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Fenchito is the slash ship between Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera and Panchito Pistoles.
Canon[]
Fenton and Panchito are never seen directly interacting in canon. However, they are both shown to be friends with Donald Duck and the rest of the McDuck clan, and are both present at Webby's birthday party in the series finale. Panchito and José have been hired to play music at Webby's party, and Fenton can be seen watching their performance. Panchito is captured by FOWL, but is later seen in the large group, which includes Fenton, standing up to Bradford Buzzard.
Both characters are generally seen as cheerful and optimistic. Where Fenton is an intelligent inventor, however, Panchito is generally seen more as a "street smart" kind of person. He is impulsive and reckless, whereas Fenton is generally more subdued and nervous. They both have big dreams of succeeding in their respective fields (Fenton in science and Panchito in music) but are both currently stuck in somewhat dead end jobs.
In Legend of the Three Caballeros, Panchito has a "secret identity" as El Gallo Loco, a masked wrestler. This is similar, in part, to Fenton's secret identity as Gizmoduck.
Fanon[]
Fenchito is considered a rarpair in the fandom. This ship grew out of the DuckTales reboot, and their updates to the character of Fenton. By making him Cuban, some fans enjoyed the idea of shipping him with Panchito, who is from Mexico. As both characters speak Spanish, this is certainly one element that brought fans to the ship. While the ship is most popular when using the reboot versions of the characters, there are also some who enjoy shipping the original version of Fenton with Panchito.
As the characters have never truly interacted in canon, this is not a very well known ship. It is often overshadowed by Fenro and DonPanJosé, both of which are very popular ships in the fandom. Some fans like to take these ships and combine them together, to get the best of both worlds. Others like to show a platonic relationship between Panchito and Fenton, most often appearing in DonFen fanworks. They will sometimes utilize the fact that both characters speak Spanish as a means of communicating directly in front of Donald, without him knowing.
There is currently only one work for this pairing on AO3. The dynamic is more popular as part of a poly ship featuring Donald and José Carioca, which currently has four works on AO3. Fenchito appears more often as fanart than as written work, and is mostly found on Tumblr and Amino.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Fenton/Panchito tag on AO3
