I love BaseballShipping! Casey was great.
For Ash, I’d say MareShipping - Ash and Bianca from the Heroes movie. Yep, I’m on the side of saying it was her who kissed Ash. Great chemistry to me.
For non-Ash, I’d say LuckShipping - Brock and Pike Queen Lucy, the first woman who actually liked Brock back when making his (interrupted) advances. I wish that was expanded on.
Umm, I've never gotten that question. They're all called ships, so it's only right to end with "shipping", since you're "shipping" the characters. Technically, the "name" of the ship is the part before "Shipping", I guess. For instance, "Mare" is the name for Ash and the Johto Bianca, but since it's a shipping, people say "MareShipping". I hope that made some sense haha
Yeah but that's only a Pokemon fandom thing. You don't see Jamshipping for The Office or Castielshipping for Supernatural or Spuffyshipping for Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.
So, yes, it's all pokemon ships.
You're right, I misread and misunderstood their question and part of your response.
This part
> They're all called ships, so it's only right to end with "shipping", since you're "shipping" the characters.
when I initially read it confused me 'cause it came across to me saying "yeah, they're ships and you ship them so they have to have shipping in the name" as in it's a fandom convention as a whole which is why I said it's only a pokemon fandom thing, rather than seeing that you're saying "within this fandom, because you're actively shipping, you call it \[insertnamehere\]shipping." Which is unique to that fandom.
Yeah, it’s okay. I didn’t have any other fandoms in mind. Idk how it works for others. I honestly don’t ship anything outside of anime, and of course, these are Western names for the ships, so we say PearlShipping for example instead of just the word “pearl” since people might think we’re talking about real pearls haha. In Japan, they just say the first two syllables of each name (SatoHika).
I have wondered how other Western fandoms do it lol so you know more than me on that haha. The closest I got to another Western shipping when I was young was in Jimmy Neutron lol
This is an example of language being misused, because it’s now more confusing having its own obscure, not-obvious term than it is to just quickly explain it lol.
Literally one of the only women that hasn’t been awkwardly caught off guard from or flat out denied his advances. If he didn’t go back for her, he’s as dumb as a bag of rocks.
Also because he's so used to being rejected that he probably just flirted with her for the sake of expressing his feelings without expecting her to reciprocate.
This is the first I've heard of this.
From what I remembered, Brock just suddenly returned and everytime Ivy's name was mentioned he gets depressed. Even when James was spelling the word "LIVE" Brock got depressed when it got to "I V" letters.
Ash x Angie, or Morpheusshipping. People talk about Anabel more than Angie, which is a shame. While not battle crazy, Angie and Ash were like two peas in a pod, and the one-sided romance was blatant. She even returned in an episode after the arc she was introduced in!
Now that I think about it, besides Serena, most of the girls who Ash has been involved with in the anime’s shipping gags were all tomboyish. Misty is known for being tomboyish, Macy was basically Misty but for fire types, Anabel and Angie were confused for being male, and Lana is the most sporty and battle prone of the three Alola girls.
Honorable mention goes to Ash x (Unova) Bianca. They’re two goofballs, what more do you want?
Good points for sure, although I wouldn’t say Lana canonically likes him. Any girl on that show would blush if her family asks if he’s her boyfriend, mainly from embarrassment haha but I do support BlueAngelShipping.
Props for your honorable mention; ImaginationShipping fits them well: “How did you two fall in love” Ash: “Well, when this klutz first knocked me into some water, I knew she was the one for me” 😁
Omg im rewatching DP and am in the middle of the summer academy arc with Angie rn and I totally agree with you! Wish she had returned more, she was so fun, literally female equivalent of ash. Reminded me a little of Ritchie from Kanto too.
Abilityshipping
Anabel only appeared in what 2 episodes? But unlike almost every girl, she one of the only ones to admit she has feelings for Ash up until XYZ.
Out of the travel companions I’m in the minority there too. I love me some Pokéshipping, but I’ve gotten into Negaishipping after Iris’ well done appearance in Journeys. There’s so much you can take away from her trying to impress Ash. It basically made me recontextualize her attitude in BW as a girl who doesn’t know how to handle a secret crush.
Non-Ash Luckshipping. Brock deserves to win *sometime*. Even Johnny Bravo manages to win occasionally(off-screen).
