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{{tropeJust for Fun}}

Every fandom [[Shipping|ships]], known fact. Often there is [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]], and sometimes there are a few [[Ship Sinking|Ship Sinkings]]s, causing fans to [[Abandon Shipping]].

[[The Ship Yard]] contains [[Just for Pun]] entries that probably wouldn't fit the [[Three Rules of Three]], and thus aren't exactly tropes.

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* Air Ship:

#*# A particularly fanciful ship.

#*# Shipping between characters that are pilots, or work on a plane or flying base.

#*# Shipping [[Cloudcuckoolander|Cloudcuckoolanders]]s.

#*# Alternative name for [[Foe Yay]].

#*# Particularly aggressive Shipping fandom, eager to engage in [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]].

**#* Yamato-class Battleship: Biggest, most popular, and most well-armed ship in the fandom.

**#* Iowa-class Battleship: Economy version of the Yamato, not as impressive as its bigger cousin, but faster and more practical to support. Even when all other battleships are moored or sunk, the Iowa will still be at sea, though often for reasons its builders envisioned only as a secondary mission, if at all.

**#* Hindenburg-class Battleship: A ship that both needs to be highly aggressive to survive and requires far more support than can ever be gathered. Hence, it never came into existence.

#*# Shipping [[Battle Couple|two warriors]].

** Or a ship where one or both of the shipped is [[A Load of Bull|a bull/are bulls]].

#*# When a ship is [[Jossed]] by canon events. See [[Ship Sinking]].

#*# In-series jokes at the expense of a particular ship.

* [[Canon|Canoneer]]eer: A fan who supports only pairings present within [[Canon]], often to the point of attacking anyone who writes or draws any other ship.

** Alternatively, a ship where one or both involved are cats or part-cat.

#*# Alternately, a ship that springs up very fast.

#*# Shipping a character and the car.

#*# An [[Official Couple]].

#*# A Ship with more than two participants, anything from a threesome to a whole-cast-hell-throw-in-a-crossover-or-twenty orgy.

#*# One with [[Crack Pairing|Tom Cruise involved.]]

* Dinghy: The pairing of two [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Ensemble Darkhorses]]s.

* [[wikipedia:DUKW|DUKW]] ''pron. "duck"'': a ship that's been [[Put Onon a Bus]].

* EA Bryan: A ship that may have been put together okay, but [[Relationship Writing Fumble|complete]] and [[Strangled Byby the Red String|total incompetency]] in handling it results in a [[wikipedia:Port Chicago disaster#Quality of men|spectacular self-destruction.]]

#*# Another alternative name for [[Foe Yay]].

#*# A ship that [[Ship-to-Ship Combat|rivals]] the shipper's [[OTP]].

** Or a pairing that fall in love ''very'' quickly.

* The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships:

#*# A character that's been [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|shipped with every member of the cast, gender, orientation, age and views notwithstanding]]. And don't think they'll [[Anything That Moves|stop with the show's character cast]]. Often overlaps with [[The Smurfette Principle]] in that the [[The Chick|lone female member]] of an ensemble will inevitably be shipped with all members of her [[Five-Man Band]] (and then some).

#*# A conspicuously attractive actor or actress whose appearance in a role makes their character skyrocket in popularity in the shipping world and/or instantly turns an unsympathetic character into a [[Draco in Leather Pants]] (e.g. Tom Felton was arguably The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships for Draco Malfoy; [[Alan Rickman]] ''definitely'' was for Snape.) See also [[Self Fanservice]].

** Imperial Fleet: A series where multiple such possibilities are [[Ship Tease|made/suggested in canon]]. Examples: ''[[MaiMy-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome]]'', which makes/implies connections with Shizuru×Natsuki, Haruka×Yukino, Chie×Aoi, Arika×Mashiro, and Mai×Mikoto. [[Girls Love|Notice a pattern?]]

#*# Shipping possibilities provided by the characters in the story.

#*# Shipping possibilities provided by the creators themselves.

#*# An A×B ship where Character A mistakes Character B for a third Character C. (Example: [[Final Fantasy VII|Aerith×Cloud×Zack]].)

#*# A not-quite-official ship that's very heavy in [[Subtext]].

#*# A ship where the character really just wants to [[Oedipus Rex|kill his father and sleep with his mother]].

#*# A [[May-DecemberMay–December Romance]] ship.

#*# A ship based on the principle of [[Generation Xerox]] (his dad and her mum ''should'' have got together, but didn't, so...).

#*# [[Star Trek Generations|Kirk×Picard]].

#*# [[Degrassi|A teen couple whose divorced parents are also dating each other]].

#*# A pairing with the minor obstacle of one side being dead (or [[He's Just Hiding|"just hiding"]]) at the time.

