Samus/Master Chief (PoweredArmor-wearing videogame Badasses who kill aleins and don't afraid of anything )

Well, actually, those two DO have a lot in common. Lost their parents at a young age, had special physical alterations that made them more powerful, the list goes on and on. Of course, most people who ship Samus/Master Chief don't know this.

Done awesomely in MontyOum's ''{{Haloid}}'' Fan Film, with a twist!

Solid Snake/Zero Suit Samus (Badasses who sneak around in {{Spy Catsuit}}s.)

Actually that's canon. Well, Snake having a crush on Samus, that is.

There's Captain Falcon/Samus too. (BadAss intergalactic {{Bounty Hunter}}s )

With the memetic Brawl Taunts videos on YouTube, Captain Falcon has been portrayed as a HandsomeLech. "Show me yo' [[strike:moves!]] boobs!"

Pikachu/Ryo-Oh-Ki (cute but surprisingly powerful mascot-type animals)

Stitch/Ryo-Oh-Ki http://ikariexe.deviantart.com/art/Unholy-Super-Creature-9267776 (cute, powerful aliens with more than one form)

HAL 9000/GLaDOS or Skynet/GLaDOS (there's just something about pairing murderous artificial intelligences)

Hey, XKCD did it.

This is probably the motivation behind the SHODAN/Durandal Cargo/joke ship that appears every once in awhile, seeing as how they are both AIs with god complexes.

No, no, you have it all wrong, GLaDOS/AUTO!

Please, AUTO is obviously the unholy child of [=HAL/GLaDOS=]. "Aww look, he's got his father's eye." "...and his mother's casing."

CABAL/The Self-Aware Colony

Am I blind, or is there no SHODAN/GLaDOS on here? Seriously, it exists.

This troper is quite curious as to why there isn't an abundance of SHODAN/CLU out there.

Jake Long/Juniper Lee (Chinese-American kids who are tasked with keeping the balance between the human and magical worlds. Have first names that start with "J", last names that start with "L", grandparent mentors of the same gender, annoying younger siblings of the opposite gender, and talking dog sidekicks. If that's not ThemePairing I don't know what is.)

An example within the same continuity: Takeru/Hikari from ''DigimonAdventure'' and ''DigimonAdventure02'' (both the only main characters their age in the first series, both still part of the main {{Nakama}} in the second, both adore and admire their overprotective older brothers, both use angelic Digimon that have a linked attack in Armor form, both rediscovering their crests at the same time, both showing outwardly pleasant exteriors to mask past darkness, and both having divine aspects to their crests.)

Margrave Jeremiah Gottwald/Sayoko Shinozaki. LOYALTYSHIPPING!

Negi Springfield/Rebecca Miyamoto (Unbelievably young children who teach high schoolers)

Norm the Genie/Desiree-Both like making their wishes dangerous, both have a certain person they'd like to get back at, both are on Butch Hartman's shows, are both genies, both grant wishes, they both have two males and a female as enemies (Timmy, Cosmo, Wanda), (Danny Phantom, Tucker, Sam).

It's amazing how many options there are for ''XMenEvolution''/''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' Crossover Ships, just based on how powers and personality work together. Aang and Shadowcat (both very hyper and lovable ditzes and air-related powers), Katara and Iceman (water/ice related powers), Toph and Avalanche (earth-based powers and both are unbelievably stubborn - if you can get past the age difference, of course), Zuko and Magma (both royalty, wangsty and woobie-ish, and have fire-based powers), Azula and Pyro (again, fire-based powers, as well as being clinically insane), and (just for fun, nothing to do with powers) Sokka and Rogue (Deadpan Snarkers, and we know Sokka likes heavy makeup).

One of the common variations of the prevalent ''{{Firefly}}'' ship of River and Jayne is that both of them are ''very'' dangerous physical combatants. In this case, it actually ''does'' make sense on Jayne's end that he might be attracted to someone who can take care of herself in a fight.

The Doctor/The Doctor (purely on the basis of having the same "name").

