Top 10 Worst Fictional Canon Couples

Canon is when it is what the author actually wrote (as in not fan-made/what actually happened). So what is the worst couple you believe was made real?
The Top Ten
1 Sasuke & Sakura (Naruto)

No pairing is good when sakura is involved. Her personality is insufferable and she has no redeeming qualities about her. She will treat everyone around her horribly but everyone should be obssessed with her because she thinks she's all that. The only reason anyone can like her is her apparent good looks, Which I never got she seems pretty ugly to me, I heard the author tried hard to draw her beautiful so people would like her and she would become more relevant since she had no sustaining bond with any of her friends and teammates. At no point does Sasuke seem interested in her yet she is continuously pushing her confessions down his throat even be doesn't understand why she likes him. then he just gives up and throws her a bone then ditches his family immediately...

2 Severus Snape & Lily Evans (Harry Potter)

At first it had a strong bond but then when they were in different houses, the relationship got weaker and weaker, Lily didn't like the people who Severus hanged out with and then Severus called Lily a mudblood which later, Severus apologized but Lily didn't forgive him. But when Lily died, Severus was sad but the relationship is still weak as Lily was engaged with James potter.what a sad story

Use to love this ship but after re-reading the books I found it creepy. I mean, Lily was married and had a kid but Snape was still going for her. Also if Snape truly loved Lily he would not abuse Harry and see he has parts of Lily not just James. And their fans would always talk about how Lily and James were unbelievably but they tend to forget how Snape literally joined a cult of people who hated people like her on his own accord. It is a cliche plot where the popular, smart girl ends up with the unpopular, nerdy kid but instead she ended up with James the bully who changed.

3 Edward & Bella (Twilight)

Why is Harry x Ginny on the list? Sure the romance between Harry and Ginny isn't really as well-developed as Ron and Hermione but still done well. I quite enjoy Harry and Ginny's romance in the sixth book. Ginny herself isn't so bad, she is nit really as brilliant as Hermione bug her character is still done well. Although I would like Harry x Ginny pairing more if Mrs. Rowling could be more devoted to develop Ginny's character and her relationship with Harry gradually prior to the sixth book (and to some extend the fifth book) because just like most people, I feel their relationship development is a
little rushed. Still, Harry x Ginny is a well-done pairing, in the spite of the imperfection.

Edward x Bella on the hand, is not really a good pairing. I can see a lot people hate Edward x Bella pairing, their relationship doesn't make sense and irritating. Bella is too dependant on Edward and Edward is too possessive over Bella.

4 Remus Lupin & Nymphadora Tonks (Harry Potter)

I kind of hoped that with the new book/play that this relationship would now have some valid reason for happening, that the kid everyone loves and defends so much actually had a significant purpose besides Harry claiming he'd be so much a better godfather than his own. Nope, had just as much purpose in "Cursed Child" as in the series proper I.e. none whatsoever. Tell me again why I should love this pairing and that baby.

Out of nowhere, no real point to it (no, there was no real reason for them to have a baby either since the offspring didn't DO anything and the "Harry's godson" factor wasn't played up that much), what had been an awesome strong female was reduced to a weepy schoolgirl with a sudden insatiable crush, and clearly the other half's heart wasn't in it.

5 Spencer & Maeve (Criminal Minds)

If this had been fanfiction, the very people defending "Reid's one true love" would've criticized her mercilessly for being such a Mary Sue. Also it would've ended with a lavish wedding and her having a perfect baby girl if not twins or quadruplets rather than her being killed off, but that's neither here nor there.

What even was the purpose of this? Reid can ONLY find true love with a clone of himself? Can only find true love with someone he literally can't even see? What a waste of half a season, and I'd be saying that even if she survived!

6 Ted & Robin (How I Met Your Mother)

This has to be one of the worst T.V. moments of the decade. For a show like How I Met Your Mother which was able to distinguish itself from other sitcoms so well it fells so uncharacteristical of it to do such a clichéd ending, let alone how it ignores all their character development (not just for them, but for Barney, which is honestley a tragedy) and how they've moved on from being lovers to be strong characters on their own. I feel the writers should have really waited to see how the series would develop before planning such an ending that may have worked in earlier season but after 9 seasons of change just doesn't work

7 Craig & Tweek (South Park)

No, no and no. Tweek and Craig were out of characters in Tweek x Craig. Also, Put it Down has seriously exaggerated their relationship, which make them cliche. Stan and Wendy never acted like that when they were together, and honestly, that wasn't that bad, because that would also be a cliche couple if they were like that.

