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{{trope}}
When [[The Hero]] (or sometimes another member of the [[
Depending on the characters' respective age, this could be a popular pairing or a [[No Yay]] for the majority of the fandom.
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Subtrope of [[Unequal Pairing]]. See also [[Merlin and Nimue]], [[Hot for Student]].
{{examples
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* [[
* ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'': Asuka has an insane crush on her first guardian Kaji. Then there's the interesting relationship between Shinji and his trainer/captain/guardian Misato... and implied relationship between Rei and her boss Gendo... On second thought, [[Squick|let's not get into this]].
** Let's not forget Maya's crush on Ritsuko.
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** Yoruichi can [[Flash Step]] out of her clothes. She taught Byakuya this technique. Think about that for a sec.
*** Don't forget [[Les Yay|Yoruichi/Soi Fon]]
* In ''[[D
** There's also General Cross and Allen. C'mon, don't tell me you don't see it... [https://web.archive.org/web/20100403191016/http://www.onemanga.com/D.Gray-Man/167/12-13/ (Caution, major spoilers)]
*** Considering that Cross is a [[Trickster Mentor]] ''so'' tricky that he qualifies Allen for an honorary mention on the page for [[Abusive Parents]], that falls into deeply, deeply creepy areas.
*** Cross raised Allen from age 10 to 15, so if the one scene where he displays parental affection for him qualifies them for a ship, it would be a [[No Yay]] one.
* Guts and Farnese from ''[[Berserk]]''. With Farnese crushing majorly on Guts, who is her role model, "savior," and the person who will "guide her." Except... she can't help but feel jealous when Guts has romantic moments with his canon love interest Casca.
* ''[[Hellsing]]'' has Alucard/Seras as a popular in the ''English'' fandom thanks mostly to the influence of the Gonzo anime that changed the dynamics between Integra, Alucard and Seras and omitted [[Battle Couple|Pip Bernadotte]]'s existence. There's some hints of it in the beginning and towards the end with Alucard's motive to turn her being [[Loving a Shadow|her eyes reminding him to Integra's]] when she was younger according to the [[Word of God]] whereas in the original manga [[Crack Pairing|there's absolutely nothing to support them as a pair in a romantic or sexual way.]]
** In the ovas, there is actually support for them as a pair, though it's just in the beginning, where Alucard transforms Seras into a vampire and acts like a predator to her... Yes, that kind of predator.
*** It's kind of squicky, because he also holds her hand and answers her call when she asked for [[Unfortunate Implications|her parents]], then OVA team insists she's like his [[Like Brother and Sister|cute daughter figure]] when asked. All their ambiguous scenes aren't present in the Manga. It looks like it's again the [[Executive Meddling|producer Yasuyuki Ueda]] who was also behind the TV series.
*** In the manga Alucard calls Seras "my beloved servant," though.
* Lal Mirch and Tsuna in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''. Of course, since [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Tsuna is paired with everyone]], this should come to little surprise.
** Though one pairing (which is actually ''more'' common) that falls into far creepier areas is Reborn/Tsuna.
** [[Ho Yay|Dino and Hibari]]...It doesn't help that their weapons are a [[Fetish Fuel|whip and a pair of handcuffs]] respectively, and that their training sessions are [[Hands
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', there's the shipping of [[A Father to His Men|Kalinin]] with [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Sousuke]]. A bit unnerving, considering that he actually held Sousuke when Sousuke was a baby. And he's [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|around 40-50 years old]]. And he legally adopted Sousuke. But since many people tend to see [[Ho Yay]] in close bonds, there's definitely an abundance that can be found between them.
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', it's been revealed Negi's martial arts master, Ku Fei, has grown to like him in that way. Eva, his magic training mentor, also frequently seduces him ([[Ignore the Fanservice|or at least tries to]]), though it's mostly due to him bearing a strong resemblance to the his father the Thousand Master, [[Loving a Shadow|the man she loved]]. Hey and considering that Negi is the teacher to 3-A and a number of girls has already shown interest in him...well, just take a guess.
