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* Jaffar from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem 7]]'', Tethys from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Fire Emblem 8]]'', and Fiona from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn Fire Emblem 10]]''.

* Otto, from ''WesternAnimation/RocketPower''. Well, same goes for his sister, Reggie. Most of the characters are some shade of orange with bright hair and could fit into this trope.

* Lars [[spoiler:(pre-resurrection, at least)]] from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has somewhat dark skin and red hair. His prototypical pilot design had darker skin and brown hair. In the episode "The Good Lars", it's revealed that he's half Filipino on his father's side, with the red hair coming from his mother.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': The Amazon Oenone has dark skin and dark red hair, though in her later appearances her hair was changed to black.

* In ''[[Franchise/PathfinderTales Prince of Wolves]]'', Tara [[spoiler:(or at least the [[ActuallyNotAVampire penanggalan]] [[DeadPersonImpersonation impersonating]] her [[DeadAllAlong after her death]])]] has a skin tone like "crushed cinnamon" and hair like "spun copper."

* Brier Iron-thorn in P.C. Hodgell's ''Literature/ChroniclesOfTheKencyrath'' is an example in Western fantasy fiction. A big, strong warrior woman raised among soldiers in the sun-drenched south, she's permanently tanned dark from those long years in the sunlight and her hair is a "sullen red", an indicator of the passions and hatreds and intensity of her innermost nature, under the stern exterior.

* In ''[[Franchise/PathfinderTales Prince of Wolves]]'', Tara [[spoiler:(or at least the [[ActuallyNotAVampire penanggalan]] [[DeadPersonImpersonation impersonating]] her [[DeadAllAlong after her death]])]] has a skin tone like "crushed cinnamon" and hair like "spun copper."
* ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': Like most poor Silerians, Mirabar is dark-skinned, but also has bright red hair as a mark of her favor from their goddess (though most people initially believe this means she's a demon).

* Literature/{{Eclipse}} has Kyrie Dreyvor, who is often called a dark-skinned redhead in the story itself.

* ''Literature/ZonesOfThought'': Phan Nuwen is a grey-skinned redhead with epicanthic folds, "a product of post-terrestrial evolution".

* Perhaps ''the'' prototypical DarkSkinnedRedhead, Kei from ''LightNovel/DirtyPair''.

* Libra Dohko from ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' [[IWasQuiteALooker was a *gorgeous* one]] [[http://www.pobladores.com/data/pobladores.com/jp/ey/jpeyote/channels/saint_seiya_lycos/images/3691799dohko4.jpg when young.]] [[spoiler: And he still is. Since his old form is actually a SleepModeSize, once he recovers his youth...{{Squee}}!]] It shall be noted that Dohko was originally [[TallDarkAndHandsome a tall and equally gorgeous brunet]] in the original manga. He's only a DarkSkinnedRedhead in the anime version,

* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' is an interesting case. In the TV series Kenshin is not shown with particularly dark skin, but his hair is ''explicitly'' red. People actually ''say'' that his hair is red, instead of it just being a visual design element. In the OVA series, he's closer to a DarkSkinnedRedhead in a way that's fairly accurate for a Japanese person. (Dark red hair is very rare but does occur among native Japanese.)
* [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Raphael]] from ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'' has red hair and a fairly dark skin (especially when contrasted with Mikael's) and a matching bouncy and energetic personality, although he's not really hotblooded. In fact, he is pretty mellow, [[spoiler: maybe because he wasn't doing much in the series, besides playing guitar and molesting Mikael]].

* Literature/{{Eclipse}} has Kyrie Dreyvor, who is often called a DarkSkinnedRedhead in the story itself.

* Nym from ''VideoGame/BlackSigil'' is a [[WildChild wild child]] with dark skin and red hair.
* Early concept art shows [[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Alyx Vance]] as one of these.

* Every character in ''VideoGame/EvilZone'' is an AffectionateParody of a manga/anime genre or archetype; CuteBruiser Midori is the DarkSkinnedRedhead.

