Robotic Knight

Robotic Knight is the het ship between Jaune Arc and Penny Polendina from the RWBY fandom.

Canon
Janue and Penny first met in volume 3 of RWBY. They knew of each other when Jaune's teammate Pyrrha had to fight against her in the Vytal Festival tournament. He then proceeded to watch his teammate fight Penny alongside Nora and Ren. He was then devastated and shocked when Pyrrha "killed" penny and it turned out she was a robot. He was then very happy to see her alive and well again in the beginning of volume 7.

While Jaune and Penny didn't speak to each other at all in volume 7 he was noticeably shocked to find out in the last episode that Penny had become the winter maiden. He also seemed happy that she was alive and ok. In volume 8 chapter 10, when Jaune realizes that Ren and Nora are about to have a moment together, he quickly and awkwardly leaves the room saying that he'll go see if Klein needs any help with Penny. Later that same episode a crashing sound can be heard, then Jaune quickly running down a flight of stairs signaling for everyone to go outside, to where Penny is. While everyone is trying to constrain Penny, Jaune runs up to a kneeling Ruby and Penny and moves in to boost Penny's aura.

Once that is over, Jaune and Penny are then seen sitting next to each other in the Schnee manor main hall with everyone else. While everyone else is to come up with a strategy, Jaune is seen still boosting Penny's aura. Jaune then informs everyone that he can't keep boosting Penny's aura forever. In the last episode, Penny after being stabbed by Cinder falls to the ground. Jaune then runs up to her and begins the healing process. Penny then desperately asks Jaune to kill her, reaching her hand out towards his sword. Jaune at first initially refuses, saying he can save her but Penny meekly asks one more time. They both give each other a sad look and then Jaune stabs Penny. The scene then shows him scream out in horror for what he's done while his tears and Penny's blood from his sword drip to the ground.

In Volume 9, it is clear that Jaune holds a lot of guilt over what happened to Penny.

Fanon
Robotic Knight is a rarepair in the RWBY fandom. It has existed since volume 3 but didn't gain popularity until volume 8. Fans were excited when the two started to speak to each other, but disappointed when Jaune ended up mercy killing Penny. Jaune carries the trauma of that decision with him through the course of Volume 9, which can create some angsty headcanons for fans. There are a lot of similarities between Penny and Pyrrha Nikos, Jaune's most popular ship partner, which may help to fuel the fire of Robotic Knight.

The ship currently has over 70 works on AO3, but pales in comparison to more popular Jaune and Penny ships.

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Trivia

 * Their ship name comes from the fact that Penny is a robot and Jaune is a knight.