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** On the forums, it's fairly common for posters to rank the routes/girls in their signatures with ">" or "=" signs. For example, Favorite>Second favorite>Tied for third=Tied for third>Least favorite
* There is quite a significant number of people in the [[Halo]] fandom who point out that no relationships between Spartans can happen, but somehow there still seem to be fan pairings. [[Childhood Friends|John/Kelly]], [[Cargo Ship|John/Cortana]], [[Killed Off for Real|John/Miranda]], and [[Interspecies Romance|John/Thel]] being the most dominant in the fandom. The first three are easily the most popular, but the last one seems to be growing at a snail's pace. John/Miranda supporters were not held back by the fact that Miranda died in Halo3, they just change the outcome of the battle to say that she survived. Really, ''none'' of these pairings could happen, because Spartans are engineered to have no sex drive. [[Fan Dumb|But the fans don't listen.]]
*[[Fate Extella: The Umbral Star]]: While previous games in the series kept their routes and heroines entirely seperate, Extella features Nero and Tamamo as rivals for Hakuno's affections. Although the game favors Nero in this regard, there isn't a clear resolution. As such, Nero x Hakuno and Tamano x Hakuno shippers frequently accuse the other character of being a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] who is in the way of their ship. It also doesn't help that while Tamano has made clear her dream to marry Hakuno, Nero's ending in CCC is the only in which Hakuno weds. And that's not even getting into how Fate GO writes an alternative timeline Nero to ship and fanservice with the protagonist of that game, rather than doing so with the Nero who remembers Hakuno - while Tamano is given no such similar treatment.
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==Web Comics==
*''[[Misfile]]'' contains a rare example of a ship fighting itself. Ash/Emily shippers all want to see Ash and Emily hook up, but because Ash is a [[Gender Bender|boy turned into a girl]] they can't agree on how the comic should end. One side desperately wants Ash to decide to stay a girl, the other wants to see Ash back as a guy. The fighting hasn't yet reached [[Internet Backdraft|dangerous levels]], but the arguments crop up with regularity.
*While the ''[[Megatokyo]]'' fandom as a general rule tends to be quite civil, there does seem to be a distinct undercurrent of dislike between fans who think Piro should stay with his current girlfriend, Nanasawa Kimiko, and those who would like to see him get back together with his previous girlfriend, Tohya Miho. One can generally tell which girl a particular fan supports by whether he refers to Kimiko by her given name, or by her familly name (Nanasawa).
*''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' has a number of [[One True Pairing]]''''s. Torg is most often paired with Zoë, Gwynn, Sasha, or Aylee (the alien), and Riff with Gwynn, Sasha, or various insane ladies. Currently, Zoë is dead and Torg is working closely with Sasha, but he is working with her to get Zoë back and Sasha may be his sister anyway, so who knows. Then there's [[Base Breaker|Oasis]]...'''
*''[[Homestuck]]'' still suffers from this, although considering the series' romance is [[Love Dodecahedron]] it's not all that much, fandom attitude having finally given in to Ship All The Things, Fill All The Buckets, and Threeway Fixes Everything. For the most part, it was much worse in the past. Since most major pairing factions have stopped caring, the main two locked standing in an eternal bloodbath are Dave/Terezi and Karkat/Terezi. It doesn't help they've both convinced their side is solid, set-in-stone canon when neither one actually is. Dave/Jade has tried to make the fight three-way and is subsequently ignored by both sides, because even though it's arguably just as canon as the other two, the fans aren't really out for blood and simply cannot compete with the escalating violence. The rest of the fandom suffers small skirmishes, (John/Karkat vs Dave/John or John/Vriska, PBJ vs anything that stands in its way, Karkat/Jade vs whoever feels like kicking them around today) but nothing touches the epic bitchfight of Terezi's flushed quadrent. It's enough that it's become an increasingly popular trend to [[Take a Third Option]] and ship Dave/Karket, who have spoken once in the entire comic. Surprisingly enough for the sub-[[Love Dodecahedron]] of Aradia-Sollux-Eridan-Feferi-Equius, there isn't all that much infighting and most combinations are acceptable in fandom eyes. Sollux/Aradia and Sollux/Fereri still skirmish some, but seemed to have stopped actively trying to kill each other.