As long as The Doctor isn't involved...

Adric/Nyssa, for both being Orphaned HumanAlien Teen Geniuses. Also it helps that they were both companions at the same time.

Lillie/Drosselmeyer Both enjoy messing up Ahiru's life for their own sadistic lulz. Sure, it's crackish, but who's to say their love of tradgedy wouldn't extend to their love of each other?

Alternatively, Drosselmeyer/Featherine Augustus Aurora. A tragedy-loving author and the Witch of Drama/Spectating would be ''beautiful''. (Not to mention their shared love of odd headgear and bright colors.)

Superboy Prime/Scarlet Witch. The offspring of this unholy union shall have the power to retcon anything he pleases. Woe unto us.

One of the reactions of the fandom upon finding out that Ixpellia from ''StrikerSSoundStageX'' of the ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' franchise was a female, prepubescent, Ancient Belkan King MysteriousWaif? Why, to pair her up Vivio, who was then the only other female, prepubescent, Ancient Belkan King MysteriousWaif. Indeed, in FanArt, if she's not being paired with Subaru, she's being paired with Vivio. about the whole ConvenientComa thing shorting out most Shipping related to her.

Except as of ''[=ViVid=]'', there's ''another'' Ancient Belkan King MysteriousWaif...who is quite evidently being set up with Vivio for a GenerationXerox of Nanoha and Fate's relationship.

Waldo and CarmenSandiego.

Damn, I can't find that fic!

Will a webcomic do?

If Waldo and Carmen Sandiego get married, who will be able to find their wedding?

Or Carmen and DickTracy, for having the same fashion sense (colored trenchcoats with matching hats). The FoeYay inherent in a detective/criminal pair doesn't hurt either.

{{Stargate}}/{{Buffy The Vampire Slayer}} pairings. All kinds of pairings, but they fight things that 'claim' to be supernatural, they've fought things claiming to be gods, members of the teams have both died (more than once), and so on. The website 'Twisting the Hellmouth' has scores of these things, most of which have pairings.

Similar reasoning to the above, this fic pairs and crosses over ''{{Torchwood}}'' and ''StargateSG1'' on the reasoning that they are both alien-fighting teams lead by Americans named Jack.

HouseOfMouse once featured Jafar and Malificent eating dinner together. Some viewers actually took the time to consider their interesting similarities: both are very powerful magical beings (a genie/sorcerer and a fairy, respectively), both have bird sidekicks, both use magical staffs...

Quite a few people ship Jack Skellington and Victor Van Dort, probably because they're both lanky, thin, and created by TimBurton.

Kisame Hoshigaki/Tia Harribel. Both are Shark-based members of Evil Organizations. What wouldn't go wrong with this ship?

You might also substitute Kisame with Arlong.

Or substitute Harribel instead.

Yuki Nagato/Data.

Within the same continuity there's also Nagato/Asakura. Or, heck, pair her with any of her fellow {{Artificial Human}}s like Kimidori or [[spoiler:Suou]].

On the hetero side, we have Itsuki/Yuki (both have supernatural powers and use them for combat, making them a BattleCouple).

The ''PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi'' features Dexter/Blossom. Makes sense in that both are {{Red Headed Hero}}es, both are leader types, and both are interested in academic pursuits.

Ryuk/C.C.. Both are supernatural beings who bestow special powers to their series' protagonists and have an affection for a specific human food. They also have similar interactions with Light/Lelouch.

Speaking of which, Light/Lelouch (or Kira/Zero) isn't rare to find.

Sakaki and Mori-Senpai

They both have a small(er) person that they take care of (For Sakaki it's Chiyo, and for Mori-Senpai it's Hunny)

They are both tall, dark, and considered to be hot

Neither of them talk a lot.

They are both athletically inclined (Sakaki is just all around athletic, Mori-Senpai does martial arts)

Mori would need someone who would understand his need to help and protect Hunny, and Hunny would be too cute for Sakaki to say no.

