Dawn/Mars

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: マーズ×ヒカリ (Mars x Hikari); English: Mars/Dawn
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: マズヒカ (Mazuhika); English: InfraRedShipping
Gender category:	Girls' Love; Yuri; F/F; Femslash
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Common for Mars, Rare for Dawn; Rare overall
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
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	Contents 1 Canon Background; 2 Popular Tropes & Fanon; 3 Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta 3.1 -Shipping Name Origin; ; 4 Example/Notable Fanac 4.1 Fan Communities/Fan Events; 4.2 Fan Blogs; 4.3 Fan Fic; 4.4 Fan Art; 4.5 General Fanworks; 4.6 Wikis and Forum Threads; 4.7 Zines and Doujinshi; ; 5 Notes;

Dawn/Mars, known mostly as InfraRedShipping and/or マズヒカ (Mazuhika), is a rare ship in the Pokémon fandom. It pairs Dawn (Hikari) and Mars (Mars), the female playable protagonist and a member of the villainous Team Galactic from Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum respectively.

Canon Background

"InfraRedShipping" was coined in around 2006 or early 2007.^{[Notes 1]}

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

^ as seen here, ^{Archived version} (note that this update doubled the length of the page, thus the large time-frame for when the pairing was coined)

Pairing
Pairing:	Japanese: マーズ×ヒカリ (Mars x Hikari) English: Mars/Dawn
Alternative name(s):	Japanese: マズヒカ (Mazuhika) English: InfraRedShipping
Gender category:	Girls' Love; Yuri; F/F; Femslash
Fandom:	Pokémon
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Common for Mars, Rare for Dawn Rare overall
Archives:	n/a
Other:	n/a
Click here for related articles on Fanlore.
Contents 1 Canon Background 2 Popular Tropes & Fanon 3 Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta 3.1 -Shipping Name Origin 4 Example/Notable Fanac 4.1 Fan Communities/Fan Events 4.2 Fan Blogs 4.3 Fan Fic 4.4 Fan Art 4.5 General Fanworks 4.6 Wikis and Forum Threads 4.7 Zines and Doujinshi 5 Notes