Mentor Ship: Difference between revisions

*** 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.

** 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.

*** 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.

** 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 of the Stars]]'': [[Kirby|Meta Knight is a mentor to both Kirby and Fumu.]] Guess what two of the series' most popular ships are.

* The titular ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'' and their handler Minamoto.

* In [[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple|Kenichi the Mightiest Disciple]] we have Kenichi and [[Sexy Mentor|Shigure]]

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Maybe you've heard of a book called ''[[Batman|Seduction of the Innocent.]]''

* 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...

** And some speculate [[Shotacon|Jacen and Ben]].

** Not to mention [[Lolicon|Anakin and Ahsoka]].

** Hell, Jaina and Kyp are canon!

{{quote|"We have to stop seeing each other like this."

* [[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.

* [[Tamora Pierce]] seems to be fond of this one. Daine and Numair from the Immortals quartet are the most obvious examples.

* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'':

*** 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 [[May-December Romance|twice her age]].

* In ''[[Vampire Academy]]'', the main ship is this trope exasctly.

* In ''[[Warrior Cats]]'', Cherrytail has the kits of her mentor Sharpclaw.

* "Young, ingénue" Dr. Cameron's crush on her "gruff, older mentor" Dr. [[House (TV series)|House]].

* ''[[The Middleman]]'':

** In the Episode 13 comic, it is revealed that {{spoiler|the love of the Middleman's life was ''his'' Middlewoman, Raveena Rao.}}

* In ''[[NCIS]]'':

*** 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.

* ''[[Firefly]]'' has a substantial River/Mal shipping base.

* 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]]...

** Mia Fey and [[Phoenix Wright]]. Well, before [[The Plot Reaper]] shows up.

** There's also Mia and her mentor Diego Armando, which is [[Canon]].

** A slightly less popular ship, but Kristoph/Apollo.

* In ''[[Metal Gear]]'', Naked Snake and The Boss.

* 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 on Arrival|saw her awaken]].

* [[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.

* 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]]}}.

== [[Western Animation]] ==