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{{quote|'''Dean''': There's Sam Girls and Dean Girls and... What's a slash fan?
'''Sam''': As in Sam slash Dean. Together.
'''Dean''': Like ''[[Sibling Incest|together]]'', together? They do know we're brothers, right?
'''Sam''': Doesn't seem to matter.
'''Dean''': Oh, come on, that... [[Sick and Wrong|that's just sick!]]
|''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''}}
The ''other'' reason you should use protection when reading [[Fanfic]] (see [[Fan Wank]]).
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'''There are a few other definitions around:'''
* Originally, the term "Slash" was more specific, referring only to sexually explicit homoerotic [[Fanfic]] (even more specifically, to male homosexual experiences). For some, to qualify as "Slash", a work must still be sexually [[Lemon|explicit]].
* Some people think that [[
* More rarely, it is used to mean fics about any pairing that is not found in canon, be they heterosexual or homosexual.
* Sometimes fans use the word ''slash'' when they write [[
Bottom line: Slash fic is about romantic entanglements among the characters.
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Traditionally, the more lopsided the male-to-female ratio, the easier it is to have slash pairings rather than straight pairings. One example is the game ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' with eighteen male characters (''Maybe'' sixteen. Jury's still out on the [[Viewer Gender Confusion|Pyro]]) and one female voice who's about sixty years old and is also a chainsmoker. It's basically slash, or gender-bending. Another is ''[[Transformers]]'', which consists almost entirely of 200+ male robots and about 3 female ones.
Slash is generally also used to pair up [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]. Of course, some canonical works, especially [[Boys Love]] and those with a [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]], invite such reading by playing the ambiguity for all its worth. It's also common to (sexually) pair characters who are nemeses in the source material, in [[Fanfic]]'s own version of [[Slap Slap Kiss]], [[Foe Yay]] and [[The Masochism Tango]]. Some
If the author has much exposure to the Japanese [[Boys Love]] at all, expect characters to be [[Wimpification|noticeably shoehorned]] into dominant [[Seme]] and submissive [[Uke]] roles.
Most
The origin of the term predates the World Wide Web, going back to 1960s fanfic writers, specifically those interested in ''[[Star Trek]]'', who wrote "Kirk/Spock" fiction, pronounced "Kirk Slash Spock". In some communities, the ordering of the names is used to indicate a [[Seme|power]] [[Uke|relationship]].
See also [[Lemon]] and its tamer relative [[Lime]], [[Porn Without Plot]], [[Everyone Is Gay]], [[Yaoi Guys]], [[Yaoi Fangirl]] and [[Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls]]. See [[IKEA Erotica]] for what tends to happen when the girls in question are unfamiliar with having sex. Not to be confused with fics about the guitarist from Guns 'n' Roses (Although there could be some overlap. Axl/Slash probably has a fandom). Also, Slash Fic has absolutely nothing to do with [[Slasher
Incidentally, in Great Britain, "taking a slash" is a slightly coarse way of describing urination, so the innocent Brit who's never heard of the concept is likely to be even more squicked at the term...
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Ranma
* ''[[D.Gray-man]]'': Allen has been paired with just about [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|every other guy in the series]]. Especially with Lavi and Kanda.
* [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Simon/Viral.]] Both pre- and post-[[Time Skip]]. [[Squick|Oh God no.]]
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** Which is, by the way, incorrect in a way. While this was in a dream sequence (it's a long story), rivals Kuwabara and Yuusuke from Yu Yu Hakusho kissed in an early episode.
** Don't forget that [[Foe Yay|Itachi/Sasuke and Neji/Hinata]] are ''really'' popular, in spite of the fact that Itachi and Sasuke are [[Brother-Sister Incest|brothers]] and Neji and Hinata are [[Kissing Cousins|half-siblings]]...
** Believe it or not, Gaara/Lee is a pretty popular pairing. It's been made famous by Maldoror_gw's Diplomatic Relations. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180304073704/http://maldoror-gw.livejournal.com/30383.html
** Another is Kakashi/Iruka, despite the fact that [[Ships That Pass in the Night|the two have barely met.]]
** During Naruto's Spiral Shuriken training, Kakashi makes a joke about how he admires Naruto, and Naruto interprets it as a come on. Kakashi/Naruto fanfic tripled overnight.
* Practically the entire realm of ''[[Death Note]]'' fanfic/art centres around this trope. With the whole L and Light {{spoiler|being chained to each other}} for months, they were practically begging for it.
** Not to mention that L's heavy surveillance of Light can also be interpreted as a case of Stalker With a Crush.
** This [https://web.archive.org/web/20160611044501/http://cantatedomino24.deviantart.com/art/Death-Note-Yaoi-Overload-257767815 comic] by [
** But remember when L and Misa first met? He was looking at her.
*** The fact that Misa, Light's girlfriend, does not have much of a personality outside of her love for Light also contributes. Light also makes it pretty clear to Ryuk that he has absolutely no romantic interest in her.
* ''[[Durarara!!]]'' slash fics are almost always any form of [[Foe Yay|Shizuo/Izaya]] and their alternate fanmade personas.
** It doesn't help either that Narita wrote [[Crack Fic|slash]] of the two even though it was meant to be an April Fool's joke.
* Pick any CLAMP series. Pick two characters. They have been Slashed. Current popular flavours are Kurogane and Fai of [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]], Doumeki and Watanuki of [[
** To say nothing of the number of [[Code Geass|Suzaku/Lelouch]]
* At the rate [[Bishonen]] characters in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]'' is increasing, fanfic writers will soon run out of numbers and alphabet to denote the number of possible pairings availiable.
** And most of them ''will'' involve [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Tsuna]]. Typically as the [[Uke]].
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** Not to mention all the slash written [[Your Mileage May Vary|between trainers and their Pokemon]].
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''. There's [[Foe Yay|Kaiba/Joey]], [[Sharing a Body|Yami Yugi/Yugi]], Yugi/Bakura, [[Sharing a Body|Yami Bakura/Bakura]], Tristan/Duke, [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Yami Marik/Marik]], [[Unholy Matrimony|Yami Bakura/Marik]], [[Foe Yay|Yugi/Kaiba]] and many, many, many more. Really, name just about any two characters on the show, no matter how minor, and you can find them together somewhere in the dark void that is the internet.
** There are even [[Serious Business]] ship names. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130511211448/http://romantic-fanfiction.deviantart.com/art/Master-Yu-gi-oh-Shipping-List-96342642 Here] is a close-to-complete list of these names. The most popular pairings in the fandom are [[Screw Yourself|Yugi/Yami Yugi, Bakura/Yami Bakura, and Malik/Yami Malik]], just to weird things up even more. Add Joey/Kaiba, and you've got about 95% of the romantic fandom. When a show has [[Loads and Loads of Characters|as many characters]] as ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', that's pretty impressive.