I just don't see any potential in this ship. It's just two boys forced to be together by these annoying draws. Plus, even if we have to collect them in the game, I even saw in a video Craig can be charmed by a raisin girl... So he is NOT gay!

8 Derek & Savannah (Criminal Minds)

"You don't have to worry since Derek left the show" Unfortunately this stupid pairing (which of course had to "conveniently" produce a BABY- am I seriously the only person who doesn't suddenly love and a support a pairing just because they produce "cute little" babies? ) is WHY Derek left show.

Not only did they foist an ill-developed baby mama on him so "he could be written out in a non-tragic way", said baby mama had to be a black woman, which has very racist implications. Nevermind that Derek himself had a white mother (as did Shemar Moore in real life).

9 Harry & Ginny (Harry Potter)

I'm so glad people agree with me on this. Hinny is JKR's worst written ship. At least the concept for Remus/Tonks and Ron/Hermione had a basis (even though I wasn't a fan of how those ships were written either, mind you) but H/G literally came out of nowhere. Ginny is a Mary Sue. Too bad JKR didn't pursue Harry/Luna (they have a great connection that actually isn't superficial and they can bond over similar experiences and comfort each other), but to be honest maybe it's a good think since Rowling can't write romance well at all

10 Ichigo & Orihime (Bleach)

I dunno, I just don't see the relationship properly developed at all. They have their moments, but it was always butchered by something else (mostly, by Ichigo who usually looks at something more important). Guess I'm not used to the Hero's significant other not being so significant after all.

This couple is just like NaruHina at this point. Although, they had more memories than their Naruto counterparts. But some people didn't want this couple as canon. IchiRiku would have been canon if it wasn't for the ending. Way to go, Kubo. You and Kishimoto might as well be best friends for messed up y'all respective mangas with terrible endings.

The Contenders
11 Tony DiNozzo & Ziva David (NCIS)

I actually liked this one. She was snarky and mean to him at times. He was snarky and mean to her at times. They had definite chemistry and there was a feeling that they cared for each other as co-workers and as friends (and as more). At certain points there was a lot of sexual tension too. Strong ship, good ship, Gibbs built it

I just don't like how it ended, especially how it was used to write Cote de Pablo and later Michael Weatherly out of the show.

12 Ana & Christian (Fifty Shades of Grey)

It should be placed in 3th after Twilight just because it's a fanfiction based on it. Sometimes I even think that Bella and Edward is better because he is a vampire and Bella is a dumbass teenager, which is creepy but justify why they act so idiotic. But Anna and Christian are supposed to be adults and act really toxic towards each other. Also it's so unbelievable.

I think this couple should be higher just because of the abuse! There is nothing sexy about this. The Dom on "Lost in Adaptation" perfectly stated why these two are horrible together and I agree %110. At least with Edward and Bella they were on common ground (sorta).

13 Mako & Korra (Legend of Korra)

Since LoK was supposed to be 1 season I'm counting this, and it was canon at one point so...

Anyways, they started out consistently fighting, not saying much to each other. Than SUDDENLY Mako goes ape over Korra when she was kidnapped when he was PERFECTLY calm when HIS ONLY BROTHER gets kidnapped. Afterwords they're all lovey-dovey.

The show sucked anyway. Other than poor character development and bad-written romance for more than half of the series,it ruined already cool characters(example:Mako)he looked so promising in the first season but he was an as ass in season 2&3 and a matchmaker in season 4. The only redeeming element of the show for me was the ending. Korrasami was much better-handled than that abusive Makorra.

14 Ash & Serena (Pokemon)

According to boreshippers 'this is canon', & say this should b #1! Serena was manipulative towards ash & sexually assaulted him & ash mostly ignores her & doesn't care about her wants or needs and treats her like (used her as a coat hanger). Serena is as dependent on ash like Bella Swan is because now her other goal is to 'make ash happy' & can only muster any courage for herself is 'think what ash said! ' Serena also is extremely sue like like the Kalos queen goal she got all the ryhorn to her because they where attracted to her (YUCK). Also throughout the series she sucked at battling but then magically she was good when she battled ash. Her Pokemon evolve & get moves with little to no effort. & people now somehow believe Serena 'won' ash by sexually assaulting him when they barely talked or did things together with just them or had any deep special moments together. Worst 'canon' ever

15 Lily & James (Harry Potter)

Lily Evans was a gold digger, generic popular girl that falls for the bully jock type, playing hard to get, faking she was not interested on James all this time. And probably they married because she was pregnant, considering that their wedding and Harry's birth happened when they were both..18, 19?