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*Happens literally in [[The Unity Saga]] as {{spoiler|Seven of Nine}} kills {{spoiler|Mara Jade}}, though at least both parties were established as loving {{spoiler|Luke}}
==Western Animation==
*Depending on the board, ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' fandom is either surprisingly civil or at least as bad as any other. The main fight is between Kataang (Katara/Aang) and Zutara (Zuko/Katara) (and yes, there are [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]s for all of them). Watch out for [[Ship Mates]].
**The series finale features ''literal'' Ship To Ship Combat, in addition to ungodly amounts of [[Ship Tease]]. Given the creators' awareness of their fanbase's tendencies ''and'' the ship-tease short they put together for Comic-Con, the odds of this being unintentional are approximately zero.
**Don't forget the whole Mai/Zuko versus Zuko/Katara schpeel. The battle seems to have died down a bit, but there are still many fanatics who subject Katara or Mai to [[Die for Our Ship]]. Mostly Mai, as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrKp9k3HHzk these] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRFcf-TBwI&feature=related vids] demonstrate. Good luck finding similar vids bashing Katara. [[It Got Worse]] when Bryke confirmed that Aang and Katara have a kid when they announced ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'', with some Zutarians even insisting that Katara ''had'' to have gone to Zuko for comfort after Aang's death [[Good Adultery, Bad Adultery|(if not well before)]]. The latter has some Zutarans heralding the "revival" of Zutara, or claiming Zutara to be an [[Anchored Ship]].
**[http://sora-ko.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-The-true-showdown-41464296 This comic] takes the trope to its literal extreme- or perhaps [[A Worldwide Punomenon|its littoral extreme]]. (And [http://rufftoon.deviantart.com/art/Shipping-Wars-1-43734136 this one] does the same, but speaks more for those who tend not to ship).
**Zutara was taken to another extreme when Zuko {{spoiler|was revealed to have a daughter who became the next Fire Lady, but her mother was not named, causing Zutarans to go so far as to claim that Zuko's daughter was his and Katara's, even though Zuko most likely married Mai, and Katara married Aang}}.
*Speaking of [[The Legend of Korra|Korra]], a war is already brewing between [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Korra/Mako]] fans and Asami/Mako fans. It doesn't help that many Zutara shippers [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Jumped Ship]] to Makorra after Zutara was definitively [[Ship Sinking|Sunk]].
**More recently, a war has begun brewing between Korra/Mako fans and Korra/Bolin fans as well, including arguments on which brother "deserves Korra more" and vice versa.
***And then all those ships were steadily sunk with the following seasons, the final blow being {{spoiler|the final episode implying (with [[Word of God]] confirming) that Korra/Asami were the [[Official Couple|Endgame]]}}
*''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' was famous for ship wars during its run. Most notably, [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Beast Boy/Raven]] shippers vs. Beast Boy/Terra shippers, [[Slap Slap Kiss|Beast Boy/Raven]] shippers vs. Robin/Raven shippers and [[Official Couple|Robin/Starfire]] shippers vs. Robin/Raven shippers. All they need is a Starfire/Terra ship, and the [[Mexican Standoff]] will be complete.
**Cyborg was completely left out of this. Apparently shippers either liked him too much or hated him too much to ship him. We may never know.
***Actually, there was a quick Cyborg/Raven vs. Cyborg/Jinx ship battle, but it didn't last long, as most accepted that he's best paired with Bubblebee.
