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** It helps that Presea looks like a young girl around Genis' age ({{spoiler|but is actually a woman who is a decade older than Lloyd}}), and Raine is Lloyd's teacher. The Genis/Presea and Regal/Presea ships often get teased; when Zelos suggests that Presea could fall in love with a much older man around Regal's age, Genis gets very defensive.

** A lot of people also consider Zelos the closest thing this game has to a [[Gay Option]] due to how...[[Ho Yay|friendly]] he is with Lloyd. Overall, Zelos seems to be [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|the most shipped character,]] being paired off with everyone, male or female.

** Yuri and Flynn are also close, close friends. [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Close]], [[Ho Yay|close]]..."[[Yaoi Guys|friends]]."

** There's even a skit where Judith asks everyone about their ideal romantic partner -- Estelle starts waxing lyrical about romance novels, Karol describes someone who sounds suspiciously like Nan, and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|everyone else just says they want someone who isn't like Raven.]]

* Up to ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2]]'', most people think that {{spoiler|[[Super Robot Wars Advance|Axel Almer and Lamia Loveless]]}} could never get along, as almost every appearance they have, they're usually enemies/rivals. The sequel ''Original Generation Gaiden'' gives them a chance to fight under one banner, and gives them a subplot that might have linked them together romantically, where the latter feels indebted to the former for saving her life. The end of the story also adds {{spoiler|Axel}}, in attempt to find his own paradise (on {{spoiler|Lamia's}} suggestion), promises to tell her first if he ever finds one. Awww...!

** The game also adds up the teasing about pairing him and {{spoiler|[[Super Robot Wars Compact 2|Einst Alfimi]]}}. There has been a lot of older men/little girl fan pairings in SRW, and both of them traveling together in ''Original Generation Gaiden'' all the time attracted the attention of [[Lolicon]] fans, viewing them as a pair (it helps that {{spoiler|Alfimi}} just happens to be {{spoiler|a clone of [[Super Robot Wars Compact 2|Excellen Browning]], the [[Alternate Universe]] counterpart of Axel's deceased lover Lemon Browning, who also happened to have built Lamia}}). It's also supported with the way she states before their departure: "I may be the only one who understands him". Fortunately all these haven't produced some sort of [[Die for Our Ship]] phenomenons for either girl.

** A slight [[Ship Tease]] is currently present in [[Ascended Fanboy|Ryusei Date]] and [[Little Miss Badass|Mai Kobayasahi]], following their new [[Combination Attack]] in ''Original Generation Gaiden'', although it's somewhat odd when [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Latooni Subota]] is the one who came up with the attack, as Latooni ''also'' has a deep-seated, one-sided crush for Ryusei since OG1, and she's been around longer than Mai. Fortunately, the fandom hasn't produced a similar [[Die for Our Ship]] instance like {{spoiler|Axel with Lamia and Alfimi}}, and neither sides of the tease can claim a victory.

*** Considering that Mai and Latooni then go to watch anime together, they simply get along too well for [[Die for Our Ship]] to spawn.

** ''Guilty Gear 2: Overture'' drops loads of hints the Ky/Dizzy pairing has become official.

** There was also a fair bit of teasing between [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|Bridget]] and both Dizzy and May in ''XX''.

** Also teased is Laharl and Flonne, though whether all the talk of love ever moves into romantic love or not is left up in the air. Still, considering that he was willing to {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|sacrifice his life]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|to bring her back to life]]}}, it would be hard not to believe that there is something between them.

** One ending of the third game has Etna and Flonne [[OT 3|both wanting to pretend to be the mother of his baby]].

** As of ''World of Warcraft: Cataclysm''. Thrall has met a nice lady named Aggra, and [[Word of God|Chris Metzen confirmed them to be mates at Blizzcon]]. (Chris Metzen '''despised''' the [[Fan-Preferred Couple|incredibly popular Thrall/Jaina ship]] and seemingly invented Aggra just for the purpose of [[Ship Sinking|making Thrall committed]] and has even gone on to say "Thrall/Jaina will never happen. EVER!")

** [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Varian]] [[The Brigadier|Wrynn]] and [[The Heart|Jaina]] [[Technical Pacifist|Proudmoore]] get a bit too, particularly in Icecrown Citadel after his [[Pet the Dog]] moment toward Saurfang the Elder.

'''Jaina''': [sniffle] It was nothing, your Majesty...Just..I'm ''proud'' of my king. }}

*** It helps that he grew up as the [[Heterosexual Life Partners|best friend/near-brother]] of her only past lover and retains a lot of similarities, while she looks scarily like his [[Dead Little Sister|dead]] [[The Lost Lenore|wife]] and acts as a sort of surrogate mother to [[Papa Wolf|his]] son.