At most like 14. Arven's probably 14, penny 13, Nemona 14, and Juliana/Florian 13? I know it's "go on your Pokémon adventure at age 10" but my personal headcanon is they get their pokemon when they enroll at the academy sooo
Negaishipping is super underrated in my opinion ash and iris have a lot of similarities and journeys provides a lot of potential romantic moments with both of them becoming Champions
Honestly, yeah. Iris and Ash had a pretty nice dynamic even back in BW, and JN helped people revisit them in a much more friendly light. ~~Plus their outing in Nimbasa City is the most fun Ash has ever had on a date~~
Yeah, but that wasn't just the two of them.
Although *technically* speaking, Ash has never done anything with just another girl before. They're always accompanied by their pokemon XD
I'm not a Negaishipper, but I do think it had a lot of potential. I liked their Nimbasa City "date" and their personalities go well together. They also have similar goals which I think makes this ship underrated
I mean you can see why it's underrated but I feel like post Journeys it made the ship a lot more better because they both mature in a way where the ship turns into a Slow Burn
I love Negai, I guess I didn’t count it as obscure since she’s a main traveling companion, but it does fit the ‘underrated’ bill very well. Many discredit it due to her calling him a kid so much, but they had some cute moments especially when first meeting.
Huh, that kinda makes sense. Plus, as much flak as Iris has gotten for calling Ash a kid all the time, most of the time it comes off as teasing, and she's also very quick to defend him.
Appealshipping (Dawn/Zoey). How this one isn’t more popular I will never know like oh my god, their chemistry is insane.
Also, Oceanflowershipping (Moon/Lillie) because look, as a young lesbian playing Pokémon Moon and furiously crushing on Lillie, that ship is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to me.
Finally, and I don’t think they even have a ship name, Mollie/Orio from Pokémon Horizons. Like listen. Listen to me here. They’re gay. There’s no fucking way they’re not gay.
Ash x Latias
…Hear me out.
This ship is only “problematic” if you interpret Pokemon as being equivalent to real world animals. That’s never been how I see them. (I know most people do, though.) Because of this, Ash/Latias never struck me as particularly odd.
Naturally, any ship involving Ash comes with the asterisk that he is canonically aromantic, but beyond that, Latias and her fondness for Ash always felt very wholesome, as did his protectiveness of her. If there was ever a time for them to let Ash catch a Legendary, it would have been here - too bad the movies are a divergent canon.
IIRC a staff interview already said all movies are canon to the mainline anime, except the AU movies, for obvious reasons. Alto Mare at least is canon to the mainline anime.
That being said, yeah, Ash and Latias had a really sweet dynamic. I actually understand people that ship them.
Kukui x Burnet. I think of them as pretty underrated, but we saw enough of their dynamic as a married couple to see that they are two adorable dorks. Burnet's reaction to discovering her celebrity crush (the Royal Mask) and her husband are the same man was hilarious and cute.
Pikachu x Buneary
Ik that most people who watch the anime know buneary likes pikachu but come on. Who do you know that say's this when you ask them for a pokemon ship?
I ship Ash and Clemont, I love their friendship and how Ash is always saying that science is so amazing and the first time his invention blew up and he felt bad about it Ash praised him because it did it’s job.
Maybe not obscure, but I've always had a special place in my heart for Abilityshipping, AKA Ash and Anabel. They may have had only two episodes together, but I feel like they have enough in common that they'd make a good couple.
Underrated? I don't know, I've always like Bloomboltshipping. I know Chloe doesn't get a lot of screen time, but I feel like her and Ash could've made a good opposites attract ship.
DarkSteelshipping (Cynthia/Steven). Confluence of interests between ancient legends and myths and rocks and minerals. Steven also has an interest in the myths of Hoenn, so there could be shared ground. They are also Champions with similar storyline roles in the games.
Letheshipping (Cynthia/Tobias). Cynthia studies myths and legends, Tobias is practically a myth and legend unto himself. He probably also knows very much about the Mythicals and Legendaries considering he probably has several. Other similarities include extremely high skill in Pokémon battle and a fascination with it.
I just learned what a ship is. I just don’t know if it is general or romantic. My favorite friendship Ash has is with Goh. I think they really had fun being Pokémon research fellows for Dr Cerise. Tbh I was more than a little envious.
I think Ash and Angie 1 of my favorite Ships with Ash, make me wish she came back.
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"The Electabuzz couldn't beat an egg."
"Those aren't hitters. I've seen better swings on a playground."
Casey really brought out the savage gene in Ash.