*Oh, be thankful that the shipping wars of ''[[Daria]]'' are over! There are ''STILL'' Daria/Trent shippers out there—the biggest contingent, who were set to declare holy war when the [[Word of God]] ''[[Jossed]]'' that pairing in the third season finale by showing that reality would never support the pairing. Still, that's '''NOTHING''' compared to what happened a season later. Want to start a war in Daria fandom? Two words: ''"The Kiss."'' Daria/Tom shipping has caused heated arguments the way the Sun provides heat and light for the Earth. And the real irony is that in the end of the show, they ''broke up'' and Daria stayed single, so ''neither'' pairing is is [[One True Pairing]].
**Then don't forget those who still cling desperately to [[Les Yay|Daria/Jane]].
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**...but during ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]'', all hell broke loose when Gwen/Kevin became canon. Ben/Gwen shippers still protest about [[Die for Our Ship|how much discontinuity problems this causes for the series]], while Gwen/Kevin shippers bask in the light of their newly canon ship and Ben/Kevin shippers stay well out of the way, enjoying the [[Subtext]] the [[Relationship Writing Fumble|writers seem to be handing out]].
**There seems to be attempted [[Ship Sinking]] in Season 2, what with the added emphasis on Ben's Canon girlfriend Julie. The primary effect of this has been to make Ben/Gwen shippers and Ben/Kevin shippers [[Enemy Mine|ally against their common foe]].
*The ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' fandom features a large group of people who ship Aelita and Odd and are combated vigorously by the people who support Aelita and Jeremie, the show's [[Official Couple]]. But of course this is nothing when it comes to the Ulrich/Yumi/William/Sissi debates.
*As [http://trurotaketwo.deviantart.com/art/The-Fat-Controllers-problem-110937810 this fanart] will demonstrate, not even ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' fandom is safe from shipping wars. It does not help however that that some of the episodes have hinted towards crushes between the engines (such as Rosie trying to follow Thomas everywhere in her introductory episode, or Thomas blushing on seeing Flora in her introductory episode). [[Brain Bleach]] is on offer [[Media:Th brain bleach.jpg|here.]]
*The ''[[Kim Possible]]'' fans of the [[Canon|Kim/Ron]] pairing will viciously attack any fans of [[Ho Yay|Kim/Shego]] like a piranha-feeding frenzy. Any sign of Kigo [[Fan Art]] will invariably get several negative comments from a Kim/Ron supporter; the same can be said of any [[Fanfic|Fan Fiction]].
**And of course, Kigo shippers will invariably call the Kim/Ron pairing"mainstream" or "not gritty enough" or accuse the Kim/Ron shippers of homophobia.
**There was a major fight that occurred between the [[Die for Our Ship|Kigo and K/R shippers]] a while back. Nowadays, the topic is kept out of most forums for [[Internet Backdraft|obvious reasons]]. Most enjoy both shipping sides nowadays and there are some that even enjoy [[Triang Relations|mixing the ships]].
*The ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' Ship-To-Ship Combat is actually about only one pairing, namely Chip/Gadget. Those who favor that pairing oppose those who do not want to see Chip and Gadget together, regardless of alternatives. This led to two flame wars on the Usenet in 1997 and at the fan forum [http://www.theacorncafe.org Acorn Cafe] in 1998. Further flame wars could only be prevented by the experience gained during 1998's St. Valentine's Day Massacre and by "agreeing to disagree". A third, rather small faction among them call themselves the Neutrals and dislike the wary ways of both Pro and Anti fundamentalists. Mind you that there has never been a canonical pairing in this show.
*''[[South Park]]'' has a lot of this, especially since ''You're Getting Old'' aired, where Kyle didn't want to be Stan's friend anymore, and was seen playing with Cartman and smiling at him at the end of the episode, implying that the whole [[Foe Yay]] between Cartman and Kyle is slowly replaced with a building friendship. The rabid [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Stan/Kyle]] and [[Foe Yay|Cartman/Kyle]] fans went crazy, especially since there was a war between the ships even before the episode.
