Top Ten Worst Pokemon Shippings

Shipping is paring two people in a media together. Got a favorite shipping why not a least favorite? What ships can't you stand? What shipping should not happen? Come here to put what shipping in Pokemon should not happen, don't think it would work out, or just don't like.

Here are some I just don't like or see happening.
The Top Ten
1 Amourshipping (Ash & Serena)

I don't understand why people find Ash and Serena having a healthy relationship. There isn't much healthiness about it.

Ash has no concept of romance. 10 year old boys do not understand romantic attraction as well as not ever feeling it. And guess what Ash is? Forever 10 years old. And he only views Serena as a friend. Literally like every other of his companions.

Serena has a crush on Ash, and from what we've seen, it's one sided. She is the one crushing and putting "effort" into getting with Ash, not Ash himself. She hardly ever speaks to the boy and bonds with him for crying out loud. You can't build a relationship with little to no interaction, Serena. I mean even minor characters that we rarely see interacted with Ash more than her, AND SHE'S THE COMPANION.

Just because Serena has a crush on Ash DOES NOT MEAN she loves the guy. She is 10, she doesn't grasp the concept of romantic relationships either. I've had crushes on guys when I was her age, but it meant nothing, because I didn't feel actual love. I thought I did, but I didn't. I was too young to understand it therefor I wasn't in a relationship until I was a teenager. This is exactly why you don't see many 10 year olds irl in a relationship, they are too young to understand the concept and don't have the hormones to even feel it.

I mention this because amourshippers are so desperate to have this ship cannon, even though it won't ever be. The show is baiting you, guys. They are baiting you and you fell for it. They only had Serena crush on Ash because they got lazy when it comes to writing her character.

2 Pokeshipping (Ash & Misty)

Apparently Ash and Misty are horrible with each other much as people support Pokeshipping. It's not the kind of shipping like, "Hey, maybe Misty is Ash's ex? " No way. Yes, we know that Misty wasn't desperate for Ash's love - pooh! - like Serena was, and she was a tomboy, unlike Serena, and like Serena, was sometimes jealous of girls who liked Ash and tried flirting with him. But Serena didn't abuse Ash constantly and physically like stupid old Misty did! Misty is not actually a true villain like Jessie and James, but she acts villainous. She's a bright thinker, but with Ash she's terribly stupid. Not my idea of a Pokemon ship.

First off, at most I could see Ash and Misty at best, as having a brother and sister relationship. Why? They fight almost just as much as a Zangoose and a Seviper, and they show the WORST in each other. Maybe it's cause Misty developed and matured when Ash left, but Misty wasn't as temperamental when Ash was out of the picture. And for having feelings for him (I admit, it's a good possibility), she put him down as bad, if not worse as GARY. Then there's the fact that she can't cheer him up, and only made things worse, as shown after the lost of Ritchie at the Pokemon league. Yeah... great relationship right there, when you have to have someone else pull you away when you're raging at a depressed person. Ash also seemed to have more maturity when he left Misty, as he was more patient with May and tolerated her more, despite how she was with him at the beginning. Now I'm aware of tsunderes and the possibility that Misty was most likely one, but that doesn't mean I like those type of ...more

I always thought after OS pokeshipping might work since they seemed to have matured, but of course SM proves that wrong & that they STILL won't work in a relationship because they still have to fight about everything. And stop saying that's a good thing. If they apologized to each other or feel bad about the arguments (you know, like ash did with practically every other pokegirl besides Misty) I wouldn't have a problem. But no. They'd ether get into a nasty breakup or kill each other in a realistic sense. I can't believe people care more about 'possible crushes' more than the unhealthiness of this whole paring that it shows.

This is just overhyped due to nostalgia. Misty & ash treat each other so horribly, it almost looks bad as joker & Harley from Batman. In fact, at least Harley treats joker better than misty treats ash (though she shouldn't). Even Edward & Bella look like a sweeter & more romantic love story than what abuseshipping could be. Misty is fine with a hot older guy (Danny) over ash anyways, she doesn't really want ash (Not that I ship poor Danny with her, poor guy deserves better than to be made into a pedo because of her).