Hunny and Chiyo would team up to make sure that they got together. (At least according to {{Fanon}})

And, Chiyo and Hunny would make excellent Shippers.

They both have a (relatively) small group of people that they end up close to

It is shown that Chiyo comes from a wealthy family. It could turn out that she and Hunny make a good business/political match for the families, and if they got together, it would make sense for Sakaki and Mori to get together as well.

SonicTheHedgehog and Rainbow Dash, both have the need for speed, and are blue.

''BrawlInTheFamily'' gives us Kirby/Jigglypuff, two adorable pink balloon creatures.

It's not the first site to do so.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Lucario/Renamon yet, as they're BadAss anthro-canine {{Mons}} with ties to the supernatural (Lucario has "Aura" powers, and Renamon's evolutions have a mystical theme).

Now that Pokemon "Generation V" is coming out, I wouldn't be surprised if Zoroark (or whatever his English name will be) usurps Lucario in this ship. Besides all the stuff Lucario has (with illusion-casting instead of aura for paranormal powers), Zoroark is also specifically a fox based on the {{kitsune}} like Renamon is.

And there's already art for Lucario/Zoroark.

From the DCNation universe: Tara Strong (Green Shield)/ Travis Grey (Green Lantern) continuing and creating a new variant on Arrow and Lantern teamwork. Jesse Quick/Wally West (Speesters), and Changeling/Fauna (animal-based shapeshifters)

Fiona Glenanne/John Casey. Casey would ''totally'' be willing to overlook the whole "illegal weapons smuggler" thing if it meant a chance to get his hands on some of those weapons.

Metal Sonic and the officially nameless robotic Sally duplicate from SonicSatAM. Both are robot doubles of characters that are already love interests so it seems fairly reasonable. A shame they exist in separate continuities.

Thane and Samara from ''MassEffect'' for a variety of reasons. Deeply spiritual, same Paragon-ish alignment... but mostly due to the fact they both were pretty lousy parents.

Disney/PeterPan and Ahiru. Both are fiery {{Red Headed Hero}}es, he's a {{Trickster}} and she's a GenkiGirl, and they both have blue onis (Jane and Fakir) to whom they're constantly shipped with. And if you consider the wild mass guess that Ahiru is a character in a story Fakir wrote as canon, then you have another thing she has in common with Peter: they are both unable to grow up physically. Plus, the similarity to Cornelius and Thumbelina is ''undeniable''.

Another one from the same troper: Jan Kandou/Nozomi Yumehara. A {{Keet}} and (again) a GenkiGirl who are both {{Idiot Hero}}es as well as Crouching Morons Hidden Badasses -- plus, both ''Gekiranger'' and the first season of ''Pretty Cure 5'' aired during the same year (2007), on the same channel (Asahi TV).

Marluxia and Menardi. Both villains, both wield a SinisterScythe, both are associated with pink, though in Marluxia's case it's his hair and for Menardi it's her skin.

{{Deadpool}}/Harley Quinn. Red-and-black themed psychos with obsessive, stalkerish relationships and one love interest of each gender. Deadpool likes crazy chicks, Harley likes homocidal psychopaths with skin conditions. Deadpool has Siryn and Cable in his history, Harley has Poison Ivy and Joker. Plus, they look AWESOME together.

FUCKING RIBBONS and FUCKING PROIST. Both can be described as "a MagnificentBastard BigBad of a HumongousMecha series that previously (a) played minion to an earlier villain who seemed to be far more important, an (b) hid an important aspect of their identity": Ribbons was TheDragon to Alejandro Corner, and was secretly an Innovade; Proist was part of the QuirkyMinibossSquad and was pretending to be a robot. The fact that Proist picked up Ribbons' MemeticMutation-induced FanNickname of "FUCKING RIBBONS]] PROIST" ought to tell you that comparisons between the two are extremely common, and with comparisons comes {{Shipping}}.

This is where the {{Discworld}} fans got Carcer/Teatime, though as often as not the fic just has them as HeterosexualLifePartners.