**Then there are smaller battles in the fandom, between Cartman/Butters fans and Kenny/Butters fans, Cartman/Wendy vs. Stan/Wendy and Craig/Tweek vs. Craig/Thomas vs. Craig/Clyde.
**As of season sixteen, especially on sites like Tumblr, Stan/Kyle fangirls have begun widdling down or switching in favor of Cartman/Kyle, which in ''Cartman Finds Love'' becomes [[Gossip Evolution|some]][[Everyone Can See It|what]] [[Official Couple|canon]].
*''[[Total Drama]]'': A complicated situation, due to [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] and lots of [[Ship Tease]]. The biggest one is between the original [[Official Couple]], [[Slap Slap Kiss|Duncan/Courtney]], and the new canon, former [[Fan-Preferred Couple]] [[Relationship Upgrade|Duncan/Gwen]]. The fact that the latter got together [[Your Cheating Heart|thanks to Duncan cheating on Courtney]] doesn't help.
**[[Defrosting Ice Queen|Gwen]]/[[Single Woman Seeks Good Man|Trent]], also originally canon, used to be heavily involved in this fray too before being [[Ship Sinking|sunk]]. They still tend to side with Duncan/Courtney as a [[Ship Mates|Ship Mate]], though, as do [[Dogged Nice Guy|Cody]]/[[Just Friends|Gwen]] supporters.
**[[Loony Fan]] Sierra, Cody's [[Stalker with a Crush]], is the perfect ''casus belli'' of Shipping Wars. Many [[Ho Yay|Noah/Cody]] and Cody/Gwen supporters despise her, though the more forgiving ones are willing to tolerate her after season three ends with her and Cody as [[Just Friends]] (and the resulting fact that she no longer makes his life a living hell).
*Strangely, the ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'' fandom engages in this. The wars often revolve around who Flaky will end up with (the most noteworthy pairing is Flaky x Flippy). Never mind that Flaky is a character who is never romantically involved ''and'' her [[Viewer Gender Confusion|gender]] is still [[Serious Business|quite the subject of debate]].
**And then, there's [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Flippy/Flaky]] vs. [[Ho Yay|Flippy/Splendid]], as well.
*The ''[[Invader Zim]]'' fandom has little fighting, probably because the show only focuses on a few main characters and Dib/Gaz is unpopular for [[Brother-Sister Incest|obvious reasons]]. The biggest ship war is actually just between those who like [[Foe Yay|ZADR]] and those who despise it, especially since [[Jhonen Vasquez]] [[Word of God|says]] it makes him "sick to his ill-prone belly." Building on that, there is a small collection of anti-shippers who are [[No Hugging, No Kissing|against pairings]] in general, but ZADR is where they direct most of their ire.
**There is actually a pretty big fight between [[Foe Yay|Zim/Dib]] shippers and [[Slap Slap Kiss|Zim/Gaz]] shippers.
**And let's not forget [[Foe Yay|Zim/Tak]] and Dib/Tak. Or [[Les Yay|Gaz/Tak]].
*A ''completely'' [[Inverted Trope]] in ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'' where out of the four main characters, Zach is [[Happily Married]] and unquestionably devoted to Eliza and his children. Shane and Niko are shipped together (despite his tendency to acquire a mostly-[[Unwanted Harem]]), and [[Word of God|Robert Mandell]] admits he was planning to marry them off. Walter manages to charm a [[Recurring Character]] who left Shane's [[Unwanted Harem]] when she saw that Walter [[Took a Level in Badass|wasn't the useless goof she initially thought he was]].
*In ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' the biggest question is with whom Isabella should end up with. Fans usually ship her with the two principal brothers. That's because she's the only one female character of their age with a important role.
***Recently a joke in "Quantum Boogaloo" [[Ship Tease]]d Ferb/Isabella (Ferbella), but this pair was never developed in the series.