** The most famous and cited instance of teasing occurs when {{spoiler|[[Ho Yay|Sora held Riku's hand]] (who at the time took the form of an older man due to events in the [[Prequel|Prequels]]), kneeled before him, and began crying.}} In context though it's [[Not What It Looks Like]].

** There's the numerous scenes between [[Official Couple|Kairi and Sora]]. At one point Sora imagines himself dancing with her, and towards the end they share a heartfelt hug.

*** Nabooru's "Promise" to Young Link, which gets a sight less ambiguous when she muses that she should have kept it in light of how handsome he grew up to be.

*** Talon asking Link if he wants to marry Malon and the Gossip Stone which says she wishes for a knight in shining armor to sweep her off her feet.

* Interestingly enough, ''[[Gears of War]] 2'' has some of this between Marcus and Anya, such as the way Anya asks him to take care of himself when he descends into the Hollow, and Marcus calling repeatedly over the radio at the end to see if Anya is okay, and looking ''extremely'' relieved when he spots her on the next Raven helicopter.

** The first game kind of hinted at an old relationship when they meet up briefly at the start of the game. [[Mission Control|You never saw her again]], so nothing more came of it.

** Depending on your [[Relationship Values|affection rating]], you can have Tidus outright tell Lulu or Rikku that he would rather have them in Guadosalam.

** [[Foe Yay|Spy/Sniper]] fans take some of their domination taunts and achievements as ship teasing. But then again, this ''is'' the Spy and the Sniper.

** Sniper/Medic fans take the Sniper's [http://wiki.teamfortress.com/w/images/e/e2/Sniper_activatecharge04.wav "charge me"] voice clips as Ship Teasing.

** Some dialogue with Kaelyn in Mask of the Betrayer could potentially be interpreted as this, but not blatantly.

* In ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'', if a male player character tells Mira that they just want to get to know her better, her immediate assumption is that he wants to get her into bed. Her immediate refusal ruins it, though.

** The scene in ''HeartGold'' where resident [[Memetic Sex God|Memetic Sex Goddess]] Cynthia mentions that your eyes remind her of someone from Sinnoh.

** ''[[Pokémon Colosseum]]'' has Eagun, an [[Old Master]] who started off with a Pikachu. His granddaughter bears a rather striking resemblence to Misty. A possible nod to the anime, perhaps?

** ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]'' does this. Quite a bit, actually. For [[Ranger Shipping]] (Solana x Lunick) fans, you've got not only the various little hints throughout the game, you've also got the Groudon mission. Same with the Kyogre mission for Solana/Lunick x Aria fans. ''Guardian Signs'' dabbles in a bit of [[Oblivia Shipping]] (Ben x Summer) too. And ''Shadows of Almia'' has a bit of [[Vatonage Shipping/Ranger School Shipping|Ranger School Shipping]] (Kate x Keith and Kellyn x Keith) too.

* ''[[Silent Hill 2]]'' has its own expectedly horrible contributions to the trope with James, a surly individual who travelled to the eponymous town to search for his dead wife, and Maria, an extremely flirtatious and slightly [[Tsundere]] woman who reminds James of aforementioned dead wife. For a while it seems as if the two will enter a [[Replacement Goldfish]]- esque relationship, but turns out that not only is {{spoiler|Maria a figment of James' imagination formed from a combination of his [[Freud Was Right|sexual frustration]] and refusal to accept his wife's death, but that ''she's'' the one who has been unleashing all the [[Nightmare Fuel]] on James throughout the course of the game. She also has a [[One-Winged Angel]] form, and turns out to be the [[Final Boss]]}}. [[Slap Slap Kiss]] it isn't.

** {{spoiler|The Maria ending, and the prison scene.}}

* ''[[Mega Man X]]'' fans have shipped X/Zero ever since its first game, citing Zero's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] for X and the latter's desire for Zero to be the one to kill him should X go rogue as proof. There's also the (optional) reunion cutscene in X6 in which X looks a bit too enthusiastic (to the point of ''blushing'') when he sees Zero alive and well.

* ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' has various moments of [[Ship Tease]] between Zero (yes, ''[[My Hero Zero|that Zero]]'') and Ciel (who's ''human'', by the way), not only during the series' run, but in the [[All There in the Manual|accompanying materials]] as well. Amongst many, there's this little piece of dialogue before the end of the first game:

{{quote| "Zero, I'm happy that I could meet you...if it were not for you, everyone would be gone by now...Promise me that you will come back alive. Even if you cannot destroy Neo Arcadia, I just want you to be able to return safely."}}

{{quote| "I never cared about justice, and I don't recall ever calling myself a hero...I have always only fought for the people I believe in. I won't hesitate...If an enemy appears in front of me, I will destroy it! ''Ciel, believe in me!''"}}

** The entire lyric sang by [[Rie Tanaka]], Ciel's seiyuu herself, in the song Freesia, in Remastered Rockman Zero Soundtracks PHYSIS depicts Ciel's love for Zero.

** And then there's ''[[Sonic Chronicles]]''. Being a turn-based RPG by Bioware, it's hardly surprising that you can pursue optional dialogues with your various allies. Sonic/Amy is well-supported, Sonic/Rouge is hinted at if you're sarcastic with Amy, but the real tease is Knuckles/Shade towards the end. Knuckles could just be relieved that he's not the [[Last of His Kind]] anymore, but it could also be something more specific.

** In the closing scene of ''RE4'', Ashley all but invites Leon into her pants; he politely declines.

** All the [[Male Gaze|ass-staring]] in ''[[Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles|Darkside Chronicles]]''.

* ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'', brings us ''The Passing'' which features Ship Teases for Ellis with Zoey, and Rochelle with Francis. Ellis quickly falls in love with Zoey and she seems to have a crush on him. Francis openly flirts with Rochelle who shows an attraction to him. [[Berserk Button|Although there is that matter of her insulting his vest...]]

** The night before the final battle, Vyse talks to both Aika and Fina and can reassure them one way or another - he can put his arm around Fina's shoulders, and if he says the right thing to Aika, she'll kiss his cheek.

** On Clara's ship, Aika and Fina wake up in bed together with no apparent awkwardness at all (it's not what it sounds like, to be fair), and when they both mention him to Clara, she promptly assumes they like both him that way.

** The part where Aika is holding Fina after she's badly injured on Crescent Isle, while Vyse confronts Ramirez. Or the time where Aika glomps Vyse after they're reunited in Daccat's tomb, where Fina hugs Vyse after he Aika, and Glider rescue her from Valua's palace, and where Aika glomps Fina out of sheer happiness in the ending. All of these are about as ship-teasing as the aforementioned scenes.

** In their cameo appearance in ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'', Vyse and Aika will call out each other's names if they're killed; also, if they're close enough to provide supporting fire, they can say things like "Let me help, Vyse baby!"

{{quote| '''Balthier:''' No one knows men like Fran does. <br />

'''Balthier:''' I always knew Fran didn't take well to being tied up. I just never knew how much. How about you? }}

'''Ashe: {{spoiler|'''[[Say My Name|BALTHIER!!!!]]}} }}

** Ashe and Basch is also plausible. In the ending, Penelo writes to Larsa, and she tells him how she hopes Basch will see Ashe because she thinks Ashe misses him (which Basch reads after Larsa hands him the letter).

{{quote| '''Cecil:''' "You were staring at Light. Is it about her?"<br />

'''Firion:''' "No, not exactly. I..."<br />

** ''[[Luminous Arc 2]]'' brings it back with two potential love interests for Roland, depending on dialogue choices, he can [[Multiple Endings|end up with either]] Althea or {{spoiler|Fatima}}. Beside those two, there's Ship Teasing for Roland/Dia, Roland/Sadie, Roland/{{spoiler|Karen}}...And the blatant teasing for Rasche/Dia can't be a coincidence, especially their teasing about {{spoiler|forming their own Final Bond after seeing Roland does it with Althea or Fatima}}.

** ''[[Luminous Arc 3]]'''s Refi can find himself in this, as well as forming a closer relationship with one of the girls for a [[Level Up At Intimacy 5|Zodiac Card]] to perform a Unison Strike. For some extra, he is NOT limited to female.

* ''<nowiki>~Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards~</nowiki>'' teases Kirby/[[Fairy Companion|Ribbon]] (who has yet to make a reappearance anywhere else in the [[Kirby]] series) - the very first cutscene features a [[Crash Into Hello]], and {{spoiler|the true ending}} has her kiss him and give him a [[Luminescent Blush]].

* ''[[Snow Sakura]]'' has this one at the end of Kozue's route with the [[Bromantic Foil]] Sumoyoshi and your resident [[Tsundere]] Saki who compliments him on a nice rousing speech to Kozue while blushing noticeably. There were a few fans quite disappointed with Digital Objet not doing more with it.