* In ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'', there is a Slash Machine. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQOxIVFGudU Like so].
* ''[[Hellsing]]''. Fangirls and fanboys alike love pairing anyone from that show. From [[Les Yay|Integra/Seras]] to [[Ho Yay|Alucard/Walter]]. [[Foe Yay|Alucard/Anderson]] is pretty common, as well. And don't get me started on Millenium, which is dominated by Captain/Schroedinger and Zorin/Rip.
** Especially Alucard/Young!Walter, since in ''Hellsing The Dawn'', Walter is a teen [[Bishounen]] and Alucard takes the form of a young, cute girl.
* ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka de]]'', a [[Dating Sim]]-originated [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]] where this was ''completely unavoidable''. That is, it involves eight guys who are [[The Four Gods|already paired up with each other]] due to the way their powers work. The Genbu pair (Eisen/Yasuaki) seems to be one of the most popular choices;<ref>mainly because of the possibility of exploring the plot about [[The Stoic]] [[Artificial Human]] Yasuaki developing emotions (out of love for Eisen, naturally)</ref>
** The same, of course, applies to the sequels, which have different characters but with the same... eh, bonds.<ref>If that ''still'' isn't enough, you can try crossover fics with all four games -- that's 32+ guys and a few girls.</ref>
* ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' fanfics is generally this. Heero/Duo and Trowa/Quatre seem to be the most popular,<ref>the latter being almost canon, but the former being despite Duo himself [[Shipper on Deck|shipping Heero/Relena]]</ref>
** Wufei/Duo, Treiz/Wufei, Zechs/Wufei, and Treiz/Zechs/Wufei are all really popular too. In fact, the fandom seems to assume that being gay for one another is a prerequisite for being a Gundam Pilot.
** For the girls you get Relena/Dorothy, Relena/Hilde, Relena/Noine, and Sally/Une. That last one is mostly set in Endless Waltz/Preventers.
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* [[Soul Eater|Poor Death the Kid.]] If you were to look through a majority of the lists of the Yaoi Fangirls of Soul Eater, you would find that Kid has been paired up with almost every male in the series (This includes [[Parental Incest|his father]]).
* VERY common in the [[Lucky Star]] fandom. Just ask the Konata/Kagami and Yutaka/Minami fans. [[Captain Obvious|Maybe it's the inevitable]] [[Les Yay]].
* ''[[Bleach]]'' is a well known target for
** Ichigo/Grimmjow seems to be a typical pairing of the fanon, given the duo's similiar personalities and of course the fact that Grimmjow is pretty much Ichigo's [[Evil Counterpart]]. Which only seems to intensify this pairings popularity. There is also a good deal of innuendo in the actual Bleach storyline which serves to only add fire to the fuel.
** Ichigo/Renji orignated shortly after the infamous "take it off" scene shortly before the Bount Arc and has only intensified over the course of the anime, as fillers, sentences and even official artwork which did nothing to stop the fangirls or fanboys.
** Other pairings include Renji/Byakuya, Grimmjow/Ulquiorra, etc.
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''. Ohsoverymuch. Wolverine, Gambit, and Iceman are far and away the three [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|biggest sluts on the team]], if the fics are to be believed. But you could probably play the [[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]] dartboard game with any of guys on the team. Even the villains get to ride quite a bit, namely the "sexier" ones like Sabretooth and Magneto, though I'm sure Apocalypse joined the party at least once.
** Nightcrawler also has his share of fangirls, and as such does end up in a lot of pairing fanfiction. The most common slash fics he ends up in tend to be with Wolverine, since they are often portrayed as best friends.
* [[Captain America (comics)]]/[[Iron Man]]. Which has a [http://community.livejournal.com/cap_ironman community on lj] and an archive called [http://talesofsuspense.net/ Tales of Suspense].
** [[Hawkeye]]/[[Canon Immigrant|Phil Coulson]] (based mostly on the movieverse) is not ''quite'' as popular, but they ''do'' have [http://fuckyeahclintcoulson.tumblr.com/ their own Tumblr].
* [[Batman]]/[[Superman]] has its fandom. Possibly influenced by the DC title Superman/Batman, which "explores the camaraderie, antagonism, and friendship between its eponymous characters," to quote [[The Other Wiki]]. Preceded by The Batman/Superman Hour in 1968, which merely aired episodes of either show back-to-back.
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* The Batman/Gotham City universe is a virtual hotbed of slashy relationships. Batman and Joker finally consummate their true feelings for one another. Dick Grayson/Bruce Wayne or Dick Grayson/random male villain. Jason Todd/Bruce Wayne before he died and resurrection. [[Not Blood Siblings|Dick Grayson]]/ An aged up Damian Wayne. Colin Wilkes/Damian Wayne. Joker often has his way with Harvey Dent. Dr Crane and Bruce Wayne make a startlingly hot pairing, but Crane is also often paired with blink-and-you'll-miss-him ''Dark Knight'' character Thomas Schiff. And Bruce Wayne/Commissioner Gordon already has its own [http://nowweretwo.livejournal.com/ lj community].
* [[Booster Gold]]/[[Blue Beetle]] has a quiet, friendly, prolific, ''extremely committed'' fanbase, with the obligatory LJ community, sprawling AUs, and widely-known handle of [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Boostle]].
* [[
* Nite Owl/Rorschach is the most popular pairing in ''[[Watchmen]]'' fandom, despite one being overweight and suffering from ED, and the other being ugly and sexually repressed. Oh, fandom.
* In-universe example: the main character of ''[[
* [[Doctor Doom]] and [[Fantastic Four|Reed Richards]] have a lot of fandom speculation, although pretty much all their slashfic is either tragic stuff that posits that Reed and Doom were more than just classmates in college before the accident that turned them into arch enemies, or disturbing rapefics revolving around Doom's...er...[[Foe Yay|really, really,]] ''[[Squick|really]]'' obsessive hatred of Reed. [[Evil Former Friend|Or both.]]
* spider-man/human torch have their own [[
== Film ==
* Obi-Wan Kenobi/Darth Maul was inexplicably popular right after ''[[Star Wars]] Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' was released, [[Sarcasm Mode|because chopping in half the guy who's just killed your friend and mentor is a perfectly healthy basis for a relationship.]]
** The main slash pairings for the prequels are still Obi-Wan Kenobi/Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker. Anakin/Palpatine has its fans too.
** It continues into the OT with Luke/Han and Luke/Wedge. In the [[Expanded Universe]]: Corran and Wedge. Corran and Luke. [[Foe Yay|Corran and Kyp]] Luke and Kyp. Any combination of the guys [[Yaoi Fangirl|Jaina]] has dated. Expect their wives to be [[Yaoi Fangirl
* Surprisingly enough, ''[[Madagascar]]'' has its own fair share of slash fans. The pair? [[Hilarity Ensues|Alex, the lion/Marty, the zebra]]. Note that Alex actually [[Meat-O-Vision|bites Marty's butt]], but that's a natural instinct. ''[[Horror Hunger|Lions eat zebras, after all]].''
