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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* At least one ''[[Love Hina]]'' fan was ''very'' happy that Keitaro ended up with Naru instead of [[Hot Chick Withwith a Sword|Motoko]].
* More than one ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' fan has admitted to shipping England with other characters so that they can have [[Adorkable|America]] all to themselves. Or wanting to be the one to make [[Jerkass Woobie|Russia]] feel better. Or pretending that [[Chivalrous Pervert|Greece]] and/or [[Boisterous Bruiser|Turkey]] aren't interested in Japan. And since virtually every APH character is the target of [[Perverse Sexual Lust]] for a number of fans, these cases are almost certainly not the only ones out there in the fandom.
 
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* People of both sexes did not want Ross and Rachel on ''[[Friends]]'' to be together, so they could have that couple for themselves.
* ''[[X-Files]]'': Why do you think people were so happy that Mulder and Scully held out for so long?
* The ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' fandom has "Stay away from the Doctor!"
** Some because they want the Doctor to themselves, but probably more because throughout most of the series' long run the Doctor has been [[No Hugging, No Kissing|seemingly asexual]], and [[Status Quo Is God]].
* In ''[[MacGyver]]'', Nikki Carpenter ([[Shoo Out the New Guy]] of the series) was introduced as a possible love interest for Mac. However, the producers soon discovered that female fans did not want Mac to be permanently attached and Nikki was quietly [[Put Onon a Bus]].
* ''[[Quantum Leap]]'': [[Fanon Discontinuity|Sam did not have a wife waiting for him in the event that he ever returned home. No, he didn't!]]
** It doesn't help that in the last season he meets a female leaper {{spoiler|[[Love Redeems|that started as evil but has a heel face turn because of him]]}} and he even has a daughter with a woman when he leapt into her fiance's body while they were making love.
* Each of the trio from ''[[I CarlyICarly]]'' get this treatment. [[Nathan Kress]] especially, although [[Miranda Cosgrove]] and [[Jennette McCurdy]] get their fair share.
* This happens in the ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' fandom with the fans who aren't [[Bro Yay|Wincesters]]. This is why Jo had such a backlash in Season 2 and had to be written out.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* This is somewhat inevitable in ''[[Bio WareBioWare]]'' fandoms, considering the huge role [[Romance Sidequest|Romance Sidequests]] play in their games, and players' often deep attachments to their created characters. Any suggestion that one of the canonical love interests hooks up with someone other than their own PC tends to drive [[Fan Boy|certain]] [[Estrogen Brigade|people]] insane. ''[[Dragon Age]]'' fandom is especially rife with this. Just a mere throwaway mention in a non-canonical [[Alternate Universe]] DLC that suggested {{spoiler|Alistair and Leliana were rumored to be lovers}} in that timeline caused an [[Internet Backdraft]] from the rabid portion of Alistair fangirls.
** While it's only prevalent within the hardcore shippers of these [[Mass Effect]] pairings, there ''are'' people out there who are ''vehemently'' opposed to pairing Garrus, Tali, Thane and Liara with anyone else besides Shepard (fitting the trope, as Shepard -male and female- is a vehicle for the player). Garrus and Tali actually do pair up in the third game if both are still available.
** Similarly in ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'', Fenris and Isabela can develop a friends-with-benefits relationship in Act 3, provided that Hawke has shut down both their romances by that point (either by picking the broken heart option or by romancing Merrill/Anders instead). Needless to say, this led to a lot of hate for Isabela from certain crazed Fenris fans.
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Can happen in the ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' fandom. Generally, [[Fan -Preferred Couple|Zutara]] shippers have the reputation (whether or not it's deserved is an argument that [[Flame Bait|can light a forum ablaze almost instantly]]) of projecting romance onto the character they identify with and the character they want to tap. However, it's also common for people to go one step beyond and declare that "ZUKO/ME IS THE ONLY THING I SHIP!!!"
 
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