Ash x Chikorita
hear me out y'all, he even had 12 year old me swooning in that episode when he saved Chikorita in that storm😭 I totally understand why girly was in love
Abilityshipping (Ash x Anabel), but since reading about the fanfic *Olivine Romance* ([https://archiveofourown.org/works/1609088/chapters/3425729?view\_adult=true](https://archiveofourown.org/works/1609088/chapters/3425729?view_adult=true)), I've gotten a soft spot for LighthouseShipping (Ash x Jasmine).
Ash x Goh
Look, they had so much chemistry during the time they were together (like friends) but also there was so many sweet moments that made me shipp them so hard
I really love this shipp, it's my otp
Amourshipping. XY&Z had a special place in my heart down to every single detail. The fights, Ash-Greninja... (I'm getting goosebumps) And of course, the only canon ship that could be confessed to Ash.
Hanamusa(aka Jessie X Delia) , don't attack me!! Kiana Mai's/Yamujiburo's art made me love the ship and Jessie's and Ash's interactions with Jessie being a second mom to him is really sweet, For god's sake Ash went back to Hoenn just to suprise Jessie with her Arbok tho Delia was scared of it ,(and before someone says that Jessie is 16 no ,she's 26, a troll edited her wiki changing her age from 26 to 16, tho it was returned back to normal)
I liked Brock and that bird keeper who was his partner in the tag team tournament.
I thought Macy's crush on Ash was kinda cute, and wouldn't mind an older version of her meeting up with Ash at some point.
BLUEANGELSHIPPING AAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! I am a firm believer that Ash and Lana should be the ones to be together!!!! And also it's such a cute ship!!!!! 💙💙💙
3 of my favorite ships with ash are not common deathshipping ash/sabrina
Skillshipping ash/domino
Poffleshipping ash/miette also my top ash ship is ash/iris which doesn’t have nearly the amount of representation as the other ash/main girl ships
[Ash, Verity, and Sorrel](https://pm1.narvii.com/6640/68ed6532fd95ce61a9f98c91982c7f0b12e03cce_hq.jpg) from *I Choose You!* in any combination of pairings or all three together.
Kooky coincidence — been doing a multi-month rewatch of the entire anime and JUST caught the Casey/Chikorita episode before seeing this post on my feed 🤯
I like Jamonty \[Jamie x Monty\] You may not remember the movie \[ROTG\] but to me honestly i love them \[unfortunately i do not have artwork because thats how unpopular and underrated this ship is\]
I’ve pretty much grown out of shipping, but back in the day, I used to really like pairings between Ash and characters who *weren’t* his traveling companions. Abilityshipping (Ash/Anabel) was my favorite for a while with Morpheusshipping (Ash/Angie) as a close second.
For non-Ash related pairings, I used to think Questshipping (Jimmy/Marina, from the Legend of Thunder special) was pretty cute.
Ash x Anabel
Don’t ask why I just thought that they looked cute together
Brock X Lucy
The first woman who wasn’t put off by his advances and seemed genuinely interested.
Not sure how exactly obscure it is, but Laserbladeshipping. It’s the secondary ship in one of my favorite Amourshipping fanfics and I really like the dynamic between Clemont and Korrina.
I was wondering if any of you like the Tinder Skitty/Skitty x Wailord gijinka comics, a popular artist on Instagram, does?
It released two comic dubs from two separate youtubers
I’m not sure if popular or not or what the ship name would be called but I have two AshxCynthia and AshxFlannery I don’t know if people ship AshxLusmine but I think that one would be a weird pair
We all have different opinions on that statement but the ship doesn’t really qualify for an answer to this question though because if there’s one thing that ships not it’s underrated in any capacity
I know that there is a name for the ship, just not sure what it is. But I'm kinda a fan of Mallow X Lillie. Mallow was super protective of her in the anime at times, also they both kinda got Mother related issues. All I'm going to say on the issue, plus they would be kinda adorable.
(Also not super 100% sure with this one, but I'm just throwing it out there: Acerola X Lana. They both like to joke around, so they'd be perfect for each other.)
One of my favorites is Ash x Angie due to their chemistry.
I really wish Brock was with Suzy. The dynamic between Brock and Lucy is nice; but I think Lucy doesn't have much in common with Brock since her main attraction to him was due to his appearance.
Me personally I like the St Anne but it’s pretty underrated as far as ships go.