** The TV [[Spin-Off]] ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' has a disturbingly high amount of the penguins slashing up with any available males, and unavailable males too.
* Post-''[[Casino Royale]]'', there is a ''lot'' of [[James Bond]]/Le Chiffre out there, and about as much Bond/Villiers (say it with me now... [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Mannypenny]].) Not as much as, say, ''[[Harry Potter]]'' or something, but probably more than your average Bond film. Maybe it's the [[Fan Disservice|knotted rope scene]]. Wince.
** There was a lot of 006/007 after ''[[
* As the ''[[Ice Age]]'' series continues to grow, so does the fandom around [[Deadpan Snarker|Diego]]/[[The Ditz|Sid]].
** Also people like to pair up the two [[Deadpan Snarker
** With the third movie, apparently Diego/Buck (?) has been winning itself some fans. Diego's apparently the [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|LOATS]] for this series.
** On the subject of Buck, Buck/Rudy is a paring that has been slowly but surely appearing.
* Since the new ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' movie, there's been movie version Holmes/Watson slash. That existed due to the literature already, but adding Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law to the mix couldn't have hurt.
* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' fic mainly consists of
** One of the more disconcerting examples involves Landa raping Utivich and Aldo.
*** On the other hand, there's a fic where Utivich and Aldo have sex in the forest after the end while Landa is tied to a tree and [[Forced to Watch]].
** In an amusing twist, the actors and Tarantino found out about the slash fic. Rather than [[Why Fandom Can't Have Nice Things|getting mad]], however, they took it in stride. [[Eli Roth]]'s only objection was that "there's no fuckin' way Donny's [[The Twink|a catcher]]!" And he has a point.
* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]''. Considering that the writers and actors acknowledged the [[Ho Yay]] themselves (including fake makeouts in the bloopers!), and that some of Danny's lines in the movie were originally written for a love interest for Nicholas, who was then cut - but the lines stayed the same - it's not surprising that the fandom, though small, pretty much universally ships Nicholas/Danny. And then there was that time the writers [https://web.archive.org/web/20100428113705/http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2009/10/the-steamy-hot-fuzz-slash-fiction-tweets-october-19th-2009/ gave it their] [[Word of God]] approval, and actually called the movie itself "Nicholas Angel and Danny Butterman slash fiction."
* Arthur/Eames is one of the more popular pairings in the ''[[Inception]]'' fandom. [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Then again, Arthur gets paired with everyone.]] There's also Arthur/Cobb and even some Mal/Ariadne.
* ''[[The Social Network]]'' has Mark/Eduardo.
** Chris/Dustin and Tyler/Cameron are also pretty popular.
* Ryan/Chad is pretty popular in the [[High School Musical]] fandom, mostly due to the sexy musical baseball scene in the second movie, which included lyrics such as, "I'll show you how I swing" from Chad. After the game we see them eating [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|hotdogs]] with each other. To top it all off, they have switched clothes.
* After ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men First Class]]'' got released, the entire internet exploded with Magneto/Professor X fics. It doesn't help that the actors, [[James McAvoy]] and Michael Fassbender, got on board as well and teased about it in interviews.
== Literature ==
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** Especially baffling because any true student of Conan Doyle knows the ''real'' [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]] is between Watson and Lestrade.
*** Can you say "love triangle"?
* The most popular ''[[Harry Potter]]'' slash pairings are Harry/Draco Malfoy, Remus Lupin/Sirius Black (puppy love, slashers often call themselves puppyshippers, thus confusing members of an [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|entirely different fandom]]), Snape/Harry (talk about [[Slap Slap Kiss]]) and Snape/Remus Lupin. The [[Squick
** There is a [[Crack Pairing|Harry/Sirius/James Potter's Rotten Corpse]] pairing.
** The most infamous is "Rubber Duck", a Snape/Giant Squid fic.
*** You think that's bad? "Whomped" is a Draco/Whomping Willow fic! [[Epileptic Trees|That tree wasn't having seizures...]]
*** And I'd certainly avoid googling the term "Dobby stretches, sir" if you are easily sickened - the Dobby/Hagrid pairing is worse than it sounds.
** [[Cloudcuckoolander|Luna]]/[[Fiery Redhead|Ginny]]
** Nowadays Ginny/Hermione is very popular, particularly with both Ginny
** Also ever popular is Bellatrix/Narcissa or either or both of the two with Andromeda, sometimes even "punishing her" for becoming a blood traitor.
*** Lily seems to be shipped with some female characters such as Alice, Bellatrix, Narcissa, and even Ginny.
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* ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'': Honestly, [[Deserted Island|it was bound to happen]]. [[Foe Yay|Jack/Ralph]] is the most popular pair among fans.
* Aziraphale/Crowley of ''[[Good Omens]]''. Hardly surprising, considering the canon [[Ho Yay]] and the "[[Dating Catwoman|forbidden love]]" appeal of an angel and demon loving each other. More surprisingly, fandom portrayal seems to be evenly split between subtle [[UST]] that toes the [[Heterosexual Life Partners|gen]]/slash line and full-blown slash.
** The early stage of GO fandom (before 2005) apparently contained less smut than new [[Yaoi Fangirl
* ''[[Narnia]]'', for want of 'human' companions for its main characters, tends to have a decent bit of this in the fanfic sections. Tends to be incest as well, which doesn't really seem a whole lot better than bestiality with perfectly decent, talking animals, but there we go.
** Contributors to this include even [[Neil Gaiman|Neal freaking Gaiman]]. Don't believe me? Check out The Problem with Susan, from the Fragile Things anthology, if you dare - but be warned, as it ''goes there''. As in the ''there'' mentioned above. {{spoiler|And I'm not talking about the incest.}}
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** No love for [[Ho Yay|Peter/Caspian]]?
** Edmund/Caspian: for the thinking slash fan.
** This troper notes surprised that [[Brother-Sister Incest|Edmund/Lucy]] is probably one of the most popular pairs, apart from the [[Official Couple|official]] Susan/Caspian, especially since the third movie appeared. Most fans blame it on the actors, that look really good together, after they hit their growth spurts. You can see some pictures [http://www.fanpop.com/spots/the-chronicles-of-narnia/images/18327266/title/skandar-keynes-georgie-henley-dec-2010-photo here].
* Even though it has a smaller following then most pairings, [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Arthur/Ford]] is surprisingly popular within the fandom(And some of it's not that [http://imperfectcircle.livejournal.com/13417.html bad]).
* ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' has the infamous [[Foe Yay|Edward/Jacob]], the incestous([[Not Blood Siblings|or not]]) Edward/Jasper and the almost canon Edward/Carlisle (Carlisle chose Edward as his first companion). It doesn't matter the fact that Edward is a vampire, Jacob is a werewolf and that they cannot even stand each other's smell. And that they hate each other's guts, because they are both obsessed with [[Mary Sue]] [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Bella]].