** And one of Negi's students loves (definitely loves in some sense of the word) the teacher whose class he took over, although she did basically grow up with him as well.
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*** ...or the [[No Yay|Gai/Rock Lee]], Kurenai/Hinata, and Kurenai/Shikamaru shippings
*** Orochimaru has this with just about everyone of his many disciples. Especially Anko and Kimimaro.
* In ''[[
** And CLAMP is certainly making this pairing more and more [[Anvilicious]] as time goes on. To the point where Haruka pretty much comes out and gives Watanuki a little speech that remarkably resembles an [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]] talk ( {{spoiler|[http://www.onemanga.com/xxxHolic/193/14/ "If you believe that you can meet, you musn't do anything to make her cry, then]."}}). To which Watanuki {{spoiler|promptly angsts and reminisces over her while saying her name and holding her precious pipe}}.
* ''[[Kirby:
* [[Axis Powers Hetalia]]. America and England, anyone? Not to mention it's practically canon (in this troper's opinion, but [[Your Mileage May Vary]]).
** In the same vein, there's China/Japan, Canada/France, Germany/Prussia, Greece/Turkey, and the [[Ship Tease|almost-canon]] Spain/S.Italy.
* The titular ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'' and their handler Minamoto.
* In [[Kenichi:
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Maybe you've heard of a book called ''[[Batman
* When introduced, Mia Dearden (the new Speedy) had a fairly obvious crush on her mentor Green Arrow. And on his son, Green Arrow.
* It's a fairly common plot device in comics when a hero and a sidekick are opposite genders. During Nightwing's fake [[Face Heel Turn]], Ravager had a crush on him, and in [[Frank Miller]]'s "[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]", Catgirl and Batman ended up with some very romantic undertones.
* [[Wolverine]] and his [[Lolicon|young female]] sidekicks. They aren't particularly rare ships...
* [http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7495074#post7495074 This] [[The Order of the Stick|Vaarsuvius x Aarindarius]] fic on the [[Crack Pairing]] thread. It's not very happy.▼
== [[Film]] ==
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** [[Darth Bane]] and Darth Zannah.
** And Luke and Mara.
** "Kiss Tahiri for me."
*** In ''Allies'', we learn that Jacen obliged, and more.
** And some speculate [[Shotacon|Jacen and Ben]].
** Not to mention [[Lolicon|Anakin and Ahsoka]].
** And [[No Yay|Anakin and Palpatine]].
** Hell, Jaina and Kyp are canon!
{{quote|"We have to stop seeing each other like this."
"I know."
"It's just so wrong, but I can't help it."|''[[
** Vergere and Jacen. Vergere comes right out and says "What, no hug? No kiss for your friend Vergere?" in ''Traitor''.
** [[Memetic Badass|Mara Jade agreed to a reciprocal apprenticeship with Kyle Katarn because she thought it was a sexual position.]]
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*** [[The Courtship of Princess Leia|Prince Isolder]]. They were in a polyandrous marriage, and Isolder did reflect on the possibility of Luke having sex with his mom.
*** [[The Callista Trilogy|Callista]]. Not exactly the mentor part, but fits this in spirit, and is canon.
*** Jem Ysanna, in ''[[Dark Empire]]''. Though [[Death
*** In some fans' eyes, ''[[The New Rebellion]]'' suggests this with Brakiss. Certainly Brakiss is obsessively emotional over his old master, with his new master once dryly telling him "You don't hate Skywalker. You hate the way he makes you feel." And hell, Luke ''does'' mention finding Brakiss attractive.
** Looking at the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe
* Alfredo Linguini and his assigned haute cuisine mentor Colette Tatou in ''[[Ratatouille]]''.
* In ''[[Star Trek (
** In the ''[[Star Trek:
* [[Gadgeteer Genius|2]] x [[The Woobie|5]] of Shane Acker's 9, anyone?