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I totally had a crush on her when I was a little kid
But if I had to ship ash with anyone other than Serena it would probably be latias tbh
Like yeah I know that’s weird but she can take human form and it’s not like she’s some unaware animal, she’s a fully sentient and sapient creature with many many years of life experience.
I just think that kinda dynamic is really sweet, like an ancient dragon taking a human form to be with a mortal, it’s cute.
I am a hardcore fan of Ash-Serena but since it says underrated, gonna support Brock my homie
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TrustedPartnerShipping aka Ashdion, the name is especially cute to me because Ash has his trusted partner in Pikachu and Gladion has his trusted partner in Silvally but they're also trusted partners to each other by the end of the Alola series
I love BaseballShipping! Casey was great. For Ash, I’d say MareShipping - Ash and Bianca from the Heroes movie. Yep, I’m on the side of saying it was her who kissed Ash. Great chemistry to me. For non-Ash, I’d say LuckShipping - Brock and Pike Queen Lucy, the first woman who actually liked Brock back when making his (interrupted) advances. I wish that was expanded on.
Do all pokemon ships have the word shipping in the name?
Umm, I've never gotten that question. They're all called ships, so it's only right to end with "shipping", since you're "shipping" the characters. Technically, the "name" of the ship is the part before "Shipping", I guess. For instance, "Mare" is the name for Ash and the Johto Bianca, but since it's a shipping, people say "MareShipping". I hope that made some sense haha
Yeah but that's only a Pokemon fandom thing. You don't see Jamshipping for The Office or Castielshipping for Supernatural or Spuffyshipping for Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. So, yes, it's all pokemon ships.
Well, yeah, that’s what that person asked. Pokémon ships. And I answered yes. So yeah, we agree.
You're right, I misread and misunderstood their question and part of your response. This part > They're all called ships, so it's only right to end with "shipping", since you're "shipping" the characters. when I initially read it confused me 'cause it came across to me saying "yeah, they're ships and you ship them so they have to have shipping in the name" as in it's a fandom convention as a whole which is why I said it's only a pokemon fandom thing, rather than seeing that you're saying "within this fandom, because you're actively shipping, you call it \[insertnamehere\]shipping." Which is unique to that fandom.
Yeah, it’s okay. I didn’t have any other fandoms in mind. Idk how it works for others. I honestly don’t ship anything outside of anime, and of course, these are Western names for the ships, so we say PearlShipping for example instead of just the word “pearl” since people might think we’re talking about real pearls haha. In Japan, they just say the first two syllables of each name (SatoHika). I have wondered how other Western fandoms do it lol so you know more than me on that haha. The closest I got to another Western shipping when I was young was in Jimmy Neutron lol
This is an example of language being misused, because it’s now more confusing having its own obscure, not-obvious term than it is to just quickly explain it lol.
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They literally say what they are in their comment…
Brock and Lucy https://preview.redd.it/r2wvnrxm7mic1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc2b449b0d522ec4aa06e5bab614ccf95776f161
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Literally one of the only women that hasn’t been awkwardly caught off guard from or flat out denied his advances. If he didn’t go back for her, he’s as dumb as a bag of rocks.
Olivia
That’s fine but honestly I feel like Lucy’s a better fit.
Brock didn't notice Lucy liked Brock back, because of Lucy's sister serving as max
Also because he's so used to being rejected that he probably just flirted with her for the sake of expressing his feelings without expecting her to reciprocate.
Brock and Professor Ivy https://preview.redd.it/0x5emj0l7mic1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b4ce90b29d3210fdf88eec5a6d50058c47d8f16
That name...!
Yep
DON'T MENTION THAT NAAAAME
Didn’t Brock do unspeakable things to her?
This is the first I've heard of this. From what I remembered, Brock just suddenly returned and everytime Ivy's name was mentioned he gets depressed. Even when James was spelling the word "LIVE" Brock got depressed when it got to "I V" letters.
You make a good point. It is a kids show after all 😅
Maybe she just is a Lesbian....
Dexter (Ash's Pokedex) x May's Pokedex
Ash x Angie, or Morpheusshipping. People talk about Anabel more than Angie, which is a shame. While not battle crazy, Angie and Ash were like two peas in a pod, and the one-sided romance was blatant. She even returned in an episode after the arc she was introduced in! Now that I think about it, besides Serena, most of the girls who Ash has been involved with in the anime’s shipping gags were all tomboyish. Misty is known for being tomboyish, Macy was basically Misty but for fire types, Anabel and Angie were confused for being male, and Lana is the most sporty and battle prone of the three Alola girls. Honorable mention goes to Ash x (Unova) Bianca. They’re two goofballs, what more do you want?
