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Named in a remark made by Donald Hogan in ''[[Stand On Zanzibar]]''.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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** Also, Naruto with ''[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|nearly every female and male character]]''.
** '''[[Toy Ship|Konohamaru/Hanabi]]''' seems growing ''too'' well [[Pair the Spares|as side pairing]] in the Naruto [[Ficdom]] mostly for the sake of [[Generation Xerox]] ([[Ship to Ship Combat|cough-Naru/Hina-cough]]).
** Although Sakura gets shipped with [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|pretty much everyone]], the new favorite person seem to be ''Itachi'', of all people. This probably has to do with [[The Reveal]] that {{spoiler|he was actually a good guy all along... [[Knight Templar|sort]] [[Draco in Leather Pants|of]] }} and the fact that {{spoiler|Sasuke has become an evil bastard ([[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|ironically... thanks to Itachi]]).}}
*** Of course, Sakura gets a lot of [[Ship Tease]] in canon, too. Naruto and Lee have or used to have crushes on her, while she was drooling over Sasuke. More recently, {{spoiler|a wounded soldier [[Florence Nightingale Effect|confessed he'd fallen in love with her after she treated his wounds.]] Given that she's one of the top medics, it's unlikely that was the only time that happened.}} There's a reason she's a [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]].
* Rima and Utau from ''[[Shugo Chara]]''. No, really. There is a whole fanbase of them together out there.
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*** Some fans have also jokingly noted that marrying Nunnally would be a way for Rolo to become Lelouch's brother for real. Chances are, if such a thing had been mentioned to Rolo, ''he'' wouldn't have taken it as a joke.
** Rolo and Nunnally interact in ''[[Nightmare of Nunnally]]'', although in that case, {{spoiler|Rolo is a clone of Lelouch conditioned to think that he is Lelouch and Nunnally's brother}}, and has a significantly different appearance, personality and role.
* There's a small but growing group of ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' fans who think that [[Scary Shiny Glasses|Autor]]/[[The Matchmaker|Pique]] and [[One
* Pairing up Kagome and Sesshomaru from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' is insanely popular within the fandom. No one seems to care that he shows little to no interest in her and actually tried to kill her/did not care if she lived or not early on. She of course does not show any feelings towards him either.
** To give some insight, this pairing was more popular earlier on, while the series was in progress. Most notably during Sesshomaru's first appearance and interaction with her and Inu-Yasha. Being the first real [[Bishonen]], [[Draco in Leather Pants|evil]] [[White
*** No, it's still huge, and has always been huge. This pairing is about [[Wish Fulfillment]]; Sesshomaru is the most lusted-after character, and Kagome is the easiest character for a teenage girl to relate to/project themselves onto, so by pairing her with him, they get a sense of pairing ''themselves'' with him.
**** Although it is sometimes admittedly about wish fulfillment, some of the fans just think that their personalities could bounce off each other well and create a really interesting dynamic. The great thing is, when handled right, they do. When they're not handled right mostly it devolves into [[Porn Without Plot]] as the two of them are [[Strangled By the Red String]].
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* In ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', Donny (the [[Memetic Badass|Bear Jew]]) and Utivich don't exchange any lines, but they are one of the fandom's most popular pairings. This can work out though, as the film shows a limited view of the Basterds, and it's possible that they all interacted at some point that we don't see in the movie.
** Donny is also paired with Soshanna quite a lot, considering they have entirely different storylines, never meet at all during the film and {{spoiler|both die at the end.}}
* The ''[[Legion]]'' section on [[
* Although they have not even shared a movie just yet, [[Iron Man (Film)|Tony Stark]] and [[Thor (Film)|Loki]] have become an increasingly popular pairing.
** So has Loki/Jane.
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* Jon/Dany is probably one of the most popular ships in the ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' series, despite the fact they live on different continents and that the former [[Celibate Hero|has taken a vow of celibacy]]. It helps that they're probably the closest that the series has to protagonists, and may well be the "Ice" and "Fire" referred to in the title.
