Samthony

Samthony is a het ship between Samus Aran and Anthony Higgs from the Metroid fandom.

Past
Samus Aran and Anthony Higgs are from the same Galactic Federation Unit that was under the command of Adam Malkovich for a while, undergoing training regimens, but it wasn't until Ian Malcovich was trying to repair a drive unit on the Lusitania that went critical and Ian was trapped inside and despite Samus's pleas for Adam to give her time to save him, Adam simply tells them to disengage the Lusitania, resulting in Ian's death. As a result, Samus winds up leaving the Federation to become an independent bounty hunter while Anthony Higgs stayed behind.

Metroid: Other M
After the destruction of Zebes, Samus and Anthony meet up again at the BOTTLE SHIP when they caught on to a distress signal. Samus initially aims at them in suspicion before Anthony recognized her by giving her the nickname "Princess" and asks her if he remembers him, which made Samus hold her fire upon hearing his voice. Anthony was joined with his group called the 07th Platoon which consists of the commander, Adam and his fellow comrades, Lyle Smithsonian, Maurice Favreau, James Pierce, and K.G. Misawa. Anthony was the only one impressed when Samus uses her missile to open a Red Shield Door before they team up to fight a giant Brug Mass in the other room where they found a dead scientist. They split off into different sectors and they later regrouped at the the Biosphere at Sector 1, though only Lyle is missing, and Anthony gives orders to scout the building for any survivors as Maurice is repairing a computer, allowing James to hack into the database where they find that a woman named Madeline Bergman was the director and orders them to locate her. Once Samus found the Cyborg Zebesians, Adam ordered all soldiers to evacuate the Exam Center. Outside, Anthony and the platoon were attacked by the Mystery Creature. The beast then noticed Samus and ambushed her once she exited the building, despite Anthony's warning. Anthony charged his Plasma Gun and fired, wounding the monster and forcing it to retreat. Anthony apologized to Samus for not firing sooner, blaming the slow charge time of the Plasma Gun, but showed confidence in her ability to protect herself.

They meet outside where they find Lyle to be brutally killed before they split up to the different sectors. Anthony was at the Pyrosphere when he was given an order from Adam to regroup with the platoon in the Navigation Booth so they can open the magma eruption port to restore geothermal power, though no one showed up and Anthony is under attack by a Rhedogian that was about to drop him into the lava before Samus came to his rescue. Once he thanked her for his help, Anthony asked how it was like to be working with Adam again, which ended up annoying her as it reminded her of the Ian incident, and he apologized before they part ways. They meet up again at the Geothermal Power Plant where he is in a silent standoff with another creature and when Samus ends up getting in the way, he accidentally shoots her which led her to believe that he was the Deleter before he told her to move aside as he was aiming at something else and they hear a monstrous roar and tells Anthony to let her do the battling from here and uses a Super Missile to open the eruption doors to illuminate the room where she ends up going into shock at the sight of her arch-nemesis, Ridley. The Space Pirate Leader then grabs her and grinds her against the circular walls as Anthony charges a shot at Ridley to make him release her. Anthony taunts Ridley and gets into a fight with him, only to be defeated by being pushed off the platform while Samus snaps out of her shocked state and was able to fight with Ridley to send it into retreat while believing that Anthony was killed, unaware that he barely managed to survive by freezing a Magdollite below him to use as a platform and continued to investigate after that. Anthony managed to take matters into his own hands by applying the emergency breaks to stop the collision course of the BOTTLE SHIP that was about to crash into the Galactic Federation HQ, which also ends up saving Samus during her battle with a Queen Metroid in Room MW.

Anthony would end up infiltrating a unit of Galactic Federation soldiers and after MB's defeat with Madeline being apprehended, the Colonel that she is not an official member of the Federation and should not contact Madeline while she must be escorted off the ship. Anthony reveals himself to be alive after he volunteers to bring her out, to Samus's surprise when he calls her "Princess" again and states that he is part of the 07th Platoon meaning his authority overrode his and his presence was able to save Madeline's witness from being covered up by the ringleaders. Samus flies Anthony and Madeline on her Gunship to the Federation HQ as Anthony was processing their adventures before realizing that he is disturbing the latter and quiets down, which Samus appreciates. Samus and Anthony crossed paths in the hallway in the Galactic Federation complex and as she was giving a "thumbs up" to the late Adam, Anthony jokingly gives her a "thumbs down", which Samus notes the similarity and differences between him and Adam.

Fanon
Samthony is a ship that is not used as often as the other ships within the francise, though it still has its fans. Given that this is one of the few positive relationships that Samus has in an infamous installment, their relationship was given the most praise by fans and even those who were not very fond of Other M. While Anthony is noted to be cheeky with Samus, likes to tease her, and trying to get her to lighten up due to her often carrying a serious nature from time to time, it is often implied that he has a crush on her, though Samus does not seem to be aware of this and he is notable for saving her life on numerous occasions during the events of the BOTTLE SHIP incident. At the end of the game, the two of them are seen looking at each other when they crossed paths.