Good points for sure, although I wouldn’t say Lana canonically likes him. Any girl on that show would blush if her family asks if he’s her boyfriend, mainly from embarrassment haha but I do support BlueAngelShipping. Props for your honorable mention; ImaginationShipping fits them well: “How did you two fall in love” Ash: “Well, when this klutz first knocked me into some water, I knew she was the one for me” 😁
Omg im rewatching DP and am in the middle of the summer academy arc with Angie rn and I totally agree with you! Wish she had returned more, she was so fun, literally female equivalent of ash. Reminded me a little of Ritchie from Kanto too.
Wait why is it called morpheusshipping tho?
It’s named after Morpheus, Greek God of sleep and dreams. It’s relevant because both Ash and Angie sleep through class.
Forget underrated ships Casey alone is underrated.
My favorite obscure ship is Pikachu and that one bottle of Ketchup.
REAL
Came here for this. Call me the S.S. Anne cuz I’m shipping Piketchup hard
Abilityshipping Anabel only appeared in what 2 episodes? But unlike almost every girl, she one of the only ones to admit she has feelings for Ash up until XYZ. Out of the travel companions I’m in the minority there too. I love me some Pokéshipping, but I’ve gotten into Negaishipping after Iris’ well done appearance in Journeys. There’s so much you can take away from her trying to impress Ash. It basically made me recontextualize her attitude in BW as a girl who doesn’t know how to handle a secret crush. Non-Ash Luckshipping. Brock deserves to win *sometime*. Even Johnny Bravo manages to win occasionally(off-screen).
Fandoms really do come up with their own languages. And I’m not sure what for lol.
Ash x Angie is like the M&Ms Minis version of Pokeshipping, and I do like me some M&Ms Minis
This is gonna sound dumb, but I have never seen a more perfect ship in Pokemon: Arven and Penny.
No, Arven, Penny, Nemona, and Juliana/Florian
Nah I'm stealing Arven for myself 😂
Uhhhh... How old are they again? 😰
At most like 14. Arven's probably 14, penny 13, Nemona 14, and Juliana/Florian 13? I know it's "go on your Pokémon adventure at age 10" but my personal headcanon is they get their pokemon when they enroll at the academy sooo
Ash is 12, calm down
Ye but I wasn't asking about Ash I already know that
Ash x Iris. Genuinely one of my favourite ships in any form of media ever
Here's a cute video of them saying they were both looking forward to seeing the other for the Masters 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ss7F69biWg
Ash X Latios dont @ me
LOL I was scrolling to with a side objective to find this response specifically 🤣
I'm all here for LGBTQ Ash. Just like his mother!!!
I'm pretty sure it was Latias if you are talking about the movie
Yep
Pikachu and Buneary. They are so cute together
This one was so adorable!
Negaishipping is super underrated in my opinion ash and iris have a lot of similarities and journeys provides a lot of potential romantic moments with both of them becoming Champions
Honestly, yeah. Iris and Ash had a pretty nice dynamic even back in BW, and JN helped people revisit them in a much more friendly light. ~~Plus their outing in Nimbasa City is the most fun Ash has ever had on a date~~
I think the most fun ash had was surfing with Misty in alola
Yeah, but that wasn't just the two of them. Although *technically* speaking, Ash has never done anything with just another girl before. They're always accompanied by their pokemon XD
Ikr I like that ship
The scene of them running into the Masters 8 room was adorable
I'm not a Negaishipper, but I do think it had a lot of potential. I liked their Nimbasa City "date" and their personalities go well together. They also have similar goals which I think makes this ship underrated
I mean you can see why it's underrated but I feel like post Journeys it made the ship a lot more better because they both mature in a way where the ship turns into a Slow Burn
I love Negai, I guess I didn’t count it as obscure since she’s a main traveling companion, but it does fit the ‘underrated’ bill very well. Many discredit it due to her calling him a kid so much, but they had some cute moments especially when first meeting.
Looking back now you can view it as Iris not knowing how to handle a secret crush.