***Isabella has a crush on [[Oblivious to Love|Phineas]]. Because of this, Phineas/Isabella (Phinbella) simply has much more canon evidence and a significantly larger fanbase.
**That's also a rather controversial question of who Ferb should wind up with. Canonically, he has a [[Precocious Crush]] on [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|Vanessa]], who at sixteen is about [[Vague Age|two-to-six]] years older than him. Many fans, however, decided to pair him with [[Meganekko|Gretchen]], who originally seems to be chosen simply because she was the first girl his age (other than Isabella) to [[Nominal Importance|have a name]]; [[Ships That Pass in the Night|They have never interacted]], though, despite how many times the [[Scout Out|Fireside Girls]] have helped in Phineas and Ferb's projects. And of course, some fans [[Take a Third Option]] and just invent an [[Original Character]], pair Ferb with somebody else in the show, or [[One True Threesome|have a threesome]].
**Another possible war that could break out is between the [[Not Blood Siblings|Phineas/Ferb]] shippers and...well, like the ''Invader Zim'' example above, just the people who ''hate'' that pairing.
**An upcoming episode reveals that Johnny, who fans had generally written off as a [[Girl of the Week|Boy Of The Week]], [[Official Couple|is now Vanessa's boyfriend.]] It won't be long now before Johnny gets subjected to [[Die for Our Ship|the madness]] [[Fan Dumb|of the rabid Ferbnessa shippers.]]
**And now Vannesa broke up with Johnny...but got a thing for Monty Monogram. here we go...
**This was mostly averted between [[Official Couple|Jeremy/Candace]] and [[Les Yay|Candace/Stacy]] shippers. Most of the later also support the former. And there isn't any reported sighting on any debate between the two thus far.
*''[[Metalocalypse]]'', despite its veritable buffet of pairings and a fandom that just loves the [[Ho Yay]], has thus far avoided this. Every possible pairing has its supporters, some quite staunch, but as a whole the fandom is laid back enough to live and let live, with the Skwisgaar/Toki, Toki/Nathan, and Nathan/Charles supporters sharing forums and communities in relative harmony.
*While not as extreme as some of the others mentioned on this page, there's the [[Green Lantern]]/Hawkgirl shippers vs. the Green Lantern/Vixen shippers for ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'', even though both are canon, and there was a big reveal about {{spoiler|Warhawk being Green Lantern and Hawkgirl's son in the future}}, and [[Word of God]] has pretty much said the Green Lantern/Hawkgirl shippers have reason to be victorious in this fight. And yet there's still friction between them.
*The "Shipping Wars" within the ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' fandom. It became (in)famously known as the "True-Fan VS Anti-Fan" wars, and ran rampant throughout sites like [[Deviant ART]]. The wars pretty much boil down to Canon (Danny/Sam) VS Fanon (Danny/Valerie) and/or Heterosexual Parings (Danny/Sam, Danny/Valerie) VS Slash (Danny/Vlad, Danny/Dash, and even Danny/Himself *Don't ask*).
**How bad was it, you ask? Well, anyone who supported "Fanon" parings was considered an "Anti-Fan" whom the "True-Fans" disregarded as "filth and pornography" (Even if artwork/fanfic of said "Fanon" pairing was completely "G" rated). Likewise, the supporters of "Canon" pairings were called "Canon Nazis" whom the "Anti-Fans" would often accuse of "not understanding artistic freedom". Not to mention that simply being friends or liking the artwork of someone on one side of the battlefield automatically made you enemies with the other. Thankfully, these days, the war seems to have died down a bit.
*''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' has its own, with the main combatants seeming to be Timmy/Tootie and Timmy/Trixie. However, Veronica/Timmy also has its own devoted fanbase (even though Veronica was only shown to like Timmy in two episodes and she expressed it in a very... interesting way. There is also a minority of Timmy/Vicky shippers, who seem to be in it mostly for the 'straight shota'.
