Dottolone

Dottolone is the slash ship between II Dottore and Pantalone from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Pantalone's appearance was first revealed in Teyvat Chapter Interlude Teaser: A Winter Night's Lazzo as the Regrator, number Nine of the Fatui Harbingers. He chides Pulcinella for only giving Snezhnaya half a day to mourn their fallen comrade. Not much more is known about him.

Il Dottore made his appearance in the Genshin manga as a scientist sent on diplomatic business to Mondstadt. He displays manic tendencies and is snappish and irritable. This persona is either his past self or a segment of himself, as Tartaglia reveals in his voiceline that Dottore can create extra segments of himself in his quest to perceive the world from a variety of points of view which change as he himself ages/grows. That makes different versions of him have different degrees of maturity, opinions and ways of acting. It is unknown yet whether Pantalone met the rest of the Dottore segments or his opinion about the decision to delete them all as part of the agreement with the Dendro Archon.

The ship originates from the fact that Il Dottore and Pantalone are each other's opposites and work together in the Commedia dell'arte, which the Harbingers are based on. There is a lazzo (scenario) where they joke about getting married. In Genshin, the two are similar in their dislike of the divine, as well as not having Visions and despising those who do. Even in the absence of much lore, both are portrayed as cruel and self-centered people with little regard for others' lives: Dottore with his inhumane experiments and Pantalone with his lust for money.

In Lazzo, they stand next to each other next to the coffin, which seems against the logic of placing the Harbingers in ranking order. Both are smiling at the funeral, which has sparked jokes in the fandom.

According to Wanderer, the two work very closely together, something he believes will only bring Pantalone to a "nasty end".

Quotes
"Honestly, it's nothing worth writing home about, just like how there's also nothing impressive about his abilities or choice of partner. Hmph. Anyone who chooses to work closely with The Doctor is sure to meet a nasty end."

- Wanderer's voiceline "About Regrator"

Fanon
The ship first came up after the release of A Winter Night's Lazzo in July 2022. There were just a bunch of fanworks tagged as dottolone prior to this date, but due to lack of canon content it was not popular. The ship is between Pantalone and the real Dottore, not a segment. Some popular headcanons including Dottore constantly visiting him to ask for more illicit funding, and them constantly disrupting the other Harbingers with their antics. It is currently the most popular ship of both characters, surpassing the rival ships Dottoscara and Dottochi.

The fact that Dottore's real name is Zandik, which means "heresy" and Pantalone has a ring which also means heresy, gave way to the headcanon about them being engaged or married. Another popular headcanon involves Dottore's subordinates shipping them. When it comes to smut, bottom Pantalone and top Dottore seems to be a bit more popular than the other way around.

On AO3, the ship currently has over 390 works between slash and gen works along with 455 in total.

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Trivia

 * In Teyvat Chapter Interlude Teaser: A Winter Night's Lazzo, Pantalone is seen wearing a ring with a variation of the symbol of heresy. Dottore’s name is theorized to be Zandik, a Zoroastrian term for "heretic". As such, some users suggest that the ring was Dottore's gift to Pantalone.
 * It is also speculated that the arena, Haeresys, mentioned and seen briefly in the manga, is owned and run by either one or both of them.
 * In the Lazzo where their stock counterparts discuss marriage, it’s Pantalone who “proposes”
 * Il Dottore as a stock character originated out of being a comedic foil to Pantalone and rose due to Pantalone’s popularity.
 * The symbols commonly used to refer to the ship are 🧪💰 and 🧪👖 along with 🧪🪙