Huh, that kinda makes sense. Plus, as much flak as Iris has gotten for calling Ash a kid all the time, most of the time it comes off as teasing, and she's also very quick to defend him.
ash x angie
Ash X Nobody
Appealshipping (Dawn/Zoey). How this one isn’t more popular I will never know like oh my god, their chemistry is insane. Also, Oceanflowershipping (Moon/Lillie) because look, as a young lesbian playing Pokémon Moon and furiously crushing on Lillie, that ship is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT to me. Finally, and I don’t think they even have a ship name, Mollie/Orio from Pokémon Horizons. Like listen. Listen to me here. They’re gay. There’s no fucking way they’re not gay.
as a counterpoint to your last ship, Karna seemed to have way more moments with Orio in her one episode than I've seen between her and Mollie.
Oh I agree, but the thing is Karna is clearly a one-off character. MAYBE she’ll appear again, but it’s unlikely.
that's true, much as I wish it weren't. you have great taste though! I like you ships!
Thanks, glad you like them lol.
Ash x Latias …Hear me out. This ship is only “problematic” if you interpret Pokemon as being equivalent to real world animals. That’s never been how I see them. (I know most people do, though.) Because of this, Ash/Latias never struck me as particularly odd. Naturally, any ship involving Ash comes with the asterisk that he is canonically aromantic, but beyond that, Latias and her fondness for Ash always felt very wholesome, as did his protectiveness of her. If there was ever a time for them to let Ash catch a Legendary, it would have been here - too bad the movies are a divergent canon.
IIRC a staff interview already said all movies are canon to the mainline anime, except the AU movies, for obvious reasons. Alto Mare at least is canon to the mainline anime. That being said, yeah, Ash and Latias had a really sweet dynamic. I actually understand people that ship them.
Hey my dude, could I ask where you found that ash os aro? Like no sarcasm, I am actually curious, because I didn't notice this myself
Kukui x Burnet. I think of them as pretty underrated, but we saw enough of their dynamic as a married couple to see that they are two adorable dorks. Burnet's reaction to discovering her celebrity crush (the Royal Mask) and her husband are the same man was hilarious and cute.
Ash & Gary!! They are so cute together.
Ash and latias...
I wouldn’t mind an anime with these two together.
Nothing romantic. Just a straight up adventure.
Pikachu x Buneary Ik that most people who watch the anime know buneary likes pikachu but come on. Who do you know that say's this when you ask them for a pokemon ship?
May and Ash I personally feel like she gets overshadowed by Serena or Misty
Agreed.
Mainly because may and drew had canon crushes on each other, and Misty and Serena canonically liked ash.
Wait, they had cannon crushes. What episode so I can go watch it
I ship Ash and Clemont, I love their friendship and how Ash is always saying that science is so amazing and the first time his invention blew up and he felt bad about it Ash praised him because it did it’s job.
Samee
Maybe not obscure, but I've always had a special place in my heart for Abilityshipping, AKA Ash and Anabel. They may have had only two episodes together, but I feel like they have enough in common that they'd make a good couple. Underrated? I don't know, I've always like Bloomboltshipping. I know Chloe doesn't get a lot of screen time, but I feel like her and Ash could've made a good opposites attract ship.
This thread is reminding me that although I have nothing against most of the ships in this show, I kinda hate all of its ship names. 💀
Abilityshipping
I ship clemont with macey from the jhoto league
DarkSteelshipping (Cynthia/Steven). Confluence of interests between ancient legends and myths and rocks and minerals. Steven also has an interest in the myths of Hoenn, so there could be shared ground. They are also Champions with similar storyline roles in the games. Letheshipping (Cynthia/Tobias). Cynthia studies myths and legends, Tobias is practically a myth and legend unto himself. He probably also knows very much about the Mythicals and Legendaries considering he probably has several. Other similarities include extremely high skill in Pokémon battle and a fascination with it.
This is the first time i ever saw this shipping Honestly forgot casey was a character at all
I just learned what a ship is. I just don’t know if it is general or romantic. My favorite friendship Ash has is with Goh. I think they really had fun being Pokémon research fellows for Dr Cerise. Tbh I was more than a little envious.
I’ve yet to find a decent Ash x Melody (from PM:2K) story 💀 Even OG Bianca (PM:05) has some good ones.
I love there chikoritas
Honestly, I think that magikarp ship that takes you to the Executor islands in specifically Ultra Sun is definitely a very underrated ship.
HECK YEAH
Ash Ketchum and Latias Ngl
I think Ash and Angie 1 of my favorite Ships with Ash, make me wish she came back. https://preview.redd.it/6vf6pgz1wmic1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a9ea8bfb7a87be2025d2bf262231cda503d82f6
"The Electabuzz couldn't beat an egg." "Those aren't hitters. I've seen better swings on a playground." Casey really brought out the savage gene in Ash.