3 MommyShipping (Ash & Delia, Ash's mom)

This is messed up! First of all : She is the person who gave birth to Ash! It's disgusting and horrible that people would ship this! If this was real then would someone support it? Hopefully NOT! It is completely GROSS that someone would ship this...

This is even a ship? I understand if people just ship it as a mom-son relationship but shipping in a romantic way is kind of messed up, please don't hate me!

Amourshipping may not be so great (or any other Ash ships), but at least they're not degenerate ships like this one. Whoever even ships this is messed up.

Amourshipping at #1? Seriously? Ash and Serena may be young to be couple but at least they have same age. But this is one is disturbing.

4 Pikashipping (Ash & His Pikachu)

Of course it's bestiality! It wouldn't be anything but! This is seriously sick! Of all the relationships in the anime, Ash and Pikachu's relationship is the purest and sweetest. Like Old Yeller and other stories like that, they saved each others lives and would gladly sacrifice again for each other. Their relationship is a platonic one, based on trust and shared experiences. It sickens me to see that people pervert this special friendship.

I have nothing against homosexuality, but god, bestality, I have no words to describe just how wrong this is. I think Ash and Pikachu are platonic, and I don't know anyone who ships them romantically.

Good thing I've never stumbled across any literacy atrocity based on this shipping, judging by my FanFiction experience.

Please, a bestiality ship should be above a normal hetero relationship like Amourshipping.

5 Ikarishipping (Paul & Dawn)

This is literally just a lazy keep away ship to dump dawn away from ash. Barry, Gary, Kenny, even f-ing Conway would be better suited for dawn than Paul. Dawn can't stand him, Paul barley paied any mind to her and kept forgetting who she is, and they would not work out at all, for one or both would have to be ooc to stand the other. Worst keep away ship out there.

It has potential. At least is not puppy love like others. The concept is not bad if you all realized that Paul had a change of heart at the end.

Well, fanfics of these two had not been the best but they are getting better.

At least Dawn is a bright girl (though I think she's low with Pokemon) but Paul is just plain dumb so why ship a clever girl with a stupid boy?

The whole "good girl & bad boy" thing is overrated. They had very little interactions and even less positive ones.

6 Gymshipping (Brock & Misty)

"Heartbreak of Brock" makes this ship cr@p. misty can get mulled by an ursirang while Brock can make love with all officer jennys & nurse joys. Or lucey or Olivia.

Brock is not supposed to be with Misty. Yes they have lots in common but Misty is much better with other boys than Ash and Brock is cuter with Nurse Joy, or Melanie, Officer Jenny but just to let you know, Brock does NOT have a crush on girls such as Misty May and Dawn, but it's weird someone would ship Misty with Brock and not May or Dawn. So this is NOT a good ship.

Don't get me wrong. Misty and Brock did have a lot in common: being gym leaders and knowing what that entailed, as well as being the more rational and knowledgable trainers on Ash's journey. Hell, they were even in the background together countless times, because Ash was the main focus. But there was absolutely no romance or romantic undertones between them at all.

I can't see Brock with any of the pokegirls, expcally those he traveled with. With ash & the other pokegirls, brock was like their dad or older brother. He cooked for them, infomed them on what's going on, helped them take care of their Pokémon & themselves, & made sure they got to where they needed to be as safely as he could. With misty it is a tiny bit different as she wasn't a newb & therefore wasn't as reliant on Brock for info, but she's also different as Brock had to step in her & ash's fights to get them to stop like parents/an older sibling would do.

7 Daddyshipping (Ash & Sammy)

The name daddyshipping makes it even worse... Is people are shipping that, that's just pure pedophilia.

With others like it why would you want a middle aged man with a child?

What the crap
Heck no
It makes Sam Oak seem like some pedophile ish pervert guy. And it's to messed up

Boku No Piko: Pokemon Edition!

Wow, talk about shotacon yaoi!

Oh my god, this is perverted!