* ''<nowiki>~Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood~</nowiki>'' teases at Lucy and Desmond. In the first game, they were simply working together, with only vague hints that she was on his side up until the end. The sequel had a little bit of ship teasing, but not a lot. By the time of ''Brotherhood'', though, it's quite clear there's some unspoken mutual attraction there, especially in one of the out-of-Animus sequences where Desmond and Lucy have a brief, heartfelt conversation while looking up at the moon. Then there's {{spoiler|the ending...}}

* Largely lampshaded with Mordin Solus in [[Mass Effect|Mass Effect 2]], but only if you speak to him enough times and you're either in no current romance or are loyal to one from the first game. It could be assumed this is a playful jab from the writers at those who ship their player character with [[Anything That Moves|everyone]], but it certainly hasn't stopped people from assuming that Mordin might actually be serious about the possibility of him [[Unusual Euphemism|"trying Shepard"]]...

* ''[[Soul Series|Soulcalibur]]'' gives us Kilik/Xianghua. ''Numerous times over''. From their Destined Battle in ''II'' (a [[Fighting Your Friend]] moment where neither wants the other to move on for fear of them dying in the battle against Soul Edge/Inferno) to their endings in ''III'' (Kilik's having him outright ask Xianghua to stay with him as they share a tender moment, Xianghua's having her hint her affections to an [[Oblivious to Love]] Kilik) as well as the fact that the two are the only characters in ''III'' to have a ''dual'' Weapons Demonstration, it's quite clear that these two are more than [[True Companions]]. ''Soulcalibur IV'' drives home their status as the [[Official Couple]] quite soundly: in Xianghua's ending, {{spoiler|she intercepts Kilik right before he attempts a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to destroy [[Evil Weapon|Soul Edge]] once and for all. When Xianghua pleads for him to not go through with it and confronts him on their shared sexual chemistry, Kilik painfully states that he wants to be with her, but there simply isn't a way for them in a world that Soul Edge plagues with evil and [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|instead wants her to find happiness in a life without him]]. Right as he starts his kamikaze attempt, Xianghua runs up to Kilik and embraces him, telling him that [[Together in Death|she's going to stay with him]]. Kilik replies with a "thank you".}}

* The ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' games set in Forget-me-Not Valley have Rock with the female PC. He's one of the potential [[Love Interest]] characters for you, so what's so odd about that, you ask? The fact that the game continues to tease PC/Rock ''even after one or both of you get married.'' Rock will continue to make romantic comments toward you even after you marry someone else, and once he gets married, his wife Lumina will chew him out about it.

* Although Guybrush and Elaine were already [[Official Couple|neatly paired]] and [[Happily Married]], this did not stop the developers of [[Tales of Monkey Island]] from throwing some shipteasing (along with [[Ship Sinking]]) moments between Guybrush and his fangirl, Morgan Le Flay. Noticeably in ''The Lair of the Leviathan'' and ''Rise of the Pirate God''.

* ''[[Solatorobo]]'' teases Red x Elh enough during the main game, but the DLC quests take it [[Up to Eleven]]. In #5, {{spoiler|they both act embarrassed when Red sees Elh in her cheerleader outfit, and she's disappointed if Red doesn't manage to beat the track record (which is the condition she agreed to in order to wear that outfit in the first place).}} In #7, {{spoiler|she gets extremely upset when Red has Princess Terria and Toffee fangirling over him, and in the end Red admits he wanted to give her the tournament prize as they make up.}} #8 {{spoiler|borders on "[[They Do]] with the [[Serial Numbers Filed Off]]", as it eventually turns into an [[Interrupted Declaration of Love]].}} It also teases Béluga x Merveille a couple times, with him {{spoiler|giving her a hologram of flowers}} and {{spoiler|losing an arena match because he was trying to show off too much.}}

* Shale in [[Dragon Age]] gets a telling remark about how attractive Sten's body looks in battle, while he affectionately calls her 'kadan', a term that means something like 'close to the heart'. And then there's all of Zevran's leering at Wynne in particular. In the Awakening expansion, which features no romances, Nathaniel and Velanna, and Anders and Female!Warden have a fair bit of flirting. In [[Dragon Age 2]], Bethany gets flustered around Sebastian, who happily flirts with her when not romanced, whilst Carver has a very obvious crush on Merrill. Fenris and Isabela are also revealed to have a friends with benefits relationship when not romanced, while Aveline can be flirted with repeatedly by Hawke, only for it not to go anywhere. Hawke can even throw a couple of flirty comments Varric's way.

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