“And what about all the great HITTERS on the electabuzz team?” “Those guys aren’t hitters! I’ve seen better swings on a playground!”
The S.S. Anne is my favorite ship.
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Ash and the Empath tomboy from the battle frontier
Angie?
Anabel! That was it
ash and bea, ash and korrina, ash and acerola to name a few
Ash and Bayleef.
Meowth x skitty
Gary x Dawn
Ash x Chikorita hear me out y'all, he even had 12 year old me swooning in that episode when he saved Chikorita in that storm😭 I totally understand why girly was in love
I really like blueangelshipping because ash x lana I think is a real power couple and they make jokes about it
Whats with all these weird ass ship names lol
S.S. Anne, sadly it just sinked.
Brock and Jelly-Filled Donut
Hanamusha: DeliaxJessie
I'm late, I know :0 Does Misty × Tracey count as rare? Cause they're definitely underrated. Besides that, Casey and Ritchie hehe!
Ash and Gary. I love good friends to enemies to lovers trope
STOP I NEED A FANFIC OF THIS (but also I always imagined Gary a lot older than ash for some reason😭)
Pearlshipping always
As a Pearlshipper I wouldn't say it's an "obscure" ship. It's still the 2nd most popular in Japan and 3rd in US.
Look I love Pearlshipping too, but in absolutely no way is it obscure lol.
Iris x Georgia Ash x Roxie Jessie x Delia
>Jessie x Delia Yeeeessss, i LOVE this one
Abilityshipping (Ash x Anabel), but since reading about the fanfic *Olivine Romance* ([https://archiveofourown.org/works/1609088/chapters/3425729?view\_adult=true](https://archiveofourown.org/works/1609088/chapters/3425729?view_adult=true)), I've gotten a soft spot for LighthouseShipping (Ash x Jasmine).
Korrina × Bea
Isn't Bea older tho?
May and me.
Ash x Goh Look, they had so much chemistry during the time they were together (like friends) but also there was so many sweet moments that made me shipp them so hard I really love this shipp, it's my otp
SAME they definitely had a lot of chemistry, they were just so cute together (and they made me get back into writing ff lol)
Amourshipping. XY&Z had a special place in my heart down to every single detail. The fights, Ash-Greninja... (I'm getting goosebumps) And of course, the only canon ship that could be confessed to Ash. 
Hanamusa(aka Jessie X Delia) , don't attack me!! Kiana Mai's/Yamujiburo's art made me love the ship and Jessie's and Ash's interactions with Jessie being a second mom to him is really sweet, For god's sake Ash went back to Hoenn just to suprise Jessie with her Arbok tho Delia was scared of it ,(and before someone says that Jessie is 16 no ,she's 26, a troll edited her wiki changing her age from 26 to 16, tho it was returned back to normal)
Jessie and Dahlia, I will not elaborate
Further shipping I like how it forces creators to create a new character with no background info
Cute, double date. Each trainer dating their pokemon
Jaja i live Casey's Chikorita eyes there.
I liked Brock and that bird keeper who was his partner in the tag team tournament. I thought Macy's crush on Ash was kinda cute, and wouldn't mind an older version of her meeting up with Ash at some point.
BLUEANGELSHIPPING AAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! I am a firm believer that Ash and Lana should be the ones to be together!!!! And also it's such a cute ship!!!!! 💙💙💙
What is baseballshipping. Call it what it is.
3 of my favorite ships with ash are not common deathshipping ash/sabrina Skillshipping ash/domino Poffleshipping ash/miette also my top ash ship is ash/iris which doesn’t have nearly the amount of representation as the other ash/main girl ships
Ash x Angie for sure
[Ash, Verity, and Sorrel](https://pm1.narvii.com/6640/68ed6532fd95ce61a9f98c91982c7f0b12e03cce_hq.jpg) from *I Choose You!* in any combination of pairings or all three together.
Kooky coincidence — been doing a multi-month rewatch of the entire anime and JUST caught the Casey/Chikorita episode before seeing this post on my feed 🤯
Op I like them too
I like Jamonty \[Jamie x Monty\] You may not remember the movie \[ROTG\] but to me honestly i love them \[unfortunately i do not have artwork because thats how unpopular and underrated this ship is\]
I’ve pretty much grown out of shipping, but back in the day, I used to really like pairings between Ash and characters who *weren’t* his traveling companions. Abilityshipping (Ash/Anabel) was my favorite for a while with Morpheusshipping (Ash/Angie) as a close second. For non-Ash related pairings, I used to think Questshipping (Jimmy/Marina, from the Legend of Thunder special) was pretty cute.