8 Romanticshipping (Serena & Drew)

Yuck. This is just made to get rid of competition for advanceshippers (ash&may). Even if I dislike boreshipping(ash&serena) & am okay with advanceshipping, this is a terrible sad keep away ship.

Why? just Why?
First of all they never met, and for those people who say that Serena is going to Hoenn, and since Drew lives there they will meet. Technically you would be right except for the fact that last we heard from Drew, he was in Johto. So technically they wouldn't meet since we have no idea if Drew is even in Hoenn right now.

Really!? REALLY!? First: They've never met and how would they meat? seriously! That's Like saying "doop be doo be do, Serena's going to Hoenn and May lives in Hoenn So they must meet" (by the way Most likely they won't meat its more likely she'll meet Dawn) second: Drew obviously likes May... (let's face it its simple to see)

Like Drew would date a pathetic girl like Serena.

9 Marissonshipping (Alain & Mairin)

I totally agree. I mean, hellooo! Alain should be dating someone around his age, like my OC, Ashleigh Ketchum, who is practically the same age as he is and would be interesting. And she's a maroon-head like Mairin, so she would practically be perfect. Even though he would be on my dA list of eligible bachelors to date Ashleigh. Even though I'm not quite sure how Ash would react when his older sister starts dating.
I'm not even sure how Serena, Clemont and Bonnie would also react to the news.

I HATE this one! It's just so wrong! Alain is twice her age. Why can't people understand that a close, platonic friendship can be just as special, if not more special, than a romantic one?

Mairin was a little girl, older than Bonnie. Her only Pokémon was Chespin and she wanted to become strong. And Alain? A teenager who had absurdly powerful Pokémon and was BORNED to be alone. Who needs a little girl by his side? It only wastes his training time. Alain and Mairin together sounds nothing better than shipping Ash and Bonnie.

Agreed girl Alain really is older than maron if they made that into a thing Alain will end up being known as a pedophile.

10 Penguinshipping (Dawn & Kenny)

Kenny was the worst for treating Dawn like a trophy. Not to mention, he's the reason Dawn was so traumatized by Plusle and Minen. Bully.

Penguinshipping is dawn & Kenny because they both started with piplup... it kinda doesn't make sense as Barry has a empoleon.

This one just sucks, they had a few moments and a few scenes of shipping. So now they're a ship? Please just give me Pearlshipping

Compared to other ships with Dawn, this one just doesn't have potential...

The Contenders
11 Palletshipping (Ash & Gary)

I think that palletshipping is one of the cutest ships out there but personally, my otp is their game counterparts: red and blue. after I watched the pokemon origins, I absolutely fell in love and decided to ship red and blue. from the start, I shipped pokeshipping and there's more connection between red and blue than their anime counterparts (ash and gary) because gary has a whole bunch of girls following him and he will probably sleep with one of them. another reason is that ash will never (I mean EVER) age. for example, red aged (same for blue). I think originalshipping (red and blue) is more canon than palletshipping.

First ash does not have any chemistry with any of his female companions, so ash is totally gay. Second this is one of the best ships out there I really think this was a horrible choice for this list and it is not as weird had daddy or mommy shipping

Yes please. Number one OTP right here. Their relationship with each other gets better, so fudge off to anyone who says 'Oh, they hate each other's guts.' Yea, and the two halves of a Pokeball each have prove they 'hate' each other. Holy Arceus, people need to pay attention.

Really Ash doesn't like him(P. s I'm the one who said Ash and Gary hate each other)in the first episode in the first season Gary mocks him of being late, and says "that's right loser and it's right in this pokeball! " Gary called Ash a loser, so that means they ain't getting lovey dovey with each other. Like the 5th commenter said their relationship may get better as friends, but romantic? Holy Arceus no! Ash said"Grrr! I'll show him! ". I have 0% intentions to insult gay and fans of this ship, BUT I NEEDED THAT OFF OF MY CHEST

12 Wishfulshipping (Iris and Cilan)

Iris is a independent black woman that need no man!
Jokes aside, I could only see them working when their personalities are OOC. And the given hints are usually more friendly than romantic, thus making this ship pretty weak compared to other ships. I could only see them as close friends and nothing more. Not to mention most of the dialogue they share are during Ash's battles.