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* [[Wicked Lovely]] fandom has a bit of it, most commonly of [[The Woobie|Niall]] and [[Dark Is Edgy|Irial]]. Otherwise known as [[Portamaneau Couple Nickname|Nirial]]. Mind you, that technically at least used to be [[Bi the Way|Canon]].
** Other ships, such as Niall/Seth, Keenan/Seth, Keenan/Niall, Donia/Seth, and [[Les Yay|Donia/Aislinn]] definitely aren't however.
* ''[[Havemercy]]'' lends itself particularly well to slash fiction, considering that the number of female characters with names and personalities can be counted on one hand. Royston/Hal is canon, of course, and Rook/Thom may be the most popular, but there are ''plenty'' of others. A good picture of what I mean can be found on [http://www.community.livejournal.com/thremedon the LJ fan comm].
** Caius/Alcibiades from the sequel [[Shadow Magic]] is also popular, though this is sometimes seen as a case of [[Heterosexual Life Partners]].
** It doesn't help that the series had a built-in slash base... One of the authors is [http://www.fanfiction.net/u/72605/Lady_Jaida Lady Jaida], well known for the Harry Potter Sirius/Remus epic [http://community.livejournal.com/shoebox_project/ The Shoebox Project].
* Tamora Pierce's ''[[Tortall Universe]]'' books have quite a few of these, especially for those who frequent the forum [http://fiefgoldenlake.proboards.com/ Goldenlake]. A particularly popular one which has evolved into something of a fandom joke is The Contes And Their Squires. Due to their fanfiction drives - most notably their multi-month SMACKDOWN competition - many slash pairings have become more and more popular in the wider fandom.
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has a few popular slash pairings, like the canonical Renly/Loras or more subtextual pairings like Theon/Robb, Robb/Jon, or Stannis/Davos. ''A Dance With Dragons'' has also opened the floodgates for Jon Connington/Rhaegar Targaryen. Margaery/Sansa is fairly popular on the lady front.
== Live
* The "classic" - some might say
** So would their [[Portmanteau Couple Name]] be "Spirk" or...
*** There are some that call it "Spork".
*** Shouldn't it be Jock? None of the real-life portmanteaus use one person's surname.
** ''[[Star Trek]]'' was the first fandom to write stories detailing an explicitly romantic relationship between two same-sex characters. (As ''[[The
*** TV Guide's September 15, 1967 summarization of the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" with the double-entendre "''Mr. Spock succumbs to a powerful mating urge and nearly kills Captain Kirk.''" may very well have been the original inspiration for this entire, particular, fanfic genre.
** There's also McCoy/Spock, probably the second most popular slash pairing in the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' fandom.
** Another highly popular Slash pairing is Garak/Bashir, from ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. This could be because the the actors and writers played up the [[Ho Yay]] possibilities, and at least one of the actors is on record as having asked that the relationship be shown in canon, in 1995.
** ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' was fertile ground for this given Captain Janeway's touch-feely body language. - It was said that Janeway only had to give her famous [[Puppy Dog Eyes|Gooey Look]] in the vague direction of a bulkhead and there'd be a dozen Janeway/Bulkhead fanfics the next day.
*** Coupled with the failure of the [[Powers That Be]] to [[Celibate Hero|join her up with anybody]] (despite them all being trapped alone in the Delta Quadrant for six years) when they finally did hook up the captain ... it wasn't with a crewmember, but with {{spoiler|a hologram}}. ... Very unsatisfying.
*** Then a blatant [[Ms. Fanservice]] joins the crew in the shapely shape of Seven of Nine, whose ongoing mother/daughter relationship was [[Ho Yay/Live Action TV
*** Some of them, such as [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3726342/1/My_BuffyStar_Trek_Voyager_Crossover this J/7 shipper] (which is also a crossover with [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]) make the idea work.
*** C'mon, if you can't see the love in Admiral Janeway's eyes at "Endgame" when {{spoiler|she sees Seven, you must be blind. Also, it only takes Seven's name mention to crack the 'self-righteousnes' of the Captain. To the hell with the Temporal Prime Directive!}}
* [[Babylon 5]] has one, too. Since the show had [[Subtext]] between Ivanova and Talia, they would be the most obvious pairing.
* ''[[Farscape]]'' also has a sizable slash fandom. One of the biggest pairings was John/D'argo, which actually got a [[Shout-Out]] during a body-switching episode (I think D'Argo's body was inhabited by Chiana at the time, I don't know who was in John's body). Other pairings included: Zhaan/Chiana, Aeryn/Other Female; even John/Crais for the [[Foe Yay]] fan. Also, stories where D'Argo actually went off with Staanz (The Zenetan Pirate, not the [[Ghostbusters]] guy).
* [[Stargate SG-1]] fanfic has lots: Sam/Janet, Jack/Daniel, Sam/Vala, Jack/Teal'c, Teal'c/Daniel, Hammond/Jack, Hammond/Daniel, Hammond/Teal'c, even Hammond/Thor, Daniel/Entire-Village-Full-Of-Funny-Looking-Mute-Mushroom-Men, Big-Ugly-Alien-Bug/Jack, and many more - some even too ludicrous to mention - believe it or not.
** ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' has a lot too: McKay/Sheppard is predominant, but there's plenty of Ronon/Sheppard, McKay/Zelenka, Teyla/Weir, and the list goes on. The show has not been shy about providing plenty of slashfic fodder.
*** Stargate SG-1 goes further to play with this [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzWpCcKIMVc&feature=related in their goofy episode 200].
* [[Disney Channel]]'s shows have slash fans. Surprisingly(or not), on [http://www.fanfiction.net/ FanFiction.net], the most popular ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' pairing is [[Les Yay|Miley Stewart/ Lily Truscott]] (not count the falsely categorizing [[Nick Jonas|Nick]]/Miley stories). Same for ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]'', whose most popular couple is [[Brother-Sister Incest|Justin Russo/Alex Russo]].
** Nickelodeon's live action shows also have plenty of slash fans. [[Drake and Josh]] has a huge following for Drake/Josh, and ''[[
* Blake/Avon, from ''[[Blake's
** Also Avon/Blake, Avon/Vila, Avon/
* Clark Kent/Lex Luthor, in the [[Spinoff Babies|teenage]] ''[[Superman]]'' series ''[[Smallville]]''.