* ''Literature/TheSilerianTrilogy'': Like most poor Silerians, Mirabar is dark-skinned, but also had bright red hair as a mark of her favor from their goddess (though most people initially believe this means she's a demon).

* Jaffar from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem 7]]'', Tethys from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Fire Emblem 8]]'', and Fiona from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem 10]]''.

* Lars from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' has somewhat dark skin and red hair. His prototypical pilot design had darker skin and brown hair. In the episode "The Good Lars", it's revealed that he's half Filipino on his father's side, with the red hair coming from his mother.

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** Akane Karasuma, aka Sailor Lead Crow, a 5th season villain[=/=]QuirkyMiniBossSquad member. As she's an alien, it's impossible to tell if this combo is the norm for her people. In the manga the only other people from her world are Phobos and Deimos, who aren't this.
** The PassionateSportsGirl Elza Gray, a one-episode character from the ''Sailor Moon'' anime. She was an old rival and friend of Haruka's and [[spoiler: introduced her and Michiru to each other]].

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''

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* Another non-anime example is [[BitchInSheepsClothing Sikozu]] from the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' movie, though her series form doesn't count.

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* Although most screen adaptations have portrayed her as more fair-skinned, the original NewspaperComics version of Princess Aura from ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' was one of these. Of course, most Mongonians were portrayed as slightly dark-skinned, so it would have been odd if she had had a light complexion.
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* Lucia from ''VideoGame/{{Devil May Cry}}''.

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* In the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', Texan hero Firedrake is a black man with pumpkin-orange hair. It's a side-effect of his powers.
* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'': Evolution gives us [[WrenchWench Holly Chapman]], who fits. The tan part, according to her profile, is from living in the desert for most of her life, while the red hair comes from a habit of dying it and it just so happened that she was abducted while it was red.
* Literature/TheFateOfPaulTwister introduces us to the enigmatic Amber, who Paul describes as having fiery red hair, green eyes, and "skin a fair bit darker than you’d expect on a girl with red hair and green eyes," working as the postmistress at a Bards College camp in the middle of nowhere. It's implied that she has a bunch of secrets, and [[DarkAndTroubledPast probably some stuff in her past that she'd prefer to leave in the past.]]

* Le Gros/Jumbo in ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois l'homme''.

* The ''Series/Titans2018'' (2018)version of Starfire is played by Anna Diop who is black. Though she doesn't have her comic counterpart's traditional orange skin.

* Vincent Katherinessen from Elizabeth Bear's novel ''Carnival''.

* Princess Goleeta and her brother Zorn from ''WesternAnimation/GaltarAndTheGoldenLance''n.

** Chocho, the daughter of Chouji and [[spoiler:Karui]], is a dark skinned redhead and is Sarada's best friend in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''.

* Rami of the Unemezoku from ''Manga/ArataKangatari'' has pinkish-hair paired with tan skin.

Naturally, this includes {{Hard Drinking Party Girl}}s and {{Trickster}}s of both genders. The most common combination with this skin tone is a vibrant and noticeable light color. Red is very popular, associated with all sorts of playful Japanese spirits as well as the kabuki wig, so it's also a common (and deliberately unusual looking) palette choice for [[HadesShaded demons]] and [[CatGirl Cat Girls]]. Red's a popular hair color for [[HeroesWantRedHeads other reasons]] as well, of course.

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* Turtle Heart from ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' is a traveling quadling glassblower that asks for Melena's help when he can't find his way. He's described as having "skin the color of roses at twilight: a dusky, shadowy red" and "hair [that] fell out in greasy hanks, sunset red". He's so handsome that both Melena and ''her husband'' Frexspar fall for him. Until he was murdered, Turtle Heart [[{{Polyamory}} helped raise]] Elphaba and Nessarose. It's [[MamasBabyPapasMaybe implied]] he fathered Nessa, [[spoiler:but this is later shown to be wrong. He fathered her little brother, Shell, who Melena died in childbirth with]].