Let's all be honest, this wouldn't work out in the long run. Iris is more the freespirited kind of person and Cilan is the polar opposite. However my main issue with this pairing is that most shippers support this because it keeps them away from their prefered Ash x main girl pairing, which makes them act awkward in fanfics because at least one of them have to be OOC to make the relationship work. Wishfulshipping = Spiteshipping

Eh, Iris and Cilan did speak a lot, one on one. When Ash was off doing his thing battling, Iris and Cilan mostly were on the sidelines together and they did interact a lot. I can pretty much go both ways, shipping this and not.

They're just friends. There's no special moments between them & just talk about ash's battle that he currently is doing. Cilan & Iris are more father-daughter like than anything.

13 KalosShipping (Calem & Serena)

There is no chemistry whatsoever between these two and, if you took the time to actually read the dialogue, you'd also know how much the rival uses the protagonist for their own selfish gain.
Aside from this, the fan base is overly aggressive and will not hesitate to lash out at anyone who ships something different.

People ship these two just to escape Amourshipping. We all know that Calem belongs with Shauna. And even if this ship were to be a thing, it wouldn't really affect Amour, since this only applies to the game.

Hey. I ship calem and serena to death and I don't mind what ship you ship even if you ship ash and serena. and I hate that ship with a passion

Okay, you may not see much of the ship in the game, but just look at the manga!

14 Harmoniashipping (N & Ghetsis)

I don't know if this or mommyshipping is worst, really. On one hand, these two aren't blood related. On the other, at least Delia is a good mom & doesn't abuse ash & is really helpful & supportive of ash. Ghetsis doesn't deserve the least bit of kindness from n.

Disgusting father/son relationship with added abuse/neglect. Perfect awful ship.

Who would ship such pair? is disgusting and offensive and there's no substance in any media to put them together

No words... Really. I have no words.

15 OlderShipping (Jessie & Ash)
16 Cookieshipping (Harley & May)

People want to complain how much of an @$$ drew was to May? Look at this creep, who:
-when 1st going up against her used her brother to get some embarrassing story from his & used a tape to throw May off during their contest battle
-tricked May into believing he's changed & want to help her & told her to spam silver wind, then later assist when he knew that it was a terrible strategy just to make may look stupid & to easily knock her out
-when drew ratted him out to May, put her down, implied she cheated in their previous contest battle, & bashed into her when he walked by her for no reason
-told May (& drew) that he can't wait to see them knocked out of the grand festival
-dressed up as her to throw her off

Yea drew is extremely sweet to May compaired to this moronic @$$, Harley.

I am a shameless person. Who can't stand characters if they are threat to my shipping. Now that I have switched to amourshipping from advanceshipping. I think I will make this my new May shipping. Because I am still angry with Drew interfering my advanceshippeing.

This is worst than ikarishipping (which I dislike as well)! At least Paul wasn't mean to dawn! Harley was terrible to May, & for no reason ether, besides being a butthurt, whinny, sore loser.

Most abusive, crack, & stupidest ship of all! Harley can go with Ursula because they are both self-centered crybabies.

17 AnnemaeShipping (Dawn & Iris)

I like them both as characters but disliked them together. Honestly Dawn shouldn't have gotten along so well with Iris in my opinion.

WHY AND WHAT!?! I'm not against gay, it's fine but how did people come up with this ship?

That would never happen

Two females sorry

18 Rocketshipping (James & Jessie)

Okay, people want to talk about how Jessie and James have a platonic relationship. But tell me why the manga The Electric Tale of Pikachu introduced James declaring his feelings for Jessie, and then later showing a picture of Jessie and James married with a bun in the oven. Tell me why James decided to leave Jessie to be with Dr White so she could live a happier life, then later hoped not to bother her when his pokémon were stolen. Tell me why in Training Daze Jessie was blushing when James fell on top of her (also, why else would the writers put that in the show if they weren't trying to hint at something? ) And no chemistry? I'm sorry but if we're talking about no chemistry I would be pointing to the ten year old kids who don't understand love and have a long way to go before settling down.

