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{{trope}}
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Could be [[Matchmaker Crush|someone in love with one of the character of the pairing]] but [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|who wants their beloved to be happy]], or could be a very good friend, or just someone who likes playing matchmaker. If ''everyone'' in the cast is shipping the same pairing, it becomes a case of [[Everyone Can See It]].
Contrasting with [[The Matchmaker]], the [[Shipper
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** She also ships Naru and Umino, mostly to help Naru out of her depression after {{spoiler|Nephrite}} dies, and later for real once she sees the pairing more or less works. In an exception, she did ''not'' ship Naru with {{spoiler|Nephrite}} himself, since she knew that he was {{spoiler|working for the Dark Kingdom and thought he wasn't good for Naru; she was still sad when, in the end, [[Love Redeems|he came to love her]]... [[Redemption Equals Death|and died]].}}
** Also, as soon as Rei understood that Mamoru and Usagi were destined to be together, she stepped aside immediately and urged Usagi to act on her feelings. {{spoiler|This is given a small nod in ''Stars'', where she also speaks to Usagi abut Seiya's feelings.}}
* Tomoyo Daidouji in ''[[
** Kaho Mizuki is a [[Yaoi Guys|Touya/Yukito fangirl]]. Even from ''before'' Touya and Yukito met. And for added effect, by those times ''she'' was dating Touya.
** Tomoyo also seems to ship [[Yaoi Guys|Kurogane/Fay]] in ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]''. The Kimono she dresses Fay up in is... [[wikipedia:Furisode|interesting]].
* Maylene from ''[[
** She's probably just a [[Yaoi Fangirl]] though, and in another instance, when she thought that Sebastian was the one Ciel liked the most, she got noticeably jealous and coined Ciel as a possible "love rival".
* [[Tokyo Babylon]]: Hokuto ships Seishirou/Subaru.
* Yashiro in ''[[
** On another ship, {{spoiler|Shoko}} in recent chapters {{spoiler|serves as the opposing Shipper On Deck, as a Sho/Kyouko fangirl. She, at first, doesn't believe that they are not dating. Later, she tries to make Sho admit that he has feelings toward Kyouko, going so far as to}} -- in the Valentine's arc -- {{spoiler|take him to visit Kyouko at work on Valentine's Day to "win her back". He proceeds to steal her [[First Kiss]] in front of Ren (and Yashiro) but turns the situation into a declaration of war on Ren rather than a proclamation of love for Kyouko}}
* ''[[
* Ino and Kakashi from ''[[Naruto]]'' shipped Asuma/Kurenai before ''anyone'' else was wise to their relationship. In one scene, Ino knows the flowers Asuma wants are for Kurenai before he even tells her.
** Naruto ships Shikamaru/Temari. He gave Shikamaru a big "good for you" grin and believed Shikamaru and Temari were on a date when they were seen walking together.
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** Kai ''[[Bodyguard Crush|is]]'', but holds back because he knows Saya cares for him but really does think of him as a brother, nothing more and nothing less.
** And this is despite Mao [[Matchmaker Crush|having a crush on Kai too.]]
* Joe, Jinpei and Ryu to Ken and Jun on ''[[
* Chika Oguie from ''[[Genshiken]]'' [[Yaoi Fangirl|ships Madarame/Sasahara]]. {{spoiler|In a twist, it helps cement her own pairing with Sasahara at the end of the series.}}
* Adale in ''[[The Good Witch of the West]]'', who {{spoiler|gleefully writes what amounts to in-universe [[Yaoi]] fanfics that unsubtly pair off both of the female lead's male suitors with each other. It is implied that the reason she fantasizes about this is so she can claim the heroine for herself, although nothing comes of it.}}
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** Rin supports Sesshomaru and Kagura, becoming very excited when she thinks Kagura might like Sesshomaru, tries to convince Jaken that she's right, and says they should trust her more after she comes to this conclusion -- seemingly trying to get them closer together. (ep. 167)
** Not to mention Miroku, Sango and Shippo ship Inu-Yasha and Kagome pretty hard, and get angry at him whenever he seems to show feelings for his sorta dead ex... who also happens to be Kagome's previous incarnation.
* [[Red Baron|Devil Princess of Jurai]], Seto Kamiki is the official [[The Matchmaker|matchmaker]] of the ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' Ryo-Oh-Ki timeline. Marrying off her numerous friends and relatives ([[Polyamory|usually to more than one person]]) seems to be her main passion, which take almost all her free time -- that is, when she isn't [[Man Behind the Man|manipulating]] [[The Emperor|her son-in-law]], or [[Action Mom|chasing pirates back and forth]].
** However, not all the people appreciate her efforts. Makes sense considering [[Jerkass|she loves to deliberately screw with people's love lives for the hell of it]].
* In ''[[The Prince of Tennis]]'' Momo, Inui and Eiji are Ryoma/Sakuno shippers. In the anime, so is Ryoma's ''father'' Nanjiroh.
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* In ''[[Hana Yori Dango]]'', Shigeru ships Tsukushi/Tsukasa. Curiously, Tsukasa is her ''[[Arranged Marriage|arranged fiancé]]''.
** Akira and Soujiro sometimes join in, too.
* ''[[Pokémon (
** Poor Ash Ketchum has been shipped with every female companion in the series by some Character of the Day or other. Most recently, Lyra (the HeartGold/SouldSilver female lead) showed herself to be a Pearlshipper (Ash/Dawn).
** The episode "[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/EP100 Wherefore Art Thou Pokémon]" has Ash's group (and ''specially'', [[Cuteness Proximity|Misty]]) fervently shipping the male Nidoran Tony and the female Nidoran Maria. (Note the ''[[West Side Story]]'' [[Shout-Out]]). Their owners Ralph and Emily were quite bitter rivals, so they try to hitch them up too and make them a [[Battle Couple]]. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|And it ultimately works.]]
** In that same episode, Tracey, [[The Scrappy|who had quite a hatedom by then]], frequently [[Ship Tease|teased Ash and Misty about having feelings]] for each other and actually seemed to be more of a shipper than anyone else before or after would be on the show (Team Rocket had a laugh about it, but were ultimately more interested in catching Pikachu earlier in the season).
** In the Japanese version of ''[[Pokémon:
** Dawn, May (and maybe Ash) appear to be LagomorphShippers (Pikachu/Buneary). Bonus points in that that's a perfectly legitimate pairing in the games.
** Spoofed with [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Oscar_and_Andi Oscar and Andi], a [[Battle Couple]] and [[Captain Ersatz|Captain Ersatzs]] of [[Rose of Versailles|Oscar and Andre]] who just won't stop shipping Ash with May and Jessie with James.
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** Marianne Hamilton ships Nadja/{{spoiler|Keith}}, since she's got a crush on Nadja's love interest {{spoiler|and Keith's younger twin brother}} Francis and it'd let her have a chance on him.
** Julietta is a subversion, as when Nadja is caught with her feelings for {{spoiler|Keith and Francis}}, she tells Nadja {{spoiler|"choose the guy YOU want and not the one you feel obligued to love back" but doesn't explicitely show preference for either of Nadja's love interests.}}
* Everyone in ''[[
** On one such occasion, Watanuki even says that the entire female camp is against him.
** Not just all females: ''even Mokona'' ships Doumeki/Watanuki. He's shown to constantly try to hint to Watanuki that Doumeki likes him -- including chiding Watanuki for berating Doumeki, as Doumeki is trying to spend time with Watanuki because he wants to "make sure Watanuki isn't hurt... in heart, or in ''body''."
*** Though Haruka seems to have reluctantly begun to accept (and ship?!) Yuuko/Watanuki, ''literally'' giving Watanuki a heart-to-heart [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]] talk. Wonder how Doumeki would feel if he knew that he was betrayed by his old man.