* [[Doctor Who|The Doctor]]/The Master. This is almost explicit with the newest version. See also: The Doctor / Any Male Companion (especially [[The Scrappy|Adric]], trust me), with [[Anything That Moves|Captain Jack]] and [[Security Cling|Jamie]] being the favourites. The fact that the Doctor has had more female than male companions, however, means that the slashers have to take what they can get here
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* Sam/Gene on ''Life on Mars''. The amount of slash fiction on this pairing is unbelievable with there being more than 1000 slash fics on this pairing alone on the "lifein1973" livejournal page, no doubt stemming up from the close physical contact Sam and Gene constantly display on the show. Chris/Ray is also a popular pairing.
* Just to further prove that there's porn of EVERYTHING somewhere on the net, there is apparently Slash Fiction of British improvisation [[Panel Show]] ''[[Mock the Week]]'' involving Frankie Boyle and Hugh Dennis. Boyle brings it up on the show as well as giving a quick description of Slash Fiction in general.
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'''Hugh:''' * Celebrates*
'''Frankie:''' I don't know why you're doing that, Hugh, because you're [[Uke|the receiver]].
'''Hugh:''' I'm just trying to make it easier for you.
'''Frankie:''' [[I Take Offense to That Last One|And the most offensive part of it is when they describe my pubes as being ginger.]] }}
** Must say it begs the question of how he managed to find out about this...
* Speaking of improv shows, there is Ryan/Colin slashfic from the American [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?|Whose Line Is It Anyway.]] Might I mention that they are both married, and not to each other? Though, the [[Ho Yay]] certainly doesn't help...
* Slash writers of ''[[The X-Files]]'' fan fiction like various combos of Mulder, Skinner, and Krycek (including throwing all three together, with Doggett occasionally getting shuffled into the mix somewhere). There's also a not-insignificant amount of Scully/Reyes, and even some slashing of the Lone Gunmen in various combinations.
* ''[[Gilmore Girls]]'': [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|Rory/Paris]].
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* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' fanfic has plenty of slash, but has the added complication of a canonical lesbian couple (Willow/Tara). Other popular pairings include Willow/Buffy (based on the characters being [[Heterosexual Life Partners|extremely close]]), Buffy/Faith (based on the Slayer bond and significant subtext in season 3), and Spike/Angel (based on both actors being extremely hot).
** Spike/Angel happened at least once. As Whedon put it, they were horny vampires who happened to be around each other a lot. These things happen. ("They're open-minded guys!")
** Over on ''[[Angel]]'' we continue with the Spike/Angel subtext, add a dash of Wes/Gunn, and a whole heap of Angel/Lindsey. Why is Christian Kane always slashed?
** Spike/Xander is very popular. There is also a small following for Angel/Xander, Oz/Xander, and Lance/Xander. The writers deliberately put in [[Ho Yay]] for Spike and Xander, though, and Joss originally wasn't sure if he would make Xander or Willow gay.
** Really, Spike/anyone male, or Angelus/anyone male.
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* ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'' has the obvious but indomitable Bertie/Jeeves, an extremely rare breed of pairing because of the actors who play them. [[A Bit of Fry and Laurie|Let's just say]] that [[Stephen Fry]] and [[Hugh Laurie]] are '''''very''''' okay with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lUX0Wr90X8 shipping themselves...]
** For some odd reason, in the result-of-quarreling absence of Jeeves, Bertie is often slashed (and ''threesomed'' with Jeeves in some fics) with his Long Island poet friend Rocky Todd, who only makes two appearances, instead of his [http://tinypic.com/usermedia.php?uo=jaGMvrYPhKtKMsCLNpMJi4h4l5k2TGxc much-recurring friend Bingo Little].
* [[Buddy Cop Show|Bodie and Doyle]] from ''[[The Professionals]]''
* One of the executive producers of ''[[Leverage]]'', when asked if it bothered him that more people wrote Eliot/Parker than Hardison/Parker (one of the show's canon pairings) he started his response by saying something along the lines of: "Lets be honest, more people are writing Nate/Eliot."
* As seen in the quote at the top of the page, ''[[Supernatural]]'' has so much slash, apparently, that it has even managed to creep into the universe in which the story takes place (thanks to a Prophet who wrote books about Sam and Dean without knowing they actually existed). The opener for season five even involved a slash fangirl as a minor character in the form of Becky, webmistress of ''[[Sibling Incest|morethanbrothers.com]]''.
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** Fiona/Holly J started to get some fans during season 9 and exploded in popularity with the beginning of season 10.
* ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' has Morgan/Reid.
** No, ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' has [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|Reid]]/''everyone''. Why, you're such a little slut, Reid.
* ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' has Illya Kuryakin/Napoleon Solo, aka the other K/S.
** Star Trek fanficcers sometimes pair up Shatner's and Nimoy's characters from ''The Project Strigas Affair'', the episode they were both in, even though the characters barely meet.
* ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]]'' has reams pairing up the title characters. Not surprising, especially with all the touching, hugging, and gazing into each other's eyes on the show.
* Perplexingly popular in ''[[Power Rangers]]''. Less perplexing when you remember that it's pretty much tradition to have varying amounts of [[Ho Yay]] between the Red Ranger and the [[Sixth Ranger]], particularly in ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]''.
** A lot of the slash is split between two couples: [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Jason and Tommy]] and [[Power Rangers SPD|Bridge and Sky]]. David Yost, who played Billy, coming out of the closet has added to the slash fuel.
** For girls, one of the most popular pairings is [[Power Rangers in Space|Ashley/Karone]]. This can be fueled by the fact that Ashley seems to be very touchy around Karone.
* ''[[The Sentinel (TV series)|The Sentinel]]'' overwhelmingly pairs Jim/Blair with daubs of Jim/Simon and Blair/Simon and cases of Jim/Blair/Simon. Richard Burgi (Jim) and Garett Maggart (Blair) sometimes played up the Jim/Blair in out takes, notably in the campfire kiss tape.
* ''[[Due South]]'' has Fraser/Ray V and Fraser/Ray K; sometimes Fraser/Ray/Ray or Ray/Ray. Fem Slash sometimes veers into Maggie MacKenzie/Margaret Thatcher.
* If you skim quickly over a selection of [[SVU]] fic, two things will become clear. First, that the vast majority of the fans ship either Elliot/Olivia or Alex/Olivia. Second, that Alex/Olivia is ''huge''.
* Being as its four main characters are all women, ''Women's Murder Club'' tends to generate a fair bit of femslash. Lindsay / Cindy and Jill / Cindy seem to be popular pairings.
* You will lose any bet to find a ''[[Rizzoli and Isles]]'' fic that does not consist of solely those women together romantically; once again Angie Harmon makes it very easy to slash her characters despite being a real-life Republican.
** A real-life Republican who supports gay rights.
* Within ''minutes'' of its first broadcast ''[[Sherlock]]'' generated a load of [[First-Name Basis|Sherlock/John]] Slash fics. Most Slashed characters of all time indeed.
