Garbonies

Garbonies is the slash ship between Garbage and Chonies from the Dogs in Space fandom.

Fetch
Chonies assists Garbage by hijacking a door lock for his escape. Garbage warns Chonies of the upcoming aliens and offers to save him when one gets ahold of his forcefield. While Chonies is being bounced around, Garbage uses a grappling hook and picks him up from the air.

Chonies informs Garbage about a potential planet that they can investigate. Despite the fact that it is not showing up on Chonies' scanner, Garbage is willing to check out the place. However, their ship runs out of fuel before they can. Chonies tries to reassure Garbage that they have enough fuel, but this was to perserve his feelings.

Chonies stands up for Garbage when Happy gets on his nerves by informing him that his crew hasn't successfully found a habitable place for humans yet either. He is further angered when Happy teases Garbage about getting a demotion. Garbage pats Chonies, which calms him down from the tension.

While trying to demonstrate to his crew about the success of his upcoming plan, Garbage ends up hugging Chonies while envisioning the result. Chonies compliments him for his ability to improvise without a plan.

Chonies has created a device for Ed that allows him to appear as Garbage while the two are away for the mission. He and Garbage, along with Stella and Nomi set off to head for the planet they approached earlier. While surrounding the planet, Chonies warns Garbage that the atmosphere is disrupting any communication with the M-Bark. Once they land, he informs Garbage that he's received a transmission from his scanner. The message is from Kira, a dog stranded on the planet who has attempted to send out communications for over a year. Garbage becomes worried for her and the crew tries to make sense of the situation.

Here, Girl!
Chonies tells Garbage and Stella to look out for the planet's vines growing out of the surface. After the crew and Kira are introduced to each other, the two are offered to visit her abode. Chonies helps Garbage up after slipping on a surface. The two exchange a high-five upon thinking that humans might be able to live on Kira's planet knowing that she's survived there all this time. Kira snaps back at the idea of humans living there and Chonies starts to get concerned about the factors of the planet. He tries to convince Garbage into leaving as well as mentioning that he believes Ed's hologram disguise as Garbage would not match his personality.

While trying to convince Kira to trust them, the crew's ship, the Pluto, disappears. Garbage starts panicking and asks Chonies where it went, where they find out that the planet's Emulick has gotten ahold of the Pluto. As everyone heads down underground, Garbage wants to ride Chonies when he equips wings and starts flying. Chonies warns Garbage of the Emulick, prompting him and Stella to start shooting at it with their blasters.

Spin
Garbage is about to ask Chonies for a collar remover until noticing a creature made up of a mutilated dog. The monster grabs Garbage with its tentacles and flings him around. Chonies tries to throw a blaster to him after being asked if there's any tech that can be used in regards to the monster. Throughout the mishap, Chonies assists Garbage and Kira on taking down the creature.

Who's a Good Boy?
Chonies tries to inform Garbage about a mechanic issue for the Pluto. Upon landing on a planet, the crew is taken aback by its foul odor. Garbage asks Chonies for a device that can shield them from it, who provides them each with a lemon-scented air bubble. Chonies informs Garbage that the odor is throughout their entire surroundings.

Settle Down
Ed, Nomi, and Chonies express their exhaust after Garbage proclaims his high hope for every planet they've landed on. They are not convinced by Garbage's persuasion and want to leave upon seeing the water system is made up of bugs.

After having turned into puppies, Garbage and Chonies excitedly approach an unaffected Stella. Chonies can be seen nibbling on Garbage's ear while Stella is trying to understand what happened. Garbage climbs up on Chonies in order for Stella to scratch his nose over Chonies'. While Garbage explains their story to Stella, Chonies compliments his bravery.

Speak
Chonies helps Garbage with convincing the Shrubdubs to give them a seed that could fix Earth. When Chonies is having doubts for Ed's heist plan, Garbage reassures him that it can provide them with experience on dealing with impossible odds.

Chonies provides a forcefield around himself and Garbage when the Shrubdubs' station starts to collapse. The vines growing from Garbage's seed starts to suffocate Chonies. Kira demands Garbage that the forcefield should be released, while Chonies wants Garbage to preserve the seed despite the risk of himself losing air. After an argument, Garbage realizes the danger he's put on his crew and asks Chonies to release the forcefield, killing off the seed.

Stay
Garbage is thinking of persuading the Shmoops on allowing humans onto the planet. Chonies warns him that the species is symbiotic and that humans would throw off the balance, but Garbage tries to reassure him by listing things that work well in threes.

Later after escaping the planet, Chonies realizes that they left Garbage behind in place of a Shmoop disguising as Garbage. The crew confirms of the impostor and throws it off the ship to rescue the real Garbage.

Watch Me
Garbage is saddened to see Chonies embarrased from his deafeat in last year's M-Bark's annual mech competition. Ed rubs in the loss which annoys Garbage. He comforts Chonies and motivates him for the upcoming tournament, which is enough to turn Chonies' spirits around. Chonies hops up and announces his regained confidence but is sad again when Garbage disappears.