** It's also expected that they'll have lots of interaction later on in the series considering that Jon has essentially dedicated his life to defending the realm against the Others and the popular theory that Dany is destined to fight them also.
** There's also another popular theory that Jon is Dany's nephew...which doesn't stop the shipping, since that's actually less [[Squick|squicky]] than the average [[Canon]] pairing in the series. ([[Brother
** Also some quite suggestive symbolic dreams.
** An odder ship seen though is Arya/Edric Storm. They haven't even met yet.
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** There are a fair number of ''[[Angel]]'' crossovers (probably the ''majority'' of them set in season 7/4 in fact) that pair Dawn with Connor, most likely due to their closeness in ages. The two have yet to ''meet'', even in the comics.
** In keeping with that, there are also a number of Faith/Doyle fanfics. To point out the absurdity: Doyle is now dead. When he was alive - for the whole time ( {{spoiler|the whole nine episodes}}) he was on ''Angel'' - Faith was in a coma, far far away.
** And let's not even start on Spike/Tara, who traded words maybe once, and Spike/Willow, who had maybe three onscreen conversations over the course of the show (though to be fair, one of those conversations was full of [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]).
** Connor/Drusilla showed up occasionally post-Season 4; despite them never having met this one actually made some sense. Her psychic/prophetic abilities might enable her to become aware of his existence, and he was the only surviving person she could consider "family" who hadn't turned on her already. Plus without his memories he wouldn't immediately try to kill her.
* In [[NCIS]] there is a ship called Kiva - Kate/Ziva. They lived in completely different countries, and never met. And {{spoiler|Kate dies before Ziva arrives on the show}}. This does not seem to deter fans of [[Les Yay]].
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* ''[[Transformers Prime]]'' has Knock-out and Arcee. The two of them barely spoken and have little interaction with each other, and the little they have is hostile. Yet this seems to be the fan favorite pairing if fanfiction has anything to say about it.
** Bonus: Knock-Out is ''heavily'' implied to be gay. Arcee is female. Genders are nominally meaningless among Transformers, sure, but the shipping community voids that rule by its very nature.
* ''[[Invader Zim]]'' offers the odd example with [[Hero Antagonist|Dib]]/[[OC Stand In|Gretchen]]. They only interact in about two episodes, and in one of them Gretchen doesn't even speak. However, that silent appearance makes it very clear that she has a crush on him. It comes nowhere near [[Foe Yay|Zim/Dib]] or [[Dating Catwoman|Dib/Tak]] in popularity, but the ship has its supporters for being the most "normal" and [[No Hugging, No Kissing|only real canon]] couple on the show.
* In ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'', Chester and Trixie is a moderately popular ship. The rationale for pairing them is that they both work for the school newspaper, aside from being a good [[Pair the Spares]] couple if you ship Timmy with somebody else.
** Chester and Veronica too.
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* A small number of ''[[Hey Arnold]]'' fans pair [[Stalker With a Crush|Brainy]]/[[Parody Sue|Lila]] as a [[Ship Mates]] for [[Official Couple|Helga/Arnold]]. It's [[Pair the Spares]] to be sure, but when you consider that Lila liked Arnie, who's possibly even ''weirder'' than Brainy, it actually makes a bit of sense.
* In the season 22 finale of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Ned Flanders and Edna Krabappel, two of the few characters in the show's [[Loads and Loads of Characters|large cast]] who have never interacted, start dating.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Soarin' once bought a pie from Applejack. They're a fairly popular ship. There isn't much else to say.
** Those fans seeking an alternative to the yuri pairings that make up the majority of MLP ships often have to resort to...unorthodox options; Twilight Sparkle/[[All There in The Script|Doctor Whooves]] and Pinkie Pie/[[Fan Nickname|Pokey Pierce]] are among the more sane ones, and even they make use of background ponies whose actual personalities and relationships with the main characters are tenuous at best.