* Shari of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' ships Erio and Caro, even supplying Erio a date itinerary during the rookies' day-off in ''StrikerS''. An itinerary that the two of them looked at confusedly and treated like any other order from above. [[Toy Ship|They're kids after all]].
** In the ''[[
* In ''[[The Slayers|Slayers NEXT]]'', Amelia reveals herself as a Lina/Gourry fangirl after {{spoiler|Lina fakes her death to kill the demon Mazenda and recover her powers (which Mazenda has sealed away), which prompts Gourry to call her insensitive and ask "don't you know how I feel about you?" Amelia perks up at this, claims she saw this coming from a mile ago. and drags a bemused Zelgadis away, insisting that they give a now embarrassed Lina and still clueless Gourry some privacy}}.
* [[Kaleido Star]]: Sora, Anna, Ken, Marion and Mia are Kalos/Sarah shippers. {{spoiler|Their OTP becomes canon soon}}.
** Sora also ships [[Gentle Giant|Jerry]]/[[Hospital Hottie|Kate]]. {{spoiler|Another one that goes canon.}}
* The ''[[Gundam]]'' franchise has plenty of these, believe it or not:
** Hoy and Min, the grandkids of the man whose boat Domon is staying in, heartily ship [[Hot Scientist|Rain Mikamura]] and [[The Hero|Domon Kasshu]] in ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam
*** Also, Rain and Domon are [[Team Chef|Sai Saici]]/[[Moee|Cecile Holgar]] shippers.
** By the end of the series, ''everyone'' ships Domon/Rain. Chibodee included. {{spoiler|Even Allenby, [[Matchmaker Crush|who is in love with Domon too]], and says "[[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]" [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|in one of the most beautiful scenes]] of the [[Grand Finale]]}}.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
** Depending on whether one sees [[Ho Yay|Trowa and Quatre as a couple]] or not, Heero, Duo, and possibly Relena could be seen as Shippers on Deck; if not, they simply recognize that Quatre's going through a [[Heroic BSOD]] over {{spoiler|apparently killing Trowa}} and that they need to meet up in order to clear things up.
** Roybea Roy, Shingo Mouri, Kid Salsamille, Jamil Neate and ''especially'' Toniya Marme from ''[[
** Mileina Vashti in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00
* In the ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'' manga, Kyosuke's younger sister Manami ships Kyousuke/Madoka... while her twin Kurumi ships Hikaru/Kyousuke. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
** Their cousin Akane ships Hikaru/Kyosuke too, specially because she seems to [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|want Madoka for herself.]]
* Judging by her reaction to {{spoiler|the confession scene in}} Episode 17, little princess Ana Medaiyu in ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' seems to ship Gainer/Sara. And, in some fanfiction, so does Cynthia.
* In ''Yuusha-Oh [[
* Urd of ''[[Ah!
** Megumi, Keiichi's younger sister, and Peorth, a wish-granting goddess like Belldandy (except she specializes in one's [[Author Appeal|deepest, darkest desires]]) also make efforts to bring the two together.
* ''[[Midori no Hibi]]''. In one chapter, Nao gives Ayase one of her father's "love potions". Ayase wonders why Nao did this, but passes it off as nothing. Later, we see Nao holding a notebook of a drawing with the three (four if you include Midori) together, holding hands.
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** And the kids in the Furano team ship Yoshiko/Matsuyama. The [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] [[Team Mom]] assistant and the [[Team Dad]] captain... perfect!
** Takeshi is a Hyuga/Maki fanboy in the manga.
* There is a scene in the manga version of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Duelist Kingdom]]'' where Mai Kujaku is seen actively setting up Yuugi Mutou and Anzu Mazaki. Later, just before Battle City starts up Mai pointedly teases Anzu when it looks like she's on a date with Yuugi. It's not really, but it's the thought that counts.
** Can't speak for the manga, but Atemu in the anime is very supportive of Yuugi/Anzu. He's teased and prodded Yuugi about his crush on Anzu on multiple occasions, and he was quite disappointed in episode 53 when he realized that ''he'' was the one meant to go on the date with Anzu, not Yuugi.
* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'': [[Naughty Nuns|Eda]] ships Rock/Revy. Not even Revy's death threats can disuade her.
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'': Meet Caldina, the local [[Cool Big Sis]] and [[Lady of War|Umi]]/[[The Beast Master|Ascot]] fangirl.
** [[Bokukko|Hikaru]] and Umi were [[Meganekko|Fuu]]/[[Jerk
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', Ed seems to be slightly supportive of [[Bodyguard Crush|Royai]]. "And don't worry the Lieutenant." Al is a [[Belligerent Sexual Tension|Edwin]] shipper. "Brother is so youthful!"
** Eventually it gets to the point where Al and Winry love to tease each other about their respective love interests, Winry being an [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl|Almei]] shipper.
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*** And on the other ''other'' hand, Sonoko was ''very'' reluctant to ship Ran and Shinichi, since she beleives he's not good enough for her. She's loosened up recently, though.
* [[Token Mini-Moe|Yukari]] from ''[[Rosario to Vampire]]'' ships Moka and Tsukune, primarily because [[Bi the Way|she simultaneous crushes on both of them]] and she thinks [[OT 3|getting a threesome]] would be easier [[Tenchi Solution|if the other two are already together]].
** [[The Triads and
* In ''[[The Wallflower]]'', Noi becomes a Kyohei/Sunako shipper early on, regularly fangirling about their "moments" together. The rest of the major characters eventually follow suit, trying their damnedest best to get Kyohei to realize his feelings for Sunako as the [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] between the two of them becomes increasingly clear in later volumes.
* Weird variation in ''[[School Rumble]]''. [[The Ditz|Tenma]] [[Genki Girl|Tsukamoto]] knows that [[The Hero|Kenji]] [[Delinquents|Harima]] is deeply and desperately in love with a young girl whose name she doesn't know, and actively supports him in his pursue of her. Something else Tenma ignores is... that ''she'' is the girl Harima is crushing on.
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** {{spoiler|Akari pushes for Junpei/Kanako, although she doesn't mind Junpei/Mizuno too as long as she gets Kotone out of the [[Love Dodecahedron]]}}.
** {{spoiler|Mizuno, being still oblivious to her own feelings fr Junpei (along with an [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]), seems quite supportive on Junpei/Kanako, to the point of believing that the two are already dating}}.
* ''[[Toradora
* Three notable ones in ''[[Kekkaishi]]''. The first is [http://www.mangareader.net/144-9630-9/kekkaishi/chapter-219.html Madoka], the best friend of the female lead, Tokine, who always overtly hints to Tokine that Yoshimori, the male lead and Tokine's childhood friend, would be a pretty good match for Tokine even though he's two years younger and Tokine has a preference for older, taller guys. The other two are Kyoko and Ayano, the [[Those Two Guys|two best friends]] of Yurina, a classmate of Yoshimori. They think Yurina's meetings with Yoshimori on the roof (which were actually discussions about Yurina's supernatural awareness) were attempts by Yuirna to confess to Yoshimori.
* Magma from ''[[Spider Riders]]'' seems to be a Hunter/Corona shipper. While {{spoiler|the hero Quake/Brade}} seems to think Hunter/Aqune would be just as good as a pairing.
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* Maeda Keiji in the anime of ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' is an enthusiastic supporter of Kenshin/Kasuga, despite Kasuga's embarrassed protests.
** At the opposite end, Yukimura seems to ship Sasuke/Kasuga, again despite her protests.
* Juugo Kannagi of ''[[
* In the third arc of ''[[Spice and Wolf]]'', pretty much everyone except Amati ships Lawrence with Holo. Mark and his apprentice go to lengths to support Lawrence's scheme to win her back, despite only seeing them together once, and Dianna thinks up a secret plan to reaffirm their trust in each other. Batos also helps Lawrence out, but that's arguably just because he's taken a liking to him.