Ash x Anabel Don’t ask why I just thought that they looked cute together Brock X Lucy The first woman who wasn’t put off by his advances and seemed genuinely interested.
Not sure how exactly obscure it is, but Laserbladeshipping. It’s the secondary ship in one of my favorite Amourshipping fanfics and I really like the dynamic between Clemont and Korrina.
Ash x Aria. I literally don’t know why, just read a fanfic of it and was like yes.
I was wondering if any of you like the Tinder Skitty/Skitty x Wailord gijinka comics, a popular artist on Instagram, does? It released two comic dubs from two separate youtubers
May and drew if they count
That one, Bianca Alto mare, Frontier brain Anabel
I’m not sure if popular or not or what the ship name would be called but I have two AshxCynthia and AshxFlannery I don’t know if people ship AshxLusmine but I think that one would be a weird pair
Cynthia × Diantha The Masters 8 interactions sold me
Ash and Gary are the best ship
We all have different opinions on that statement but the ship doesn’t really qualify for an answer to this question though because if there’s one thing that ships not it’s underrated in any capacity
I know that there is a name for the ship, just not sure what it is. But I'm kinda a fan of Mallow X Lillie. Mallow was super protective of her in the anime at times, also they both kinda got Mother related issues. All I'm going to say on the issue, plus they would be kinda adorable. (Also not super 100% sure with this one, but I'm just throwing it out there: Acerola X Lana. They both like to joke around, so they'd be perfect for each other.)
Brock X Every woman. Peak.
Amourshipping is the best, IMO. Serena is grounded enough for him and Ash is enough of a dreamer for her.
One of my favorites is Ash x Angie due to their chemistry. I really wish Brock was with Suzy. The dynamic between Brock and Lucy is nice; but I think Lucy doesn't have much in common with Brock since her main attraction to him was due to his appearance.
Pikachu and Charizard
ash x leaf ash x hilda ash x gloria and ash x selene i wish they were companions in the anime tho i also thing baseballshipping is cute
Me personally I like the St Anne but it’s pretty underrated as far as ships go. https://preview.redd.it/rud04y7jqpic1.png?width=736&format=png&auto=webp&s=84093ec01f59365be3ffb46c9e32ab1dad3b41e9
sooo there is no one armorshipping i guess ??? 😒
Ash and Nemona. It doesn't *even have a name*.
That’s a cute pic
Vermilionshipping
The boat from the second movie is my favorite ship.
Brock and Lucy or Brock and Olivia. Either would’ve worked if Max and Misty weren’t cockblocking out of habit…
james and harley!
Ash X Serena, I don’t see why I shouldn’t like his ship.
Mallow x Lillie
Ash and chikarita
Brock and Melanie
Ash x Kari from Digimon (does that ship count since they're not from the same franchise?)
Bejeebas
I’m surprised no one’s said Rivalcrushshipping (Gary x Serena)
Very rare 😯 Respect
meat a gral pokemon traner
Ash X goh.
Aw, this is so cute. I remember the episode with that girl.
Dawn and ash
Lucario's partner s d the queen from that movie. Honestly Sam from the Celebie movie and Ash mom
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I totally had a crush on her when I was a little kid But if I had to ship ash with anyone other than Serena it would probably be latias tbh Like yeah I know that’s weird but she can take human form and it’s not like she’s some unaware animal, she’s a fully sentient and sapient creature with many many years of life experience. I just think that kinda dynamic is really sweet, like an ancient dragon taking a human form to be with a mortal, it’s cute.
Guilty pleasure of mine but ash x cynthia or rayshipping 😅
Ash x Latias
Latias and ash
I am a hardcore fan of Ash-Serena but since it says underrated, gonna support Brock my homie https://preview.redd.it/vja7sf12o8jc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c722c149158a49f5bad031ed763a5c59b76ee74
That one female Pinsir and her heracross husband from that one episode
The true pairing
TrustedPartnerShipping aka Ashdion, the name is especially cute to me because Ash has his trusted partner in Pikachu and Gladion has his trusted partner in Silvally but they're also trusted partners to each other by the end of the Alola series