#*# The [[Crack Pairing]] that wouldn't go away, or the [[Draco in Leather Pants]] ship that refuses to die despite the [[Ship Sinking|best efforts of the author and other fans]].

#*# A ship involving undead characters. Most ships in ''[[Bleach]]'' qualify for this definition of Ghost Ship by the very nature of the show.

* The Good Ship Lollipop:

#*# A ship that happens to [[Tastes Like Diabetes]].

#*# An alternate name for [[Toy Ship]].

* The Good Shipherd: A member of an online community who is skilled at maintaining peace between differing shippers. Alternately, a character within a work who keeps the peace when [[The Matchmaker]] and the [[Shipper Onon Deck]] disagree.

#*# Shipping two [[The Gunslinger|Gunslingers]].

#*# Shipping two members of [[Mildly Military|the military]].

#*# Shipping a [[Cargo Ship|Badass and]] [[I Call It Vera|his gun]].

#*# Anything that requires a shotgun wedding to work.

#*# A not-quite-[[Crack Pairing]] that nevertheless requires a lot of effort to justify.

#*# A pairing involving one or more rock-based, metallic, or crystalline character.

#*# A particularly explicit slashfic involving... Does the obvious really need to be stated?

* Heaven Ship: A pairing confirmed by putting two characters [[Together in Death]].

* Ice Breaker: A ship between two [[Yandere|Yanderes]]s, breaking through everything that get in their way.

** A ship between two [[Ships That Pass in Thethe Night|unimportant characters]] that is [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|played up to be The Yacht]].

** When [[Self-Insert Fic|the shipper]] is [[Perverse Sexual Lust|part of the ship]] or is a [[Shipper Onon Deck]] or a Navigator.

** Shipping [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Advertising)|The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]].

** "Okean" class trawler -- atrawler—a ship involving Soviet agents.

##**# A pairing of two Chinese characters.

##**# A pairing that invokes [[Me Love You Long Time]] or the inverse.

** Another example would be the confirmed relationship between Milo Ventimiglia ([[Heroes (TV series)|Peter Petrelli]]) and Hayden Panettiere (Claire Bennet). Somewhat creepy, because they play uncle and niece on the show.

*** Or any ship involving [[Death Note (Manga)|Light]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Yagami]]

* [[wikipedia:Lloydchr(27)s of London|Lloyd's of London]]: A character created to be paired up with the "out" partner of a sunk ship.

#*# Random inclusion of ''[[Lost]]'' characters in a relationship.

* Love Craft: A ship involving two [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]]s.

#*# A show that encourages shipping. A lot. The greater [[The Smurfette Principle|the gender ratio]] of the core characters in a show in either direction, the more likely the show will become a Love Boat (but not ''The'' [[The Love Boat|Love Boat]], mind).

#*# A ship whose fans always include sex in their discussions of it.

#*# An extremely popular ship.

#*# A pair that, in canon, is as together as together can be. Impossible for other shippers to ignore, but if you know shippers, you know that won't stop them (see Lost in Shipping).

* Mary Celeste: All characters involved in the ship [[Put Onon a Bus|disappear without warning]].

* Micro Ship: When one of the partners is small. Examples: [[Toradora (Light Novel)!|Taiga]], [[Shakugan no Shana|Shana]], [[Macross Frontier|Klan Klein]], [[Lovely Complex|Ohtani Atsushi]], and the protagonist of [[Yotsunoha]]. Compare Tall Ship.

** Or shipping characters from [[MOTHER 1 (Video Game)|the]] ''[[Earthbound (Video Game)EarthBound|Mother]]'' [[Mother 3 (Video Game)|series]] together.

* Mutiny: Supporters of the same ship have [[Alternate Character Interpretation|different ideas]] on how the ship should be handled and portrayed, leading to infighting within the ship's fan base.

* My Ship Sails In The Morning: A ship supported by [[The Legend of Zelda CDiCDI Games|King Harkinian]].

* Naglfar: A particularly [[Squick|Squicky]]y ship. Named for a ship made out of dead people's toenails from Norse Mythology.

* [[School Days (Visual Novel)|Nice Boat]]: A ship that ends in a [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] situation.

#*# A ship with a strong S&M vibe, either because of the power dynamics involved, the sheer violence of the [[Foe Yay]], the fact that one of the parties involved just happens to wear [[Fetish Fuel|fetishy stuff]], or, well, anything, really.

#*# Any ship based on Mark Twain's works.

#*# The last defensive measure a shipper has against attempts at [[Ship Sinking]] by Anti-Ship Missiles.

#*# A furious barrage of counter-arguments that support/defend one's ship - only effective against one or two attacks not multiple (See Backfire Raid).