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', several anime-only scenes have two conductors from the [[City of Canals|Water 7]] train station ship Nami and Paulie together after seeing what appeared to be, [[Shipping Goggles|to them]], a breakup.
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{{quote| ''"The next thing to make is a swim team couple."''}}
* Kenshiro from ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' believes that Lin should love Bat, [[Precocious Crush|not him]], {{spoiler|and he gets them together at the end of the manga.}}
* In [[GE - Good Ending]], it's what drives the plot at first, with Yuki shipping Utsumi and Shou together. [[Reality Ensues]].
* [[Yuri Fan|Chitose]] of ''[[Yuru
{{quote| Chitose: It's a personal preference...my heartfelt desire...my ''dream''.}}
** Her twin sister Chizuru, on the other hand, ships Ayano with Chitose herself.
* In episode 7 of ''[[Baka and Test Summon The Beasts]]'', all the main characters are shown to ship Yuuji/[[Yandere|Shouko]].
* In ''[[
** As of episode 11, it looks like Himari might ship Shoma/Ringo. She notices that Shoma cooks a special cabbage recipe ''only'' when he wants to make up with someone else, and then deduces he's worried for Ringo and says "I hope Ringo-chan likes cabbage!" Though this being [[The Pollyanna|Himari]], she might be meaning this in more of a friendshippy take. {{spoiler|Her "possessor", however... well, we don't know. [[Chaotic Neutral|She's a wild card]].}}
** Even more so: ''[[The Ojou|Yuri]]'', the girlfriend of Ringo's crush Tabuki, also ships it. (Conveniently for her, but still). Yuri ''does'' ask Ringo if she loves him in that same episode and isn't convinced when Ringo denies it, claiming that she could see it coming from a mile away or something like that. {{spoiler|Then it's subverted [[Shocking Swerve|shockingly]] in episode 14 (when she drugs Ringo and tries to rape her [[Loving a Shadow|because she looks like her sister Momoka]] aka Yuri's long-lost first love) and played kinda straighter in episode 15 (when, after Shoma fails to help Ringo and is knocked out, Yuri places him next to a sleeping Ringo, and when he recovers she teassingly asks him if he won't take advantage of her).}})
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* [[Nana|Oosaki Nana]] ships Hachi and Nobu and is angry and disappointed when {{spoiler|Hachi gets pregrant and chooses Takumi.}}
* In ''[[Chintsubu]]'', [[Moe Anthropomorphism|Kamiya's penis]] ships him with Iwabuchi.
* In the ''[[Blade (
* In [[
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* The [[Elseworlds]] story "Superman: Red Son" briefly had Josef Stalin of all people ship Superman/Wonder Woman
* ''[[Peanuts]]'': Sally Brown usually doesn't seem to care much about her older brother's happiness, with one notable exception: She will encourage any hint of romance between Charlie Brown and Marcie.
* The most recent ''[[Spider
** Usually the shipper on deck in the Spidey cast in Aunt May whom was very vocal about wanting Peter to end up with MJ. MJ's Aunt Anna is this to a lesser extend having helped May set up Peter and MJ's first blind date.
* In ''[[Ultimate Spider
* In ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'', Scott's roommate Wallace seems to be fond of Scott/Ramona.
* [[Green Lantern|Star Sapphire]] Mirri Riam ships Kyle Rayner and Soranik Natu. This was fine for a while, but [[It Got Worse]] when they broke up. She was so dedicated to her OTP that she {{spoiler|''ravaged a planet'' to force them to work together and rekindle their romance.}} When she told Kyle and Soranik her reasons they understandably thought she was insane.
* Wolverine generally tends to stay out of the romantic lives of his fellow [[X
* A few people are this for Katchoo and Francine at various points in ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]''; the moment where David and Casey handcuff the two together to hash out their differences is probably the most extreme occasion.
== Fan Works ==
* In ''[[Kyon:
** Haruhi ships him with all of [[Fan Nickname|Big Damn]] [[Unwanted Harem|Harem]], including herself.
* In ''[[Total Drama Comeback|Total Drama Battlegrounds]]'', the [[Original Character]] Crystal exists for this reason, shipping everyone together and making meta-references to things like [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Portmanteau Couple Names]] and [[Crack Ship|Crack Ships]].
** Also, different characters have recently started taking sides in the [[Hot Amazon|Eva]]/[[Chivalrous Pervert|Cody]]/[[Ms. Fanservice|Anita]] [[Love Triangle]]. So far, most interested parties are rooting for Eva, except for [[OC Stand In|Ezekiel]].
* In ''[[Troper Works/The Private Diary Of Elizabeth Quatermain|The Private Diary Of Elizabeth Quatermain]]'', Tom Sawyer really wants his adopted sister to hook up with their friend the invisible man. Eventually, so does everyone else, including her dead father.
* In ''[[
* The ''[http://gaangjr.nfshost.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Gaang Jr.]'' fan-project gives us Yi Lin, a walking riff on Avatar fandom's shipping community. She's obsessed with other people's lovelives and hides all her collected "Proof" in a book supposedly about..well, ships. She's a [[Yuri Fan|Tyzula fangirl]] in particular, although she can't get other people to see it (and if they ever do see it, they're not going to tell her since it would just make her harder to live with). Fittingly, she refuses to see that there's something going on between Irah and Hayoda.
* This is pretty much the entire point of ''[[Of Love and Bunnies]]''. All of the original Power Rangers and, eventually, ''all'' of the Rangers want Tommy and Kim to get back together.
* In the [[Fallout 3]] fan fiction [[
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** [http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/10/story-shipping-and-handling.html Shipping and Handling's] basic plot is that, currently employed as a matchmaker, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Spike becomes this in parts of ''[[
* [[Homestuck|Nepeta]]'s [[Love Chart|shipping wall]] and ways are [[Deconstructed]] in ''[[
* In [[Fanfic/Naruto Veagnance Revelaitons|Naruto Veagnance Revelaitons]], an odd variant of this happens when Ronan's girlfriend Sakura, meets Atni for the first time (While Sakura {{spoiler|was dead after being killed by the Council}}, Ronan met Atni and had sex with her several times).
{{quote| '''Sakura''':OMG WHO IS DIS WHOT BITCH CAN U FUK HER/"}}
* Sasasha supports Luso/Kanin in [[
== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[The Princess and
** {{spoiler|And Lottie willingly passes on her dream to marry a prince when she realizes how much the two love each other. Given how she's rather clueless for most of the movie, this is saying quite a lot.}}
* Virtually all of the castle servants ship Belle and the Beast in ''[[Beauty and The Beast]]''. In their case, there was a reason -- if the Beast didn't fall in love by a deadline, they were condemned to be teapots and clocks and whatnot for the rest of their lives. Belle happened to be the first girl to show up and fortunately she and the Beast fell for each other. It certainly didn't hurt that they all genuinely liked Belle in her own right, either.
* In Disney's ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'', Eric's dog Max loves Ariel and tries to help bring her and Eric together. By comparison, [[Evil-Detecting Dog|he despises Vanessa (Ursula's disguised form) and growls at her when Eric almost marries her]].
** Not to mention Sebastian, who sings to Eric so he will Kiss The Girl. Although it's partly because he knows about Ariel's [[Deal
* Grandmother Fa definitely ships [[Mulan]] and General Shang.
{{quote| Mulan (to Shang): Would you like to stay for dinner?<br />
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{{quote| '''Mr. Browne:''' Mrs. Hobday is that most dangerous of species: a matchmaker!}}
* In the first ''[[Tremors]]'' movie, Earl actively promotes a hookup between Val and Rhonda, considering her a much better choice than the useless bimbos the younger man is usually drawn to.
