Chanoey

Chanoey is the slash ship between Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbiani from the Friends fandom.

Canon
Chandler is looking for a new roommate. At first, he interviews a fashion photographer called Eric. After learning that Eric's sister is a porn star and friends with many female models, Chandler decides to pick Eric as his new roommate. He then interviews Joey but appears disinterested, not asking him any questions, and giving him a brief tour. Joey introduces himself as an actor. He also assumes Chandler is gay and insists he is cool with the 'gay thing' and people being gay in general. Chandler is awkward, not sure how to respond, and lets him leave, calling him Jerry on his way out.

Eric no longer wants the room, so instead, the place is given to Joey. He moves in the next day. Joey introduces Chandler to Baywatch and they share beers. They quickly become best friends and have a close and enduring friendship.

Chandler often supports Joey by paying for expenses such as rent and bills, all of Joey's headshots, several acting classes and much of the food. A famous running gag suggests them as an old married couple when they argue, and at times are mistaken for being gay. When Chandler moves in with Monica, he and Joey remain close as neighbours.

When Chandler and Monica decide to move, Joey is at first upset, wishing they could have voted on this decision. Joey says he'll even stop taking their food if they stay. Joey hugs Chandler. Joey apologises for not being supportive. As a gift for moving out, Joey gives Chandler Chick Jr. and Duck Jr, but they get stuck in the Foosball table. Monica destroys it to let them free.

Fanon
Chanoey has some popularity. Many prefer to see this pairing as a strictly platonic relationship or a bromance. However, this ship has attracted some popularity, especially among those that like slash pairings.

It is a popular ship in fanfiction and ranks as the most popular Friends on Archive on Our Own with over 300 fanfictions, surpassing the number for the canon relationships in the series like Mondler or Roschel.

In 2001, there was a Geocities fansite called the Joey/Chandler Slash Archive. This was a fanfiction archive and stored over 20 fanfictions. It was a member of the Rare Slash Webring and the Fan Fiction Collective webring.

Fandom
FAN FICTION