** Not to mention the exceedingly slash-friendly Granada TV series.
* [[Glee]]: [[Camp Gay|Kurt]] and [[Casanova|Puck]] are paired with literally ''[[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|everyone]]'', male and female. In the first season, [[Those Two Guys|Mike/Matt]] was popular, although it's faded [[Incredibly Lame Pun|into the background]] a bit since Matt was [[Put on a Bus]]. Slash pairings involving [[Mr. Fanservice|Sam]] have recently become pretty popular, something that can be attributed to early speculation that he would be [[
* ''[[The West Wing]]'', usually involving Josh, either with Sam or Toby. Any reluctance to include President Bartlet in this sort of thing, out of respect for the office, is probably a lot less likely following the real-life exploits of Bill Clinton.
* ''[[The A-Team]]'': The most popular slash pairing appears to be Face and Murdock, followed by Hannibal and Face, and then very rarely is BA slashed with Murdock.
* In ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' fandom, there's a surprising amount of shipping between [[Robot Girl|Cameron]] and any female character on the show, particularly Sarah.
* [[Heroes]] has a dominant slash pairing for each gender. Sylar (whose actor is gay in real life)/Peter and Elle/Claire. Both pairings rely heavily on [[Foe Yay]] but do have legitimate moments that can be used
* In [[Warehouse 13]] fanfic the most shipped couple hands down is Myka/HG this is due to the very deliberate subtext by the actors and writters.
** Subtext? are you kidding they look like they want to jump each other whenever their in the same room.
* [[Lost Girl
* ''[[Once Upon a Time]]'' is full of Emma/Regina which is awkward considering Regina is Emma's step-grandmother. Oh, and they hate each others' guts.
* Apollo/Starbuck is the most popular pairing in
== Music ==
* Expect this to be the case when it comes to fic written about just about any band consisting of more than one male member (or, if you're into yuri...). The fangirl writers of the [[My Chemical Romance]] fanbase, for example, seem to ''really'' love this trope. A sizable portion of what's out there requires [[Brain Bleach]]. Course, [[Fan Service|when you consider how the live shows tend to get]], it's kind of hard to blame them. Except you can, because most of it's [[So Bad
** Almost every single fic written for the Bandom Big Bang (a yearly fanfiction challenge on Livejournal) is slash or femmeslash, entirely despite the fact that many of the subjects are already in heterosexual relationships of various commitment levels. The main bands slashed are [[My Chemical Romance]], [[Fall Out Boy]], and [[Panic! at the Disco]]. A surprising amount of it is shockingly decent.
* Proving that the internet does indeed have everything, there exists slash... [http://www.ficwad.com/category/434 involving Slash.]
** Guns N' Roses fandom is absolutely full of it, most of it being Izzy Stradlin/Axl Rose, Duff McKagan/Slash, or [[Foe Yay|Slash/Axl]].
* [[X Japan]] attracted a lot of this for a while. The situation has changed somewhat now in that while the band is still high in regard to [[Ho Yay]] and [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] and more, the slash writers abandoned the fandom, so slash for the band for a while was pretty much abandoned fic and old fic.
* [[Adam Lambert]]. Oh, [[Adam Lambert]]. He is a fandom unto himself. Lets see, we've got him with Kris Allen, Brad Bell, Tommy Joe Ratliff, Drake Labry, Sauli Kosikinen, and those are just the common ones.
** Ironically there is quite a fandom for a straight involving Adam and Allison Iraheta.
* There's quite a lot of [[Emilie Autumn]]/Veronica Varlow fics out there.(for the record, their stage characters are pretty much a couple, but while Emilie is actually a panromantic asexual, Veronica is straight and married, only playing up the [[Les Yay]] when she's performing) There's also Emilie/Courtney Love and Captain Maggots/Contessa.
* [[The Beatles]] have a disturbingly large slash community with Lennon/McCartney being the most popular for [[Yoko Oh No|certain reasons]]
==
* That many fans of ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]'' are also "Gelphie" supporters shouldn't surprise you, seeing as the musical (and the novel to a lesser extent) invests so much in Glinda and Elphaba's friendship and closeness. What may surprise you is that there's also a subgroup of fans who are huge "Chenzel" supporters - that is, fans who like to romantically pair Kristen Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, the ''actresses who originally portrayed those characters on Broadway''. Despite the fact that both women are heterosexual and Idina Menzel has been happily married to actor Taye Diggs since they met on ''[[Rent]]''.
* ''Cats''. It's usually Rum Tum Tugger/Mr Mistofelees, but Munkustrap usually falls in there somewhere. Never mind the fact that Tugger is shown flirting with half the girls in the show. Ah, what the heck, it's enjoyable anyway.
* Mark/Roger from ''[[Rent]]''. Collins/Benny and Angel/Mark as well, strangely enough. But the Mark/Roger practically dominates the fanfiction.
== Video Games ==
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** There's also [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3829563/1/Love_Of_The_Game Tetris piece/Player] slash fictions.
** [[Flat What|What]].
*** [[Rule 34]], anyone?
* The writers of ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' and sequels left themselves wide open for this one. Phoenix/Edgeworth is considered virtually canon by many fans, but there's also random dart-throwing going on here too.
** Franziska/Adrian seems also to be considered virtually canon.
** We're not even going to get into Mia/Lana...
** Now Apollo Justice brings us Klavier/Apollo.
** Well, considering that the creator has said that Edgeworth doesn't like girls, it sort of is
** From the other half too. Phoenix has been confirmed by [[Word of God]] to find Edgeworth 'pretty hot'.
*** Really? :3 Can someone please tell me where this has been confirmed? Really curious about this!
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** [http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=221 Some take both]
** My eyes. MY EEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
*** [[The Masochism Tango|Wolf x Leon]] would like the fandom to recognize! [[Super Smash Bros.|It's canon, you know.]]
* Thanks to ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' having a heaping helping of cute male characters and a shortage of females, there's quite a lot of it with [[Foe Yay|Sonadow]] being probably the most popular slash pairing. Sonurge is now on the rise with Archie's creation of a badass Evil Sonic in a nifty leather jacket. [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Sontails]] and Knuxails are pretty prevalent, too.
* Too many in ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid'' to count, Snake/Otacon and Big Boss/Ocelot being the most popular, but since MGS4 Vamp/Raiden has gained a disturbing amount of popularity...
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** There's even the traumatizing (spoiler cut for brain salvage) {{spoiler|Dr. Wily/Dr. Light}}, and the slightly less brainbreaking Bass/Megaman and Protoman/Megaman. Not to mention all the Robot Masters, which are all male, save one. But what's unforgiveable is that all the Bass/Protoman around is sickeningly sweet or a collection of old boring rape cliches.
*** Try to find a pairing between Robot Masters that isn't shipped. I dare you. More random dart-throwing! It gets even worse when you add in the Stardroids.
*** Metalman/Protoman seems to be quite common. Hell, Any Robot Master/Protoman is quite common. He's quite the [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]].