TeamFortress2 has Helmet Party, pairing up Soldier and Engineer for no other reason than they both wear helmets. Sniper/Spy seems to get a lot of attention because they are the skinny tall guys on the team and therefore most attractive to the YaoiFangirl. And Scout/Anyone because why not.

Kyon and Nami Hito. The IJustWantToBeNormal / IJustWantToBeSpecial relationship is too good to pass up.

Jin Kisaragi/Frederica Bernkastel. Similarities of both being The Stoic, Type-A Tsundere, potential Yandere and Sadistic in certain situations or to certain persons, having a Psychotic Smirk at certain moments, having their respective Rivals, also being Blue Oni to their Rival's Red Oni, being frequently paired/coupled in terms of Same Gender Pairing to their respective Rivals. Oh, their love would be so bound by the Red String of Fate!

Pavel Chekov and Knives Chau. They have opposite personalities and are both 17 years old. Plus, Knives deserves someone ''better'' than Scott.

I wonder how Latvia x Mikuru would work. Any opinions?

Morolina/Pon Piriri. Second report bosses with classical music battles and attacks that raised a few eyebrows.

Shun and Fabia anyone? They are both excellent fighters, they had lost someone close to them (Shun's mom and Fabia's both have (or had) a Bakugan to remember that person (Shun'mom gave him Skyress and Aranaut's former partner was Fabia's [[spoiler:fiancé, Jin).

Sasuke/Kurapika. They're both TheLastOfHisKind, both seeking vengeance on the person/people responsible for that fact, and both in possession of their respective 'verse's Godmode Eyes, yet their personalities are completely different. Kurapika has very strong moral compunctions about killing, and has minor freak-outs over getting blood spatter on himself, while Sasuke has been trained as a ninja (read: killer) from a very young age, with all the ruthlessness and desensitisation that implies. Also, both ''{{Naruto}}'' and ''HunterXHunter'' fandoms coincidentally use the same kind of pairing notation, such that the ship name "[=SasuPika=]" is consistent for both.

Holland Novak/Austria, Roy Mustang/Mihawk, Lelouch/Urahara, and/or any combination of these people as crack pairings. Why? In my mind they're pimps.

This troper is in the strange, strange position of being part of a theme pairing shipped at her school. That is, a bunch of the kids are bugging an(admittedly cute) boy to ask her to prom. Why is it a theme pairing, you ask? Because their main motivation is that the boy and this troper are both WhiteAndNerdy in a school full of Hispanic jocks. Similar character tropes, indeed...

Raynor/Tosh: Both are KnightInSourArmor characters who will do "anything to get the job done". Tosh's niceness to Raynor and overall personality similarities to Kerrigan make Raynor falling for Tosh seem somewhat realistic. Tosh also reads Raynor's thoughts on a regular basis and also identifies a lot of accuracies (The Colonist missions notwithstanding, at least). Both are people who used to like Mengsk but see his true colors, both want him dead, and both are rather cynical in their thoughts of the Terran race as a whole.

Chris Redfield and Peter Parker. Both IronWoobies and sufferers of SamaritanSyndrome and the resulting guilt complexes. They'd make a great RedOniBlueOni pair (Peter red, Chris blue), and Peter's lighthearted persona and attitude would be good for Chris.

The Major and Togusa. She's a {{Badass}}, hyper-capable Sexbomb; he's an optimist, the new guy, and the only hitched member. Now it might just be the whole ForbiddenFruit aspect of him cheating, but if it was ''anyone'' he'd cheat with, it'd have to be ''her''. There are few heterosexual men that would say no to her. I think what it is is that he's the most normal and relateable out of the cast, and there's a temptation to live vicariously thru him. Damn it Togusa, tap that ass already...

Greece/Sakaki. They both like cats. Come on, I can't be the only one who can see this happening.

Kyo/Shampoo. Both turn into cats due to a curse.

Alternately, Kyo/Sakaki and Greece/Shampoo.