* Ursula in ''[[Spider-Man (
* Nick's gay friends in ''[[Nick and
* Jocelyn tries to get Grigg and Sylvia together in [[The Jane Austen Book Club]] {{spoiler|but falls for him [[Matchmaker Crush|herself]] and they get together by the end of the movie}}.
* Like in the comic book version, Wallace is in favor of Scott and Ramona being together in ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', though he admits here that it's mostly because he wants Scott to move in with her (and thus out of his place).
* In ''[[Chungking Express]]'', the manager of the Midnight Express food stall is active in helping Qiqu and Cop 633 in romance, even making sure the stall is empty of all but Faye to promote 633/Faye.
* In the first two live-action ''[[Transformers (
** In the third movie, he subtly hints that he thinks Sam and Carly ought to get married.
* In [[John Tucker Must Die]], Carrie, Beth, and Heather both do this in a fake and real way. They do it to get John to notice Kate so they can inevitably break his heart and then do it with John's brother Scott because Kate is shown to like her.
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* Pretty much the entire cast of the ''[[Prydain Chronicles]]'' ships Taran/Eilonwy.
* ''[[Letters to Juliet]]'' has both girls as shippers for the other's relationship.
* A rather cruel twist on this occurs in ''[[Lonely Werewolf Girl]]'', fire-demon Malveria actively (and succesfully) ships human [[Perky Goth]] Moonglow with [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary College Student]] Daniel, because Moonglow volunteered to have any hypothetical love with Daniel go unrequited as part of a [[Deal
** Vex also ships Daniel/Moonglow, to the extent of {{spoiler|getting the deal between Moonglow and Malveria annulled}}.
** Malveria does this a lot; one of the subplots of ''Curse Of The Wolf Girl'' involved her trying to find a boyfriend for Thrix.
* Subverted in ''13 To Life''. Jessie ships Pietr with her best friend Sarah, for complicated reasons. However, ''minutes'' after succeeding, she shifts into [[Tsundere|dere-dere]] mode for Pietr, causing a [[Triang Relations|type 12 triangle]]. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Good job.]] She even lampshades what a [[Didn't Think This Through|short-sighted idea this was]]:
{{quote| "As a writer, I knew [[Leaning
** In the sequel, after Jessie and Pietr take a [[Downtime Downgrade]], Sarah repays Jessie by shipping her into a rebound relationship with Derek. {{spoiler|He turns out to be an evil, [[Mind Rape|Mind Raping]] psychic.}} [[Epic Fail|Nice one, Sarah.]]
* In [[The Lord of the Rings]], Bilbo - being quite the fanatic of Aragorn - supports the pairing of him with Arwen; after the quest is over, Frodo notes that the only parts of the tale that pique his interest are the coronation and wedding of Aragorn, and Bilbo expresses his regret at not being able to attend, saying that he had been waiting long for it. Being [[The Matchmaker]] of the pair, Galadriel also counts.
** During the sequence in the Houses of Healing, Merry seems to be this for Faramir and Eowyn.
* ''[[
* In ''[[The Belgariad]]'', Garion ships Polgara/Durnik, and possibly Cyradis/Zakath (with restrictions). Ce'Nedra ships Silk/Liselle, to the point of ''spying on them when Liselle confronts Silk about it''. This is one of Polgara's main duties in the prequel, as guardian to the Rivan line (she has to make sure everyone gets together with their destined lover). And the Grolims all ship Polgara/Torak, much to her disgust.
* ''[[Emma]]''. Most of the plot unfolds because of the heroine's enthusiastic, if completely misguided, shipping.
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** Also, in Fool Moon, Harry's Subconscious shipped [[Harryx Murphy]] when Harry was still involved with Susan.
* wickedLovely: Rianne in the first book tries ''very'' hard to fix Keenan and Aislinn up, and in Fragile Eternity [[The High Queen|Sorcha]], of all people, shows some Irial/Niall tendencies.
* In ''[[
* In the first book of the second ''[[Circle of Magic]]'' quartet, Sandry encourages a romance between her great-uncle Duke Vedris and the famous dancer Yazmín Hebet- an unusual example, with the teenaged protagonist shipping two much older secondary characters. Sandry worries about her long-widowed uncle's health and hopes that love will distract him from worrying too much about the string of murders that ''she'' is helping investigate.
* In Connie Willis' ''[[Passage]]'', Maisie Nellis takes on this role late in the book. {{spoiler|After Joanna dies, Maisie tries a couple of times to pair Richard and Kit.}}
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* At one point or another, the rest of the ''[[Friends]]'' gang has done this for Ross and Rachel.
** Joey was dating Erin. He asks the girls to break up with her for him. Too bad the gals started talking. Cue Phoebe saying "We want you to marry her!"
* Wilson was the main cheerleader for [[House (TV series)|House]]/Cameron (until the ship-sinking episode where he warned her not to hurt him) and House/Cuddy, which hasn't been sunk. Yet.
** Wilson was present when House torpedoed it.
** Wilson [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|just wants his beloved to be happy]]; for the good of House's mental health he needs to build a social network with people who aren't hookers or Wilson, so Wilson usually jumps at any opportunity to encourage his best friend's possible relationships/friendships.
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** Both Emily and Richard supported Rory/Logan. They were planning their wedding and attempting to predict the genetics of their kids.
** Whereas the whole town of Stars Hollow was shipping Lorelai/Luke.
* ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'': The Slash Dragon ships Merlin/Arthur.
** As does Merlin's [[Hot Mom]].
** In the first few episodes, it was hinted that Gwen shipped Arthur/Morgana and Morgana shipped Merlin/Gwen. All that changed pretty quickly, though.
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** Gaius also ships Arthur/Gwen as he tells Gwen in "The Last Dragonlord."
** Heck, all the Knights of the Round Table (sans Lancelot, obviously) ship Arthur/Gwen, judging from their grins when the two kiss in front of them at the very end of season 3.
* ''[[
** Andrew seemed to be, too, in one episode... or else he wished ''he'' were Anya. He secretly recorded an intimate conversation the two had and watched it over and over (mouthing Anya's dialog)
** And Dawn is a hardcore Willow/Tara shipper, although that's mostly to make the "kid caught up in a divorce" metaphor work.
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*** Remember, on some level, the First IS the person he's impersonating. He has all their memories, thoughts and stuff. And the Mayor knew Faith better than anyone since her Watcher. So, the Mayor was also a Buffy/Faith shipper. Somehow, the almost impossible to hate villain is even harder to hate since he shipped them even though they were on opposite sides at the same time. It just goes to show, despite being evil, he really did care about Faith.
*** Please, Buffy and Faith didn't need anyone to ship them. They did it [[Ho Yay|themselves.]]
* In an odd version in ''[[
{{quote| '''Cordelia:''' ''(to Gunn, about Fred)'' I admit, I was a bit slow on the uptake. At first I thought her and Wes... but then I see the way you two look at each other... you're meant to be.}}
** Lorne ships Angel/Cordelia pretty strongly, as evidenced in "Waiting in the Wings" and "Tomorrow", when he rattles off reasons why they would be good together and urges Angel to make a move.
*** The Groosalugg also (begrudgingly) ships Angel/Cordelia, and breaks off his relationship with Cordelia, urging her to [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|"be with the man she truly loves"]].
*** Fred also ships. "Kyrumption."
* In ''[[
** It's made quite clear that she ''does'' ship it in the novelization of ''[[
** Heck, a good part of the crew apparently ships Simon and Kaylee, usually getting annoyed with Simon when he inadvertently blows a potentially good moment between them. And we cannot forget ''Jaynetown'', when Mal conveniently decides to let Kaylee and Simon remain on guard together in a bar -- after she hints to him that "things are going ''really'' well."