#*# A ship in which one participant sweeps in and steals the other from their current S.O.

#*# A ship involving characters who are [[Pirate|piratespirate]]s.

#*# Where fans dub their own dialogue onto clips and post them on [[YouTube]] to support their Ship. (No, I don't know if it really happens. I'd be more surprised if it doesn't, though.)

#*# The least popular ship in a fandom, or just one that will cause an [[Internet Backdraft]].

#*# A ship that finally gets together in an otherwise drama/action-centric series, and then triggers an outbreak of other pairings, gradually pushing the whole thing towards the romance genre (if it's not all part of wrapping up the series).

#*# A ship that, when brought together or even hinted at, causes the show to [[Jump the Shark]].

* The Queen Mary:

#*# In [[Fanfic]], when the author matches a canon character with [[Mary Sue]].

#*# Alternatively, when the fanfic author treats Mary Sue as the [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships]].

* [[Ramming Always Works]]: When one ship's fanbase decides on one last suicidal attack on their perceived opponents. [[Large Ham]] [[Star Trek: First Contact|Klingon captain optional]].

* Reconnaissance Ship: Shipping two [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|Stalkers With A Crush]].

#*# [[Plucky Comic Relief]]×[[Cloudcuckoolander]], a match made in heaven. Like [[Beelzebub (Manga)|Hanazawa and Kanzaki.]]

#*# A ship you would have to be crazy to back.

#*# A ship involving two jesters.

#*#[[Persona 3|Minato Arisato]]×[[Persona 4|Seta Souji]]

#*# The delicate logical contortions fans often go through in order to make a [[OTP|favorite ship]] "work."

#*# Shipping motivated mainly by the fans being alone in bed with the door locked.

** Or [[Locked in Aa Freezer]] with romantic overtones. Like the time Tony and Ziva got locked in a shipping container in ''[[NCIS]]''.

#*# Merch manufacturer supporting one particular ship.

#*# Matchmaking friends.

* Shipping Department: A forum/LJ Community/chat room set up for fanfic authors writing a ship, so they can collaborate.

#*# Alternatively, a ship between dead bad guys.

* Ships of the Desert:

#*# Shipping [[Star Wars|anyone on Tatooine]].

#*# Shipping [[Naruto|the Sandsiblings]], [[Brother-Sister Incest|sometimes with each other]].

#*# [[Dune|Paul×Chani]].

* [[Ships That Pass in Thethe Night]]: A ship with the minor obstacle that those involved have generally not interacted much, if at all, and might not even know about each other's existence.

#*# The original series, where a ship originates from.

#*# Fanfic sites, where ships are built and carefully manufactured.

#*# This page.

#*# A member of a ship who monitors the activities of other ships and submarines.

#*# A character who ships fellow cast members.

* [[Warhammer 4000040,000|Space Hulk]]: An old ship, long since sunk, which nonetheless retains a surprising number of rabid fans. Don't go near it, or they'll come crawling out of the ventilation system to shred you!

#*# Sci-fi shipping.

#*# Shipping between characters arguably in the same continuity, even if on different planets.

#*# An [[Word of God|Author]] or

#*# A [[Executive Meddling|company]] that is particularly aggressive towards ships in general, or ships that don't fit canon. [[Harry Potter|J.K. Rowling]] and [[Rumiko Takahashi]] are good examples of the Author Version.

** "Alfa" class: Very fast and very noisy submarine -- tendssubmarine—tends to be very obvious when present, but has a tougher hull than one would think.

* Sunk by Chiron: A ship that sank because one of the shipped characters dies before they could get together.

#*# A ship that carries a whole lot of emotional cargo.

#*# A ship that required lots of booze to happen.

* Township: Shipping the [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Anthropomorphic Personifications]]s of population centres. [[A Tale of Two Cities|Dickens liked LondonxParis]], but nowadays [[Portmanteau Couple Name|NY-Lon]] is a popular one.

* Tramp Steamer: Ships involving a loose [[Double Standard|woman]] (or a [[Hooker Withwith a Heart of Gold|pretty]] one).

* Warship: Dramatic romance at wartime. [[Gone Withwith the Wind|Rhett×Scarlett]] and the like.

#*# A popular ship becomes canon but [[Plot Tumor|dramatically changes the tone of the series]], and/or angers a lot of fans, including fans of the ship. A good example would be the [[Romantic Plot Tumor|Gwen/Kevin]] pairing of ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force (Animation)|Ben 10 Alien Force]]''.

#*# A couple gets together in canon, then breaks up.

#*# Something happens that causes a large proportion of fans to [[Abandon Shipping]].

#*# A single development that impacts a large number of ships at once.

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