Lance (Pokémon)

Lance is a member of the Indigo League's Elite Four from Pokémon Red and Blue. He is a fan favorite and the focus of many fanworks. He also makes appearances in Pokémon Gold and Silver, Pokémon Masters, PokéAni and Pokéspe.
The Pokémon Lance is most associated with is by far is his Dragonite.
In Japanese, Proton has the name 'Lance', so the two may be confused for one another. It's for this reason that their ship is called LanceShipping in English-speaking Pokémon fandom.
==Canon Overview==
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
==Relationships==
Lance is very popular for self-shipping and yumejoshi. This is more common than any one canonical character relationship featuring him.
==== Gen / Combi ====
* Lance's most popular relationship his gen (combi in Japanese) one with his cousin Clair. This has no name in English and is often just tagged as Clair & Lance.
**Their romantic interpretation, dubbed BlackthornShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL, is also common. In Japanese, this is called ワタイブ (Wataibu).
* In works for gameverse!Silver, Lance is often considered to be his adoptive father and there for him when his biological father, Giovanni, is not. Lance & Silver is a great dynamic for both characters in this regard and has its own dedicated following. This is not to be confused with AkaiShipping, their romantic interpretation.
* In works for Ethan, and very occasionally Kris or Lyra, Lance may play a major role in them becoming the Pokémon Champion of the Indigo League.
==== F/M ====
* Lance is also shipped with Lyra, forming TrickyShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called ワタ主♀ (Wata-nushi ♀) or ワタコト (Watakoto).
* Lance is also shipped with Yellow, forming GrantedShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called ワタイエ (Wataie).
** It had its own page on Bulbapedia, seen .
*Lance is also shipped with Lorelei, forming EliteFourShipping, which is Female/Male, aka NL. In Japanese, this is called ワタカン (Watakan).
==== M/M ====
* Lance is also shipped with Gameverse!Red, forming WinningShipping, aka ChampionShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called ワタレ (Watare), meaning Lance is the seme and Red is the uke in the coupling. The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as レワタ (Rewata).
* Lance is also shipped with Ethan, forming JohtoChampionShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called ワタヒビ (Watahibi), meaning Lance is the seme and Ethan is the uke in the coupling. The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as ヒビワタ (Hibiwata).
* Lance is also shipped with Steven Stone, forming NeoChampionShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called ダイワタ (Daiwata), meaning Steven is the seme and Lance is the uke in the coupling. The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as ダイミク (Daimiku).
* Lance is also shipped with Will, forming MasqueradeShipping, which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called ワタイツ (Wataitsu), meaning Lance is the seme and Will is the uke in the coupling. The opposite is also commonly shipped and is written as イツワタ.
===Less Popular Relationships===
*AbraxasShipping - Lance & Anabel
*AdvancedBlackthornShipping - Ash, Lance, Clair & May
*AgentShipping - Jackie Walker & Lance
*AlterChampionShipping - Lance & Wallace
*AntiHeroShipping - Lance & Team Rocket Grunt (Female)
*AtalantaShipping - Lance & Winona
*AuntieShipping - Lance & Agatha
*AweShipping - Lance & Lawrence III... And these are just the A's! More can be found on Neverending Romance, a community-created relationship name list.
==Popular Tropes & Fanon==
In Silver-centered works, it's common for Lance to be portrayed as either a father figure or a straight-up adoptive father to Silver.
== Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta==
[discourse, trivia, popular memes, character analysis, fan reactions, really anything]
==Example/Notable Fanac==
===Fan Communities/Fan Events===
* . a yearly fanweek running from Nov. 15th to the 21st since 2019.
===Fan Fic===
* by KuraOkami13, where Lance and Misty are stranded on an island together. Eventual Misty/Lance (KingdraShipping). Rated T and its genre is Drama/Romance. 
* by Penguiduck, Lance/Female Reader longfic. Rated Teen.
* by JFSindel, explores an AU where Lance is more involved with Team Rocket. Eventual Lance/Proton (LanceShipping). It is rated Explicit with Archive Warnings for Graphic Depictions Of Violence and Rape/Non-Con.
=== Wikis ===
* on Bulbapedia
* on PixivEncyclopedia
* on Shipping Wiki
==References==
Category:Pokémon Characters