** The crew in general seems to ship Mal/Inara. In the movie, they eavesdrop on their video conversation, going as far as throwing popcorn at the screen when Mal avoids saying things like he missed her, etc. It's almost [[Everyone Can See It]], because even [[Rated "M" for Manly|Jayne]] is entertained by it. Only Zoe seems hesitant about it, or maybe grudgingly accepting or resigned. [[The Stoic|It's hard to tell with her.]]
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*** Hodgins doesn't seem to care much one way or the other.
* Natalie of ''[[Sports Night]]'' spends a lot of time cheerleading the potential hookup of Dana and Casey.
* Shawn of ''[[
* Go watch the ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' episodes "Do I Know You?", "Mosbius Designs" and "The Leap" and then tell me if you ever saw bigger Barney/Robin shippers than Marshall and Lily. Quite appropriate, considering Barney is the President of the Marshall/Lily Fan Club, meaning that the man who hates marriage flew across the country to get [[Heartwarming Moment|Lily to come back to Marshall.]]
** Ted, Barney, and Robin all ship Marshall/Lily quite fanatically. Once, when they mistakenly thought the two were divorcing, the three of them wound up curled up miserably on the kitchen floor stuffing themselves with ice cream.
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** Walter: "Do you think she'll call me dad?" Peter: "Who?" Walter: "Agent Dunham."
*** And now Nina is getting in on the Shipping because {{spoiler|Peter being with Olivia means that he is far less likely to destroy the world.}}
* From ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'', [[Nietzsche Wannabe|Arthur]] ships [[All Your Powers Combined|Sylar]] and [[Psycho Electro|Elle]].
** Sylar and HRG both ship {{spoiler|Gretchen and Claire}}. Although unintentionally on HRG's part.
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Donna ships Doctor/Rose. So does Jack: "You two are so sweet. [...] Continue with what you were... doing." (Though he obviously wouldn't be averse to the idea if they'd be willing to [[OT 3|share]].)
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** Hells, even {{spoiler|Beckman}} is ultimately outed as a Chuck/Sarah shipper.
* A ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode had Kramer concluding Jerry and Elaine's angry squabbling was a sign of undeclared love; he kept trying to get the two crazy kids to face their true feelings.
* One of the strangest examples of [[Shipper
* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'': There are more than a few indications that Shaz ships Gene/Alex, and Luigi's blatant in his shipping of Alex/Every Attractive Man in London (Thatcherite Wanker, Evan, Keats, and eventually, Gene). Alex herself is not entirely unaware of the rampant homoeroticism floating around the station, particularly with Gene and Litton.
* [[My Beloved Smother|Mrs. Benson]] in ''iCarly'' at first seemed to be a [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Creddie]]([[Girl Next Door|Carly]]/[[Dogged Nice Guy|Freddie]]) shipper in Season 1, even going as far as to demand the reason on why Carly can't love him.
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** [[Running Gag|Honestly]], pretty much ''everyone'' in this series seems to take them for a couple.
* A literal example: early on in season 3 of ''[[
** The "turning up the heat" thing makes especially no sense, as both Aeryn and Crais are members of a species which can't regulate their internal heat correctly, so increased heat makes it harder for them to function properly (if it goes on long enough their brains will eventually shut down).
* On ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'', Manny ships Emma/Sean, but she gets a bit undecided about it in season 6. Everybody's anti-Craig/Manny, and [[Double Standard|of course they all blame Manny]]. Manny's anti-Emma/Jay. The girls are more likely to believe in destiny (which the other girls, [[Memetic Sex God|especially Manny]], always wreck), though.
** In the first part of Season 10 they set Adam up as practally the captain of HMCS EClare, but fan reaction to the pairing made that unneccessary.
*** Although now Eli’s trying to [[The Atoner|make up for his actions when he went off his medication]] by helping to keep Jake and Clare’s relationship on track [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|despite the fact that he still has feelings for Clare]].
* On ''[[30 Rock
* The ''entire school'' shipped Phil and Keely in [[Phil of the Future]]: they vote them cutest couple. Before they were a couple.
** Phil's mom tends to be a shipper as well.
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* In ''[[Dollhouse]]'', Echo ships Victor and Sierra quite a lot. She even {{spoiler|gives them the opportunity to run away together after they've all been imprinted with their original identities, though they decline her offer in order to help her fight [[Big Bad|Rossum]].}}
* In ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'', Geraldine shipped Hugo and Alice, going so far as to invite both of them to her house at the same time in order to initiate their first kiss. After yelling: "OH FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, JUST KISS YOU '''MORONS'''!" the plan goes a little ''too'' well.
* In ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'', Emily Lightman is a big fan of her father Cal getting together with his partner Gillian.
{{quote| '''Emily''': (to Gillian) He's happier when he's with you.}}
* ''[[Glee]]'': Judging by how quickly the Warblers went from utter mortification/indignation to total support when they realized [[Duet Bonding|who Blaine wanted to sing a duet with]] at Regionals, it's safe to say that they are Kurt/Blaine shippers. That smug little smile on the usually stoic Wes's face as he raises his hand speaks ''volumes''.
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* Brothers Vince and Dave Teague on ''[[Haven]]'' ship Nathan/Audrey, and even attempt to give Nathan advice on the subject - in a clumsy and awkward way.
* Shirley on the first season of ''[[Community]]'' actively shipped Britta/Jeff. It was implied this was an outlet for emotions from her own deteriorating marriage.
* ''[[Sue Thomas:
{{quote| '''Myles:''' Who needs to talk about it? We work in the same room with them. If you all haven't picked up on their obvious chemistry -- well, I suspect a career change might be in order.}}
* [[The X-Files]]: It would be easier to count the number of characters that ''don't'' ship Mulder/Scully. Even [[Big Bad]] CSM is supportive of their relationship.
* ''[[Star Trek:
* The closest we ever get to explicit Sheppard/Teyla pairing (the [["Take That!" Kiss]] doesn't really count) is Ronon's hardcore shipping of the two in "Sunday." Ronon can't be the only one on the Sheyla bandwagon but he is the only person to vocalize it.
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== Theatre ==
* In ''[[
* Elwood P. Dowd and [[Harvey]] help Dr. Sanderson and Ms. Kelly rediscover their long-buried feelings for one another by the end of the play/film.
* In ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'', [[Greek Chorus|Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon]] ship Seymour and Audrey.
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* ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' runs on this trope. [[Everyone Can See It|Most of the cast]] ships Benedick/Beatrice and schemes to get them together. Beatrice also ships Claudio/Hero, and goes into a murderous rage when her ship gets {{spoiler|temporarily}} sunk.
* In ''[[A Midsummer
* The subplot in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' mostly exists because Lucentio's servant, Tranio, ships Lucentio/Bianca. He eggs his master on in pursuit of the girl, then instigates a [[Zany Scheme]] to make it happen, eliminating her other suitors while he's at it.
* Deconstructed in [[Cyrano De Bergerac]]: Christian forces Cyrano to tell the truth to Roxanne because he wants Roxanne to choose him instead of Cyrano.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Zone of the Enders]]: The Fist Of Mars'' has the entirety of BIS shipping Cage/Myona at one point, and towards the end, Yukito ships Warren/Mebius. To be fair on the latter one {{spoiler|[[Everyone Can See It]], and Warren DOES have a crush on her}}
* Demon Delinquent Raspberyl of ''[[Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice]]'' loves to pair people together; usually Almaz and Princess Sapphire or [[Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories|Adell and Rozalin.]]
** From ''[[
** Fuka also seems to support [[Ho Yay|ValvatoresxFenrich]] to varying degrees of seriousness.
* Pearl Fey of the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series really, really wants her cousin Maya and Phoenix Wright to get together. She's [[Armor-Piercing Slap|usually violent]] whenever Phoenix even ''appears'' to express interest in somebody else. This is mostly treated as a joke, but later on it turns out that because of the social politics in Pearl's family, [[The Woobie|she's never seen a successful relationship, so she genuinely wants Maya to have a happy one]].
