the Disney version of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]],'' gets this a lot from people who prefer Esmeralda to be with either [[The Grotesque|Quasimodo]] or [[Love Makes You Evil|Frollo]]. Instead of being the wry, sensible man he is, Phoebus is portrayed as an abusive [[Jerkass]] (completely accurate in the novel, where Phoebus is the only main character without a single redeeming quality, but not in the [[Disney]] film). Quasi/Esme shippers especially seem to think that having Esme end up with Phoebus is [[Broken Aesop|a betrayal]] of the film's "Looks don't matter" message.

* Suzy Johnson of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' is an odd example of this because she is Jeremy's little sister. However, she's violently opposed to him dating Candace and tortures her at every opportunity, making her highly unpopular with C/J shippers.

*** In "Minor Monogram", they break up because Johnny is more interested in a video game than her.

** Nor is [[Pandaing to the Audience|Peter]] by the [[Foe Yay|Perry/Doofenshmirtz]] shippers.

** Isabella gets this from time to time for her crush on [[Cheerful Child|Phineas]], especially from [[Not Blood Siblings|Phineas/Ferb]] shippers.

** Another major [[Ship-to-Ship Combat|Shipping War]] lately: [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Dun]][[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|can]]/[[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|Cour]][[Tsundere|tney]] vs. [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Dun]][[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|can]]/[[Perky Goth|Gw]][[Tsundere|en]]. A rare example when the writers took away Duncan/Courtney's canon status and gave it to Duncan/Gwen.

** Sierra gets crucified for her massive crush on Cody (Though there are [[Stalker with a Crush|other]] [[The Scrappy|reasons]] to dislike their relationship even if you don't ship him with someone else). In fact, it already happened when Beth kissed Cody on the cheek as he was voted off (few people like Beth/Cody). He's one popular dude: he's been [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|shipped with just about every girl]] at least once, [[Ho Yay|though not nearly as often as with]] [[Ambiguously Gay|Noah]].

** Owen's growing dislike-dom largely overlaps with those who pair Izzy with anyone else. It ''really'' doesn't help that he once had a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] moment when he pushed her in front of a serial killer to save his own life. This has died down after they broke up in the actual series... only instead of keeping him and Izzy together, fan works use this as a way to quickly pair up Izzy with someone else.

** There are many reasons for Total Drama fans to hate Heather. One of them is being seen as a threat to Harold/Leshawna shippers.

** Tyler is the butt of many Trent/Lindsay jokes.

* ''[[South Park]]'' isn't safe, either. Kelly and Tammy are often hated by fangirls who have a crush on Kenny or prefer slash pairings. Wendy, Bebe, and a few others are disliked for the same reasons.

** NOT every fan 'hates' Wendy and/or Bebe,(otherwise those two wouldn't have alot of fanworks)even if they don't pair them with the boys. Sometimes they're just there for crap's sake or they're paired with each other instead.

** Wendy is ''especially'' hated for being with Stan by adamant Stan/Kyle shippers and Stan/OC shippers alike. First they hated her for being with him, then hated her for breaking up with him, then for getting back with him. And she's either too bitchy and [[Straw Feminist]] or too "[[Real Women Never Wear Dresses|girly and useless]]" in the fans' eyes.

** Stan seems to be in the Dangerzone with the Cartman/Wendy fans for being passionless and neglectful with Wendy. In fanworks he ditches/dumps a sad/brokenhearted Wendy for Kyle which then she gets conforted by Cartman.

** A long long time ago when The South Park movie was new, Gregory used to get this from Stan/Wendy fans. That's all ancient history now.

* In ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' fandom, Powerpuff/Rowdyruff shippers are surprisingly vicious towards anyone who even touches pairings but the Girls and their color counterparts, even though the Boys are their [[Evil Twin|Evil Twins]] and Buttercup had more sexual -- um, tension towards Ace than towards Butch -- and that's just for starters.

** [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3839904/1/Uncomfortable here]. {{spoiler|[[Die for Our Ship]] meets [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]}}. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* ''[[Code Lyoko]]'''s Ulrich/Yumi shippers tend to take the flawed character aspects of alternate love interests Sissi (who is canonically outwardly annoying, but does show [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] depths) and William (a canonical [[Stalker with a Crush]], but more dark than evil) and exaggerate them beyond recognition until there's ''no'' way they could threaten their beloved ship. Or the writers save themselves the trouble and kill them off, or pair them with each other. All of which is really unnecessary, since both Sissi and William are canonically [[Hopeless Suitor|Hopeless Suitors]] (Sissi from the beginning and William once {{spoiler|he becomes [[Brainwashed and Crazy]].}}) Ulrich/Yumi is in much more danger from [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|Ulrich and Yumi themselves]] than outside forces.

* There is an obnoxious tendency on the part of [[Balto|Kodi/Dusty]] shippers to kill off the characters Ralph and Kirby; in the first case Dusty/Ralph is ''canon'' according to [[Word of God]] with Kodi/Kirby just being a consequence of mild [[Ho Yay]]. And don't think about shipping Kodi/Dusty ''and'' Kirby/Ralph; it's a ticket to the afterlife. That said, many people also kill [[The Scrappy|Stella]] (the female goose from the second sequel, which is also from where all the characters mentioned in this paragraph come from), and whereas they pair Boris with someone else or not is irrelevant.

** Ruth and Summer also don't get spared from this, despite the fact that Ruth was insignificant to Arnold after season 2 and Summer was just a one-shot character who was just using Arnold to begin with and already had a boyfriend.

* One-shot character Kitka the Falcon from ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' occasionally gets hate from Skilene shippers. Said shippers also don't like seeing Marlene paired with Julien or Fred the Squirrel, either.

** Jessie can get this a bit from Woody/Buzz shippers, and is often called a female version of Woody who was just paired with Buzz because it was more socially accepted.

* In ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' Janine Melnitz often becomes the target because of her [[Ship Tease|love interest Egon Spengler.]] Usually vilified as either an over controlling harpy or a heartless slut. If the pairing is OC/Egon than this can get especially bad. Doesn't help that Ramis isn't too fond of Janine/Egon either in the original movies.

* From ''[[Adventure Time]]'', Marceline the Vampire Queen is not the favorite character of Finn/Princess Bubblegum shippers.

* [[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]] is getting a lot of this in light of the recent timeskip for Season 2, "Invasion." Every [[Fan Girl]] who has shipped Superboy and Miss Martian together are all up in arms over their breakup, and her being with Lagoon Boy. There is so much hate for poor La'gann that it's starting to turn into [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|hate for the show in general]] as far as they're concerned. Those fans of the show who remember the [[MST3K Mantra]] have started referring to them as [[Fan Community Nickname|"Keezy Fem,"]] a derrogatory term in [[Legion of Super-Heroes|Interlac]], used [[In-Universe]] by [[Lobo]] in reference to [[Wonder Girl]] and [[Batgirl]], who were in his way on a bounty-hunting job in the first episode of Season 2.