History Main / FoeYayShipping

* There is fanfiction set after ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'' and ''Film/{{Elektra}}'' where Elektra Natchios is shipped, not with her canon LoveInterest [[TheHero Matt Murdock]], but the assassin Bullseye. This ignores, or accepts, that Bullseye is not someone whose attraction Elektra reciprocates [[spoiler:since he killed her father and her]].

** A few fans ship Ginny Weasley and mean girl Pansy Parkinson. Probably because of a book scene where Pansy rather enthusiastically describes Ginny as unquestioningly "good looking" to her fellow Slytherins. As of September 2017, Archive of Our Own (a fanfic archive) lists 210 fanfics shipping Ginny and Pansy.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' France and England are also a good example of this, as they are often seen fighting over literally nothing. The ship was later turned into a gag during the movie Paint It White, where the alien's information on France and England says that they love each other, sexually.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' has Mario/Bowser as a popular pairing, helped along by copious amounts of GoKartingWithBowser. Peach/Bowser is one of the top ships as well but Peach dislikes Bowser, while he has an unrequited love for her.

** Among the minor characters, Marcus Flint/Katie Bell is a strangely frequent ship, being, for example, the most popular pairing involving Katie on Archive of Our Own as of March 2020. Marcus Flint is the captain and one of the Chasers of the Slytherin Quidditch team, and his role in the series is limited to playing as dirty as possible to defeat the other Houses and especially Gryffindor. Katie, meanwhile, plays Chaser for Gryffindor.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': With the way [[FriendlyEnemy Perry and Doofenshmirtz's relationship]] is, it's no wonder fans keep pairing them up.

* ''Manga/{{Highschool of the Dead}}'' Rei and Saeko are [[LoveTriangle rivals in love]] competing for Takashi's affection. However, circumstances in the ''"Drifters of the Dead"'' OVA resulted in [[spoiler:the two of them [[KissingUndertheInfluence kissing while naked]], both thinking [[MushroomSamba they were kissing Takashi]]]]. Even though the [[spoiler:kiss]] was accidental, plus the OVA is non-canon, this hasn't stopped a considerable amount of fan art and fanfics shipping the two women together.

* ''Manga/HighschooloftheDead'' Rei and Saeko are [[LoveTriangle rivals in love]] competing for Takashi's affection. However, circumstances in the ''"Drifters of the Dead"'' OVA resulted in [[spoiler:the two of them [[KissingUndertheInfluence kissing while naked]], both thinking [[MushroomSamba they were kissing Takashi]]]]. Even though the [[spoiler:kiss]] was accidental, plus the OVA is non-canon, this hasn't stopped a considerable amount of fan art and fanfics shipping the two women together.

* ''Manga/Highschool of the Dead'' Rei and Saeko are [[LoveTriangle rivals in love]] competing for Takashi's affection. However, circumstances in the ''"Drifters of the Dead"'' OVA resulted in [[spoiler:the two of them [[KissingUndertheInfluence kissing while naked]], both thinking [[MushroomSamba they were kissing Takashi]]]]. Even though the kiss was accidental, plus the OVA is non-canon, this hasn't stopped a considerable amount of fan art and fanfics shipping the two women together.

* ''Manga/HighschooloftheDead'' Rei and Saeko are [[LoveTriangle rivals in love]] competing for Takashi's affection. However, circumstances in the ''"Drifters of the Dead"'' OVA resulted in the two of them [[KissingUndertheInfluence kissing while naked]], both thinking [[MushroomSamba they were kissing Takashi]]. Even though the kiss was accidental, plus the OVA is non-canon, this hasn't stopped a considerable amount of fan art and fanfics shipping the two women together.

* Technically this happens in ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'' between Olivia and Angie: the respective PlayerCharacter and DesignatedVillain of the Otome Game that Leon is reincarnated into. It was [[HijackedDestiny because of Marie usurping Olivias' position as the object of affection for the five Capture Targets]] that allows for Angie to not have a reason to dislike Olivia when they first meet since Olivia is an earnest ScholarStudent that only attended the academy to learn more about Magic, eventually resulting them in becoming friends with Leon who they see common ground with [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe after he had befriended and helped them out]] that they agreed to form a SupportingHarem with him. [[spoiler:The pair even managed to activate a ship that only operates on ThePowerOfLove.]]

* Technically this happens in ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'' between Olivia and Angie: the respective PlayerCharacter and DesignatedVillain of the Otome Game that Leon is reincarnated into. It was because of Marie usurping Olivias' position as the object of affection for the five Capture Targets that allows for Angie to not have a reason to dislike Olivia when they first meet, eventually resulting them in becoming friends alongside Leon who they see common ground with [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe after he befriended them and helped them out]] that they agreed to form a SupportingHarem with him.

* ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' has [[PortmanteauCoupleName Shizaya]] (Shizuo Heiwajima/Izaya Orihara) as its most popular pairing. The HomoeroticSubtext of their relationship is repeatedly lampshaded (especially in the anime) by other characters, most notably YaoiFangirl Erika, who is a prominent [[ShipperOnDeck Shizaya shipper]]. Shizuo hates Izaya so much that he flies into a blind rage just by ''seeing'' him (and some times, just ''hearing his name''), while Izaya espouses that [[LoveYouAndEverybody he loves all humans]] -- except for Shizuo, who he admits to being the only person in the world that he hates. The anime ups it a notch by having them so fixated on their rivalry that it mirrors the very disturbing romantic obsessions of other characters on the show, topped off with HateAtFirstSight as the start of their relationship. It's at that point that people begin to stamp BelligerentSexualTension ''and'' FoeRomanceSubtext on their relationship. The author has already stated that their relationship will never be canon, but he not only ships it, but has already written a very graphical fanfic of them together.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'':

* ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' has [[PortmanteauCoupleName Shizaya]] (Shizuo Heiwajima/Izaya Orihara) as its most popular pairing. The HomoeroticSubtext of their relationship is repeatedly lampshaded (especially in the anime) by other characters, most notably YaoiFangirl Erika, who is a prominent [[ShipperOnDeck Shizaya shipper]]. Shizuo hates Izaya so much that he flies into a blind rage just by ''seeing'' him (and some times, just ''hearing his name''), while Izaya espouses that [[LoveYouAndEverybody he loves all humans]] -- except for Shizuo, who he admits to being the only person in the world that he hates. The anime ups it a notch by having them so fixated on their rivalry that it mirrors the very disturbing romantic obsessions of other characters on the show, topped off with HateAtFirstSight as the start of their relationship. It's at that point that people begin to stamp BelligerentSexualTension ''and'' FoeRomanceSubtext on their relationship. The author has already stated that their relationship will never be canon, but he not only ships it, but has already written a very graphical fanfic of them together.

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': Yuki/Ryoko and Kyon/Ryoko were two of the most popular pairings even back when all that was known about Ryoko was that she tried to kill Kyon and Yuki killed her in his defense.

* ''Film/Scream2022'': There is a very large fanbase for Tara and one of the Ghostfaces in this film, [[spoiler:Amber]], despite the fact that said Ghostface attacks Tara and tries to kill her and her sister. Of course, the fact that they were [[spoiler:ex-girlfriends]] in an earlier draft of the script only adds to this.

* Despite having only had one face-to-face conversation, there are a lot of fans of ''Webcomic/NightmareFactory'' who ship the main character, Emai, with the Game Master Phirre. Their meeting was intense and could be seen as charged, with both parties playing mind games. He constantly taunts her by calling her "Princess,". Plus, there were those few shots where, judging by their positions, you almost expected a kiss...[[spoiler: right before she "stole" his heart...as in, literally ripped his heart out of his chest.]] The revelation that [[spoiler: Emai has turned out to be [[TheLostLenore Ylantis,]] or Phirre’s soul mate,]] doesn’t help matters.

* ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'': There is a surprisingly large amount of ship art on Twitter for [[AngelDevilShipping Lila x Bob Velseb]], with said artists likening the ship to [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers x Laurie Strode]]. The creator of the series, Creator/SrPelo, has even [[ApprovalOfGod retweeted]] some art of Lila x Bob himself.

** [[AxCrazy Accel]][[ReformedButNotTamed erator]] x [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak Mikoto misaka]] pairing has a small but dedicated fanbase that is willing to ignore the enmity between them. In canon, Mikoto is still bitter about Accelerator slaughtering 10031 Misaka clones, and Accelerator who (in his words) is trying his best to make amends to help the surviving Misaka clones, refuses to apologize to Mikoto. Accelerator believes that Mikoto shares the blame too for giving her DNA Map.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Touma [[LauncherOfAThousandShips is pretty popular to ship with just about anyone]], but there is a very healthy community of those who ship him with people (usually girls) that have tried at one point or another to kill him. Not like this doesn't have basis in canon, mind, as several members of his harem originally were foes who were trying to kill him, [[spoiler:most notably Othinus, who killed him ''millions'' of times in various parallel worlds to try and break his spirit, yet ultimately fell in love with him because he was the only being who could understand her own pain]].

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' has Phoenix/Edgeworth as '''the''' pairing of the fandom, despite them starting off as antagonists. Then Edgeworth slowly got a HeelFaceTurn and support remained strong, ultimately averting the trope.

** The second most popular ship for the series on AO3 is Danny with Vlad Masters, one of the major antagonists of the series.