* The [[Fire Emblem]] saga has ''several'' of these:
** In ''Thracia 776'', [[Hot Chick
{{quote| '''Mareeta:''' "Go on, Lady Nanna! Just say it!"<br />
'''Nanna:''' "B-But..."<br />
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** In ''Fuuin no Tsurugi'', Marcus seems to be this for Roy and Lilina, especially in his supports with the latter.
** In ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Rekka no Ken'', [[Genki Girl]] Serra also seems to be one of these. Her A support with [[Chivalrous Pervert]] Sain has her wondering out loud about Lyn's love life and vying for a possible [[Love Triangle]] with [[Two Guys and
{{quote| '''Serra:''' Hey, Sain. So, who do you think Lyn will end up with? Lord Eliwood? Lord Hector, maybe?}}
*** On the other hand, Sain notices that his best friend Kent has a crush on Lyn and encourages it, [[Matchmaker Crush|despite claiming to have a crush on Lyn too.]]
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*** We also have [[Large Ham|General Wallace]], who in his youth shipped [[The Ojou|his lord's daughter Madelyn]] with [[Bash Brothers|his best friend and sparring partner]] [[Warrior Prince|Hassar of the Lorca tribe]]. {{spoiler|His and Kent's supports reveal that years ago, when the [[Star-Crossed Lovers]] eloped to not be separated, Wallace chose to let go of them and be imprisoned as punishment rather than break them apart; some time later, they became the parents of their actual lady in liege, Princess Lyndis aka Lyn (whom Kent himself can marry via supports). It's also [[An Aesop]] about how [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right|rules are NOT always the end and be it]], and sometimes [[To Be Lawful or Good|you have to choose the good over the lawful in]] [[Lawful Good]].}}
** In ''[[Fire Emblem]]: Radiant Dawn'', Micaiah refers to the "warm feelings" Naesala has for Leanne, and that [[Ho Yay|Soren has for Ike.]] Additionally, Ike was astonished to discover that Jill and Haar were not cohabiting.
** In ''[[
*** Vanessa's sister Syrene also encourages Vanessa's feelings, but it's not clear ''who'' does she ship her with. The guy's name isn't mentioned so it could be either Innes or her other possible husband, [[Nice Guy|Forde.]]
** The [[Fire Emblem Jugdral|Seisen]] mangas bring up several of these, too. In the Oosawa manga [[Happily Married|Ethlin, Cuan]] and [[Action Girl|Ayra]] ship [[Knight in Shining Armor|Fin]] with {{spoiler|[[Badass Princess|Lachesis]]}}, while [[White Magician Girl|Adean]] ships {{spoiler|her [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] Azel with his ''other'' female friend [[Bokukko|Tailto]]}}, and [[Cool Big Sis|Mahnya]] ships [[Blow You Away|Levin]] with her little sister [[Lady of War|Fury]]. OTOH, in the Fujimori version [[Trickster|Dew]] ships Adean ''hard'' with her bodyguard [[Horse Archer|Midayle]].
* From ''[[Half-Life]] 2'', Eli Vance trying to bring Alyx and Gordon together, to the former's embarrassment. And the latter's [[Heroic Mime|stunned silence.]]
* Throughout ''[[
** Sora can act like this for the canon Disney couples. He gets misty-eyed when [[Mulan]] and Shang decide to guard the Emperor together, and seems to approve of Will/Elizabeth (which leads to some of the aforementioned teasing from Donald and Goofy).
** In a somewhat weirder incident in ''Days'', Xigbar gives Roxas dating advice for impressing Xion. {{spoiler|The catch, of course, is that this relationship fast turns into one huge [[Shapeshifting Squick]], and Roxas hasn't a clue. Given that Xigbar knew this, he was probably just being a dick.}}
** And let's not forget about Olette. When Kairi stumbles into Twilight Town, befriends the gang, and tells her story about Sora and the others (i.e. the events of the first ''Kingdom Hearts''), Olette is utterly ''mystified'' by it, going as far to call it "romantic".
* Genis from ''[[
** In fact, pretty much the entire party seems to be supporting Colette's crush upon the [[Chaste Hero|clueless]] Lloyd... Except for Zelos, who seems just as intent on cluing Lloyd in on Sheena's crush on him... If only because he ''knows'' it aggravates the latter.
*** That is unless you go for the [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] of Zelos doing it because [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|he want's his beloved to be happy]].
* Norma in ''[[
* Subverted in ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: [[Ocarina of Time]]''. After the player wins the Cucco-hunting minigame, Talon raises the suggestion that Link marry his daughter Malon. Whether Link says yes or no, he swiftly laughs it off as a joke, however.
** Also in the Zeldaverse, it's implied that most of the residents of Ordon Village ship Link/Ilia in ''[[Twilight Princess]]''. This seems to be largely due to her status as the mayor's daughter and their hopes that he'll be mayor one day, plus the fact that they're good friends and close in age.
** Poked at in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
* ''[[Mana Khemia Alchemists of Al Revis]]'' had Flay and the [[Familiar|Mana]] of Light towards said mana's [[Kid
** And some lines the Mana has during the last character event for Roxis suggests that he probably shipped Roxis with [[The Hero|Vayne]] -- for the same reason.
* In ''[[Star Ocean the Last Hope]]'', Welch makes it perfectly clear how much she thinks [[Official Couple|Edge and Reimi]] should be together.
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* Apparently in ''[[Samurai Warriors]]'' 3, Kaihime and Keiji encourage Kunoichi to confess to Yukimura, while Magoichi also comments that Yukimura is a lucky dog for having Kunoichi by his side, while {{spoiler|Kunoichi herself is more of a Yukimura/Inahime shipper in Inahime's musou mode.}}
* Excellen Browning and Irmgult Kazahara of ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]''. It helps the former is a [[Cool Big Sis]] and actively [[The Tease|teases and ships]] the many potential couples amongst the cast throughout the games. The latter may hold a reputation of being a [[Casanova]], but often ends up giving advice for the guys to chase their [[Love Interests]].
* Another Day Shiki in ''[[
* ''[[Luminous Arc 2]]'''s {{spoiler|Ayano}} hints, nudges and outright tease [[The Hero|Roland]] for a Roland/Althea pairing. {{spoiler|One reason is because [[The Power of Love]] can help Althea deal with her Beast Fiend origin.}}
* In ''[[Persona 4]]'', Rise ships Kanji/{{spoiler|Naoto}}. The main character also has the option to approve of this pairing. She also ships Yosuke/Chie, which creates a hilarious [[She's Not My Girlfriend|he's not my boyfriend]] moment. It should be noticed that Rise also ships herself with the protagonist, very overtly; it's possible she both tries to weed out competition ''and'' thinks the other pairings are cute.
* Just about everyone shipping Squinoa in ''[[
** Mere peanuts compared to the shipping child!Ellone did for [[Adorkable|Laguna]]/[[Cool Big Sis|Raine]].
* Auron seems to ship Tidus and Yuna in ''[[
** Rikku also seems to approve.
* If you try to express interest in Mira as a male character in ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] 2'', she points out rather bluntly that Visas and the Handmaiden are both infatuated with you and she doesn't want to have to beat them both off if she starts sharing a bunk with you. To the dismay of many fans.
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{{quote| '''Kasumi:''' Tali is so cute. You're all she ever talks about, in that sweet "rainbows and butterflies" kind of way! She loves you, Shepard. Be good to her.}}
** There's an ''advertisement on the Citadel'' that ships Shepard with... whichever potential love interest (if any) is in your party when you click on it. ("The next time ''you're'' out on the town with [Officer Vakarian/Sere Krios/Mr. Taylor/Miss Zorah/Miss Lawson/ERROR: CITIZEN ID NOT FOUND<ref>(Jack, in case you were wondering)</ref>]...") It'll even mention Justicar Samara, who isn't actually fully romanceable. Alternately, if you're in a relationship with one of the ME1 squadmates and there's nobody romanceable in your current party, it'll mention that love interest instead.
