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Penmatch is the het ship between Pen and Match from the Battle for Dream Island fandom.
Canon[]
Battle for Dream Island[]
In Take the Plunge: Part 2, during the team picking phase, Match is fine with Pen joining the team when Pin asks her if he could do so. However, she gets upset when Pen and Eraser want Blocky to join as well. Their team later gets named "Squishy Cherries".
In Bridge Crossing, at the and of the episode, when Match wonders where Golf Ball, after falling off the bridge could’ve went, Pen tells her that golf balls sink underwater.
In Power of Three, during Cake at Stake, when Announcer tries to surprise the contestants whether Pin or Pen is the last one safe by wondering who the last cupcake could belong to, Match mentions that she sees Pen's name written on that cupcake.
In Lofty, when the Squishy Cherries can choose to either vote Rocky or Golf Ball onto their team or get them eliminated, Pen and Match both agree to let Rocky to join their team.
In The Glistening, when the eliminated contestants can choose who they want to be eliminated next, Match and Pen both vote Ice Cube. Later, after having the chance to rejoin the season again last episode, neither Match and Pen make it and get sent to the TLC.
In Return of the Hang Glider, after Match walks away from a sudden crash of the Announcer Transportation Device and declares that she is alive, Pen brings into her awareness that they killed someone by crushing them with it which makes Match worried.
dnalsI maerD roF elttaB (IDFB)[]
As revealed in the voting for the upcoming second episode of the season, Pen and Match were the two LOL inhabitants with the most votes to get set free.
A poster for IDFB 2 depicts the two in the style of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster. Additionally, a pair of pants has been made with both of them on it.
Battle for BFDI[]
In Four Goes Too Far, during the challenge, Pen overhears Match and Bubble constantly passing the twinkle towards one another and opens his eyes to know what the sound is. He is then tricked by the two into getting the twinkle when Match looks at him.
In Enter the Exit, as the contestants attempt to return Four, Blocky stacks Pen and Match along with Needle together in the shape of a four.
Other[]
In Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years of Thanks for 4 years!, Pen steps out of the character wheel, wanting to tell Match something. When he gets no response, he is confused and wonders if she's even listening until hearing her whisper that "he" will hear him. Pen doesn't know who she's referring to until the Announcer appears to punish Pen for stepping out of ring formation. Seeing the Announcer pull out a laser shooter, Match steps out and defends Pen from him. Pen feels honored that Match would stand up to him but she takes it back immediately when the Announcer points another laser shooter at her. Pen apologizes and when asked what he was originally going to say to her earlier, Pen brings up how she made an anniversary video for a milestone video he made four years before hers. Since it was now four years since Match's video, Pen wanted to thank the audience for watching her video for the past four years as well as the channel in general. Match feels blessed after Pen finishes explaining and appreciates it being their last words. Two then blocks the Announcer from shooting Pen and Match as the two thank Two for saving them.
Fanon[]
Overall, the ship is somewhat rare in the Battle for Dream Island fandom. Similarities between the two, such as being taller among the contestants and being teammates sharing friends, had gotten fans to pair them early into the show's run. The ship is often compared to Pen-cil, another hetero Pen ship that instead involves Match's best friend. The ship in question had more consistent popularity throughout the fandom because it had more interactions to go off of, since Match and Pen hardly talked in the main show. However, the anniversary short in 2022 was largely focused on them and brought back some attention on the ship. Fan art and videos have been made for the pairing steadily through the series.
Other pairings which rival Penmatch due to its low popularity are Penraser and Penliy on Pen's side, while the most popular pairings on Match's side are ships such as especially Matchcil and Eratch. Regarding variations of this couple, some multishippers don't mind putting the two in a poly ship together with Pencil and Eraser as it is sometimes shipped alongside Eracil.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Match x Pen stories on Wattpad
- FAN ART
- Match and Pen search results on DeviantArt
- Match and Pen posts on Reddit
- TUMBLR
- Match and Pen posts on Tumblr
- Penmatch posts on Twitter
- Pen x Match posts on Twitter