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* [[Harry Potter|Harry and Dumbledore]]. Even Rita Skeeter thought so.
** When you think about it, in book six, you felt it was a good thing Harry was a boy, because else, what would people have said about all the time they spend together. Then [[Word of Gay]] came... Of course we actually ''see'' Harry and Dumbledore's interactions and know it is entirely appropriate.
* Lucy Maud Montgomery (of ''[[
* [[Tamora Pierce]] seems to be fond of this one. Daine and Numair from the Immortals quartet are the most obvious examples.
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'':
** Donald Morgan and Anastasia Luccio are a canonical (if [[
** From the same (and equally one-sided), Molly and Harry. Although Harry has been under the impression that Molly's feelings were a passing adolescent crush, {{spoiler|Susan has pointed out that Molly is genuinely in love with Harry.}} Harry's self-conscious awareness of Molly's attractiveness makes it all the more awkward (and imply that the ship isn't quite out of the question, either).
*** Especially, considering how long wizards live. When Molly is 40, Harry will probably have fewer issues with the fact that he taught her when she was a teenager.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'', Petyr Baelish is probably hoping for things to turn out this way between him and his <s>daughter Alayne</s> trainee Sansa, and a good chunk of the fandom would be happy to see it as well. The rest of the fandom is too [[Squick]]'d out by his [[Replacement Goldfish|clear transference of affection for Catelyn onto her daughter]], not to mention him being [[Creepy Uncle|her uncle]], [[Parental Incest|semi-adoptive father]], and [[
* In ''[[Havemercy]]'', the world-weary exile [[
* A lot of fans of ''[[Mistborn]]'' read a lot of subtext in [[The Obi
* In ''[[Vampire Academy]]'', the main ship is this trope exasctly.
* Kvothe has a brief and non-romantic affair with his mentor in ''[[The Wise
* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', Cherrytail has the kits of her mentor Sharpclaw.
== [[Live
* In ''[[
* Giles/[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]] had a number of followers. In fandom. The two times someone (a werewolf hunter and Spike) suggested such a thing on the show, Buffy was [[Squick
** Giles/Willow also had followers. In one scene in the episode "Faith, Hope, & Trick", when Faith describes Giles as cute, Willow has an impish grin on her face.
*** Willow says she used to have a crush on him in "Where The Wild Things Are"
* "Young, ingénue" Dr. Cameron's crush on her "gruff, older mentor" Dr. [[House (TV series)|House]].
* ''[[The Middleman]]'':
** There is a sizable portion of the fandom who ship the Middleman and Wendy, his protégé. Their relationship is more of a partners dynamic than a boss-employee one, but Wendy has said that since her father's disappearance, the Middleman is the closest thing she's had to a father.
** In the Episode 13 comic, it is revealed that {{spoiler|the love of the Middleman's life was ''his'' Middlewoman, Raveena Rao.}}
* In ''[[
** Gibbs mentored Jenny Shepard in their early days at NCIS; they later became partners. She vanished for about a decade, and then turned up as Director in the beginning of season three, neatly reversing the dynamic (as there is still plenty of UST there).
** Tony's rather glaring puppy-like devotion to Gibbs. It doesn't help that nobody else can control him.
*** Now that we've met {{spoiler|Tony's playboy father}} it's more explicit Tony and Gibbs is more Tony DESPERATE for a [["Well Done, Son" Guy]] from SOMEONE vaguely parental.
* ''[[
* Canon example: Ziggy and Doctor K from [[Power Rangers RPM]], although the mentor (K) is actually younger than the Ranger.
* Jesse and Shelby from ''[[Glee]]'' could also count. That hug at the end of Regionals...and the hand-holding...and the kiss on the cheek. And, oh yeah, he {{spoiler|helped her find her biological daughter and all that}}.
** Also seems to be heading this way in regards to Kurt and Blaine. They're both very gay, and Blaine IS Kurt's [[Sexy Mentor]] / [[Big Brother Mentor]]...