Not saying that it wasn't love or anything, but they aren't a so relatable couple. At least they werent evil people and fought on the right side.

I can't see a romance like this working realistically. A divorce would happen or they would be unhappy forever. James was a bully pampered rich guy and Lily was perfectionist and hypocrite popular girl. The pairing is better than Snape x Lily but it's still bad.

16 Kazuma & Ayano (Kaze no Stigma)

Agh Ayano for the MAJORITY of the anime complains about him, whines, is useless, and just complains. Why would Kazuma want to be with her? Later on they just forced the idea that 'they r perfect 4 each other! 1! ' for no reason, when Kazuma showed little to no interest in her and Ayano was just a whinny brat around him.

17 Vegeta & Bulma (Dragon Ball Z)

There really was no development with them. After they heard from Goku trunks was their child, bam! Not too long later, they are a couple without any explanation... Well, DBZ was always about the action anyways.

As with Goku and Chi Chi, it's a wonder they ever managed to conceive one child (Trunks) let alone two (Bra).

18 Star & Marco (Star vs the Forces of Evil)

To be clear, they are not canon, Or if they are, I would hate it.

19 Wave & Kurome (Akame Ga Kill)

Another ship that is truly the worst, also.

Weak couple that shouldn't happened!

20 Bruce Banner & Natasha Romanoff (Marvel's The Avengers)

No chemistry whatsoever between the two. They were an unneeded pairing in AoU and romance could be written out easily.

Came out of nowhere and was really weird. It just should have never happened.

Thank God for Nat's infertility (despite ScarJo's IRL pregnancy at the time "Age of Ultron" was filming)! No cute widdle babbee we're all supposed to fawn over resulted from this dreck.

21 Inuyasha & Kagome (Inuyasha)

It's never ever even fair that Inuyasha and Kagome just had to be the only ones who can have the power to travel and pass through the well at all. Come on, anybody else also deserves to be able to have powers to pass and travel through the well too besides only just Inuyasha and Kagome, don't they? Yup. It would've been fairer and better if anybody else also deserves to be able to travel and pass through the well too besides only just Inuyasha and Kagome anyway.

I dislike this couple because of the love hate relationship between these/those two so I rather like Inuyasha and Kikyo mostly all because Kikyo is Inuyasha's first love interest. Everybody's on Kagome's side every time and every other time those two bicker like this/that. It's not fair. Love hate relationships are insufferable.

22 Ace & Mira (Bakugan)

It's hard to see them as the other cutest couple ever all because of their constant fighting. This couple's worse than not only just Dan and Runo but Ash and Misty too.

Double date between Dan and Runo and Ace and Mira can be one of the most all time worst nightmares ever so far.

They not only just remind me a lot of Dan and Runo but they also remind me a lot of Ash and Misty too.

23 Chrom & Sumia (Fire Emblem Awakening)

Granted this is actually only one of five potential canon pairings involving Chrom since who he marries is determined by which of the bachelorettes fights alongside him most in the game as dictated by the player, but the intro only shows this possible outcome so it counts. As for why it's bad, during the game itself it comes off as very forced and Sumina's clumsiness is not endearing, in fact one of her other potential husbands if Chrom marries someone else ridicules her mercilessly for it.

24 Tatsumi & Mine (Akame Ga Kill)

100 reasons why this couple shouldn't be canon at all in Akame Ga Kill.

Worst couple that is both forced and ended in 2018!

The worst ship in Akame Ga Kill.

25 Ross & Rachel (Friends)

As someone who wasn't around when Friends started and have only just got into it, I can look at this with no nostalgia and say how screwed up their relationship is. While Rachel is a nice (just a little spoilt), Ross is an egotistical a-hole who's often considered the worst part of Friends, their romantic relationship is possessive and (in a way) toxic. They honestly work so much better together when they hate each other,such as the infamous "we were on a break" situation (which, by the way, is a prime example of why Ross sucks). I feel like the writers only did this because they had to, they promised this couple in the first episode, whicj restricted writing possibilties...

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