**The Tootie/Timmy shippers won out in the end, as the Fairly Odd Movie reveals that {{spoiler|Timmy gives up his fairies for Tootie, but a loophole in the rules allows him to keep his fairies, so long as he uses them for unselfish purposes. Tootie also is allowed to learn of the fairies.}} Although the movie is not the finale of the series itself, it seems to set the events of the future in stone. Despite this word coming from the [[Word of God|creator himself]], fans against this couple are ''still'' trying to claim it is not part of the canon series. Yeah, you heard that right, [[Negative Continuity]] Nicktoons have non-canon and alternate timelines now.
*''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]''. Say one shipping, and you'll have shippers SWARMING YOU WITH FURY. For example - 4/86 - You'll have 2/86 after you and 4/3 after you, and 2/86 will have 2/5 after them, which will have 1/5 after them, and [[Overly Long Gag|will have]] 1/Lizzie AND 1/362 after them, and so on and so forth. You may want to wear [[Fun with Acronyms|battle ready armor]] for this.
*''[[Gargoyles]]'' fandom has had this going on for over a decade after Goliath's daughter Angela hooked up with Broadway over Brooklyn (and [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|Brooklyn himself was very graceful about his "loss"]]). While most fans understood that Broadway was the correct choice, even if not the obvious choice, there are still fans who believe she should have hooked up with Brooklyn, and it intensified after Greg Weisman came out and said that Brooklyn's attraction to her was shallow and superficial. The recent arrival of Brooklyn's true love, Katana, seems to have finally laid this to rest... however there are still some hold outs because "Katana is not hot." ([http://gargwiki.net/Katana This is what Katana looks like], by the way.)
**For a period, several years back, there were militant shippers who believed that Demona and Elisa Maza should be a couple. While some were doing it just for the fun, there was a rising faction who was dead serious about it. They even denounced Greg Weisman as a writer, and attacked him for not writing "realistic relationships." So, according to these people, Demona and Elisa were meant for each other. One is a human, and one wants to commit mass genocide upon humanity, and both despise the other.
*''[[X-Men: Evolution|X-Men Evolution]]'' has a few interesting ones. [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|Lancitty(Lance/Kitty)]] vs. [[Platonic Life Partners|Kurtty(Kurt/Kitty)]] is the biggest one and dates back to the start of the fandom. Some Kurtty fans like to bash [[Base Breaker|Lance]] as a violent bad boy who is all wrong for the innocent and sweet Kitty and should be with someone like Wanda or Tabitha, while [[Dogged Nice Guy]] Kurt is the one for her (Sometimes depicting him alot more violently than usual and being rather immature about it). Lancitty fans will point out that Kitty is attracted to Lance, and never showed the slightest romantic interest in Kurt. who is in a relationship with Amanda (Sometimes agressively saying 'ITS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN' and be rather immature about the matter as well). They are also quick to remind anyone they have [[Canon]] behind them as the [[Official Couple]] since Lance and Kitty are hinted to get back together at the end.
**And, that's not even mentioning the Piotr/Kitty fans. Usually, they're spared by the other fans due to Piotr's little screentime, but due to the fact he's Kitty's comic love interest and in a few scenes at the end of the third season Kitty and him proved to work well together he's just as much up for grabs by the [[Fan Dumb|less tollerable fans]]. Sometimes, he'll get off light with just a casual 'It didn't happen', sometimes he'll get a 'he was too old for her' (Which is funny, since his age wasn't ever stated, but he appeared to be only around Scott's age, the same as Lance), but, sometimes he'll just get treated like garbage, or [[Out of Character]] Moments from the comics will be given as 'evidense' to him being wrong for Kitty.
**Another one is Scogue(Scott/Rogue) vs. Romy(Gambit/Rogue). Rogue had a crush on Scott that last for three seasons of the show; this pairing proved very popular, much more so than Scott's always inevitable hookup with Jean. But it was challenged when Rogue's longtime comic boyfriend Gambit appeared on the show. Now, every detail about Scogue is bashed (Including its name, seriously, some cite that 'Scogue or Rott sounds terrible') by the Romy fans.