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' has 18 primary male characters, numerous male secondary characters, and a single female announcer. There are no unique pairings left.
** Technically there's her assistant. And Scout's Mom.
* Go to the ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' section of ''Fanfiction.Net''. It is INFAMOUS for its slash levels...
** If you search the term "yaoi" then it comes up with 3,800 fics with the word just in the summary.
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' has Female Shepard/Liara and Female Shepard/Kelly. Kaiden, Ashley, Thane and Tali were originally romance options for both genders, but this was [[Dummied Out]]. And those are just the ones that are actually ''in game'': pretty much everyone has been shipped with everyone else by this point. The [[Mass Effect/Fanfic Recs|fanfiction]] page has Shepard/Mordin, Shepard/Joker, and Miranda/Jack, just as an example.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' has a lot of slash pairings, mainly anything that moves with Cloud. Sephiroth/Cloud, Zack/Cloud, Vincent/Cloud, Barett/Cloud, Reed/Cloud, Reno/Cloud, Rufus/Cloud, Reno/Rude, Reno/Rufus, Reno/Tseng, Tseng/Rufus, Vincent/Cid, Zack/Sephiroth.
** This doesn't have to stop at twos. Sephiroth/Zack/Cloud is very popular, too. I've also seen Rufus/Tseng/Reno.
** For femmeslash you Tifa/Aeris,
** With the new movie you have Cloud/Kadaj, Kadaj/Rufus, Yazoo/Loz, and Kadaj/Yazoo/Loz.
** Tossing Crisis Core in the mix gives us Zack/Angeal, Angeal/Genesis, Zack/Genesis, and Genesis and/or Angeal with Sephiroth.
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** Femmeslash gives you Quistis/Selphie, Quistis/Rinoa, and Selphie/Rinoa.
* Final Fantasy X had especially homo-erotic imagery, and thus created pairings of pretty much any combination of main male characters. Most common were Tidus/Wakka, Tidus/Auron, Tidus/Kimahri, Kimahri/Wakka, Kimahri/Auron, Tidus/Kihmari/Auron. Non-main characters also got drawn into this, specifically with Auron/Jecht/Braska (Which is canon as [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]), Tidus/Jecht, and Wakka/Letty (One of the Besaid Aurochs Blitzball players, which Wakka was originally the captain of). On the girls side we have Rikku/Yuna.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' offers up [[Foe Yay|Link/Ganon]], Link/Shad, Link/Dark Link and...well, Link/whatever the hell character of any (-coughdementedcough-) author's choosing.
* ''[[Half Life]]'' has [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4696753/1/The_bDiary_b_of_bGMan_b parodies] with Gordon/G-Man, but then you get into the serious stuff. Fanfiction.net gladly offers up Barney/Gordon and Magnusson/Gordon, among... other things.
* Lampshaded in ''[[Disgaea 4:
* From ''[[Assassin's Creed (video game)|Assassin's Creed I]]'', Ezio Auditore and Leonardo da Vinci are frequently shipped. It is implied that Leo is gay anyway, so it only needs some [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] to make Ezio bisexual.
* ''Jak and Daxter'' fans like to ship Jak with Torn, Jinx, Razer (who is implied to be gay anyway), and Erol ([[Fan Wank|who some fans speculate]] actually [[Prison Rape|did rape Jak while he was in prison]]). [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Jak and Daxter are also shipped]], but some people find that squicky.
== Web Comics ==
* The sprite comic ''[[In Wily's Defense]]'', Cut Man takes advantage of this trope's very existence to win an argument with Napalm Man over which [[Final Fantasy]] villain is better, [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka]] vs. [[Final Fantasy VII|Sephiroth]]. He was taking Kefka's side, mind you. Cut Man put on a girly wig and puppy dog eyes, and proceeded to narrate an extract of a Cloud/Sephiroth
* ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0753.html #753] is titled "Slash Attack", appropriately enough.
* ''[[Hark! A Vagrant]]'' parodies this with the robotic [[Inspector Javert|Javert]] being rather unaffected by Valjean.
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Justin mentions Superman/Batman fan fiction [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-10-24 here].
* ''[[
* ''[[Homestuck]]'', thanks to its [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] and fourfold shipping system, has quite an abundance of these. It's another contender for the ''Heroes'' dartboard game.
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' Strong Bad Email #188, [http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail188.html fan club], has both Strong Sad writing Strong Bad [[Fanfic]] and Strong Bad writing Strong Sad [[Fan Fiction]] (because he has plenty of time to say both syllables). ''Both'' of them include a hastily interrupted scene where they get slashed with Homestar Runner, Strong Sad having Strong Bad put on a bonnet and give Homestar a deep tissue massage, Strong Bad just having Homestar walk in "naked as a jaybird" and suggestively ask Strong Sad for Twizzlers. Naturally, you can't type in "Homestar Runner fanfic" on Google without ''some'' slash showing up. Just don't try it on deviantART, unless you enjoy your eyes melting out of your skull.
** [http://rule34-images.paheal.net/c14c6f09759cd9c117d140022219120b/25654%20-%20Homestar_Runner%20Strong_Bad%20coach_z.jpg Rule34 in all it's glory]{{Dead link}}. Strong BadxHomestar is basically canon.
* In-universe fans of ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' are apparently fond of these types of [[Fanfic]] (heck, this kind of fanfic in general. [[Rule 34|then again...]] In fact, it was the reading of a particularly disturbing Uriel Hunter/Jacob Starr fic (accidentally broadcast on the PA system to the students on the island) that got three of [[Big Bad|Danya's]] terrorists thrown into the game themselves.
* ''Red Vs. Blue'' has a pretty large slash fandom, with [[Those Two Guys|Grif/Simmons]] being the most popular pairing by far, and Church being the [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|LOATS]]. But essentially everyone has been paired with everyone else.
** [[Word of God]] has indicated that Grif/Simmons may actually be canon.
* [[That Guy With The Glasses]]. According to the archives, seven out of the ten most popular pairings are slash and there's almost twice as much slash stories than het.
== Western Animation ==
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* Disney's ''[[Gargoyles]]'' has a sizable slash fanbase. For those pairings that normally wouldn't happen because the characters involved are heterosexuals. a common trick is to [[A Wizard Did It|cast a spell on one or both]](Since magic is very clearly a part of this 'verse). Since the show also has [[Word of God|a lesbian police captain, and Lexington has been hinted outside the show as possibly gay]], this has only fueled the fire. Some paring include: [[Foe Yay|Elisa/Demona]], Elisa/Angela, Brooklyn/Other Male, etc.
* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''. ''Oh God''. [[Ho Yay|Flippy/Splendid]] is probably the most popular pairing after [[Fan-Preferred Couple|Flippy/Flaky]]. Note that Flippy and Splendid have ''never'' met.