* Done literally in ''[[
* [[Sam and Max]] themselves are to blame for the Sybil/Lincoln [[Cargo Ship|pairing]].
* Coach and Rochelle take this attitude towards Ellis and Zoey in the ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'' DLC, The Passing. Rochelle and Francis are not nearly so lucky.
** Well, Rochelle said [[Crowning Moment of Funny|she hated Francis' vest]] - it would simply never work.
* Two of the [[Crowning Moment of Funny|funniest moments]] in ''[[
** The better-known is in Madra, when Sheba asks Jenna about her "thing" with Isaac, causing Jenna to [[Luminescent Blush|turn bright magenta]] and [[Tsundere|indignantly tell her to shut up]]. Sheba promptly jumps on Jenna's follow-up inquiry about how Garet is doing.
*** Even funnier in hindsight, since {{spoiler|Isaac and Jenna did get together, at least long enough to produce [[Golden Sun Dark Dawn
** The lesser-known happens if you trigger [[Chinese Girl|Feizhi's]] brief [[The Cameo|cameo]] at Champa, in which she's searching for Isaac to give him a little thank you gift, a Golden Ring. Kraden openly encourages her to pursue the matter further, [[Hilarity Ensues|much to Feizhi's dismay]].
* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy|Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy]]'', [[Final Fantasy IV
** He also believes that [[Final Fantasy III
* ''[[Persona 3]] [[Updated Rerelease|Portable]]'' has a minor example: [[The Lancer|Junpei]] tells the [[Distaff Counterpart|Female Protagonist]] that he thinks it would be funny if she and [[The Big Guy|Akihiko]] got together and that [[Platonic Life Partners|he'd totally be her wingman if she decided to go for it]].
* In ''[[Super Robot Wars Z|Super Robot Wars Z2]]'', the whole of ZEXIS takes sides in the [[Macross Frontier|Ranka/Alto/Sheryl]] [[Love Triangle]].
* In [[Arc Rise Fantasia]], Cecille ships L'Arc and Ryfia. She'll subtly clue in on one's feelings for the other, though usually she does this around Ryfia more than L'Arc.
* Because of the type of game [[Lux
** Many people who originally tried to hook [[Hot-Blooded|Akira]] up with [[Genki Girl|Mika]] suddenly switch to Akira trying to get along with [[The Quiet One|Atsuki]]. Akira's ''father'' of all people has a more noticeable switch in the last chapter of the game when he mentions that all his son talks about is Atsuki and how if Atsuki plans on leaving, he should come back because he's welcome. Note that this is what he said to Mika earlier in the game and while it still applies he's referring to the fact that Mika is like the daughter he never had.
*** Then there's [[Cheerful Child|Nami]] who despite shipping herself with Atsuki, has dropped a lot of hints concerning why Atsuki constantly chooses Sweet Ring (the restaurant Akira's father owns and where Akira works) to eat out whenever he takes his friends out. Shortly after she says that, Akira shows up and her sprite has this funny smile on her face.
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== [[Visual Novels]] ==
* Riko in ''[[
* [[Cool Big Sis|Taiga Fujimura]] from ''[[Fate/stay
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** Rena Ryuugu is supportive of Mion Sonozaki's affections for Keiichi, [[Matchmaker Crush|despite explicitly also liking Keiichi.]] She also notes once how [[Toy Ship|Satoko and Rika]] [[Les Yay|act like a married couple.]]
** Shion Sonozaki, Mion's twin sister, supports both her sister's affections for Keiichi, and ''Keiichi'''s affections for Rena.
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** Nurse Takano and Tomitake seem to ship Keiichi and Rena too.
** {{spoiler|Ultimately, though, the series ends with no ships resolved. It makes sense, given that it is [[The Power of Friendship]] that finally lets the gang put an end to the endless tragedy.}}
* Most characters in ''[[
* In ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' has several cases:
** If you (as Hisao) pick either [[Fragile Flower|Hana]][[Bookworm|ko]] or [[Statuesque Stunner|Lil]][[Yamato Nadeshiko|ly]]'s route, the girl who's not chosen will support you trying to gain the other one's affections, each in their own ways. {{spoiler|It ''may'' be a [[Matchmaker Crush]] in the case of Hanako, though it's not openly stated.}}
** Also, in {{spoiler|Hanako's route, [[Tomboy|Miki]] will talk to Hisao at some point and wonder if he and Hanako are a couple or not. The reply you give her will make you either gain or lose points with Hanako, thus pushing you either to the Good, Bad or Neutral Endings.}}
** The [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Nurse]] will also support Hisao's interest in Emi in her route, due to his [[Intergenerational Friendship]] with both of them. [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...|Though he'll also remind Hisao about his meds...]]
** Akira supports Hisao's relationship with her younger sister Lilly, in Lilly's route.
{{quote| '''Akira''': You're a good kid, Hisao. When I said I approved of you being with my sister, [[Sincerity Mode|I wasn't joking or just being nice]]. {{spoiler|[[Star-Crossed Lovers|It's just unfortunate that doesn't really count for much in this world]].}}}}
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== Web Comics ==
* Susan's suggestion in [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-08-09 this] ''[[
** While Sarah's [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-12-28 various and relatively subtle attempts] to influence Ellen and Nanase (putting them together for the pictures, seating them together for dinner, and maneuvering them into sitting side-by-side on the couch) definitely qualify.
* In ''[[Walkyverse|Shortpacked!]]'', Robin's fixation with [[Yaoi Fangirl|Ethan and Thad]], even after they'd both told her they weren't gonna do it... To the point where it got a little creepy.
** A little? She tried to pass a bill through ''Congress'' to make them "do it"!
* A bonus strip in one of ''[[The Order of the Stick
* While Fox and Collin in ''[[Friendly Hostility]]'' are a canon couple, Derringer certainly qualifies by [http://friendlyhostility.com/d/20071123.html referring to them] as his [[One True Pairing|"OTP"]], and he's not afraid to defend it.
* The main [[Love Triangle]] in ''[[
** Moloch von Zinzer and Violetta [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090311 were about to have a bet on who wins].
*** Violetta has never seen Agatha and Gil together, however. More or less every character who ''has'', ships them; see also [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050314 Master Payne's entire Circus of Adventure.]
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** Yuki's mother obviously ships Erika/Largo. Not that it needed help anyway.
** And Yuki herself is probably the biggest Piro/Miho fangirl in the series.
* Nephilim from ''[[
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'':
** As of [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1663 this] strip, Dora is shipping Angus/Faye. The strip is even ''called'' "Dora's OTP?"
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** Both Marten and Hannelore ship Marigold/Francis [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2163 here].
* Though relatively passive about it, everyone in ''[[Red String]]'' ships Reika and Eiji. Multiple characters comment "havn't those two gotten together yet?"
* Cloud's mother Ye Thuza and his younger sister Yuna from ''[[
* Pretty much everyone in ''[[Bittersweet Candy Bowl]]'' tries to get Mike and Lucy together. While Lucy is all for it (though she hates the interference in her life, she does love Mike... [[Tsundere|probably]]), Mike has a long-distance girlfriend and rejects Lucy, leading to much angst. Complicated by the fact that several cast members have crushes on Mike or Lucy, but still want them to get together...
** Yashy is especially egregious in this regard, particularly in the earlier strips. This is complete with viciously insulting any other girl who displays an attraction to Mike... [[Mr. Fanservice|which happens to be most of them]].
