Tate is a fandom term that represents the
Tony/Kate ship in the NCIS fandom. The two of them are special agents in the NCIS series. Their names are Anthony Dinozzo and Caitlin Todd.
People used to ship them real hard back in the
time of 2006. Kate and
Tony unfortunately never shared a kiss on-screen, but we all sure hope that they did off-screen. Their relationship was always refered to as a sibling relationship, although, it was actually more of a love/hate relationship. Many hints were given that
Tony liked Kate. Kate perhaps gave a few too, but
Tony was head over heels for sure. They did presumably go on a date, in the episode "The Truth Is Out There" in season 1. Their relationship grew into a bit more romantic kind in season 2. In one episode, behind other characters, they can be seen holding hands while standing under an umbrella. In "SWAK", Kate pretends to be sick for
Tony, who is actually sick, so she could stay with him for the night. That episode has perhaps proven the ship slightly canon. The producers admitted they actually wanted them together, but
Sasha Alexander wanted to leave after season 2, so they had to kill off Kate in season 2's finale "
Twilight". In season 9 episode
14, "Life Before His Eyes", Gibbs imagines what could have been if he saw the sniper trying to take a shot at Kate, resulting in the two eventually falling in love, getting married, and having a girl named Kelly. This ship is very
funny.
Tate shipper: I LOVE TATE I CAN'
T BREATHE MY OTP OMG
Person
1: Why shipping Tate? I can see
Tony and Ziva together. Kate and
Tony are more of a brother and sister.
Tate shipper: *Gently loads a Sig Sauer*
Person 1: Where did you get that gun? What are you doing?
Tate shipper:*Pulls the trigger in cold blood. Misses*
Person 1: What are you doing?
Tate shipper:*sobs* Tate will never be canon!