** Fans apparently like to play with shipping in this fandom (particularly the anime version), as they draw numerous potential pairings. Some of the most liked and common ships are [[Foe Yay|Flippy/Splendid]] (as mentioned above), [[Twincest|Shifty/Lifty]], [[
* ''[[Transformers]]'' fandom has been rife with Megatron/Starscream (often portrayed as abusive or repressed) pretty much since the beginning. The [[Enemy Mine]] nature of Megatron and Optimus Prime's relationship also lends itself to slash.
** Then ''[[Transformers Animated]]'' came along and now you'll be hard pressed to find a fic featuring both Prowl and Lockdown in the same scene that ''isn't'' slash.
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** Starscream is definitely the [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]], though. You'd be hard pressed to find one mech, Autobot or Decepticon he hasn't been paired with at least once.
* Practically any two characters in ''[[Kim Possible]]'', even key villain Shego with Ron's [[Non-Human Sidekick|naked mole rat Rufus]], but most of all Kim/Shego, which has generated enough writing to develop its own cliches, parodied in [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3180075/1/In_the_Hands_of_a_Hack this fic].
** ''[[Kim Possible]]'' slash still generates enough activity to support [https://web.archive.org/web/20130926013825/http://www.kpslashhaven.net/ its own forum], even for a series that ended in 2007.
* ''[[South Park]]'' - there is ''some'' [[Gen Fic]], but [[Everyone Is Gay|most of the time...]]The most popular couples are [[Heterosexual Life Partners|Stan/Kyle]], [[Foe Yay|Cartman/Kyle]], [[Toy Ship|Kenny/Butters]], and [[Crack Pairing|Craig/Tweek.]]
** And the infamous [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness|angel]]/[[The Antichrist|devil]] fics, represented by [[Being Good Sucks|Pip]]/[[Draco in Leather Pants|Damien]].
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*** Actually, Tweek is shown hanging out with Craig's gang in some later episodes, implying that they eventually became friends, so it sorta kinda makes sense. However, in the only episode where Damian actually has lines (talk about an [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]!), he gains the other boys' respect by ''setting Pip on fire''.
* ''[[Ben 10]]'' has the popular [[Kissing Cousins|Ben/Gwen]] and [[Foe Yay|Ben/Kevin]]. [[Relationship Writing Fumble|Too much fumble, folks]].
* ''[[Gorillaz]]'' has 2D / Murdoc, which is implied even in [[Canon]] in some sort of twisted way, since [[Villain Protagonist|Murdoc]] is quite obsessed lately with imprisoning [[The Woobie|2D]].
* Surprising thing number 1 about the shipping in ''[[Invader Zim]]'' is the fact that there IS shipping at all. Surprising thing number 2 is just how truly horrible some of the pairings are. The most prominent slash-pairing is ZADR (ZIM/Dib), but it's another one of those shows where [[Crack Pairing|people write character names on dartboards and pick their ships that way]]. (There's ZIM/Dib, ZIM/GIR hell, GIR gets paired with practically everyone, TAK/Gaz... The list goes on. And on. And on. And on.
** [[Brother-Sister Incest|Dib/Gaz]].
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* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'''s fandom is made out of yaoi. The most popular pairings being Eddy/Edd, Rolf/Kevin, Ed/Edd, Kevin/Edd and Kevin/Eddy.
** It goes further than the fans. A.k.a Cartoon has a history of [[Promoted Fanboy|hiring animators and storyboarders from fandom]]. At least a few of their storyboarders were [[Yaoi Fangirl|slash fans]] (you can still see some of the shippy fanart on their [[Deviant ART]] pages) who intentionally slipped [[Ho Yay|homoerotic overtones and in-between frames]] into the animation.
* The ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' fandom has a huge amount of slash - the most controversial probably being Slade/Robin (and with [[Ron Perlman]]'s voice purring Slade's lines it's not too hard to twist "Oh no Robin, it's about you. It's always been about you." and "From now on I'd like you to call me Master." ), whose fanbase is is both extremely loyal and enjoys watching the other characters squirm. Slade is obvious the dominant in this relationship. Other pairings are Raven/Starfire, Raven/Terra, Red X/Robin, Red X/Robin/Slade, Slade/Red X, Speedy/Red X, Speedy/Robin, the occasional Beast Boy/Robin, Starfire/Blackfire, Starfire/Terra, Raven/Jinx, and so on.
* Because ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' is one of those franchise where almost everyone is paired up to whoever, slash inevitably found its way in. [[Foe Yay|Vlad/Danny]] may be the most prominent one.
* [[Biker Mice From Mars]] Gets a bit of this. Given the series premise and its [[Fan Yay|Fans]] It's rather a foregone conclusion.
* ''[[Swat Kats]]'' Is Similar to ''[[Biker Mice From Mars]]'', Two macho, presumably [[Heterosexual Life Partners]], explosions, and buckets of [[Fan Yay]].
* ''[[Static Shock]]'' has lots of options for the slash, though Hotgear tends to be the most explicit, with Virgil/Richie being mostly fluff, and Frieda/Daisy being a vaguely-mentioned "tie up the loose ends" pairing.
** Helps that we have [[Word of Gay]] about Richie, and even before that his counterpart in the [[Static (comics)|original comics]], Rick, was canonically gay.
* Good luck finding a romance fic of Bender that doesn't involve Fry for the ''[[Futurama]]'' fandom. It's quite surprising, considering the [[The Casanova|Casanova]] that Bender is in the series. Bender/Calculon and Bender/Beelzebot are also quite popular, but in the minority compared to the [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Fender]] fics.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Chances are, if Zuko and Jet are listed as the main characters of a story, it's a slash fic. Sokka/Zuko and Zuko/Aang are also pretty popular. Zuko being the fandom's male [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]] (with Katara as the female), he naturally gets paired up with ''every'' character with whom he has any screen time, male or female.
* In the ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'' yj anon meme (found [http://yj-anon-meme.livejournal.com/ here]) contains a lot of Kid Flash/Robin and Kid Flash/Red Arrow fics. Dueling for popularity is Robin/Superboy and Superboy/Aqualad. Artemis and M'gann get shipped, too, though more often with Kid Flash and Superboy than with one another. Conversation threads have revealed that a disproportionate number of active Anons are gay, which [[Author Appeal|may]] or [[Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls|may not]] be significant contributing factor.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'': ''Way'' too much, [[Ho Yay|Phineas/Ferb]] and [[Interspecies Romance|Perry/Doof]] among the most popular shippings. C'mon, people, this is a [[Disney]] show!
** That never stopped the [[Kim Possible]] fanbase.
* ''[[My Little Pony:
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* ''[[Loonatics Unleashed]]'': [[Gadgeteer Genius|Tech E. Coyote]] and [[Motor Mouth|Rev Runner]] get a fair amount of this in several fan-fictions, considering the amount of [[Ho Yay]] they received in the show. [[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner|Quite ironic, if you think about it]].
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