***And, lets not forget how Jott (Scott/Jean) is treated by Scogue fans. Or Jean herself, who apparently is a slutty evil [[Alpha Bitch]] in the view of eabid Scogue fans who think [[Popular Is Dumb]] despite how Jean was portrayed sympathetically in the show, or creepily overproject their own teenage experiences on the [[Love Triangle]]: Rogue the Misfit is automatically good, Jean the [[Spoiled Sweet]] is automatically bad, Scott is Rogue's "prize penis" for being the Cool Girl, etc.
*''[[Adventure Time]]'' had a quick little shipping war between fans of which girl they thought was better for Finn. [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Marceline]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|the Vampire Queen]] or [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Princess]] [[The Smart Guy|Bubblegum]]. The war was ended when {{spoiler|Marceline/Finn [[Ship Sinking|was sunk]] by Marceline herself}} and "Mortal Recoil" has {{spoiler|given Bubblegum an age regression, turning her 13, and making her a compatible [[Toy Ship]] with Finn}}.
**Finn {{spoiler|dates Princess Bubblegum in her age-regressed state}} but it doesn't last. In the episode "Too Young," PB returns to her proper age to evict a "friendly" usurper.
**In the episode "What Was Missing," Bubbline (Marceline/Bubblegum) took off big time. The episode itself seems loaded by the writers with slashy tinder.
**Finn has a new love interest in the Flame Princess. Shippers are already starting to get into combat mode.
*''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'': There are ships that pair Rainbow Dash with Applejack, but there are others that pair her with Pinkie Pie. Fans of one ship will immediatly (upon realization) state they don't like the ''shipping'', while stating however, that the story is [X] ([X] being their humble, critical opinion on the author's writing) and so living on to their promise of "loving and tolerating the $#¡+ out of you".
**[[Your Mileage May Vary]]. While many fans promote "love and tolerance", many still start ship wars.
***Flutterdashers and Appledashers in particular.
**If you pair Lyra or Bon Bon with anypony other than each other, you can expect to at least a few times be called either A) a troll, B) a homophobe, C) an idiot, or D) all three. Many Lyrabon fans are perfectly normal, but a lot of them are so possessive of both characters that if you don't accept the shipping of them as "almost canon," you'll soon meet a lot of people who neither love or tolerate your opinion.
**Some plot points to the [[Valentine's Day Episodes|Valentines Day episode]], [[You Mean "Xmas"|Hearts and Hooves Day]], were revealed early. It was revealed that the [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life|Cutie Mark Crusaders]] try to hook up [[Gentle Giant|Big Macintosh]] and [[Schoolmarm|Cheerilee]]. Big Mac and [[Shrinking Violet|Fluttershy]] is one of the most popular ships in bronydom, so naturally, the Fluttemac shippers [[Die for Our Ship|took exception]] - before the episode had even '''aired''' and before it was established that [[Status Quo Is God|anything had changed in the first place]].
***And a lot of people found the episode a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] because in a way it said "shipping is bad" since the plot was about making two people fall in love because you think they'll work. Cue a bunch of teasing fanart all around.
*In-universe example: Gargamel starts one of these in the Season 1 episode of ''[[The Smurfs]]'' "Romeo and Smurfette" when he has a [[Mind Control]]led Smurfette say that she's decided to marry either Hefty or Handy. All the other smurfs take sides, and things get so violent that Papa Smurf has to divide the village with a [[This Is My Side|This-Is-My-Side line]] to keep Team Hefty and Team Handy from killing each other. We couldn't make this stuff up.
*In the ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' fandom there are many ship wars, but the main ship war being Spitfire (ArtemisXWally) and Traught (ArtemisXRobin). BirdFlash (WallyXRobin), Chalant (RobinXZatanna), and BabsXRobin often get caught in the crossfire.
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