History FieryRedhead / Literature

%% ** Ginny Weasley, as well as Molly and the rest of the Weasleys. A more mellow example is Percy, and he's regarded as a stick-in-the-mud.

** Squirrelflight is the most notable example. She's been explicitly compared to fire on multiple occasions, and has the feisty, stubborn personality to show for it. However, she eventually developed into a calmer and more mature adult.

* Maedhros, Amrod, and Amras from Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' are the only elves to be described as redheads who fit the personality type. They're fierce, rash, more violent than is really healthy, and not particularly wise or patient... but then so are all their darker-haired siblings. A lot of fans assume their mother Nerdanel's also redheaded, thought the author only ever said her ''father'' Mahtan is, and both of their personalities are the complete opposite: calm, soft-spoke, patient, and wise. They also had the sense not to join the rebellion of the Noldor, which is why they're still alive.

** In the short story "Nobody Here But—", protagonist Cliff Anderson is deeply in love with his red-haired girlfriend Mary Ann, but does not quite have the courage to ask her to marry him. Throughout the story Cliff talks about how wonderful Mary Ann is, but always amends his statement with "but she does have red hair;" she [[InvokedTrope acts feisty and aggressive because that is how girls with red hair act]].

%% * In Tom Robbins' ''Still Life With Woodpecker'', in addition to the two red-haired protagonists (FallenPrincess Leigh Cherry and {{Outlaw}} Bernard Mickey Wrangle), there's a involved sideplot/conspiracy theory around the extraterrestrial origins of redheads.

* Jessie in ''High Society'' by Creator/BenElton. Her hair colour (dark auburn/reddish-brown) is referred to only once, but combined with her strong personality she is an obvious example of this trope.

** She gives us the redhead Beatrice Löwenström in her debut novel ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}''. She's intelligent, competent and assertive. But alas, many people in this era (the 1880s) prefer quiet and subservient women. And being at the mercy of her abusive uncle, who bullies her into a marriage with a man, who treats women like dirt under his shoes, she finds that out the hard way. But she's not afraid to call her oppressors out on what creeps they are, even if that only makes them even angrier with her...

* Rose Hathaway from ''Literature/VampireAcademy'' is a brunette with some tinges of red in her hair, described to be extremely strong-willed, stubborn, passionate, feisty, fiery, proud and impulsive.

* ''Literature/{{Run}}'': Bo Dickinson can have quite the temper, though part of it her having to deal with her family's reputation in Mursey. It's said that the red hair and attitude runs in the family.

* ''Literature/PhineasFinn'' and other novels by Creator/AnthonyTrollope include the character of Lord Chiltern (aka Oswald Standish) who has a fiery temper and is described as having a close-clipped red beard, short red hair and a reddish complexion. In dialogue tags, etc. Trollope sometimes calls him "the fiery lord." At some point he challenges Finn to a duel (after Finn shoots into the air, Chiltern's second and the other men involved manage to talk him down and convince him he can't continue with the duel). Later Chiltern becomes Master of the Hunt and gets angry at landlords who set out traps or don't maintain habitat for foxes to breed in.

* Played with in the ''Literature/FortunesOfWar'' books in regards to Sarda, the principal Vulcan character. His hair has a coppery color and luster, and due to his lack of training in the mental disciplines needed for fine emotional control he is much more emotional than a Vulcan would normally be, although in comparison to the non-Vulcan characters he's fairly subdued.
* Red Sonya of Rogatino in ''Literature/TheShadowOfTheVulture'' is a very feisty adventurer whose first lines out of her mouth is declaring her intent to [[CainAndAbel kill her sister]], who turns out to be the [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Sultana Hurrem]] and bickers with TheHero a lot (specially when he is drunk). It shouldn't come to a surprise she served as inspiration for the comic book character ComicBook/RedSonja.

* Rachel Elizabeth Dare in ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians''. Although [[StealthPun it's never]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]], even her initials spell [[MeaningfulName R.E.D.]]

* ''Literature/PhineasFinn'' and other novels by Creator/AnthonyTrollope include the character of Lord Chiltern (aka Oswald Standish) who has a fiery temper and is described as having a close-clipped red beard, short red hair and a reddish complexion. At some point he challenges Finn to a duel (after Finn shoots into the air, Chiltern's second and the other men involved manage to talk him down and convince him he can't continue with the duel). Later Chiltern becomes Master of the Hunt and gets angry at landlords who set out traps or don't maintain habitat for foxes to breed in.

%% * ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': Mirabar, though she mellows over time.

%% * In ''[[Literature/{{Dragons}} The Last Dragon Chronicles]]'' Lucy fits this persona perfectly, though it becomes blaringly obvious during [[TeensAreMonsters her teenage years]].

* Pepper from ''Literature/GoodOmens'' is a hot-headed, outspoken, tomboyish young girl who is said to be the most formidable fighter out of the gang of children known as "The Them". War, the red [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse]] and Pepper's EvilCounterpart, might also count. She is usually more low-key and [[EvilIsSexy seductive]], but pumps up her [[EvilIsHammy hamminess levels]] as the end of the world approaches.

* Pepper from ''Literature/GoodOmens'' is a hot-headed, outspoken, tomboyish young girl who is said to be the most formidable fighter out of the gang of children known as "The Them". War, the red [[FourHorsemenOfTheApocalypse Biker of the Apocalypse]] and Pepper's EvilCounterpart, might also count. She is usually more low-key and [[EvilIsSexy seductive]], but pumps up her [[EvilIsHammy hamminess levels]] as the end of the world approaches.

%% * "Red" and Pepper from ''Literature/GoodOmens''.

* Herrenna the Henna-Haired Harridan, a side character in ''Discworld/TheLightFantastic'' has red hair (per her title) and absolutely no patience or pity for either Rincewind or Twoflower. Oh, and she has a [[{{BFS}} very big sword]].

* [[TheProtagonist Cecile de Troyes]] from ''Literature/MaledictionTrilogy'' has just turned seventeen. Her hair is very red, she is outspoken and passionate, she cannot tolerate injustice - and has a tendency towards bouts of temper.

* ''Literature/{{Run}}'': Bo Dickinson can have quite the temper, though part of it is due to the town's judgement of her and her family. It's said that the red hair and attitude runs in the family.

%%* ''Literature/{{Run}}'' has Bo Dickinson on occasion. It's a bit of a Dickinson trait.

* Averted with Princess Elisabeta from the ''Nyctophobia'' series. While the narrator uses more than one paragraph to describe her crimson hair, she is a ShrinkingViolet. The colour's significance is more about the ancient superstition that red-haired women were vampires, which she is.

* Hetty in ''Literature/HettyFeather'' frequently defies her matrons at the Hospital and famously manages to get locked away in the punishment room after allegedly assaulting her teacher.

* Hetty in ''Literature/HettyFeather'' frequently defies her matrons at the Hospital and famously manages to get locked away in the punishment room after allegedly assaulting her teacher due to mistreatment of her friend Polly.

%% * [[TheChick April O'Brien]] of ''Literature/{{Everworld}}'', who also has GreenEyes and an Irish ancestry, perhaps to sharpen the contrast between her and [[SiblingYinYang her half-sister]], who is a blonde, [[LonersAreFreaks antisocial]] EmotionlessGirl.

%% ** Squirrelflight would qualify as a Fiery Redpelt.
%% ** Her mother, Sandstorm, was one as well.

** In Asimov's ''Literature/LuckyStarr'' series, Lucky's sidekick John Bigman Jones has pale red hair, a short temper, and a generally emotional nature. Lucky, on the other hand, is calm and brown-haired.

* In the ''Literature/{{Branion}}'' series by Fiona Patton, the royal family of an alternate Britain is literally this. The sovereigns are the Jesus-style avatars of a fire god, and they commonly have red hair. They also have tempers, which is not surprising given that effectively having a fire god inside you is [[RoyallyScrewedUp not good for your mental stability]]. Justified by the presence in their family tree of [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Danes, Welsh and Irish]].

* ''Literature/PhineasFinn'' and other novels by AnthonyTrollope include the character of Lord Chiltern (aka Oswald Standish) who has a fiery temper and is described as having a close-clipped red beard, short red hair and a reddish complexion. At some point he challenges Finn to a duel (after Finn shoots into the air, Chiltern's second and the other men involved manage to talk him down and convince him he can't continue with the duel). Later Chiltern becomes Master of the Hunt and gets angry at landlords who set out traps or don't maintain habitat for foxes to breed in.