*** Applejack's cousing Braeburn has appeared in one episode, and lives very far from everyone else, but since had lines, a discernable personality and is male, he appears in a lot of ships - though not only straight ones, but also to fill out the low yaoi quota in Ponyville and to be the one a main character tries to have a straight relationship with before they realise the prefer mares. Presumably he does a lot of travelling.
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** [[All There in The Script|Lyra Heartstrings]] and [{{[[[All There in The Script]] Bon Bon}} are seen together often enough that [http://chzbronies.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-because-absolutley-all-of-the-fanbase-loves-shipping.jpg it gives the fans ideas].
** An especially odd example (if only because of how popular it is) is the shipping between [[All There in The Script|DJ Pon-3]]/[[All There in The Script|Vinyl Scratch]] and [[All There in The Script|Octavia]]. It started with fans juxtiposing the two for humorous effect since they represent conflicting musical aesthetics, however the sheer amount of such fan art was enough to [[Shipping Goggles|get the gears turning]] for the community's shippers, to the point that a large chunk of fan art involving the two is now shipping art (as well as several fan fictions). DJ Pon-3 also has a growing Shipdom with [[Fan Nickname|Neon Lights]]/[[Fan Nickname|EmCee W1SH]], who in popular fanon is seen as another musician who has a friendly rivalry with DJ Pon-3. It should be noted that DJ Pon-3 has yet to appear in the same scene as either of her two most popular shipmates, only appearing in the same episode as Neon Lights in [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E26 A Canterlot Wedding Part 2|the Season 2 finale]] and only appearing with Octavia in [[The Merch]].
* ''[[X Men Evolution]]'s'' Pietro and X-23 is a ''very'' popular ship. But so is Kurt and X-23. This is despite X-23's closest interaction with Kurt being off screen and involving her knocking him out; her and Pietro's closest interaction in the series only happening in people's imaginations; and [[Jerkass|each]] [[Fun Personified|character's]] [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|personality]] being completely different. If the characters did interact without first having a LARGE dose of [[Character Development]] first, it would either end with X-23 killing Pietro for making a wise ass remark, or X-23 killing Kurt for not being serious enough in a situation. Kitty and Pietro is slightly saner, but even more jarring as the two have interacted, and by 'interacted' we mean Pietro insults her, she glares at him, and once threatens him. Let's just say X-23 couldn't be shipped with anyone as she has a very unique personality and the only three people she was shown on screen with were either being knocked out, are dead, or [[Squick|her genetic template and the closest thing to a father.]]
* ''[[Recess]]'' fans tend to ship Hustler Kid x Butch...despite the fact that the two hardly interact in the series.
* on [[Young Justice (Animation)|Young Justice]], Lagoon Boy had about a minute of screen time before he was lip locked with Miss Martian, who most people thought was still in a relationship with Superboy. While the 5 year time skip made a relationship shakeup plausible, obody saw it coming.
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* Alexis Denisof (who played Wesley on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'') married Alyson Hannigan, who played Willow on those shows. The two characters barely spoke to each other within the show, so this is perhaps a real life example of something like this happening!
** They started dating after Denisof's move to the spinoff show ''[[Angel]]'', in which Hannigan has appeared in only ''three episodes''. As a guest star. One of those appearances count as the ''only'' time Wesley and Willow have ever had a canon conversation.
** [[Amber Benson]], who played Tara, and Adam Busch, who played Warren, have been dating for nearly a decade. They only interacted together once on the show, and even that was more [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?|Warren's bullet]] [[Killed Off for Real|interacting with Tara's chest]].
* The above also happened with Mariska Hargitay and Peter Hermann of [[Law and Order SVU]], the former of whom is Olivia Benson, and the latter of whom is the recurring defense attorney Trevor Langan. Hargitay and Hermann are [[Real Life Relative|married in real life]], but they barely speak to each other on the show. Hilariously, Langan was a temporary love interest for ADA Alexandra Cabot; this gets interesting when you think about the large numbers of people who ship [[Les Yay|Alex/Olivia]]...
** Don't forget the fact that the main ship and source of UST is between Hargitay and Meloni's characters...
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