Maybe it's because I used to love James and dislike Jessie, but I dislike this ship. Jessie treated James HORRIBLY and would be just as bad for him as Jessabelle.

Speaking of Jessabelle, know why he doesn't want to be with her? Because she was controlling and wanted James to get rid of Growlie (his Growlithe). Can anyone tell me what happened to Jame's Victreebel?

Besides Jessie's similarities to James's worst nightmare, there's also the fact that Jessie treats James awfully even on a friendship level. Stealing from him, making him do all the work, and blaming him for when things go wrong. Yes, James deserves better.

What? No chemistry? What show have you been watching? Jessie and James has more chemistry than any other Pokemon pairings. And there's nothing sibling-like about them. Seems to me you don't understand characters like these, perhaps you will when you grow up. Kids don't understand adult themes as well you know, all the kids I know has ended up liking Rocketshipping after they grew up.

James wanted AWAY from a controlling, self-centered, non respectful woman. Why would he marry another one? By the way, the manga is a different canon from the anime with no writers ever worked for both. Stop bringing manga rocketshipping into anime rocketshipping.

19 Geekchic Shipping (Clemont x Serena)

Worst pair ever seen in Pokemon history. I like both of them as a character but I don't see them as a couple, like these 2 talk so hardly and Serena likes ash and isn't Clemont older, like he showed interest in girl of his age and after the kiss episode this ship won't sail like Clemont knows that she likes ash and in episode 49 they even showed like Clemont only remembers about ash. This ship was just created by anti amourshipper as they were afraid that they ship will sink, but before making one pair at least make sure they have some cooperation. Same goes to calemxserena, go and play they game and try to ship them. If Pokeshipper think calemxserena is great then ashxleaf will happen not ashxmisty cause after all ash is red counterpart

Geekchic may not be a reality, but they have more interaction together and more in common than Serena and Ash do/the moments where Serena has forced herself to go with Ash. It's cute, but needs more fire. Still better than Amour.

Bonnie hasn't asked Serena, so she doesn't approve, and she approves of RANDOM STRANGERS. Besides, Serena obviously likes Ash. Face it, this ship will never be canon no matter how much some people want it.

I hate this ship. And any ship that ships Clemont with another character.

20 Oakshipping (Gary and Professor Oak)

Gary and his grandpa! Disgusting!

What is this messed up world we live in!?

That's his grandfather!

I can not believe this

21 BlueShipping (James & Team Rocket's Meowth)

Who in the actual hell thought this was a good ship? So, we first have the so wrong Pikashipping, then we have another representation of bestality.

*drinks 10 bottles of bleach

Why in the world is this a thing?

22 Belleshipping (Drew and Dawn)

Please end my suffering.

23 Comashipping (Ash & Paul)

I don't ship, but I tolerate it. So please, stop with the ', GAY' comments. Thank you.

Agree with the the part that you say being gay is not a bad thing,because gee there people too,but THIS ship...is just a big no and I don't know why people ships those two._.

There is nothing wrong with paring two people of the same sex -_-

Being gay is not a bad thing get over it!

Can someone tell me why there are so many GAY shippings
I don't get why a boy would flirt or something like that to another boy
I thought this was a kids show
If ere are any kids in the room please cover their eyes

24 SommelierShipping (Cilan & Burgundy)

Ok, let's put a girl who harasses a guy's friends and exploit his fears on purpose just cause she didn't like what she said about her Pokemon. Sorry, as much as I don't like Cilan I don't think he deserves that.

If I were to choose, Wishful shipping is much better.

This is stupid!

25 Vorpalshipping (Trip & Paul)

It's my favorite ships! >w< they might be never seen each other in anime but... Let's use our creativity! I will ship them forever... =w=

Two opposites that are somehow quite similar. Not perfect but interesting

Geez... This is the best ship ever...

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