Blue/Green Oak

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: グリーン×ブルー (Green x Blue) English: Blue/Green Oak, Green Oak/Blue
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: グリブル (Guriburu) English: OldRivalShipping
Gender category:	NL; F/M; Het
Fandom:	Pokémon; Pokémon Adventures
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Popular for Blue, Popular for Green Popular overall
Archives:	n/a
Other:	See Blue Oak/Leaf for the pairing between Blue and Green's game counterparts
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.

Blue/Green Oak, commonly referred to as OldRivalShipping and/or グリブル (Guriburu), is the romantic pairing between Blue and Green Oak, two main characters from the Pokémon Adventures manga. It is one of the most popular ships of characters from the Kanto region in the manga, alongside Green Oak/Red, Red/Yellow, and Blue/Red.

Popular Tropes & Fanon

• Opposites Attract - Blue is mischevious and has an outgoing and exuberant mien, often tending to be simultaneously chaotic and calculating. Green has a calm and serious air, maintaining his sangfroid and cool assurance in most situations.

Subjects of Fannish Interest and Meta

-Shipping Name Origin

The earliest mention of "OldRivalShipping" can be traced to 27 April, 2005, in a post on a thread on Serebii.net. According to the aforementioned post, it refers to Blue and Green being erstwhile rivals.

Example/Notable Fanac

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fan Communities/Fan Events

• GreenxBlue-FanClub, ^{Archived version}, a club on DeviantArt

General Fanworks

Fan Mixes

• bewitched. by azurelegance, ^{Archived version} (2013). Also for Blue/Ruby (SummerBeautyShipping)
• Get Off The Damn Bike! by oldrival-blue, ^{Archived version} (2014)
• OldRivalShipping Playlist by gryffindorkx, ^{Archived version} (2024)

Wikis and Forum Threads

• Oldrivalshipping General Discussion, ^{Archived version}, a thread on Serebii.net

Zines and Doujinshi

• 彼と彼女のエトセトラ by 結, ^{Archived version}