Chonies notices Garbage and Kira talking and tries joining the two. Garbage, not wanting to reveal their plans, tells him they were talking about their excitement for his performance, causing Chonies to blush. After being angered by his opponent Atlas, Chonies wants Garbage to help him with building the robot for the tournament. Garbage is preoccupied with Kira's plans and assures Chonies that he will be there to assist as soon as he can. Chonies is demotivated by this and tells the rest of the crew that Garbage is his lucky charm, having helped him every year. He says that he would be worse off without Garbage after Loaf points out that they haven't won any matches.

Garbage tries to sneak out of the tech lab with supplies for Kira's enhancement machine but is caught by the crew. Chonies is thrilled to see him regardless. Garbage, still unwilling to admit his intentions, gifts Chonies one of the gadgets he got. Chonies knows what the gadget he's given does and is confused by this. Garbage explains that it's a symbol of their bond which further motivates Chonies to pursue the competition. He wishes him luck and heads out to further work with Kira. He is describing his high hopes for Chonies and his robot to her and is shocked when she tells him to skip the tournament. Kira understands Garbage's disappointment but convinces him that what they're doing will help every dog, including Chonies, in the long-run. Garbage reluctantly agrees to skip the tournament for Kira.

During the battle, Chonies notices that Garbage is not present in the audience. On Garbage's end, he is watching the tournament through a tablet. Garbage arrives right after the match ends and congratulates Chonies for winning. He motivates him for the final matches and the two share a hug. However, Chonies' opponent destroys his robot out of spite, leaving him devastated. Later in the night, Chonies says to Ed that he won't be able to fix the machine in time for the finals. He fears that Garbage won't like him anymore and instead hang out with "his new best friend Kira". Ed assists him by giving him stickers that will allow the robot to become sentient.

Chonies' robot, now named Cy-Bark, is alive after Ed's stickers are put on it. He explains to Cy-Bark that his friendship with Garbage may be at risk if he doesn't win the tournament. Cy-Bark is happy to help him with winning for the sake of Garbage. At the finals, Chonies notices that Garbage is once again missing. His opponent Atlas tries to demotivate him with this until he realizes that his own superior, Happy, is not present either. Garbage has finished helping Kira with building the enhancement machine and tells her that he wants to go to the match to watch Chonies. The two are about to head out until stopped by Jerry to question the machine they've built.

Leave It
After the finals, Chonies is worried that something must have happened to Garbage since he was not there to see it. After the crew investigates Kira, they come to suspect that she is involved in his disappearance. They find out that she had sent him away in an escape pod. Chonies gets emotional while describing the machine she used to the council. When they suggest putting the M-Bark on lockdown, Chonies is worried that Garbage won't be able to return to the ship if he's found. When the crew splits up, Chonies works with Nomi and Atlas to search for the escape pod. They suspect that it landed on a nearby planet where both Garbage and Happy would be.

The three locate the planet and reunite with Garbage and Happy. Chonies is thrilled to see Garbage again and, while stuttering, says that he loves him before regaining his train of thought. Garbage apologizes for not being able to watch him compete in the finals and asks him if he won. The two are slightly bothered when Atlas pushes them aside to see Happy again.

Drop It
Chonies tells Garbage that the planet's magnetism is too strong for the ship to leave its surface. While trying to formulate a plan, Garbage and Happy believe that their respective tech officers, Chonies and Atlas, are arguing and demand each other to knock it off. Later on, Garbage and Happy are confused when Chonies and Atlas are able to put aside their differences and work to reverse the ship's magnetic polarity.

Nomi, Chonies, and Garbage are distraught upon learning that everyone in the M-Bark, excluding Kira, have been turned into regular dogs. Chonies helps Garbage on convincing Happy for them to use the fireflies that contain Olga's message to Kira. He is shocked when Garbage admits that he wants to use Happy's plan to neutralize Kira as a backup. When they arrive back at the M-Bark, Garbage tells Chonies to alert him as soon as the beacon for the message to Kira is constructed. Throughout Garbage's struggle with Kira, Chonies continues to report his progress on building the beacon. As soon as Chonies announces it's ready, Garbage opens the jar of fireflies to project the message to Kira.

While Garbage is making a recording for his owner Chelsea, Chonies uses the fireflies to project a transmission from her. Garbage is heartfelt to know that she has been thinking of him the whole time and hugs Chonies for sharing it with him. The two get excited upon hearing that Stella has been promoted to a captain, but are shocked upon realizing that it is for their crew, which will in-turn replace Garbage.

Fanon
Garbonies is a well-known ship in the Dogs in Space fandom. It is arguably one of the most popular ships in the series, if not the most. The people who ship them enjoy Chonies' moments in the show where he adores Garbage. Many cite the mech competition as a good example of the two relying on eachother's support, as well as Chonies' jealousy when Garbage wants to help with Kira's plans.

The ship's most notable rival is Happage (Garbage x Happy). The two ships have the most written works for the show and are both known in the fandom for being popular. According to a Reddit poll, most people in the fandom perfer to ship Garbage with Chonies, although there are arguments for both sides. People who are in favor of Garbonies believe that the ship is healthier and more appealing, while those who perfer Happage believe that Chonies relies on Garbage too much and they have more of a family bond due to being in the same crew. Another ship that rivals the two is Kirbage (Kira x Garbage).

There are eight works for their relationship tag on AO3. It is the most written ship for Chonies on the site and the second most for Garbage, the most for him being with Happy.

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