** {{spoiler|Kurt/Blaine is canon as of 2.16 - but by this point, it's not really a
* Michael and Nikita from ''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]'', due to the uncontrollably large amount of [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] between them that eventually culminates {{spoiler|in a [[Relationship Upgrade]] after "Covenants", much to the fans' delight.}}
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** Mia Fey and [[Phoenix Wright]]. Well, before [[The Plot Reaper]] shows up.
** There's also Mia and her mentor Diego Armando, which is [[Canon]].
** Not to mention Phoenix and his assistant Maya, which even has an in-game fangirl in the form of Pearl, Maya's cousin. It's probably the most popular het ship in a fandom full of yaoi and yuri.
** A slightly less popular ship, but Kristoph/Apollo.
* In ''[[Metal Gear]]'', Naked Snake and The Boss.
* ''[[Dynasty Warriors|Dynasty Warriors 5]]'' has Zhao Yun and Xing Cai, this troper knows that there ARE fans of this pairing.
* ''[[Final Fantasy IV:
* ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' fandom has small followings for these pairings: Saleh/Ewan and Seth/Franz in FE8, Pent/Erk and Marcus/Isadora in FE7, and Cecilia/either Roy or Lilina in FE6.
** Don't forget Karel/Guy in FE7 and Shinon/Rolf in FE9/10.
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** There's also Jeorge/Gordin from FE3/FE12.
* [[Ho Yay|Luke and Van]] from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]''. Luke and Tear as well. Also Asch and Van.
* In ''[[Breath of Fire]] 3'', there's Ryu and Deis/Bleu (who he's heavily implied to have a [[Precocious Crush|crush on]]). She can also become a mentor that you learn spells from. Canonically, he expresses some of the most romantic interest in her (compared to others) considering [[Silent Protagonist|how he is through the entire game]] (including one of the few dialogue choices, where ''both'' choices imply his attraction to her). And then there was one of the few instances that he showed extreme emotion, which involved him turning [[Luminescent Blush|bright red]] when he first [[Naked
* [[Mass Effect|Commander Shepard and Garrus Vakarian]] if [[Player Character|Shepard]] is female. This one's a rare example of the hero being the mentor.
* In ''[[
* Yuri/Nia in ''[[Infinite Space]]'', as Nia taught Yuri many things regarding his life in space. {{spoiler|Sadly, it was [[Ship Sinking|sunken]] by the end of Act 1 following Nia's [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}.
* In the [[Metroid]] series, Samus and her former commanding officer Adam Malcovich, who she considers a [[Ship Sinking|father figure]] (not that they care), is heading into this direction... At least that's [[Foe Yay|better]] [[No Yay|than Samus x Ridley.]]
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Batgirl's (fortunately, one-sided) crush on Batman in ''[[Batman:
** Not completely one-sided, as it's canonically stated in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' that Bruce and Barbara had a [[Unequal Pairing|relationship]]. Confirmed again by [[Word of God]] (Bruce Timm).
** There are ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' fics pairing Bruce Wayne and Terry. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Depending on the viewer]], recall the revealing twist in "Epilogue" and the Ship becomes [[No Yay]] ([[Brain Bleach|if it wasn't already]]).
* [[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!]]:
** Some people ship [[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!|Chiro/Antauri]]. [[Interspecies Romance]], anyone?
** There's also [[Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!|Nova/Offay]] out there.
* Aang of ''[[
** Fic suggesting he was [[Old Master|Gyatso]]'s [
* Well before [[Sequel Series]] ''[[
* ''[[
* The animated adaption of ''[[Teen Titans (
** There's also [[Ho Yay|Slade/Robin]]; much the same, but a lot less consensual.
* ''[[My Little Pony
▲== [[Fanfic]] ==
▲* [http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7495074#post7495074 This] [[Order of the Stick|Vaarsuvius x Aarindarius]] fic on the [[Crack Pairing]] thread. It's not very happy.
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