* PeeJee ships Davan with his current girlfriend Vanessa in ''[[Something Positive]]''. Having coerced Davan into following up Vanessa's interest in him when he never would have bothered, she likes Vanessa and she's not going to let anyone mess up her [[Platonic Life Partners|Platonic Life Partner's]] happiness, especially not Davan himself.
* Sister America and Sister Japan of ''[[Scandinavia and The World]]'' are both [[Yaoi Fangirl|Yaoi Fangirls]]. Sister America's ship of choice is Denmark/Norway (with Sweden occasionally [[OT 3|thrown into the mix]]) and Sister Japan's ship is Netherlands/Belgium.
* Nepeta Leijon of ''[[
** Also, Hearts Boxcars. Yes, the Midnight Crew's [[The Brute|huge brute]] is the resident matchmaker. To be fair, he goes about it in his own [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004449 disturbingly violent and aggressive way.]
** Karkat has his own [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004690 variation] on this, but it's more {{spoiler|trying to avoid what [[Squick|Squicks]] him ([[Interspecies Romance]]) while taking in consideration what squicks the humans ([[Brother-Sister Incest]])}}. He even drew a [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/MATINGDIAGRAMFORMORONS.gif diagram].
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* Sara of ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'' spent a while convinced the [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|title characters]] were a rolling storm of lesbian [[Foe Yay]]. It turns out she was projecting, and [[Coming Out Story|she eventually comes to terms with her own sexuality]]. Later still, she {{spoiler|turns out to have been right all along, and she couldn't be more ecstatic about it}}.
* Beau the angel is a smirky kind of shipper in ''[[Catena]]''. Not only is he evidently in favor of a match between Bryony and the Grim Reaper, but he's rather smug during those moments that indicate it will eventually happen.
* Wildy San of ''[[Dan and
* In what is perhaps the weirdest example of this trope, [[Spinnerette]]'s '''bottom left hand''' ships her and Mecha Maid.
* Uh, Kat and Jones from ''[[
** Also note [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=945 Kat's reaction] after their not-kiss.
* ''[[Girls
* Syren of ''[[The Jupiter Palladium]]'' is pretty much made of this trope. [http://jupiter-palladium.com/jp1/ch1/494 There's a wallpaper of the face].
* In ''[[Dumbing of Age]]'', Joyce ships [http://www.dumbingofage.com/ Billie/Walky].
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{{quote| " 'I totally ship you and her since I saw that play. Team Thalia!' she pumped her fist in the air. Several girls in the audience and some on stage clapped and cheered, while a few yelled out 'Team Calliope!', [[Crack Pairing|'Team Terpsichore!']], [[Ho Yay|'Team Dionysus!']]…you get the picture." [http://thaliasmusingsnovels.wordpress.com/2011/07/10/1-7-please-be-seated/\]}}
* Eleonora assumes this role in [[Greek Ninja]], trying to persuade Sasha that Daichi is actually her other half. Despite the fact they hate each other.
* Nella for [[
* In the furry role-play [[Sinai Muck]], one of the first things Natilie asks Chiaroscuro upon meeting him is if he's Envoy's boyfriend.
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** Kim's mom also seemed to secretly ship [[Official Couple|Kim/Ron]] for the first three seasons. Became not-so-secret in ''[[The Movie|So the Drama]]''.
* In ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'', Cosmo and Wanda like seeing Timmy get kissed by Tootie.
** [[A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!|The live-action film]] gives an odd inversion to this, in that Cosmo and Wanda spend much of the first half of the film trying to prevent Timmy and Tootie from getting together, since it would mean Timmy would officially be grown up and they'd have to leave him. {{spoiler|This eventually begins to change after Poof brings them to realize it's wrong to prevent Timmy from growing up, and by the end of the film, they're happy that Timmy and Tootie are finally together.}}
* ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force
* ''[[Stoked]]'' sees Emma and Lo constantly wanting Reef and Fin to get together. They even text one another like giddy schoolgirls whenever they see the two of them doing anything vaguely romantic.
* On ''[[Total Drama Island]],'' Cody helps his friend Trent hook up with Gwen, [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|even though he also has a crush on her]]. In the same vein, Geoff and DJ could both tell that their friend Duncan and Courtney liked each other and playfully teased her about it.
** Duncan and DJ both gave Owen/Izzy a thumbs up in the 19th episode.
** [[Fanon]] often includes stories where characters play matchmaker for [[Ho Yay|Noah and Cody]]. Usually includes Izzy, probably because on the show she once teased Noah about this.
** On ''[[Total Drama World Tour]],'' pretty much everyone (Gwen, Bridgette, Izzy, sort-of Heather) seems to ship Cody with [[Stalker
** Noah seems to ship Tyler/Lindsay, since he once offered Tyler advice about it. He also seems to have a talent at sensing attraction between people, since he noticed Alejandro's crush on Heather before anybody else.
** Sierra seems to have supported Duncan/Gwen ''before'' they got together, no doubt in part because it would [[Pair the Spares|free up Cody to be with her]]. However, when they actually got together by [[Your Cheating Heart|making out behind Courtney's back]], Sierra turns against them. (Though again, her animosity toward Gwen may be at least partially because Cody did ''not'' [[Abandon Shipping]] when he found out, continuing to support and hit on Gwen despite her being in a relationship with somebody else.)
* From ''[[Teen Titans (
** And in ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'', the comics based off of the western animation, Starfire seems to ship Beast Boy/Raven. "Perhaps Raven was teleported into an alternate dimension where she and Beast Boy are madly in love and ask me to be their maid of the bride at their matrimonial ceremony?"
* There are many examples from ''[[Winx Club]]'':
** Amore, the pixie of love, obviously. She most blatantly ships Stella/Brandon and {{spoiler|Princess Amentia and her [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]].}}
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** Not to mention Danny's Parents, the kids at his school, even Danny's ghost enemies ship them together at one point or another.
*** Geez even their dreams shipped them together.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' Yumi's [[Annoying Younger Sibling|little brother]] Hiroki ships Yumi and Ulrich. He makes several comments throughout the series, including one where Ulrich was fighting a giant crab that had entered the real world, and he shouts, "This is so awesome! I keep telling you, you gotta go out with this guy!" In a public street, in front of Yumi, Ulrich and both of Yumi's parents.
* ''[[
* Alfred from ''[[Batman:
* In ''[[The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest]]'', Neela, Hadji's mother, ships her own son with Jessie; or so her comments in "The Bangalore Falcon" seem to imply.
* For about the first three seasons of ''[[Daria]]'', Jane shipped her brother Trent with her best friend Daria.
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** In "For the Love of Gunther", Kick tried to help Gunther hooking up with with Jackie - Partly to get rid of her, but also because he wanted to help his friend.
** At the end of "Dancing With the Enemy", Kick and Kendall are having a very affectionate moment, until someone in the crowd shouts "Kiss her!" This, of course, is their cue to go back to acting as if they hate each other.
* Miss Martian and Artemis in ''[[Young Justice (
** In season two, Megan's "[[Blood Brothers|little brother]]" Beast Boy ships her with Superboy, even though they've broken up at this point.
** Kent Nelson shipped Artemis and Wally together long before they actually got together for real. His last words to Wally were to find his own spitfire like his own wife Inza, who never let Kent get away with anything.
* In ''[[
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* On ''[[South Park]]'' episode ''Cartman Finds Love'', Cartman becomes obsessed with pairing up new girl Nichole and Token, [[Token Minority Couple|since they're both black]]. So much so, in fact, that when he learns Nichole has a crush on Kyle (and vice-versa), he tells her that [[Foe Yay|he and Kyle]] are a gay couple. He even {{spoiler|follows Kyle on his date with Nichole, professes his love for him over the megascreen and serenades him with John Michael Montgomrry's "I Swear"}} just so Nichole and Token can be together.
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